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1. Western Diocese’s Public Lecture Series: Western Diocese's Public Lecture Series Explore Christian Faith and Armenian Heritage

Massis Post, March 30, 20267, March 30, 20267

...“The lecture series are designed to engage both timeless questions of faith and urgent modern concerns,” explained Dr. Hratch Tchilingirian, Director of Institutional Innovation, adding that “the program accords the public meaningful conversations on Armenian Christian tradition, theology, spirituality, culture, and contemporary realities.”
Date:
2026-03-31
2. New Tools and Strategies for the Future of Western Armenian: ... New Methods, New Possibilities,” the event highlighted strategies aimed at strengthening Western Armenian in the diaspora. The colloquium was organized jointly by the Western Diocese of the Armenian ...
3. A Critical Review of Khachkar Studios: Data or Dogma? A Critical Review of Khachkar Studios’ ‘U.S. Armenian Christian Ecosystem’

By Hratch Tchilingirian | Asbarez, February 20, 2026

In recent months, Khachkar Studios—a media outlet affiliated with billionaire Paul B. Kazarian’s Charles & Agnes Kazarian Foundation—has flooded Armenian news cycles with claims of a “historically unprecedented” $100 million investment to revitalize the “The Failing U.S. Armenian Christian
Date:
2026-02-21
4. Syria’s forgotten Armenian community: ... future is uncertain. What for many years was a self-sufficient community has been reduced to a vulnerable remnant, surviving primarily thanks to Christian churches and support from the diaspora. This situation ...
5. Welcome to the Armenian Church: Welcome to the Armenian Church. Essentials about the Armenian Church Faith, Religious Culture and Traditions from Ancient times to Present. Edited by Michael Kermian and Arpie Nakashian McQueen. Burbank: Western Diocese of the Armenian Church.
Welcome_to_the_Armenian_Church.pdf
Date:
2025-12-12
6. USC Mapping Language and Identity: Mapping Language and Identity: Dr. Hratch Tchilingirian and the Armenian Diaspora Survey

""Language Therapy with Dr. K"

University of Southern California, Armenian Studies Institute, 7 May 2025
Date:
2025-10-20
7. Transformation Rooted in Legacy: ... author and scholar, his work and publications on the Armenian Church, identity, culture, the Armenian diaspora, and Christian communities in the Middle East have been recognized in both academic and policy ...
8. Language: The Condition of Mrs. Arev Mudian: ... have grown increasingly urgent. Concerned community leaders, educators, activists, and scholars across the Armenian Diaspora have been actively seeking ways to address the language’s decline. Since UNESCO ...
9. Hratch Tchilingirian (short biography): ... in Paris. His research, teaching and publications focus on sociology of identity, culture, and religion; Diaspora studies and inter-ethnic conflicts in the Caucasus and Eurasia region. Dr. Tchilingirian ...
10. Սփիւռքի կառոյցները միայն բեմ չեն կրնար ըլլալ: ... հեղինակ եւ գործադիր է: _______ (1) «Հայկական Սփիւռքի Հարցախոյզ», Armenian Diaspora Survey, 2019, 2021, 2022. www.armeniandiasporasurvey.com. (2) «Ազդակ», 14 Ապրիլ 2025. https://www.aztagdaily.com/archives/646001. ...
11. Mapping Language and Identity: Mapping Language and Identity: Dr. Hratch Tchilingirian and the Armenian Diaspora Survey

""Language Therapy with Dr. K"

University of Southern California, Armenian Studies Institute, 7 May 2025
Date:
2025-05-20
12. The Last Liturgy: Komitas’s Sacred Harmony Before the Silence, the Last Liturgy

Hratch Tchilingirian | 24 April 2025

During the chaos of World War I in Constantinople, Komitas Vardapet began composing a version of the Armenian Divine Liturgy (Badarak) for a male choir. Due to military exemptions for some educators and church servants, including a few from the Armenian Church in Galata (Istanbul neighborhood), Komitas gathered a group of about 25–30 young men and worked intensely—sometimes day and night—to train them and compose the choral arrangements, carefully crafting each voice part as its own unique melody....
Date:
2025-04-26
13. Սփիւռքի Մեծ Բացական՝ Ղեկավարութիւն: «Հայրենիք» «Զարթօնք» «Ազգ21» «Արարատ»

Սփիւռքի Մեծ Բացական՝ Ղեկավարութիւն

Հրաչ Չիլինկիրեան | 6 Մարտ 2025

Վերջին տարիներուն, սփիւռքի կառոյցներու եւ ղեկավարութեան հարցը դարձած է աճող եւ մտահոգիչ երեւոյթ մը։ Ապագան մշուշոտ է, իսկ ներկայ վիճակը՝ յուսախաբեցնող։ Մեծի Տանն Կիլիկիոյ Արամ Ա. Կաթողիկոսի բնորոշումով՝ «Կը գտնուինք անդունդի եզրին...

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Tchilingirian_2025_Սփիւռքի_մեծ_բացական_ղեկվարութիւն.pdf
Date:
2025-03-10
14. Religious Pluralism in the Modern Middle East: Paper: "Minority within Minorities: Armenian communities in the Middle East between imposed realities and uncertain future", CME International Workshop, Athens, Greece, 21 October 2022. Christianity and Religious Pluralism in the Modern Middle East: International Politics and Religion at the turn of the 20th and 21st century, funded by the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation
Hratch_Tchilingirian_Athens_conf_agenda_cme_workshop_2022.pdf
Date:
2025-02-05
15. Azerbaijan’s International Image-Making Strategies and Challenges: ... Relations and Media Campaign Finally, Azerbaijan actively engages with international media, and its Azerbaijani and Turkish diaspora communities to promote favorable narratives. Through global media ...
16. Dr. Hratch Tchilingirian Appointed Director of Institutional Innovation: ... of religion, identity, culture, and diaspora studies. He did his PhD at the prestigious London School of Economics and has academic degrees in public administration and theology. “Dr. Tchilingirian’s ...
17. Diaspora Studies: Paper: "Diaspora Studies: Future Directions", Society for Armenian Studies 50th Anniversary Conference, "Armenian Studies: Evolving Connections and Conversations." 13-15 September 2024, Harvard University & NAASR.
Date:
2024-09-16
18. Հաւասարում Նորոգ: ... ներկայացուցած իր առաջարկը, եւ հիմնարկին ընդառաջումը առաջարկին, եւ հրատարակութիւնն ու իր կողմէ խմբագրումը «Diaspora: a journal for transnational studies»ի, որ վերջին տարիներուն այլ խմբագիրներով կը շարունակուի։ ...
19. What is *Armenian* in Armenian Identity: Hratch Tchilingirian (2021) "What is 'Armenian' in Armenian Identity?" in Altuğ Yılmaz (ed.) Critical Approaches to Armenian Identity in the 21st Century: Vulnerability, Resilience and Transformation. Istanbul: Hrant Dink Foundation. pp. 31-40.
Date:
2024-07-13
20. Being Armenian is a package: Hratch Tchilingirian, “’Being Armenian is a package.’ Some critical issues facing Diaspora organizations today,” in H. Oshagan and Kh. Tölölyan (eds.), The Diaspora at 100. (Boston: The Armenian Weekly), June 2024: 60-61.
Hratch_Tchilingirian_2024_Being_Armenian_is_a_package.pdf
Author:
Hratch Tchilingirian
Date:
2024-07-18