Rev. Dr. Vahan Tootikian

Rev. Dr. Vahan H. Tootikian is the Executive Director of the Armenian Evangelical World Council.
Keeping the Faith

Easter, what a difference it made!

Easter is the greatest celebration of all church festivals. It commemorates the most important story of the Christian Gospel: the…

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Keeping the Faith

Questions concerning Palm Sunday

Palm Sunday, the Sunday preceding Easter, commemorates Jesus’ entrance into the city of Jerusalem and is also called the Triumphal…

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Keeping the Faith

The power of habits

Habits are powerful tools. We do many things daily that are habitual. We tie our shoes, put on our clothes…

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Columns

About Lent

Lent is the 40-day period of repentance and renewal preceding Easter. It is a special spiritual season for meditation, prayer…

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Columns

They dared, therefore we are

The Vartanantz War, waged in 451 A.D., is one of the heroic pages in the history of the Armenian nation.…

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Columns

What is this thing called love?

February 14 is Valentine’s Day—a celebration of love and romance! Who was Valentine? There are several legends about Valentine. According…

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Columns

Character: what others will remember about us

One of the troubling and disheartening phenomena in our society is the disregard for the value of human character. All…

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Columns

Remembering Hrant Dink

On January 19, 2007, a 17-year-old self-proclaimed Turkish nationalist killed Hrant Dink, the editor of Istanbul’s bilingual Turkish and Armenian…

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Keeping the Faith

The Christmas story

The Christmas story is the world’s greatest news story. Indeed, the birth of Jesus Christ two thousand years ago is…

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Obituaries

In Memoriam: Centenarian Andy Torigian enters his rest

The Armenian-American community recently bid farewell to one of its oldest and esteemed members, Andy Torigian, who was laid to…

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