What can museums look like?


What can a person learn in Armenian museums, how attractive and accessible are the educational programs, how often are the exhibitions updated, why should the visitor enter the same museum for the second time?

We- digital society


The 21st century is considered to be the era of digital civilization. Many sociologists argue that the so-called digital generation is evolving differently from the older generation, which has difficulty experiencing digital socialization. According to researchers, the digital generation is more tolerant, social networks teach that the world is diverse, teach to respond, to wait for feedback. How do analog societies become digital? Media expert Samvel Martirosyan and Gegham Vardanyan, editor of the Media Initiatives Center's website.

 

 

Controversial provisions of the Istanbul Convention


Active discussions and confrontations on social networks continue in connection with the intention to ratify the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women. Opponents of the Istanbul Convention launched an initiative calling for "ratification of the Non-Istanbul Convention" and launched an indefinite petition in Yerevan against the third sex. Why did this convention drive a wedge in the society, what do people dispute, how well-founded are their concerns? Bishop Bagrat Galstanyan and Legal expert of the Chamber of Advocates Artashes Khalatyan are discussing.

 

The earthly life of the Holy Mother of God. Part 2


What kind of earthly life did the Holy Mother of God live? What was the heroism of the Virgin? How do Christians treat the Holy Mother of God, what places of worship are there in the Holy Land dedicated to the Holy Mother of God?

The earthly life of the Holy Mother of God. Part 1


What kind of earthly life did the Holy Mother of God live? What was the heroism of the Virgin? How do Christians treat the Holy Mother of God, what places of worship are there in the Holy Land dedicated to the Holy Mother of God?

Lucino Visconti


One spring day in 1976 , listening to Brahms' second symphony in a wheelchair, Lucino Visconti turned to his sister and said: "That's enough now." In a few minutes, the heart of the master of world cinema stops.

 

 

Clinical death in philosophical-religious perceptions. Part 1


Medicine states that clinical death can no longer be considered life, but it is not death yet. No religion or theological theory denies the existence of life after death. What is death? What is clinical death?

Clinical death. on the border of life and death


"No theory can explain how a person can see himself outside his body."

Resocialization With Under-developed Services


Shortly after the amnesty declared in November 2018, the RA Chief of Police mentioned that some of the those discharged from prison due to amnesty committed offences again. According to experts, after the amnesty, the growth of offenses is a consequence of ineffective work of the penitentiary system. How are the employment and works of current and former convicts ensured in our country as important conditions for re-socialization?

Public Judgement of the Life-Time Prisoners


Recently, the news media and social media had intense discussions on the issue of the life-time prisoner in the Justice Ministry's pardon commission, which started the "public trial". How does the community perceive the life-time prisoners and who decides to forgive the convict, the public, the state, or the victim's legal successor? 
Interview with human rights defender Vardan Harutyunyan and spiritual servant of life sentenced prisoners of "Nubarashen" and "Armavir" Penitentiaries Father Grigor Hovhannisyan.

2019 – Year of Family


Armenian Apostolic Church declared the year 2019 year of family. What is the purpose? What will be the programs addressed at the the family institute? 
Interview with Father Markos Mangasaryan and psychologist Irina Khanamiryan.
 

Not Repeating Past Mistakes


After the velvet revolution, the relations between the legislative and executive powers of the country have found themselves in a situation, where separate episodes remind of the relations between the parliament and government of the First Republic of Armenia. The political system of the first and third republics is vulnerable especially from the perspective of autocratic aspirations. At the moment there are great expectations from the new elections and the maturity of the nation to be displayed during these elections. What should we know about the past to make the future secure?