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Electronic database of Armenian Genocide victims, survivors to be created

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 17:19,

YEREVAN, APRIL 21, ARMENPRESS. An electronic database of the survivors and victims of the Armenian Genocide will be created in Armenia, the Director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute Harutyun Marutyan said at a press conference.

“The creation of the electronic database is among our priority tasks, and the main goal is to [record] the names and biographical data of the survivors and victims of the genocide in the database,” Marutyan said.

The process is carried out with state support.

The Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute has applied to the State Science Committee for next steps.

The process could take 10-15 years, according to Marutyan.

Now, the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute is also working in direction of introducing the Armenian Genocide History subject for high school and university students.

Nagorno Karabakh Foreign Minister holds online discussion with Russian political analysts

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 10:27,

YEREVAN, APRIL 21, ARMENPRESS. Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) Sergey Ghazaryan held an online meeting with Russian political analysts and experts.

During the discussion, FM Ghazaryan presented the situation resulting from Azerbaijan’s ongoing blockade of Artsakh, the foreign ministry of Nagorno Karabakh said in a press release.

Various issues related to the blockade, as well as regional and geopolitical developments were discussed at the meeting.

President Khachaturyan meets with Lithuania’s Armenian community

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 09:55,

YEREVAN, APRIL 19, ARMENPRESS. President of Armenia Vahagn Khachaturyan met with members of Lithuania’s Armenian community during his official visit to the country.

President Khachaturyan “presented details on the regional realities in South Caucasus, the activities and role of the EU civilian monitoring mission in the Armenian-Azerbaijani border and the current domestic life in Armenia,” the President’s Office said in a readout.

The President also spoke about Armenia’s approaches and principles around the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement, the ongoing reforms in Armenia and prospects of economic development.  He then held a Q&A session with those in attendance.

No OSCE member can singlehandedly end a mechanism – Armenian FM on Azeri claims of Minsk Group being obsolete

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 16:12,

YEREVAN, APRIL 13, ARMENPRESS. No OSCE member can singlehandedly end a mechanism or institution which was founded by all members of the organization, Armenian FM Ararat Mirzoyan said during a joint press conference with OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Foreign Minister of North Macedonia Bujar Osmani when asked by a reporter to comment on Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev’s claims that the OSCE Minsk Group is expired.

“I think we can’t be guided by the Azerbaijani claims, given the fact that the Azerbaijani claims themselves very often contradict one another around various issues. We can recall the example of Lachin Corridor, when Azerbaijan claimed and still claims that the corridor isn’t blocked, and then a few days later it claims that the corridor is blocked by civilian environmental activists who have environmental concerns, and then it says that these activists should check all cargo and persons passing along the corridor. If we were to be guided by the Azerbaijani claims we would be in a total confusion. Furthermore, Azerbaijan claims that not only doesn’t the Minsk Group exist anymore, but that Nagorno Karabakh doesn’t exist, the Nagorno Karabakh conflict doesn’t exist, and there’s no issue at all in this context that requires addressing or international discussion, or resolution.” the Armenian FM said.

“No OSCE member country can put an end to a mechanism, an institution, a decision, around the establishment of which all member countries had concurred, and which was basically founded by all member countries. The Minsk Group, Minsk format exists, and it is another matter that for many reasons, objective and subjective, the activities of the co-chairmanship is now frozen. I am sure that the Minsk process still has tasks to fulfill and a role in addressing the rights and security of the Armenians of Nagorno Karabakh,” he said, adding that the OSCE has tasks to do as well, namely through its other institutions, such as the Personal Representative of the CiO, and not only the Minsk Group.

Armenian Authorities Release Russian Man Accused of Desertion

Elizabeth Jabejian

Armenian authorities have released a Russian citizen who was detained two days ago at Moscow’s request for alleged desertion, the Armenia Today news website reported Monday.

Armenia’s Prosecutor General’s Office at no point considered extraditing the detained man to Moscow, the newspaper was told.

