Author: Emil Lazarian

ALICE PANIKIAN DECLARED 2006 CANADIAN “MISS SPACE”
Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Mar 28 2006
MONTREAL, MARCH 28, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The 20-year-old
daughter of a Canadian Armenian family, student of the “York”
University Alice Panikian was declared 2006 Canadian “Miss
Space”. According to the “Marmara” newspaper of Istanbul, 48 beauties
from different regions of the country took part in the beauty contest
held on March 21 at Montreal “Casino de Montreal” hall. Alice Panikian
received her crown from Natalia Glebova, a beauty Russian by origin
who became “Miss Space” last year.

ROMANIA FOR PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT OF KARABAKH ISSUE
PanARMENIAN.Net
29.03.2006 01:35 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Romania is for peaceful settlement of the Nagorno
Karabakh conflict within the OSCE MG “taking into account the
territorial integrity of Azerbaijan.” The position of the Romanian
party implies that conflicts like that pose a threat to regional
stability, Romanian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Nikolae Ureke said. The
diplomat referred to the concept of the Romanian party, according to
which inveterate conflicts in the Black Sea region pose a threat to
Romania itself. This is why Romania shows much interest to soonest
settlement of conflicts, including that of Nagorno Karabakh, Ureke
remarked, reports Trend.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

ATTANTION: YOUNG FAMILIES IN “KENTRON”
Panorama.am
15:22 28/03/06
The developments in Yerevan real estate market give enough bases to
conclude that the flats in so called elite blocks being built in the
city centre will become within the rich of not only the rich but also
young families.
According to the programs of “Hlendale Hills” company realizing the
building works, besides large and luxurious flats the company is
going to introduce to the real estate market flats repaired by high
quality building materials costing 10-28 thousand USD.
As the representatives of the company assure at the moment negotiations
are carried on allocated to making the processes connected with
mortgage loans more available and productive.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

MILITARY MEDICINE DISCUSSED AT YEREVAN-HOSTED CONFERENCE
Mediamax news agency
28 Mar 06
Yerevan, 28 March: The third international military-political
conference on “Military medicine: challenges of the 21st century”
opened in Yerevan today. The conference is organized by the Armenian
Defence Ministry, the European command of the US armed forces, the
information management system of NATO Partnership for Peace Program
and State Medical University’s military-medical faculty.
Armenian Deputy Defence Minister Lt-Gen Artur Agabekyan said that
20 medical officers from eight countries are taking part in the
conference, Mediamax reports. Agabekyan said that the issues which are
being discussed at the conference will be studied by future medical
officers not only from Armenia but from other partner states as well.
Agabekyan pointed out that the conference is not related to an
international rescue exercise which will take place in Armenia in
June within the framework of the “Rescue-2006” programme and which
will also deal with the medical aspect.
The final conference on planning the exercise will be held within
the next few days.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

ARMENIAN SWIMMERS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TO BE HELD IN MOSCOW
ArmRadio.am
29.03.2006 13:23
Armenian swimmers Mikhael Koloyana and Harutyun Harutyunyan of
Yerevan will participate in the World Championship to start on April
6 in Moscow.
The Armenian sports delegation is headed by chief trainer of the team,
President of the RA Swimming Federation Igor Safarov.

CHESS PLAYERS OF ARMENIA TO LEAVE FOR TURKEY
ArmRadio.am
29.03.2006 13:47
Nine Armenian chess players will participate in the 7th Individual
European Championship to start on April 4 in Aydin Kushadasi city
of Turkey.
Grand Masters Artashes Minasyan, Ashot Anastasyan, Tugran Petrosyan
and International Masters Arman Pashikyan and Tigran Kotanjyan will
participate in men ‘s contest.
Women’s contest will feature Grand Masters Lilit Lazarian, Elina
Danielyan, Nelly Aghinyan and International Master Siranush Andreasyan.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

AZERI-US SECURITY TALKS START IN WASHINGTON
ANS TV, Baku
29 Mar 06
Prospects for US-Azerbaijani military and political cooperation are
the main subject of the bilateral security talks which have started in
Washington. Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov represents
Azerbaijan in the two-day discussions. The talks attended by senior
US State Department and Pentagon officials cover numerous important
directions. One of them is military and political cooperation between
the two countries and its priorities, and the energy projects which
are being implemented in the South Caucasus.
Another direction of the talks covers the military and political
situation in the South Caucasus, the work done as part of resolving
the Nagornyy Karabakh issue, proposals and efforts by the sides
[to the conflict].
The third direction of the talks focuses on the crisis over Iran’s
nuclear programme, Baku’s efforts to tackle the issue and opportunities
for future cooperation with the USA in this sphere.
[Video showed library picture of Azimov speaking to microphone outside
the Foreign Ministry]
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

