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Armenia Shocks Poland
ARMENIAN NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
It came as a shock to us and to all the Armenians, as we saw and heard that Armenia's soccer team won against Poland 1-0, with Hamlet Mkhitaryan scoring the only goal of the Group A match in Yerevan with a 70th-minute free kick. The Armenian team also had two chances to increase the score during the end of the game. This is history for Armenia!
You can watch the game on YouTube: http://youtube.com/watch?v=-neKT-jLULs
Armenian youth may remain without Summer Camp?
AMAA (Armenian Missionary Association of America) has launched an appeal to the churches and organizations affiliated with them. It seems that a bridge that combined the 2 sides had torn down and many kids and youth will not be able to participate and enjoy their summer and perhaps come to know about Christ, if this bridge is not rebuilt. Here is their appeal:
"April showers bring May flowers. However showers in Armenia this year unfortunately brought much damage to our homeland. Heavy rain that fell in May of 2007 overflowed rivers, uprooted trees, caused rock slides, damaged roads and bridges. This nature’s fury unfortunately caused great damage to the AMAA Hankavan Sheen Shoghig Camp. The bridge over the brook leading to the entrance of the camp was completely destroyed. This was the only access to the camp. The Armenia Summer Camp Committee, all year long, worked hard to raise necessary funds to start the summer 2007 camp season in Armenia. They were anticipating 2000 children to attend camp Hankavan. No one, including the children, predicted this catastrophe. The construction of a new bridge is now a must and necessary to have access to the camp. The cost of building a new bridge is estimated to be $40,000. On behalf of the children in Armenia, we appeal to AMAA members, friends, concerned individuals, Armenian Evangelical Churches worldwide, and affiliate organizations to take up this new challenge and make a special offering in order not to deprive or disappoint our children in Armenia. The Summer Camp program in Armenia is so much appreciated that children who spend a week at camp refuse to return home. Unless we help, they will be forced to stay home all summer and miss this Godgiven opportunity. Please help us save the camp season for them. Together let us build this bridge. Gifts earmarked for this purpose can be mailed using the coupon attached, or through your credit cards calling (201) 265-2607."
"April showers bring May flowers. However showers in Armenia this year unfortunately brought much damage to our homeland. Heavy rain that fell in May of 2007 overflowed rivers, uprooted trees, caused rock slides, damaged roads and bridges. This nature’s fury unfortunately caused great damage to the AMAA Hankavan Sheen Shoghig Camp. The bridge over the brook leading to the entrance of the camp was completely destroyed. This was the only access to the camp. The Armenia Summer Camp Committee, all year long, worked hard to raise necessary funds to start the summer 2007 camp season in Armenia. They were anticipating 2000 children to attend camp Hankavan. No one, including the children, predicted this catastrophe. The construction of a new bridge is now a must and necessary to have access to the camp. The cost of building a new bridge is estimated to be $40,000. On behalf of the children in Armenia, we appeal to AMAA members, friends, concerned individuals, Armenian Evangelical Churches worldwide, and affiliate organizations to take up this new challenge and make a special offering in order not to deprive or disappoint our children in Armenia. The Summer Camp program in Armenia is so much appreciated that children who spend a week at camp refuse to return home. Unless we help, they will be forced to stay home all summer and miss this Godgiven opportunity. Please help us save the camp season for them. Together let us build this bridge. Gifts earmarked for this purpose can be mailed using the coupon attached, or through your credit cards calling (201) 265-2607."
Genocide Denied
By Nanor Balabanian
"Armenian? What's that?!" I've heard this often ever since I've moved to the so-called "melting-pot" of the United States.
I don't blame students for not knowing what an Armenian is. Most students have never even learned about what happened to the Armenians in 1915. They've been taught about the Holocaust, and the genocides in Cambodia, Bosnia, Rwanda and Sudan. But not about Armenia.
Being the only full Armenian in a school of 1800 students makes me think about where all the Armenians have gone today. Wouldn't millions more Armenians be alive today if it were not for the genocide?
Two months ago, President George W. Bush had to think hard whether he could use the word "genocide" for the 92-year-old Armenian Genocide Memorial Day. Of course he refused to say it and instead called it a "National day of remembrance of man's inhumanity to man."
Since when is genocide a simple act of inhumanity? Why is it that we do not characterize the genocide in Darfur as a simple war?
My great grandmother's survival stories often come to my mind as I read about my government's denial of the genocide. She never got the chance to live freely, speak out for her rights, or praise her own God without facing threats of persecution. America would probably have been a haven for her at the time. Yet, little did she know that
the America she had dreamed about would not believe what had happened to her in 1915.
Living today in a democratic "haven", I feel ashamed to see that my country, which strongly advocates for justice and righteousness, denies that the genocide ever occurred.
April 24, 1915, was a mournful day for many Armenians. Because of their Christian religion, 200,000 Armenian intellectuals were purposely slaughtered by the Turks. Following that day, a mass deportation of Armenians occurred during which 1.5 million Armenians were brutally massacred because of their faith.
