Sunday June 21, 2026 Forgiveness.

 Rev. Avedis Boynerian graciously forwards me his Sunday sermon ahead of time. This Sunday June 21, 2026, Rev. Avedis Boynerian’s sermon pertained to forgiveness. Vaհe H Apelian 

Matthew 18:21-35 21 Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?” 22 Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times. 23 “Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. 24 As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand bags of gold was brought to him. 25 Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt. 26 “At this the servant fell on his knees before him. ‘Be patient with me,’ he begged, ‘and I will pay back everything.’ 27 The servant’s master took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go. 28 “But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred silver coins. He grabbed him and began to choke him. ‘Pay back what you owe me!’ he demanded. 29 “His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay it back.’ 30 “But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt. 31 When the other servants saw what had happened, they were outraged and went and told their master everything that had happened. 32 “Then the master called the servant in. ‘You wicked servant,’ he said, ‘I canceled all that debt of yours because you begged me to. 33 Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?’ 34 In anger his master handed him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed. 35 “This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother or sister from your heart.”

 

Forgiveness 101

One day, as we just read, the apostle Peter came up to Jesus and asked Him, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? 

Up to seven times?” (21). 

Here’s Peter, the one who needed forgiveness himself, is concerned with how many times he had to forgive someone else. 

Let’s face it! 

We all have difficulties that keep us from forgiving others. 

We have 

-a limit that we do not want to cross, 

-a limit we won’t go beyond. 

I can think of at least 3 barriers of an unforgiving heart:          

-Revenge:­ “I am going to get even!” 

-Resentment: ­“I am going to stay angry!” 

-Remembering: ­“I will never forget!” 

We all have asked the question Peter asked: 

“How many times do I have to forgive them? 

I am getting tired of it. 

Why do they keep hurting me?” 

Peter may have been thinking of a time when somebody wronged him and he had extended forgiveness. 

But, this same person did something to hurt him the next day. 

Again, Peter forgave him. 

A couple days later, his friend lied to him. 

This time, Peter reluctantly forgave him. 

But now, he’s had enough. 

Peter wanted Jesus to help him set some forgiveness limits.

Peter wanted to know when it’s OK to say, “That’s it. You have messed up one too many times?”

Whatever is the case, before Jesus could answer, Peter responded to his own question and suggested that 7 times would be a good limit. 

That’s not a bad answer. 

The rabbis back then taught that you had to forgive someone 3 times and then you could retaliate. The 4th time, you could do whatever you liked. In fact, the rabbis, mistakenly taught that God only forgives 3 times. 

 

Peter raised that number to 7, thinking his answer would impress Jesus.

To be honest, forgiving someone 7 times is commendable. 

Most of us get frustrated, if we have to forgive someone twice or 3 times. 

By human standards, what Peter said was commendable and overgenerous. 

But Peter wanted

-a number, 

-a limit, 

-a place where he could finally say, “That’s it. You are not getting away with this any longer. Our friendship is now over.”

As Jesus often does, His answer to Peter was unexpected: “I tell you, 

-not seven times, but 

-seventy times seven” (22). 

Peter could not believe his ears! 

70 times 7? 

He got out his calculator and punched in the numbers. That’s 490 times! 

(Jesus is not suggesting that we count the number of times we forgive someone.

70 times 7 means there is no limit to the number of times we are to forgive someone. 

(Actually, if we were to count, by the time we reach 490, we would be in the habit of continual and unlimited forgiveness. 

(That’s precisely the point Jesus is making - (we do not keep score when it comes to forgiveness. 

Since the truth of forgiveness without limits is hard for us to grasp, Jesus told a story to help illustrate what He meant. 

In the first half of the story, Jesus deals with those of us who need forgiveness. 

In the second half, Jesus targets those of us who need to forgive others. 

Let’s start: “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. 

 

As he began the settlement, a man who owed him 10,000 talents was brought to him” (23-24). 

Here’s the picture. 

-The king decided to call in all his debts. 

-He sent out his collection agents and they came back with a man who owed the king a huge amount of money. 

Since the man could not pay the debt, “the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt” (25). 

The king knew he could never get back all his losses - he just wanted to get back whatever he could.

At this point, the servant did what most of us would have done. 

-He fell on his knees and said, “Be patient with me, and I will pay back everything.” 

-Even though the servant could never pay it back, he’s now desperate. 

The king was moved. 

 

-He was filled with compassion. 

