Comments on: Return of the Mkhitarist Fathers http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2007/05/20/return-of-the-mkhitarist-fathers-2/ Journalism and Photography from Armenia and the Surrounding Region Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:23:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Oneworld Multimedia http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2007/05/20/return-of-the-mkhitarist-fathers-2/#comment-3913 Wed, 23 May 2007 11:00:03 +0100 http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2007/05/20/return-of-the-mkhitarist-fathers-2/#comment-3913 <strong>The Long Road Home</strong> Father Hovsep teaches a new generation of Mekhitarists © Onnik Krikorian As mentioned in a previous post, the article I wrote and photographed on the return of the Mkhitarist Fathers to Armenia has now been published in the physical edition of th... The Long Road Home

Father Hovsep teaches a new generation of Mekhitarists © Onnik Krikorian
As mentioned in a previous post, the article I wrote and photographed on the return of the Mkhitarist Fathers to Armenia has now been published in the physical edition of th…

]]> by: cgarbis http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2007/05/20/return-of-the-mkhitarist-fathers-2/#comment-3905 Mon, 21 May 2007 18:19:02 +0100 http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2007/05/20/return-of-the-mkhitarist-fathers-2/#comment-3905 You should not disrespect the Mkhitarist Order. They were responsible for providing educational materials and printing countless thousands of books, not to mention legitimizing "ashkharapar" or rather commonly spoken vernacular as a literal language, thus providing information to the masses that they could actually understand. Their books were an alternative to classical Armenian texts which was for the most part inaccessible to the masses due to the complexity of the language. The Mkhitarist Order also opened schools and junior colleges throughout the Middle East in places like Aleppo, for instance, in order to provide quality education to Armenian youth--in three languages. I don't understand this concept of one Armenian church, when it is clearly divided--you have two holy apostolic seas for one thing each presided by a Catholicos. There are also Armenian Protestant churches in communities worldwide in addition to Armenian Catholic churches. Now the Mormons and Jehovah's Witness fieldworkers are spreading their own gospels throughout Armenia (which is partly atheist) and they have already attracted followers. So who is anyone to say how an Armenian should and should not worship? Religion belongs to an individual. No one has any right to dictate how a person should worship. You should not disrespect the Mkhitarist Order. They were responsible for providing educational materials and printing countless thousands of books, not to mention legitimizing “ashkharapar” or rather commonly spoken vernacular as a literal language, thus providing information to the masses that they could actually understand. Their books were an alternative to classical Armenian texts which was for the most part inaccessible to the masses due to the complexity of the language. The Mkhitarist Order also opened schools and junior colleges throughout the Middle East in places like Aleppo, for instance, in order to provide quality education to Armenian youth–in three languages.

I don’t understand this concept of one Armenian church, when it is clearly divided–you have two holy apostolic seas for one thing each presided by a Catholicos. There are also Armenian Protestant churches in communities worldwide in addition to Armenian Catholic churches. Now the Mormons and Jehovah’s Witness fieldworkers are spreading their own gospels throughout Armenia (which is partly atheist) and they have already attracted followers. So who is anyone to say how an Armenian should and should not worship?

Religion belongs to an individual. No one has any right to dictate how a person should worship.

]]> by: Onnik http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2007/05/20/return-of-the-mkhitarist-fathers-2/#comment-3891 Sun, 20 May 2007 19:56:09 +0100 http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2007/05/20/return-of-the-mkhitarist-fathers-2/#comment-3891 The Catholicos is actually pleased the Mkhitarist Fathers are back in Armenia and the two work closely with each other. Indeed, Etchmiadzin particularly want them to re-introduce Monks into Armenian spiritual life and will be presenting them with a Monastery here in order to do so. The Catholicos is actually pleased the Mkhitarist Fathers are back in Armenia and the two work closely with each other. Indeed, Etchmiadzin particularly want them to re-introduce Monks into Armenian spiritual life and will be presenting them with a Monastery here in order to do so.

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