Armenian International Magazine (AIM) December 1999 Volume 10, No. 12, pp. 46-48

Integration 
The Point of No Return

By Hratch Tchilingirian

After the 17-year devastation of the Lebanese civil war, Arthur Nazarian, 48, has been assigned, arguably, the most thankless job in the Lebanese government. The Beirut-born industrialist is both Minister of Tourism and Minister of the Environment.

Armenian International Magazine (AIM) December 1999 Volume 10, No. 12, pp. 42-45

The Historical Present
Two Scholars See the Present in the Annals of Ancient Times

By Hratch Tchilingirian

Putting together the dismembered body parts of gods — discarded in museum warehouses around the world — is not an easy job. But for archeologist and Egyptologist Hourig Sourouzian, 51, it is a professional passion. Painstakingly searching, identifying and matching pieces of heads, torsoes and legs of ancient statues has made Sourouzian one of the most sought-after experts of Egyptian art.

Armenian International Magazine (AIM) December 1999 Volume 10, No. 12, pp. 24-25

The Istanbul Summit

Fifty-Four Nations Discuss Regional Security and Conflicts

By HRATCH TCHILINGIRIAN

The much touted European security summit of the 54-nation Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) was held in Istanbul in late November. President Robert Kocharian 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).

Armenian International Magazine (AIM) November 1999, Vol. 10, No. 11, p. 57

Catholics Elect New Patriarch
The Armenian Catholic Hierarchy and Community Face Daunting Challenges

By Hratch Tchilingirian

In mid-October, Cairo-born Bishop Bedros Tarmouni, 59, was elected Catholicos Patriarch of the Lebanon-based Armenian Catholic Church by the Synod of Bishops at the Monastery of Bzommar. Unlike the Armenian Apostolic Church, lay representatives do not participate in the election of a Catholic patriarch. The Synod is made of clergy delegates representing Catholic communities in Europe, the Middle East, the US, South America and Armenia. The new leader will be known as Patriarch Nerses-Bedros XIX.

Armenian International Magazine (AIM), November 1999, Vol. 10, No. 11, pp. 24-25

A New Beginning
Catholicos Garegin II Faces the Task of Healing and Leading the Church

By HRATCH TCHILINGIRIAN

The Armenian Apostolic Church elected the 132nd Catholicos of All Armenians on October 27. Archbishop Garegin Nersissian, Vicar of the Ararat Diocese, succeeded Catholicos Karekin I, who passed away in June after serving for only four years as the head of the 1700-year old Church.

CATHOLICOSAL ELECTION

Special Daily Coverage

By Hratch Tchilingirian, Managing Editor of Armenian International Magazine (AIM)

25 October 1999

26 October 1999

27 October 1999

Armenian International Magazine (AIM), October 1999, Volume 10, Number 10, pp. 52-53

Big Player
Joe Baroutjian Reaches New Height in Lebanon’s Music Industry

By HRATCH TCHILINGIRIAN

“Studio Joe” is tucked in the ground floor of an old, war-scarred building in a narrow alleyway of Beirut's Armenian neighborhood of Bourj Hammoud, where at night you can still park your car in the middle of the street and get away with it.

Armenian International Magazine (AIM), Volume 10, Number 10, October 1999, pp. 48-51

Back In Karabakh
Diocese of Artsakh Celebrates 10th Anniversary of Re-establishment

By 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).