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Asbarez: Holy Cross Cathedral to Celebrate 100 Years of Service to L.A.’s Armenian Community

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Holy Cross Cathedral in Montebello, CA


MONTEBELLO—The Holy Cross Cathedral will mark its 100th anniversary this year with a series of celebrations to be held under the auspices of Western Prelate Bishop Torkom Donoyan.

To kick off the celebrations, an evening church service is planned for Saturday, September 10, with the blessing of the incense and crosses at 7 p.m. The celebration will continue on Sunday, September 11 at 11 a.m. with the official divine liturgy; the blessing of Madagh; Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross and Name Day of Holy Cross Cathedral.

This is a unique opportunity for the Los Angeles Armenian community to gather together to celebrate the Cathedral’s 100th anniversary. The church has served as a haven to many of the immigrants and their families who came to this country seeking freedom while maintaining a connection to their heritage.

Founded 100 years ago on 20th street in the heart of the then-Armenian-populated district in what is now Downtown Los Angeles, Holy Cross served as the spiritual anchor for the Armenians who were then slowly congregating in Southern California. Today, the Church, that was relocated in the 1980’s to the City of Montebello and recognized as a Cathedral, is the spiritual home for thousands of Armenian Americans across Southern California.

The celebrations will culminate at a banquet, scheduled for September 24, presided over by the Prelate.

The community invited to participate in these events while celebrating a centennial of spiritual service to the Armenian Community.

Banquet tickets and sponsorship opportunities are still available. Preferred seating available. For more information, please contact the church office at (323) 727-1113.

Ambassador: Preservation of cultural heritage in Karabakh is UNESCO jurisdiction

Adrine Hakobian
NEWS.am
Armenia –
18:56, 11.07.2022

France thinks that the issue of cultural heritage in Karabakh should be dealt with, but this topic is under UNESCO jurisdiction, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France to Armenia Anne Louyot said at Monday press conference.

Her reamrks came referring to the official position of France on the issue of protection of heritage in Artsakh.

She told that France is well aware of the importance of preserving the heritage in Nagorno Karabakh and added that the topic was the subject of discussion at the meeting of the French, Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders on 4 February.

She said that they think UNESCO is the best format with regard to the heritage of Nagorno Karabakh adding that they continue efforts to involve UNESCO in this issue.

Forecast: It is not Armenia that will benefit from unblocking communications, but Turkey, which will get access to Central Asia

Adrine Hakobian
ARMINFO
Armenia – July 1 2022
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ArmInfo.Negotiating the unblocking of transport communications, Ankara actually does not have such a goal at all. Turkologist Hakob Chakryan expressed this opinion to  ArmInfo.

“Even if these communications are eventually unblocked, this will not  benefit Armenia, which at best will get access to Azerbaijan and  beyond, but first of all Turkey, which will get direct access to  Central Asia, where it has long aspired to be 

But at the same time, according to the expert, the three well-known  Turkish preconditions of 30 years ago are fully preserved. During  these three decades, governments have changed in Turkey, but the  demands to refuse recognition of the Genocide, to force the people of  Artsakh to recognize the authority of Baku and their own borders also  remained. Only the formulations has changed, but the hostile policy  towards Armenia has remained,” he said.  

On July 1, during the fourth meeting of the special representatives  of Armenia and Turkey – Ruben Rubinyan and Serdar Kilic in Vienna,  the parties agreed to open the land border for third-country  nationals and decided to start the necessary processes in this  direction. An agreement was also reached to establish Armenia-Turkey  air cargo transportation as soon as possible. In addition, other  possible measures were discussed to achieve the main goal, that is   the final settlement of relations without preconditions. Since  December last year, Vice Speaker of the Armenian Parliament Ruben  Rubinyan and former Turkish Ambassador to the United States Serdar  Kilic have held three more rounds of talks:  one in Moscow and two –  in Vienna.

Chakryan explains the absence of preconditions for Yerevan on the  part of Ankara in the ongoing negotiations on normalization with  Turkey’s international obligations. Which does not at all prevent  Ankara from putting forward the same preconditions in the form of  periodic calls to Yerevan “to take a prudent position, from which the  entire region will benefit.”

In reality, with such talk about peace and regional stability,  Turkey, according to the Turkologist, is only trying to indirectly  get involved in the process of normalizing relations between Armenia  and Azerbaijan.  The expert considers such a prospect completely  unacceptable, considering that the processes between Armenia, on the  one hand, and Turkey and Azerbaijan, on the other hand, should go  exclusively in parallel, without any contact. First of all, due to  the fact that before the signing of the peace treaty, Azerbaijan must  withdraw its troops from the territory of Armenia and return the  Armenian prisoners of war,” the Turkologist summed up. 

Iran’s security chief in Armenia on Caucasian tour

Adrine Hakobian
IRAN FRONT PAGE
July 7 2022
ByIFP Editorial Staff
July 7, 2022

Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani arrived in Armenia on Thursday as part of his Caucasian tour.

Shamkhani is scheduled to hold talks with his Armenian counterpart as well as Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.

Bolstering and expansion of bilateral relations in various fields and cooperation to boost regional stability and security are top on the agenda of Shamkhani’s trip.

Upon his arrival in the Armenian capital Yerevan, Shamkhani stressed that Iran is against any action that would lead to a geopolitical change in the region.

