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July 19, 2020 Issue #631

In This Issue: The correct answer for

name the author who

wrote?

AGBU Central Board

S t a t e m e n t o n t h e

Violation of Ceasefire by

Azerbaijani Armed Forces

Hagop Djernazian -

Armadner Youth Group of

Jerusalem

Zoravik to hold virtual

public forum, ‘Black Lives

Matter for Armenians’

Poetry presented by Mrs.

Zarmine Boghosian

Hovnanian School Re-

Entry Plan 2020-2021

This week’s videos from

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Current news from around

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Directory

Calendar of Events

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Because with this step it’s

being said to the world that

“Even though we live in the

21st century, our mentality

is still that of 1453. Even

now, in the 21st century, we

are utterly unconcerned with

preserving the cultural

heritage of humanity.

Among us, there’s no sense

of a greater cultural

inheritance beyond that

which was left to us; we have

nothing to contribute to

humanity’s cultural

treasures. We are unable to

create any new cultural

value ourselves. We seize the

cultural treasures of

humanity, we break them

and/or we destroy them.”

This is what’s being done.

Here, now, in the 21st

century, the Hagia Sophia,

one of the most significant

monuments of human

culture will again be

“conquered” and turned into

a mosque, just like in 1453.

What’s being performed here

is an act of cultural

vandalism.

Basically, the whole Hagia

Sophia affair can be

summed up with the

phrases “improper” or “a

shame”. But I think that

the audience whom I am

addressing do not possesses

the cultural delicacy to find

these words meaningful.

For their sakes, it would

better to formulate it in a

frank manner that they

could more easily

understand: the deed that is

being performed in regard

to Hagia Sophia is a clear

show of barbarism.

It is a declaration of a

“Turkish lack of culture and

destructiveness” to the

entire world. And the

pairing of President and AK

Party leader Recep Tayyip

Erdoğan with MHP leader

Devlet Bahçeli is the

political alliance through

which this lack of culture

and destructiveness has

been made manifest.

“But, why?” you may ask.

Turkey’s test of civilization One wonders: will this

partnership of Erdoğan and

Bahçeli understand the

reasons that world opinion

once held such an utterly

negative image of Turkey

and the Turks?

The famous 19th century

Russian thinker Nikolai

Danilevski once divided

human societies into

“civilization creators” and

“civilization destroyers”. He

listed the ten greatest

unique civilizations in

chronological order:

Egyptian, Chinese, Ancient

Semitic (Assyrian, Babylon,

Phonoecia, Chaldea),

Indian, Persian, Grecian,

Roman, neo-Semitic (Arab),

and Germano-Roman

(European) and had the

following to say about them:

“[B]eside these positive...

civilizations there have also

periodically appeared in the

ages of humanity certain

transitory actors like the

Huns, Mongols, and Turks,

whose candles have

suddenly flared up and gone

out, passing quickly into

history. After completing

their task of destruction, of

assisting in the deaths of

moribund civilizations and

scattering their remains,

they return to their previous

insignificance and

disappear. We may call

them the negative actors of

history.”

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Turkey’s test of civilization

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warehouses.

The Erdoğan-Bahçeli partnership

(and we can just as easily add

Patriotic Party (VP) head Doğu

Perinçek) represents this tradition of

destruction that has razed Anatolia,

that has not only deported and

liquidated whole peoples, but also

destroyed their cultural heritage and

attempted to erase all trace of them.

Today, Turkish vandalism, Turkish

destructiveness holds the reins of

power as the Erdoğan-Bahçeli-

Perinçek coalition.

Every Turk must therefore

understand that opposing this axis

is, at its core, the waging of a war for

civilization.

The regime’s imprisonment of the

wealthy philanthropist Osman

Kavala, who as the founder of the

Foundation for Anatolian Culture

desires to preserve the cultural

heritage and civilization of these

lands, is perhaps the most poignant

example of the struggle.

What is at stake here is nothing less

than whether Turkey will stand the

test of civilization.

In the end, civilization will triumph;

but those who oppose it may not...

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Not only among the intellectuals, but

throughout the West there has been no

end of things said about the cultural

vandalism of the Turks.

“In the Balkan Peninsula, with his

every step, the Turk has trampled

underfoot the products of thousands of

years of culture.”

“Where ever the Turk sees a tree, he

cuts it down”; “The Turks have

obliterated cultures at every turn and

have not preserved those things of

which they have taken possession.

They were not a people of culture in a

sense whatsoever and have failed to

build one on the cultural foundations

that they have occupied.”

“The places where the Ottoman has

set his foot have not flourished”, the

places where the Turk has stepped

“have withered and died.” “The

Ottoman rulers have done nothing

with the places they have conquered

other than to raze and destroy, to

blight.”

Some sources even mention that the

cruelty and mercilessness of the Turks

was not only toward foreigners.

Turkish rulers “would cruelly strangle

and kill their own people if they felt

even the slightest trace of

suspicion.”[*]

If we were to repeat these utterances

today, would Erdoğan and Bahçeli be

able to reasonably object?

Just look at the state to which they

have brought the country. Almost

everyone who has attempted to speak

out against the powers that be has

been intimidated and suppressed,

they’ve been jailed and imprisoned, and

none of it has shown any sign of letting

up.

There is no one left who hasn’t been

cowed into silence, who hasn’t been

crushed by the oppressive weight of the

state. The cultural heritage that exists

on these lands, and beyond that,

nature itself, have both been dealt

their share of this destruction.

The things that have been done—that

are still being done, are the product of

nothing less than the unrestrained

exercise of power; of a ravenous

appetite for destruction.

Indeed, the Erdoğan-Bahçeli

partnership is only the most recent

manifestation of a barbarism and

tradition of destruction whose roots run

deep in these lands.

