Staff Report Editors Michael Harutinian & Sevag Tateosian Layout Dikran Chekian Staff Nazik Arisian Tamara Karakashian Ara Mekhitarian Robert Torosian Christopher Tozlian Anne Visser Photographers Dikran Chekian Barlow Der Mugrdechian Advisor Barlow Der Mugrdechian

Staff Report Dear Prof. Der Mugrdechian: It was your father Bob, who told us about Hye Sharzhoom and got us on the mailing list. We have enjoyed receiving the news. It’s fun to get a slant from Fresno on church news and events we have here and you have there. Your students and studies sound wonderful for the students involved. ...

Staff Report Dr. Kouymjian and the Armenian Studies Program would like to thank the donors, authors, and publishers for the following books, periodicals, videos and archival gifts.His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia, for a copy of his book The Armenian Church Beyond the 1700th Anniversary. Antelias: 2001. Internationale Politik, Frankfurt, Germany, for the journal, Internationale ...

By: Ara Mekhitarian The Forgotten Address: http://www.theforgotten.org Brief Summary: The Forgotten is a web site dedicated to informing people about the Armenian Genocide. Unlike other Armenian Genocide web sites, The Forgotten is designed entirely with Macromedia Flash, making the site very easy and enjoyable to navigate. The informative time line explains all the genocide-related events that occurred from 1893 to ...

Christopher Tozlian Staff Writer Three years after beginning what eventually would take countless hours of hard work, Micheline Aharonian Marcom is finished. In 1997, Marcom began writing her debut novel, Three Apples Fell From Heaven, which she completed just last year. But don’t let the title fool you…this is not just another book written by an Armenian on Armenian folklore, ...

Barlow Der Mugrdechian Advisor The Armenian Gospels of Gladzor: The Life of Christ Illuminated. Thomas F. Mathews and Alice Taylor (Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2001) 51 pp. + 60 color plates. In commemoration of the 1700th anniversary of the proclamation of Christianity as the State Religion of Armenia, the J. Paul Getty Museum of Los Angeles has published ...

Barlow Der Mugrdechian Advisor Armenian enology students Zaruhi Muradyan, Armen Kakosyan, and Tigran Khachatryan spent three weeks, September 23 through October 13, 2001, at Fresno State as United States Department of Agriculture Cochrane Fellows, specializing in wine-making. The Cochrane Program provides funding for overseas agriculture students to study in the United States. The Fresno State Viticulture and Enology Research Center ...

Nazik Arisian Staff Writer On October 13, 2001, the Women’s League of the Armenian Community School of Fresno (ACSF) and the Arne Nixon Center Advocates (ANCA) of the Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children’s Literature held a luncheon at the Smittcamp Alumni House on the campus of California State University, Fresno. The Arne Nixon Center is housed at ...

Tamara Karakashian Staff Writer Yerevan. Khor Virap. Etchmiadzin. In August 2000, these were merely locations on a map of our homeland. In July 2001 these historical places became part of thousands of young peoples’ lasting memories. The Armenian Church Youth Organization–Western Diocese (ACYO–WD) sponsored a pilgrimage to Armenia during this Jubilee year, marking the 1700th anniversary of the proclamation of ...

Anne Visser Staff Writer Dr. Robert Hewsen, the Henry S. Khanzadian Kazan Visiting Professor for the Armenian Studies Program delivered his second of a three-part lecture series on “The Conversion of Armenia to Christianity” on Thursday, November 1. Dr. Hewsen’s lecture entitled “The Conversion of King Trdat: Reading Between The Lines” detailed the early 4th century king’s life and his ...