The news of the 23-year-old Russian citizen’s April 7 detention in Yerevan was first reported on Sunday, causing concern among the city’s large population of Russians in exile that Yerevan might begin extraditing other Russians being sought by Russian law enforcement.

Using data from the Russian Interior Ministry’s database, researchers from independent Russian media outlet Mediazona said they believed the detained man was Yuri Trostyansky, from the southern Russian town of Kamensk-Shakhtinsky.

Hundreds of thousands of Russians have fled the country following the Kremlin's Feb. 24, 2022, invasion of Ukraine and Sept. 21 launch of a "partial" mobilization for the war, with many of them settling in Russia’s immediate neighbors such as Armenia, Georgia and Kazakhstan.

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/04/10/armenian-authorities-release-russian-man-accused-of-desertion-a80777

Easter Message of Fr. Mesrop Parsamyan, Primate–English AND Armenian versions

Elizabeth Jabejian
PRESS OFFICE 

Diocese of the Armenian Church of America (Eastern) 

630 Second Avenue, New York, NY 10016 

Contact: Chris Zakian 

Tel: (212) 686-0710; Fax: (212) 779-3558 

E-mail: [email protected] 

Website: www.armenianchurch.us 


April 5, 2023

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ATTENTION EDITOR: This message contains both English and Armenian versions of Fr. Parsamyan's Easter message. Scroll down for the Armenian. PHOTO attached, with caption immediately below.


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Primate of the Eastern Diocese Fr. Mesrop Parsamyan, in St. Vartan Armenian Cathedral, NYC.


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EASTER MESSAGE OF THE VERY REVEREND FR. MESROP PARSAMYAN

Primate of the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of America


Restored by the Grace of God


Place your worries on God—for He cares about you…. Stand firm in your faith, for you know that the whole family of believers throughout the world suffers along with you. But after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace—who in Christ called you to His eternal glory—will restore you, all by Himself: make you strong, firm, and steadfast. For His is the power and glory, forever. (1 Peter 5:6-11)

 

With these words, the Apostle Peter reassured his Christian brothers and sisters in Asia Minor, as they lived through a time of crisis. In those days, the Church was very young; the early Christians had so much to lose—and they had no experience of history to calm their spirits. So Peter wrote to strengthen their hearts, with the wisdom he had gained from his years of service alongside Jesus Christ.

 

The pain of your loss is real, he told them; but you are not alone in your suffering. God always cares for you; and when the time comes, He will restore you.

 

What made Peter so confident that God would restore His people, no matter what befell them? The answer is: he had witnessed the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, on the first Easter Sunday. And he knew the world would never be the same.

 

Just think of what it means for a dead man to come back to life! It goes against the fundamental rules of the universe—where all things decay, all living creatures move towards death. Peter knew that Christ, too, had died—died a painful and horrible death. And yet three days later, he had seen Christ restored to life. And more: he heard the promise, from Christ’s own lips, that God would restore every person who placed his or her faith in the Resurrection of the Lord.

 

On this evidence, Peter knew that Christ conquered death to restore human beings to what they were meantto be: to make us new again.

 

In Jesus Christ, God took upon Himself the broken human condition—and restored it to what it was meant to be: made it new again. He brought nourishment to the hungry; healing to the sick; consolation to the grieving. To the confused, he offered an example of upright, godly behavior. To the sinful, he offered forgiveness. Finally, to the dead—the dead in body as well as the dead in spirit—Christ offered Life.

 

But these blessings came at great cost. Christ struggled, and endured great suffering, on our behalf. His final battle was waged on the cross—and for a time, it looked like death had won. But on Easter Sunday, “Christ was raised from the dead.” And through his victory, we were saved.

 

My friends, we live in a time of many trials. The world is exhausted from years of illness and isolation. Our precious homeland of Armenia and Artsakh is dealing with the perilous aftermath of war. This great country in which we live is plagued by deep moral confusion, doubt and anxiety.

 

We long to be restored to the way we were meant to be: to be made new again.

 

But there is only one power great enough to realize this hope: the power of God, in Jesus Christ. His Resurrection is the sign that God loves us, and cares for us. It is the promise that, even when we must endure trials and suffering, God has not forgotten us—and He will, in time, restore us.

