Author: Baghdasarian Karlen

Front Page Magazine
Oct 5 2014

Biden Apologizes to Islamist Leader of Turkey for Linking Him to ISIS

October 4, 2014 by Daniel Greenfield

Under the Islamist AKP, Turkey has become a state sponsor of terror.
Its links to ISIS are the worst kept secret in the region as ISIS
fighters treat Turkey as a gateway to the ISIS Jihad.

But Biden made the mistake of quoting Erdogan and had to apologize for it.

Vice President Biden on Saturday apologized to Turkey President Recep
Tayyip Erdogan for saying the Turkish leader admitted his country made
mistakes by allowing foreign fighters to cross into Syria.

Biden spoke directly to Erdogan to “clarify” comments made on Thursday
at Harvard University and apologized for “any implication” that Turkey
or other allies had intentionally supplied or helped in the growth of
the Islamic State or other extremists groups in Syria, the White House
said.

Erdogan denied making such remarks and said Biden would become
“history to me” over the comments at Harvard’s Kennedy School of
Government, in Cambridge, Mass., unless he fixed the situation.

Biden on Thursday also described Erdogan as “an old friend” but
suggested he said privately: “You were right. We let too many people
through.”

Erdogan also said: “I have never said to (Biden) that we had made a
mistake, never. If he did say this…, then he has to apologize to us.

“Foreign fighters have never entered Syria from our country. They may
come to our country as tourists and cross into Syria, but no one can
say that they cross in with their arms.”

That’s what they call plausible deniability. But it’s telling that
Biden had to apologize to Erdogan, a murderous thug who casually kills
his own people and talks about ethnically cleansing Armenians.

Meanwhile Biden felt free to stand up Netanyahu during his visit to
Israel and then break a plaque and an apology was demanded from
Netanyahu for insulting Biden… by building Jewish houses.

The Israel Lobby? Try the Turkey Lobby.

Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the Freedom Center,
is a New York writer focusing on radical Islam. He is completing a
book on the international challenges America faces in the 21st
century.

From: Baghdasarian

The Providence Journal
Oct 4 2014

North Providence man ordained in Armenian church service

By Katie Mulvaney Katie Mulvaney, The Providence Journal

PROVIDENCE — Harold Nazarian felt the pull of the church beginning at
a young age.

“I always had a rational reason that it just wouldn’t work,” Nazarian said.

He worked in the corporate world, then for years helped his wife with
a hair-removal business. They raised a son.

But the pull strengthened. More than a decade ago, he had visions of
Jesus shaking his head and saying “‘Why didn’t you trust me?'”

“It’s difficult to have a vision and not follow the will of the Lord,”
Nazarian said in an interview last week.

He prayed on it. A fellow member of his Bible study group confirmed it
was truly a calling. Nazarian told his wife, Debra, and the Rev.
Gomidas Baghsarian, pastor of Sts. Vartanantz Armenian Apostolic
Church, in Providence.

“There was definitely a comfort in knowing that I was going to follow
the Lord’s will,” Nazarian, 55, said. Over the ensuing years, he
earned a master’s degree in theology from Providence College; studied
the Bible, history, hymns and the Armenian language; and spent three
months at a seminary in Lebanon.

Hundreds of parishioners were on hand Saturday morning at Sts.
Vartanantz, at 402 Broadway, to watch those visions come to fruition
for Nazarian. He and Diran Der Khosrofian were ordained and anointed
as priests of the Armenian Apostolic Church, in a ceremony full of
pageantry and reverence, the church filled with the deep tones of
Armenian chant and whiffs of incense.

His Eminence Archbishop Oshagan Choloyan came from New York to oversee
the ordination, giving each man a new name. Nazarian, of North
Providence, will now be known as the Rev. Gabriel while Der
Khosrofian, of Whitinsville, Mass., takes the name the Rev. Michael.
Both are named for archangels.

