Mushegh''Youth must pave its road itself '', is absolutely sure Mushegh Hovsepyan, the hero of our program. |
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Golden Apricot 2012In 2012, July 8-15, the 9th Golden Apricot International Film Festival was held in Yerevan. There were exceedingly high number of applications submitted for the festival this year -- over 1200 from 70 countries. The main highlight of the Golden Apricot this year was the award presented by the Armenian Apostolic Church. For the first time in the history of the international "Golden Apricot" Film Festival an award has been presented by the Armenian Apostolic Church. As suggested by the Pontiff, it was titled "Yeghitsi Luys" (Let there be Light) and will be presented to those having significant investment in the world film art for propagating spiritual, cultural and human values. Harutyun Khachatryan, the founder-director of Golden Apricot film festival, Peter van Bueren, film critic, Alexander Sokurov, film director, Victor Erice, film director, Agnieszka Holland, film director, Laura Guerra (wife of Tonino Guerra) and Vahram Martirosyan, writer, script-writer talk about the path of the festival and the achievements it made in the international arena. |
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Four brothersHovhannes, Pargev, Gor and Arman are brothers. All four of them were ordained in 2009 as acolytes. The family lives in the yard of Yerevan St. Grigor Lusavorich Church. Hovhannes, the eldest of brothers, remembers the process of building the Church very well. They got acquainted with the priests right there, in the yard of the church. This was a circumstance to determine the future path of Hovhannes, and later, of other brothers. |
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Hovhannes YeranyanHovhannes Yeranyan, writer publicist, confesses that for many years he considered himself a believer and never made an effort to see another person as one of his like. He believes that anyone can change. He says that he personally has changed and he believes that other people can change too. He considers his 'craft' -- literature, as a service. |
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Davit MuradyanDavit Muradyan, writer, film expert, spent his childhood in the outdoors of St. Zoravor Church as his grandfather, his mother's dad, was the last chimer of St. Katoghike Church. He still remembers the numerous questions he was asking on the roads of his childhood holding his mother's hand. Later, he tries to find the answers in the literature, music and painting, in the internal fight with false soviet values. |
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Davit MinasyanDavit Minasyan is known to many as the sculptor of nowadays' statutes "The Men"', "The Yard-Keeper", "The Musician", "Man of the World", located in Yerevan.For many, he is a man of theatre -set designer in 'Hamazgayin' State Theatre, lecturer of State Institute of Theatre and Cinema. |
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Getik Baghdasaryan''The first sculptor was Him that created Adam, then Eve, there is such a close relation between the Creator and the sculptor'', - speculates Getik Baghdasaryan, sculptor. His works are distinguished for their huge sizes and cover wide geography -- the monument of Nerses Ashtaraketsi in Ashtarak city, the monument of Hamo Sahyan -- in the native city of the writer, Sisian. The inner world of the artist is similary wide and profound... |
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The PreacherThe program is about the preaching activity of Bishop Sahak Mashalyan, his image and life as a preacher. Bishop Sahak reflects on the overall role of a sermon for the Christian Church. During the program excerpts from his sermons preached in various places are aired: ''Our ecclesiastical position is a verbal one. The word is the foundation of everything'', - says Bishop Sahak. |
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Holy ThursdayFollowing the fourty-day Lend, penitence, repentance, the Church enters a stage, where it has to address the last days of Jesus Christ earthly life -- establishment of the sacrament of resurrection, foot washing, the betrayal, the passion and crucifixion. All days of Holy week are full of ritual-ceremonials; however, Holy Thursday is the richest of them. The sacraments of foot washing and Holy Communion are presented by Reverend Father Zakaria Baghumyan. |
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Aram SatyanAram Satyan is one of the modern famous composers, the author of a number of marvelous academic and pop musical pieces. As he himself notes, most of his songs are about love. He believes that every artist should thank God and make use of his own share of time reasonably. |
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Armine HayrapetyanIt turns out, that Armine Hayrapetyan, author-performer, is also an archaeologist. Science is often contradictive, problematic. However, it never disturbed Armine to be a scientist. "Whenever I try to go towards the unknown, I delve into and excavate inside, because the answer to all questions is there, as for the exhortation 'Love each other', no other simpler and more vivid formula exists". |
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Condemnation. part 2What are the consequences of condemnation? Self-examination, forgiveness, penitence and conversion... How does the assessment of personal mistakes affect one's inner world, can the condemnation become a means of self-improvement? The issues are discussed by the clergy, lawyers and public figures: |