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- 381. 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 - 382. Psychological Welfare
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Armenian International Magazine AIM Vol. 11, No. 1, January 2000, pp. 64-66.
Psychological Welfare
Healing the Emotional Scars of the Karabakh WarBy HRATCH TCHILINGIRIAN
"Every child and adult in Karabakh has a war story,” says Khatchatur Khachik Gasparian, 36, psychologist and head of the Yerevan State Medical University’s Medical Psychology Section. “The need to listen to them is enormous and essential,” he adds.
2000-01-01 - 383. 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 - 384. 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 - 385. 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 - 386. The Evangelicals in Armenia: On the Road to Pluralism
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Armenian International Magazine AIM Vol. 11, No. 1, January 2000, pp. 52-53
The Evangelicals in Armenia: On the Road to Pluralism
By Hratch Tchilingirian
Reverend Movses Janbazian of the Armenian Missionary Association of America reminisces about his various relief missions to Armenia.
2000-01-01 - 387. When Small is Big: Armenian Evangelicals
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Armenian International Magazine (AIM) Vol. 11, No. 1, January 2000, pp. 35-38; 43.
WHEN SMALL IS BIG
Armenian Evangelicals Render a Century and a Half of Service
By Hratch Tchilingirian
Numbering only 50 to 70,000 around the world, Armenian Evangelicals are among the most organized, visible, and active of the world’s eight million-plus Armenians. Despite their small numbers and their periodic conflicts with the Armenian Apostolic Church, the legitimacy, value and mission of the Armenian Evangelical Church has become indisputable over the last century and a half. Just the fact that it is politically incorrect to call them Protestants – they’re Evangelicals – attests to a change of attitude and acceptance; they are no longer seen as “protesters” but as believers genuinely involved in Christian mission and evangelization.
2000-01-01 - 388. Armenians By Choice: Transnational Culture and Identitites
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Armenian International Magazine (AIM) August 1998
Armenians By Choice
Transnational Culture and Identities
By Kristen Kidd and Hratch Tchilingirian
1998-08-01 - 389. Integration: The Point of No Return
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Armenian International Magazine (AIM) December 1999 Volume 10, No. 12, pp. 46-48
Integration
The Point of No ReturnBy Hratch Tchilingirian
After the 17-year devastation of the Lebanese civil war, Arthur Nazarian, 48, has been assigned, arguably, the most thankless job in the Lebanese government. The Beirut-born industrialist is both Minister of Tourism and Minister of the Environment.
1999-12-01 - 390. The Historical Present
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Armenian International Magazine (AIM) December 1999 Volume 10, No. 12, pp. 42-45
The Historical Present
Two Scholars See the Present in the Annals of Ancient TimesBy Hratch Tchilingirian
Putting together the dismembered body parts of gods — discarded in museum warehouses around the world — is not an easy job. But for archeologist and Egyptologist Hourig Sourouzian, 51, it is a professional passion. Painstakingly searching, identifying and matching pieces of heads, torsoes and legs of ancient statues has made Sourouzian one of the most sought-after experts of Egyptian art.
1999-12-01 - 391. OSCE Istanbul Summit
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Armenian International Magazine (AIM) December 1999 Volume 10, No. 12, pp. 24-25
The Istanbul Summit
Fifty-Four Nations Discuss Regional Security and Conflicts
By HRATCH TCHILINGIRIAN
The much touted European security summit of the 54-nation Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) was held in Istanbul in late November. President Robert Kocharian headed an Armenian delegation to the summit, where member heads of states and governments adopted a new Charter for European Security and a revised Treaty on Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE).
1999-12-01 - 392. 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 - 393. 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 - 394. 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 - 395. 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 - 396. 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 - 397. 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 - 398. 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 - 399. 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 - 400. 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.
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