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- 21. Armenians in Turkey
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Hratch Tchilingirian (2016) "The 'Other' Citizens: Armenians in Turkey Between Isolation and (Dis)integration", Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies, Vol. 25, 2016: 123-155.
Since the establishment of the Turkish Republic, state discrimination against the Armenian community—and generally the non-Muslim minorities—has been institutionalized and systematically used towards the detriment of the target community. This article provides a discussion of these issues and the processes of state and societal ‘othering’ of the Armenians in Turkey, with a particular focus on the impact of such policies and public discourses on the current situation of the community. It then provides an analysis of the internal dynamics of the Armenian community itself. The discussion highlights several sociological concepts that are useful to the understanding and analysis of the Turkish state’s and society’s treatment of the Armenians in Turkey today—or what the economists would call the stresses and distortions in the system.
2017-03-04 - 22. The Diaspora is Primarily Seven Organizations
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CivilNet, 22 December 2016
The Diaspora is Primarily Seven Organizations
Dr. Hratch Tchilingirian, a scholar and lecturer at the Oriental Institute of the University of Oxford - specializing in Eastern Christianity and Armenian Studies - spoke to CivilNet about the current Armenia-Diaspora relations.
2016-12-22 - 23. L’Eglise arménienne pendant la guerre froide
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Hratch Tchilingirian (2016) “L’Eglise arménienne pendant la guerre froide : la crise Etchmiadzine-Antelias”, NH Hebdo, 9 juin.
l’Eglise Arménienne, en tant qu’institution religieuse, a été affectée à des fonctions « laïques » ou civiles pour « conduire la nation », alors que le clergé était devenu un agent et un médiateur mandatés par l’Etat entre les dirigeants, les gouvernements et les intérêts politiques. Dans le même temps, la société arménienne, en Arménie comme dans la diaspora, avait traversé un processus de sécularisation du fait d’un rationalisme et d’une modernité émergents, ce qui s’est traduit par le capitalisme, l’industrialisation et l’Etat-Nation. Ces développements historiques ont conduit l’Eglise arménienne à une sécularisation.
2016-06-22 - 24. Constructing Reality: scholarship and policy
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Constructing Reality: scholarship and policy on post-independence Caucasus
Hratch Tchilingirian | 12 November 2013
This observation of an Abkhaz social worker captures the general frustration of "outsiders" with the Caucasus. I would add that the "frustration" is not only or necessarily on the empirical level, but about the changing shades of the "picture" formulated about the region by outsiders.
2015-08-07 - 25. Security Issues in Eurasia
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Security Issues in Eurasia
Hratch Tchilingirian | 26 September 2004
The end of the Soviet Union triggered major political, ideological, territorial, military, economic, social and cultural transitions in a vast geographic area, which has come to be known as Eurasia. This resource rich and increasingly significant region extends from eastern China to the borders of Europe and the Middle East.
2015-08-07 - 26. Another Successful Armenian Street Festival
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Armenian Church News, Vol. 1, Issue 3, 25 July 2015
Another Successful Armenian Street Festival
The Fifth Armenian Street Festival was held on Sunday, 19th July, on the grounds of St. Sarkis Church in Iverna Gardens, Kensington. The beautiful sunny morning started with celebration of the Divine Liturgy, Badarak, followed by the traditional process of Antasdan, the service of the blessing of the four corners of the world.
At the formal opening of the Street Festival, Dr Hratch Tchilingirian welcomed everyone on behalf of the Armenian Church of St Sarkis and the Diocese of the Armenian Church of the United Kingdom and Ireland, and then introduced the new Primate. “On this gloriously bright day, we also have a special occasion to celebrate: the beginning of the tenure of our new Primate, His Brace Bishop Hovakim Manukyan, who formally started his mission a week ago.” Dr Tchilingirian highlighted the new Primate’s qualities and underlined: “Bishop Hovakim brings with him the warmest spirit of ....
