Chanasser Publication (Ջանասէր) Mar-Apr 2015 Issue

Բովանդակութիւն՝
  • Խմբագրական - Ապրելու Ապրիլ... «Ջ.»
  • Յարութեան Մեր Տեղը... Վեր. Մկրտիչ Գարակէօզեան
  • Յարութեան Զօրութիւնը... Վեր. Սողոմոն Ն. Քիլաղպեան
  • Գիտնալ, Հաւատալ, Հասկնալ... Դոկտ. Գնէլ Դուրեան
  • «Գիտէ՞ք, Ինչ Ըրի Ձեզի»... Եսթեր Քիլաղպեան
  • Տիգրանին «Իտէալ»ը... Դոկտ. Հրայր Ճէպէճեան
  • Մերձաւոր Արեւելքի Հայ Հոգեւորականութեան Առաքելութիւնը Հայոց Ձեղասպանութեան Տարիներին.
  • Յիշատակութեան Խօսք... Հայ Աւետ. Համաշ. Խորհուրդ
  • ... Զաւէն Խանճեան
  • Պիտի Յիշենք եւ Պիտի Պահանջենք... Րաֆֆի Չիլինկիրեան
  • «Հայկական Աշխարհը՝ Ձեղասպանութենէն 100 Տարի Ետք»
  • Մեծարանքի Հանդիսութիւն Վաստակաւոր Կրթական Մշակներու
  • «Կէսս Մեղաւոր, Կէսս՝ Զոհ»... Ռ.Ա.Մ.
  • «Դարադարձի Անդոհանք եւ Մարտակոչեր»... Փոխան Երկու Խօսքի Մեթր Գասպար Տէրտէրեան
  • Շնորհահանդէս Մեթր Գ. Տէրտէրեանի «Մեր Հողային Պահանջատիրութիւնը Միջ. Հանրային Իրաւունքի Մէջ» Գիրքին
  • Հայ Աւետարանական Կեանք
  • Լուրեր Հայաշխարհ
  • Մահագրութիւն
    • Նուարդ Քասունի Փանայոթիտիս... Դոկտ. Հրայր Ճէպէճեան
Սեփականատէր՝ Մերձաւոր Արեւելքի Հայ Աւետ. Եկեղեցիներու Միութիւն
Հրատարակիչ՝ Մ.Ա.Հ.Ա.Ե. Միութեան Հրատարակչական Մարմին
Owner: Union of the Armenian Evangelical Churches in the Near East
Publisher: U.A.E.C.N.E. Publications Committee

Armenian Evangelical Emmanuel Chanits Presenting a Resurrection Mime Skit

"He said to them, 'Go into the entire world and preach the gospel to all creation.Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.'"

These last verses in Mark 16 which represent Jesus’ final commission after His resurrection were part of the mime skit that the Emmanuel Church’s youth group “CHANITS” of Amanos –Lebanon presented on the fourth of April 2015 at five a.m. in the morning during dawn. On that date, the entire family of the Armenian Evangelical Church in Lebanon had gathered in the campus of KCHAG to celebrate the resurrection of our Holy Lord, the King of Kings Jesus Christ!

Joyful preparations had started weeks before that Holy Sunday as the youth-members anticipated the victory of our Savior. The youth divided the roles amongst each other as actors, directors, worship leaders, band members, and audio and visual supervisors. With the leadership of the Holy Spirit, the team was able to put together a sermon or a performance of four scenes found in the book of Mathew and one in the book of Mark, and they were:

  1. Mathew 26:36- 45 “The Last Prayer”
  2. Mathew 26:69-75 “Peter Disowns Jesus”
  3. Mathew 27: 45- 55 “ The Death of Jesus”
  4. Mathew 28: 1-10 “Jesus Has Risen”
  5. Mark 16 15-18 “Jesus Has Risen” also known as “The Last Commission”

Like any Sunday, the Easter celebration included worship as well. Due to the preparations in a very short notice and with all the difficulties the youth members overcame to present that day’s worship session, we can only say that the entire event was entirely supervised by the Holy Spirit, through the victory of our Christ Jesus, to glorify the greatness of our Heavenly Father.

A Chanitsagan









Rev. Dr. Avedis Boynerian (USA) Preaching in His Home Church

Rev. Dr. Avedis Boynerian preached in the Armenian Evangelical Emmanuel Church, the church where he grew up, heard the Good news and dedicated his life to full time ministry, serving in His field.
During Rev. Avedis and Arpi's visit to Lebanon, we had the joy to have their two sons, Antranig and Arek, to serve within the Daily Vacation Bible School of Emmanuel Church.