-And, he did something the man did not even ask for. 

The king not only released him, he also forgave all his debt. 

This was at great personal cost to the king. He wiped the slate clean - He canceled the debt. All of it!

Now the man owed the king nothing! 

This is exactly what forgiveness is all about. 

(-It means to cancel the debt - all of it.

When we have wronged someone and they choose to forgive us, they are in essence saying, (“I cancel your debt. You do not owe me anything. Therefore, I release you from ever having to pay me back.”

I want you to notice that (the servant did not deserve this forgiveness; it was purely an act of grace on the part of the king. 

C. S. Lewis, the English professor and author, says, (“Forgiveness by its nature is for the unworthy.”

 

 

Let me give you 3 action steps, if you are in need of forgiveness.

1 - Face your friend. The first step we need to take, if we are the guilty party, is to meet with our friend or foe, face-to-face. 

-Is there anyone you need to face? 

-Is there anyone you need to call? 

2- Own the wrong. The second step is to own the wrong that has been done. When we mess up in our relationships, Jesus wants us to own the wrong by saying, “It’s my mistake.” 

3 - Ask for release. The third step is to ask for release. I suggest that we actually say the words, “Please, forgive me.” If our friend says something like, “It’s no big deal, do not worry about it.” We might want to say, “I appreciate that, but I need to have your forgiveness. Do you forgive me?” It’s really important to be released from the debt.

Well, how about when we need to forgive others. 

 

Let’s go back to the story. 

As this humbled man walked away with this gift of forgiveness, he ran into a friend who owed him about 10 bucks, which compared to his debt, is nothing. Instead of canceling his friend’s debt, he grabbed him and began to choke him saying, “Pay back what you owe me!” (28).

We are a lot like that, aren’t we?

When someone does wrong, we want to see them punished and pay for the damage they have done to us. 

Jesus continues by telling us that the forgiven man’s friend fell to his knees and asked for some time: 

In fact, his plea was almost identical to the other man’s when he was before the king: 

He said, “Be patient with me, and I will pay you back.” 

But, there’s one big difference. 

Instead of forgiving the wrong out of gratitude for the forgiveness he had received, “he went off and had the man thrown in prison until he could pay the debt” (30).

-We are a lot like this man when we do not forgive others. 

-We enjoy putting people in prison, if they have wronged us. 

-We want them to suffer, to hurt, as bad as they hurt us. 

This man threw his friend in prison and the word got to the king. 

The king was really angry now. He sent his soldiers to bring the man before him. He said: “I canceled all your debt because you begged me to. Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?” In anger his master turned him over to the torturers until he paid back all he owed (32-34). 

 

 

What happened to that man will happen to each of us, unless we learn to forgive and forgive and forgive: forgive 70 times 7!

+We will be tortured by anger and bitterness. 

+We will lie awake at night worrying over every wrong that someone has done to us just because we will not forgive from our heart.

Here’s the massage.

(While we often try to punish and imprison those who hurt us, the reverse actually happens. 

(When we do not forgive, we end up being tortured. 

Question: Do you know where the worst prison is. It’s the prison of an unforgiving heart. 

A professor of theology has said, “When I genuinely forgive, I set a prisoner free and then discover that the prisoner I set free, was me.”

Isn’t that true? 

When we choose to not forgive, we imprison ourselves. 

 

Have we ever noticed that (some of the most miserable people are those who are unwilling to forgive others?

Story: Two men, who were in a nursing home, had been quarreling for years. One of them thought he was on his deathbed. So. he called his foe over to his bed and said, “Bill, I forgive you for what you have said and done against me over the years, and I want you to do the same for me.” 

The other man, with tears in his eyes, agreed that he too would like to forgive and be forgiven. (Lisen) Then the man in the bed said, “But ((if I get better, this does not count!”

To forgive is a process of giving up. That’s exactly what the word forgiveness means - it means, 

-“to give” to someone by releasing them from debt. 

-It also carries the idea of “releasing and freeing yourself.”

-It’s like saying, “You did something that really hurt me. But I care enough about you. 

-So, I release you from all obligations to ever pay me back.

-I forgive you completely.” 

We extend forgiveness because all of us are imperfect human beings in need of being forgiven­ and in need of grace.

Here’s a definition on forgiveness: “Forgiveness is like meeting someone for the first time.” 

That means there’s 

+No baggage.

+No history.

+No grudges.

