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) April 1999, Vol. 10, No. 4, p 34
From Activism to Diplomacy Karabakh finds a place in the geostrategic architecture of the Caucasus
By HRATCH TCHILINGIRIAN
In the last decade, the Karabakh leadership has effectively transitioned from the political activism of the late 1980s and armed conflict in the early 1990s to serious diplomacy-with a combat-ready, disciplined army to back its political and geostrategic interests. Today, having acquired the constituent elements of statehood, Karabakh functions as a de-facto independent state.
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) January 1999, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 20-21
A VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS Armenia moves to reinforce the UN Genocide Convention
By HRATCH TCHILINGIRIAN
"Genocide shaped the founding of the United Nations" said UN Secretary General Kofi Annan in a message on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. The legally-binding Genocide Convention was adopted in 1948 and entered into force in 1951.
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) June 1998 (pp. 10-13)
100 YEARS IN AMERICA The Armenian Apostolic Church is celebrating the centennial of the establishment of the North American Diocese.
By Hratch Tchilingirian
With nearly 150 parishes and mission communities, 135 clergyman and several hundred full-time staff and an estimated cumulative budget of $12 million, the Armenian Church is the oldest, the largest, and arguably one of the most organized Armenian institution in North America.
Armenian International Magazine (AIM) April-May 1998, pp. 32-36
ARAM I ON FAITH AND THE HOMELAND
By Hratch Tchilingirian
The Head of the Great House of Cilicia speaks about his commitment to education, fellowship, service and outreach, in the hope that they will lead his flock back to greater spirituality and a cohesive commitment to Armenia. Does the absence of church unity stand in the way?
Armenian International Magazine (AIM) December 1995
"Collaboration First Unity Later, Maybe" Two new Catholicoses in One Year
by Hratch Tchilingirian
The Catholicossal election that was held in Etchmiadzin, April 3-5 of this year, was an event with many historical firsts. The National Ecclesiastical Assembly (NEA), the highest legislative body of the Armenian Church, convened for the first time in 40 years. The election took place for the first time in a free and independent Armenian Republic. For the first time in history, the Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia was elected Catholicos of All Armenians in Etchmiadzin.
It's like any other university. There is an administration building, some classrooms, offices, faculty and students. It also has some things other universities don't have. A memorial wall, for example, of neatly arranged rows of framed photographs. Just like everywhere else in Karabakh, the memorials to the dead are in plain view, and the State University of Mountainous Karabakh is no exception. Walking into the university building, one is struck by the pictures of more than 100 once-enrolled students who will never graduate.
... with its own autonomous religious institutions, attests to the importance of the region as a religious centre.
In the 19thcentury, the status of the native Catholicosate was drastically reduced. ...
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.
... integrity of newly independent states.
In the Caucasus, unresolved conflicts from the late 19th and early 20th centuries that 'froze' when the region was sovietized re-emerged in, for example, Chechnya, ...
Hratch Tchilingirian (2005) New Structures, Old Foundations. State Capacities for Peace" in Laurence Broers (editor), The Limits of Leadership: Elites and Societies in the Nagorny Karabakh Peace ProcessAccord. An International Review of Peace Initiatives. Issue 17. London: Conciliation Resources, 2005 (Issue Table of Content)..
Hratch Tchilingirian (2007) "Hrant Dink and Armenians in Turkey" in David Hayes (ed,) Turkey: Writers, Politics and Free Speech, OpenDemocracy Quarterly, Series 1; Vol. 2.
The assassination of the Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink on 19 January 2007 and its aftermath highlighted both change and resistance to change in Turkish society. To understand how far Turkey has travelled in the past generation, this article examines the role of Hrant Dink himself in the context of the Armenian community of which he was voice, critic, and emblem
Hratch Tchilingirian (2014) "The Armenian Apostolic Church" in Lucian Leustean (ed.) Eastern Christianity and Politics in the Twenty-First Century. Routledge. (Amazon)
Armenia's independence in 1991 turned a new page in the life of the Armenian nation and provided the Church an opportunity to renew herself and reinvigorate her mission. The realities at the beginning of the 21st