“When you are among people, your words and conduct should be an
angelic presence,” Archbishop Oshagan said. The men had minutes
earlier knelt down before him as human beings; they rose to their feet
in robes and crowns as men of God, Archbishop Oshagan said.

Wearing a towering mitre and a robe that glinted in the light of
chandeliers, the archbishop anointed the men with oil called the Holy
Muron, a blend of pure olive oil and 47 other aromas and flowers. The
oil is revered within the church as it is believed to have been
blessed by Jesus. Every seven years, the remaining blessed oil is
combined with prepared oils so it persists across centuries.

This weekend’s ordination was a twofold event. On Friday, the “calling
to the priesthood” took place in which the men swore off all evil and
heretics. They vowed to be disciples of the Armenian Orthodox faith.

On Saturday, the archbishop laid his hands on their heads and prayed —
all in Armenian — that they would keep the rank of the priesthood
pure.

The men will now embark on 40 days of prayer and reflection in
solitude at Sts. Vartanantz. The time is intended to be in keeping
with the days Jesus spent in prayer and solitude.

The Armenian Apostolic Church has a rich history, dating to the year
301, in a remote kingdom north of Persia. For years, King Tiridates
III had engaged in a campaign of persecution of Christians. But then
the king, it was said, was healed of an incurable illness by Gregory
the Illuminator.

Filled with gratitude, Tiridates allowed Gregory to baptize him. He
then proclaimed that from that time forward Christianity would be the
official state religion.

Nazarian, now the Rev. Gabriel, will remain at Sts. Vartanantz after
the 40 days pass. There, he looks forward to returning to work with
the children of the church community.

“He’s spiritually, in my opinion, very ready to do this work,” the
Rev. Gomidas said.

From: Baghdasarian

Vice-Premier Armen Gevorgyan to resign

11:30 / 04.10.2014

Days ago Nyut.am has written that unfortunately there is no MP or an
official from the Republican party to protest against re-appointment
of criminal Surik Khachatryan [Liska].

But it appeared that not all think so. According to our government
source says that more probably Vice-Premier Armen Gevorgyan will file
a resignation application either on Monday or Tuesday. The thing is
that a number of staff changes have been implemented in his sphere of
which he is very displeased. The source said that Gevorgyan complaint
to the PM that the people he appoints are not aware of the sphere and
he cannot work with them.

So, Armen Gevorgyan is going to resign, which will mean that our
government will lose a unique minister who works good.

From: Baghdasarian

INDE
Le Catholicos de tous les Arméniens fait une visite en Inde

Le 25 Septembre, 2014 Sa Sainteté Karékine II Patriarche suprême et
Catholicos de tous les Arméniens a visité l’église Saint-arménienne de
Nazareth à Kolkata. Il a été escorté par Mme Susan Reuben et M. Sunil
Sobti ; le Père Zaven Yazichyan ; Pasteur spirituel arménien de l’Inde
et Directeur du Collège arménien et de l’Académie philanthropique ; du
Père Paruyr Avetisyan, Directeur du Département des relations intra
Église au Saint Siège d’ Etchmiadzine et des invités. Un service de
prière spéciale a été effectué sur les tombes de l’Eglise.

Par la suite, Sa Sainteté a aussi visité la chapelle Saint-Grégoire-l’
Illuminateur. Il a rencontré les membres de la communauté et a béni
les résidents de la maison de retraite de la chapelle avec des prières
de guérison. Plus tard, un service de requiem spécial a eu lieu dans
le cimetière de la chapelle en souvenir des ancêtres arméniens qui ont
vécu et sont morts en Inde.

