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  Excellent and Highly Informative
Armenian History and General Info

 

  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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     Operating System -
                  Highly Technical Advice

             6th of January, 2006 
      ARMENIAN CHRISTMAS
  Family Luncheon Party
 Have an Enjoyable Christmas Lunch
   with Other Armenian Families at a
                   Beautiful Venue,
         Following the Church Service
                 Organised by the
        ACCC Ladies Committee
        CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS

HAMAINK The Newsletter for the U.K. Armenian Community  Published by the ACCC In Service to the Community                                                                        ISSUE No 4 OUT NOW  CLICK THIS LINK TO READ ONLINE IN .PDF   HAMAINK issue No.4 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

 

 
                   JOB VACANCY
                  ___________________

    SESSIONAL DRIVER WANTED
A reliable driver required for a charitable
organisation with its own mini-bus to drive
senior citizens to  Day Centre 2 days a
week.
Suitable for a retired person with a clean
driving licence.
For further information contact:
Mr Misak Ohanian
Centre for Armenian Information & Advice
Tel: 0208 992 4621
E-mail: info@caia.org.uk

               MESSAGE FROM
  ARMENIAN RELIEF SOCIETY
 "YERP KALIS E SEPTEMPERE"
    PROJECT OF THE SOCIAL
 SERVICES MINISTRY OF THE
     REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA

ARTICLES AND NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST RECEIVED WITH THANKS FROM ARMENAG TOPALIAN: Turkey must relent - The Spectator Armenian Government Reports Further Rise In Foreign Investment No Karabakh Accord Announced After Armenian-Azeri Summit Argentine Operator To Boost Investments In Yerevan Airport AZERBAIJANI AUTHORITIES DECIDE TO HOLD ELECTIONS IN KARABAKH AGBU Builds Second Karabakh Village, Dozens Prepare to Move Into Border Region Aliev Sees Armenian Concessions After Azeri Military Buildup Church Restoration Raises Hopes For Turkish-Armenian Reconciliation Experts Warn Of IT Staff Shortage In Armenia  Armenian journalist faces three years jail for "insulting Turkish identity"

 

   About the ACCC
 and our Committees
    
 
 ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
       90th ANNIVERSARY
  COMMEMORATIVE EVENTS

   
   SCHEDULE OF EVENTS TO
    COMMEMORATE THE 90TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARMENIAN
 GENOCIDE

The Community's Official Petition launched by the Genocide 90th Anniv. Commemoration Committee


THE HOLY ARMENIAN
 APOSTOLIC CHURCH

CHURCH NEWS
Press Releases from Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin

THE ARMENIAN EMBASSY
Embassy News Bulletin


HOLY TRINITY ARMENIAN CHURCH OF MANCHESTER WEBSITE

 
UNITED KINGDOM:

Prominent Benefactor and member of U.K. Armenian Community,
Mr George Kurkjian OBE passes away


'Early Day Motion' tabled in previous Parliament (EDM642)

Professor Hovhannisian - Lecture in London

Talk given by Professor Tessa Hofann at University of London

Statement by Baroness Cox of Queensbury

Armenian Genocide and Jewish Holocaust Commemorated in Wales

Mayor of London Ken Livingstone speaks of Armenian Genocide

Archbishop Y. Gizirian visits London

Community members receive Pontifical Honours

TURKEY:

Erdogan-Hurriyet Interview:

Pastor shocks Turkish TV viewers by bold remarks on Genocide


Turkish Publisher charged for publishing book by Armenian author

Ancient Armenian Church in danger of collapse

GENOCIDE:

Turkey's Memory Lapse -
ARMENIAN GENOCIDE PLAGUES ANKARA 90YEARS ON
By Bernhard Zand
Article published in Spiegel Online

Link to "Turkish Crimes of Our Century - chronology - details

French MEP calls on Turkish Deputies to recognise Armenian Genocide
 

GENERAL:
' Lessons of Genocide: 1915, 1994 & 2005' Click this link to read an edited version of a recent academic presentation dated 25 May 2005 by Dr Harry Hagopian.  The article examines his views on many salient points in the genocide discourse.


