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What: "The Armenian Community of Ethiopia - Past and Present"
a lecture is given by Asbed Pogarian
When: Jan 20 2019 1pm
Following Church Divine Liturgy which starts at 10:30am
Where: Prelacy's Hall, 6252 Honolulu Ave., La Crescenta, CA
Misc: Individual Armenians have settled in Ethiopia as traders and
advisors, but it was only in the late 1800s and early 1900
that a community was formed.
In 1924, the future Emperor Haile Selassie "adopted" 40
orphans from the Armenian orphanage in Jerusalem and brought
them to Ethiopia, making them his official Imperial Marching
Band. Their leader, Kevork Nalbandian, composed the national
anthem of Ethiopia in 1930, which played until the Communist
Revolution of 1974, when it was discontinued.
Asbed Pogarian is a third generation Ethiopian-Armenian. His
paternal grandfather arrived in Ethiopia in 1899 after
surviving the Hamidian massacres of 1895-96. Both his parents
were born in Addis Ababa. He left Ethiopia in 1975 and
attended the Melkonian Educational Institute in Cyprus. In
1985, he spent a year in Yerevan researching the relationship
between Ethiopians and Armenians throughout history. Last
January, after an absence of 43 years, he returned to Ethiopia
for the first time and documented his travel in the film, Dear
Ethiopia: A Love Letter.
The event is free to the public. There will be a reception
with Sample of Ethiopian Food.
Online Contact: [email protected]
Tel: 818-244-9639
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What: The Zeytun Gospels "Missing Pages: The Modern Life of a
Medieval Manuscript from Genocide to Justice"
a lecture is given by Prof. Heghnar Zeitlian
When: Feb 24 2019 1pm
Following Church Divine Liturgy which starts at 10:30am
Where: Armenian Apostolic Church of Crescenta Valley
Western Prelacy's Hall, 6252 Honolulu Ave., La Crescenta, CA
Misc: In 2010, the world's wealthiest art institution, the J. Paul
Getty Museum, found itself confronted by a century-old
genocide. The Armenian Church was suing for the return of
eight pages from the Zeytun Gospels, a manuscript illuminated
by the greatest medieval Armenian artist, Toros Roslin.
The Missing Pages is the biography of a manuscript that is at
once art, sacred object, and cultural heritage. Its tale
mirrors the story of its scattered community as Armenians have
struggled to redefine themselves after genocide and in the
absence of a homeland. Heghnar Zeitlian Watenpaugh follows in
the manuscript's footsteps through seven centuries, from
medieval Armenia to the killing fields of 1915 Anatolia, the
refugee camps of Aleppo, Ellis Island, and Soviet Armenia, and
ultimately to a Los Angeles courtroom.
Heghnar Zeitlian Watenpaugh is Professor of Art History at the
University of California, Davis. She is the award-winning
author of The Image of an Ottoman City: Architecture in Aleppo
(2004). Her writing has also appeared in the Huffington Post
and the Los Angeles Times. As a board member of the US
nonprofit Project 2015, she helped organize the historic
Armenian Genocide Centennial Commemorations in Istanbul where
she also delivered a speech in Armenian and Turkish
The event is free to the public.
Online Contact: [email protected]
Tel: 818-244-9639
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No gas price hike for consumers, Armenia’s acting PM says
Public Radio of Armenia
Dec 31 2018
No gas price hike for consumers, Armenia's acting PM says
2018-12-31 18:24:10
The gas price will not change for consumers in Armenia, acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said.
Speaking through Facebook Live, Pashinyan said he talked to Russian president Vladimir Putin on phone twice to discuss the gas price.
“We have reached an agreement at least for the foreseeable future,” he said.
According to the acting PM, there are two chains in the gas supply chain. The first is the supply of gas by Russian Gazprom to Gazprom Armenia. The second stage is the delivery of gas to consumers.
“Gazprom will review the price for Gazprom Armenia, and some rise in the rice is expected,” Pahinyan said, adding that they will return to the issue in the future, if necessary.
“The issue of gas will always be on the negotiating table. We’ll do our best to ensure that the price remains unchanged to consumers,” he noted.
Nikol Pashinyan said no other topics were touched upon during the conversation with Putin.
Russian president congratulates Armen Sarkissian and Nikol Pashinyan on New Year holidays
Aysor, Armenia
Dec 30 2018
President of Russia Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenia’s President Armen Sarkissian acting PM Nikol Pashinyan with New Year and Christmas holidays.
In the congratulatory message Putin stressed that Armenian and Russian relations are based on ancient-long traditions and cultural and spiritual closeness.