Par la suite, le Catholicos a visité le siège de l’éducation
arménienne en Inde, le Collège arménien et l’Académie philanthropique
de Kolkata. Les élèves, les enseignants et le personnel ont mis en
place un accueil chaleureux pour Sa Sainteté. Ils l’ont accueilli avec
un tapis rouge avec la tradition arménienne d’offrir du pain et du sel
à l’invité d’honneur. Il a ensuite été conduit à l’auditorium de
l’école qui avait été magnifiquement décorée par les élèves en
prévision de sa visite. Le programme d’accueil a été lancé avec la
prière , suivi de l’hymne national des pays, l’Arménie et l’Inde, et,
enfin, la chanson de l’école. Le Père Zaven adressé un discours de
bienvenue à Sa Sainteté ; les étudiants ont présenté des souvenirs à
Sa Sainteté, puis ont commencé un programme culturel élaboré et
préparé en l’honneur de la visite de Sa Sainteté en Inde et au Collège
arménien.

La chorale de l’école a commencé la procédure avec une merveilleuse
interprétation de célèbres chansons arméniennes et hindis en bengali.
Ensuite, les élèves ont présenté une danse indienne et récité le poème
> par Gevorg Emin. Les enseignants ont exprimé
leur joie à cette occasion spéciale par une chanson chantée par le
professeur de bengali Mme Soma Sarkar. Un diaporama a également été
présenté afin de tracer l’histoire des Arméniens en Inde du 17ème
siècle à nos jours.

La journée s’est terminée avec les élèves, les enseignants et les
invités déjeunant avec Sa Sainteté et une séance de photos pour
commémorer la visite au Collège arménien.

dimanche 5 octobre 2014,
Stéphane (c)armenews.com

From: Baghdasarian

BELGIQUE
Une soirée invitant aux retrouvailles des cultures turque et
arménienne en Belgique

Le Senghor a le plaisir de vous annoncer le concert suivant :

Soirée Regards Croisés le 17 octobre 2014 dès 19h00

Une soirée invitant aux retrouvailles des cultures turque et
arménienne, pétries de longs siècles de compagnonnage.

À 19h, projection du documentaire Au-delà de l’Ararat de la
réalisatrice Tülin Özdemir (2013, 57 min) C’est l’histoire d’une femme
d’origine turque sur le chemin de son identité. Un road-movie où,
depuis le quartier de son enfance à Bruxelles en passant par la
Turquie jusqu’en Arménie, elle questionne son héritage culturel. En
présence de la réalisatrice avec laquelle un débat/rencontre est prévu

À 21h, concert d’Emre Gültekin (saz, chant) & Vardan Hovanissian (duduk)

Né en 1980 à La Louvière, c’est avec son père Lütfü Gültekin,
barde-poète réputé, qu’Emre a appris à jouer du saz, avant de se
perfectionner auprès de grands maîtres. Il a accompagné des noms
prestigieux comme Goran Bregovic ou Talip Özkan. Vardan Hovanissian,
quant à lui, est un spécialiste des flûtes traditionnelles d’Arménie,
comme le doudouk ou le chvi. Installé depuis plus de douze ans en
Belgique, il a notamment travaillé avec Arax, Yasmine Lévy, Abdelli,
Blindnote,… Pour cette soirée, ils seront exceptionnellement
accompagnés par Ertan Tekin, grand maître turc des hautbois
traditionnels duduk et zurna.

P.A.F. (pour toute la soirée !) : 10/11/12 euros

Cet événement a lieu au Senghor 366, chaussée de Wavre 1040 Bruxelles.

Renseignements et réservations : 02 230.31.40 / [email protected]
website :

dimanche 5 octobre 2014,
Stéphane (c)armenews.com

From: Baghdasarian

NEW DEVELOPMENTS AROUND THE ISSUE OF CHURCH PROPERTY RETURN IN TURKEY

02.10.2014

Vahram Hovyan
Expert, Centre for Armenian Studies, Noravank Foundation

A New Bill of the US Congress

The problem of preserving and returning church properties in Turkey
seized from Christian minorities is time to time brought into the
political agenda. Recently the US House of Representatives Foreign
Affairs Committee adopted the bill H.R. 4347, a.k.a. Turkey Christian
Churches Accountability Act 1 (on June 26, 2014 ordered to be reported
unanimous consent), which once again made this issue a discussion
subject in public/political and information dimensions.

