Bridging the Ecclesial, the Academic, and the Political
As I pen down these words in my office at the Armenian Theological Seminary of the Holy See of Cilicia, it’s heartrending to acknowledge that over 120,000 Armenian individuals, including children in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabagh) within the South Caucasus, are facing the dire fate of starvation. Unlike many other instances of famine, this crisis has been…
Continue readingArchitect David Hotson speaks on the design of the Armenian Orthodox Church of Saint Sarkis near Dallas, TX. The lecture is part of the conference “The Shape of the Sacred: Eastern Christianity and Architectural Modernity,” held at Fordham University May 30 – June 1, 2023. It is from the panel session “Tradition Today and Tomorrow,”…
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by Dn. Ezras Tellalian | ქართული | Ελληνικά | Српски Born and raised in the United States, it was a blessing never to have experienced war firsthand. War was something that happened “over there”—not at home. Certain liturgical prayers were thankfully not immediately relevant, such as, “For the freeing of our captive brothers,” following the…
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by Yelena Ambartsumian | български | Ελληνικά | ქართული | Русский | Српски Note: Because of the urgency of the current situation in Armenia and Azerbaijan and the importance of providing reliable background information, the following essay is an exception to our typical length and op-ed format and includes an extensive excerpt from an academic…
Continue readingby Yelena Ambartsumian Ahead of Pope Francis’s recent visit to Armenia (June 24-26), there was much speculation as to whether he would again use the word “genocide” in reference to the massacres of 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman Turks in 1915. The prepared remarks, released by the Vatican, appeared to omit that politically charged designation—instead…
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