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41. Hratch Tchilingirian Lectures on Karabakh Conflict at Haigazian University

... December 11, 2001.  Tchilingirian was invited by the Department of Armenian Studies to participate in its lecture series dedicated to the 1700th anniversary of the adoption of Christianity ...

42. The Witness of the Armenian Church in the Diaspora

... We claim to be the first Christian nation, however, Christianity – in many parts of our community life – is not a living presence. Let’s be honest about this. Christianity has become just a heritage, just ...

43. The Challenges Facing the Armenian Church.

... about Christianity and the Armenian Church. In the last 10-12 years, the Church has tried to educate the population and yet, as I mentioned earlier, there is the need to further clarify the mission of ...

44. The Armenian community in Abkhazia Today

... Christianity. Abkhazia came under Ottoman rule in the fifteenth century and stayed as such in the next few hundred years. Some forty percent of the Abkhazians now are Muslims. However, both Christian and ...

45. Paper: Contemporary issues in the Armenian Orthodox Church

... COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON Conference on EASTERN CHRISTIANITY: THEOLOGY AND POLITICS Paper "Contemporary issues in the Armenian Orthodox Church" 16 November 2002 Conference on EASTERN ...

46. Nation Building and The Church

... and practiced in the early centuries of Christianity, that is, activate evangelistic ministry which will penetrate into the people's consciousness and lifestyle in their application of the Christian faith. ...

47. Church and State Relations in Armenia

... or Christianity. The people in Armenia do not know the differences between the churches or denominations. Because, the youth are so hungry for religious nourishment, when someone speaks in the name ...

48. Late Harvest

... celebrations for the 1,700th anniversary of Christianity as the state religion of Armenia; training of clergy and lay workers for the religious revival of the Armenian nation; the reinterpretation of Armenia's ...

49. The Forgotten Diaspora: Bulgarian-Armenians after the end of Communism

... land for the community to build a cathedral in Sofia on the occasion of the 1700th anniversary of adoption of Christianity in Armenia. (Father Khacherian says that the community will rely on Bulgarian-Armenians ...

50. The Forgotten Diaspora: Bulgarian-Armenians after the end of Communism

... land for the community to build a cathedral in Sofia on the occasion of the 1700th anniversary of adoption of Christianity in Armenia. (Father Khacherian says that the community will rely on Bulgarian-Armenians ...

51. The British Library's 1700th Anniversary exhibit

... anniversary of Armenian Christianity By Hratch Tchilingirian Ten years in the making, the British Library in London is staging a large-scale and first of its kind exhibit, called "Treasures from the ...

52. Celebration of Faith: 1700th Anniversary

... adoption of Christianity as the state religion in Armenia. It is believed that Christianity was introduced to Armenia as early as the second half of the first century through the evangelical activities ...

53. The Evangelicals in Armenia: On the Road to Pluralism

... in Yerevan. “In view of the many social and moral problems in our society in Armenia, Christianity should become a part of family life again,” says Rev. Leonian, who preaches every Sunday at a rented ...

54. When Small is Big: Armenian Evangelicals

... Tovmassian, 43, senior pastor at UACC, doesn’t see any problems in living with two identities. “Armenian is one’s nationality and Christianity is a person’s choice and faith,” he says. Of the Union’s ...

55. The Historical Present

... establishment of Christianity in Armenia. “Restoration means preserving what you have in the present not reconstruction of what was in the past,” explains Sourouzian. “The old school used to think that ...

56. The End of a Journey: Catholicos Karekin I

... priorities for Ejmiatsin: the organization of celebrations for the 1,700th anniversary of Christianity as the state religion of Armenia; the training of clergy and lay workers for the religious revival ...

57. Aram I on Faith and the Homeland

... for the World Council of Churches (WCC)-the equivalent of the "United Nations" of Christianity. Aram has been the Moderator of WCC since 1992, the highest position within the structure of the Geneva-based ...

58. Religious discourse and the church in Mountainous Karabakh

... roots of the Church In the fourth century, soon after Armenia’s conversion to Christianity,[2] the Kingdom of Albania (not to be confused with Albania in the Balkans), which included the provinces of ...

59. Nagorno Karabakh: transition and the elite

... dating back to medieval times, as 'Albanian' and concealed their Armenian origins; (i) starting in 1936, the public practice of Armenian Christianity was not allowed in Nagorno Karabagh. While in ...

60. Hrant Dink and Armenians in Turkey

... Armenian Christianity, he wrote: "The Armenian church has suffered divisions throughout history and it is evident that it has not learned from its own history. The 'one nation - one church' rule, which ...