Photos courtesy of Mano Chilingirian

Three Additional Bungalows Renovated and Dedicated to God in Kchag

On May 9, 2015 the Kchag camp site was flocked with special guests, who had arrived from USA to Beirut in order to inaugurate the newly renovated bungalows.
The dedication worship service took place in the chapel of Kchag, after which the families led the unveiling of the plaques of the bungalows, one of which is interestingly named Mishd Chanitzagans (always Christian Endeavorers).








Photos courtesy of Hovig Assilian

Interview with Noelle Marie (Badeer) Petersen on the Launching of Her New Book

The Armenian Evangelical Church in Lebanon has had visionary founders, one of whom is Augustine Bedeer. He was instrumental in founding the CMC hospital (now the headquarters of UAECNE), and the Kchag Summer Campsite (now going through renovation and rebuilding).
The granddaughter of Henry Bedeer (brother of Augustine Bedeer) has taken the initiative to assemble her family's story and has turned it into a book on the occasion of the Armenian Genocide Centennial. Her name is Noelle Marie (Badeer) Petersen, whom we met online by happenstance through our Chanitz blog. We requested to have an interview, and she gladly accepted.
In the book entitled "Survived How & Why", you will find amazing survival story of Hripsime Agnoghian Kassarjian from the genocide, relocation of the Badeer family to Lebanon and then their emigration to USA.
(Interview conducted by Raffi Chilingirian)



Raffi- What instigated you in the first place to think about writing this book?
Noelle and her husband
Noelle- When I lost my paternal grandparents, it felt like losing friends, like losing personal history. I became
motivated to share with my nieces and nephews, born and yet to be born, the wonderful people that they would never have a chance to know personally. We have a proud, glorious history as part of the survivors of the Armenian Genocide, and our family history marries it to our life now in America.
I never had a chance to meet my greatgrandmother, Hripsime (Agnoghian) Kassarjian. She was an amazing woman who was persuaded by her local church (in Omaha, Nebraska, at that time) to write a short book of her experiences during war, being orphaned, and surviving the Armenian Genocide. After reading her little book for the first time as an adult, it was clear to me that someone needed to digitize the book so it could be preserved and shared with future generations. After I started on her book, the project grew quickly to include photos and other short biographies!

 Raffi- What are the stages that you passed through from initial phases of thinking about writing this book to actually publishing it?
Noelle- I think most people set out to ‘write a book’ and this book sort of just happened to me. It started out with “Survived: How & Why?” by Hripsime, and it grew into photos and other family stories that just couldn’t lay dormant in an old trunk any longer. My parents have all the old documents and photos going back to the 1900’s. After I decided to add a photo gallery to the book, I purchased a scanner and got busy! About 500 photos in, I realized the project was getting bigger than I ever intended it to … and I loved it. The next stage was to round out my written content to equal the number of photos that I wanted to include. I went back to the trunk and searched out other interesting items such as the short autobiography that my Grandpa Henry Sarkis Badeer wrote about his life, and the family history project that was done back in 1997. All of these documents were retyped into a digital format and then matched with photos, page by page.
Because I didn’t have the software to finish the layout of the book myself, I enlisted the help of my sisterinlaw, Hannah Badeer, who is both a photographer and graphic designer. She made beautiful, professional pages out of my work! We reviewed and revised the draft several times, consulting family members for missing details and proofreading.
We added color photos to the end of the book, along with information about the present members of the family. We
ended up with about 69 pages in all.
What started out as one simply project evolved into a spiral bound book that I later self published and made available in physical and digital format to family and friends.

 Raffi- What problems did you face while working on this book?
Noelle- The main problem I faced was identifying people in photographs that I never met personally. With my grandparents gone, I relied heavily on the help of my Uncle Gilbert Badeer, and my Dad (Daniel Badeer) to help me with this task. We went through over 200 pictures together putting names to faces! I couldn’t have done this without their help.
The secondary problem I faced was dealing with relatives who didn’t care much for the project, or making a contribution. I was surprised to find that some of the extended family had no interest in sharing stories or memories for others to learn from and enjoy. It was disappointing, and probably part of the reason that it took me about a year and half from starting
the project to bringing home the first printed draft.

 Raffi- What is one interesting story that you found out that you didn't know previously?
Noelle- I never realized that my greatgrandmother (Hripsime Agnoghian Kassarjian) was orphaned and separated from her brother as a child. Her brother’s story, included in her little book, is remarkable. Luder Agnoghian was one of many children that we separated from their parents, and exiled in separate directions. He was rescued by several different families and lived with Bedouins until he found himself in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Luder and Hripsime were reunited there after forty years of separation, fearing the other had died. As he said, God sent an angel to save him!

