ÜZÜM ORUCU Hristiyanlýðýn diðer Ortodoks ve Doðu Ortodoks mezheplerinde de Üzüm Kutsama törenleri yapýldýðý halde, üzümlerin kutsanýþýna kadar üzüm yememe adeti özellikle Ermenilerce benimsenmiþ olan köklü bir oruç geleneðidir. Ermeniler, Paskalya öncesi Büyük Karnaval (Pun Paregentan) gününden baþlayarak Aðustos'taki Meryem Ana Yortusu'nda (Surp Asdvadzadzin) üzümler kutsanana kadar üzüm orucu tutarlar. Üzüm orucu, kilisede kutsanan çekirdeksiz üzümden

Armenian Patriarch Meets U.S. President On 27 June 2004, Sunday afternoon, President George W. Bush of the United States of America had a meeting with the religious leaders of Turkey. His Beatitude Mesrob II, Armenian Patriarch of Istanbul and All Turkey, accompanied by the Revd. Fr. Drtad Uzunyan, attended the meeting held at the Hilton Hotel in Istanbul at the U.S. Embassy's invitation. Also present were His Excellency Ali Bardakoglu, Director of the Office of Islamic Religious Affairs in Ankara;

Kaynak: lraper Yer: istanbul Tarih: 28.6.2004 27 Haziran Pazar öðleden sonra ABD Devlet Baþkaný Georges W. Bush Türkiye'deki dini liderlerle görüþtü. ABD Büyükelçiliði'nin daveti üzerine toplantýnýn yapýlacaðý Hilton Oteline avdet eden Patrik Hazretleri'ne Peder Drtad Uzunyan refakat etti. Toplantýya diðer katýlanlar ise þöyleydi: Diyanet Ýþleri Baþkaný Prof. Dr. Ali Bardakoðlu, Ýstanbul Rum Ortodoks Patriði Bartholomeos I, Türkiye Musevileri Hahambaþýsý Rav Ýsak

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By Anya von Bremzen, Special to The Times ISTANBUL — By 11 p.m., the street theater on Nevizade Street, a narrow lane lined with outdoor restaurants around Istanbul's fish market, works up to a kind of Felliniesque mayhem. Flower sellers push big thorny roses at passersby's noses, while a Gypsy quartet cranks background music for a parade of street peddlers. Amid this carnival, waiters unload trays of small dishes on tables and refill glasses with raki, Turkey's favorite anise-based liquor. Our

PRESS RELEASE National Association for Armenian Studies and Research 395 Concord Avenue Belmont, MA 02478 Phone: 617-489-1610 E-Mail: [email protected] Web: www.naasr.org Contact: Marc Mamigonian TURKISH SCHOLAR Taner Akçam TO GIVE LECTURE AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY Turkish scholar Dr. Taner Akçam will give a lecture entitled "From Empire to Republic: Turkish Nationalism and the Armenian Genocide" on Thursday, May 20, at 7:30 p.m., at the Starr Audito-rium of Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government,

Mon Apr 26,11:15 PM ET By HOPE YEN, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - An expedition is being planned for this summer to the upper reaches of Turkey's Mount Ararat where organizers hope to prove an object nestled amid the snow and ice is Noah's Ark. A joint U.S.-Turkish team of 10 explorers plans to make the arduous trek up Turkey's tallest mountain, at 17,820 feet, from July 15 to August 15, subject to the approval of the Turkish government, said Daniel P. McGivern, president of Shamrock_The

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The Very Revd. Fr. Manuel Yergatyan, entered eternal rest following long years of cardiac treatment, on February 11, 2004, in Almelo, the Netherlands. He was born on September 11, 1954, in Istanbul, Turkey, the second son of Haci (Armenian Orthodox) and Sabahat (Turkish Moslem). Baptised in the Holy Mother-of-God Patriarchal Church by the Revd. Fr. Garabed Balian on December 4, 1959, his godfather was the Revd. Deacon Antranig Hallajian and his baptismal name was Haig. He was a pupil at the St.

The Armenian Association of Film Critics and Cinema Journalists, the Benevolent fund of culture development, a number of other associations and entrepreneurs commenced on the organization of the first "Golden Apricot" International film festival in Armenia. The festival is supposed to have a main competition program (feature, documentary and animation films made 2002 onward), retrospective films of Armenian filmmakers and one or two of the best foreign film directors, films by students and debuts.