+No hidden resentments. 

+Nothing attached!

To forgive means “to start over by giving someone a fresh start. ”In short, to forgive is to give grace to another­ and freedom to ourselves. 

The Bible says: “Bear with each other and 

-forgive whatever grievances you have against one another

-forgive as the Lord forgave you” (Colossians 3:13). 

We can tolerate those who irritate us and forgive our friends and family members when they wrong us, precisely because Jesus has forgiven us. 

Since Jesus has forgiven us, then, out of gratitude, we should forgive one another.

Where are you today? 

1- Do you need to ask someone for forgiveness? 

If so, then determine - choose to 

+face them, 

+own their wrong and 

+ask for their release. 

2- Do you need to forgive anyone? 

Are we tired of living with an unforgiving heart? 

If so, then cancel that debt today and restore that friendship by offering forgiveness.

I earnestly pray and hope that you will not leave this service without making a decision that can radically change your life and the quality of your friendships by asking forgiveness from someone and extend forgiveness to someone.

Prayer: Heavenly Father, thank You for Your grace. Teach us to forgive those who have hurt us, just as You have forgiven us. Give us humble hearts to ask for forgiveness when we have wronged others. Remove the unforgiveness that is within us, and fill us with Your grace. Help us to walk in obedience to Your Word and to live in harmony with one another.

In Jesus’ name we pray, amen.

 

A litmus test awaits Armenia

Vaհe H Apelian  

A litmus test awaits Armenia, as an indicator whether it wants and can achieve peaceful relations with its immediate neighbors Azerbaijan and Turkey

Today, MassisPost reported that PM Nikol Pashinyan has said that Civil Contract’s Election results are “Impeccably Legal,” and highlights direct dialogue with Azerbaijan. However, I do not think the Civil Contract government can sign peace treaty with Azerbaijan; nor do I think that Azerbaijan will sign a peace treaty with Civil Contract government, given that it does not command the constitutional majority in the National Assembly. Azerbaijan is already exploiting the Armenian government’s razor thin majority in the National Assembly to a hilt by intensifying its Western Zankezur narrative. 

The post June 7, 2026 election has put the opposition in in the Armenian National Assembly in a new predicament. For the very first time the Republic of Armenia has a government that does not enjoy constitutional majority it sought, and hence the implementation of some very consequential policies, such as Armenia’s peaceful relation with its immediate neighbors, will hinge on the opposition siding with the government or not. The opposition will bear the consequences of its decision. Thus far the opposition, I am referring to the opposition to Nikol Pashinyan led government, had it very easy. Whenever government proposed something, the opposition opposed it knowing full well that the government, having constitutional majority, could implement it without its consent. But that is no more the case.

The opposition’s stand will shape Armenia’s relations with its immediate forever neighbors, including of course Azerbaijan and Turkey. 

The Nikol Pashinyan led government will continue pursuing most of its policies that are internal to Armenia, such as the anti-corruption campaign, building schools, roads, etc. while Armenia remains land-locked along most of its borders, and in a state of no-peace until such time when peaceful, no-war state prevails, and Turkey and Azerbaijan may open their borders. Turkey's and Azerbaijan's borders make around 87% of Armenia's border. 

In July 2024, Russian President Vladimir Putin strongly urged then-Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to engage in diplomatic reconciliation with Turkey.  I am not sure if he is urging the same to his proxies in Armenia. Syria’s relations with Turkey remained hostile. In December 2024, Turkish proxy forces in Syria toppled the Assad regime in Damascus. Putin offered Assad a refuge and no more.  Without a workable peace deal, Armenia may not fare any better. Its Syunik region’s state may not fare any better and Putin’s reaction may not be any different, other than  one of indifference to Armenia’s plight.

Normalizing relations with its immediate neighbors will depend on the opposition. Even if Russophile, Armenia cannot long maintain a no peace and a no war state. It behooves Armenia to have a peace deal with Azerbaijan and Turkey, the sooner the better, taking advantage of its favorable relations with the U.S. and the West. Hrair Balian, former director of Carter Institute, noted that “Crucially, TRIPP has already achieved something underappreciated: it deferred Azerbaijan’s otherwise imminent military seizure of the corridor. President Aliyev had openly warned the corridor would be established “whether Armenia wants it or not.” U.S. engagement postponed that threat indefinitely.” 

U.S. engagement may have deffered that threat indefinitely. But surely not forever.

