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- 81. Pomp and Circumstance Greet President in Lebanon
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Armenian International Magazine (AIM) March 2000, Vol. 11, No. 3, p. 23
Pomp and Circumstance Greet Kocharian
By Hratch Tchilingirian
President Robert Kocharian paid an official three-day visit to Lebanon in February. He was greeted at the Beirut airport by Lebanese President Emil Lahoud, the Chairman of the Lebanese Parliament Nabih Berrie, Prime Minister Selim Hoss and other senior officials. The 72 hours of pomp and circumstance turned heads. “Even the visit of President Jacques Chirac was not so grand,” said one observer.
2000-03-01 - 82. Seven Years in Prison:
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Armenian International Magazine (AIM) February 2000, Volume 11, No. 2, pp. 50-52
Seven Years in Prison
“If one suffers, but does not believe, life becomes meaningless.”Compiled by Hratch Tchilingirian
Father Manuel Yergatian, a 33-year-old priest and citizen of Turkey was arrested in October 1980 while preparing to leave Istanbul en route to Jerusalem. He was charged with anti-Turkish activities in the years when various acts of political violence against Turks by Armenians were reported. His whereabouts were not known and no one was able to contact him. Archbishop Shnork Kalustian, Patriarch of Istanbul, was called to testify before the military court. The Turkish press reported on the trial of the “priest who is Turkey’s enemy.” The US State Department turned down a request to intervene in the case. Amnesty International did investigate the arrest. After his conviction, Yergatian served nearly seven years in Turkish prisons. Since his release, he has remained silent about his ordeal. At this writer's request, Fr. Yergatian, 46, describes for the first time and in great detail, what happened when he was arrested and convicted on charges of inciting terrorism.
2000-01-01 - 83. Jubilee in the Holy Land
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Armenian International Magazine (AIM) February 2000, Volume 11, No. 2
FOCUS OF THE MONTH
Jubilee in the Holy Land
Pilgrimage of the Century Includes Top Government, Religious LeadersBy HRATCH TCHILINGIRIAN
early 1000 Armenians from around the world gathered in the Holy Land during the week of January 17-24 to celebrate the bi-millennial jubilee of Christ’s Nativity in Bethlehem. The celebrations were headed by the top leadership of the Armenian Apostolic Church with the participation of Armenian President Robert Kocharian, who led a 30-member state delegation to Palestine and Israel for the occasion.
2000-02-01 - 84. Psychological Welfare
- ... not easily fund projects in “unrecognized” countries. In fact, when Gasparian received an acknowledgment from the European Community Humanitarian Office (ECHO), they thanked him for his “humanitarian work ...
- 85. Haigazian University in Lebanon
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Armenian International Magazine AIM Vol. 11, No. 1, January 2000, pp. 52-53
HAIGAZIAN UNIVERSITY IN LEBANON
Hratch Tchilingirian
One of the most valuable contributions of the Armenian Evangelical Church and its commitment to education is the establishment of the Haigazian University in Beirut. After four decades, it remains the only Armenian institution of higher education in the Diaspora. Haigazian — which has graduated over 1,600 students since its founding in 1955 — is accredited by the Ministry of Higher Education of Lebanon and is a member of the Association of International Colleges and Universities. It offers 19 undergraduate and four graduate degree programs.
2000-01-01 - 86. The Armenian Evangelical Union of the Near East
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Armenian International Magazine AIM Vol. 11, No. 1, January 2000, pp. 52-53
The Armenian Evangelical Union of the Near East
Coping with the effects of the war
Hratch Tchilingirian
Established in 1924, the Lebanon-based Armenian Evangelical Union of the Near East is one of the oldest among the five Unions that comprise the Armenian Evangelical Church. It is a union of over two dozen churches and congregations in seven countries in the Middle East and one church in Australia, as the origin of the Sydney church is traced back to Lebanon and Syria.
2000-01-01 - 87. The Armenian Evangelical School in Anjar
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Armenian International Magazine AIM Vol. 11, No. 1, January 2000, pp. 52-53
The Armenian Evangelical School in Anjar
Providing a brighter future
Hratch Tchilingirian
Ara (not his real name) was four years old when a social worker brought him to the Armenian Evangelical boarding school in Anjar, the Armenian village in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley. The school was already in session and the principal insisted that Ara should come at the beginning of the following year. But the social worker could not take Ara back. “You wouldn’t send him away if I told you where this child comes from,” pleaded the desperate social worker. Ara was very quiet and looked disturbed, says Rev. Nersess Balabanian, 40, who is in charge of the school. “The child’s father is a drug addict, his mother is a prostitute and he lives in a tiny room with two other little siblings,” explains Balabanian, “we couldn’t possibly return this child to that place.” They took him in.