Israel is among the holocaust deniers :  Editorial in HAARETZ By Yossi Sarid


TEN YEARS SHY OF A CENTURY!
The Armenian Genocide 1915
BY DR HARRY HAGOPIAN
  " It is my contention today that no genocide can be unique since all genocides are reprehensible. This is why I believe it is in the Turkish national interest to come clean and recognise this genocide . . ."
" I believe Turkey cannot find inner peace so long as it denies the genocide. Nor can Armenians for that matter, which is why the souls of Armenian victims still cry out for justice today. . ."CLICK THIS LINK TO READ ARTICLE

"WAITING FOR THE DENIAL TO END"
By Dalia Shehori
Published in HAARETZ.com


Hovanness Badalian Music Fund

GROONG - Armenian News
Extensive Collection of News Items Updated Daily




ARMENIA:

President Robert Kocharian replies to P.M. Erdogan of Turkey

1,500,000 CANDLES

Armenian Jews celebrate Purim in Yerevan

OSCE Report on Mountainous Karabagh Strikes down Azeri Allegations of Resettlement

 His Eminence Archbishop Shahé Ajemian Enters Eternal Rest
 


UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS Available to Students from Armenia


 

BOOKS

BLUE BOOK - British Parliamentary Report - New Uncensored Version


Balakian: The Burning Tigris


Galichian: Historic Maps of Armenia

U.K. -  CAIA:

ACCC Organise and Conduct CAIA AGM and Elections - Report

JOB VACANCIES

CHURCH SERVICES EVERY SUNDAY AT BOTH LONDON CHURCHES COMMENCE AT 11.00AM

The Church in Great Britain:

Bishop Nathan Hovhannisian, Pontifical Legate and Primate
              of the Armenian Church of Great Britain

Rev. Shnork Baghdassarian
Pastor of the Community's Churches
and of St Sarkis Church

Dear Armenians in Britain,

Greetings to you all in the name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Today, I rejoice with you all for this new cyber-medium that allows us to share together the news of our Armenian Church and Community in Great Britain. Indeed, the new ACCC website is a big stride in the right direction as it attempts to provide you with instant access to information about the various dimensions and compartments of our lives in this country.

The Armenian Apostolic Church is one of the oldest branches of the Christian faith. According to tradition, two of Christ's Apostles  St. Thaddeus and St. Bartholomew preached the Gospel in Armenia as early as the second half of the 1st century. In the early 4th century, St. Gregory The Illuminator (c. 240-235 A.D.) formally established the Church in Armenia, when King Tiridates III was baptized and declared Christianity as state religion in 301 A.D.

The Christianisation of Armenia determined the entire future course of Armenian history. In order to make the Christian faith accessible to the people in a written form, a monk by the name of Mesrob Mashdots created the Armenian alphabet in 406 A.D. Soon after, the Holy Scriptures were translated into Armenian, followed by the biblical, theological and liturgical writings of eminent Church Fathers. This most important era is known as the Golden Age of Armenian history.

The Faith of the Armenian Church is transmitted through the church's Holy Tradition. The Bible, Liturgy and worship, writings of the Church Fathers, Church Councils, saints, canons, religious art and rituals  organically linked together formulate the Holy Tradition of the Church. This faith is articulated in the Creed of the Armenian Church, which in turn defines the church's raison d'etre and sets the parameters of its modus operandi.

The Armenian Church belongs to the 'Orthodox' family of churches, known as the Ancient Oriental Orthodox or Non-Chalcedonian Churches  namely, the Armenian, Coptic, Syrian, Ethiopian and Indian Malabar Churches.

The functional structure of the Armenian Church is primarily based on the canons and established traditions of the Armenian Church which were formulated over the centuries. One of the most important aspects of the Armenian Church administration is its counciliar system. The administrative, doctrinal, liturgical and canonical norms of the Church are set and approved by a collective and participatory decision making process.

The Chief Bishop and Supreme Head of the Armenian Church is the Catholicos of All Armenians, who resides in Holy Etchmiadzin, near Armenia's capital Yerevan.

A National Ecclesiastical Assembly consisting of clergy and lay representatives of the Armenian churches from around the world elects the Catholicos.

There are four hierarchical Sees in the Armenian Church: the Catholicossate of All Armenians in Holy Etchmiadzin; the Catholicossate of the Great House of Cilicia (established in Lebanon in 1930, but roots go back to 15th century); the Patriarchate of Jerusalem (established in the early 7th century); and the Patriarchate of Constantinople (established in 1461).

Bishop Nathan Hovhannisian meets Archbishop of Canterbury
For details of this and other news, click "CHURCH NEWS"