 

Armenia history: a perpetuation and making of myth.

  Vaհe H Apelian

The June 7, 2026 Armenia election and the saga of its ongoing aftermath, reminded me of the contentious 2000 U.S.  election. The contestants were George W. Bush as the Republican presidential nominee and Al Gore, the Democrat presidential nominee. The election campaign was fierce.

Much has been written about that election. For the purposes of this blog, suffice to say that on Tuesday night, Dec 12, 2000, in a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court of the United States - the SCOTUS - halted the statewide manual recount ordered by the Florida Supreme Court. This 5 to 4 ruling effectively halted any further recounting and let stand a declaration by Florida's secretary of state that Bush had won Florida by 537 votes, and thus the presidency of the United States of America.

The next day, on Wednesday evening, Al Gore appeared on national TV and conceded, delivering this speech which I consider a defining speech as to what the Republic of these United States is about, or ought to be about. Not a perfect union or a perfect society, but a society striving for a perfect union thanks to wise and gracious leaders, such as Al Gore. I have reproduced Al Gore’s speech at the end of the blog. 

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As to the aftermath of the June 7, 2026 election in Armenia, we, as Armenians, know that there would not be anything close to the concession speech of Al Gore. 

The election results were published and they were recounted and presented to the public. The two or three major parties that did not gain sufficient number of votes, even collectively, to constitute the majority of the upcoming National Assembly, will surely contest the election results at the Constitutional Court of Armenia, Armenia’s version of SCOTUS. 

Whatever the outcome at the Constitutional Court, the Armenian history of heroes and villains, of patriots and traitors, will continue its relentless march into the making of another myth, of patriotic underdogs - Robert, Samvel, Gagik - , and treasonous - tavajan - top dog, Nikol. 

That is what Armenian history is all about, a perpetuation and making of myth. God forbid, that a party in Armenia concedes that it lost, in the election it willingly participated to win, but did not!

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Al Gor’s speech

 

Good evening.

Just moments ago, I spoke with George W. Bush and congratulated him on becoming the 43rd President of the United States, and I promised him that I wouldn't call him back this time. I offered to meet with him as soon as possible so that we can start to heal the divisions of the campaign and the contest through which we just passed.

Almost a century and a half ago, Senator Stephen Douglas told Abraham Lincoln, who had just defeated him for the presidency, "Partisan feeling must yield to patriotism. I'm with you, Mr. President, and God bless you."

Well, in that same spirit, I say to President-elect Bush that what remains of partisan rancor must now be put aside, and may God bless his stewardship of this country.

Neither he nor I anticipated this long and difficult road. Certainly, neither of us wanted it to happen. Yet it came, and now it has ended, resolved, as it must be resolved, through the honored institutions of our democracy.

Over the library of one of our great law schools is inscribed the motto, "Not under man but under God and law." That's the ruling principle of American freedom, the source of our democratic liberties. I've tried to make it my guide throughout this contest as it has guided America's deliberations of all the complex issues of the past five weeks.

Now the U.S. Supreme Court has spoken. Let there be no doubt, while I strongly disagree with the court's decision, I accept it. I accept the finality of this outcome which will be ratified next Monday in the Electoral College. And tonight, for the sake of our unity of the people and the strength of our democracy, I offer my concession.

I also accept my responsibility, which I will discharge unconditionally, to honor the new president elect and do everything possible to help him bring Americans together in fulfillment of the great vision that our Declaration of Independence defines and that our Constitution affirms and defends.

Let me say how grateful I am to all those who supported me and supported the cause for which we have fought. Tipper and I feel a deep gratitude to Joe and Hadassah Lieberman who brought passion and high purpose to our partnership and opened new doors, not just for our campaign but for our country.

This has been an extraordinary election. But in one of God's unforeseen paths, this belatedly broken impasse can point us all to a new common ground, for its very closeness can serve to remind us that we are one people with a shared history and a shared destiny.

Indeed, that history gives us many examples of contests as hotly debated, as fiercely fought, with their own challenges to the popular will.

Other disputes have dragged on for weeks before reaching resolution. And each time, both the victor and the vanquished have accepted the result peacefully and in the spirit of reconciliation.

So let it be with us.

I know that many of my supporters are disappointed. I am too. But our disappointment must be overcome by our love of country.

And I say to our fellow members of the world community, let no one see this contest as a sign of American weakness. The strength of American democracy is shown most clearly through the difficulties it can overcome.

