Ottawa Citizen
October 21, 2004 Thursday
Final Edition
Respected engineer ‘was ahead of his time’: U.S.-born structural
engineer John Adjeleian worked on more than 3,000 buildings in
private practice, as well as having a well-regarded career in
academia, writes Charles Enman.
Charles Enman, The Ottawa Citizen
For four decades, John Adjeleian was one of the leading structural
engineers in Ottawa.
In 1955, Mr. Adjeleian opened the city’s first office dedicated to
structural engineering work. At Carleton University, he served for
six years as chair of the department of civil and environmental
engineering.
He worked on many significant Ottawa buildings, including the
National Arts Centre, Canada Post headquarters, the Aviation Museum
and Minto Place.
Of the 3,000 buildings on which his company worked, he was most proud
of the Fathers of Confederation Building in Charlottetown.
In Toronto, he assured the sound construction of the SkyDome.
“John’s company was only medium-sized, with perhaps 30 or 40
engineers, but the amount of work they did was phenomenal, a
testament to the quality of his expertise and leadership,” said Jag
Humar, a former Carleton colleague who was a consultant at Mr.
Adjeleian’s company, Adjeleian Allen Rubeli Ltd.
Mr. Adjeleian, who died of heart and kidney problems last Thursday,
at the age of 81, will be warmly remembered in Carleton’s faculty of
engineering, according to Dean Samy Mahmoud.
“As a teacher, John was ahead of his time,” Mr. Mahmoud said. “Years
after his retirement, students in the faculty are still instilled
with his values and vision.”
When he joined the of civil and environmental engineering department
in 1975, Mr. Adjeleian had already chalked up two decades as an
active structural engineer in the city. One year later, in 1976, he
was named chairman of the department, a position he held until 1982,
when he became professor emeritus.
As chairman, he brought two new emphases to the department: That
engineering students must be grounded in the practicalities of their
discipline and they must be sensitive to the esthetic considerations
that were normally the province of architects.
“John introduced second-year students to real-world projects, so they
would appreciate what designs were practical and feasible versus what
was merely imaginable,” Mr. Mahmoud said.
“He also encouraged teamwork that brought engineers and architects
together, so that the two solitudes could begin appreciating each
other’s contributions.”
Of the many honours he received, Mr. Adjeleian was proudest of his
honorary membership in the Ontario Association of Architects.
Many buildings on the Carleton campus benefited from his company’s
design, including the MacKenzie Engineering Building, the Arts Tower,
the Minto Residences and the athletic facilities.
Professional success aside, Mr. Adjeleian will be remembered as a man
of rare human touch.
“He was a ‘double-A’ personality, always on the move — but that
never cost him anything in terms of wit,” Mr. Humar recalled. “He was
so self-deprecating, so full of laughter. And he had a deep
compassion that made him wonderful company.”
At Carleton and at his own firm, Mr. Adjeleian proved a natural
manager.
“It was surprising in so fine a gentleman, but leadership came
effortlessly to him,” Mr. Humar recalled.
“He always acknowledged the achievements of people working under him,
and his kindness allowed him to carry people along. No one was
pushed.”
Mr. Adjeleian was born of Armenian parents in Worcester,
Massachusetts.
After serving in the U.S. army, he enrolled at McGill University,
where he earned a bachelor’s degree in engineering and civil
engineering in 1952. His marks earned him admission to the
university’s Scarlet Key Society.
>From McGill, he went on scholarship to the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, where he received a master of science in structural
engineering in 1955.
Though he could have set up offices in many places, Mr. Adjeleian
wished to return to Canada.
“He was a champion of this country, and always wished Canadians
understood how fortunate they are to live here,” said his wife,
Elizabeth.
In his leisure time, he was an enthusiastic member of the Kiwanis
Club, which recognized his 40 years of participation several months
ago.
He had three sons, Michael, David and Paul, and a daughter, Hasmig.
