Europe Has Failed Armenia
by Antonia ArslanEuropean hypocrisy has destroyed Nagorno-Karabakh. Continue Reading »
The Persecution of Armenian Christians Is Not Just a Religious Freedom Issue
by Joel VeldkampChristian communities around the world are facing oppression, military attack, and ethnic cleansing in ways that are not easy to define as violations of individual religious freedom. Continue Reading »
The West Should Not Abandon Armenia
by Mark MovsesianUnless the West creates greater incentives for Azerbaijan to negotiate in good faith, a humanitarian crisis looks about to unfold. Continue Reading »
Armenian Christians Face a Humanitarian Crisis
by Jack Baghumian and Lara SetrakianThe Armenian Christians in Nagorno-Karabakh are sustained by faith amidst the crisis caused by the Azeri blockade, which is steadily worsening every day. Continue Reading »
Learning From the Saints of the Middle East
by Samuel Sweeney“How can a man know that his own profession of faith is true, while what others profess is false?” Continue Reading »
Armenia’s Future
by Mark MovsesianRussian control of Karabakh and protection of the region’s Armenians is a good second-best option for Armenia, given the alternatives. Continue Reading »
Pope Francis in Armenia
by Mark MovsesianLast weekend, Pope Francis made an apostolic journey to Armenia, a small, landlocked country of three million in the South Caucasus, bordering Turkey, Iran, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. The official motto of his journey was “Visit to the First Christian Nation,” a reference to Armenia’s being the . . . . Continue Reading »
Slighting Syria's Christians
by Mark MovsesianTake a look at the photo below, which appeared recently on Instagram. It’s the photo of a page from the New Testament — Acts 25, which recounts St. Paul’s trial before Festus. The page, seared into a bookshelf, is all that remains of the Bible that once contained it. ISIS recently burned . . . . Continue Reading »
A New Book on the Armenian Genocide
by Mark MovsesianThis year, on its hundredth anniversary, the Armenian Genocide of 1915 has received unusually prominent and long overdue attention. New, in-depth treatments have appeared from major presses: Thomas de Waal’s Great Catastrophe (Oxford), Eugene Rogan’s The Fall of the . . . . Continue Reading »
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