To deny that such a horrific massacre ever happened is to erase a chunk of reality from our history. Imagine taking out World War II stories from our history books, or imagine never suggesting that the Holocaust happened. That's how Armenians feel today. Betrayed, killed, massacred, and still they do not receive the recognition they deserve neither by the Turkish officials nor by the American government.
What are the consequences of denial? If we deny that a genocide once happened, we are very likely to do it again. Hitler once said, "Who, after all, speaks today of the annihilation of the Armenians?" justifying himself that if he kills the Jews nobody will remember them, just as Armenians are not remembered. If the Armenian genocide had gotten the recognition it deserved, Hitler would not have likely killed all 6 million Jews. Denying the genocide today is in a way agreeing with Hitler as well because America to this day does not "speak ... of the annihilation of Armenians".
Today, we fight to stop the 21st century's first genocide. Imagine one day that our children could be banned from learning about Darfur. The government will call it a "National day of remembrance of man's inhumanity to man" but refuse to call it a genocide because of political interests with the Sudanese government.
If America chooses to delete history and deny historical events because of politics, then American politics is corrupt. It is a moral, and not political, duty of the United States to look at the historical evidence, listen to the plea of the Armenian people, and put an end to this 92-year-old lie that genocide never occurred. It is our responsibility as students to fight for what is right and true.
I am an Armenian, and want to be heard. I have a right to be heard because my ancestors were massacred to do so. I want to take time and enjoy the rights I am given by the Constitution of this country, and fight for the truth that must be recognized.
Maybe one day instead of hearing "Armenian? What's that?" I'd hear, "Armenian? A genocide survivor."
This story originally appeared exclusively online on June 8, 2007.
http://voice.paly.net/view_story.php?id=5590
IranMania News, Iran
June 10 2007
"Armenian? What's that?!" I've heard this often ever since I've moved to the so-called "melting-pot" of the United States. I don't blame students for not knowing what an Armenian is. Most students have never even learned about what happened to the Armenians in 1915. They've been taught about the Holocaust, and the genocides in Cambodia, Bosnia, Rwanda and Sudan. But not about Armenia.
Being the only full Armenian in a school of 1800 students makes me think about where all the Armenians have gone today. Wouldn't millions more Armenians be alive today if it were not for the genocide?
Two months ago, President George W. Bush had to think hard whether he could use the word "genocide" for the 92-year-old Armenian Genocide Memorial Day. Of course he refused to say it and instead called it a "National day of remembrance of man's inhumanity to man."
Since when is genocide a simple act of inhumanity? Why is it that we do not characterize the genocide in Darfur as a simple war?
My great grandmother's survival stories often come to my mind as I read about my government's denial of the genocide. She never got the chance to live freely, speak out for her rights, or praise her own God without facing threats of persecution. America would probably have been a haven for her at the time. Yet, little did she know that
the America she had dreamed about would not believe what had happened to her in 1915.
Living today in a democratic "haven", I feel ashamed to see that my country, which strongly advocates for justice and righteousness, denies that the genocide ever occurred.
April 24, 1915, was a mournful day for many Armenians. Because of their Christian religion, 200,000 Armenian intellectuals were purposely slaughtered by the Turks. Following that day, a mass deportation of Armenians occurred during which 1.5 million Armenians were brutally massacred because of their faith.
To deny that such a horrific massacre ever happened is to erase a chunk of reality from our history. Imagine taking out World War II stories from our history books, or imagine never suggesting that the Holocaust happened. That's how Armenians feel today. Betrayed, killed, massacred, and still they do not receive the recognition they deserve neither by the Turkish officials nor by the American government.
What are the consequences of denial? If we deny that a genocide once happened, we are very likely to do it again. Hitler once said, "Who, after all, speaks today of the annihilation of the Armenians?" justifying himself that if he kills the Jews nobody will remember them, just as Armenians are not remembered. If the Armenian genocide had gotten the recognition it deserved, Hitler would not have likely killed all 6 million Jews. Denying the genocide today is in a way agreeing with Hitler as well because America to this day does not "speak ... of the annihilation of Armenians".
Today, we fight to stop the 21st century's first genocide. Imagine one day that our children could be banned from learning about Darfur. The government will call it a "National day of remembrance of man's inhumanity to man" but refuse to call it a genocide because of political interests with the Sudanese government.
If America chooses to delete history and deny historical events because of politics, then American politics is corrupt. It is a moral, and not political, duty of the United States to look at the historical evidence, listen to the plea of the Armenian people, and put an end to this 92-year-old lie that genocide never occurred. It is our responsibility as students to fight for what is right and true.
I am an Armenian, and want to be heard. I have a right to be heard because my ancestors were massacred to do so. I want to take time and enjoy the rights I am given by the Constitution of this country, and fight for the truth that must be recognized.
Maybe one day instead of hearing "Armenian? What's that?" I'd hear, "Armenian? A genocide survivor."
This story originally appeared exclusively online on June 8, 2007.
http://voice.paly.net/view_story.php?id=5590
IranMania News, Iran
June 10 2007
But this boy was very special...