“Family came first with him,” Hasmig Adjeleian recalled. “He was a
wonderfully intuitive father, always showing up just when you needed
him.”
Mr. Adjeleian’s funeral was held Tuesday at St. Mark’s Anglican
Church. He was buried at Beechwood Cemetery.
GRAPHIC: Photo: Years after retiring from the engineering faculty at
Carleton University, students remain instilled with his emphasis on
merging esthetic considerations with engineering solutions.

PRESS RELEASE
Eastern Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America
138 East 39th Street
New York, NY 10016
Tel: 212-689-7810
Fax: 212-689-7168
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Contact: Iris Papazian
CROSSROADS E-NEWSLETTER – October 21, 2004
WE MOURN THE PASSING OF
VARKIS MARKARIAN
It was with great sorrow that the Eastern Prelacy announced the death of a
beloved son of the Armenian church and nation, Varkis Markarian of Cranston,
Rhode Island. Mr. Markarian died last Friday, October 15, at his home
following a short illness.
Mr. Markarian was a Prince of Cilicia, Delegate to the World Assembly,
Delegate to the National Representative Assembly, Pillar of the Prelacy, and
board member of Sts. Vartanantz Armenian Apostolic Church, Providence, Rhode
Island.
His Eminence Archbishop Oshagan Choloyan officiated at the national funeral
services, which took place at Sts. Vartanantz Church in Providence on Monday
and Tuesday, October 18 and 19.
We extend our heartfelt sympathy to his wife of 55 years, Mrs. Lillian
Markarian and their three children and six grandchildren.
ORDINATIONS IN LEBANON
The ordination of two married priests took place at St. Nishan Cathedral,
Beirut, Lebanon, last Saturday and Sunday, October 16 and 17. The ordination
ceremony was officiated by Bishop Kegham Khacherian, Prelate of Lebanon.
Deacon Serop Terterian was given the new name of Nareg. Deacon Vatche
Bozoyan was given the new name of Hovnan. Both clergymen will serve the
Eastern Prelacy.
ARCHBISHOP OSHAGAN WILL VISIT
WASHINGTON, DC PARISH THIS WEEKEND
Archbishop Oshagan will travel to the Washington, DC area this weekend, to
be with the parish of Sourp Khach Armenian Apostolic Church in Bethesda,
Maryland. On Saturday evening he will attend a banquet in honor of the
recently retired Archpriest Fr. Khoren Habeshian, who served the Sourp Khach
parish for many years.
On Sunday, His Eminence will officiate at the Divine Liturgy.
REMINDER: TWO SEMINARS THIS WEEKEND
Two seminars in the New England region will take place this weekend. The We
Are Family retreat, sponsored by the Armenian Religious Education Council,
is set for Saturday, October 23, at the E. Kent Swift Estate in
Whitinsville, Massachusetts.
The New England Seminar for Educators, sponsored by the Armenian National
Education Committee, will take place Saturday, October 23, in Providence,
hosted by the Mourad School. The seminar will focus on Teaching Armenian and
History and Teaching Methods for the Non-Armenian Speaker.
BOOK FAIR THIS WEEKEND
The annual Prelacy Book Fair will take place at Sts. Vartanantz Church, 461
Bergen Blvd., Ridgefield, New Jersey, this weekend, Saturday and Sunday
October 23 and 24.
Many titles, Armenian and English, will be available for purchase along with
videos, CDs, and gift items-including many that recently arrived from
Armenia.
ARMENIAN CHURCHES SPORTS ASSOCIATION
BEGINS SEASON THIS SUNDAY
The Armenian Churches Sports Association (ACSA) will begin its 38th year
this Sunday. The ACSA started with senior boys and later added leagues for
junior boys, girls, and men. It now consists of 25 teams with more than 250
participants.
Churches participating include: Sts. Vartanantz (Ridgefield, New Jersey);
St. Sarkis (Douglaston, New York); St. Illuminator’s Cathedral (New York
City); St. Vartan Cathedral (New York City); St. Thomas (Tenafly, New
Jersey); St. Leon (Fairlawn, New Jersey); St. Mary (Livingston, New Jersey);
and the Armenian Presbyterian Church (Paramus, New Jersey).
