An incident occurred on June 28 at the sitting of the National Assembly of Artsakh, Hayk Khanumyan, a member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Artsakh, tells about it live on his Facebook page.
Author: Arpi Talalian
Antilias – Spiritual audience
Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
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Communication and Information Department
PO Box : 70 317 Antelias – LEBANON
Tel: (+961-4) 410 001 / 3
Fax: (+961-4) 419724
E-mail: [email protected]
«OUR COLLECTIVE AND INDIVIDUAL
INTO LIFE MUST It is OUR PLACE SPIRITUAL, MORAL And: NATIONAL VALUES»
H.E.
ARAM A. CATHOLIC
On Tuesday, June 19, 2018, H.E. Aram A. His Holiness the Patriarch of Antilias
The participants of the Women’s Spiritual Audience were received in the Hall of the Monastery of Mayravank
every Tuesday, initiated by the Department of Christian Education of the Catholic Church
they follow the religious and Bible study audiences.
This meeting, which has become a tradition, began with the “Lord’s Prayer”, after which
audience members read a psalm in unison and S. From Grigor Narekatsi to medicine
a prayer
The head of the department, Gersh. T. Meghrik Eps. Barikean,
to briefly present the work of the audience, noting that opposite each
the participant’s many difficulties and life’s challenges faced, they
every Tuesday they regularly gathered in Mayravank and prayed for more
come close to God. On this occasion, the bishop thanked all the congregations.
who gave time in their spare time to implement this project.
Before delivering the speech to His Holiness the Patriarch, the reverend addressed His Holiness
He also congratulated one of the ladies in the audience on the fiftieth anniversary of the ordination, that is, to the entire audience.
presented a wreath to the Patriarch.
Then, speaking, His Holiness the Patriarch gave glory to God for the works of the audience
and the learning of the Holy Bible is taking place and appreciated His Holiness Megrik
the consistent work of the congregations. “Anything related to Christian education
work is one of the important areas of the mission of our church. The purpose of this program
is to make the presence of God more direct and alive in our lives” he said
The Patriarch. Then, he took the importance of prayer under the spotlight and showed that
prayer is not only turning to God during our troubles, but listening to His instructions
and entered into dialogue with Him. Prayer is an occasion for self-sanctification and for God
to make it a central presence in our lives so that we receive His will in our lives
direction.
Indeed, His Holiness addressed three main points: to know God,
participate in the life of the church and live with God. These three are necessary for the human individual
to lead a complete Christian life, because we know God
only when we are close to Him with our prayers, but also with our deeds. Christianity for life
it is a quality and thus we can dedicate ourselves completely to God. “Our collective and individual
in life should is place
give us spiritual, moral and national values, and thus we become a church, because the church is not a stone structure,
It’s not the building, it’s all of us, concluded His Holiness.
In the last part of the meeting, a short discussion was held, during which the attendees
addressed their requests to the Patriarch. The meeting ended with a bang
and with a commemorative group picture.
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Communication & Information Department
Iran to increase gas export to Armenia this year
Mehr News Agency, Iran
TEHRAN, Jun. 17 (MNA) – Chief Executive of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) Hamid-Reza Araghi said that Iran’s gas export volume to Armenia will increase in the current year.
Given the above issue, Iran and Armenia inked a barter gas and electricity contract in 2004, he said, adding, “under the deal, it was stipulated that one million cubic meters of gas will be exported to Armenia daily.”
Turning to the increase of Iran’s gas exports volume to Armenia, he said, “earlier, a contract for exporting Iran’s gas to Armenia was signed with the aim of bartering gas and electricity, based on which, Armenia pledged to deliver three KW/hour electricity to Iran in exchange for each cubic meter delivery of of gas from Iran.”
Under the deal, it was agreed that Iran’s gas export volume to Armenia and also dispatch of electricity from Armenia to Iran should be increased as of 2018, he maintained.
Given the above issue, Iran’s export of gas to Armenia will increase from one million cubic meter to 1.6 million cubic meter daily.
Elsewhere in his remarks, the deputy oil minister pointed to the electricity received from Armenia, and reiterated, “the electricity received from Armenia will be delivered to Iran Power Management, Transmission and Distribution Company (TAVANIR).”
In tandem with Iran’s increased volume of gas to Armenia, this country is able to generate electricity and deliver to the National Iranian Gas Company within the framework of rules and regulations, he concluded.
Earlier, Behzad Babazadeh Director of the National Iranian Company for International Affairs revealed the presence of a high-ranking Armenian officials in Tehran in current week for negotiating over new gas rate and also increase of Iran’s gas export volume to Armenia.
Estonia’s culture minister to visit Armenia, Georgia
Baltic News Service / – BNS
Monday 9:19 AM EET
Estonia’s culture minister to visit Armenia, Georgia
TALLINN, Jun 11, BNS – Estonia’s Minister of Culture Indrek Saar starts a three-day visit to Armenia and Georgia on Monday.
Saar will meet with his Armenian counterpart Lilit Makunc and Georgian colleague Mikheil Giorgadze, and attend concerts of the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra (ERSO) dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Estonian state, the Ministry of Culture said.
“This year is significant for Estonia, Armenia as well as Georgia, as all the three countries are marking centenaries of their independence,” Saar said. “Our cultural relations with both countries have been good and strong, and there’s much over which to rejoice together, to learn from one another and on which to build the future, basing on democratic values.”
At Monday’s meeting with Makunc in Yerevan Estonian-Armenian cultural cooperation will be under discussion. After that the Estonian minister will visit Yerevan’s TUMO Center for Creative Technologies and attend the presentation of the Estonian version of Grigor Narekatsi’s “Book of Lamentations” at which also Peeter Volkonski who translated the book into Estonian will be present.