2000-01-01 - 88. The Evangelicals in Armenia: On the Road to Pluralism
- ... in the snow, cold, hungry, saved the little sandwich for his grandson. I will never forget this.” It is stories like this that explain the Diaspora’s continuing humanitarian assistance to Armenia. In ...
- 89. When Small is Big: Armenian Evangelicals
- ... local and Diaspora staff members implement the church’s projects, which concentrate on humanitarian aid, relief, education, and construction. One of the largest projects of the organization is the sponsorship ...
- 90. The Historical Present
- ... humanitarian aid and health care, the two scholars wanted to do offer something in line with their expertise. “We thought there aren’t many people who can help Armenia with its damaged monuments,” says ...
- 91. OSCE Istanbul Summit
- ... major conflicts in the “OSCE area.” In addition to noting the “humanitarian situation” in Kosovo, the “democratic shortcomings” in the former Yugoslavia, the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the conflicts ...
- 92. A New Beginning: Catholicos Garegin II
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Armenian International Magazine (AIM), November 1999, Vol. 10, No. 11, pp. 24-25
A New Beginning
Catholicos Garegin II Faces the Task of Healing and Leading the ChurchBy HRATCH TCHILINGIRIAN
The Armenian Apostolic Church elected the 132nd Catholicos of All Armenians on October 27. Archbishop Garegin Nersissian, Vicar of the Ararat Diocese, succeeded Catholicos Karekin I, who passed away in June after serving for only four years as the head of the 1700-year old Church.
1999-11-01 - 93. Catholicosal Elections in Armenia
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CATHOLICOSAL ELECTIONSpecial Daily Coverage
By Hratch Tchilingirian, Managing Editor of Armenian International Magazine (AIM)
25 October 199926 October 1999
27 October 1999
1999-10-25 - 94. Back In Karabakh: Church Celebrates 10th Anniversary
- ... we gladly brought our contribution to the negotiations process so that peace would be established as soon as possible. When humanitarian assistance was needed for the wounded, for the orphans and the elderly, ...
- 95. A Devastating Earthquake Shakes the Land, People and Government of Turkey
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Armenian International Magazine (AIM), October 1999, Volume 10, Number 10, p. 24-27
Turkish Tragedy
A Devastating Earthquake Shakes the Land, People and Government of TurkeyBy Hratch Tchilingirian
The devastating earthquake that hit Turkey’s Marmara region in August killed almost 20,000 people, left more than 27,000 people injured and hundreds of thousands homeless. The epicenter of the 7.4 magnitude earthquake was near Izmit, an industrial city about 104 km (60 miles) east of Istanbul.
1999-10-01 - 96. Two Different Islands
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Armenian International Magazine Volume 10, Number 10, October 1999, p. 10
[Editorial by Hratch Tchilingirian]
Two Different Islands
Cooperation among state officials, policy makers and businesses benefits allIn the last few years, Great Britain, a huge and important island in Europe, has gone through a process of reassessing its foreign policy in the South Caucasus, Central Asia and Armenia in particular.
1999-10-01 - 97. Looking to the East: Chant Avedissian
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Armenian International Magazine (AIM), August-September 1999, Vol. 10, No. 8&9, pp. 76-77, 79
Looking to the East
Chant Avedissian rediscovers and redefines Egyptian visual artBy Hratch Tchilingirian
If you’ve traveled through London’s Heathrow Airport or flown on British Airways in the last few years, chances are you’ve seen Chant Avedissian’s paintings—representing Egypt. It is one of a series of colorful art deco British Airways plane tails representing different nations around the world.
1999-08-01 - 98. Crisis Without Borders: Armenian Media in the Middle East
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Armenian International Magazine (AIM) July 1999, Volume 10, Number 7, pp 37 & 39
Crisis Without Borders
The Media in the Middle EastBy 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.
1999-07-01 - 99. The End of a Journey: Catholicos Karekin I
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Armenian International Magazine (AIM) July 1999, Volume 10, Number 7, pp 29-33
The End of a Journey
Karekin I, Catholicos of All Armenians, 1995-1999; Catholicos of Cilicia, 1977-1995By Hratch Tchilingirian
In April 1995, Karekin I was elected the 131st Catholicos of All Armenians in Ejmiatsin by the National Ecclesiastical Assembly, arguably, the most pan-Armenian body 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 of Armenia. And for the first time in history, the Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia, in Lebanon, was elected Catholicos of All Armenians in Ejmiatsin.
1999-07-01 - 100. Master of Grand Theater
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Armenian International Magazine (AIM) June 1999, Volume 10, Number 6, pp 46-48
Master of Grand Theater
Gerard Avedissian in the Cultural Landscape of LebanonBy 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.
1999-06-01