... the old days, when things looked bleak in the Diasporan communities of the West, everyone looked to the Middle East for hope. There, Armenians spoke, read, wrote Armenian. There, the future of the language ...
... representing almost nine million Armenians in the republic and 32 countries in the Diaspora. Unlike other elections in the last five hundred years, this one was the first in a free and independent Republic ...
... among the first few Diaspora students who, back in 1964, studied in what was Soviet Armenia. In 1969, he graduated as actor and director from the State Drama and Fine Arts Institute in Yerevan. While studying ...
Armenian International Magazine (AIM) April 1999, Vol. 10, No. 4, p 58-59
AN ARAB HISTORIAN AND HIS CAUSE Saleh Zahredeen Takes on the Armenian Genocide
By Hratch Tchilingirian
"The truth shall be told even while hanging on the gallows," confidently affirms Saleh Zahreedin, 48, Lebanese Druze historian and author of a dozen books and pamphlets in Arabic on the Armenians and the Genocide.
... "They also very much value the political, economic, cultural and other bilateral ties with Armenia. The existence of well-organized and well-to-do Armenian [diaspora] communities in these countries is ...
... states" who might possibly provide limited or full recognition. The establishment of such contacts have been possible with the support and lobbying efforts of the ArmenianDiaspora, especially in the Middle ...
Armenian International Magazine (AIM) February 1999, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 18-19
NOBODY'S LISTENING Who is Responsible for Maintaining Armenia's Telephone System?
By HRATCH TCHILINGIRIAN
"Everything is being done to do nothing," said Makich Demirian, Chairman of the Merchants Guild of Armenia, regarding the recent and growing dissatisfaction with ArmenTel, Armenia's sole telecommunications company. An exasperated population in Armenia is caught between company executives looking out for corporate interests, a government trying to figure out which official made what deal with whom, and a political opposition garnering momentum on a critical economic issue prior to the May parliamentary elections.
Armenian International Magazine (AIM) January 1999, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 20-21
A VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS Armenia moves to reinforce the UN Genocide Convention
By HRATCH TCHILINGIRIAN
"Genocide shaped the founding of the United Nations" said UN Secretary General Kofi Annan in a message on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. The legally-binding Genocide Convention was adopted in 1948 and entered into force in 1951.
Armenian International Magazine (AIM) December 1998, Vol. 9, No. 12, p. 11
[Editorial by Hratch Tchilingirian
CLASH OF VALUES The West's patronizing, sometimes arrogant attitude has contributed to the frustration of groups who are tired of "transitions"
The World Council of Churches (WCC) which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this month (see page 62), has come under strong criticism-particularly since the collapse of the Soviet Union-by high ranking leaders of the Orthodox churches that follow the Byzantine tradition. Among them, Russian Patriarch Alexei II has warned that the continued participation of the Russian Orthodox Church in WCC will depend on the organization's "total reconstruction." The Russian Orthodox Church is the biggest in the WCC's 332 mainly Protestant (and leading Orthodox) member churches. The Georgian Orthodox Church has already withdrawn its membership and the Bulgarian Orthodox Church is expected to withdraw this month.
... criticized by the media in Armenia and the Diaspora for some statements and activities. Mutafyan's first Patriarchal directive was a communique to the Armenian community on the occasion of the 75th anniversary ...
Armenian International Magazine (AIM) September 1998, p. 13
Election of Patriarch Postponed Indefinitely by Turkish Government
By Hratch Tchilingirian
For almost five months now, the Turkish state has refused to approve an election date permitting the 80,000-strong Armenian community, Turkey’s largest Christian minority, to proceed with the election of the 84th hierarch of the 537-year old Armenian Patriarchate of Turkey.
Armenian International Magazine (AIM) August 1998 (Notebook, p. 10)
UNITED DIOCESE?
By Hratch Tchilingirian
In an interview with AIM (April-May 1998), when speaking about the protracted administrative schism in the Armenian Church, Catholicos Aram I made it very clear that it is ultimately up to the people to decide the question of “church unity.” When asked about the role of the hierarchy and who is going to take the first step, His Holiness said: “Antelias came here not to divide the people, but to serve the people. If the people whom we are serving tell us thank you very much for what you did, the next day Antelias will go back to Antelias.”
... be heading towards takeovers by DiasporaArmenians (see page 34).
The de-nationalization of these major enterprises-however emotional they may be, for example the selling of the Armenian brandy factory ...
... in 1891, it has grown on average by one church per year. Today, there are more functioning churches in North America than in the Republic of Armenia or anywhere else in the Diaspora.
The Formative Years ...
Armenian International Magazine (AIM) April-May 1998 (pp 28-29)
Fair, Free… And Oil Western Journalists on Armenia's Elections
By Hratch Tchilingirian
As the election campaign started to unfold in Armenia, dozens of foreign journalists were dispatched to Yerevan to cover the presidential elections--a place they described as a “small,” "mountainous," "landlocked” country in theCaucasus, where "corruption is widespread and unemployment high."
... stand in the way?
By Hratch Tchilingirian
“In the last few years, we have been witnessing such sorrowful developments in the dioceses of the ArmenianDiaspora that our heart and soul are filled with ...
Armenian International Magazine (AIM) April-May 1998 (p 38)
Istanbul's Patriarch Kazanjian's Death Reawakens Old Issues of Church Rights
By Hratch Tchilingirian
The spiritual leader of the estimated 60 thousand Armenians in Turkey, Patriarch Karekin Kazanjian, died on March 10; a final vote on his successor is expected in late May. Kazanjian was the 83rd leader of the Armenian Patriarchate established by Sultan Mehmed II the Conqueror of Constantinople in 1461.
... planning, research, negotiation and long-term vision. It also takes funding. The Diaspora can help in all these areas.
Free Trade Environment
Manoukian, who has done business in Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, ...
Armenian International Magazine (AIM) December 1995
"Collaboration First Unity Later, Maybe" Two new Catholicoses in One Year
by Hratch Tchilingirian
The Catholicossal election that was held in Etchmiadzin, April 3-5 of this year, was an event with many historical firsts. The National Ecclesiastical Assembly (NEA), the highest legislative body of the Armenian Church, convened for the first time in 40 years. The election took place for the first time in a free and independent Armenian Republic. For the first time in history, the Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia was elected Catholicos of All Armenians in Etchmiadzin.
It's like any other university. There is an administration building, some classrooms, offices, faculty and students. It also has some things other universities don't have. A memorial wall, for example, of neatly arranged rows of framed photographs. Just like everywhere else in Karabakh, the memorials to the dead are in plain view, and the State University of Mountainous Karabakh is no exception. Walking into the university building, one is struck by the pictures of more than 100 once-enrolled students who will never graduate.