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121. Catholicos Visits John Paul II

... of adoption of Christian as state religion in Armenian, scheduled to take place next year. In a Joint Communique, the Catholicos and the Pope acknowledged the Armenian and Catholic Churches' religious ...

122. Risking Democracy: Elections in Azerbaijan

... would make the younger Aliyev eligible for the position of that body’s Speaker, and thus able to assume the duties of the president in the event the head of state is incapacitated or dies. ::/introtext:: ...

123. Dividing Jerusalem : Armenians on the line of confrontation

... Conference in 1856, then in the Congress of Berlin in 1878 and later guaranteed in Versailles in 1919. These rights are supported by all international conventions," said Hintlian. "As such, in all church-state ...

124. Council of Europe Votes In favor of Armenia’s membership

... first pan-European organization. It was established in 1949 by 10 West European countries. The CE was set up to strengthen democracy, human rights and the rule of law throughout its member states. While ...

125. A Noble Cause: Violinist Levon Chilingirian

... Arno Babajanian, Ghazaros Sarian and Tigran Mansourian. But Chilingirian is concerned about the current state of classical music and musicians in Armenia. He is careful about stating his opinions. "My ...

126. Shooting Again: Assassination Attempt Shakes Up Karabakh and Armenia

... army. Immediately prior to that, he had physically assaulted Prime Minister Anushavan Danielian on a Karabakh street. Those who are considered in the “anti-Ghukasian” camp had stated their intention ...

127. Witness of His Time: Krikor Norikian

...  creation." Norikian’s fans agree with the critic Tarrab, that "Norikian is a witness of his time committed to the ethical-artistic struggle for the reinstatement and the respect of the Face and the ...

128. Pomp and Circumstance Greet President in Lebanon

... while Armenia could serve as Lebanon’s and the Middle East’s gateway to the CIS. During a state ceremony, President Lahoud awarded Kocharian with the highest Lebanese Medal for Special Services, and ...

129. Medieval Lobbyists

... has played a very important role in the life of the nation — even as a surrogate state in the absence of an Armenian state — but there is much more to Armenian history,” argues Dadoyan. In addition to ...

130. Seven Years in Prison:

... 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 ...

131. Jubilee in the Holy Land

... 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 ...

132. Psychological Welfare

...  "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 ...

133. The Armenian Evangelical School in Anjar

... to the school will decrease by 10 percent until it is phased out by the end of 2011. Meanwhile, all real estate and other properties have been officially transferred to the Armenian Evangelical community ...

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

... attend a weeklong summer camp program. All aid is not in the humanitarian sphere. The Polytechnic Institute, now called the State Engineering University of Armenia also receives help from the AMAA. In ...

135. When Small is Big: Armenian Evangelicals

... are considered of small account compared with the punctilious performance of religious rites and ceremonies.” The Protestants stated that their “supreme endeavor was to help the Armenians work out a ...

136. Integration: The Point of No Return

... but what we need most are grants, not loans, which are generally for conducting studies rather than implementing projects.” The struggling Lebanese economy and state budget shortfalls have forced Nazarian ...

137. OSCE Istanbul Summit

... 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). ::/introtext:: ...

138. A New Beginning: Catholicos Garegin II

... Vicar of the Ararat Diocese, which includes Yerevan and its environs and is the largest diocese in Armenia. In 1980, he was consecrated a bishop by Vazken I. Church-State Relations The Catholicossal ...

139. Catholicosal Elections in Armenia

... two most important issues discussed today by the bishops pertained to a new constitution of the Armenian Church and Church-State relations. Hovsepian, who also chairs the Constitution Committee set up ...

140. Big Player

... up to four hours to mix the voice. Recording studios in Lebanon used to be run by state-owned companies, such as the famous Studio Baalbek. But in 1983, Joe opened his own studio and went on to become ...