The geography of Anatolia today is one

of destruction, of ruin; it is filled with

thousands of churches and other holy

places being used as stables or

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Armenian Interests

The correct answer for name the author who wrote? "But our house was on a highway, a

busy highway. And one day in March

when I was five, my sister and I were

crossing the road, we were hit by a car

and she died. That changed

everything. I kept waiting and waiting

for her to come back."

Answer: DianaDer

Hovanessian (Worcester,

Massachusetts, May 21, 1934 – March

1, 2018), Armenian American poet,

translator, and author. Much of the

subject of her poetry was about

Armenia and the Armenian diaspora.

She wrote and published over twenty-

five books.

"The same experience will destroy one man

and develop another. Experiences in

themselves are meaningless. It is what we do

with them that counts."

“If you have any nice things to say about me, say then now, while I can still enjoy them; don’t wait, until I am dead. And if

you can’y honestly say them now, please don’t say anything at all….

Hope is one thing, self-deception another. This is the only moment that counts. If there is really anything to be done, now if

the time."

Can you name the author who wrote the following?

(send your response to Vartanabdo@optonline.net)

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to condemn Azerbaijan’s unfounded

military aggression, which threatens

the peaceful resolution of the

Nagorno Karabakh conflict.

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AGBU is following with concern recent

reports of a blatant violation of a

ceasefire by the Azerbaijani armed

forces in the direction of the Tavush

region in Armenia. With our

worldwide membership and global

network, AGBU stands behind the

government and armed forces of

Armenia and the people of Artsakh and

calls upon the international community

AGBU Central Board Statement on the Violation of

Ceasefire by Azerbaijani Armed Forces

դատապարտել Ադրբեջանի անհիմն

ռազմական ագրեսիան, որը

սպառնալիք է Արցախյան

հակամարտության խաղաղ

կարգավորման համար։

Ենթակա է անհապաղ հրապարակման

Հայկական բարեգործական ընդհանուր

միությունն անհանգստությամբ է

հետևում Ադրբեջանի զինված ուժերի

կողմից Հայաստանի Տավուշի մարզի

ուղղությամբ հրադադարի ռեժիմի

կոպիտ խախտումներին։ Մեր

աշխարհասփյուռ անդամներով և

գլոբալ ցանցով հանդերձ` ՀԲԸՄ-ն

կանգնած է Հայաստանի

կառավարության և զինված ուժերի ու

Արցախի ժողովրդի թիկունքին և կոչ է

անում միջազգային հանրությանը

ՀԲԸՄ Կենտրոնական Վարչության Հայտարարությունը

Ադրբեջանի Զինված Ուժերի Կողմից Զինադադարը

Խախտելու Վերաբերյալ

Dear Editor:

I wanted to comment on David

Boyajian’s article titled “The ADL’s

‘Task Force on Middle east Minorities’:

A Con Job?” in last week’s issue of the

Armenia Radio NJ’s weekly.

I will not dispute his opinion about the

ADL as it is not what prompted me to

write this short note, but I strongly

disagree with his description of Dr.

Tugba Tanyeri Erdemir and her

husband Dr. Aykan Erdemir, both of

whom I have known for many years

and whom I call good friends not only

of mine but of all minorities in Turkey.

His assumptions about the motivation

of the Erdemirs really is unfortunate.

These two young scholars are very

close to Turkish minorities and of

course to Armenians. Dr. Tanyeri

Erdemir is a specialist on Christian

churches in Anatolia and she has

Does he know either of them?

Has he ever spoken to either of them

at all?

Before making any accusations, he

should have had at least read a few

pieces that they have written and

then make his judgement.

As an Armenian American who was

born and raised in Turkey, who

knows very well what it means to be

a minority in Turkey, and who

appreciates the Turks like the

Erdemirs, I just could not let go of

his article.

Best

Nurhan Becidyan

published numerous articles on the

subject. Both she and her husband

have also been very active on the

current Hagia Sophia controversy

going on right now in Turkey. I wish

you had listened to their interviews

and articles they have written on the

subject. Also, I wish Mr. Boyajian were

present during the virtual discussion

on Hagia Sophia featuring His

Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of

the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of

America moderated by Dr Aykan

Erdemir which happened on July 13,

2020.

Furthermore, what does Dr. Aykan

Erdemir’s current and past positions

matter? Does Mr. Boyajian know why

he is working at FDD?

Does he know why he was only a single

term deputy in the Turkish

parliament?

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parents and grandparents.

Hagop Djernazian’s persuasive

message for all Armenians in the

diaspora is to support the

Patriarchate who are guardians of

the vast wealth of Armenian holy

places, and properties which are on

prime land. The Patriarch and the

Brotherhood have a very difficult job

of maintaining the status quo as

there are outside forces who want

desperately to overtake these places

which belong to the Armenian

people for centuries. Since he became

Patriarch, Archbishop

Nurhan Manoogian, has been

renovating all these old churches so

as to preserve them for centuries to

come. The Patriarch also wants to

convey with these renovations that

Armenian Patriarchate is staying in

the Old City.

The Patriarch is also renovating the

Mardigian Museum where very old

Armenian relics, illuminated

manuscripts etc. will be displayed.

Hagop reiterated that the Armenian

population is decreasing in

Jerusalem and the diaspora needs to

visit the Old City of Jerusalem

especially the Armenian Quarter and

support the Armenian Patriarchate

of Jerusalem.

Kudos to Hagop Djernazian - a 20-

year old young Armenian from

Jerusalem who spoke very

passionately and eloquently in both

English and Armenian about the

urgent need for Armenians from all

over the world to visit and support the

Armenian’s ‘ second homeland ‘ - the

Armenian quarter in the old city of

Jerusalem.

Hagop Djernazian is a founding

member of the newly formed

Armadner Youth Group of Jerusalem

with Patriarch Nourhan Manougian’s

blessing. Their aim is to bring to light

the difficulties and solve the problems

of the Armenian youth in Jerusalem.

