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HAMAINK
The Newsletter for the U.K. Armenian Community
Published by the ACCC
In Service to the Community
HAMAINK issue No.13 was posted FREE OF CHARGE to every address registered with the ACCC
To participate in community life and to receive all future community communications and news and so as to become eligible to take part in elections of
the ACCC Council, every Armenian living in the U.K. should register with the ACCC. Registration
is FREE. Please e-mail your Name, Address, Phone No. and E-mail Address to: REGISTRATIONS@ACCC.org.uk
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DONATIONS TO CHURCH
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The running costs for the regular
church services of the Community's Church - the St Yeghiche Church in Cranley Gardens, Kensington SW7, are maintained by the ACCC, wholly by donations received from the community. The
annual costs including stipends for clergymen amounts to about £40,000. Annual Contributions by members of the Community amount to about £20,000.
YOUR CHURCH NEEDS ANOTHER
£20,000
per year just to break even.
Would all those who wish to make a donation to the Church please post
your cheques to:
ACCC Church Committee
c/o Mrs Tamara Stephan,
10 Beacon Way,
Rickmansworth, WD3 7PG
Please make cheque payable to
"ACCC Church Committee".
The Committee Treasurer will issue a
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NEWLY ELECTED COUNCIL RECEIVES BLESSINGS AND RATIFICATION
FROM HIS HOLINESS CATHOLICOS KAREKIN II
By a letter sent to Bishop Nathan
Hovhannesian, Primate of the Armenian Church of the United Kingdom, His Holiness Karekin II has conveyed to the newly elected Council of the ACCC his congratulations, blessings and
ratification and has wished the Council every success in their work for the benefit of the Armenian Church & Community in the United Kingdom
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SWISS FEDERAL TRIBUNAL REJECTS APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION BY TURKISH POLITICIAN - DOGU PERINCEK - FOR DENIAL OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
17 MILLION DOLLARS
to be paid out to relatives of
Victims of Armenian Genocide who were insured by the AXA Insurance Company.
ALL DESCENDENTS CAN CLAIM.
Click Here for details and List of Insured.
Claims Deadline is 7th January 2008
The Parliament of South America Recognizes the
Armenian Genocide
Turkey stops use of Turkish air space by
Armenian airlines. Flights to Syria and Lebanon effected.
 LORD ARA DARZI becomes
Minister of Health in new Brown Government
UNITED STATES CONGRESS FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE PASSES Resolution H.Res 106 RECOGNISING THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
STEPHEN POUND MP Visits Armenia and Karabagh - Meets High Ranking Officials
ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY VISITS CATHOLICOS OF ALL ARMENIANS
Dear Prime Minister - - -
Read Letter to
Prime Minister Gordon Brown
from CRAG on the occasion of the
Commemoration of the 93rd Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide on 27th April, 2008
PLEASE CLICK THIS LINK
CULTURAL GENOCIDE CONTINUES
Destruction of headstones in the Armenian cemetery of Old Jugha (Nakhichevan)
PLEASE CLICK THIS LINK TO READ FULL ARTICLE
ASSASSINATION OF HRANT DINK
Robert Fisk:
Let me denounce genocide from the dock - - - Suddenly, those Armenian mass graves opened up
before my own eyes
Robert Fisk:
You're talking nonsense, Mr Ambassador - -
All the while, new diplomatic archives are opening to reveal the smell of death - Armenian death
Sen. Hillary Clinton and Majority Leader Reid Co-sponsor Armenian Genocide Legislation
SERJE SARKISSIAN Appointed Prime Minister of Armenia
ARMENIA - Parliamentary Elections
-Results
ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT ENDORSES BILL ON DUAL CITIZENSHIP
NORWAY'S COUNCIL OF KRAGERO
RECOGNISES GENOCIDE
Orhan Pamuk's Nobel Prize
'' The Ottoman Armenians - The Final Images'' -
Exhibition organised by Land & Culture Org of UK and CRAG
Petition to the Prime Minister in support of Missing Cypriots and their Relatives
NEWS FROM THE K.TAHTA ARMENIAN COMMUNITY SUNDAY SCHOOL
_______________________School Calendar 2007 - 2008
Term 1 - Autumn term:
9 September - 16 December
Half term 21 October
14 October "Targmanchants" ton.
24 November "Quiz night". ( Click Here for Details)
16 December New Year celebration.
Term 2 - Winter term:
13 January - 9 March
Half term 24 February
2 February "Junior Quiz night".
( details to be announced)
17 February Celebration of "Vardanants" day
23 February Celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the School ( details to be announced)
Term 3 - Spring term
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6 April - 13 July
Half term 25 May
4 May "Mother's day" celebration.
(details to be announced)
29 June Annual BBQ. ( details to be announced)
13 July Year End assembly ( details to be announced)
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Click the following link to access
the website of the Mother See of
Holy Etchmiadzin :
http://www.armenianchurch.org
CLICK HERE TO READ
REGULAR COMMUNICATIONS
RECEIVED FROM THE
MOTHER SEE OF HOLY ETCHMIADZIN
 KEVORK TAHTA ARMENIAN
COMMUNITY SUNDAY SCHOOL
K. Tahta Armenian Community Sunday School Classes are held every Sunday from 10:30a.m. to 2:00p.m. at Twyford Church of England School, Twyford Crescent, Acton, London W3 9PP.
