... headed by Archbishop Hovnan Derderian. Joining him will be one representative from each of the following areas: Armenia, former Soviet republics, Middle East, Europe, Eastern United States, Western United ...
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However, the reopening of a major bridge to Iran in 1992 helped, as did the radical, highly accelerated privatization plan pursued by former President Levon Der Bedrosian.
Although Armenia is not today ...
... as the official religion in Armenia. He is an analyst of the South Caucasus, currently researching former Soviet autonomies, such as Mountainous Karabagh, Abkhazia, South Ossetia and other unresolved conflicts ...
... as H.E. Archbishop Hovnan Derderian, Primate; Archbishop Vatche Hovsepian, former Primate; Reverend Joseph D. Matossian, Armenian Evengelical Union; the Honorable Grigor Hovhanissian, Consul General of ...
... such as H.E. Archbishop Hovnan Derderian, Primate; Archbishop Vatche Hovsepian, former Primate; Reverend Joseph D. Matossian, Armenian Evengelical Union; the Honorable Grigor Hovhanissian, Consul General ...
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Tchilingirian was the former dean of St. Nersess Armenian Seminary in New York (1991-1994) and was co-founder and editor of "Window View of the Armenian Church" (1990-1995), a quarterly magazine dealing ...
... part of the former Soviet Union, and the tensions actually go back before the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991; indeed, to the beginning of the Soviet period. The majority of these problems were ...
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Tchilingirian, formerly of Boston, is Research Fellow and Associate Director of Projects of the Eurasia Program at the Judge Institute of Management, University of Cambridge. He received his PhD from ...
Massis Weekly, Volume 27, No. 40 Saturday, November 10, 2007
Revisiting Political Ideology and Strategy
Hratch Tchilingirian
The immediate reaction of a casual observer of Armenian life in the Diaspora to the 120th anniversary of the first Armenian political party is, arguably, of irrelevance. While the majority of diasporans are familiar with the "three traditional political parties", they are hardly familiar with the program and history of these national institutions that have preserved Armenian political and cultural life in dispersion for over one hundred years.
... widely on religion in the former Soviet Union.
Here is a list of state documents related to the Armenian Church:
1932 - Document 48
A long report concerning the election of new catholicos in 1932. ...
... a successor to a former Soviet republic, we are members of the CIS-which is very important for us-and at the same time we are participating in other regional and functional organizations, for example ...
... oldest unresolved conflict in the former Soviet Union. Meanwhile, a fragile cease-fire since May 1994 remains in place and the OSCE's Minsk Group continues attempts to mediate a resolution. ::/introtext:: ...
... country during the former system. Recently, in addition to these cults, various new movements have come to Armenia, such as the Mormons, the Krishnas, the Pentecostals, the Jehovah's Witnesses and so ...
... the establishment of a separate Armenian Protestant denomination.* The purpose of this article is to give a historical account of events rather than an analysis of the movement.
The First Reformers
The ...
... March 17; "Tarnished by allegations of fraud" March 17' "The charges...seemed certain to thrust the mountainous former Soviet republic into another political crisis." March 17 "International pressure is ...
... will intervene. The defense and interior ministers have given similar assurances. On March 7, Kocharian and four other candidates -- including former prime minister Vazgen Manukian, who claims to be the ...
... church and state.
Armenia, like other former Soviet republics, is at a transitional stage, and understandably a trial period is needed to establish the social and political boundaries. The Armenian Church ...
... also reject any subordination of Nagorno-Karabakh to Azerbaijan.
When Ter-Petrosian appointed Robert Kocharian, formerly the president of the unrecognized Republic of Mountainous Karabakh, as Armenian ...