Contextually, this new bill is the logical continuation of the US
House of Representatives Resolution H. Res. 306 2. As both documents
are related to the same problem, i.e. returning the church property
seized from Christian minorities, it can be stated that there is
a functional similarity between the two. However, there are some
differences in the problem statement depth:

1. While the H. Res. 306 was related only to the church properties
in Turkey, the H.R. 4347 also refers to the areas currently occupied
by the Turkish military in northern Cyprus

2. While the first one regarded Turkish government as an acting subject
in the issue of returning the property confiscated from Turkey’s
Christian minorities, because it was ascribed with the responsibility
to return the property, the new bill puts the responsibility also on
the US government, as according to the bill the US government should
work together with the Turkish government in resolving the issue of
the church properties return.

3. Unlike the previous one, where no control was stipulated over
the process of church property return, the new Act does provide for
such control. The new Act requires the Secretary of State to submit
annual reports to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House
of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the
Senate till 2021 on the status and return of stolen, confiscated,
or otherwise unreturned minority properties.

Edward Royce, Chair, Committee on Foreign Affairs of the US House
of Representatives, substantiated the adoption of the new act by the
fact that “situation with Christian sites in Turkey is deteriorating,
and the churches are disappearing despite optimistic statements by
the Turkish leadership.”3 These motives are supported by arguments
that rights and freedoms of Christian minorities in Turkey continue
to be violated, which is manifested by the following:

1. Christian minorities in Turkey are prevented from fully practicing
their faith.

2. They face serious obstacles to repairing their churches and
monuments, or constructing new ones.

3. The Christians are subjected to violence, including murder and
other crimes.

Attitudes of theStakeholders

To foresee the prospects of returning the confiscated church
properties, it is important to review the attitudes of involved
stakeholders towards the adoption of this act. Such stakeholders
include Armenian, Greek, and other ethnic minorities of the USA
that face the problem of church property return in Turkey and have
nation-states and national structures of their own, and Turkey.

The Armenian, Greek and Assyrian communities of the USA welcomed
the Act. Ken Hachikian, Chairman of the Armenian National Committee
of America noted that “The adoption of this measure sends a strong
signal to Ankara that it must stop its anti-Christian conduct and
start coming to terms with its moral, material and legal obligations
to Armenians, Syriacs, Cypriots, Pontians and other victims of Turkey’s
still unpunished genocidal crimes.” 4

The Armenian Apostolic Church also lauded the bill, describing it
as an important step to protect Christian minorities in Turkey and
their rights5.

However, the Turkish response to the bill inspired no much optimism.

It can be divided in two parts: reaction of the public/political
circles reflected in media and official reaction by the Turkish
Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It has to be mentioned that the media
response and the official stance proceeded in unison and complemented
each other.

The Turkish media dubbed the H.R. 4347 a document acting against the
interests of Turkey, adopted under pressure of the Armenian lobby6.

The official stance indicated rejection of claims made in the Act, and
showcased the traditional threatening style of the Turkish government.

Generally, Turkey’s official attitude toward the adopted Act can be
boiled down to the following:

1. The claims made in the Act are groundless accusations.

2. Turkey has undertaken great efforts to protect the rights of
Christian religious minorities.

3.Adopting this this type of Act is damaging to the US-Turkish
partnership in various areas.

Those concerned with Turkish-American relations should support Turkey
in this issue7.

Thus, on one hand Turkey denies assessments made in the Act, on the
other hand tries to pretend that it is interested in guaranteeing
Christian minority rights and religious freedoms. However, in practice
it continues the policy of setting legal and political obstacles8,
through which the return of church property is actually obstructed.

Next Steps

Despite the existing problems and obstacles, the US Armenian, Greek,
Assyrian and other communities that have to deal with the problem
of church property return in Turkey should cooperate with their
nation-states and national diaspora structures to use the opportunity
and extract maximum benefits from the pressure imposed on Turkey.