2015-07-29 - 27. Identity in the 21st century
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New ‘software’ is needed for Armenian identity in the 21st century
Hratch Tchilingirian | 14 December 2014
2014-12-14 - 28. «Միջին Արեվելքի Հայկական Համայնքները Պարտադրված և Անորոշ Ապագայի Միջեվ»
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Հրաչ Չիլինգիրյան (2015) «Միջին Արեվելքի Հայկական Համայնքները Պարտադրված և Անորոշ Ապագայի Միջեվ», Վերլուծական տեղեկագիր, հ. 7 Երեվանի Պետական Համալսարան, Քաղաքակրթական և մշակութային հետազոտությունների կենտրոն, էջ 217-248: [Hratch Tchilingirian (2015) "Armenian Communities in the Middle East", Analytical Journal, No. 7. Yerevan State University, Centre for Civilisation and Cultural Studies, pp. 217-248.]
2015-03-18 - 29. Commemoration of Atrocities in the 20th & 21st Centuries
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London Student - 13 March 2015 - 5:21pm by Colin Cortbus
".... Event organiser Hratch Tchilingirian emphasised that the event was aimed to foster civic culture and reconciliation: “We wanted to emphasize the essential human and moral dimensions of the societal rupture that genocide causes and the process of reconciliation through living culture”...
2015-03-14 - 30. Armenian Weekly: The issue of Canonization
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Armenian Weekly, 10 November 2014
"Victors, Not Victims: Johnson Presents Case for Armenian Martyrs", by Florence Avakian
"Sociologist and Deacon Hratch Tchilingirian, in a 1990 article titled “Canonization of the Genocide Victims: Are We Ready?” wrote, “Theologically, once the victims of the genocide are canonized, the Armenian Church will be put under a dogmatic imperative. ..."
2014-11-12 - 31. Window Quarterly
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Window view of the Armenian Church (Window), 1990-1995
An independent quarterly magazine published and edited by Fr Vazken Movsesian and Hratch Tchilingirian
2014-01-14 - 32. Lecture: The Soviet Regime and Decline of the Church and Religion
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The Soviet Regime and Decline of the Armenian Church and Religion
Dr Hratch Tchilingirian, 5 November 2013, Oriental Institute, Room 1
This lecture will discuss the establishment of Soviet rule in Armenia and the near extinction of the institutional church, especially in the 1920’s, 30’s and 40's. The Church suffered heavily under decades of Soviet rule, anti-religious propaganda and was stripped bare to its liturgical functions. This process furthered the "secularisation" of the church that had started in the 19th century. Particular focus will be on the relationship between the Armenian Church and the Soviet-State in the context of the 'Repatriation' of Armenians from the Diaspora to Soviet Armenia in the mid-1940s.
2013-11-13 - 33. Why Armenians Celebrate Christmas on January 6th
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Why Armenians Celebrate Christmas on January 6th
By Hratch Tchilingirian
"Armenian Christmas," as it is popularly called, is a culmination of celebrations of events related to Christ's Incarnation. Theophany or Epiphany (or Astvadz-a-haytnootyoon in Armenian) means "revelation of God," which is the central theme of the Christmas Season in the Armenian Church. During the "Armenian Christmas" season, the major events that are celebrated are the Nativity of Christ in Bethlehem and His Baptism in the River Jordan. The day of this major feast in the Armenian Church is January 6th. A ceremony called “Blessing of Water” is conducted in the Armenian Church to commemorate Christ’s Baptism.
2008-01-08 - 34. Zoryan Institute Acquires Genocide Archives Unknown for Almost a Century
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Zoryan Institute Acquires Genocide Archives Unknown for Almost a Century
Armenian Reporter International [Paramus] 08 Aug 1997: 13.
Recently, the Zoryan Institute acquired a large collection of archives related to the Armenian Genocide. The collection was unknown to the world for almost a century.
The archival collection of Royal and Lizzie Cole, American missionaries in Turkish Armenia and Kurdistan in the years 1868-1908, documents events and developments in Turkish Armenia spanning over four extraordinary decades, presents accounts and stories never heard before, and provides additional details for the history of the Armenian massacres.