He stated that his trip is in line with the administration of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s main foreign policy goal to expand and deepen relations with neighboring countries.

Shamkhani emphasized that Iran supports intra-regional cooperation to establish peace and stability in the region and tackle regional issues.

He expressed hope that the dispute between Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan would be resolved and reconciliation efforts would lead to a lasting peace within the framework of preserving the territorial integrity of both countries.

The disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh has been a bone of contention between Yerevan and Baku.

They last fought a six-week war in 2020 that claimed more than 6,500 lives on both sides and ended with a Russian-brokered ceasefire deal that left Azerbaijan largely in control of the territory.

Armenia has received roughly 10,000 citizenship applications in 2022

Adrine Hakobian
PanARMENIAN
Armenia – July 6 2022
July 6, 2022 – 17:49 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – About 10,000 people have applied for Armenian citizenship since the beginning of the year, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Prime Minister’s office Taron Chakhoyan said Wednesday, July 6.

“9,917 applications for Armenian citizenship were submitted in the first 6 months of 2022 alone, twice as much as in the same period in 2017 and 2018 and 3 times as much as in the first six months of post-war 2021,” Chakhoyan said.

The country’s Migration Service revealed in late June that more than 250 foreigners, most of them from Ukraine, have applied for refugee status and asylum in Armenia since the beginning of the year.

Over the past ten years, Armenia has provided a refugee status to more than 1500 asylum seekers. In the past five years, the Migration Service has been receiving an average of 220 applications for asylum per year.

Armenian President congratulates Joe Biden on US Independence Day

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 09:48, 4 July 2022

YEREVAN, JULY 4, ARMENPRESS. President of Armenia Vahagn Khachaturyan sent a congratulatory letter to President of the United States Joe Biden on the occasion of the US Independence Day, the Presidential Officec said.

The letter reads:

“The Declaration of Independence signed years ago in Philadelphia has became the most important milestone in establishing democracy, human and peoples’ rights and dignity, having a turning effect on the further course of the world history.

The United States of America is one of the most important partners of Armenia. Armenia attaches great importance to the friendship, as well as multi-sectoral close cooperation existing between our countries.

I am confident that with joint efforts we will strengthen the existing mutual partnership, enriching the bilateral agenda and expanding the partnering relations within the frames of strategic dialogue.

We highly value the US constant support and efforts aimed at the preservation of peace and stability in our region, as well as the democratic and economic reforms”.

Putin, Aliyev meet in Ashgabat

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 13:24, 30 June 2022

YEREVAN, JUNE 30, ARMENPRESS. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev met in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, RIA Novosti reports.

During the meeting the sides discussed the bilateral economic, political relations, as well as issues relating to regional security.

The settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict was also on the agenda of the discussion.

Putin said that the visits of the Russian Prime Minister and the State Duma Speaker to Azerbaijan are being prepared.

Germany intends to support Armenia in creating prerequisites for possible German investments – Minister Svenja Schulze

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 19:14, 1 July 2022

YEREVAN, JULY 1, ARMENPRESS. German Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development Svenja Schulze considers German investments in Armenia as possible if a number of legal prerequisites are met, many of which the government of Armenia is committed to today. Germany intends and will be happy to assist in creating these prerequisites, Schulze said in a joint press conference with Minister of Economy of Armenia Vahan Kerobyan, answering the question of ARMENPRESS about what investment opportunities she sees in Armenia for German businessman and if Armenia has a favorable environment for German investments.

The German Minister considered the presence of high-quality specialists to be a very important prerequisite. “Secondly, the legal prerequisites to which the Armenian government is committed to today, the fight against corruption, reforms of the justice system, stable democracy, are the guarantees under which German investments are possible. The German side intends and will be happy to support the Armenian government to create these prerequisites,” said Schulze.

The German official is in Armenia on a two-day visit. As part of the visit, on July 1, she had a meeting with Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, Minister of Economy Vahan Kerobyan.




Armenia and Israel are ready to intensify cooperation in the field of healthcare

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YEREVAN, JUNE 30, ARMENPRESS. The Minister of Health Anahit Avanesyan received the newly appointed Ambassador of the State of Israel to the Republic of Armenia Joel Lion (residence in Jerusalem) and the Honorary Consul of the State of Israel Ashot Shahmuradyan, ARMENPRESS was informed from the Ministry of Health of Armenia.

“Israel’s rich experience in medicine and the reforms launched in the Armenian healthcare system are a potential for expanding the cooperation between Armenia and Israel”, the statement said.

Presenting the general situation of the healthcare system of Armenia, Anahit Avanesyan singled out a number of directions for activating the Armenian-Israeli contacts in the sphere:

  • Exchange of experience in creating the best model of the healthcare system;
  • Increase the effectiveness of preventing cardiovascular disease, cancer and other non-communicable diseases by increasing the capacity of specialists;
  • drug production,
  • Sharing the experience of emergency medical teams.

It is noted that Ambassador Joel Lion welcomed the efforts to intensify the Armenian-Israeli cooperation and made proposals. In particular, the sides discussed the possibility of organizing trainings for Armenian specialists and exchange of experience in cooperation with the Israeli International Cooperation Agency MASHAV.

The Ambassador noted that within the framework of her visit to the State of Israel on the occasion of the 72nd session of the WHO European Regional Committee in September, Anahit Avanesyan will have the opportunity to personally get acquainted with the peculiarities of the Israeli healthcare system.