 

That was the meaning of the first Easter Sunday. It is the reality we must embrace in our hearts today. And it is the Truth we must proclaim to the world, with conviction and love, in the beautiful words of the Armenian Church:

 

Krisdos haryave ee merelotz! Orhnyal eh haroutiunun Krisdosi!

Christ is raised from the dead! Blessed is the resurrection of Christ!

 

With prayers,

 

Fr. Mesrop Parsamyan

Primate

 

Easter 2023

 

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Հայց. Եկեղեցւոյ Ամերիկայի Արեւելեան Թեմի Առաջնորդ՝

ՀՈԳԵՇՆՈՐՀ Տ. ՄԵՍՐՈՊ ՎԱՐԴԱՊԵՏ ՊԱՐՍԱՄԵԱՆԻ Ս. ԶԱՏԿՈՒԱՆ ՊԱՏԳԱՄԸ


Ձեր ամէն հոգը անոր վրայ ձգեցէ՛ք, վասն զի անիկա ձեզի համար կը հոգայ… Հաստատունկացէք հաւատքին մէջ, գիտնալով որ ձեր եղբայրներն ալ աշխարհի մէջ նոյնչարչարանքները կը կրեն։ Եւ բոլոր շնորհներու Աստուածը, որ մեզ իր յաւիտենականփառքին կանչեց Քրիստոս Յիսուսին միջոցով, քիչ մը ատեն նեղութիւն կրելէ ետքը, ինք ձեզթող կատարեալ ընէ՛, հաստատէ՛, զօրացնէ՛ ու հիմնէ՛։ Իրեն փառք եւ զօրութիւն յաւիտեանսյաւիտենից։ (Ա ՊԵՏՐՈՍ 5:7-11)

 

Այս խօսքերով, Պետրոս առաքեալ կրկին վստահեցուց Փոքր Ասիոյ իր Քրիստոնեայ եղբայրներնու քոյրերը, երբ անոնք տագնապալից շրջանի մը մէջ կ՛ապրէին։ Այդ օրերուն, Եկեղեցին տակաւիննոր էր եւ վաղ շրջանի Քրիստոնեաները շատ բան ունէին կորսնցնելու ու պատմականփորձառութիւնը չունէին հանդարտեցնելու հոգիները։ Անոր համար Պետրոս գրեց զօրացնելուանոնց սրտերը այն իմաստութեամբ, որ ի՛նք ձեռք բերած էր ծառայելով Քրիստոսի կողքին։

 

Ձեր ցաւը կորուստի իրական է, ըսաւ անոնց, բայց առանձին չէք ձեր տանջանքին մէջ։ Աստուածմի՛շտ կը հոգատարէ ձեզ եւ երբ ժամանակը գայ, Ան կը վերականգնէ ձեզ։

 

Ի՞նչն էր որ Պետրոսի այնքան ինքնավստահ ըրաւ, որ Աստուած պիտի փրկէ իր ժողովուրդը, ինչդժուարութիւններու մէջ ալ որ անոնք ըլլան։ Պատասխանը այս է. ան ականատես եղած էր ՅիսուսՔրիստոսի Յարութեան առաջին Զատկի Կիրակիին։ Ան գիտէր, որ աշխարհը երբե՛ք նոյնը պիտիչըլլար։

 

Պահ մը մտածեցէք թէ ի՞նչ կը նշանակէ մեռած մարդու մը կրկին կեանքի գալը։ Տիեզերքիհիմնական օրէնքին հակառակ եղող բան մըն է ուր ամէն ինչ կը կործանուի, բոլոր ապրողէակները դէպի մահ կ՛երթան։ Պետրոս գիտէր, որ Քրիստոս եւս մահացած էր – ցաւալի եւսարսափելի մահ մը։ Բայց երեք օրեր յետոյ, ան տեսած էր Քրիստոսի կեանքի կոչուիլը։ Աւելի՛ն, ան լսեց խոստումը Քրիստոսի շրթներէն, որ Աստուած պիտի փրկէ իւրաքանչիւր անձ, որ իրհաւատքը կը դնէ Քրիստոսի Յարութեան վրայ։

