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Armenian American Museum Announces Job Opportunities

Karapet Navasardian
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Shant Sahakian, Executive Director
Armenian American Museum and Cultural Center of California
(818) 644-2214
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ARMENIAN AMERICAN MUSEUM ANNOUNCES JOB OPPORTUNITIES

Glendale, CA () – The Armenian American Museum and Cultural Center of California has announced job opportunities as it plans for the historic groundbreaking of the cultural and educational center in Summer 2021. The museum is seeking a Communications Director, Executive Assistant, and Research Associate to join the growing team advancing the cultural and educational center.

Communications Director
The Communications Director will be responsible for the planning, development, and implementation of the organization’s communications strategy that effectively promotes its programming, events, and capital campaign to donors, stakeholders, media, community, and public.

Executive Assistant
The Executive Assistant will be supporting the Executive Office by performing the administrative duties of the office, coordinating the activities of the organization, and interfacing with stakeholders.

Research Associate
The Research Associate will be supporting the development of the new Permanent Exhibition’s Schematic Design by conducting research, writing and editing content, collaborating on content strategies, and coordinating with writers and designers.

For more information on the job opportunities announced and how to apply, visit https://www.ArmenianAmericanMuseum.org/Jobs.

The mission of the Armenian American Museum and Cultural Center of California is to promote understanding and appreciation of America’s ethnic and cultural diversity by sharing the Armenian American experience. The vision is a cultural campus that enriches the community, educates the public on the Armenian American story, and empowers individuals to embrace cultural diversity and speak out against prejudice.

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Armenpress: COVID-19 vaccinations launch in Armenia

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COVID-19 vaccinations launch in Armenia

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YEREVAN, APRIL 13, ARMENPRESS. Vaccinations against COVID-19 started in Armenia today, the ministry of healthcare said in a statement.

“Risky groups have been identified for vaccination: they are people aged over 65, people with chronic health conditions aged 18-64, nursery workers and residents.

24000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine and 15000 doses of the Sputnik V vaccine for 7500 people have been supplied to Armenia. Vaccinations are carried out on voluntary basis among the risky groups.

People at risk under the age of 55 will be vaccinated with the Sputnik V, while those aged over 55 will be vaccinated with the AstraZeneca”, the ministry said, adding that healthcare workers of COVID-19 hospitals have already been vaccinated with the Sputnik V (2000 doses).

 

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Sydney’s Greek, Armenian and Assyrian communities join forces to March for Justice

Karapet Navasardian
The Greek Herald
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Sydney’s Greek, Armenian and Assyrian communities are being encouraged to participate in the 2021 March for Justice, which will occur in Sydney’s CBD on Saturday, April 24, according to the Armenian National Committee of Australia.

The Joint Justice Initiative, which is represented by the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU), the Assyrian National Council of Australia and the Australian Hellenic Council, are calling on their respective communities to turn up to The Domain in Sydney to begin the March for Justice, which sends a clear message to Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, and his government that these communities demand Federal Government recognition of the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides.

This cooperative _expression_ of demand is a graduation of the Joint Justice Initiative’s activities from the strictly political to the grassroots. Since the three communities’ advocacy arms formalised their cooperation with a launch in February 2020, over 40 Federal parliamentarians have signed up to the Joint Justice Initiative, pledging allegiance to national Australian recognition of the 1915 genocides.

READ MORE: Australia’s Greek community join initiative to recognise Turkish-committed genocide against the Greek, Armenian, and Assyrian citizens.

The annual March For Justice will begin at 3pm (AEST), and typically attracts thousands of marchers. This year’s procession will begin at The Domain and proceed through Sydney’s Central Business District before concluding with a special programme at Sydney Town Hall.

Led by the Homenetmen Scouts Marching band, the leading delegation will also include political representatives, clergy, community leaders, youth groups and school students from the Armenian Australian, Assyrian Australian and Greek Australian communities.

READ MORE: Australian MP John Alexander joins Armenian-Assyrian-Greek ‘Joint Justice Initiative’.

“Most Armenian Australians, as well as many Assyrian Australians and Greek Australians, are direct descendants of survivors of what we commemorate as the Armenian Genocide,” said ANC-AU Political Affairs Director, Michael Kolokossian.

“Many of us have been directly impacted by the the Turkish State’s genocidal policies, execution and denial in our own ways, and us Armenians saw this manifest again during the 2020 Nagorno Karabakh War.

READ MORE: Michael Sukkar MP pledges support to Armenian-Assyrian-Greek ‘Joint Justice Initiative’.

The Joint Justice Initiative’s march last year. Photo: Facebook.

“We are pleased to be standing in solidarity with our sisters and brothers from the Assyrian and Greek communities at this year’s March for Justice, and are determined to project our voices all the way to Canberra.”