Some have expressed concern that the unusual nature of this election might hamper the next president in the conduct of his office. I do not believe it need be so.

President-elect Bush inherits a nation whose citizens will be ready to assist him in the conduct of his large responsibilities.

I personally will be at his disposal, and I call on all Americans -- I particularly urge all who stood with us to unite behind our next president. This is America. Just as we fight hard when the stakes are high, we close ranks and come together when the contest is done.

And while there will be time enough to debate our continuing differences, now is the time to recognize that that which unites us is greater than that which divides us.

While we yet hold and do not yield our opposing beliefs, there is a higher duty than the one we owe to political party. This is America and we put country before party. We will stand together behind our new president.

As for what I'll do next, I don't know the answer to that one yet. Like many of you, I'm looking forward to spending the holidays with family and old friends. I know I'll spend time in Tennessee and mend some fences, literally and figuratively.

Some have asked whether I have any regrets and I do have one regret: that I didn't get the chance to stay and fight for the American people over the next four years, especially for those who need burdens lifted and barriers removed, especially for those who feel their voices have not been heard. I heard you and I will not forget.

I've seen America in this campaign and I like what I see. It's worth fighting for and that's a fight I'll never stop.

As for the battle that ends tonight, I do believe as my father once said, that no matter how hard the loss, defeat might serve as well as victory to shape the soul and let the glory out.

So, for me this campaign ends as it began: with the love of Tipper and our family; with faith in God and in the country, I have been so proud to serve, from Vietnam to the vice presidency; and with gratitude to our truly tireless campaign staff and volunteers, including all those who worked so hard in Florida for the last 36 days.

Now the political struggle is over and we turn again to the unending struggle for the common good of all Americans and for those multitudes around the world who look to us for leadership in the cause of freedom.

In the words of our great hymn, "America, America": "Let us crown thy good with brotherhood, from sea to shining sea."

And now, my friends, in a phrase I once addressed to others, it's time for me to go.

Thank you and good night, and God bless America

Al Gore - December 13, 2000

 

Պատահական խոհեր բարեկամէս - 4 -

 Այս պատահական խոհերը ստացած եմ բարեկամէս, Լիբանան։ Զանոնք կը վերարտադրեմ այստեղ։ վահէ Յ Աբէլեան

Աւետիս Զիլճեան

Այս գիւտարար-հնարամիտ հայուն պատմութիւնը կը սկսի Կոստանդնուպոլսոյ մէջ 1618-1623 թուականներուն։

Մետաղներու խառնուրդ փորձարկող Աւետիս՝ անագի ( zinc), պղինձի եւ այլ հազուագիտ մետաղներու բաղադրութեամբ ստեղծեց ծնծղաներ, որոնք յատուկ հնչականութիւն ունէին եւ դիմացկուն էին։

Օսմանեան պալատի սուլթանական նուագախումբը , յատուկ արարողութիւններու ընթացքին օգտագործուող ծնծղաները փոխարինեց Աւետիսի պատրաստած հարուածային նուագարաններով։

Օսման երկրորդ սուլթանը, առ ի գնահատանք Աւետիսի աշխատանքին, զինք պատուեց մակդիր-մականունով՝ Զիլճեան ( «զիլ»՝ ծնծղայ, «ճի»՝ վարպետ, «ան»՝ տոհմ):

«Զիլճեան» ծնծղաներու բաղադրութիւնը մնաց ընտանեկան գաղտնիք, եւ սերունդէ - սերունդ շարունակուեցաւ։

1929-ին Աւետիս երրորդ, գաղթեց ԱՄՆ եւ ընտանեկան արտադրութիւնը հաստատեց Մէսէչուսէթ նահանգի Գուինսի քաղաքին մէջ։ Այս մէկը Ամերիկեան « Զիլճեան» առաջին գործարանն էր։

Այդ օրերուն զարգացող «ճազ» երաժշտական տեսակի մէջ «Զիլճեան» մակնիշի ծնծղաներն ու հարուածային գործիքները շա՜տ մեծ համբաւ ապահովեցին նորաստեղծ գործարանին։

Ռաք էնտ Ռոլի նուագախումբերէն շատեր օգտագործեցին «Զիլճեան» մակնիշի գործիքները։ Ամէնէն մեծ անդրադարձը տեղի ունեցաւ 1964 թուականին երբ The Beatles նուագախումբը Ամերիկեան հեռատեսիլի ելոյթին երեւցաւ «Զիլճեան» համբաւաւոր ծնծղաներով։