DIVIDED AZERI DIASPORA CALL FOR UNITY IN FACE OF “COMMON GOALS”
ANS TV, Baku
27 Mar 06
The World Azeri Congress and a splinter group have called for unity
in the face of common goals, such as merging Azerbaijan with northern
Iran, and settling the Nagornyy Karabakh conflict.
Speaking to the commercial ANS TV’s “Point of View” programme on 27
March, heads of the Baku offices of the split World Azeri Congress
Pasa Qalbinur and Yegana Amiraslanova said: “An organization, which has
set itself the goal of unifying Azerbaijan, should not remain divided.”
The WAC, which was set up in the USA in 1997, was divided into two
in 2004.
No further transcribing is planned.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Press Release
Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Contact: V.Rev.Fr.Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Officer
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
Fax: (04) 419724
E-mail: [email protected]
Web:
PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon
Armenian version:
COMM UNIQUE (? 1)
“Culture of Cilician Armenia”
International Conference in Antelias
“Culture of Cilician Armenia” International Conference will take place
January 18-20, 2007, in Antelias-Lebanon by the initiation and under
patronage of His Holiness Catholicos Aram I, in cooperation with the
Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia and Yerevan Mashtots
Matenadaran.
The Conference will cover the following areas:
1.. History: History of culture of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia:
geopolitical, inter-political and inter-church relations.
2.. Medieval Armenian Universities: The influence of Cilician scriptoria
in the development of Armenian literature and scripture art. Medieval
universities and their cooperation.
3.. Law: Medieval law and Cilician Constitution. Inter-state and
inter-church relations and the aspect of law. Right to heritage and medieval
social relations.
4.. Art: Miniature, applied arts, architecture: monasteries, fortresses,
secular constructions.
5.. Ethnography: Cilician national ceremonies, holidays, dresses, life and
traditions.
6.. Cilician Holy Relics: Relics of Saints brought to Antelias from
Cilicia.
7.. Economy: Cilician money, Cilician trade relations, scales and measure
units, Cilician marine and soil trade ways.
8.. Summery: Cilician phenomenon after the fall of the Armenian Kingdom of
Cilicia.
For more information about the Conference you may visit the following
sites: and or write to the
following addresses:
Arshak Banuchyan, Yerevan Bishop Nareg Alemezian, Antelias
Tel: (+374 10) 56 27 69 Tel: (+961 4) 410001
Fax: (+374 10) 52 04 20 Fax: (+961 4) 417971
E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]
[email protected]
Organi zing Committee
##
The Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia is one of the two Catholicosates of
the Armenian Orthodox Church. For detailed information about the history and
mission of the Cilician Catholicosate, you may refer to the web page of the
Catholicosate, The Cilician Catholicosate, the
administrative center of the church is located in Antelias, Lebanon.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

PRESS RELEASE
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Information Services
Address: Vagharshapat, Republic of Armenia
Contact: Rev. Fr. Ktrij Devejian
Tel: (374 10) 517 163
Fax: (374 10) 517 301
E-Mail: [email protected]
March 29, 2006
35 New Deacons Ordained in Holy Etchmiadzin
This year on the 23rd of February – the Feast of Sts. Vartanants, 35
young graduates of the Gevorkian Theological Seminary were ordained to
the diaconate during the celebration of Divine Liturgy in the Mother
See of All Armenians. His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and
Catholicos of All Armenians, presided during the liturgy which was
celebrated by His Eminence Archbishop Nerses Bozabalian.
As has become a tradition, the “Feast of St. Vartan the Commander and
His Companions” is celebrated with great pageantry in Holy Etchmiadzin,
as it is one of the most loved feasts of the Armenian nation. The
highlight of the day is the service of ordination which takes place
in the Mother Cathedral. In some years the ordinations are to the
priesthood, and in others, as in this year, they are to the diaconate.
This year’s celebrations resulted in 35 new deacons who joined
the ranks of the Brotherhood of Holy Etchmiadzin as its youngest
members. This was the first time in the modern history of the Armenian
Church that such a large number of young men have been ordained all
at once.
In recent years on this day, Armenians worldwide celebrate the
naming day of the Armenian Pontiff, His Holiness Karekin II. At the
conclusion of Divine Liturgy, a special Pontifical Blessing service
was offered before the Holy Altar of Descent of the Mother Cathedral,
whereby the faithful joined with the class of clergy in raising their
prayers to heaven, wishing His Holiness a long, productive reign,
a healthy and fruitful life, and unshakeable strength and prosperity
for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.
Among the countless faithful, were hundreds of soldiers from the Armed
Forces of the Republic of Armenia, who had come with their commanding
officers to participate in the Divine Liturgy. His Holiness blessed
the servicemen, calling them the new “Vartans” of our day, asking
that God grant them faith, willpower and a spirit of victory.
##
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress