Armenian Schools Wobbling pillars

At the commencement of another academic year, another Armenian school closed in Lebanon, bringing the total number of schools in Lebanon to 15.  Today Vera Yacoubian wrote an article in Aztag Daily noting that “today the question is no longer just how to keep Armenian schools open, but what kind of Armenian school do we want to have in the future?”. The attached is an article I wrote in keghart.com on August 24, 2013, about Armenian schools that do not necessarily close in spite of ourselves but also because of our evolving perceptions of Diaspora Armenian Schools.  Vaհe H Apelian

Armenian schools, one of the pillars of the trinity that sustain the Armenian Diaspora, is wobbling, using Keghart.com’s recent editorial headline. Seismic events not only wobbled pillars but have also toppled them.

The Armenian Diaspora has experienced seismic tremors in the last few decades, mostly due to the unfolding of violent political events in the Middle East–the cradle of Armenian Diaspora–and due to the global economic recession. We have no control over these events. The best we can do is to adjust.

Pillars wobble, if not topple, because the ground on which they were entrenched ceases to be the solid support it was once. The analogy refers to our evolving perception of Armenian schools.

Two fundamental issues have always surfaced regarding an Armenian parents’ rightful concern about Armenian schools in North America or in the Middle East. The two concerns are the education their children would receive and the ease with which their children would be able to communicate in the greater society they live in. The latter being not only the mastery of the larger society’s language but also its conveyance, that is to say, accent. A few years ago, the late Kevork George Apelian, who was an educator, author, pointed out to me that the more affluent Armenian parents in Lebanon were sending their children to non-Armenian schools in Lebanon for this very reason.

Solid education and accent are valid concerns. Let's put them in perspective.

A few years ago, I attended an annual conference which had to do with my specialization–pharmaceutics. It was attended by people from all over the world. To warm up his audience for a dry subject he was about to deliver, one of the lecturers asked: "What is the language of science?" He then answered it: "In the United States it's English spoken with an accent”. How true. In this interdependent world, it’s also Hindi, Mandarin or Arabic spoken with an accent as well. Those who have heard Vartan Gregorian have surely noted that he spoke with an accent. But that did not prevent him from reaching the uppermost echelon of the American mainstream society. No one really cares much about your accent as long as you offer what your interlocutor needs to forge a win-win relationship with you–be it personal or impersonal.

Capable teachers have transmitted solid education since antiquity in structurally much more modest environments and without the gadgetry modern schools enjoy. Computers are the outcome of such basic education and will never be able to replace it. Armenian schools historically have done well in imparting sold basic education to generations of students. Noubar Afeyan, Ardem Patapoutian are shinning examples.  I have yet to hear an Armenian friend or an acquaintance tell me, in hindsight, that he or she wished their parents had sent them to a non-Armenian school to better prepare them for life. On the contrary, the overwhelming majority of former students in Armenian schools I have met, fondly remember their times there. There is a reason for it and it has to do with EQ– Emotional Quotient of the former students.

Sourp Nshan Graduating Class, 1962

EQ is a measurement of a person's ability to monitor his or her emotions, to cope with pressures and demands, and to control his or her thoughts and actions. Most educators agree that EQ is as important as IQ (Intelligence Quotient).  There was a time when what students learned in a classroom stayed with them unchanged for a long time. Not anymore. Education is also learning to constantly learn new things. A student has to be emotionally well adjusted and prepared to surmount this ceaseless onslaught of newer things.  Along with imparting solid and basic education, Armenian schools have been very successful in preparing their students to score higher in their EQ. Most of the students I knew in my formative years, while attending Armenian schools in Lebanon, have done well. In fact, very well whether they attended college or not.

I do not want to paint a picture of an all-too-perfect Armenian school. I simply want to elaborate on the issues of accent and of basic education so that parents would have a broader perspective should they be considering to enroll their children in an Armenian school. Historically, Armenian schools have not failed us. On the contrary, they have successfully equipped their former students with basic knowledge and social anchor to venture out and become productive citizens.

 

Armenian Schools Wobbling pillars

At the commencement of another academic year, another Armenian school closed in Lebanon, bringing the total number of schools in Lebanon to 15.  Today Vera Yacoubian wrote an article in Aztag Daily noting that “today the question is no longer just how to keep Armenian schools open, but what kind of Armenian school do we want to have in the future?”. The attached is an article I wrote in keghart.com on August 24, 2013, about Armenian schools that do not necessarily close in spite of ourselves but also because of our evolving perceptions of Diaspora Armenian Schools.  Vaհe H Apelian

Armenian schools, one of the pillars of the trinity that sustain the Armenian Diaspora, is wobbling, using Keghart.com’s recent editorial headline. Seismic events not only wobbled pillars but have also toppled them.

The Armenian Diaspora has experienced seismic tremors in the last few decades, mostly due to the unfolding of violent political events in the Middle East–the cradle of Armenian Diaspora–and due to the global economic recession. We have no control over these events. The best we can do is to adjust.

Pillars wobble, if not topple, because the ground on which they were entrenched ceases to be the solid support it was once. The analogy refers to our evolving perception of Armenian schools.

Two fundamental issues have always surfaced regarding an Armenian parents’ rightful concern about Armenian schools in North America or in the Middle East. The two concerns are the education their children would receive and the ease with which their children would be able to communicate in the greater society they live in. The latter being not only the mastery of the larger society’s language but also its conveyance, that is to say, accent. A few years ago, the late Kevork George Apelian, who was an educator, author, pointed out to me that the more affluent Armenian parents in Lebanon were sending their children to non-Armenian schools in Lebanon for this very reason.

Solid education and accent are valid concerns. Let's put them in perspective.

A few years ago, I attended an annual conference which had to do with my specialization–pharmaceutics. It was attended by people from all over the world. To warm up his audience for a dry subject he was about to deliver, one of the lecturers asked: "What is the language of science?" He then answered it: "In the United States it's English spoken with an accent”. How true. In this interdependent world, it’s also Hindi, Mandarin or Arabic spoken with an accent as well. Those who have heard Vartan Gregorian have surely noted that he spoke with an accent. But that did not prevent him from reaching the uppermost echelon of the American mainstream society. No one really cares much about your accent as long as you offer what your interlocutor needs to forge a win-win relationship with you–be it personal or impersonal.

Capable teachers have transmitted solid education since antiquity in structurally much more modest environments and without the gadgetry modern schools enjoy. Computers are the outcome of such basic education and will never be able to replace it. Armenian schools historically have done well in imparting sold basic education to generations of students. Noubar Afeyan, Ardem Patapoutian are shinning examples.  I have yet to hear an Armenian friend or an acquaintance tell me, in hindsight, that he or she wished their parents had sent them to a non-Armenian school to better prepare them for life. On the contrary, the overwhelming majority of former students in Armenian schools I have met, fondly remember their times there. There is a reason for it and it has to do with EQ– Emotional Quotient of the former students.

Sourp Nshan Graduating Class, 1962

EQ is a measurement of a person's ability to monitor his or her emotions, to cope with pressures and demands, and to control his or her thoughts and actions. Most educators agree that EQ is as important as IQ (Intelligence Quotient).  There was a time when what students learned in a classroom stayed with them unchanged for a long time. Not anymore. Education is also learning to constantly learn new things. A student has to be emotionally well adjusted and prepared to surmount this ceaseless onslaught of newer things.  Along with imparting solid and basic education, Armenian schools have been very successful in preparing their students to score higher in their EQ. Most of the students I knew in my formative years, while attending Armenian schools in Lebanon, have done well. In fact, very well whether they attended college or not.

I do not want to paint a picture of an all-too-perfect Armenian school. I simply want to elaborate on the issues of accent and of basic education so that parents would have a broader perspective should they be considering to enroll their children in an Armenian school. Historically, Armenian schools have not failed us. On the contrary, they have successfully equipped their former students with basic knowledge and social anchor to venture out and become productive citizens.

 

Norat Grigoryevich Ter-Grigoryants

Lieutenant General Norat Grigoryevich Ter-Grigoryants (Norad Der-Grigoryants), renouncing his Armenian citizenship has stirred the Armenian social media.  I attached my translations about the Lt. General, I came across. Vaհe H Apelian

FB user Vartan Tashjian, wrote on his FB page, I quote in translation:   “I asked, ‘General, what is the name Norad? I hear it for the first time.’ He said, ‘Sound it from the other side.’ It sounds like Daron. His father wanted to name the newborn child with a name dedicated to their native land Daron. Preferably, Daron itself. But he was apprehensive. The regime at the time was Bolshevik. Manifestations of national memory were a mortal sin. But the father did not give up his desire. Instead, he resorted to this ingenuity. Norad Der Grigoryan grew up in such a family - a noble Armenian, a brave soldier, an honest and kind man. He was sometimes as simple and naive as a child.”

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I read the following about the Lieutenant General from Սովորենք Պատմությունից – (Let us Learn from History) Facebook 

“Lieutenant General Norat Grigoriy Ter-Grigoryants was born on July 16, 1936, in the city of Vladikavkaz. He is a prominent military figure of the Soviet and Armenian armed forces.

His military career began in 1954, after graduating from the Armenian secondary school in Vladikavkaz. Then came the stages of military education: in 1960, the Ulyanovsk Guards Tank School, in 1968, the "Vistrel" Higher Officer Courses, in 1973, the Academy of Armored Troops of the USSR, and in 1980, the Academy of the General Staff of the USSR Armed Forces.

From 1960 to 1992, Ter-Grigoryants served in the Soviet Union and then the Russian Armed Forces, holding responsible positions. In 1976-1978 he was the commander of the 93rd Motorized Rifle Division of the Soviet Group of Forces stationed in Hungary. In 1980 he was appointed First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Turkmenistan Military District, and in 1981-1983 he served in Afghanistan as First Deputy Commander of the Soviet 40th Army, then Chief of Staff. In 1983-1991 he held the position of Chief of the General Staff and Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the USSR Ground Forces. In 1980 he was awarded the rank of Major General, and in 1985 - Lieutenant General.

In 1992-1993 he served in the Armed Forces of Armenia as Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia and First Deputy Minister of Defense. During those years he actively participated in the formation of the Armenian army, strengthening border defense, and developing military art.

In 2005, the work "Armenian Cossacks" was published, dedicated to the history of the Armenian Cossacks.

Norat Ter-Grigoryants was awarded numerous orders and medals, including the 1st degree medal of the Republic of Armenia "For Services to the Fatherland" on September 18, 2006.” (See Tigran Petrosyants, 200 Armenian Generals, Yerevan, 2011, p. 140.)

 

Russia’s not unprecedented spite.

 Vaհe H Apelian

 

Armenia and Russia are experiencing a significant diplomatic rift, with Yerevan actively pursuing diversification and peaceful relations with the rest of the nations, including Turkey and Azerbaijan. A segment of the Armenians, in and out of Armenia, even in the United States, finds Armenia’s pursuit of diversification detrimental to Armenia as it distances Armenia from Russia, which is exerting enormous diplomatic pressure on Armenia, at the highest level. 

Let us be mindful of the following:

Russia is 575 times larger than Armenia in terms of territory. Russia covers about 17.1 million square kilometers, while Armenia spans 29,743 square kilometers. Such an expanse comes with God given immense natural wealth.

Russia has 47 times more population than Armenia. The population of Russia is approximately 142.6 million to 143.5 million people, and the population of Armenia is roughly 3.0 million to 3.1 million people.

Russia GDP per Capita is approximately $15,000 to $18,500. Armenia’s GDP per Capita is approximately $8,500 to $10,400. That is to say, the average Russian citizen's income is twice that of an average Armenian citizen. 

The Russian economy is roughly 85 to 90 times larger than Armenia's economy. Russia ranks among the top 10 largest economies in the world. 

And finally……

Russia's military strength vastly dwarfs Armenia's across every measurable category, including active manpower, defense spending, and nuclear capability.

In spite of its superiority in every conceivable characteristic and criteria, the Russian president Putin acted pettily and did not and has not congratulated the citizens of Armenia electing their PM in an orderly, transparent, democratic election. The person the citizens of Armenia elected, we all know, happened to be Nikol Pashinyan for the third time.

Armenia has repeatedly said that it has no intend to hurt Russian interests in any way, but is looking toward venues more favorable to its own interests. 

Why would Russia bring its whole diplomatic weight upon Armenia when logic dictates Armenia is not capable to hurt Russia in any way and has no intend to do so? Armenia after all, hosts the largest Russian military bases in the Caucasus. The Russian 102nd military base, has the military capacity and capability to overrun Armenia’s military and occupy Yerevan at any moment, if Russia chooses to do so in spite of understandable ramifications, and institute a government of its choosing in Armenia. 

Putin has not congratulated Armenia electing the PM, simply because Russia’s historic imperial mindset, if not the ego,  is disturbed. How dare the smallest republic in the Caucasus pursue its own policy and not at the discretion  and direction of Russia.

I am reminded of Kristapor Mikayelian who wrote: 

“Moving forward, always faithful to its spirit of destruction, Russia, as in the past, as well as today, is a representation of a large-scale arena of general persecution, general destruction and violence. There was not a nation left in Russia that was not oppressed, there was not a people left that was not suffocated, there was no word, opinion, right, law - even proclaimed from the imperial throne - that was not violated. It is a terrible stage of rulers and slaves, predators and tyrants, spies and spiers, poisoned by the choices of mutual grudge and hatred. Russia competes with Turkey in all spheres of state life, equally successful in the negative, as well as in the positive. And the unfortunate Armenian is destined to live, to claim the right to see the light of day, on the borders of those two brutal tyrants, "between the devil and the deep blue sea", as the English say.”

Russia’s not unprecedented spite

 

 

 

 

LTP, an intellectual but not a merchant of his own ideas

Vaհe H Apelian

The attached is my translation of an article I wrote in Armenian, see the link below. 

 

In 1996, in Syunik, Sisian, the first president of the Republic of Armenia, Levon Ter-Petrosyan, pointed out two prerequisites for ensuring peace. Those two prerequisites were, I quote:

1. Skillful diplomatic work with neighbors Iran, Georgia, Turkey and Russia, on the Nagorno-Karabakh issue,

2. Strengthening the military, the power of the army, which is “the supreme condition for ensuring peace.”

The remarks LTP made in Sisian are similar to Nikol Pashinyan’s crossroads for peace initiative. But  LTP is and was not a politician. The prerequisite for being a succesful political leader is to be able to sell his political “product”, his agenda,  to the people. Undoubtedly, he was very knowledgeable of history. He is an expert historian. Being a learned man, he was more aware of the issues and their probable implications and consequences, than his political cronies. But his political convictions remained just that, an intelectual excercise. He could not “merchandize” them to the public, simply because, and unfortunately for Armenia, by his very nature, he was not a political salesman, but an intellectual. He remained convinced that the people, or the public, would recognize the validithy of his proposals and accept them on their merits.

In politics, in order for a politician to be able to carry on his agenda, he must step into the political arena or the political market and sell his “product”. In order to venture into the political arena, a politician must have the necessary attributes, be endowed with  the necessary physical and psychological dispositions, and especially have a thick skin. The politician who expects that people will be convinced on their own, of the goodness of his agenda on its own merit, fail. 

The principles LDP outlined in Syunik, Sisyan, was in 1996. A year later, on November 1, 1997, LTP published his political stand, labeling it “War or Peace? Time to Get Serious”. It called for major concessions. He presented his agenda and sat on it, expecting that the public would perceive the necessity of implementing his political position. He even sounded the alarm, writing, “It is not about giving Karabakh or not. It is about keeping Karabakh Armenian. It has been inhabited by Armenians for 3000 years and it should be inhabited by Armenians for another 3000 years.” But he did not enter the political arena to sell his agenda to the public. Note: you may read the whole document below by pressing the second link.

A few months later, on February 3, 1998,  just three months after putting forth his political stand that called for massive compromise; those whom he himself had brought onto the Armenian politics, Robert Kocharyan from Artsakh, Serzh Sargsyan from Artsakh, Vartan Voskanian from the Diaspora, joined forces with others, turned against him, and brought down their political boss, LTP.

At the present LTP is the least wealthy and politically the most ineffectual among the three  presidents who ran Armenia. He lives in a house provided for him by the government. While Robert Kocharyan and Serzh Sargsyan have amassed enormous wealth, having plundered the Republic of Armenia and its citizens, and squandered the LTP’s political “War or Peace? Time to Get Serious” political course. 

It is the harsh reality of life, they - Robert Kocharyan, Serzh Sargsyan - are politically more influential and much, much wealthier than the LTP, to the demise of Armenia. They are, simply because  LTP did not fiercely guard the position the people entrusted him, and the ownership of the policies he advocated, his agenda for Armenia. He let them go under pressure and resigned office without resorting to the public. When a person cannot stay put in the position the people entrusted him and does not retain the ownership of his own agenda;  it would be unnatural to expect that others will carry on the policies he advocated. On the contrary, more likely than not, they will abuse their newly acquired positions for their own benefit, much like Robert Kocharyan, Serzh Sargsyan and their cohorts from Karabagh did, and did it big time.

The course of the Armenian history since regaining its independence on September 21, 1991, under LTP's watch, would have been much different, had LTP been the political leader Armenia needed at its historic crossroad.

1. Link: ԼՏՊ՝ մտաւորական բայց ոչ իր մտքին իսկ վաճառական՝ https://vhapelian.blogspot.com/2026/09/blog-post.html

2. Link: A document for history: “War or peace, time to get serious" - https://vhapelian.blogspot.com/2024/10/war-or-peace-time-to-get-serious_29.html

 

 

ԼՏՊ՝ մտաւորական բայց ոչ իր մտքին իսկ վաճառական

վահէ Յ Աբէլեան

ՀՀ առաջին նախագահ Լևոն Տեր-Պետրոսյանը՝ Սյունիք, Սիսիան, 1996-ին, խաղաղության ապահովման համար մատնանշած է երկու նախապայման, որոնք են՝

1․ Հարևանների՝ Իրանի, Վրաստանի, Թուրքիայի և Ռուսաստանի հետ տարվող հմուտ դիվանագիտական աշխատանքը, այդ թվում՝ Լեռնային Ղարաբաղի խնդրի վերաբերյալ,

2․ Բանակի՝ ռազմական ուժի հզորացումն ու ամրապնդումը, որը «խաղաղության ապահովման գերագույն պայմանն է»։

Իմ եզրակացութիւնս է որ ԼՏՊ քաղաքական մարդ չէր եւ չեղաւ, բայց չէր ալ կրնալ ըլլալ քանի որ քաղաքական առաջնորդ մը ըլլալու նախապայմանը, իր քաղաքական «ապրանքը» կարենալ ծախելուն մէջ է։ Անկասկած որ պատմութեան եւ հարցերուն եւ անոնց հաւանական ետեւանքներուն աւելի գիտակից էր քան իր շրջապատը։ Այդ մեկնաբանութիւնները որ ըրած է Սիսեանի մէջ նման են Նիկոլ Փաշինյանի խաղութեան խաչմերուկի քաղաքանութեան։ Բայց իր քաղաքական համոզումները մնացին համոզում։ Չկրցաւ «ծախել» զանոնք հանրութեան, պարզապէս քանի որ, եւ ի դժբախտութիւն Հայաստանին, բնութեան իսկ սահմանումով, քաղաքականութիւն ծախող մը չէր, մտաւորական մըն էր։ Ձգեց որ մարդիկ,  կամ հանրութիւնը համոզուին իր տեսակէներուն ճշմարտութեանը եւ ընկալեն զանոնք։ 

Քաղաքականութեան մէջ կը յաջողի ան որ քաղաքական շուկան կ՚իջնայ իր  «ապրանքը» ծախելու համար։ Իսկ քաղաքան հանդիսարապ կան կրկէս իջնալու համար պէտք է ունենալ տրամադրոութիւն, ֆիզիքական եւ հոգեբանական ամուռ կարոյց եւ մանաւանդ թանցր մորդ։ Քաղաքականօրէն կը ձախողի ան որ  կ՚ակնկալէ որ մարդիկ համոզուին  իր «ապրանքին» լաւութեանը եւ գնեն մտաւորականի եւ քաղաքական վերլուծափանութեան իր յանձնարականները։ Պարապ տեղը չէ որ business աշխարհի մէջ, ընկերութեան տնօրէնները բացառձակ մեծամասնութեամ կըլլան, ընկերութեան լաւ «ապրանքը», լաւ ծախողները եւ ոչ թէ, այդ լաւ «ապրանքը» ստեղծագործները՝  գիտնականները եւ գիւտարարները։ 

Սիւնիք, Սիսեան՝ Քաղաքականութեան այդ սկզբունքները, 1966- ին։ Մէկ տարի ետք՝ 1 նոյեմբեր, 1997-ին, ԼՏՊ հրատարակեց իր  «Պատերազմ, թէ՞ խաղաղութիւն, լրջանալու պահը» քաղաքական տեսութիւնը։ ներկայաուց եւ բաւարարուեցաւ, սպասելով որ հանրութիւնը պիտի ընկալէ իր քաղաքական տեսութիւնը կիրարկելու անհրաժեշտութիւնը։ Նոյնիսկ ահազանգեց գրելով՝ «Խոսքը չի վերաբերում Ղարաբաղը տալուն կամ չտալուն։ Խոսքը վերաբերում է Ղարաբաղը հայկական պահելուն. 3000 տարի այն բնակեցված է եղել հայերով եւ 3000 տարի հետո էլ պետք է բնակեցված լինի հայերով։” Բայց քաղաքական կրկէս չի մտաւ։

Ըսաւ, գրեց, բայց շուկայ չիջաւ ծախելու իր այնքան լաւ քաղաքական տեսութիւնը՝ քաղաքական «ապրանքը»։ Քանի մը ամիս ետք, անոնք որոնց ինքն էր որ Հայաստանի քաղաքական ասպարիզ մտցուց՝ ինչպէս Ռոպերթ Քոչարյան Արցախէն, Սէրժ Սարգսյան Արցախէն, Վարդան Ոսկանեան սփիւռքէն, մեկտեղուեցան այլոց հետ եւ իրենց քաղաքական boss-ը ՝ ԼՏՊ-ին վար առին։ 

Ներկայիս Հայաստանը վարող նախագահներէն ամենէն նուազ ունեւորը եւ քաղաքանօրէն ամենէն աւելի ան-ազդեցիկն է։ Կ՚ապրի կառաւարութիւնը իրեն տրամադրած տան մը մէջ։ Մինչ Ռոպէրթ Քոչարյան, Սէրժ Սարգսյան  տիրացած են ահռելի հարստութեան, կողոպտած ըլլալով Հայաստանի հանրապետութեան եւ անոր քաղաքացիներուն հարստութիւնը եւ վատնած են ԼՏՊ քաղաքական ««Պատերազմ, թէ՞ խաղաղութիւն, լրջանալու պահը» քաղաքական տեսութիւնը։

Իսկ կեանքի մէկ դաժան իրողութեանը համաձայն, անոնք - Ռոպէրթ Քոչարյան, Սէրժ Սարգսյան - ներկայիս քաղաքականօրէն աւելի ազդեցիկ եւ շատ աւելի ունեւոր են քան ԼՏՊ-ը, պարզապէս քանի որ ԼՏՊ չկրցաւ քաղաքական կրկէս եւ կամ շուկայ իջնել, եւ իր «ապրանքը» ծախել։ Երբ քու «ապրանքիդ» տէրը չես կրնար ըլալ, անբնական պիտի ըլլալյ ակնկալել որ ուրիշներ ոչ թէ պիտի պիտի չընեն այդ քեզի համար, այլ պիտի չարաշահին իրենց օգտին համար։

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 Hagop Ladoyan’s article thus far has generated 11 comments on Facebook, a few of which are visual approval displays. One is in Latin reading Armenian. I translated rest and posted each along the original. Social media has made an avenue to post and comment in Armenia. Here is what the commentators said. Vaհe H Apelian

 

Զեփիւռ Չափարեան

Mr. Ladoyan, you have always strived to extend a hand and help to those in need (in all kinds of circumstances). I hope that your concern, which is also is the concern of all Lebanese Armenians, will find its way to a solution.

Պարոն Լատոյեան,միշտ աշխատած էք կարիքաւորին (ամէն տեսակի պայմաններու մէջ) ձեռք երկարել և օգնել։

Կը մաղթեմ,որ ձեր մտահոգութիւնը` որ նաև ամբողջ Լիբանանահայութեան մտահոգութիւնն է,գտնէ իր լուծման ճամբաները։

 

Vartouhy Develian

A timely concern that threatens all aspects of our community. The danger began during the last decades when the "appointments" of the leaders were made for various reasons and not for the right person to occupy his just and fair place and .....and....thus we go...

Տեղին մտահոգութիւն որ կը սպառնայ գաղութիս բոլոր բնագաւառնեուն մէջ։ վտանգը սկսաւ վերջին տասնամեակին երբ բնագաւառներուն ղեկավարներու "նշանակումները" կ' ըլլային այլևայլ նկատառումներով և ոչ ՜ ճիշդ անձը ճիշդ և արդար տեղը գրաւելու ու .....ու....Յո երթանք...

 

Sonig Vartanian

A national affordable insurance plan is needed. Most of us do not have social security nor insurance, employed Armenians, self-employed Armenians, abandoned Armenians, poor Armenians. 

Azkayin abahovakragan turamadtcheli kinerov dzrakir bedk e. Medzamasnutiunu tchunin votch (daman) votch al abahovakrutiun. Amsaganov hayer azad ashkhadanki der hayer ander hayer aghkad hayer.

 

Khatchik Derghougassian

If we put the word "necessity" in focus, then we must clearly distinguish what is necessary for the Diaspora and what are the topics, issues, initiatives and even public debates, which until now, in the best of circumstances, have been a self-deception and should be dismissed as non-necessities for the Diaspora.

Եթէ կիզակէտին դնենք "անհրաժեշտութիւն" բառը, ապա յստակօրէն պիտի զանազանել թէ ինչն է անհրաժեշտը Սփիւռքի համար և որոնք են այն թեմաները, մարզերը, նախաձեռնութիւնները և մինչև իսկ հրապարակային բանավէճերը, որոնք մինչև հիմա լաւագոյն պարագային ինքնախաբէութիւն եղած են և որոնց պէտք է հրաժեշտ տալ որպէս Սփիւռքի համար ոչ֊անհրաժեշտութիւններ։

 

Zohrab Balian

It should have been thought about and a solution found 50 years ago. Everything has always been too late for us. Traits that are related to our national character

պետք էր մտածուեր և լուծում գտնուեր 50 տարի առաջ. Միշտ Ամեն ինչ ուշ եղած է մեզի համար. Մեր ազգային նկարագրին հետ կապ ունեցող հարցեր են. 

 

 

Alice Khoury

Let us find…..that is the important.

գտնենք....... կարեւորը այդ է

 

Maral Tcholakian Mekhjian

Time is the essence. 

Ժամանակը սուղ է։

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