Their major concerns are the young

who are emigrating; scholarships

needed for graduates of the

Tarkmanchatz Armenian School within

the convent of the Armenian Quarter;

prepare events such as the Memorial of

the 105th Anniversary of the Genocide

screened on Facebook, etc. Armadner

is trying to keep the youth in

Jerusalem but they need the help of

the Patriarch in many ways especially

to build apartments on the Armenian

land they possess for the young couples

who want to get married and who have

a lot of difficulty finding places to live

in Jerusalem.

The Caloust Gulbenkan Foundation in

conjunction with Armadner Group is

working on a project to collect from

second generations of Armenian

survivor’s stories they heard from their

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Armadner Youth Group of Jerusalem

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scholarly interests in diversity in

higher education, African American

families, and educational policy.

Reddick’s scholarship has been

featured by NPR, the BBC, the

Associated Press, and the Chronicle

of Higher Education. Reddick also

serves on the editorial boards of

Urban Education and the Journal of

Higher Education.

The Black Lives Matter movement has

challenged US society to recognize

police violence against Blacks, as well

as systemic racism in our courts,

schools, businesses, and cultural

institutions. Four centuries of violence

and systemic oppression demand

exposure, action, and change.

A virtual public forum organized by

the Zoravik Activist Collective on July

20 will explore the Black and

Armenian experience, including a

shared history of subjugation, violence,

exclusion, and denial. But whereas,

once arrived in the US, Armenians

were eventually allowed to fully

engage as members of this society

because of their “white” race, due to a

sequence of oppressive systems

(slavery, Jim Crow, and the post-Civil

Rights neo-racist order), the race line

has consistently prevented this for

Blacks.

Recognizing that Armenians have a

singular vantage point from which to

witness anti-Black racism in our

adopted home, panelists will focus on

what the Black Lives Matter

movement can and should mean for

white Armenians and others in the US

today, and will advise on how to take

responsibility and action.

The panelists include Dr. Richard

Reddick, Dr. Aram Goudsouzian,

Kohar Avakian, Levon Brunson, Anaïs

DerSimonian, and Carene

Mekertichyan. The forum will be

moderated by Dr. Henry Theriault and

Dr. Laure Astourian.

Richard Reddick, Ph.D. is Associate

Dean for Equity, Community

Engagement, and Outreach in The

University of Texas at Austin’s College

of Education, Richard Reddick is

responsible for equity and inclusion-

related initiatives supporting faculty,

staff, and students in the college and

serves as one of the college’s Title IX

liaisons and chair of the college’s

Diversity and Inclusion Committee.

Reddick is author, co-author, and co-

editor of numerous books, peer-

reviewed articles, chapters, and

opinion pieces. His main areas of

research interest are the lives of Black

academics, including their approach to

work-life balance, service, teaching,

and research responsibilities, and their

experiences mentoring students.

Additionally, Reddick maintains

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Zoravik to hold virtual public forum,

‘Black Lives Matter for Armenians’

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Zoravik

Continued from previous page

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Sundays 2:00 - 4:00 P.M.

WSOU 89.5 F.M.Sundays 2:00-4:00PM

Aram Goudsouzian, Ph.D. is

Professor of History at the University

of Memphis. A historian of the

twentieth-century United States with

a particular focus on race, politics, and

culture, he is the author of five books,

including Down to the Crossroads:

Civil Rights, Black Power, and the

Meredith March Against Fear (Farrar,

Straus, and Giroux, 2014); King of the

Court: Bill Russell and the Basketball

Revolution (University of California

Press, 2010); and Sidney Poitier: Man,

Actor, Icon (University of North

Carolina Press, 2004).

Kohar Avakian is Ph.D. candidate in

American Studies at Yale University

from Worcester, MA. She graduated

from Dartmouth College in 2017 with

a B.A. in History, modified with

Native American Studies. For her

doctoral research, Kohar plans to

continue her research on racial

formation in the Armenian diaspora

within the broader contexts of settler

colonialism, slavery, and Asian

exclusion. Through historical

photography and oral history research

methods, Kohar strives to explore the

palimpsestic histories of her

Armenian, Black, and Native

ancestors in order to illuminate the

intersections of race, migration, and

genocide in the United States at large.

Kohar recently published the article

Reparations in the Armenian Weekly.

Levon Brunson is an Armenian,

Black American living in Newton,

background to move the company

forward. Anaïs recently published

the article Armenians Should Care

About Black Lives Matter in the

Armenian Mirror-Spectator.

Carene Mekertichyan is an

actress, writer, singer, educator and

proud Angelena. She received her

training from Dartmouth College

and the London Academy of Music

and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). She

explores her activism through

storytelling and works to empower

young voices as a teaching artist.

She has performed with numerous

theater companies and currently

serves as Independent Shakespeare

Company's Artistic Associate for

Social Justice. Her plays have been

produced at the Edinburgh Fringe

Festival, MeetCute LA, and Sacred

Fools’ We the People Theater Action.

The virtual forum will be held on

Monday, July 20, at 7:00 p.m. ET.

Register via Zoom or watch on

Facebook Live. The public is

encouraged to attend and to

participate in the discussion by

submitting written questions and

comments to the organizers and

panelists.

If your organization would like to co-

sponsor this event, please contact the

organizers at zoravik@gmail.com.

The list of co-sponsors will be

updated regularly.

Massachusetts. He’s a rising senior at

Brown University, studying Computer

Science. After graduation, he intends to

pursue a career in software

development, with the goal of starting

a business of his own. Outside of work,

he can be found reading and writing

about contemporary issues, and in his

free time, he enjoys photography,

playing basketball, and practicing the

guitar. Levon recently published a

deeply personal essay Black Kochari in

the Armenian Weekly. He has also

published a three-part series in

Medium featuring pieces entitled The

Meaning of Protest, A Better Future

and Why George Floyd’s Death Matters

(which was republished in the

Armenian Mirror-Spectator).