Armenpress: Armenian Ambassador holds farewell meetings in Vienna, Austria
Armenian Ambassador holds farewell meetings in Vienna, Austria
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YEREVAN, DECEMBER 21, ARMENPRESS. Armenian Ambassador Arman Kirakosyan, who completes his diplomatic mission in Austria and international organizations in Vienna, met with Lassina Zerbo – Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), the Armenian foreign ministry told Armenpress.
During the meeting the Armenian Ambassador thanked the CTBTO Executive Secretary for the productive cooperation during his mission and the programs conducted by the organization in Armenia. In his turn Lassina Zerbo highly appreciated Arman Kirakosyan’s personal contribution to developing Armenia’s cooperation with the CTBTO. The Ambassador reaffirmed the invitation sent to the CTBTO Executive Secretary to visit Armenia, stating that it will be a chance to get acquainted with the programs being implemented by the CTBTO support. At the end of the meeting Lassina Zeerbo wished success to the Ambassador in his future activities.
On December 19 Ambassador Arman Kirakosyan also had a farewell meeting with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Director General Li Yong. At the meeting Li Yong touched upon the recent and ongoing programs of the UNIDO in Armenia which greatly contributed to the upgrading and recovery of some sectors of the country’s economy, including textile production. Ambassador Kirakosyan thanked the UNIDO Director General for the effective cooperation, highlighting the latter’s personal contribution to the regulation of some issues related to Armenia. The Ambassador said the invitation to Li Yong to visit Armenia is in force, and in response the UNIDO Director General said he plans to visit Armenia in the second half of 2019. He added that he will be happy to participate in any business forum in Armenia.
Edited and translated by Aneta Harutyunyan
Music: Zela Margossian Quintet review: Splashing Armenian heritage across a jazz canvas
The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
Dec 16 2018
Zela Margossian Quintet review: Splashing Armenian heritage across a jazz canvas
What a bright new force is pianist Zela Margossian. Her debut album, Transition, announced her range and fascination as a composer, splashing her Armenian heritage across the broad canvas of jazz. But whereas the album (as good as it is) felt slightly stifled by a preoccupation with precision, here her music exploded into a more visceral dimension, the fizzing excitement sometimes almost lifting you from your chair.
Perhaps her precocious sophistication (after relatively recently transitioning from classical to improvised music) is partly due to her breadth of life experience. Ceasefire, for instance, celebrates the joy of being able to leave a bunker in Beirut (where she and her family lived) to go up on the street to play during the Lebanese Civil War. Her experiences have also rounded her as a person, so, despite the historical hatred, this Armenian chose to include a Kurdish Turk in her band – and percussionist Adem Yilmaz brings shamanic powers to bear, combining improbable facility with ingenious artistry.
Yet such exceptional musicianship is the norm, shared by Margossian, Stuart Vandegraaff (soprano saxophone, clarinet, ney), Elsen Price (bass) and Alexander Inman-Hislop (drums). The pyrotechnic thrills of odd-time-signature unisons at hurtling velocities were countered by the slow, moody groove of the Armenian traditional Erzerumi Shoror, and the lonely yearning of Vandegraaff's ney. Gradually the drama and dynamics of this intensified, until Inman-Hislop stormed the foreground with electrifying drumming.
Margossian's exotic Mystic Flute had Vandergraaff's clarinet lodged in its lower register, before an arco bass solo so forlorn as might make angels fall from heaven under the weight of their own tears. Yilmaz's solo cajon on Doume began as softly as if it were approaching from the other side of a hill, while The Child in Me had thrilling dialogues between drums and percussion; soprano and piano.
Yilmaz and Inman-Hislop gave each other space throughout, like two brothers who have learned to share, although Yilmaz could jettison his overused chimes. The traditional Sari Axchik spawned Margossian's finest work: a solo of muted passion.
Armenians of Argentina protest against Erdogan’s visit
News.am, Armenia
Nov 27 2018
Armenians of Argentina protest against Erdogan’s visit Armenians of Argentina protest against Erdogan’s visit
18:33, 27.11.2018
The Armenian community of Argentina held a demonstration to repudiate the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in front of the residence of the Turkish ambassador in the country on Monday afternoon. Erdogan will travel to Argentina in the coming days to participate in the G20 summit, Prensa Armenia reported.
“Erdogan is the head of a state that maintains a state policy of denial and non-recognition of the Armenian Genocide perpetrated by the Turkish State between 1915 and 1923. In addition, it keeps its border with Armenia closed with the precondition that the conflict over Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) would be resolved in favor of Azerbaijan. It should be remembered that Argentina formally recognized the Armenian Genocide by the three branches of the state,» denounced Eduardo Costanian, representative of the Armenian Institutions of the Argentine Republic (IARA), which coordinates all the institutions of the community.
