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A UNIQUE DICTIONARY
02:01 pm 22 March, 2006
Tsoghik Grigoryan’s name became famous for those interested in
English in 2002 when the 21-year-old author published her first
dictionary `English-Armenian Synonyms’. Today her second dictionary
has already been published under the name of `English-Armenian
Dictionary of Synonymic Groups’. The book has been written for 6
years. It is the first in its type and has a number of
peculiarities. It includes three thousand headwords with their
synonyms.
`English is reach with polysemantic words, and in many cases the
synonyms are difficult the understand for non-native speakers. In this
book every polysemantic word is represented with its synonyms and
examples of usage’, the author mentioned. One of the peculiarities of
the book is that it will help the non-native speakers to think
English, to enrich their vocabulary and to get acquainted with 300
American, English, as well as a number of the other famous European
writers.
At the same time it can serve as a dictionary of English sayings and
winged expressions. There are over 150 English sayings and winged
expressions in the book. The Dictionary is meant for students,
translators and those who want to deeply study the language.
By the way, author of two dictionaries 25-year-old Tsoghik Grigoryan
is member of the AELTA.

Panorama.am
17:50 22/03/06

KOBZON AND LUZHKOV INFLUENCE POLITICAL FIELD IN ARMENIA
`We have become Russia’s both political and economic attaché,’
announced member of Armenian National Movement Aram Manoukyan at the
National Press Club today. As he said the Armenian present government
is to blame for all that. The latter has lost not only its present,
but its past as well. As he said even if the coming government is more
democratic, patriotic and pragmatic nevertheless they are going to
face serious problems concerning energetic system.
Aram Manoukyan is sure the roles of Kobzon and Luzhkov in Armenia are
more serious than that of certain representatives of political field.
As the politician assures the policy of the RF is wrong in Russia as
they serf and humiliate their people. As the ANM member stated it
would be wrong to put an end to Armenian-Russian strategic relations,
but we as well shouldn’t let Russia impose its will on Armenia without
reckoning with as stuff arms was brought to Armenia from
Georgia. /Panorama.am/
From: Baghdasarian

Panorama.am
17:36 22/03/06

KOCHARYAN IS NOT A `GOVERNOR’, ARMENIA IS NOT A `GOVERNMENT’
Touching upon the present Armenian-Russian relations and their further
developing the head of Progressive Liberal Party Hovhannes
Hovhannisyan mentions that it is no longer news for him that there are
no interstate relations between Armenia and Russia.
As the politician says the relation is like the relation between elder
and younger brothers or a great state and outpost.
The head of PLP also finds it inadmissible that there were only 6
Russian representatives present at the inauguration of RA President
Robert Kocharyan. Judging by that there is the impression that Armenia
is all in all one of `Russian provinces’ and Russia, and the
representatives of the centre had come to congratulate the `governor’
with the appointment. /Panorama.am/

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A NEW CENTER WITH US MONEY
02:46 pm 22 March, 2006
Today the US Ambassador to Armenia John Evans officially gave Armen
Haroutyunyan, the commander of the RA frontier troops, the keys of the
reconstructed center of RA frontier troops in Yerevan. The US Embassy
has spent 130 thousand USD for the reconstruction of the building for
the last year. The reconstruction was carried out within the framework
of the program `Combat Against Drugs and Law Enforcement Cooperation’.
The US Ambassador to Armenia John Evans explained the interest of the
US Embassy in the reconstruction of the educational center, `It is not
a secret that there are dangerous people who try to traffic dangerous
goods. I mean weapons of mass destruction, trafficking of people, as
well as smuggling. The investments made by the Embassy proceed from
the interests of Armenia. Giving the center a reconstructed building
we wish the RA frontier troops success’, the Ambassador said in his
speech.
According to the commander of the RA frontier troops Armen
Haroutyunyan, the investments of the RA Government contribute to the
security of the RA state borders.

Panorama.am
15:57 22/03/06

`ARMENIA AND RUSSIA HAVE DIFFERENT ROADS TO PASS’
NA Deputy Shavarsh Kocharyan assures that the rise in price of Russian
gas is not against Armenia, the Ukraine or even Georgia. With her
policy Russia aims at consolidating its position in the world. `And we
think all that is against us whereas there is a deeper policy in
fact,’ the Deputy assured.
One shouldn’t have some great expectations form Armenian-Russian
relations and moreover we shouldn’t be offended by our strategic
partner. And what is more, the Deputy appeals to be more pragmatic
whereas we show sensitiveness in Armenian-Russian relations and take
everything either in black or white. Armenia and Russia have different
roads to pass as `life prompts Armenia to democracy and Russia carries
out the function of the preserver of authority regime on the
post-Soviet territory.’ /Panorama.am/