Anaïs DerSimonian is a writer and

filmmaker interested in the

relationship between culture, media

and education. Anaïs is a Clark

University Alumni (’17), who studied

Culture Studies and Screen Studies

with an emphasis on education. She

has produced various documentary and

narrative projects, including a profile

on an NGO in Yerevan, Armenia that

provides micro-loans to cottage

industries and entrepreneurs based in

rural regions to help create jobs, self-

sufficiency and to stimulate the post-

Soviet economy. Besides filmmaking,

Anaïs enjoys reading good fiction and

watching sketch and stand-up comedy.

Anais currently works at the cannabis

start-up Manna Molecular Sciences,

where she uses her creative

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Poetry presented by Mrs. Zarmine Boghosian

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Մեր Գրական Աշխարհի Ծաղկաստանէն ♥ ♥ ♥ Through the Orchards of Armenian

Language & Poetry ♥ ♥ ♥ 7/10-11/20 Presented by: Zarminé Boghosian

Ա Բ Գ

Հայ եկեղեցւոյ օրացոյցին հետեւելով Յուլիս

ամսուան կը տօնենք Քրիստոսի

Այլակերպութիւնը, որ Հայ եկեղեցւոյ հինգ

տաղավարներէն երրորդն է եւ շարժական:

Ժողովրդական առումով՝ Վարդավառն է կամ՝

Ջուրի Զատիկը: Այս տօնը կը նշուի Ս. Յարութեան

տօնէն 14 շաբաթ կամ՝ 98 օր ետք: Այս տարի կը

նշուի Կիրակի ՝ Յուլիս 19-ին: Հայ ժողո-վուրդը

ըստ աւանդութեան միշտ ալ միաձուլած է

կրօնականն ու ազգայինը, հետեւաբար այս

տօնին ալ ազգային բնոյթ տալով ճանչցուած է

որպէս ՎԱՐԴԱՎԱՌ: Ս. Գրիգոր Լուսաւորիչ

Հայրապետը այս տօնին կրօնական

յիշատակումը կը միացնէ ժողովրդական տօնին՝

հայ դիցուհիներէն Աստղիկի՛ն, որ

գեղեցկութեան, ջուրի եւ սիրոյ աստուածուհին էր,

համապատասխան՝ յունական Աֆրոտիդէին:

Աստղիկի մեհեանին շուրջ կատարուած տօնա-

խմբութիւնները այդպէս կը կոչուէին։

Ըստ աւանդութեան աղաւնիներ կը թռցնէին,

ծաղկեփունջեր կը կազմէին եւ ծառայութեան մէջ

գործածուած կենդա-նիներուն ճակտին

վարդափունջեր կը զետեղէին: Իսկ ընտանեկան

շրջանակ-ներու մէջ ալ ուրախ տօնախմբութիւն-

ներ տեղի կ’ունենային, շնորհաւորելու

ընտանիքի անդամներէն անոնց՝ որ մկրտուած են

հետեւեալ անուններով-Վարդգէս, Վարդավառ,

Վարդ, Պատրիկ, Ալվարդ, Զարվարդ, Լուսավարդ,

Նուարդ, Վարդենի, Պայծառ, Վարդանոյշ,

Վարդիթեր, Վարդուհի եւ Վարվառէ:

Ա Բ Գ

Միջնադարեան հայ բանաստեղծը որ ծանօթ է

ՖՐԻԿ անունով 290 տողնոց իր երկարաշունչ

չափածոյ գործով կը թուէ

ժամանակի հասարակական կեանքը՝ շարունակուող

անարդարութիւններով- որ շատ ալ այժմէական է․․

Ահաւասիկ մի քանի նմոյշ իր բողոքը առ Աստուած

ուղղուած այդ շարքէն։

ԳԱՆԳԱՏ-

ՖՐԻԿԻ ՏԱՂԵՐԷՆ

Ֆրիկ կը սկսի հարց տալով թէ՝ ինչպէ՞ս միեւնոյն

Ադամ եւ Եւայէն ծնունդ առած եւ դառնալով բազում

ժողովուրդներ՝ մէկ ազգը միւսին վրայ իշխէ եւ

դառնան իրար ատող, իրար սպաննող ազգեր։

Ի՞նչպէս կ՛ըլլայ որ․․․

Անգէտ մարդկանց մեծ հարստութեան

տէր է դարձնում

Իմաստուն մարդկանց թողնում դժբախտ

Եւ կը շարունակէ այսպէս-

Եւ ա՞յս էր բանն Քո հրամանի

Արդար իրաւ դատաւորի

Մէկն ի պապանց պարոնորդի

Մէկն ի հարանց մուրող լինի

Մէկին հազար ձի եւ ջորի

Մէկն ոչ ուլ ունի եւ ոչ մաքի

Մէկին հազար տեքան ոսկի

Մէկին ոչ փող մի պղնձի

Մէկին բեհեզ եւ ծիրանի

Մէկին բրդէ շալ մի չընկնի

Մէկի հարամն յաջողի

Մէկին հալալն կորուսի Ա Բ Գ

ԻՆՉ ՕԳՈՒՏ ՈՒՆԻ- Եզնիկ Բալիկ

Ինչ օգուտ ունի-

Երբ կը բարբառիս լեզուներ բազում

Բայց չես հասկնար քու խղճի լեզուն։

Ինչ օգուտ ունի--

Յամառ յիմարին տրուած քարոզը՝

Երբ խաւարած է մտքին փարոսը։

Ինչ օգուտ ունի-

Ատենապետի աւագ աթոռը՝

Երբ լոկ բեռ մըն է վրան նստողը։

Ինչ օգուտ ունի-

Երբ ազգանունիդ ետեւը կայ ԵԱՆ՝

Բայց մէջդ չկայ հոգին հայկական։

Ինչ օգուտ ունի-

Երբ երակներուդ մէջ կայ ՀԱՅ արիւն՝

Բայց կը խնկարկես օտար կուռքերուն։

Ա Բ Գ

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According to the Geneva Convention

attacks on nuclear generating station

can be constituted as an act of war. This

also violates the Charter of the U.N.

Also according to the International

Criminal Court if ‘ intentionally

launching an attack

In the knowledge that such an attack

will cause widespread long term and

severe damage to the natural

environment “ that would be considered

a war crime.

In an interview, Armnia’s former

D e f e n c e M i n i s t e r V ag h a r s h a g

Harutyunyan said that Armenia could

also retaliate . There are targets that

can cause enormous loss for Azerbaijan

such ‘ the Baku- Tiblisi - Erzurum

pipelines and the Minkechaour Dam

that could inundate Azerbaijan with

water'. He also said ‘ God forbid for us

to go that far but with Azerbaijan’s

unpredictable behavior we may have to

consider the worst option'.

The Azeri Ministry of Defence

threatened to attack Medzamor , the

Armenian Nuclear Plant, saying that

their latest missiles systems can hit

the plant with high precision which

can lead to a huge catastrophe for

Armenia ‘

The Medzamor is close to Turkey.

Would it not be also catastrophic to

them and Georgia and even

Azerbaijan ? Shouldnt the

international community condemn

such outrageous threats before they

become realities.

Azerbaijan Threatens to Attack the

Armenian Nuclear Plant

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Armenia Has Two Enemies -

One Invisible and the Other Visible

Azerbaijani Attack on Armenian Province of Tavush

Despite the pandemic the Azerbaijiani

forces started attacking on July 12

civilian and military targets in

the northeast border of Armenia. They

used heavy artillery on civilian and

military targets resulting in 4

Armenian servicemen dead - a Major,

a Captain and 2 Junior Sergeants and

a number of casualties. The Azeris

reported 11 deaths including a Major

General and a colonel.

The Armenians fought hard and

succeeded to stop the Azeris from

crossing the border. For the first time

in history made-in-Armenia

UAV‘s (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles)

were used with ‘brilliant results

‘. Armenia was able to down 13 Azeri

UAV’s - 10 combat and 3

reconnaissance. And the Armenian air

defence damaged the super expensive

Israeli made Elbit Hermes 900.

This military aggression by Azerbaijan

is not surprising as early this

month Aliyev in a bellicose rhetoric

criticized the Minsk Group for the

stalemate of the Nagorno Karabakh

negotiations and said these

were ‘pointless’ and threatened

with ‘Let us not forget the April War.

‘ True to his word, Aliyev did not

waste time and attacked Armenia with

Turkey’s blessing.

The April 2016 war was waged on the

borders of Karabakh/ Azerbaijian. The

world is questioning who started this

July attack. Actually the question

should be why did the Azeris hit

the Armenian border in Tavush? Emil

The House will vote on July 20 to

block the sale of U.S. defence articles

to Azerbaijan.

The U.S. State department in their

release ‘condemn in the strongest

terms the violence along

the Armenian/Azeri borders and call

both sides to stop the fighting and

abide by the ceasefire.’ Congressmen

Markey, Pallone, Schiff, Sherman

and Cox have spoken out strongly

about their concern on the latest

attacks. Adam Schiff said ‘a

spiraling conflict could be

devastating to the region ‘

Turkey’s Foreign Minister

announced their ‘unconditional

support to the Azeris ‘. The

Armenian Foreign Minister

‘condemned Turkey’s attempt to

provoke and destabilize the region ’.

He added ‘Turkey not only express

support for Azerbaijan but also show

unconcealed regional ambitions for

the South Caucasus.’

The President of Georgia expressed

concern and summed up the

situation clearly ‘We all fight an

invisible enemy. International

solidarity and maintenance of global

stability are of paramount

importance. ‘

On July 15 the President of Armenia,

Armen Sarkissian, awarded Major

General Status to the three officers

killed in the attack.

Sanamyan, an analyst with the USA

Institute of Armenian Studies thinks

that it might be due to a new outpost

facing the Azeri border constructed by

the Armenian forces for a tactical

advantage and which the Azeris tried

to destroy but failed. However,

Laurence Broers, a scholar of the

conflict, suggests that the Azeris might

have ‘geopolitical motivation to

probe the international border, to test

the treaty arrangement that Armenia

has with Russia.’

Actually the weak and late response of

the CSTO which stands for the

Collective Security Treaty

Organization of which Armenia is

a state member together with Russia,

Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and

Tajikistan has Yerevan wondering

whether the CSTO would come to

Armenia’s help if a more serious

conflict were to erupt. Of course the

Azeris are now gloating at the failure

of Russia supporting Armenia. Will

this provide Azeris with even

more ammunition to strike

again? Armenians are probably now

wondering ‘Is Russia really a reliable

ally? ‘

Many countries condemned the

attacks. The Mink Group of which

Russia is a member announced ‘We are

calling on both sides to exercise

restraint and honor their obligation as

part of a cease-fire.’

ANCA advised that they are working

with Congressional leaders to ask the

Azeris to stop the aggression.

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Kim Kardashian took to her Twitter to

express concern over an aggravation of

the situation at the Armenia-

Azerbaijan border.

Her statement runs as follows:

"Despite an ongoing global pandemic,

Azerbaijan has violated the UN's

appeal for a global ceasefire by

unprovoked attacks against the

Republic of Armenia. Civilian

structures in Armenia have been

targeted, and Azerbaijan has now

threatened to bomb the nuclear power

plant in Armenia. In the meantime,

congressional amendments to the

National Defense Authorization Act

will be voted on next week to ensure

that the US does not enable Azerbaijan

with military aid that would be used

against Armenia and Artsakh. The

international community needs to pay

attention and intervene now with such

political and diplomatic measures to

prevent unnecessary escalation and the

loss of human life.

Alexis Ohanian took to his Instagram

stories to share an Armenian National

Committee of America's photo that

reads: 'Azerbaijan is starting a regional

war amid a global pandemic.'