Buses have been organised to be leaving from numerous locations across Sydney including Willoughby, Chatswood, Ryde, Bonnyrigg, Lidcombe and Wentworthville. Announcements detailing specifics will follow.

READ MORE: Australian Senator Larissa Waters joins Joint justice Initiative for recognition of Armenian, Greek and Assyrian genocides.

The March for Justice is also co-sponsored by the Armenian Genocide Commemorative Committee and organised by a group of the largest Armenian Australian organisations.

A similar group of organisations in Melbourne have announced a Melbourne March for Justice for the same day, April 24, 2021.

Source: Armenian National Committee of Australia.

Armenian, Assyrian and Greek communities of Sydney to March for Justice on April 24

Karapet Navasardian
Public Radio of Armenia

The 2021 March for Justice, to take place in Sydney’s CBD on Saturday 24th April, will be co-sponsored by the peak advocacy groups representing the Armenian-Australian, Assyrian-Australian and Greek-Australian communities, reported the Armenian National Committee of Australia.

The Joint Justice Initiative, which is represented by the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU), the Assyrian National Council – Australia and the Australian Hellenic Council, are calling on their respective communities to turn up to The Domain in Sydney to begin the March for Justice, which sends a clear message to Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his government – that these communities demand Federal Government recognition of the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides.

This cooperative _expression_ of demand is a graduation of the Joint Justice Initiative’s activities from the strictly political to the grassroots. Since the three communities’ advocacy arms formalised their cooperation with a launch in February 2020, over 40 Federal parliamentarians have signed up to the Joint Justice Initiative, pledging allegiance to national Australian recognition of the 1915 genocides.

The annual March For Justice will begin at 3pm (AEST), and typically attracts thousands of marchers. This year’s procession will begin at The Domain and proceed through Sydney’s Central Business District before concluding with a special programme at Sydney Town Hall.

Led by the Homenetmen Scouts Marching band, the leading delegation will also include political representatives, clergy, community leaders, youth groups and school students from the Armenian-Australian, Assyrian-Australian and Greek-Australian communities.

“Most Armenian-Australians, as well as many Assyrian-Australians and Greek-Australians, are direct descendants of survivors of what we commemorate as the Armenian Genocide,” said ANC-AU Political Affairs Director, Michael Kolokossian. “Many of us have been directly impacted by the the Turkish State’s genocidal policies, execution and denial in our own ways, and us Armenians saw this manifest again during the 2020 Nagorno Karabakh War.”

“We are pleased to be standing in solidarity with our sisters and brothers from the Assyrian and Greek communities at this year’s March for Justice, and are determined to project our voices all the way to Canberra.”

Buses have been organised to be leaving from numerous locations across Sydney including Willoughby, Chatswood, Ryde, Bonnyrigg, Lidcombe and Wentworthville. Announcements detailing specifics will follow.

The March for Justice is also co-sponsored by the Armenian Genocide Commemorative Committee and organised by a group of the largest Armenian-Australian organisations.

A similar group of organisations in Melbourne have announced a Melbourne March for Justice for the same day, 24th April 2021.

Los Angeles Mayor calls on President Biden to recognize Armenian Genocide

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YEREVAN, APRIL 10, ARMENPRESS. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has called on US President Joe Biden to recognize the Armenian Genocide, Asbarez reports.

“It’s time to speak the truth. It’s time to remember the tragedies of history so that we do not repeat them. It’s time for all of us, for my friend President Biden, to leaders across LA, the United States and around the world to declare in one voice – we recognize the Armenian Genocide,” Mayor Garcetti said in a video message that was recorded for the Pan-Armenian Council, which has launched the “Yes. It’s Genocide” change.org petition campaign.

“We mourn the more than 1.5 million Armenians brutally murdered in a campaign of systemic terror, we’ll always stay by Armenian people’s pursuit of justice, safety and peace,” he added.

“We must remember the reality of our past in order to forge a better future,” the Mayor stated, urging everyone to join the “Yes, it’s Genocide” petition on Change.org.

Benefactor Hirair Hovnanian dead at 91

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YEREVAN, APRIL 9, ARMENPRESS. Armenian-American philanthropist Hirair Hovnanian, the founding benefactor of the Armenian Assembly of America and member of the Board of Trustees of Hayastan All-Armenian Fund, passed away at the age of 91.

Other details weren’t immediately available.

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Pashinyan suggests Putin to consider construction of another NPP in Armenia

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YEREVAN, APRIL 7, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan suggested President of Russia Vladimir Putin to think over the opportunities of constructing a new nuclear power plant in Armenia, ARMENPRESS reports Pashinyan made the proposal during a meeting with Putin in Moscow.  

‘’I hope we will discuss some issues related with strategic investments and in this context I would like to discuss with you the opportunities of constructing a new nuclear power plant in Armenia’’, Pashinyan said.

