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- 141. Dividing Jerusalem : Armenians on the line of confrontation
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Armenian International Magazine (AIM) Vol. 11, No. 10, October 2000, pp. 40-44. COVER STORY
Dividing Jerusalem
Armenians on the line of confrontationBy HRATCH TCHILINGIRIAN
The Armenian Quarter in the Old City of Jerusalem has become one of the most talked about issues in the ongoing Palestinian-Israeli negotiations over the final status of the city that is sacred to Christians, Jews and Muslims. At the Camp David II talks in the US in July [2000], it was proposed that the Old City be divided into two sections: Israeli control over the Jewish and Armenian quarters and Palestinian control over the Christian and Muslim quarters.
2000-10-01 - 142. Council of Europe Votes In favor of Armenia’s membership
- ... political solution of the Karabakh conflict and free parliamentary elections in 1998. The face-to-face meetings of Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents reassured the CE that the process toward negotiated ...
- 143. Shooting Again: Assassination Attempt Shakes Up Karabakh and Armenia
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Armenian International Magazine (AIM), April 2000, Volume 11, No. 4, pp. 20-21
Shooting Again
Unsuccessful Assassination Attempt Shakes Up Karabakh and ArmeniaBy HRATCH TCHILINGIRIAN
Less than six months after the assassination of eight top Armenian officials, the president of Karabakh narrowly escaped an attack on his life.
2000-04-01 - 144. 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 - 145. 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 - 146. 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 - 147. 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 - 148. 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 - 149. The Evangelicals in Armenia: On the Road to Pluralism
- ... public. More than 700,000 pieces of scripture publications alone have been distributed, and, every year, 66,000 children’s Bibles are passed out to all first graders in Armenia and Karabakh, upon ...
- 150. When Small is Big: Armenian Evangelicals
- ... September tried to put the issue to rest once and for all. He expressed the Armenian Evangelical Church’s wish and support for Karabakh’s liberation and independence, for the defense and security of Armenia, ...
- 151. Integration: The Point of No Return
- ... kingdom, the clan moved to Julfa in northern Iran, which was a major trade center between Asia and Europe. Later generations moved to Isfahan, Upper Akulis, Geghargunik, Nakhichevan, Karabakh, St. Petersburg ...
- 152. The Historical Present
- ... However, “the Karabakh war interrupted the project,” Sourouzian explains with disappointment. “These researchers were afraid of the war and left Armenia. Then came the collapse of the Soviet Union and ...
- 153. OSCE Istanbul Summit
- ... in Georgia, Moldova and especially Chechnya, the OSCE summit “applauded” developments toward the resolution of the Karabakh conflict. The declaration stated: “We applaud in particular the intensified ...
- 154. A New Beginning: Catholicos Garegin II
- ... The National Ecclesiastical Assembly (NEA), the highest legislative body of the Armenian Church made of 455 delegates from Armenia, Karabakh and 43 countries in the Diaspora, officially convened in Holy ...
- 155. 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 - 156. 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 - 157. 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 - 158. Crisis Without Borders: Armenian Media in the Middle East
- ... impact on the relatively stable internal life of the Diaspora and continue to shape the “national agenda.” However, even as editors agree that Armenia and Karabakh remain the focal point of Armenian ...
- 159. The End of a Journey: Catholicos Karekin I
- ... primary duty is to organize the National Ecclesiastical Assembly (NEA). Within six months the NEA—made of some 400 delegates representing the Armenian nation in Armenia, Karabakh and over 30 countries ...
- 160. 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.
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