The Sunday School offers parallel classes both in Eastern and Western Armenian to pupils aged between 3 and 16 years old, and it is composed of the following three sections: (1) Nursery
Section (two years); (2) Pre–academic Section (two years); and (3) Academic Section (nine years). Classes are also offered to adults wishing to learn either Eastern or Western Armenian.
PLEASE CLICK THIS LINK FOR DETAILS
HUMOUR:
" Drive-In Take-Away"
(After viewing film clip please press
browser "BACK" button to return )
About the ACCC
and our Committees
BOOKS "HISTORY OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE"
By Prof. V. Dadrian
BLUE BOOK - British Parliamentary Report - New Uncensored Version
Balakian: The Burning Tigris
Galichian: Historic Maps of Armenia
VIRUS WARNING
A new Virus is being spread by e-mails purportedly from an internet greeting card
source. The e-mail says you have a Greeting Card/Fun Card and asks you to open a link to the card site. However the 'link' starts-up a download which introduces the virus.
Advice: Do Not Attempt to View a Greeting Card if You Do Not Recognise the Sender |
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PRESS RELEASE
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Information Services
May 12, 2008 His Holiness Karekin II Visits
His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI 
May 12, San Lazzaro – His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All
Armenians, today concludes his one week fraternal visit to the Bishop of Rome and Pope of the Catholic Church, His Holiness Benedict XVI.
Accompanying His Holiness throughout the duration of the visit were His Eminence Archbishop Nourhan Manoogian, Grand Sacristan of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem;
His Grace Bishop Aram Ateshian, Grand Sacristan of the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople; and approximately 20 additional archbishops and bishops of the Armenian
Church – primates of Armenian Dioceses in North and South America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
On Tuesday, May 6, the Pontiff of All Armenians and his delegation arrived at Ciampino
Airport in Rome. Also joining His Holiness were more than 75 devoted laymen of the Armenian Church from throughout the world who were invited by the Catholicos to
participate in this historic visit to the Holy See and Italy. This was His Holiness' third visit to the Vatican since his election as Catholicos of All Armenians in 1999.
The visit to Italy was composed of three parts: a four-day visit to the Vatican, a one-day visit to the Armenian community of Milan and a two-day visit to the Mekhitarian Congregation on
the Island of San Lazzaro in Venice.
On Wednesday morning, His Holiness Karekin II and the Armenian bishops visited the tomb
of Pope John Paul II of blessed memory, in the crypt below Saint Peter's Basilica, and offered a solemn prayer for the repose of his soul. The Catholicos and the Armenian
delegation also visited the newly named St. Gregory the Illuminator plaza inside St. Peter's courtyard and viewed the statue of the patron saint of the Armenian Church, placed there
during the pontificate of John Paul II. Immediately afterwards, the Armenian delegation of clergy and laity participated in the general audience in St. Peter's Square, jointly held by Pope
Benedict XVI and Catholicos Karekin II. The two church heads exchanged messages of greeting, a fraternal embrace and kiss of peace on the platform in front of the mother cathedral
of the Roman Catholic Church, before a crowd of more than 35,000 faithful.
 In his message to the Pope and the faithful, the Catholicos
stated in part, "Dear Brother in Christ, today, on the threshold of the Feast of Pentecost, when we unite our prayers to those of Your Holiness and of your faithful
sons and daughters, we praise and glorify the Holy Spirit, Who is the fountainhead of unity and transforms our steps on the paths of brotherhood with grace – steps which are
for the glory of God and are born from the love of Christ, for the sake of establishing peace in the world and a blessed life for mankind. In spite of different historical
experiences and paths we have traversed; in spite of dogmatic and cultural divergences, we are all children of the one God, and we are all brothers and sisters in His
Holy love. For in our diversity, it is our unity of love that is the genuine testimony that we are children of God.
 "Intolerance and confrontation must
not be allowed within the brotherhood and love of Christ. Mankind has suffered much as a result. Today as well, the creation of God – the world that surrounds us – is imperiled through interfaith
disagreements, through wars and terrorism, through the effects of poverty and neglect. Our brothers and sisters are in distress in the Middle East and many other regions of the world; where women
and children, the elderly and disabled are endangered by the blows of disagreement and division, unjust competition and enmity. This is not the Will of God. This is not our calling.
We aspire to live a life in peace, of creation and creativity, to use the graces given to us by the Holy Spirit, to serve the establishment of unity and solidarity with the love of Jesus Christ and
the message of the Gospel, since 'for those that love God, all things work together unto good.' (Romans 8:28)
"We Armenians are a people who have survived genocide, and we know well the value of love, brotherhood, friendship, peace and a secure life. Today, many countries of the world
recognize and condemn the Genocide committed against the Armenian people by Ottoman Turkey, as did the Holy See, by His Holiness Pope John Paul II of blessed memory during
our fraternal visit to Rome in 2000. Offering prayers to his luminous memory, we as Pontiff of the Armenians, appeal to all nations and lands to universally condemn all genocides that have
occurred throughout history and those that continue through the present day, so that those who yield power and authority realize their responsibilities and results of those crimes which
have been and continue to be committed against the creation of God, and that the denial of these crimes is an injustice that equals the commission of the same."