 

Պետրոս գիտէր, որ Քրիստոս յաղթեց մահուան փրկելու համար մարդ արարածը եւ ընելու այնինչի համար, որ անոնք ստեղծուած էին, մեզ կրկին նոր անձեր դարձնելու։

 

Յիսուս Քրիստոսով, Աստուած իր վրան առաւ տկար ու մեղաւոր մարդկային վիճակը – եւվերականգնեց անոր որ ստեղծուած էր ըլլալու – կրկին նոր։ Ան կերակրեց անօթիները, բժշկեցհիւանդները, մխիթարեց սգաւորները։ Շփոթածներուն, ան ցոյց տուաւ ճիշդ ու Աստուածահաճոյապրելակերպը։ Մեղաւորներուն, ան թողութիւն շնորհեց։ Եւ վերջապէս մեռեալներուն – ըլլայմարմնապէս թէ հոգեպէս – կեանք տուաւ։

 

Բայց այս բոլոր օրհնութիւնները մեծ գինով մը եկան։ Քրիստոս պայքարեցաւ, դիմացաւ մեծտանջանքներու մեզ համար։ Իր վերջին մենամարտը տեղի ունեցաւ խաչին վրայ – եւ պահ մըայնպէս թուաց թէ մա՛հն էր որ յաղթեց։ Բայց Զատկի Կիրակիի առաւօտեան «Քրիստոս Յարութիւնառաւ մեռելներէն» եւ իր յաղթանակով, մենք փրկուեցանք։

 

Սիրելիներ, կ՛ապրինք փորձութիւններով լի ժամանակաշրջանի մը մէջ։ Աշխարհը յոգնած էտարիներու հիւանդութենէ եւ առանձնացումէ։ Մեր թանկագին Հայաստանն ու Արցախըվտանգաւոր պատերազմի հետեւանքներն են որ կը քաշեն։ Այս հզոր երկիրը ուր մենք կ՛ապրինք, մխրճուած է խորունկ բարոյական շփոթութեան, կասկածի ու մտահոգութեանց պատուհասի մէջ։Մենք կը ցանկանք վերահաստատուելու անոր, որուն համար ստեղծուած էինք – կրկրին նորանձեր դառնալու։

 

Բայց միայն մէ՛կ ուժ մը կայ, որ զօրաւոր է այս յոյսը իրականացնելու – Աստուծոյ ուժը ՅիսուսՔրիստոսի մէջ։ Իր Յարութիւնը նշան մըն է, որ Աստուած մեզ կը սիրէ, հոգ կ՛ընէ մեզ համար։Խոստումն է, որ նոյնիսկ երբ մենք փորձութիւններու եւ տանջանքներու դիմանանք, Աստուած մեզմոռցած չէ եւ ժամանակի ընթացքին Ան պիտի վերականգնէ մեզ։

 

Ա՛յդ էր նշանակութիւնը առաջին Զատկուան Կիրակիին։ Այս իրականութիւնն է, որուն հետ մենքպէտք է ողջագուրուինք մեր սիրտերով։ Եւ այս ճշմարտութիւնն է, որ մենք պէտք է հռչակենքաշխարհին, համոզմունքով եւ սիրով, գեղեցիկ բառերովը Հայ Եկեղեցւոյ.

 

Քրիստոս Յարեաւ ի մեռելոց։ Օրհնեալ է Յարութիւնն Քրիստոսի։

 

Աղօթարար՝

 

Մեսրոպ Վրդ. Պարսամեան
Առաջնորդ

 

Ս. Զատիկ 2023

 

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International fact-finding mission in NK and Lachin Corridor is imperative. Armenian Deputy FM to German MPs

Elizabeth Jabejian

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 18:56, 21 March 2023

YEREVAN, MARCH 21, ARMENPRESS. On March 21, Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia Paruyr Hovhannisyan received the delegation of the Germany-South Caucasus friendship group of the German Bundestag, headed by the vice-chairman of the group, Tabea Rößner.