When Bart went out for the soccer team during his first year of highschool, he had to compete for the goalie position with a senior who, up until Bart's arrival on the scene, seemed assured of the starting position. But Bart beat him out. Bart got the call to start the first game of the season... this long-time senior player, must have been terribly disappointed. A lesser person might have quit in bitterness at being replaced by a newcomer. A more typical boy might have borne a grudge against the one who took his place on the team. But this boy, whose name was Joel, was very special. He was a Christian and his relationship to Christ was very evident in his behavior. Instead of withdrawing from the team and turning against Bart, Joel became the teams' best cheerleader and my son's friend. Joel drove Bart to games, went to parties with him, and most importantly, asked him to be part of the youth group at his church.
(Bart then gave his life to Christ because of Joel).
Who Switched the Price Tags; Tony Campolo
Psalm 23
EMI Christian Group Arrived in Lebanon, Kchag (Քջակ)
EMI group has already arrived safely to Lebanon and they are giving their time freely for Kchag's rebirth plans. In spite of Lebanon's difficult situation, they came here and they started working without being distracted.
I was dumbfounded. It was actually bizarre to me, and to others I'm sure, as to why these engineers, architects and designers agreed to come to Lebanon and why they were working for free.
Much of the answer to my questions I found in their faith.
On the other hand, and from the Armenian Evangelical Emmanuel Church's Chanitz (youth), 6 young men wanted the EMI group's stay to be safer. For this reason, and on their own free will, they volunteered to guard the premises of Kchag every night. These young men were, H. Assilian, G. Torkomian, G. Sagherian, K. Aynilian, A. Karagoezian and A. Torkomian.
History:
Ogosdin Bedir had the vision of a Summer Camp for the kids and youth. He bought the land and kept it under the care of Armenian Evangelical Churches.
I was dumbfounded. It was actually bizarre to me, and to others I'm sure, as to why these engineers, architects and designers agreed to come to Lebanon and why they were working for free.
Much of the answer to my questions I found in their faith.
On the other hand, and from the Armenian Evangelical Emmanuel Church's Chanitz (youth), 6 young men wanted the EMI group's stay to be safer. For this reason, and on their own free will, they volunteered to guard the premises of Kchag every night. These young men were, H. Assilian, G. Torkomian, G. Sagherian, K. Aynilian, A. Karagoezian and A. Torkomian.
History:
Ogosdin Bedir had the vision of a Summer Camp for the kids and youth. He bought the land and kept it under the care of Armenian Evangelical Churches.
CHILE SENATE RECOGNIZES ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
As a result of the efforts by the Armenian National Committee of Southern America, the Chilean Senate unanimously passed a resolution on June 5 calling on the government to join the 1985 UN resolution on the Armenian Genocide.The draft resolution was submitted by Socialist Party member Ricardo Nunies Munios. The document reads, in part, that taking into account that "the Turkish government arrested and prosecuted the leaders of the Armenian people in Constantinople on April 24, 1915 and thus initiated the policy of extermination of the Armenian nation; some 1.5 million of Armenians who lived on their lands during centuries were exterminated in 1915-1923; this extermination is named the first ethnic cleansing of the 20th century;. the Armenian Genocide was recognized by the UN subcommittee on discrimination and protection of national minorities in 1985; and that considering these facts the Senate of Chile decrees
to recognize the Armenian Genocide and condemn it."
The Senate called to the Chilean government to join the UN resolution of 1985.
The W's - The Devil Is Bad
VERSE1: She was walkin' in the garden one day when a snake slithered 'round her feet
follow me right over to this tree, and I'll give you somethin' good to eat..
I don't know, are you sure, I don't think it is right.
It doesn't matter just open your mouth and take a tasty bite
She said to him, I think it's a sin, but boy does it look ripe.
He said to her just take my word, and I promise that you'll see the light
CHORUS: Why don't you just get out of here (they actually say "skidillydoo")
'cause I don't wanna see your face around here no more
Why dont' you just get out of here'cause this is now, and that was before
'cause you are the devil and the devil is bad (hey!)
you are the devil and the devil is bad (hey!!)
you are the devil and the devil is bad (hey!!!)
you are the devil and you are bad!
VERSE 2: The tempter met him in the desert one day"are you the son of God?"
Turn these stones into wholesome bread and make your hunger stop.
Even though his hunger had grown real,
he strongly turned and simply replied.
"man does not live on bread alone, but on the word of God."
Turn from Him and worship me and the kingdoms of the world are yours
Away from me with your evil ways 'cause I worship and serve only God
Our Condolences
Our Condolences to G. Terzian and her family.
May you father rest in peace.
"Our bodies are like tents that we live in here on earth. But when these tents are destroyed, we know that God will give each of us a place to live. These homes will not be buildings that someone has made, but they are in heaven and will last forever. " 1 Corinthian 5:1 (Contemporary English Version)
May you father rest in peace.
"Our bodies are like tents that we live in here on earth. But when these tents are destroyed, we know that God will give each of us a place to live. These homes will not be buildings that someone has made, but they are in heaven and will last forever. " 1 Corinthian 5:1 (Contemporary English Version)