Cyprus: Cyprus religious leaders condemn use of Armenian Monastery of St Magar for a techno party

Karapet Navasardian
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April 7 2021
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The Religious Leaders of Cyprus in a joint statement condemn the use of the grounds of the Armenian Monastery of St Magar for a live techno party on March 20th 2021, which was uploaded on YouTube on 7 April 2021. Sourp Magar Monastery is located in Halefka in the Pentadaktylos mountain range in Cyprus.

In the statement the Religious Leaders of Cyprus condemn this unfortunate act and any misuse, disrespect and desecration of places of worship and cemeteries in Cyprus, irrespective of intention, religion, dogma and denomination.

The Religious Leaders reiterate their request that all places of worship and cemeteries, in use or not, are protected against vandalism, misuse and desecration.

“Disrespecting places of worship and cemeteries creates pain, nurtures mistrust and becomes an obstacle to peaceful coexistence”, the statement says.

According to the statement the live techno party was organised by an event-planning group, that apparently organises and broadcasts electronic music events at entertainment venues, including  historical and cultural locations. The event was recorded and uploaded on YouTube on 7 April 2021.

Sourp Magar is an Armenian Monastery is an 11th century Monastery founded by the Coptic Orthodox Church in memory of Saint Makarios the hermit of Alexandria.

The Monastery was transferred to the Armenian Community in Cyprus during the15th century and has belonged to and has been intrinsically linked to the community ever since.

St Magar Monastery has been left uncared for since 1974 and is in dire need of immediate protection, renovations and full restoration.

It is the most important place of worship and pilgrimage for the Armenian community of Cyprus and the only Armenian Monastery in Cyprus.

Cyprus has been occupied since the 1974 illegal Turkish invasion.

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Azerbaijani press: Misrepresentation of Caucasian Albanian monuments as Armenian – disrespect to Azerbaijani history – Azerbaijani scholar

Karapet Navasardian
POLITICS29 March 2021 17:36 (UTC+04:00)

BAKU, Azerbaijan, Mar.29

By Ilhama Isabalayeva – Trend:

Misrepresentation of the Caucasian Albanian monuments in Azerbaijan’s Karabakh as Armenian by any foreign media is disrespect to Azerbaijani history, department head at the Institute of Science History under the National Academy of Sciences, Ph.D. in History Bayram Guliyev told Trend on Mar.29.

According to Guliyev, it’s well known that these monuments existed on these lands also before 1828 when Armenians were massively resettled there.

He said that the spread of unfounded information in foreign media about the alleged destruction of the Armenian ‘church’ in Jabrayil city (occupied by Armenia in 1993 and liberated by Azerbaijan from the occupation during the 44-day war from late Sept. through early Nov.2020) once again proves the existence of a biased approach towards Azerbaijan.

“Firstly, Armenians never lived in Jabrayil district. Secondly, the European media, which ‘look for an Armenian church’ in the district, don’t realize or don’t want to realize that the city of Jabrayil is completely destroyed. Besides, Fuzuli, Gubadly, Zangilan and Aghdam cities (also liberated from the occupation during the 44-day war) had been almost razed to the ground. To verify this, it’s not needed to go to Karabakh: this can be seen on satellite images of the Google maps platform,” noted the scholar.

He also noted that the very fact of the construction of a religious facility in the occupied territories should be viewed as an attempt to distort history. At the same time, this step is an aggression against the national, cultural and religious characteristics of Karabakh.

“To present any structure built after the occupation as a historical monument is a manifestation of ignorance, unprofessionalism and double standards. The media supporting this step are also directly involved in the Armenian aggression in the cultural sphere,” Guliyev further said.

According to him, it’s extremely important that foreign media pay attention to such issues.

He reminded the mosques of Karabakh, some of which were destroyed, while in others the Armenians kept pigs. Of the five mosques in Jabrayil itself, only one has been partially preserved, and only ruins remain of the other four, added Guliyev.

Prosecutors oppose suspension of criminal proceedings against former President Kocharyan

Karapet Navasardian
Panorama, Armenia
April 2 2021

Prosecutors oppose the petition to stop the criminal proceedings against former President Robert Kocharyan initiated according to Article 300.1 of the Criminal Code. The respective petition had been filed by Kocharyan’s defense team following the recent ruling of the Constitutional Court which declared the Article as unconstitutional and running counter to the Constitution of the Republic. 

Prosecutor Gevorg Baghdasaryna insisted the Judge should suspend the consideration of the case and apply to the Constitutional Court to determine the  compliance  of certain provisions set out in the RA Criminal Procedure Code with the Constitution. 

According to the prosecution, pre-trial measures against Yuri Khachaturov and Seyran Ohanyan, who are also charged according to Article 300.1, should be changed, while Kocharyan’s and other defendant Armen Grigoryan’s pre-trial measure  remain in place, considering ongoing corruption charges brought against them.