PILLARS GATHER AT PRELACY
Pillars of the Prelacy from the Mid-Atlantic area and beyond gathered at the
Prelacy for a reception hosted by the Prelate in appreciation for the
Pillars support of Prelacy programs.
In a message to the Pillars, Archbishop Oshagan noted: When we think of a
pillar we think of abstract words like strength, support, power and force.
When we give it life and use it as a human adjective we think of words like
trustworthy, reliable, sensible and dependable. This is exactly how we
perceive you as a Pillar of the Prelacy.
His Eminence explained how the Pillars program helps the Prelacy in its
mission. In conclusion, he said, I think of the Prelacy as a home, not just
an office. And it is your home also. This evening is our way of extending to
you the recognition and thanks you so richly deserve.
ARCHBISHOP MESROB ASHJIAN
REMEMBERED IN NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY
The Life and Work of the late Archbishop Mesrob Ashjian were remembered in
New York and New Jersey last week. On Friday, a commemorative event took
place at St. Peter Church in New York City, organized by the Hamazkayin of
New York and under the auspices of Archbishop Oshagan. Main speakers were
the Honorable Judge Sarkis Teshoian and Dr. Ashot Melkonian, Director of the
Institute of History of the Academy of Sciences in Armenia. Both men spoke
eloquently about Archbishop Mesrob from their perspective. Both worked
closely with Mesrob Srpazan at different times and places. In his
address, Archbishop Oshagan focused on the twenty years Mesrob Srpazan
served as Prelate of the Eastern Prelacy. He described how Mesrob Srpazan
gave the Prelacy its innovative image in its mission and service to the
people.
On Sunday, a similar event took place at Sts. Vartanantz Church, Ridgefield,
New Jersey, following church services. Organized by the Hamazkayin of New
Jersey, the event featured Dr. Ashot Melkonian. A special video presentation
about the late Archbishop’s life and works, was shown. The video was also
part of the program on Friday in New York.
FOREIGN MINISTER OF KARABAGH
VISITS PRELACY OFFICE
The Foreign Minister of Nagorno Karabagh, Mr. Ashot Ghoulian, came to the
Prelacy offices this afternoon, where he visited with Archbishop Oshagan.
His Eminence and Mr. Ghoulian shared a pleasant exchange of ideas and
concerns.
DISCOVERY OF THE CROSS
COMMEMORATED THIS SUNDAY
This Sunday, October 24, the Armenian Church commemorates the Discovery of
the Cross (Giut Khatch).
Empress Helena, mother of Constantine, was a devout Christian. While in
Jerusalem she wanted to find the True Cross. She went to Golgotha (Calvary),
which at this time had become an obscure and neglected place. The Empress
ordered the excavation on the spot of the Crucifixion. Three wooden crosses
were found. In order to distinguish the True Cross, the three crosses were
successively placed on the body of a youth who had just died. When one of
the crosses was placed on him, the young man came to life. This was
determined to be the True Cross. The exact burial spot of Christ was also
found and in subsequent years the Church of the Holy Sepulchre was built on
that spot in 335. The church was built around the excavated hill of the
Crucifixion and was actually three connected churches built over three
different holy sites. It was destroyed by fire in 614 when the Persians
invaded Jerusalem. Subsequently it was rebuilt at various times. The current
dome dates from 1870.
Several denominations cooperate (not always harmoniously) in the
administration and maintenance of the church and grounds. The three
appointed when the Crusaders held Jerusalem are the Greek Orthodox, the
Armenian Apostolic, and Roman Catholic churches. These three remain the
primary custodians. Within the complex there are chapels and shrines to
which many Christian denominations have rights of access. An agreement
regulates times and places of worship for each Church. A neutral Muslim
neighbor family has been the custodian of the keys for centuries. The
Church, which is within the walled Old City of Jerusalem, is a revered and
important destination for pilgrims.