The Primate of the Armenian Apostolic Church for Argentina and Chile, Archbishop Kissag Mouradian, also asked for the recognition of the genocide and called to pray for Erdogan to review the internal situation of his country.
The persecution suffered by minorities in Turkey, especially the Kurds, was also recalled: “Members of the People's Democratic Party are systematically harassed by the Erdogan regime, while their leader, Selahattin Demirtaş, is being held prisoner since 2016. Political persecutions also reach activists and human rights defenders: the images of the police repression against the Saturday Mothers were seen throughout the world,” said Costanian.
“Turkey is among the countries that least respect freedom of _expression_. Since 2009 Erdogan is one of the 33 'predators' of press freedom according to Reporters Without Borders. The failed coup against his regime opened the door to a hunt since 2016, and they have already closed some 120 media outlets and more than 200 journalists imprisoned, which made Turkey the largest prison for journalists in the world,” he added.
“The repression of the Erdogan regime reached the United States itself: in 2017, when the president traveled to meet with President Donald Trump in the White House, his advisers and bodyguards attacked American demonstrators. Something similar happened during his visits to Chile and Ecuador.”
NA speaker: Armenia attaches importance to establishment of peace and stability in Syria
Panorama, Armenia
Nov 27 2018
On November 27, the RA NA President Ara Babloyan received the delegation led by the Head of Syria-Armenia Parliamentary Friendship Group of the People's Assembly of the Arab Republic of Syria Nora Arissian, who visited our country to take part in the works of the 52nd Plenary Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of Black Sea Economic Cooperation (PABSEC).
Welcoming the guests, Ara Babloyan touched upon the two peoples' historical past and traditions and the effective cooperation in different formats, NA press office reported.
Talking about the regional problems, the speaker of the parliament noted that Armenia attached importance to the security of Syria and its citizens and has expressed hope that soon peace and stability will be established.
With regard to further deepening and development of relations between the two countries, the speaker of the National Assembly emphasized the necessity of the MPs' active contacts and mutual visits.
Highly assessing the bilateral effective cooperation, the guests expressed their gratitude to Armenia for supporting them and the Syrian people in hard moments.
The members of the delegation have highly appreciated the role of the Armenian community in the development of Syria-Armenia relations, which is the inseparable part of Syria's society and has great contribution in the development of the country.
Armenian President meets with Angela Merkel
Panorama, Armenia
Nov 29 2018
Politics 13:15 29/11/2018 Armenia
The Armenian President Armen Sarkissian met with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Chancellor's office in Berlin, the president’s press office informed.
Welcoming the Armenian President’s official visit to the Federal Republic of Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel said she has very good memories of her recent visit to Armenia.
She noted that she was particularly impressed by the TUMO Center for Creative Technologies, and at the moment the German side is discussing opportunities for cooperation.
"Armenia considers Germany as a political and economic partner and a friendly country," President Sarkissian said. He noted he was glad to meet with the Chancellor again and continue the discussions on the expansion of the Armenian-German relations. According to him, the two countries can successfully cooperate in the spheres of high and information technologies where Armenia has great potential.
"Our country can be a platform for different start-ups," Armen Sarkissian underscored.
The Armenian President and the German Chancellor attached importance to the expansion of mutually beneficial cooperation in cultural and scientific-educational spheres to strengthen the ties between the two friendly peoples. They also talked about cooperation in tourism, as well as exchanged views on visa facilitation and liberalization process.
Armenpress: Pashinyan’s government to continue increasing level of Lake Sevan in case of winning in upcoming elections
Pashinyan’s government to continue increasing level of Lake Sevan in case of winning in upcoming elections
14:23, 29 November, 2018
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 29, ARMENPRESS. My Step alliance will continue the works aimed at increasing the level of Lake Sevan in case of winning in the upcoming early parliamentary elections, acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said during the election campaign of the alliance in Vardenis town, reports Armenpress.
“We will continue the works aimed at increasing the level of Sevan. There are forests across Sevan which should be cut, we should provide an opportunity to the people to cut these trees and use that wood for their goals. We will promote the people to work”, he said.
He said that they will also pay attention on inter-community roads.
Early parliamentary elections in Armenia will take place on December 9. The election campaign launched on November 26 and will end on December 7. 11 political forces are participating in the elections.
Edited and translated by Aneta Harutyunyan