Cameraman Artashes Matevosyan

A service of calling was held in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin in the evening of October 22. According to the rule of our church, the service of calling is performed on the previous day of priest ordination. On the next day the priesthood ordination and anointment of the deacons took place in the Mother Cathedral. 

“The difficulties brought by independence were ones to overcome instead of avoiding from responsibility. Only the person or the society who bears responsibility for its homeland and family, may be qualified as ‘free’, and the constitution is called to protect the rights of that country and citizen while emphasizing his/her responsibilities.” Rev. Father Ruben Zargarian hosts Armen Martirosyan, Director of Antares Publishing House.

 

The questions referring to national identity are among the most discussed topics in modern ethnography. These issues become even more pressing in the case of nations with large diaspora. Who is an Armenian in diaspora, what are the compound elements of his/her national identity, how is it ever possible to preserve in modern world? Hayk Hambardzumyan talked about these issues with ethnographer Harutyun Marutyan.

 

How can we learn to be independent? What was our understanding of independence in 1990-ies, and what’s our attitude today? The topic is discussed by ethnographers Lusine Kharatyan and Arsen Hakobyan. The conversation is hosted by Anna Sargsyan. 

Around two dozens of individual and group exhibitions in Hungary, Germany, France and elsewhere. His works are at display in Hungarian museums, they decorate the streets of Budapest, hotels and individual collections. Hayk Hambardzumyan spoke about the European path crossed by the Armenian sculptor, as well as the meaning and tendencies of modern statuary art with famous Hungarian Armenian sculptor Mamikon Yengibaryan. 

 

On September 26, the official opening ceremony of the International Conference-Festival “Komitas and Medieval Culture” was held in Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall.

 

On the Feast of St. Gevork the Captain, Karekin II Catholicos of All Armenians bestowed diplomas to 18 graduates of the academic year 2015-2016. 

 

Armenian public mainly holds two contradicting opinions on the independence of Armenia: first – we acquired independence only due to circumstances and, second, we earned our independence owing to our lasting aspirations and efforts. Whichever opinion prevails, it’s obvious that in order for an individual to be fully independent, one ought to have an opportunity to realize it in reality. And maybe independence is something you have to earn every day just like your daily bread. And to earn it, one as a rule, has to study. Within the scope of the topic on realization of independence, Movses Demirchyan, PhD in Philosophy and Ashot Khurshudyan, Candidate of Economics, talk about education. 

 

Rev. Fr. Ruben Zargaryan hosts literary critic, teacher of Armenian language and literature in “AYB” school Christineh Hovhannisyan. The teacher holds her own viewpoints on the decisions targeting education reforms. 

What was Artsakh like in the photographs prior to April war and how is it presented after the war? How is it ever possible to take the photos of war and peace, what photographs are preferred by leading Western media and how do they reflect the reality? Hayk Hambardzumyan spoke about these issues photographer Anahit Hayrapetyan.