NEWS



HAMAINK
The Newsletter for the U.K. Armenian Community
 Published by the ACCC
 In Service to the Community
                                                                        ISSUE No 12
(December 2007)
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Christmas & New Year
Message From
His Holiness
Catholicos
Karekin II

PLEASE CLICK HERE TO VIEW



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 Tony Blair from CRAGon the occasion of the Commemoration of the 92nd Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide 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
 

 

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 AMA

ARMENIAN
MEDICAL
ASSOCIATION
OF GREAT BRITAIN
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NEWS FROM THE K.TAHTA ARMENIAN COMMUNITY SUNDAY SCHOOL
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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 :
                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)
 

The Law of the Republic of Armenia Regarding the Relationship Between The Republic of Armenia and the Holy Apostolic Armenian Church Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin

CLICK THIS LINK TO READ ENGLISH TRANSLATION

Are you between the ages of 20 and 32?  Do you want to experience Armenia in a way that no tourist or short term visitor can ever experience?  Are you looking for an opportunity to have a life-changing experience to the homeland?
CLICK THIS LINK TO GO THE THE WEBSITE OF
BIRTHRIGHT ARMENIA



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


Proof of Premeditation & Genocidal Intent of Ottoman Turkish State :

 

Lecture given by
Prof. V. Dadrian
 in London at University of London, Organised by
CRAG - Campaign for Recognition of the Armenian Genocide.
PLEASE CLICK HERE TO READ TRANSCRIPT OF FULL LECTURE

CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS OF PROF. DADRIAN'S DEFINITIVE BOOK:  "HISTORY OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE"
 

 

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



 TERRORIST ATTACKS IN LONDON
   Transcript of letter by His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, sent to the Right Honourable Tony Blair M.P., The Prime Minister.
=  Statement from the Primate of the Armenian Church of the United Kingdom, Bishop Nathan Hovhannisian
=  Statement from the Armenian Community & Church Council of Great Britain.
   CLICK THIS LINK TO OPEN PAGE



 HUMOUR:
 
         " Drive-In Take-Away"
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   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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHURCH  NOTICES

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BAPTISM

Baptism is a Sacrament, through which the believer is absolved of sins, is regenerated by the Holy Spirit, becomes a Christian and attains adoption by God. "No one can enter the Kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit" (John 3:5).

  • The Sacrament of Baptism can be held any time.
  • Parents of the child to be baptized must be baptised themselves.
  • One needs a godfather for baptism; the latter should guarantee the faith of the person being christened before Church and take him/her under his charge and educate the person according to the right faith.
  • The Godfather must himself be baptised.
  • Baptism is the first sacrament; a person who isn't baptised cannot receive other Sacraments.
  • Simultaneously with the baptism the sacraments of Confirmation and the first Holy Communion are administered.
  • It is recommended the child receive an Armenian name.

    • Note
     Requests for Baptisms should be made at least 4 weeks in advance.


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    MARRIAGE

    The Sacrament of Marriage is the unification of two persons in "one flesh", of their souls – in one soul, of their lives – in one life.

  • Marriage between relatives is allowed only if a gap of five generations has elapsed.
     
  • The Sacrament of Marriage (Wedding) cannot be held during the following days:

      • – January 1-7 and 13

      – February 22 to April 12  (During the entire Great Lent)

      – May 20

      – April 24

      – July 18-19  (Vartavar  /Transfiguration/)

      – August 15-16  (Sourp Asdvadzadzin  /Assumption/)

      – September 12-13  (Khachverats  /Exaltation of the Holy Cross/)

      – December 29 -31  

    Note
    Requests for Weddings should be made at least 8 weeks in advance.


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                       'HOKEHANKIST' or REQUIEM MASS

    This service is performed for our deceased. Through our diligent prayers, offerings and the intercession of the saints we implore God to judge the souls of our deceased according to His benevolent mercy. Hokehankist services should be rendered to the memories of our deceased on the 40th day of their death and at each anniversary thereafter.

  • At any event, those who request Hokehankist should be in the church from the start of Badarak (Liturgy) to pray for their departed and attend Hokehankist services.
     
  • Hokehankist services cannot be held during the following days:

      • – January 5-6  (Christmas Eve and Christmas Day)

      – April 4  (Dzakhazart  /Palm Sun./)

      – April 5-9  (during the entire Holy Week)

      – April 10-11  (Easter Eve and Easter Day)

      – July 18  (Vartavar  /Transfiguration/)

      – August 15  (Sourp Asdvadzadzin  /Assumption/)

      – September 12  (Khachverats  /Exaltation of the Holy Cross/)

       

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    THE CLERGY OF THE DIOCESE

    of the Armenian Church in Great Britain

     

          HG Bishop Nathan Hovhannisian, Primate & Pontifical Legate

          Very Revd Bessak Vartabed Hatapian

          Very Revd Megerdich Apegha Broshian

          Very Revd Kevork Apegha Saroyan

          Revd Nerses Avak Kahana Nersessian

          Revd Shnork Kahana Baghdasarian

          Deacon Hagop Keoshkerian

          Deacon Souren Khidirian

          Deacon Vartkes Keshishian

          Deacon Stepan Ovanessof

          Deacon Ararat Terteryan

     

                                                                                     Choirmasters

                     Mr Aris Nadirian, (St. Yeghiche Church)

                      Mr Hrayr Demirdjian, (St. Sarkis Church)