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Spiritual power in the context of secular values

Samvel Mayilyan 07/10/2016
Word and refuse the disgraceful strategies. In case of such a strategy, some employees may jeopardize their reputation, for serving in various religious traditions they often face opposing opinions, but that is the narrow gate and the cross which faithful servants must carry.

Introduction to teaching specifics of “Armenian Church History” subject at public schools of Armenia

Hovhannes Hovhannisyan 03/10/2016
From 2002 a subject titled “Armenian Church History” was introduced into the public schools of Armenia and started to be ...

Teachers of “Armenian Church History” subject at public schools of Armenia

Hovhannes Hovhannisyan 22/08/2016
Who are the teachers of “Armenian Church History subject”? From 2002 a subject called “Armenian Church history” was introduced into the ...

Teaching practices of “Armenian Church History” subject at public schools of Armenia

Hovhannes Hovhannisyan 19/08/2016
The teaching practices and methodologies in different schools and regions are different due to the local specificities of the place ...

Religion and religious Institutions in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: does the religious factor play a role?

Hovhannes Hovhannisyan 19/08/2016
The role of religion and religious institutions has been extensively discussed in various ethnic, territorial and other conflicts, because religion ...

Joint Declaration signed Thursday by John Paul II and Karekin II

14/07/2016
Here is the text of the joint declaration signed Thursday by John Paul II and Karekin II, patriarch of the ...

Faith or Tradition: the Armenian Apostolic Church and Community-Building in Armenia and Nagorny Karabakh

06/07/2016
Abstract   It is no secret that the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC) is closely connected with Armenian nationality and Armenian states (Armenia ...

Joint Declaration Signed at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin

30/06/2016
On June 26, the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians; ...

The Constitutional amendments and the Freedom of religion or belief

Stepan Danielyan 28/06/2016
The Constitutional amendments adopted on the basis of the referendum held on December 6, 2015. Those amendments give rise to ...

Hate Crimes in the Republic of Armenia

Ara Ghazaryan, Stepan Danielyan 28/06/2016
This objective of this research is to study the systems performing permanent monitoring of hate crimes in the Republic of Armenia, collection, classification and fixation of relevant data, legal regulations, related to such crimes; to make their comparative analysis with principles and standards, provided by international human rights structures, in particular, the UN and CoE bodies. The research also includes the analysis of statistics and domestic practice.