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Kim Kardashian and Alexis Ohanian Express

Concern Over Armenia-Azerbaijan Border Clashes

“The Armenian Legionnaires: Sacrifice

and Betrayal in World War I” was

translated into Armenian and

published by Mediamax with the

support of Calouste Gulbenkian

Foundation.

The book presents an important but

little-known aspect of Middle Eastern

History in the World War I era. The

Armenian legion was formed while the

Ottoman Empire’s genocide of its

Armenian population was still

ongoing, and this tale of its

deployment, actions, and dissolution

brings together the later passages of

the Great War in the Middle East, the

aftermath of genocide,

Armenian hopes for the

postwar future, resurgent

Turkish nationalism and

cynical great power

politics. Ara Tadevosyan

stated that the idea to

translate the book into

Armenian and publish it

was born in October 2018,

when Mediamax was the

only media to cover the

presentation of the

English edition of the book

in Yerevan.

“The Armenian Legionnaires: Sacrifice and

Betrayal in World War I”

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Moderna.

According to Forbes, Moderna stock

prices have jumped almost over 40%

over the

last two days. Moderna headquarter

is in Cambridge , Massachusets and

one of the founders and CEO is

Nubar Afeyan. He was born in

Beirut, to Armenian parents,

immigrated to Canada, graduated

from McGill University in Montreal

and obtained his Phd in biochemical

engineering at MIT in 1987.

The world needs good news and

respite from COVID-19, and Moderna

has provided it this week. More than

150 possible vaccines are being

developed and tested around the world

but Moderna’s first trial shows that

their vaccine induces virus-killing

antibodies according to US

researchers. The experimental vaccine

has shown it is safe and provoked

immune response in all 45 volunteers

in an early stage study.

According to the New England Journal

of Medicine volunteers who got 2 doses

vaccine had high levels of virus killing

antibodies that exceeded the average

levels seen in people who had

recovered from COVID-19.

No serious side effects were

experienced. After the 2nd dose more

than half reported mild or moderate

reactions such as fatigue, headaches,

chills, muscle aches and pain in the

injection area.

The U.S. Government offered billions

in funds to drugmakers including

Moderna with the hope of delivering a

safe and effective vaccine by Jan 2021.

After the genetic sequence of the virus

was released on March 16 Moderna

was the first

drug making company to start human

testing of a vaccine for the novel

Coronavirus.

Experts agree that a vaccine is needed

to put an end to the Coronavirus

pandemic that to date nearly 14

million people have been infected

around the world and close to 600,000

have died.

The European Union is negotiating for

advance purchase deal of potential

COVID-19

vaccine from drugmakers including

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Moderna Vaccine in the Spotlight

YEREVAN, JULY 15, ARMENPRESS.

After the meeting of the OSCE Minsk

Group today, its Co-Chairs (Igor Popov

of the Russian Federation, Stéphane

Visconti of France, and Andrew

ground. The Co-Chairs continue to

stress the necessity of building up an

atmosphere conducive to the

restoration of the peace process.

The Co-Chairs welcomed the

confirmation of the Foreign

Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan

to hold substantive negotiations on

crucial aspects of a Nagorno-

Karabakh settlement as soon as

possible and emphasized the

importance of returning OSCE

monitors to the region as soon as

circumstances allow''.

Schofer of the United States of

America) and Personal Representative

of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office

(PRCIO) Andrzej Kasprzyk, released a

statement.

‘’In accordance with the information

available, the situation on the

Azerbaijani-Armenian border remains

relatively calm as of early morning 15

July. The Co-Chairs and the PRCIO

welcome the decrease in hostilities and

appeal to the sides to make every effort

to continue de-escalation.

The Co-Chairs urge the sides to refrain

from inflammatory rhetoric and

attempts to change the situation on the

Co-chairs salute readiness of Armenian,

Azerbaijani FMs for negotiations

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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev

signed a decree on appointing Jeyhun

Bayramov as new foreign minister, the

Azerbaijani media report.

Bayramov was serving as education

minister of Azerbaijan since

2013. Elmar Mammadyarov has been

dismissed from the position of

Azerbaijani foreign minister. He has

served as Azerbaijani FM since 2004.

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Azerbaijan’s Aliyev appoints Education Minister

as new Foreign Minister

Turkey’s Nobel prize-winning novelist

Orhan Pamuk has criticized the

To remind, Turkish President Tayyip

Erdogan announced the opening of

the Hagia Sophia to Muslim worship

after the Council of State – Turkey’s

highest administrative court – ruled

that the building’s conversion to a

museum by modern Turkey’s

founding statesman was illegal.

In a televised address, Erdogan said

that prayers will be held at the site

on July 24.

Turkish government’s decision to

convert Hagia Sophia into a mosque.

“To convert it back to a mosque is to

say to the rest of the world

unfortunately we are not secular

anymore. There are millions of secular

Turks like me who are crying against

this but their voices are not heard,”

Pamuk said to BBC.

The novelist added that Ankara’s move

took away the “pride” some Turkish

people had in being a secular Muslim

country.

Orhan Pamuk:Ankara’s Ankara’s move to convert Hagia

Sophia into a mosque took away the “pride” some

Turkish people had in being a secular Muslim country

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Armenian organizations;

3) provide the Diaspora with a

representative and collective voice and

the ability to participate in Pan

Armenian issues;

4) Resolve local Armenian community

needs;

5) Form an effective political clout;

6) Preserve and advance Armenian

national identity;

7) Coordinate and advance the national

objectives of the Diaspora, Armenia

and Artsakh;

8) Organize repatriation to the

homeland.

“The Diaspora Armenian Parliament

will not compete with any of the

existing Armenian organizations, but

will complement their efforts, giving

Armenians a greater strength to

resolve their litany of challenges,”

stated the HyeID board members.