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ITAR-TASS News Agency
TASS
October 21, 2004 Thursday 2:23 AM Eastern Time
Armenia president to pay official visit to Georgia
By Tigran Liloyan
YEREVAN
Prospects of good-neighbourliness and cooperation between Armenia and
Georgia will be in the focus of attention of a three-day official
visit of Armenian President Robert Kocharayan to Tbilisi. An Armenian
delegation will leave for Georgia by cars on Thursday. A solemn
ceremony of its meeting will be held on the border.
Robert Kocharyan will hold talks with President Mikhail Saakashvili
and other leaders of Georgia. He will also visit head of the Georgian
Orthodox Church Catholicos-Patriarch of All-Georgia Ilia the Second.
An Armenian-Georgian business-forum will be held in Tbilisi on
October 24. Robert Kocharayan will meet leaders of the Armenian
community in Georgia numbering, according to unofficial data, up to
400,000 people. He will also take part in the city holiday
“Tbilisoba.”
“Maintaining and development of traditionally friendly relations with
Georgia stems from long-term strategic interests of Armenia and is
one of the priorities of the republic’s foreign policy,”
representatives of the presidential apparatus of Armenia told
Itar-Tass. Good-neighbourliness with Georgia is considered here to be
“the most important component of regional stability.”
“Armenia considers Georgia as a road ensuring the communication with
the external world and its uninterrupted operation is of extremely
great importance from the point of view of economic security,”
representatives of the presidential apparatus said.
“From the very beginning Armenian-Georgian relations embrace a wide
range of cooperation and have a rather dynamic characher with regular
contacts at the highest level,” representatives of the presidential
apparatus noted.

ITAR-TASS News Agency
TASS
October 21, 2004 Thursday
Putin, Kocharyan discuss Russia-Armenia relations
MOSCOW
Russian President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with
his Armenian counterpart Robert Kocharyan on Wednesday to discuss
bilateral relations.
The conversation was held on Armenia’s initiative, the presidential
press service reported.

RosBusinessConsulting Database
October 21, 2004 Thursday 4:14 am, EST
Armenia posts foreign trade data
Armenian foreign trade gained 3.1 percent to $1.5bn in January to
September 2004 against the same period in 2003. According to
preliminary data of the Armenian National Statistics Service, the
figure advanced 11.6 percent in September 2004. Exports increased 1.3
percent to $511.1m in the first nine months of this year; imports
advanced 4.1 percent to $974.5m. The trade deficit was $463.4m, or
20.2 percent of the GDP.
From: Baghdasarian

RosBusinessConsulting Database
October 21, 2004 Thursday 4:14 am, EST
GDP growth in Armenia announced
The Armenian GDP grew 10.2 percent in January to September 2004.
According to preliminary data of the Armenian National Statistics
Service, the GDP advanced 36.1 percent in September primarily thanks
to the agricultural and construction sectors of the economy. As of
the end of September 2004, the country’s GDP amounted to $2.278bn.
The volume of industrial production reached $620m in January to
September 2004, having advanced 1.6 percent in comparison to the
corresponding period in 2003. Electrical energy production gained 9.7
percent in the reported period.

RIA Novosti
October 21, 2004
COSSACK LAND TO INTERN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS?
MOSCOW, October 21 (RIA Novosti) – Illegal immigration is rampant in
European Russia’s south. It is a bad headache for Alexander Tkachev,
Krasnodar territorial governor. As he sees the matter, it takes
filtration camps for aliens and stateless persons to deport illegal
immigrants quickly enough. Vladimir Yeremin, recently appointed
territorial top prosecutor, sees the governor’s point, says the Novye
Izvestia, major Moscow-based daily.