Panorama.am
15:04 22/03/06

EQUIPMENTS REPLACE PEOPLE
Today the opening of education centre attached to RA frontier troops
was opened in Yerevan. The centre is intended for educating beginners
as well as qualifying professional staff.
The building was repaired with the assistance of the US Embassy in
Armenia. All in all the American Embassy let $ 214 000 to repair and
equip the building. On the opening ceremony of the centre the
Ambassador of the USA in Armenia John Evans mentioned that `the
contribution to the education of frontier guards is both in the
interests of Armenia and the whole world community.’ As frontier
troops’ commander Armen Abrahamyan said the opening of the centre was
realized in the scopes of program `Control over Exportation and
Security on the Frontier’.
About 100 frontier guards took part in the first stage of 2-months
program. As it is said in the US Embassy press-release the courses are
intended for preparation of Armenian specialists who will relieve
Russian frontier troops in `Zvartnots’ airport. At the same time,
colonel Abrahamyan rejected that information saying: `The control in
`Zvartnots’ is carried out jointly. We carry out joint service. And it
is in our interests as we have no specialists qualified enough,’ the
commander mentioned. He also noticed that the number of servers will
decrease in connection with the increase of number of
equipments. /Panorama.am/

PRESS RELEASE
Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Contact: V.Rev.Fr.Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Officer
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
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Armenian version:
HIS HOLINESS ARAM I DELEGATES
A REPRESENTATIVE TO EGYPT
Archbishop Sebouh Sarkisian, Primate of the Diocese of Tehran has been
delegated on a special mission to Cairo by His Holiness Aram I.
The Archbishop will meet with the Sheikh of Azhar for consultations on
issues related to the Christian-Muslim dialogue. He will then participate in
the meeting of the inter-religious dialogue committee which also includes
Christian spiritual leaders and officials. His Holiness has played an
important role in the establishment of this committee which operates under
the Middle East Council of Churches.
Archbishop Sebouh had also been invited to represent His Holiness Aram I in
an inter-religious dialogue meeting in Isfahan. He could not attend the
meeting, however, because of his official visit to Egypt.
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The Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia is one of the two Catholicosates of
the Armenian Orthodox Church. For detailed information about the Ecumenical
activities 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.

