“Richard and Tina Arola” Fund Considers Work Of Vardan Mateosian About South America
ANTELIAS, November 11 (Noyan Tapan). The jury of the “Richard and Tina
Arola” Publishing Fund established at the Mother See Church of Antelias
under the patronage of the Great Cilician House and presided over by
Catholicos of the Great Cilician House Aram I convened sittings during
the recent several months for the estimation of the published works.
According to the press divan of the Great Cilician House, members of
the editional board discussed ten works of the young Armenians of the
Diaspora by the request of the publishing house. Members of the jury
came up with reports about each of them at the last sitting. Among the
other works Vardan Mateosian’s voluminous work devoted to the history
of the colonies of South America and having documentary value was
considered as worthy of being published by members of the jury. The
volume will be released by the Antelias printing house soon.
Congratulating the prize-winner, the jury announced that the period of
the submission of the new works for 2005 has already been opened and
called on the young writers of the Diaspora to submit some atypical
literary, of church studies, philological, historical, philosophic
works in Armenian or any foreign language to the jury till January
30, 2005.
Catholicos Aram I is the Chairman of the jury, Archbishop Varuzhan
Herkelian, Archimandrite Grigor Chiftchian (secretary), doctor Zaven
Msrlian (chairman), Paruir Aghbashian and Sargis Kirakosian are
its members.