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1. Western Diocese’s Public Lecture Series: ... and Armenian Heritage Massis Post, March 30, 20267, March 30, 20267 BURBANK — The Continuing Education program of the Western Diocese of the Armenian Church has launched its 2026 Public Lecture Series, ...
2. New Tools and Strategies for the Future of Western Armenian: ... Church, under the auspices of Primate Archbishop Hovnan Derderian, and Woodbury University. Moderator Dr. Hratch Tchilingirian, Director of Institutional Innovation at the Western Diocese, noted in his ...
3. A Critical Review of Khachkar Studios: ... Parts,” the studio presents itself as a data-driven savior of “failing” churches. However, a closer look at their published materials, methodology, and the actual nature of their “investment” reveals ...
4. Syria’s forgotten Armenian community: ... fabric. For many decades, Aleppo was one of the most vibrant centers of Armenian diasporic life, with its schools, churches, press, and cultural institutions. This strong communal presence, however, sharply ...
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. Transformation Rooted in Legacy: ... of the Armenian Apostolic Church of North America has served as a spiritual and cultural anchor for Armenians across the Western United States. In the second half of last year, the Western Diocese—under ...
7. Hratch Tchilingirian (short biography): Dr. Hratch Tchilingirian is a sociologist, author and innovation executive. He is the Director of Institutional Innovation at the Western Diocese of the Armenian Church. He has taught at and held academic positions at the universities of Oxford (2012-2024) and Cambridge (2002-2012) in Britain and, since 2021, is Associate Professor of Armenian Studies (IMAS), INALCO university 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 is the author of numerous studies and publications and has lectured internationally, in recent years drawing attention to the plight of minorities and Christian communities in the Middle East, especially in academic and policy-making circles. He was the Director of the Armenian Diaspora Survey (2019-2024), which conducted research in over 50 communities in 10 countries, with the participation of over 13,000 diasporans. Dr. Tchilingirian has held executive positions in charitable organizations and has served communities in various leadership positions in the United States and the United Kingdom. He remains deeply engaged in academic and community life and takes active part in civic and professional projects. His television, radio and newspaper interviews and expert comments have appeared in international media outlets, and have been quoted in BBC News , Al-Jazeera, The New York Times, Financial Times, Fox News, Asia Times, RFE/RL, Radio Vaticana, Armenia Public TV, AM H1, Armenian Public Radio, and a host of other media outlets.

Date:
2025-10-12
8. The Last Liturgy: ... 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 ...
9. Azerbaijan’s International Image-Making Strategies and Challenges: ... a “national” Christian Church—the so-called “Albanian Apostolic Church”––to deny and delegitimize centuries of Armenian presence in Artsakh and the region. The engineering of a Christian church by a predominantly ...
10. Dr. Hratch Tchilingirian Appointed Director of Institutional Innovation: ... Asbsarez, 24 October 2024 BURBANK — The Western Diocese of the Armenian Church has launched a visionary long-term institutional innovation initiative under the leadership of the Primate, Archbishop Hovnan ...
11. Being Armenian is a package: ... for different diasporans. If in the traditional perception of identity—articulated by the church, political parties, voluntary associations and other collective structures—the idea of choice did not ...
12. Ethnic Cleansing: Does International Law Still Matter?: ... and international law was the subject of the inaugural Bishop Grigoris Balakian Annual Lecture, a new initiative of the Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church of the United Kingdom and Ireland. Two ...
13. Արցախահայութեան օժանդակութիւնը կրկին օրակարգի վրայ կը դնէ Սփիւռքի կառոյցներու խնդիրը: ... “Reverse Engineering: A State-Created “Albanian Apostolic Church” in Caucasian Albania. An International Handbook (eds., Jost Gippert and Jasmine Dum-Tragut), De Gruyter Mouton, 2023, եւ “Armenian Communities ...
14. Հայկական «փափուկ ուժը» սփիւռքի մէջ: ... աշխատանքներու արդիւնքները, եւ վերջերս լոյս տեսած` “Reverse Engineering: A State-Created “Albanian Apostolic Church” in Caucasian Albania. An International Handbook (eds., Jost Gippert and Jasmine Dum-Tragut), ...
15. Reverse Engineering: A State-Created Albanian Apostolic Church: Hratch Tchilingirian (2023) “Reverse Engineering: A State-Created ‘Albanian Apostolic Church’” in Caucasian Albania. An International Handbook. Edited by Jost Gippert and Jasmine Dum-Tragut. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 2023: 581-609, https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110794687-019.

Abstract: This Chapter provides a brief historical overview of Christianity in Nagorno-Karabakh in the wider context of the modern Azerbaijani-Armenian conflict and disputed territories. It then focuses on how the Azerbaijani state is constructing an “Albanian Apostolic Church” – variously called “Udi Church” or “Udi Orthodox Church” – as part of a new narrative that connects modern-day Azerbaijanis to ancient peoples, cultures and early Christianity in the Caucasus. The common features of this state-“engineered” narrative are denial of facts, erasure of evidence and reinvention of history, which goes back to Soviet times.
Tchilingirian_2023_Reverse_Engineering_A_State_Created_Albanian_ Apostolic_Church.pdf
Date:
2023-06-15
16. The Challenge of Non-Armenians to the Armenian Church Hierarchy: Hratch Tchilingirian, “Good idea, But thanks… The Challenge of Non-Armenians to the Armenian Church Hierarchy”.

Window view of the Armenian Church, Vol. 4, No. 3, 1994, pp. 3, 5.
Tchilingirian_Hratch_The_Challenge_of_nonArmenians_to_the_Armenian_Church_hierarchy_Window_1994.pdf
Date:
2023-04-03
17. Karabakh: The rich religious heritage in Artsakh from 4th to 21st century”: Lecture: "Christians in Karabakh. The rich religious heritage in Artsakh from 4th to 21st century”

Diocese of the Armenian Church in the United Kingdom and Ireland, 12 May 2021.

(video)
Date:
2021-08-27
18. The rich religious heritage in Artsakh from 4th to 21st century: Lecture: "Christians in Karabakh. The rich religious heritage in Artsakh from 4th to 21st century”

Diocese of the Armenian Church in the United Kingdom and Ireland, 12 May 2021.

(video)
Date:
2021-08-27
19. Խոսենք ապագայից: The Future Armenian, Futures Studio 15 July 2021.

«Խոսենք ապագայից» հատուկ շարքի շրջանակներում, հարցազրույց հայագետ սոցիոլոգ, Օքսֆորդի համալսարանի Արևելագիտության ֆակուլտետի դասախոս Հրաչ Չիլինգիրյանի հետ: Հայաստանի, Արցախի և աշխարհի հայերի ապագային վերաբերող հարցեր: Վարում է լրագրող Մարկ Գրիգորյանը:
Date:
2021-08-27
20. Fidelity to the Mission of Renewal: ... Church is the fact that, despite being small in numbers among Armenians worldwide, this 175-year-old church is one of the most active, visible and organized institutions in the Armenian world. Today, the ...

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