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]
January 16, 2006
His Holiness Karekin II Ordains Bishops for Egypt and Syria
On January 15, episcopal ordinations for two new bishops of the Armenian
Church were conducted in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.  His Holiness
Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians celebrated a
Pontifical Divine Liturgy and thereupon consecrated, ordained and elevated
Very Rev. Fr. Ashot Mnatsakanian, Primate of the Armenian Diocese of Egypt
and Very Rev. Fr. Armash Nalbandian, Primate of the Armenian Diocese of
Damascus to the rank of bishop.  The bishops were ordained to continue their
service as primates of Armenian communities in the Middle East.
The previous evening, the two candidates kneeled before the Holy Altar of
Descent in the Mother Cathedral, vowed to remain faithful to the Holy
Gospel, to the canons of the Holy Armenian Apostolic Church and to the
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, and signed their oaths.
As the liturgy commenced, a public examination of the orthodox faith of the
two candidates took place before the Altar of St. Stephen the Protomartyr in
the Mother Cathedral.  The intercessor for the two candidates was His
Eminence Archbishop Nerses Bozabalian.  According to accepted tradition,
representatives of each ecclesiastical and hierarchal rank – eight acolytes,
two deacons, two priests and four laymen representing different classes of
society approached His Holiness and publicly bore witness on behalf of the
candidates.  His Holiness then confirmed the testimonials and presented each
candidate with his episcopal omophorion.
The Divine Liturgy then continued before the Main Altar of the Mother
Cathedral.  Reciting prayers from the `Mashtots’ (ritual book) of
ordination, His Holiness called the candidates to the rank of bishop.  The
Supreme Patriarch consecrated the candidates’ foreheads and the thumbs of
their right hand with Holy Chrism, following which the symbols of episcopacy
– the episcopal staff and ring, were presented to the newly consecrated
bishops.
In his Pontifical message, His Holiness stated in part, `Indeed, the dark
days of the history of our Church are in the past, when the servants of the
Lord carried out their service `with much patience, in afflictions, in
necessities, in distresses, in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults…” (II
Corinthians 6:4-5)
His Holiness continued, `Today in the course of her mission, our Holy Church
is now facing the new challenges with a new necessity to strengthen our
national-ecclesiastic life.  Praise, glory and thanksgiving to God, that
with the blessing and will of our Lord Jesus Christ, positive results are
being recorded in addressing the issues facing our people and Holy Church. 
We have young servants who have come to complement the ranks of our clergy,
and today, with two newly ordained bishops who vowed to act without shame or
distraction on the faith, canons and teachings of our mother Holy Armenian
Apostolic Church.
`We are convinced that by devoting themselves as vigilant servants of God,
as faithful defenders and clergymen of the Holy Armenian Church, the newly
ordained bishops Ashot and Armash will continue their mission in their
Dioceses.’
The Pontiff of All Armenians offered his words of gratitude to the
governments and state authorities of the Arab Republic of Egypt and the
Syrian Arab Republic, whose support and care are enjoyed by the Armenians
living in these two important countries of the Middle East.
Present for the service were diocesan primates from Armenia and Artsakh,
members of the Brotherhood of the Mother See, members of the Supreme
Spiritual Council, Ambassadors of Egypt and Syria to Armenia and delegations
of the diocesan councils of Egypt and Damascus.
At the conclusion of the Divine Liturgy, a reception was hosted in the
Mother See during which His Holiness Karekin II presented panagias to the
newly ordained Bishops as a sign of their episcopal authority.
* * *
HIS GRACE BISHOP ASHOT MNATSAKANIAN
His Grace Bishop Ashot Mnatsakanian (baptismal name Garoun) was born
on November 4, 1972 in the village of Tatev, Region of Syunik, Armenia.
From 1979 to 1989 he attended the secondary school in his village.
In 1989 he was admitted to the Gevorkian Theological Seminary of Holy
Etchmiadzin and graduated in 1995, defending his thesis entitled `The Life
and Dogmatic Views of Hovhan Vorotnetsi’.
On October 22, 1995, His Grace Bishop Anania Arabajian ordained him to
the rank of deacon.
On June 2, 1996, he was ordained a celibate priest by His Eminence
Archbishop Shahe Ajemian.
From 1996 to 2001, he was office director of the Commission for the
1700th Anniversary of Christianity as the State Religion of Armenia.
On March 2002, he defended his doctoral thesis entitled `The Parable
of the Prodigal Son in Armenian Literature’ and was elevated to the rank of
Archimandrite (Vardapet).
On October 14, 2002, by the order of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme
Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, he was appointed as Vicar of the
Armenian Diocese of Egypt.
On February 21, 2004, His Holiness appointed him as Locum Tenens of
the Armenian Diocese of Egypt.
In 2005, he was elected as Primate of the Armenian Diocese of Egypt.
* * *
HIS GRACE BISHOP ARMASH NALBANDIAN
His Grace Bishop Armash Nalbandian (baptismal name Hagop) was born on
January 29, 1973 in Aleppo, Syria
He received his primary education in the Cilician academy of Aleppo.
In 1987, he was admitted to the Gevorkian Theological Seminary of the
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.
In September 1991, on the Feast of Exhalation of the Holy Cross, he
was ordained a deacon by His Eminence Archbishop Nerses Bozabalian.
In 1993, he graduated form the Gevorkian Theological Seminary
defending his thesis entitled `The Life and Works of Catholicos Gevork V
Sureniants of All Armenians (1911-1930)’.
In December 1993, at the invitation of His Eminence Archbishop Karekin
Bekdjian, primate of the Armenian Diocese of Germany, His Holiness Vasken I
Catholicos of All Armenians of blessed memory, sent him to Germany to study
and serve the Armenian community as a pastor.
From 1995 to 2000, he studied New Testament Theology at the University
of Erlangen-Nierenberg. He also studied the languages of ancient Greek and
Latin simultaneously.
In November 1998, he was ordained a celibate priest in Cologne,
Germany, by His Eminence Archbishop Karekin Bekdjian and assumed the
responsibilities of spiritual pastor for Southern Germany.
On December 2003, he defended his doctoral thesis entitled `The Divine
Liturgy of the Armenian Church from the 5th Century to Present’ and was
elevated to the rank of Archimandrite (Vardapet).
In 2004, he was elected as a Primate of the Armenian Diocese of
Damascus. 