The camps, each for 150 inmates, will appear all over the
territory-in Krasnodar, Armavir, Tikhoretsk, and Temryuk on the coast
of the Sea of Azov. Each camp will cater for a particular
nationality. Ukrainians and Moldovans will be committed to the
Temryuk camp, close to a Crimea-bound ferry, Armenian nationals to
the Krasnodar, and Central Asians to several camps along the
territory’s eastern border.
“The inmates will have decent conditions. We shall put them up in
warm tents with stoves and plank floors. They’ll be able to take a
shower, share the guards’ diet, and see the doctor when necessary.
The camps will certainly need guards to keep local hoodlums off the
premises-and, certainly, as trouble-shooters if, let say, inmates of
the men’s and women’s quarters start a squabble between themselves,”
says one Colonel Gubenko.
The immigrants will be deported at their own expense or of local
people who have invited them. “We hope ethnic communities will pay
the fares. It’s easy to expel, say, a Tajik or an Uzbek-we’ll pack
them off by bus to the Russian frontier in the Astrakhan Region
nearby. But how about the Vietnamese? They’ll need air tickets-reckon
the fares!” reasons the police officer.
The territorial police board set up a 400-strong immigration
inspection force under its migration squad to supervise aliens and
their employment throughout the Kuban country.
More than 400 aliens have been deported from the Krasnodar Territory
since the year’s start, and close on 50,000 held administratively
liable.

Agence France Presse
20 octobre 2004 mercredi 10:42 AM GMT
Championnat d’Arménie – Pyunik Erevan assuré du titre
EREVAN 20 oct
L’équipe de Pyunik Erevan est assurée du titre de champion d’Arménie
de football 2004 après sa victoire contre Shirak Gyumri (6-1) lors de
la 22e journée, disputée mardi soir.
A quatre journées de la fin de la compétition, Pyunik Erevan possède
en effet 16 points d’avance sur son suivant immédiat, Mika Ashtarak
(60 pts contre 44) et ne peut plus être rejoint au classement.

NKR AUTHORITIES CONTINUE TAKING CARE OF FAMILIES OF PERISHED
FREEDOM-FIGHTERS
YEREVAN, October 20 (Noyan Tapan). Construction of apartments for
families of perished freedom-fighters will finish in Artsakh
soon. Financing in the amount of 150m drams (about $288.5 thousand)
was allocated for this purpose. NKR President Arkadi Ghukasian said
this during his October 19 visit to the Museum of Artsakh War
Glory. During the conversation between the relatives of perished
freedom-fighters and the President A.Ghukasian promised to give
concrete solutions to the socio-economic questions raised by
them. Galya Arustamian, Chairwoman of Union of Relatives of Perished
Freedom-Fighters, in her turn mentioned that the state continues
paying attention to about 5000 families of perished freedom fighters.

IN 2004 NATURAL CALAMITIES DO CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO ARTSAKH AGRICULTURE
STEPANAKERT, October 20 (Noyan Tapan). Issues connected with
preparation for autumn sowing were discussed during the October 19
consultation in the office of NKR President Arkadi Ghukasian. Benik
Bakhshiyan, NKR Minister of Agriculture, mentioned that this year
agriculture sustained considerable losses because of natural
calamities. In particular, about 6000 hectares of cultured plants of
autumn and spring sowing were damaged by hails, frosts and rodents. No
harvesting was carried out in a considerable part of the
above-mentioned areas. That’s why, according to him, this year the
amount of grain harvest is less than it was envisaged. According to
the Chief Information Department attached to NKR President, during the
consultation it was mentioned that besides grain cultured plants grape
and fruit (mulberry, pear, apple, subtropical plants) gardens, potato
and vegetables sowing areas were also damaged. Wild walnut and fruit
trees growing in forests were also damaged by frosts. Taking into
consideration the circumstance that in this situation a villager can’t
organize autumn sowing on his own the necessity of well-timed
assistance rendered by state was mentioned during the
consultation. NKR President gave instructions to work out concrete
arrangements in a short period aimed at rendering assistance to the
villagers who suffered from natural calamities most of all.