The HyeID board members are: Harut

Sassounian of Glendale, California

(Chairman), Hagop Nazarian of

Rancho Palos Verdes, California (Vice

Chairman), Levon Thorose of

Westchester, California (Vice

Chairmen), Razmig D. Garakhanian of

Glendale, California (Secretary),

Thomas Alexanian of Glendale,

California (Treasurer), Hovel

Chenorhokian of Paris, France (Board

Member), Tigran Harutunyan of

Yerevan, Armenia (Board Member),

John E. Shirajian of Glendale,

California (Board Member), Aram Ter-

Martirosyan of Glendale, California

(Board Member), Mike Baronian of

Tofen, Switzerland (Board Member),

and Levon Beklaryan of Moscow,

Russia (Board Member).

The HyeID Board of Directors “call on

all Armenians worldwide to become

part of this ground breaking initiative

and fulfill the much awaited

realization of a dream of Diaspora

Armenians to have a democratically-

elected unified and self-sufficient

structure.”

Glendale, CA – Several years ago a small

group of committed Armenians

worldwide, began planning the

establishment of a democratically-elected

Diaspora Armenian Parliament (DAP).

The launch of this groundbreaking

initiative shall serve to integrate all

Diaspora Armenians in a unified

structure. Once this goal is

accomplished, the leadership of the

Diaspora Armenian Parliament, and the

Republics of Armenia and Artsakh,

elected by their respective

constituencies, can claim for the first

time that they represent all Armenians

worldwide and make collective decisions

on behalf of the entire nation.

This has been the elusive dream of all

Armenians for several decades, if not

centuries. Yet, given the dispersed

nature of the Diaspora, it has been

difficult to bring this cherished dream to

reality.

The initiating group has planned a two-

step process for the establishment of the

Diaspora Armenian Parliament:

First Step – HyeID

The HyeID non-profit organization,

already formed in California, will expand

to Armenian communities throughout

the world, including Armenians living in

the Republics of Armenia and Artsakh.

The HyeID organization has three

objectives:

a) Offer an identification HyeID card to

all Armenians around the globe,

including Armenia and Artsakh, so they

could benefit from discounts provided to

them through their purchases of

products and services, such as airlines,

hotels, restaurants, shops and many

more. The discount benefits three

parties: the HyeID cardholder, the

HyeID non-profit organization (to

finance the Diaspora Armenian

Parliament and its Pan Armenian

humanitarian projects), and the

cardholder’s affiliated or preferred

organization.

b) The information about the cardholders

will form a worldwide Armenian database

which shall enable unprecedented

collaboration among those involved in

science, technology, business, culture and

national security.

c) Diaspora HyeID cardholders are

considered registered voters for the

eventual formation of the Diaspora

Armenian Parliament. HyeID

cardholders will vote for their local

representatives to form a democratically-

elected Diaspora Armenian Parliament

which will represent all Armenians living

outside of Armenia and Artsakh.

In summary the benefits of HyeID are:

1) Registration to vote for the future

DAP;

2) Networking among cardholders;

3) Elections of DAP’s Diaspora

representatives;

4) Creation of HyelD discount network;

5) Self-funding of DAP through the

discount network;

6) Collective economic bargaining power.

Second Step – Diaspora Armenian

Parliament (DAP)

DAP is formed through local elections

held in each geographic region. The

regions are created by having an equal

number of Diaspora HyeID cardholders

eligible for voting, based on the

democratic principle of one person one

vote. All HyeID cardholders, in the

Diaspora, who are 18 or older can elect or

be elected to DAP.

The benefits of DAP are:

1) Awaken the Diaspora’s silent majority;

2) Create a synergy with all existing

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Plan for Launching Diaspora Armenian

Parliament Through HyeID Structure

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Someday the world will become

better acquainted with the art of

Armenia.”

“My beloveds, one must recognize

that an Armenian in America is

indeed a strange creature. That for

us to contribute to art, we must

grasp our experience, understand

that it involves the relationship of

man to man – happy, sad,

melancholy, suffering, beautiful,

creative man – and of man to the

primordial poetry of nature. Nature

which feels in its very

unfeelingness.”

“In Ararat’s presence, one hears

thunder when there is none, feels

quaking when it does not, sees the

eagle soar when it is perched. Not for

nothing did olden Armenians call it

Castle of the Gods. Ararat is the

brain of nature ordaining its

movements. The wand of Armenia

glides over mountains and that is the

bigness residing within our marrow.

The soul of Armenia is the mountain

peak, and just as Armenian souls are

peaks of mountains, so must we

grasp them to attain our birthright.

Beauty is a serious matter.”

Passed away 72 years ago on July 21,

1948 at the age of 44

Arshile Gorky is one of the greatest

Armenian world-class artist since the

13th century. Gorky was way ahead of

our time...the best painter we ever

had. And no universal artist since

Roslin, whose ancestors also

originated in Van, ever hailed from a

more ancient culture.

Born Vosdanik Adoian on 15 April

1904 in Khorkom, his paternal home

on Lake Van in the Haiyotz Dzor (Vale

of Haik), where the Armenian nation

was founded by its eponym, and

named in honor of his mother’s

birthplace, Vosdan, also on the Lake.

Gorky’s backyard comprised

Akhtamar, Vannic ruins, and

legendary aromas. His father, Sedrak

Adoian, came from an old line of

farmer mountaineers. The family of

his mother, Shushanik der

Marderosian, for 15 centuries had

been Armenian Apostolic priests

linked to the Rushdunians and

Ardzrunians.

The murder of 1.5 million Armenian

by the Turks during the first genocide

of modern times, steeled his youth. By

the time he began high school, the

Turks had killed Gorky’s four

grandparents, six uncles and three

aunts; he had survived a massacre and

a 150-mile death march after which

his mother starved to death in his

arms; he had endured the violence of

World War I, the civil war and

Bolshevic revolution in Armenia.

He arrived in America on 1 March

1920. He had, however, come to the

new world uniquely prepared in art.

