Armenian International Magazine (AIM) July 1999, Volume 10, Number 7, pp 37 & 39
Crisis Without Borders The Media in the Middle East
By Hratch Tchilingirian
In 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 and the culture was guaranteed.
... of the Armenian nation; the reinterpretation of Armenia's national and religious identity; and ensuring the financial stability of the HolySee of Ejmiatsin.
His ultimate vision was the complete overhaul ...
Armenian International Magazine (AIM) June 1999, Volume 10, Number 6, pp 46-48
Master of Grand Theater Gerard Avedissian in the Cultural Landscape of Lebanon
By Hratch Tchilingirian
Playwright, actor, director and producer Gerard Avedissian, 55, is one of the most sought-after artists in the Middle East. A regular guest on the Lebanese television talk show circuit and the cultural scene, Avedissian is the master of the grand theater. “People expect something big and something well done,” he says, when they see his name associated with a theatrical production. In 1997, when he wrote, directed and co-produced “Ghadat Al-Camilla”—a musical play inspired by Alexandre Dumas Jr’s The Lady of the Camellias—some 55,000 people saw the production in one season.
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.
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) 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.
Armenian International Magazine (AIM) December 1998, Vol. 9, No. 12, p. 52
The People's Choice Archbishop Mesrob Mutafyan Elected 84th Armenian Patriarchate of Turkey.
By HRATCH TCHILINGIRIAN
After months of state interference, the Governor of Istanbul-having received the required approval of Turkey's Council of Ministers-permitted the 80,000-strong Armenian community of Turkey to proceed with the election of a successor to Patriarch Karekin II who passed away in March of this year.
... unity of the Prelacy and the Diocese of the Eastern United States requires the involvement, participation and approval of the HolySee of Etchmiadzin and Antelias, and whereas genuine unity can only be ...
Privatization, de-nationalization, investments, free-market are among the most complex and misunderstood terms in virtually all the newly independent states. Like chemotherapy which introduces drastic and painful changes in the body even while trying to save it, the introduction of free-market economics brought major pain (together with some good and the promise of more). All of this came with many unexpected and often undesired side effects.
... in America was consecrated in the same town and named the Holy Savior.
Initially, the Church community in the United States was under the jurisdiction of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, and was administered ...
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."
...
Finally, Aram I explains bow all these processes come together in the concepts of Unity and renewal. In one of his fascinating books, entitled Orthodox Perspective on (1992), Aram I writes: "The Holy ...
... was appointed Dean of the Holy Cross Seminary of the Istanbul Patriarchate.
In 1953, he was invited to serve in the United States by the Diocese of the Armenian Church and was appointed pastor of St. ...
Armenian International Magazine (AIM) March-April 1997 pp30-32
Playing with Tigers Armenia Looks East for Trade and Investment
by Hratch Tchilingirian
"Here in Asia, we are spoiled. We have not seen any political difficulties for a long time. The Far Easterners in general are not really interested in politics. Their main aim is business and how to increase productivity. This is why this region has been growing at a very fast pace. Everybody is interested in making money. Economics comes before politics," observes Vartan Keshishian, President of Hong Kong-based Checkmate Industries.
... knowledge, church unity was a prevalent theme in all of Catholicos Aram I's public comments. "He stressed the need to promote the unity of the church, through collaboration with the HolySee of Ejmiadsin," ...
... the monastery of Amaras is one of the most important shrines in Karabakh and is considered a holy site for pilgrims. Karabakhtzis are also proud of the fact that Mesrob Mashtotz (c. 355-439), the ...
Hratch Tchilingirian (1998) "Le conflit du Haut-Karabagh provoque des changements majeurs en Arménie" in Nouveaux Mondes (CRES - Centre de Recherches Entreprises et Sociétés, Geneva), No. 8.