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Carina Tokatian Staff Writer When discussing the relation-ship between being Armenian and Christian, an Armenian priest living in modern-day Turkey told Dr. Hrag Papazian, “As the apostle Paul has taught us, we cannot separate the body from the soul. In an identical way, we cannot separate Armenianness from Christianity. Armenianness is the body, Christianity is the soul. They form an ...

Careen Derkalousdian Staff Writer “We don’t write these histories from the women’s perspective. These histories don’t allow us to understand how Armenian women experienced being snatched or given up or taken in,” said Dr. Rebecca Jinks. “It doesn’t allow us to understand how they dealt with the violence, the uncertainty, the isolation, and the dependence on their host families. It’s ...

Bryan Tellalian Special to Hye Sharzhoom On Monday, May 30, 2022, His Beatitude Raphael Bedros XXI, Armenian Catholic Patriarch of the See of Cilicia, made the first official visit of an Armenian Catholic Patriarch to the city of Fresno. His Beatitude is the spiritual father for Armenian Catholics throughout the world. In Fresno, His Beatitude led a prayer service and ...

Staff Report There is an exciting new exhibit to see this year at the Fresno County Historical Museum, featuring the works of one of Fresno’s most iconic artists, Varaz Samuelian. On Saturday, September 3, a special preview of the exhibit was held and attracted a crowd of hundreds. This was the first time some of Varaz’s paintings had ever been ...

Lena Maranian Adishian, for copies of Impact of an Ancient Nation: Bridging the Past, Present, and Future with 100+ Facts about Armenia and the Armenians (The 100 Years, 100 Facts Project, 2016), 140 pp., in English, and with lavish photographs. Created by Lena Maranian Adishian and written by Nareg Seferian. The book brings to life historical episodes, notable individuals, diaspora ...

Staff Report Dr. Hrag Papazian has been named as the 19th Henry S. Khanzadian Kazan Visiting Professor in Armenian Studies at Fresno State for the Fall 2022 semester. The Kazan Visiting Professorship was established in Fall of 2000. Dr. Papazian graduated from the Social Anthropology MPhil program at the University of Oxford, and then continued with his DPhil studies at ...

Eddy Thurber Staff Writer Editor’s note: Five students from Fresno State are studying in Yerevan, Armenia this fall, thanks to the generosity of the Kashian Family Foundation. The students are studying for a semester at the American University of Armenia (AUA), where they have the opportunity to learn both in the classrooms as well as from their rich environment in ...

Staff Report Oud master Richard Hagopian was one of five musicians inducted into the Valley Music Hall of Fame at a ceremony held at Roger Rocka’s Dinner Theater on Wednesday, September 21. The 2022 class of inductees included Hagopian, Gene Bluestein, The Fresno Musical Club, Alan and Faye Harkins, and Ray Camacho. Biographical and historical notes were presented about each ...

Natalie Agazarian Staff Writer The Adana Massacres of 1909 “were caused by a range of complex, intersecting factors that were deeply rooted in the shifting local and national ground of political and socioeconomic life,” stated Dr. Bedross Der Matossian discussing his new book The Horrors of Adana: Revolution and Violence in the Early Twentieth Century. Dr. Der Matossian, Associate Professor ...

Christine Pambukyan Staff Writer “Armen Ohanian seemed [to be] one of the rare personalities not only in Armenian history but also… in women’s history,” exclaimed Artsvi Bakhchinyan during a lecture describing the life of Ohanian, a “dancer of the Armenian diaspora.” On Saturday, September 17, 2022, Vartan Matossian and Artsvi Bakhchinyan discussed their new publication in a lecture titled “A ...