The Cole Collection was purchased for $100,000. The initial steps to acquire the archives were led by Kourken Sarkissian, President of Zoryan Institute Canada, who, together with Prof. Vahakn Dadrian, went to Portland, Oregon, in May, to see and evaluate the collection. Prof. Saul Negoghosian of the University of Toronto was instrumental in introducing the holder of the archives to the Institute. In early June, Zoryan's new Director Hratch Tchilingirian joined the negotiation process. On June 28, the acquisition of the Collection was finalized and the archives were brought to the Zoryan Institute.
1997-08-08 - 35. Karabagh Report Launched in UK Parliament
- ... MPs, diplomats, academic researchers, and government and NGO representatives, attended the publication launch of "The limits of leadership: elites and societies in the Nagorny Karabakh peace process" at ...
- 36. In Memory of Fr. Manuel Yergatian
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A Tortured Priest Rests in Peace; In Memory of Fr. Manuel Yergatian
Armenian Reporter International [Paramus] 21 Feb 2004: 22.
Hratch Tchilingirian
The Very Rev. Fr. Manuel Yergatian, the pastor of the Armenian Church in the Netherlands, passed away on February 11, 2004 at the young age of 50. He was a member of the St. James Brotherhood of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem. In 1980, the life of this energetic priest, who was full and contagious enthusiasm, changed irretrievably. He was in the wrong place at the wrong time. A citizen of Turkey, he was arrested in October 1980 at Istanbul airport while en route to Jerusalem. He was only 33 years old at the time. Fr. Manuel was charged with anti-Turkish activities in the years when various acts of political violence against Turks by Armenians were taking place.
2004-02-21 - 37. Hratch Tchilingirian Lectures on Karabakh Conflict at Haigazian University
- ... individual conflicts. Western peace proposals, diplomatic efforts and political maneuvering, therefore, have always adopted package approaches, hoping that the implementation of a certain overall framework ...
- 38. Ignatius IV of Antioch
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Eternal Rest: Patriarch Ignatius IV of Antioch
Hratch Tchilingirian
12 December 2012
One of the longest serving Orthodox Christian leaders in the Middle East, Patriarch Ignatius IV (Hazim) of Antioch and All the East passed away at the age of 92 on 5 December 2012 in Beirut. His death comes at a time when Christians in the Middle East from Iraq to Egypt and Syria are facing formidable security, political and socio-economic challenges.
2012-12-12 - 39. Azeri and Armenian Sociologists Find Potential for Peacebuilding (2004)
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Azeri and Armenian Sociologists Find Potential for Peacebuilding
Tbilisi, Georgia, July 28, 2004
www.american.edu/cgp/mpaa/mpindex.html
A joint study by Armenian and Azeri sociologists shows that the people in both countries would support more concerted efforts by their governments to normalize relations and move toward settlement of territorial disputes. The study was designed to determine the possibilities for reconciliation among the people of the two countries.
2004-07-28 - 40. The Witness of the Armenian Church in the Diaspora
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Window View of the Armenian Church, Volume IV, Number 3, 1994
The Witness of the Armenian Church in the Diaspora
A Conversation with ARCHBISHOP ARAM KESHISHIAN, Moderator of World Council of Churches and Prelate of the Armenian Church in Lebanon
By Hratch Tchilingirian
Archbishop Aram Keshishian, as Moderator of the Central and Executive Committees of the World Council of Churches, has the highest position within the structure of WCC. The General Assembly of WCC convenes every seven or eight years. The Assembly elects the Central Committee, comprised of 168 members, a Moderator and two Vice-Moderators. The Moderator, the two Vice-Moderators and the General Secretary are the four officers of WCC. Archbishop Keshishian is the author of several books, among them Witness of the Armenian Church in a Diaspora Situation; Concilliar Fellowship; Orthodox Perspective on Mission.
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