New York Hamazkayin Chapter organized a memorial ceremony dedicated to the distinguished editor of "Pakin" Magazine, literary critic and writer Boghos Snabian on 14 of November 2014 at St. Gregory the Illuminator Church.
Astghik Sevak delivered the welcoming speech in the name of the organizational committee, after which Father Mesrob Lakisian presented the major points of Snabian’s biography.
Then, Dr. Ara Kaprielian presented the main speaker of the day, Hagop Balian, the editor of "Pakin".
Balian thoroughly introduced Snabian’s literary activities emphasizing his contribution inside the Armenian community in Lebanon. He also spoke about Snabian’s approach to the Armenian culture and literature, which he successfully passed to his students wakening in them an immense love to ethnicity and literature.