As ARMENPRESS was informed from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, the Deputy Foreign Minister, welcoming the visit of the German Bundestag’s delegation to Armenia, emphasized inter-parliamentary contacts in the development of Armenian-German relations. The interlocutors discussed a wide range of issues related to Armenian-German relations.

Presenting to the German parliamentarians the complex security situation in the region, as well as the consequences of the aggression carried out by Azerbaijan against the sovereign territory of Armenia, Paruyr Hovhannisyan emphasized the role of the EU's long-term observation mission in stabilizing the situation.

The Deputy FM also emphasized that Azerbaijan's illegal blocking of the Lachin Corridor, the killing of police officers, periodic violations of the ceasefire regime, as well as the intimidation of the civilian population make sending an international fact-finding mission to Nagorno Karabakh and the Lachin Corridor an imperative.

The delegation led by Alen Simonyan will leave for Germany

Elizabeth Jabejian

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 19:31, 23 March 2023

YEREVAN, MARCH 23, ARMENPRESS. The delegation led by the President of the National Assembly of Armenia Alen Simonyan will visit Berlin. The delegation will be in Berlin on March 27-30, ARMENPRESS was informed from the National Assembly.

The delegation also includes Arman Yeghoyan, Zaruhi Batoyan, Hripsime Hunanyan from the "Civil Contract" faction, Tadevos Avetisyan from the "Hayastan" faction, and Taguhi Tovmasyan from the "I have honor" faction.

In Memory of Hourig (Azirian) Kalebdjian

Elizabeth Jabejian
March 23, 2023 Guest Contributor Obituaries 0

Hourig (Azirian) Kalebdjian (1937-2023)

Hourig (Azirian) Kalebdjian, beloved mother, grandmother and sister passed away on March 2, 2023 after a brief illness.

She is survived by her daughter Nora and Viken Hovsepian and daughter, Arev; daughter Niva and Benjamin Clark and children, Patil and Kyle; brother Missak and Lena Azirian; and all Kalebdjian, Azirian, Hovsepian and Clark families, relatives and friends.

Her memorial service was held on Saturday, March 11 at Holy Martyrs Church in Encino, CA. Funeral services were private.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to ANCA-WR, 104 N. Belmont, Suite 200, Glendale, CA 91206.




Pashinyan describes NK people’s rights and security as “key goal”

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 12:35, 14 March 2023

YEREVAN, MARCH 14, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan responded to the parliamentary factions of Nagorno Karabakh that demanded in a statement Yerevan “not to question” Nagorno Karabakh’s right to self-determination.

“We’ve said and continue saying that the issue of the rights and security of the people of Nagorno Karabakh is extremely important to us, this is one of our key goals. Our understanding is the following, it would be better for the people of Nagorno Karabakh to be the ones pursuing that issue, the primary mandate holder, the way it actually is. There are both objective and subjective reasons for this position. We believe that this conversation must take place between Baku and Stepanakert,” Pashinyan said.

PM Pashinyan added that the processes lead to a conclusion that it won’t be possible to advance in this issue without international mechanisms and guarantees.

“In Munich, the President of Azerbaijan himself said that there’s an agreement, an international agreement, that the rights and guarantees of the Armenians of Nagorno Karabakh must be discussed. He said this himself, and then meetings took place in the headquarters of the [Russian] peacekeeping forces in Nagorno Karabakh. After these meetings, suddenly it turned out that Azerbaijan is offering to discuss integration. We saw how their lexicon changed in just a month, and it’s not about the lexicon, it’s about the content, it’s about the agreement and Azerbaijan’s continual breaching of these agreements.”

Pashinyan added that it is up to the people and authorities of Nagorno Karabakh to determine the circle of their rights and security.

Speaking about Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s assistant Hikmet Hajiyev’s statement that creating an international mechanism for discussing the rights and security of Nagorno Karabakh people is unacceptable for Azerbaijan, the Armenian PM said that this is yet another agreement which now Azerbaijan is rejecting.