The bills adopted to date contained loopholes, lacked concreteness
and were generalized, which allowed Turkey to maneuver and avoid from
fulfilling its obligations. The only specific provision in H.R 4347
is the requirement of comprehensive listing of all church property,
which enables to identify the properties to be returned to Christian
minorities.

The Armenian, Greek, Assyrian and other interested communities must
undertake efforts in their future discussions and documents to be
adopted, in order to bring clarity to the issue. In particular,
the following matters call clarification:

1. The list of Christian minorities in Turkey: The officially
recognized religious minorities in Turkey include adherents of
the Greek Orthodox, Armenian Apostolic churches and Jews. However,
there are also communities without official recognition, such as
Armenian Catholic and Armenian Evangelical churches. The properties
expropriated from them comprise part of the rich Armenian legacy.

Hence, by clarifying the issue of the list of Christian minorities,
it is a necessary to include communities with no official status in
Turkey and extend the demand for return of confiscated property over
them as well. This would expand the camp of allies by involving the
Roman Catholic Church, Protestant churches, etc., because for example,
the Armenian Catholics and Protestants, other than being ethnic
Armenians are also part of the global Catholicism and Protestantism.

2. Church properties to be returnedO~I The Turkish government is
inclined to return only Christian properties that were confiscated
after 1936, whereas most of the properties were lost before that,
during the massacres and genocide. It is important the Act includes
demands to return of all the lost properties, rather than just part
of it.

3. Property return procedureO~I The experience tells that
politicization of the issue and bureaucratic hurdles are effective
tools in Turkish government’s hands to disrupt the return of properties
of the Christian minorities. Quite often the Christian churches have
to resort to litigation with the government so as to return their
property9. Artificial difficulties created for return of property
cause psychological stress to the Christian communities and make them
feel that Turkish government is omnipotent and it is impossible to
resolve their problems, which may dissuade the Christian communities
from continuing the struggle for their rights. Therefore, resolving
the issue requires developing a simple and clear procedure for church
property return and making it part of the requirements to Turkey in
the documents to be adopted.

4. Deadlines for submission of applicationsO~I This is about having
no deadlines at all, rather than determining deadlines. The law on
returning church properties adopted in Turkey in 2011 stipulates
a deadline of one year for accepting applications from Christian
communities about returning their property. Given that application
submission is a time-consuming and cumbersome process, the one-year
limit makes the whole task of church property return impossible.

Therefore the future documents to be adopted must stipulate a clause
about unacceptability of any deadline for submission of church property
return applications.

5. Assessment and adequate compensation for appropriated church
propertyO~I Although the above-mentioned law stipulates compensation
for property taken from Christian minorities and appropriated from
individuals, but the issue of the adequate compensation remains
problematic. Hence, it is necessary to devise a clear formula for
property assessment and include it as a requirement in any future
documents.

Only with these and other clarifications any significant results might
be expected in the issue of returning church properties seized from
Christian minorities in Turkey. Otherwise the bills on this issue
will remain as documents simply describing situation and condemning
Turkey, while in reality they would bring a restricted impact. They
would have moral, rather than tangible significance. Taking advantage
of abstract formulations, Turkey would continue making symbolic
concessions to create an imitation of guarantees for the rights and
religious freedoms of the Christian communities.

1 H. R. 4347

4347_Turkey Christian Churches Accountability Act.pdf

2 H. Res. 306

3 House panel adopts Turkey Christian Churches Accountability Act,

4 Armenians, Greeks and Assyrians of America welcome
passage of the Turkey Christian Churches Accountability
Act,

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From: Baghdasarian

MARSEILLE : MANIFESTATION SPONTANEE POUR SOUTENIR LES KURDES ASSIEGES DE KOBANE

FRANCE

Environ un millier de membres de la communaute kurde de Marseille,
selon les organisateurs, 350 selon la police, ont manifeste jeudi sur
le Vieux-Port de Marseille pour prevenir la communaute internationale
de l’arrivee des jihadistes aux portes de la ville kurde syrienne
de Kobane.