Աւետիս երրորդի մահուընէ ետք, ընտանեկան անհամաձայնութեան մը հետեւանքով զաւակը՝ Ռոպըրթ Զիլճեան բաժնուելով, Գանատայի մէջ հիմնեց «Սապիան» ընկերութիւնը, որը «Զիլճեան»-ի մեծագոյն մրցակիցը հանդիսացաւ։

Ներկայիս, «Զիլճեան» հարուածային գործիքներու ընկերութիւնը՝ ծնծղաներու բաղադրութեան գաղտնիքը ամուր պահած, իր 400-ամեայ յաջող գործունէութիւնը կը շարունակէ, համաշխարհային չափանիշներով ճանչցուած որպէս լաւագոյնը, մրցակից ունենալով «Սապիան» վաճառանիշի գործիքները։

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խնդիրը թշնամին սիրելն է

— Բարեկամին ամէն ոք կրնայ սիրել, խնդիրը թշնամին սիրելն է։

Յիսուս Քրիստոսի խօսքն է։

Հիմա եկուր տես որ, ո՚չ Պարսիկները կը հաւատան Քրիստոսի, ո՚չ ալ հրէաները։ Իսկ անդին՝ Լիբանանի «աստուծոյ կուսակցութիւն» դաւանողները, թէեւ կը հաւատան Հօր եւ կը խոնհարհին Անոր առաջ, սակայն հարց ունին միածին Զաւկին հետ. անոր վրայ վստահութիւն չունին։

Հիմա ըսէք տեսնեմ այս խնդիրը ինչպէ՞ս պիտի լուծում գտնէ եւ ոխերիմ թշնամիները ինչպէ՞ս պիտի կարենան զիրար սիրել։

Ա՛յ քեզ բա՜ն, պիտի ըսէր հայրենաբնակ հայը։

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Ոչ իմ օրերուս

Եւ վերջապէ՜ս , Լիբանանի մէջ օդը սկսաւ տաքնալ. գարնան ներկայութիւնըզգալի է։

Ակնյայտ է, որ նիւթապէս ապահով մարդոց համար ձմեռ չկայ.  տարուան  չորս եղանակներն ալ գարուն են, իսկ անօթեւան, անապահով եւ եկամուտազուրկմարդուն համար՝ ամբողջ տարին միշտ ձմեռ։

Արդեօք պիտի գա՞յ ատենը, երբ Լիբանանի չորս եղանակներն ալ ապահ ովըլլային. կռիւ, պատերազմ, ռմբակոծում, բնակարաններու քանդում եւ քաղաքացիներու տեղահանութիւն տեղի չունենայ։

Հարցումը հարցուած է Տիրոջ եւ Իր պատասխանը եղած է՝

— Ոչ իմ օրերուս:

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Կռուախնձորը

Մանկութեան օրերուն, հայոց պատմութեան դասապահին յաճախ կը լսէինք մեր հայրենիք Հայաստանի կռուախմձոր եղած ըլլալը։

— Յոյներու եւ պարսիկներու միջեւ մղուող պատերազմին Հայաստան կռուախնձոր դարձաւ։

— Հռոմի եւ Պարսկաստանի պատերազմներուն Հայաստանն էրկռուախնձորը։

Եւ այլն։

Օրին՝ չէինք կրնար լաւապէս պատկերացնել կատարուածը։ Կռիւը յստակ է, խնձորն ալ մեր գիտցած խնձորն է. այս երկուքը ի՞նչ կսպ ունին իրար հետ։ Թէեւ, - պէտք է ըսել, - կ՚անդրադառնայինք, կռուախնձոր վիճակի մէջ գտնուիլը հաճելի բան եղած պէտք չէ ըլլար, այլապէս մեր պատմութիւնը այդքա՜ն լաց ու կոծով, արհաւիրքներով լեցուն չէր ըլլար։

Այժմ կռուախնձորի վիճակի մէջ գտնուողը Լիբանանն է, ուր Իրան եւ Իսրայէլ, իրար դէմ պատերազմը կը մղեն Լիբանանեան հողին վրայ քար ու քանդ ընելով երկիրը։

— Աս տեսակ խնձորին մայրը ի՜նչ ընեմ, - պիտի ըսէր համեստ լիբանանահայը։