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Temptation


False marks emerged in the class register. Who has put those, what or perhaps who prompted them to infringe the order?

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Better blind in eye than in mind


High school students have a new classmate who has a disability. His entrance causes fuzz. Some of the pupils are overly caring, others display excessive interest, while there are some who mock him. The hero of our story – Davit, turns to the priest for help…

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Greed


Hayk and Areg are classmates and neighbours. On his birthday, Hayk gets a huge acquarium as a gift that doesn’t interest him at all, whereas Areg knows everything about fish and dreams about having an aquarium. Hayk is getting lazy to take care of the fish, however, he sharply refuses all of the offers Areg makes to help him. Reverend Father accidentally witnesses the argument between friends…

Sacrifice


What is the Christian meaning of sacrifice? What can be sacrificed and for what sake? How is the sacrifice perceived among us? Explanations are provided by the priest of the Armenian patriarchate of Constantinople Father Zaccheus Ohanian.

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Little Secret of Clay


Children of different ages attend the class of ceramics held in Nork District Youth Center. They tell us how they learn working with the clay, why they love the clay and open a few little secrets to us…

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Henrik from Mughni


Henrik lives in Mughni. He was eight when he participated in Divine Liturgy with his cousin and rose up on altar first time. Henrik has many hobbies, such as chess, football, foreign languages, but he dutifully goes to Church every Sunday because he has certain things to do there...

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The Parable of Stewards


Ara, Manvel and Narek are classmates. Manvel and Narek are fond of the same girl and there is a silent competition between them. All four of them voluntarily participate in the construction of a house for a needy family with the support of the Church. The Priest notices that Manvel is absent and find out from his friends that because of a lower grade at school he is offended from his friends. The priest visits the boy and tell him the Parable of Stewards…

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The Good Deed


A group of high-schoolers were shooting a film for several months on their church to participate in an international competition. They won at the selection stage and went for an interview in a high mood. On their way, they met a little girl looking for her lost kitten. They've got to help the girl. But in that case they will be late for the interview and be deprived of the opportunity of flying to Riga and taking part in the competition. What to do? Which is more important? The school kids are in front of a complicated issue...

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Don't Gossip


Hayk, Arsen and Narek are class-mates and good friends. Narek mistakingly takes Hayk's mobile phone and as soon as he realizes that he returns it to his friend. However, one uncareful sentence by Arsen was misrepresented and it caused dissension among friends. Then the Fr. was informed about the incident....

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Christmas 2013


On the eve of Christmas Ani tells her friends and the priest that in her dream Jesus promised to visit her. They did not believe her. On that special day Ani is waiting her guest impatiently, however, she is forced to leave the house three times, first to help a little boy, to take an old lady home who lost her way and to call the doctor for an old man whose leg is hurt. The next day she told the priest, full of the sense of guilt, that she could thought that Jesus visited her three times that day....

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False testimony


On his birthday, Hayk received petards from his older brother, Vahe. However, as he was sick that day, he asked Hayk to bring the present home. Hayk and his class-mates took the present from the shop and shoot the petard at school laboratory of chemistry. The laboratory was all burnt away. To save his brother, Vahe gave false testimony and put the blame on someone else. Nevertheless, he has pricks of conscience ...

Egg, egg, wooden egg


Yakov Zargayan is a piano player and a big fan of art. His biggest pride is the collection of eggs made of wood, clay, glass and metal decorated -- some 650 examples. The first egg was decorated by Martiros Saryan, then Minas Avetisyan, Bazhbeuk Melikyan, Rudolf Khachatryan and other artists
Every year Yakov Zargaryan replenishes his collection with new specimen, for which he can hardly find a place in his two-room apartment.
''A collectioner is the greediest person ever. If he has one hundred units, he wants one hundred and one, if he has twenty-thousand, he wants twenty-thousand and one. It is a disease. I am so happy to have that disease'', says Yakov Zargaryan.