“Nous reclamons l’intervention de la communaute internationale pour
sauver le peuple”, a dit un representant de l’association culturelle,
Maison du peule Kurde, souhaitant conserver l’anonymat.

Selon la meme source, cette manifestation spontanee s’est organisee
“dans l’urgence”, sans faire l’objet d’une declaration prealable en
prefecture, “parce que les gens ici sont dans la crainte” pour les
populations kurdes syriennes assiegees par les troupes d’EI.

Sur des pancartes on pouvait lire, “Daesh massacre, l’ONU regarde”,
“reagissons avant qu’il ne soit trop tard” ou encore “aujourd’hui
des Kurdes, demain peut-etre vous”.

Plusieurs manifestants brandissaient egalement des portraits de
victimes des jihadistes ou de groupe se reclamant de l’EI, notamment
des effigies du guide nicois Herve Gourdel, ou encore de cadavres
d’enfants en tenue traditionnelle kurde.

Un nouvel appel a manifester en “solidarite avec le Kurdistan en
grand danger” a ete lance par la communaute kurde, samedi après-midi
a Marseille.

Le 27 septembre, environ un millier de manifestants s’etaient deja
rassembles dans la cite phoceenne pour denoncer un “genocide imminent
contre les Kurdes de Syrie” et soutenir les habitants de Kobane
(Aïn al-Arab en Arabe).

vendredi 3 octobre 2014, Stephane (c)armenews.com

From: Baghdasarian

LA CAMPAGNE DE MANIPULATION DE L’OPINION PAR L’AZERBAIDJAN ATTEINT LE >

AZERBAIDJAN

Plus tôt ce mois-ci, > a publie des documents
prouvant les efforts de l’Azerbaïdjan pour developper ses relations
avec les think tanks aux Etats-Unis et montre a l’opinion publique
du pays que Bakou >. Le premier article a ete publie le 6 septembre. Trois jours plus
tard, le meme journal a publie un editorial sur les tensions entre
l’Azerbaïdjan et l’Armenie sans divulguer les liens de l’auteur avec
le gouvernement de Bakou.

L’intervenant a fait valoir que la region separatiste du Haut-Karabagh
pourrait devenir de l’article affirmant que >.

Rebecca Vincent, un ancien diplomate americain a Bakou et un militant
des droits humains independante, a declare a RFE / RL dans un e-mail
que >.

> ecrit Vincent.

Lobbying Pour Bakou

Shaffer n’a pas repondu aux nombreuses demandes de commenter ce
rapport. Le Directeur du CEREES Angela Stent n’a pas non plus repondu
lorsqu’on lui a demande de faire un commentaire.

Le porte-parole de SOCAR Nizameddin Guliyev, toutefois, a declare
a RFE / RL que Shaffer n’avait pas travaille pour SOCAR. .

Chroniqueur occasionnelle pour REUTERS, Shaffer a utilise
d’autres apparitions dans les medias pour ainsi propager l’idee que
l’Azerbaïdjan est un partenaire pour l’Ouest et un acteur essentiel
potentiel dans la securite energetique europeenne, tout en ne
divulguant pas ses liens avec SOCAR. Shaffer a egalement temoigne
devant les comites et sous-comites dans les deux chambres du Congrès
des Etats-Unis. Le 11 Juin, elle a temoigne lors d’une audience de
la Commission d’Helsinki des Etats-Unis, où elle a ete identifiee
uniquement par son appartenance a Georgetown.

vendredi 3 octobre 2014, Stephane (c)armenews.com

From: Baghdasarian

ARMENIE-GEORGIE : VISITE SURPRISE DU CHEF DE LA DEFENSE A EREVAN LIEE AUX EVOLUTIONS MONDIALES

ARMENIE

Le ministre georgien de la Defense Irakli Alasania etait en visite
a l’improviste en Armenie les 24 et 25 septembre. Il s’est entretenu
avec son homologue armenien Seyran Ohanian, mais le rapport laconique
de la reunion ne contient que des termes generaux sur l’intention
de “developper la cooperation militaire et de partenariat dans des
formats multilateraux”.

