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Diocese Responds to Desperate Condition ofArmenians in

try also organized themselves into an emergency committee , NY - It was five months ago that the desper ernment's economic policies, which have brought hyper-infla under the leadership of Haig Haigian, and collected approxi-: ate Bulgarian-Armenian community appealed for aid from the tion to the country. With virtually no bread due to lack of in America. Immediately, the Diocese of the flour, and a pound of meet costing $2 and.cheese $3, most mately $2,500. In Bulgaria, a committee has been formed to address this crit Armenian Church under the leadershipof the Primate, pensioners cannot afford these staples since their monthly ical situatioa Its head is the Diocesan Council Chairman, along Archbishop Khajag Barsamian, instructed all its parishes to pension ranges, from $3 to $4. In addition, medicine is so with the participation of the Armenian General Benevolent hold a special collection on Easter Sunday. expensive that the critically ill cannot afford it Union, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation and the Yerevan As a result of this effort, which was under the direction of It was in mid-March that the Primate received a fax from the Committee. The group is involved in monitoring and operating the Fund for Armenian Relief (FAR), soup kitchens were insti Armenian Diocesan Council Chairman in Bulgaria, Onnig the soup kitchens and in distributing the food tuted in Armenian churches or chapels in all 13 cities in Kirazian, representing the Primate, Archbishop Dirayr Though a positive start has fceen made in trying to alleviate Bulgaria with Armenian populations. Manned by volunteers, Mardigian, asking for emergency help. the desperate conditions of the Armenians in Bulgaria, the sit the kitchens feed on a weekly basis the most needy-the elder Archbishop Barsamian immediately sent $5,000 from the uation is still critical. Those who would like to bring an end to ly, sick, pensioners and children. emergency fund of the Diocese, and then asked all Diocesan the severe deprivation of the Bulgarian-Armenian community The American-Armenian contribution also established a parishes to contribute. Following the fundraising efforts, can send checks payable to FAR-Bulgarian Relief Fund, camp for the Armenian youth in Bulgaria, which accommo another $14,000 was sent, bringing the total contribution to Diocese of the Armenian Church, 630 Second Avenue, New dates up to 140 young people. $19,000. The conditions in Bulgaria have been critical due to the gov The small community of Bulgarian Armenians in this coun York, NY 10016.

inars on diaspora-Armenian relations, which will Tchilingirian New Directorof Zoryan Institute be held in various cities across North America; an international conference on the 10th anniver sary of the "Karabagh Movement," scheduled for CAMBRIDGE, MA - After a yearlong search Middle East From 1990 to 1995, Tchilingirian of concentration: the diaspora, Republic of May 1998; publication of books, including in the academic community, the Corporate was editor of Window Quarterly, a California- , and the Genocide. Tchilingirian's inaugural task as Director of Zoryan-sponsored English translation of Dr. Yair Board of the Zoryan Institute for Contem based journal dealing with contemporary issues the Zoryan Institute was to finalize the purchase Auron's The Banality of Indifference, dealing porary Armenian Research and Documentation in the Armenian church and community. with the attitudes of theJewish community in (Cambridge and Toronto) has announced the "For over a decade, the Zoryan Institute has and transfer to the Institute, of the archives of Royal and Lizzie Cole, American missionaries in Palestine and the Zionist Movement, as well as appointment of Kratch Tchilingirian as Director provided ground-breaking research, analysis Turkish Armenia and Kurdistan in the years ' the state of Israel, to the ; an of the Institute. "Asa member of the new gen and publications to the academic, professional 1868 to 1908. The acquisition was made possible introduction to the . newly-acquired Cole eration of Armenian scholars, Mr. Tchilingirian and wider communities," stated Tchilingirian Collection; and a book on comparative genocide, is well suited for thetask of steering the upon accepting the appointment "The chal through the efforts of Kouken Sarkissian, Prof. a joint venture with Macmillan Press. The Institute into the 21st century," observed lenge of adding to the considerable body of Vahakn Dadrian and Prof. Saul Nigoghosian. Institute continues to co-publish (with University Kourken Sarkissian, Corporate Board Member. work achieved by the Institute is one I look for Tchilingirian predicts that as a priceless primary of Toronto) its award-winning Diaspora: A A PhD candidate in the Sociology ward to meeting." resource, the Cole Collection will have a signifi Journal of Transnational Studies. Department at the London School of The second Director in the 15-yearhistory of cant impact on the study of Anneniahmassacres The Zoryan Institute is a publicly supported, Economics, Tchilingirian is studying the society the Zoryan Institute, Tchilingirian will draw and Armenian life in the late 19th f non-profit-organizaUon, devoted to the study, of Nagorno Karabagh, with special focus on the upon his diverse background-which includes introduction and .back^und analysis, 5and : presentation of contemporary struggle for self-determination, the war and the an MPA (Public Administration/Political Collection has been prepared ah ArmeniaiL issues in the'context of regional and state-building process. He is the author of • Science) and MDiv (TheologyHo design and lished by the Institute soon. According to Tchilingirian, the global changes. The Zoryan Institute is located numerous articles on Armenia and Karabagh implement new research and documentation jects for the coming year include a }- at 19 Day Street, Cambridge, MA 02140. published in Europe, North America and the projects within the Institute's three main areas