Gorky’s explorations of Van’s Urartian

ruins, of Narek, Akhtamar and Varak,

and the Van School of medieval

painting, the fact that his bones and

flesh contained the very minerals and

earth sacred Van, somehow placed him

ahead of his peers and they sensed it.

DeKooning was amazed at Gorky’s

knowledge of nature and painting, his

instinct for art’s essence, “particularly

since he was Armenian and came from

Armenia. Gorky was the general. He

was on top and he had this

extraordinary other sense, the gift of

seeing it the right way. He had all

those things before the surrealists and

the surrealists told him he had it

already. He was before the books were

written. After battling cancer, a broken

neck, a paralyzed painting arm, and a

collapsed marriage, Vosdanik Adoian

died on 21 July 1948 at the age of 44.

Quotes by Arshile Gorky:

“From our Armenian experience I will

create new forms to ignite minds and

massage hearts. Armenia’s Van,

Khorkom, Vosdan, Aikesdan, Shadakh.

From the unknown spring universal

truths. I remember the medieval

Armenian manuscript paintings with

their beautiful Armenian faces, subtle

colors, their tender lines and their

calligraphy.”

“The great art of our people lies hidden

in ruins and amid the daily life of

remote villages. Our great art has been

created by an innocent people who

were never accustomed and never had

through the sad ages any opportunity

to tell the world about their

achievements. We are a race of artists.

And art is far superior to war because

art creates while war destroys. Art

preserves beauty while war produces

only ugliness and unhappiness.

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Arshile Gorky Remembered

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‘Icebergs’ float through Gyumri, Armenia after

freak summer storm. Streets in Gyumri resemble

an arctic waterway after an “unprecedented”

weather event on July 14

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guarded by bands of men, waiting for

individuals to walk by or cross the

road.

Vardavar is celebrated 98 days after

Easter and though is now a

Christian tradition, the holiday’s

origins date back to Pagan times and

is associated with Astghik, the

goddess of water, love, and family. It

is one of Armenia’s most cherished

holidays.

July 19 marks Vardavar Day in

Armenia, one of the most interesting

and unique holidays. Vardavar, in

essence, is a giant water fight. Young

and old participate around Armenia,

but in Yerevan, the capital of the

country, it seems like the whole city is

in it. The biggest battles center

around places where

water is easily

accessible, like

Swan Lake or

Republic Square. At

places where water

isn’t accessible

vendors sometimes

fill up giant tubs for

people to use. Kids

use everything from

homemade water

guns (bottles with a

hole on the lid), to super-soakers, to

buckets. Those too cowardly to fight on

the streets camp up in their

apartments and dump water on the

careless from the overhanging

balconies. Even tatiks (grandmas) can’t

avoid being hit on accident sometimes.

Most corners of large intersections are

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Vardavar Day in Armenia July 19

July the 14th is the French national

day – it’s called “Bastille day” outside

of France but never in France! “Le

Quatorze Juillet” is a day of

celebrating French culture. Numerous

public events take place: military

parades, city meals, dances, parties

and many amazing fireworks. Images

below give us an idea of what French

people really do on that day.

Liberté, égalité, fraternité

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AGBU

55 East 59th Street

New York, NY 10022

212-319-6383

Email: agbuny@agbu.org

www.agbu.org

Diocese of the Armenian Church

630 Second Avenue

New York, NY 10016

212-686-0710

Prelacy of the Armenian Church

138 East 39th Street,

New York, NY 10016

212-689-7810

Saint Illuminator Armenian Cathedral

221 East 27th. Street,

New York, NY 10016

212-689-5880

Armenian Presbyterian Church

140 Forest Avenue,

Paramus, NJ 07652

201-265-8585

St. Leon Armenian Church

12-61 Saddle River Rd

Fair Lawn, NJ 07410

201-791-2862

Sts Vartanantz Armenian Church

461 Bergen Boulevard

Ridgefield, NJ 07657

201-943-2950

St Stepanos Armenian Apostolic Church

1184 Ocean Avenue

Elberon, New Jersey 07740

Phone 732-229-3661 Fax 732-229-3857

Holy Cross Armenian Church

318 27th Street,

Union City, NJ 07087

201-864-2480

Hovnanian School

817 River Road

New Milford, NJ 07646

201-967-5940

www.hovnanianschools.org

Sacred Heart Armenian Catholic Church

155 Long Hill Road

Little Falls, NJ 07424

Tel: 973-890-0447

St. Thomas Armenian Church

Route 9W-E Clinton Avenue

Tenafly, NJ 07670

201-567-5446

St. Mary Armenian Church

200 W. Mt. Pleasant Avenue

Livingston, NJ 07039

973-533-9794

St. Sarkis Armenian Apostolic Church

38-65 234 Street

Douglaston, NY 11363

718-224-2275

Ararat Youth and Conference Center

6944 S.R. 32

Greenville, NY 12083

212-686-0710, x120

www.araratcener.org

St. Nersess Armenian Seminary

486 Bedford Road

Armonk, NY 10504

914-273-0200

info@stnersess.edu www.stnersess.edu

Armenian Network of America-NY Region

P.O. Box 205

Bible School Park, NY 13737

(617) 688-2741

newyorkregion@armnet.org www.armnet.org

Armenian Church of the Holy Martyrs

209-15 Horace Harding Expressway

Bayside, New York 11364

718-225-0235

www.holy-martyrs.org

Armenian Evangelical Church of New York

152 E 34th St.

New York, NY 10016

Tel: (212) 685-3177

St. Vartan Armenian Cathedral

630 2nd Ave

New York, NY 10016

(212) 686-0710

St. Gregory the Enlightener Armenian Church

1131 North Street

White Plains, NY 10605

Tel. (914) 428-2595

Tekayan Cultural Association-Greater NY

560 Sylvan Avenue

Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632

Email: tekeyannjny@gmail.com

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