“When I got off the bus, it was already night-time. It was freezing cold and snowing heavily. I immediately pulled up the collar of my coat and covered my ears by pulling down the ear-flaps of my hat fastening them with a knot under my chin.
The world undergoes a process of globalization on one hand, and it is divided into religious, political and any kind of groups and subcultures on the other hand. Ones unite this world, the others separate it. While some forces try to be first to hold off the world, it is collapsing.
On the occasion of coincidence of Christ's Resurrection Day and Genocide Remembrance Day in 2011 I sent a letter to the world's spiritual leaders calling them to recall during the Easter liturgy on April 24 one and a half million Armenians massacred for their faith during the Armenian Genocide in 1915 organized by the Turkish government.
Why we cannot be a worthy partner in our political relations with other countries? The reason perhaps is that we have been deprived of statehood for centuries. But why we have been deprived of statehood? Perhaps, we are a small country. Why we are a small country? Maybe we couldn’t have been a worthy political partner from the beginning. But it is over. We must stop underestimating ourselves. I think we need a very specific goal and our...
Our Lord divided mankind into nations only by separating their languages. It is said, the language is the most important distinguishing feature of a nation, the pledge of its identity. That’s why for centuries a conquering country has not been satisfied by acquiring foreign lands until dominating over the language and script of the falling country. The humanity has reached to the peaks of modern armaments leaving far behind the era of spears;...
There are people whose life sounds as genius speech. Blessed are those who stand near and listen to them. Blessed are those who witness as the life of such people is incredible, and their uniqueness is indescribable as a privilege granted by God. These people live as geniuses. They are never wrong. Their slips are directed at a certain target. They can only slip up and retreat only to the truth.
When the government in England (probably not only in England) initiates to plant greenery, they do not design the crossing passages through the greenery initially. After some time, the places on the grass where the pedestrians have walked are clearly outlined. Later they pave those “selected” places to make them favorable passages for population. In this way the citizens of developed countries directly take part in making decisions in...
I had friends, who sacrificed their lives in the battlefield for the sake of immortality of their country. Up to now I love them and keenly appreciate their deeds. But what Stus did for his country was much more than just to sacrifice his life. Stus was not simply a soldier. He was a whole ideology, type of prototype. I also had friends, who used to be my ideological comrades-in-arms-wise and reasonable, self-sacrificing and self-denying friends....
On the threshold of the 21th anniversary of Armenia's independence according to RA president’s decree Slavik Paronyan, the honorary professor of department of painting and sculpture of the Yerevan State University of Architecture and Construction, was awarded with the title of RA National Artist.