La Georgie continue de se conformer a son intention d’integration
europeenne et a l’OTAN. Au dernier sommet de l’OTAN au debut de ce
mois, la Georgie a ete incluse dans la soi-disante
From: Baghdasarian

UNE GRANDE DAME NOUS A QUITTES

HOMMAGE

Beatrice Kasbarian-Bricout, collaboratrice a Azad Magazine depuis de
longues annees, s’est eteinte. Son energie, son sourire, son talent
vont cruellement nous faire defaut.

Elle naît en 1932, a Montpellier, ville qui ne compte alors que sept
familles armeniennes, de parents rescapes du genocide, recueillis dans
les orphelinats americains de Corfou et d’Athènes. Beatrice fait ses
etudes a Montpellier, avant de monter a Paris où elle termine un cursus
universitaire de litterature moderne et de linguistique. Elle rencontre
alors un jeune interne en neurochirurgie, Jacques Bricout, qui devient
plus tard son mari. Ardent armenophile, il lui offre comme cadeau de
fiancailles un ouvrage armenien de l’auteur de comedies satiriques,
Hagop Baronian, qu’il a choisi et achete a la librairie Samuelian de
Paris. Ce geste attentionne – et probablement intentionnel – declenche,
en elle, un declic.

Elle, qui depuis le decès de ses parents n’avait plus aucune attache
armenienne, eprouve alors le besoin imperieux de mieux connaître ses
racines. Dès lors, elle s’inscrit a l’Institut national des langues
et civilisations orientales et commence a reapprendre sa langue
maternelle. Depuis, ce virus de la connaissance de ses racines ne
l’a plus quittee. Malgre ses multiples occupations professionnelles
et familiales, elle se plonge dans les archives et frequente les
bibliothèques. Elle est par ailleurs reconnue et consideree comme
“lecteur-chercheur” par la Bibliothèque nationale, ce qui lui permet
d’avoir accès a tous les manuscrits et livres exceptionnels. En
compagnie, la plupart du temps, de son mari, elle effectue plusieurs
voyages d’etudes dans differents pays où se trouvent les communautes
armeniennes. L’Armenie l’accueille a plusieurs reprises, ainsi
que l’Armenie historique (Van, Ani, Karin), pays d’origine de ses
grands-pères maternel et paternel, et la Cilicie, region natale de
sa grand-mère maternelle. Les notes, les photos, les films qu’elle
en rapporte lui fournissent la matière de ses très nombreux articles
et de ses livres.

Très tôt, Beatrice rejoint l’equipe redactionnelle d’Azad Magazine,
et avec sa plume d’ethnologue elle anime la rubrique Traditions
où elle excelle dans la presentation du patrimoine et des us et
coutumes armeniens. Son ecriture, claire et simple, a la portee
de tous, recueille l’interet d’un large public Cette femme aux
multiples facettes, entreprend egalement des recherches sur les
vieilles estampes armeniennes et tente d’etablir la correlation qui
existe entre le tapis et la miniature. En tant qu’ecrivain, elle est
co-auteure, avec son mari, de films et de diaporamas. Et malgre ses
occupations au sein d’equipes redactionnelles de magazines francais
sur l’histoire, l’architecture, l’ethnologie mediterraneenne, elle
continue ses recherches en vue d’autres publications (revues Archistra,
G. Magazine, Les cahiers d’Ayganouch etc.). Elle anime durant plusieurs
annees une association franco-armenienne. Elle devient vice-presidente
du collège franco-armenien Tebrotsassère. Elle donne egalement des
cours de langue et de civilisation francaises a des elèves venant
du Moyen-Orient. Elle est l’auteure de très nombreux ouvrages, dont
Azadoui, enfant d’Armenie, le cri d’un silence inouï, Exil : la vie en
suspens et À la redecouverte de l’Armenie. Un editeur disait d’elle :

From: Baghdasarian