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)

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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).

Armenian International Magazine (AIM), October 1999, Volume 10, Number 10, p. 24-27

Turkish Tragedy
A Devastating Earthquake Shakes the Land, People and Government of Turkey

By Hratch Tchilingirian

The devastating earthquake that hit Turkey’s Marmara region in August killed almost 20,000 people, left more than 27,000 people injured and hundreds of thousands homeless. The epicenter of the 7.4 magnitude earthquake was near Izmit, an industrial city about 104 km (60 miles) east of Istanbul.

Armenian International Magazine Volume 10, Number 10, October 1999, p. 10

[Editorial by Hratch Tchilingirian]

Two Different Islands
Cooperation among state officials, policy makers and businesses benefits all

In the last few years, Great Britain, a huge and important island in Europe, has gone through a process of reassessing its foreign policy in the South Caucasus, Central Asia and Armenia in particular.

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.