Nel IV secolo, poco dopo la conversione dell’Armenia al cristianesimo, il Regno di Albania (da non confondersi con l’Albania dei Balcani) che comprendeva le province di Artsakh (la futura Karabagh) e Utik, si convertì al cristianesimo grazie agli sforzi di Gregorio l’Illuminatore, evangelizzatore dell’Armenia. Grigoris, il nipote di san Gregorio, fu nominato capo della Chiesa albanese intorno al 330 d.C. Fu martirizzato nel 338 mentre evangelizzava la regione a nordest del paese, nei pressi di Derbend (l’attuale Daghestan). Il suo corpo fu traslato in Artsakh e sepolto in una
The Parikian Collection: A New Treasure Made Public
Hratch Tchilingirian | 21 February 2018
Eton College formally launched the collection of some 650 volumes of rare early Armenian printed books from the 16th to 19th centuries, bequeathed to the school by renowned British-Armenian violinist Manoug Parikian (1920-1987).
...Kudüs’te en azından 4. yüzyıldan beri, yani 1700 yıldır Ermeniler yaşıyor. Oxford Üniversitesi Şarkiyat Enstitüsü öğretim üyelerinden Hratch Tchilingirian, Kudüs’teki Ermenilerin “Ermeni anavatanın dışında, varlığını halen sürdüren en eski diaspora topluluğu” olduğunu...
The debate on "Armenian identity" has a long history and is an ever-evolving discourse, especially in the Diaspora. In the last 100 years since 1915, along with efforts to build communities in dispersion, there have been hierarchies of identity and canonical approaches to
Paper: "Secularising Effects of Sectarianism: The Case of the Armenian Church in the Middle East During the Cold War Era" at Rethinking Nationalism, Sectarianism and Ethno-Religious Mobilisation in the Middle East, convened by Dr Alex Henley, Dr Ceren Lord, Dr Hiroko Miyokawaunder, under the auspices of Pembroke College, the Sasakawa Peace Foundation, the Middle East Centre at St Antony’s College, and The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH), 27 February 2018.
Yerkir Media TV and Artsakh TV programs on Oxford Armenian Studies, featuring Theo Maarten van Lint, Hratch Tchilingirian (at 9:29), David Zakarian, Ani Shahinian and Krikor Momdjian.
Historic Ordination of a Deaconess in the Tehran Diocese of the Armenian Church
Hratch Tchilingirian | CivilNet.am 12 January 2018 [updated 20.06.2019]
The Primate of the Diocese of Tehran ordained a young woman as a deaconess in Tehran’s St. Sarkis Mother Church on September 25, 2017. Even as the office of deaconess had existed in Armenian Church convents for centuries, this was a historic first. It is the first time that a lay woman, not a nun, was ordained a “parish deacon”
Historic Ordination of a Deaconess in the Tehran Diocese of the Armenian Church
Hratch Tchilingirian | 12 January 2018
The Primate of the Diocese of Tehran ordained a young woman as a deaconess in Tehran’s St. Sarkis Mother Church on September 25, 2017. Even as the office of deaconess had existed in Armenian Church convents for centuries, this was a historic first. It is the first time that a lay woman, not a nun, was was ordained a “parish deacon.”
... of thoughts within the Armenian community in Turkey and highlights several sociological concepts that are useful to the understanding and analysis of the Turkish state’s and society’s treatment of the ...
Paper: "Seeing the present from the future: Glocal Armenians and the Homeland?", ARPA Institute, 25th Anniversary Conference:Armenians and Armenia in the 21st Century: A Strategy for Long-Term Development.
15 July 2017, Glendale Civic Auditorium, Glendale, California.
... involvement of the larger society. Working together on specific projects or towards common goals is different from “unity” or “united” activities, often repeated terms in Armenian discourse, but virtually ...
GLENDALE – University of Oxford scholar, Dr. Hratch Tchilingirian will be in town to present a special illustrated talk titled, Precarious Citizens: Christian Communities in Turkey Today on Tuesday , July 18, 2017 at 7:30pm at Abril Bookstore – 415 E. Broadway, Glendale, CA. Scholar will be introduced by Mark Chenian. Admission is free.
Conference on "Armenian Identity in the 21st Century", Hrant Dink Foundation, Istanbul
«Հրանդ Տինք Հիմնարկ»ի ու «Համազգային»ի Գործակցութեամբ Գիտաժողով
ՍԵՒԱՆ ՏԷՅԻՐՄԵՆՃԵԱՆ
Հոկտեմբեր 7-8 թուականներուն կայացաւ «Հայկական ինքնութեան քննական մօտերցումներ 21-րդ դարուն՝ խոցելիութիւն, առաձգականութիւն եւ փոխակերպութիւն» խորագրեալ գիտաժողովը... Հրաչ Չիլինկիրեան (Օքսֆորտ համալսարանի դասախօս)- «Պէտք է ըսել, որ բացառիկ յաջողութեամբ անցաւ այս երկու օրը։ Ինծի համար յատկապէս իւրայատուկ երեւոյթ մըն է, որ «Հրանդ Տինք Հիմնարկ»ն ու Համազգայինը այս նախաձեռնութիւնը կազմակերպած էին։ Հայ ինքնութեան մասին Պոլսոյ մէջ հաւաքուիլ ու խօսիլ՝ կարծես առաւել
Armenia and the Diaspora in the Post-Truth 21st Century
EVN Report podcast, 6 June 2017
Arto Vaun sits down with scholar and sociologist Hratch Tchilingirian to discuss Armenian-Diaspora relations and Armenian identity in a post-truth context.
Türkiye’de yeni Ermeni Patriğinin seçilmesi süreci, geleneksel devlet dayatmaları, idari zorluklar ve Ermeni toplumuna yönelik keyfi muamelelerle karşı karşıya. Durum geçtiğimiz haftalarda Patrikhanedeki üst düzey din adamlarının meseleyi bölücü bir büyük krize dönüştüren şahsi çatışmaları ve hırsları nedeniyle daha da kötüleşti.
The election process of a new Armenian Patriarch in Turkey faces the customary state-imposed restrictions, administrative hurdles and arbitrary treatment of the Armenian community. In recent weeks, the situation has been exacerbated by personality clashes and ambitions of the high ranking clergymen at the Patriarchate, who have turned a problem into a divisive major crisis.