In the evening Saar will deliver the opening remarks at the concert conducted by ERSO’s honorary principal conductor Neeme Jarvi and present a letter of appreciation to Armenian composer Stepan Rostomjan in recognition of his contribution to Estonian-Armenian cultural relations.
On Wednesday Saar will meet in Tbilisi with the Georgian minister, Mikheil Giorgadze, to talk about bilateral cultural cooperation. On the preceding day the Estonian minister will have meetings with representatives of Georgian cultural organizations. The visit will likewise conclude with a concert by ERSO.
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Vartan Gregorian: Aurora initiative internationalized Armenia
News.am, Armenia
Vartan Gregorian: Aurora initiative internationalized Armenia
Rector of Shirak University calls on to show respect towards each other
The rector of the Shirak State University calls on all persons and organizations to express their views on the situation at the university and to show respect towards each other. Instead of disseminating misinformation and rumors in social networks, we encourage everyone to relocate the issues of concern to the practical and legal aspects of the CIS.
We also inform that all the processes in Shirak State University are carried out in a regular way and in accordance with the law. We are ready to hear any constructive proposal for the benefit of the University.
Armenian Genocide remembered at UC Davis
The Aggie, UC Davis
Armenia needs social and political reforms, says president’s adviser
TASS, Russia
May 7 2018
World
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YEREVAN, May 7./TASS/. Armenia needs social and political reforms, president’s adviser Tevan Poghosyan told TASS on Monday.
“We must all change and realize that if we have become a country which has the supremacy of the statute law, a lot depends on our actions,” Poghosyan said, urging the society and political forces to work towards reforming the country.
Poghosyan was appointed adviser to President Armen Sarkissian on May 4. In 2012, politically uncommitted Tevan Poghosyan was elected to the country’s parliament from the opposition Heritage Party, having a parliamentary seat until 2017.
Mass opposition rallies broke out in Armenia on April 13. Ten days later on April 23, Armenia’s then-newly appointed Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan resigned amid the ongoing unrest. Deputy Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan was appointed as Acting Prime Minister. Two days later, the ruling parliamentary coalition collapsed following the exit of the Dashnaktsutyun party.
On May 1, Armenia’s parliament rejected opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan’s bid to become prime minister. Pashinyan was backed by 45 lawmakers, but failed to obtain the 53 seats he needed to have a majority. After that, he called on his supporters to continue large-scale civil disobedience actions.
Turkish press: A Syrian refugee MP in Turkey?
By KANAT ATKAYA[email protected]
The report, headlined “The refugee parliamentary candidate with 30,000 signatures,” could only find itself a tiny spot in Turkey’s hecticnews environment when it was published in daily newspaper Karar on May 2.
Some 50,000 Syrians are reportedly cooperating to come up with a parliamentary nominee, organizing a petition in the Yayladağı and Antakya districts of the southern province of Hatay as well as in the nearby province of Osmaniye.
The group has collected 5,000 signatures to nominate Hafez’ href=”‘/search/Samir Hafez’>Samir Hafez, former head of the Syrian Turkmen Council, for the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). The group aims to collect 30,000 signatures and has informed the Turkish Presidency of its aim.
“It is not important whether it is me or someone else [who is nominated]. What is important is that these people, like all other minorities, need a quota [in parliament to be represented]. Perhaps 120,000 to 130,000 people will be given Turkish citizenship soon. And this number may rise,” Hafez said.
He also spoke about problems in the fields of education, healthcare and citizenship.
Turkey, through the state authorities and various NGOs, has put on a legendary performance so far, helping more than 3.5 million refugees. We can say that we have passed a test as a society: Rejections and individual criticisms have all stayed relatively low-key in contrast to society’s overall impressive hospitality.
What about the dream of Syrian refugees – or, as Hafez put it, the Syrian minority – getting seats in parliament?
Turkey really is a mosaic of minority groups, a barrel of differences that we all roll around in. Pomaks, Circassians, Kurds, Yazidis, Roma, Armenians, Syriacs, Yazidis, Jews… From time to time one of these groups is focused on before being forgotten until the next speech.
Let me quote an excerpt from a Hürriyet report published in 2013: “There are around 500,000 Shiite Jaafaris, 90,000 Armenian Orthodox (of whom around 60,000 are Turkish citizens and around 30,000 are undocumented migrants), 25,000 Catholics (most of whom recently migrated from Africa and the Philippines), 22,000 Jews, 20,000 Syriac Orthodox, 15,000 Russian Orthodox (with residency permits), 10,000 Bahais, 5,000 Yazidis, 5,000 Jehovah’s Witnesses, 7,000 Protestants, 3,000 Iraqi Chaldeans and around 2,500 Greek Orthodox.”
Catholic and Gregorian Armenians, Yazidis and Syriacs have all previously gotten seats in parliament under the umbrella of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP). Roma people have got a voice in parliament through main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Özcan Purçu.
It has been some 20 years since Cefi Kamhi, the last Jewish lawmaker, left parliament. The last Greek Orthodox lawmaker Kaludi Laskari served as a lawmaker for just 10 months in 1961 in the first parliament set up after the 1960 military coup.
When minorities become the majority
Turkey’s notorious 10 percent election threshold on entering parliament is a barrier that even certain “majorities” cannot cross. And those who do cross that barrier to take seats in parliament often serve as little more than pawns when it comes to “macro matters” presented to them by party leaders and governments.
If Hafez does end up managing to get a seat in the Turkish Parliament, it will be of utmost importance that he not only speaks for Syrians but also becomes the voice of Iraqi, Afghan and other refugees in this country.
Good luck, Mr. Hafez. What else can I say?