That same afternoon, His Holiness Karekin II was presented with an Honoris Causa doctorate degree from the Pontifical Salesian University recognizing his fruitful work in
Christian Education and Youth Instruction. Attending the ceremony representing His Holiness the Pope were His Eminence Tarcisio Cardinal Bertone, Vatican State Secretary and His
Eminence Walter Cardinal Kasper, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.
On Thursday, May 8, His Holiness Karekin II and his delegation visited the Pontifical Oriental
Institute in Rome, and conveyed his blessings and warm greetings to the participants of a symposium dedicated to the study of the Armenian Divine Liturgy. The symposium was
organized by Fr. Robert Taft and included presentations by Armenian and Catholic learned scholars from throughout Europe and North America. His Eminence Leonardo Cardinal
Sandri, Prefect for the Vatican's Council for Oriental Churches, also accompanied His Holiness to the symposium.
Friday morning, May 9, the delegation of 100 Armenian bishops and faithful went to the
Apostolic Palace of the Holy See, for a private audience under the joint presidency of His Holiness Karekin II and His Holiness Benedict XVI. The two pontiffs again exchanged warm
messages of greeting and brotherly love, embraced with a solemn kiss of peace and spoke of the strong ties and increasing collaboration between the Holy Armenian Apostolic Church and
the Roman Catholic Church.
His Holiness Karekin II, addressing the head of the Catholic Church and the Armenian faithful
gathered for the audience, stated in part, "We offer gratitude to the Almighty in heaven, as successor to Saints Thaddeus and Bartholomew, and the saint co-equal to the apostles,
Gregory the Illuminator, that we are enjoying the light of this good day when we exchange the divinely ordained kiss of peace with Your Holiness, worthy successor to the See of Saint
Peter, seven years after experiencing the joy of receiving your predecessor of blessed memory under the gaze of biblical Mount Ararat. It is even more joyous that this kiss of peace is
exchanged on this day, the 9th of May, when we are celebrating Victory and Peace Day in our homeland – the day which commemorates the conclusion of World War II – the cause of
great human tragedy and misery; as well as the triumph of our people in the national liberation struggle for Mountainous Karabagh.
"…Dear Brother in Christ, through the blessings of our Lord's All-Provident Right Hand, we stand alongside one another today, to strengthen and testify to the fraternal love between our
two Churches. Faithful to the holy Church fathers and their legacy, despite our differences and unique characteristics, we shall place greater importance on that which unites us. It is
especially pleasing for us to confirm that the spirit of love and collaboration between the Armenian and Catholic Churches finds its tangible expressions in our time, confirming the
words of the psalmist: "Behold how good and pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in unity!" Psalms 133:1.
"The love received from our Lord Jesus Christ bears much good fruit in the field of ecumenism today. We welcome the ongoing dialogue between the Catholic Church and the family of
Ancient Oriental Orthodox Churches. In our present, fast-paced world where developments and changes rapidly occur, many environmental, social, political, economic, and moral issues
urgently need attention, especially in the process of globalization, when true respect for life and man, and love for God, is diminishing. The greater consolidation of diligent efforts and
partnership are an imperative for Christian Churches, because only through inclusive cooperation shall we be able to better serve the establishment of peace in the world and to
better defend human rights, and the rights of nations, families, and those classes of society which are at-risk. The transfiguration of life through the values of the Gospel, shall be our path
to the creation of a prosperous and virtuous world."
A short prayer service was held under the presidency of both church heads, following which,
the faithful approached the Catholicos and the Pope to kiss their right hands and receive their blessings. At the conclusion of the audience, Catholicos Karekin II and Pope Benedict XVI
met privately during lunch to discuss issues of importance to both Churches.
In the afternoon, His Holiness Karekin II, met with His Grace Archbishop Rowan Williams,
Archbishop of Canterbury, in the Vatican Guest House for a private meeting. The head of the Church of England and the Anglican Communion was coincidentally also in the Holy See this
week, and the two fondly recalled the Archbishop's fraternal visit to Holy Etchmiadzin in September 2007, as well as discussed the upcoming Lambeth Conference for the Anglican
Communion and the current state of relations with sister Churches.
The final event at the Vatican was an Ecumenical Prayer Service, offered at the Basilica of
Saint Paul Outside the Walls, where the grave of St. Paul the Apostle is located. His Holiness Karekin II presided during the service, which included the participation of Roman Catholic
and Armenian Church bishops and clergy.
In addition to the official events throughout the course of the week, His Holiness and the
church hierarchs also visited a number of Armenian and Catholic churches and shrines. His Holiness and the high-ranking clergymen departed Rome for Milan on Saturday morning. |
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