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Holy Land Loss!
It seems there is chatter about, or perhaps it is serious consideration of, selling the property owned by the Armenian Diocese (Eastern U.S.) on which its St. Vartan Cathedral sits, just as that structure’s 50th anniversary hits this year. It is prime property in
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I just read an article – above – Holy Land Lost. And then was shocked and somewhat disgusted reading an ugly comment underneath it, by I have no idea whom, beginning with “Garen Yegbarian is a fat, bald guy…etc” supposedly criticizing said Garen Yegbarian. I don’t know the latter in person, but what has fat and bald got to do with the issue? C’mon already, constructive and ‘clean’ criticism is one thing, throwing insults on one’s physical appearance and thus attempting to belittle him is not pretty nor acceptable! …and, not identifying himself/herself, cowardly!
Hi Karina, believe it or not, that “comment” you are referring to is actually Garen’s author bio—he wrote it himself about himself! Hope this clears things up!
what is the matter with our community? total nuts.
as my father told me money is everything but also is nothing just papers.
It would be a real loss to New York, to the US, and to the Armenian population in the US. My prayers that it doesn’t happen.
If the Church sells St. Vardan, I’ll stand outside of mass at St. Ghevond every Sunday and protest. Doing so would be a crime against the heritage of our people. A sacred building with such cultural meaning behind it should never even be considered for sale. Not only that, it would be hypocritical of us in the least because of our tendency to cry over destroyed churches in Western Armenia, as we formulate appraisals over churches we currently have control over.
Very unwise move and shouldn’t be the decision of a few. The cathedral, the diocese, and all its properties belong to the whole community. Some among the community are entrusted to run/govern it – wisely and for the benefit of the whole community, the church, and future generations…Hence the remit of the people now “in charge” is to ensure proper governance and they definitely have no authority or privileges to sell it