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I just recently read this somewhere, the Protestant Armenian Church is actually a branch of the Apostolic Church, not sure how this works, I was surprised when I read it, but anything is expected from Armenians, LOL.

Disgusted, that's it, I am coming to your neighborhood to spraypaint your house and all the trees and your face......LOL it's time to teach you some armenian tough love

so then you are in that 90%...got it

i think you should apologize because if you cannot respect free speech then you really are not a true american either, notice i write american wtih a small letter.

I kind of like their artwork otherwise that place looks kind of sterile and boring. That's the point, they are bored with their middle-class suburban selves, it's a teenage revolution against suburbs, endless highways, the American car culture. Hopefully they will grow up and create communities that are less boring.

I think when you concentrate on what you can give rather than receive. Lowering expectations or rather not expecting demanding anything. It's hard to say though, to each their own. I have been in a good relationship for a year and a half and can't tell you what makes it good.

He is simply a puppet in the hands of religious authoritarianism...didn't he also say something about Karabagh needs to be returned to Azeris??

Karazov, I agree that both nationalities have to find more about each other. And when Russians do find out about Armenians, they might be pleasantly surprised to find out that your great Christian culture would not be there without Armenian direct influence via Byzantine Empire. Do you know how many Armenian emperors the Byzantine empire had?????? Passage from a book "Byzantium - The Empire of the New Rome" by Cyril Mango. 'Among the new immigrants the most prominent, however were the Armenians, many of whom arrived without being forced to do so. The Armenians were excellent soldiers, and the Empire deprived of its Illyrian recruiting ground needed them badly. In fact, the immigration of Armenians had started in the 6th century, and from the reign of Maurice onwards they formed the backbone of the Byzantine army....Unlike the slavs, however, the Armenians quickly rose to prominent positions, even the imperial throne and dominated the military establishment throughtout the Middle Byzantine period.' p. 26.

Karazov, btw welcome to the forum! Einstein once said "If I succeed in my experiments the Germans will call me a German and the French will call me a world citizen. However, if I fail the French will call me a German and the Germans will me a Jew!" why did I bring this up? Indirectly this relates to the politics that the major powers play, the spin doctoring etc. Now, we have a Russia today that is largely an undemocratic country, with large income disparities and people are hungry and jobless and feel left out from the system while few are building palaces made of gold and buying soccer teams in London. How do they protect their power? Ohh, wait those poor Caucasian migrants, let's involve them in some crime and tell our people that whatever is wrong in Russia today is because of THEM! So this is how a Azeri cucumber salesman at a Russian farmers' market has been labeled a criminal. Why? Because certain governement entitiy has given them power to dominate the market industry for a hefty sum in return and the Russian peasant has been left out of the market. This way the government officials both make money and have someone to turn to if people come complaining - the dirty migrants. This rhetoric has been used in America so much particularly in regards to cheap agricultural labor used with Mexican migration, when we all know that it is really the American farmers that mostly benefit from this labor - low cost labor leads to more profit for them. And this applies to the construction industry in Russia etc where majority migrants work in. No nationality should be threatened (perhaps except for Chechens since there is direct war) in "civilized democratic" Russia. Skinheads are sponsored by the government to spread havoc and create the tension in order for people to forget who the real problem is - the few that have the money. When Armenians were building jet airplanes the protect the mother Russia they were called heroes, today they are called xachik or whatever (at least it is not gyavur "infidel" as were labeled by Young Turks). So I hope you got my point.

Gamavor jan, people working in Russia contribute the most to Armenia via remittances as well as direct capital investments by some wealthy Russian Armenians (exp. North Avenue in Yerevan, check out where the money is coming from). More money flows to Russia from Armenia than from US. If Armenia wants to be a self-sufficient country without any economic support, it has to be like Japan during the 20th century - most of all think about the well being of the country, as opposed to the pockets of few puzati. This kind of mentally we will never obtain, unless if there is a revolution and people who take over are young educated armenians from around the world who REALLY care about the well-being of the nation and not what kind of car they drive.

thanks for your response Karazov, I will respond in more detail about my opinion but now I have to study for an exam. Gamavor, your points are good but today it's better to think about solutions for the safety and well-being of Armenians' in Russia rather than analyze historical facts, 2 million is a lot of people.

Hi Kazarov, this probably should be a different thread. Do you see the kettle exploding in Russia and an ethnic war starting anytime soon? Some of the news I read is scary but again I have no idea what is going on in reality.

Karazov, are you russian?

How about Arabian? Does this mean they are arabs or lived amongst arabs? Weird last name.

no Rostom you are wrong, now they get together to play BLOT

I recently stumbled upon an article while doing research on New York Times, it was printed on July 12, 1915.ArticleonGenocide.pdf

thank you, thank you. Looking forward to seeing the Armenian Quarter and St. James Church.

Hello, I am going to be in Israel for work in the early part of January and would like to know how to get hold of Armenians there. As I understand most Armenians are probably in Jerusalem, perhaps not. I am going to be mainly in Tel-Aviv, is there anything there? I would like to visit the Armenian Quarter in Jerusalem, but would prefer to talk to get in touch with somebody who can give me a little tour . Let me know, thanks.

do you at least play with yourself, Seb?

Hypnotize is coming out on Tuesday, Nov 22 and those of you in the New York area, SOAD will be autographing starting at 6pm that day at Virgin on Times Square (check their website for more info).

this name is present in Armenia, we have family friends, no connection to any sects.

you openned a can of worms....which Armenian are you interested...Eastern (spoken in Armenia, Russia, Iran) or Western ...spoken in Diaspora, originally spoken by Armenians West of Ararat mountain. Armenian language is pretty "clean". Some Iranian borrowing from 1500 years ago, Christianity cut the cultural ties for good. Turkish language only through our last names and that was imposed by force. Now, in the slang people use Turkish and in the Eastern Armenian lots and lots of Russian words. However, none of those words are "officially" part of the language and their Armenian versions exist as well. Just a short intro. Arpa will be an excellent source for this.

that's a really great point but this kind of thinking will "fly" in the Western millieu, now try arguing the same amongst Armenians...sexuality is a supressed subject (not as bad as in some others cultures), nonetheless female sexuality is even more suppressed. Otherwise, I am 100% with you.

are you sure you're going to perform well? I mean normally it takes some time for men and women to develop their sexuality and for men to last long etc etc. And if you don't you might have a very depressed wife. So consider those options.

Sip, this is when time for you to fall deeply in love....