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Book Review: “Rebel Land-Unraveling the Riddle of History in a Turkish Town”
March 12, 2010

By Vadim Ryzov

Rebel Land: Unraveling The Riddle Of History In A Turkish Town originated from an error. In a 2001 New York Review Of Books piece about Turkey’s history, Christopher de Bellaigue stated in passing that the deaths of Armenians in Turkey during the 1890s and the infamous...

U.S. Ambassador Bestows Sukhudyan with “Women of Courage” Award
March 12, 2010

On Wednesday, U.S. Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch bestowed the Women of Courage Award to Mariam Sukhudyan, a young Armenian human rights activist and a leader of SOS Teghut, an environmental defense organization. “This award recognizes an Armenian woman who has demonstrated exceptional courage, innovation, and leadership in the pursuit of equality...

Turkish-American Groups Protest CBS Genocide Broadcast
March 2, 2010

In response to the CBS 60 Minutes broadcast of “Battle Over History”, a program that delved into the history of the 1915 Genocide, two Turkish organizations have sent protest letters to CBS executives. The Federation of Turkish-American Associations and the Assembly of Turkish-American Associations have also launched a letter writing and e-mail campaign to display their displeasure with the CBS program...

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God, Church

Who is God, and can we know Him thoroughly? What was the purpose of the establishment of the Christian Church? And what is her mission in this world?
According to the Bible and the Church Fathers, God is Holy Trinity- Father, Son and Holy Spirit (Matt 28:29). This fact is stated in the Creed accepted through Divine revelation at the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea in 325 and is one of the Church's most important dogmatic bases, for the purity of which the Church has been struggling for centuries. The Church is founded by the Son of God - by our Lord Jesus Christ. Her chief purpose and mission in this world is to give birth to sons of God, to grow them through spiritual care and lead them to heaven, that is, to make the citizens of the earth citizens of heaven. That mission is carried out by the Church mysteriously, that is, through spiritual realities, through the Holy Mysteries, which are the following: Baptism, Confirmation, Repentance, Holy Communion, Matrimony, Ordination, and Unction of the Sick.

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