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Exploring A Current Event: An Interview with Andrew Goldberg
By Khatchig Mouradian
March 23, 2006
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On April 17, 2006, PBS will air a powerful documentary, titled `The Armenian
Genocide,’ which deals with the massacres and deportations of the Armenians
in the Ottoman Empire in 1915. The documentary, written, directed and
produced by Emmy Award-winning producer Andrew Goldberg, features interviews
with leading genocide scholars and is narrated by Julianna Margulies as well
as Ed Harris, Natalie Portman, Laura Linney and Orlando Bloom, among others.
Filmed in the US, France, Germany, Belgium, Syria, and Turkey, the one-hour
documentary also features discussions with Kurdish and Turkish citizens in
modern-day Turkey.
Andrew Goldberg of Two Cats Productions () has produced and
directed documentaries, news segments and long-form programming for PBS,
NBC, E!, Inside Edition, ABC News and many others. His documentaries include
`Armenians, A Story of Survival’ (2001) and `A Yiddish World Remembered’
(2002).
The following phone interview was conducted on March 10, 2006.
Khatchig Mouradian -Why did you decide to make a documentary on the Armenian
genocide?
Andrew Goldberg- The Armenian Genocide is one of the most underreported
stories of the 20th century. Every time there is an attempt to raise this
issue, there are those who try to stop the discussion. I wanted to get this
important subject discussed. I am glad we succeeded.
KM- The title of the documentary is enough to make the Turkish government
and other genocide deniers try to stop the discussion this time around as
well, even without bothering to see the documentary, isn’t it?
AG- As I have previously stated, I did not use the title `The Armenian
Genocide’ to be provocative. However, if you don’t use the word `genocide,’
you are enabling denial. It’s not that we must use the word `genocide’; it’s
only that we cannot allow people to stop us from using the word. The term
`genocide’ did not exist for years, but the mass killings of the Armenians
were denied back then as well. We could call it anything and the people who
want to stop the truth would still deny it. We are using the term `genocide’
because it’s the only word in the current language to properly describe this
event. The mass murder of the Armenian people has been denied for nearly a
hundred years; I won’t be a part of that denial no matter what.
KM- The documentary also gives an opportunity to deniers of the Armenian
genocide to express their views and tell what they consider to be `the other
side’ of the story. What is your comment on that?
AG- Denial can be looked at, but it must be looked at in a controlled,
quarantined situation. If you quarantine denial, contextualize it, and
explain to people that what they now are seeing is denial, then you are
shielded from the virus of denial and it doesn’t cause damage. While we do
present in the film the points of view of deniers, I wouldn’t call it `the
other side,’ because there is no other side. People do not understand just
how committed the denialists are to distorting the story. People need to
understand the monster. That’s why we chose to show what they had to say.
KM- In the documentary, columnist and retired Turkish diplomat Gunduz Aktan
says, `The Turkish people firmly believe that what happened to the Armenian
people was not genocide.’ Tell us about your impressions of how the Turkish
people approach the Armenian issue.
AG – First of all, they approach it differently on camera than they do off
camera. I’ll give you an example not related to the genocide. If you speak
to the Hamshen, they will say to you, `We are Armenians,’ but when you point
the camera at them, they say `We are Turkish.’ Turkey is not a nation of
free speech, although it may present itself as such. Therefore, there’s a
double dialogue in Turkey. There’s a dialogue that you see presented
publicly, and then there’s a dialogue behind closed doors. There is an
increasing number of people in Turkey who do believe it was genocide;
however, they would not say this publicly.
KM- The main challenge of addressing a historical event by film would be
making it related to the here and now. Was this the case with `The Armenian
genocide’?
AG- I believe that this is an event that started 91 years ago and is not
over. Denial is the final stage of genocide. Therefore, it’s a current
event. Besides, we address many contemporary issues in the film, such as the
recent ruling in Turkey that they would teach the students that there was no
genocide. This is incredible; believing is one thing, but teaching it in the
state curriculum is another thing. We did not take on news issues like Orhan
Pamuk because you don’t know how they are going to turn out and when they
turn out one way or another, the film immediately becomes old. This
documentary is not a news piece; it’s a piece that has to have some
shelf-life. This is more of an issue piece than a news piece.
KM- Tell us a bit of this all-star cast of narrators.
AG- I worked with Aleen Keshishian who is a wonderful and extremely
accomplished Talent Manager in Hollywood. We worked together in picking the
narrators, and every one of them donated their services. Every single one of
them did it for free, because they cared deeply about the cause. We have a
wonderful cast of talented people and we are very proud of them.
KM- What is the message that you want to convey to the public with `The
Armenian genocide’?
AD- What happened to the Armenians is one of the most inhumane acts in the
history of the human race. The victims of that event and their children have
never been acknowledged and affirmed, and it is important that we, as
non-Armenians and Armenians, affirm and acknowledge this tragedy, and send a
clear message to those attempting to deny this tragedy that we will not
allow their position to make progress into this international conversation.

PanARMENIAN.Net
NKR President to Meet with Armenian Leadership

23.03.2006 19:18 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ March 22 President of the Nagorno
Karabakh Republic Arkady Ghukasyan arrived in Yerevan.
As reported by the NKR leader’s Press Service, Arkady
Ghukasyan will meet with Armenian leadership in Yerevan.