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- 381. Catholics Elect New Patriarch
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Armenian International Magazine (AIM) November 1999, Vol. 10, No. 11, p. 57
Catholics Elect New Patriarch
The Armenian Catholic Hierarchy and Community Face Daunting ChallengesBy Hratch Tchilingirian
In mid-October, Cairo-born Bishop Bedros Tarmouni, 59, was elected Catholicos Patriarch of the Lebanon-based Armenian Catholic Church by the Synod of Bishops at the Monastery of Bzommar. Unlike the Armenian Apostolic Church, lay representatives do not participate in the election of a Catholic patriarch. The Synod is made of clergy delegates representing Catholic communities in Europe, the Middle East, the US, South America and Armenia. The new leader will be known as Patriarch Nerses-Bedros XIX.
1999-11-01 - 382. 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 - 383. 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 - 384. Big Player
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Armenian International Magazine (AIM), October 1999, Volume 10, Number 10, pp. 52-53
Big Player
Joe Baroutjian Reaches New Height in Lebanon’s Music IndustryBy HRATCH TCHILINGIRIAN
“Studio Joe” is tucked in the ground floor of an old, war-scarred building in a narrow alleyway of Beirut's Armenian neighborhood of Bourj Hammoud, where at night you can still park your car in the middle of the street and get away with it.
1999-10-01 - 385. Back In Karabakh: Church Celebrates 10th Anniversary
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Armenian International Magazine (AIM), Volume 10, Number 10, October 1999, pp. 48-51
Back In Karabakh
Diocese of Artsakh Celebrates 10th Anniversary of Re-establishmentBy Hratch Tchilingirian
The Diocese of Artsakh celebrates the 10th anniversary of its re-establishment in Mountainous Karabakh. Under the most trying circumstances, the Diocese was officially reopened in the spring of 1989 with a special encyclical by Catholicos Vazgen I of All Armenians, and with the appointment of Bishop Barkev Martirossian as Primate. (He became an Archbishop in June 1999).
1999-10-01 - 386. The Navy Band
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Armenian International Magazine (AIM) Volume 10, Number 6, June 1999, p. 67
The Navy Band
Hratch Tchilingirian
Armenian Navy Band, subtitled Bzdik Zinvor (Small Soldier) is Arto Tunçboyaciyan’s newest CD production (Svota Music 1999).
1999-06-01 - 387. 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 - 388. 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 - 389. Electing A Holy Father
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Armenian International Magazine Volume 10, Number 10, October 1999, p. 11
[Editorial by Hratch Tchilingirian]
Electing A Holy Father
Will the new Catholicos heal, build and lead the Church into the next century?At the end of October over 450 delegates from around the world, elected by their respective communities, will convene the National Ecclesiastical Assembly (NEA), the Armenian Church’s highest body of authority, to elect a new Catholicos of All Armenians.
1999-10-01 - 390. 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 - 391. Instilling the Armenian Spirit
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Armenian International Magazine (AIM) July 1999, Volume 10, Number 7, pp 53-54
Instilling the Armenian Spirit Armenian Education in a Transient Community
By Hratch Tchilingirian
The tiny Armenian community in the United Arab Emirates, numbering less than 2000, has a collective history of about 20 years. Unlike most established Diaspora communities around the world, the most prevalent characteristics of this community is its transient nature.
1999-07-01 - 392. 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 - 393. 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 - 394. 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 - 395. An Arab Historian and His Cause
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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 GenocideBy 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.
1999-04-01 - 396. The Armenian's Diplomatic Mission in Egypt
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Armenian International Magazine (AIM) April 1999, Vol. 10, No. 4, p 56-57
The Armenian [Diplomatic] Mission in Egypt
Ambassador Edward Nalbandian goes to Paris with acclamationBy Hratch Tchilingirian
Unlike countries with decades-old (even centuries-old) state apparatus and experience in diplomatic relations, the "first generation" diplomats of virtually all newly independent countries carry enormous responsibilities and challenges. In addition to representing political and economic interests of their respective countries, diplomats of new states bear the responsibility of creating new diplomatic infrastructures in their host countries with virtually no (or at best very little) state budgets. From finding, acquiring and maintaining decent embassy buildings to obtaining cars, computers, faxes and staff, the first few years for a "new diplomat" are most challenging.
1999-04-01 - 397. Karabakh: From Activism to Diplomacy
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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 CaucasusBy 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.
1999-04-01 - 398. Nobody's Listening: Armenia's Telecom System
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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.
1999-02-01 - 399. A Voice in the Wilderness: UN Genocide Convention
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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 ConventionBy 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.
1999-01-01 - 400. Clash of Values
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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.
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