 Raffi- What is the feedback that you received?
Noelle- It is difficult to report feedback when you send a book away to be read. I’m sure some people who have read it never took the time to write back to me. Those who have read it have told me that they love seeing photos with stories, and that the book is much more conversational and approachable than most family history books. I didn’t worry about charts and
trees so much as telling each person’s individual story. Isn’t that what families are made of? Individual stories?

Hripsime (Agnoghian) Kassarjian and her brother, Luder Agnoghian when they were re-united after forty years!

Photo taken around 1980, on the left is Noelle's mom, Deb (Ridge) Badeer, Hripsime, and her daughter (Noelle's grandma) Marie (Kassarjian) Badeer. Marie is holding Noelle's sister, Leah


Chanasser Publication (Ջանասէր) Nov-Dec 2014 Issue

Բովանդակութիւն՝
  • Խմբագրական - Ժամանակ, Ժամանակներ եւ Շարունակութիւն... «Ջ.»
  • Ծառայութեան Կեանք Ապրիլ... Վեր. Սողոմոն Ն. Քիլաղպեան
  • Երբ Հոգեւոր Ենք... Վեր. Յովհ. Կ. Սվաճեան
  • Մի՛ Վախնաք... Վեր. Յակոբ Ա. Սարգիսեան
  • Հեղինակաւորը... Վեր. Հրայր Չոլաքեան
  • Եօթը Առաքինութիւնները... Վեր. Դոկտ. Վահան Յ. Թութիկեան
  • Տունդարձի Երկար Ճամբան... Դոկտ. Հրայր Ճէպէճեան
  • Արդի Երիտասարդութիւնը... Մ.Գ. Տոմպալեան
  • Անապատի Խորանը... Արմիս
  • Հեշտասիրութիւն... Ռ.Ա.Մ.
  • Վեր. Սերոբ Մկրտիչեան
  • Տէր Յիսուսի Չպատասխանուած Աղօթքները... Վեր. Սերոբ Մկրտիչեան
  • «Շատ կը Ցաւիմ, Աղջիկս»... Ժանէթ Քասունի
  • «Ռեքվիեմ»էն Հատուածներ... Վահագն Դաւթեան
  • Վեր. Դոկտ. Վահան Թութիկեան. «Հայ Աւետարանական Համաշխարհային Խորհուրդը»... Դոկտ. Արի Թօփուզխանեան
  • Նոր Գիրք Հալէպէն... Կարելի Բա՞ն... Թորոս Թորանեան
  • Հայ Աւետարանական Կեանք
  • Լուրեր Հայաշխարհ
  • Առողջապահական
  • Մահագրութիւն
    • Լեւոն Պետիկեան
Սեփականատէր՝ Մերձաւոր Արեւելքի Հայ Աւետ. Եկեղեցիներու Միութիւն
Հրատարակիչ՝ Մ.Ա.Հ.Ա.Ե. Միութեան Հրատարակչական Մարմին
Owner: Union of the Armenian Evangelical Churches in the Near East
Publisher: U.A.E.C.N.E. Publications Committee

Gandalf the Gray: Protecting the Fellowship

Galdalf battling with the Balrog

Today, I was finally able to finish the trilogy, while reading small parts of it every day on my way to work. I had seen the movies in the theaters, but I had always wanted to read the book by J.R.R. Tolkien. 
I knew that Tolkien was a friend of C.S. Lewis, but what was interesting to find out was the fact that Tolkien was the reason C.S. Lewis came to accept Christ in his life. Awesome!

 My favorite character in the trilogy of the Lord of the Rings is none other than Gandalf. What grabs my attention is his traits in his character. He knew that he was sent to Middle-Earth to help the earthlings in their mission. This old wizard knew how to read the social and political situations, had a keen insight, was focused on his mission, and he infused his team with confidence and trust.

The epitome of his character shows during the fellowship's escape from Moria, the underground city. While escaping, the Balrog suddenly appears and threatens their progress. Instead of running, Gandalf turns around and faces the giant dark shadow single-handedly, protecting his team from the evil creature. Gandalf battles alone with the Balrog and in the combat the Balrog manages to grab Gandalf's leg with its whip while falling, dragging Gandalf down into the endless pit.

In the history of the Armenian nation we encounter our own Gandalfs, who lead the Armenian nation during times of crisis. We read about Hayr Ghevont Yeretz, who plays an important role during the battle of Avarayr.
We also read about the Rev. Dikran Antreasian of the Armenian Evangelical Church, who in 1915 having witnessed what had befallen the Armenians of Zeytoun, encourages his fellow Armenians of Musa Dagh to flee to the mountains and are later miraculously saved through the intervention of the French battleship.

These courageous men of faith stood up to the challenges and helped their fellow brothers and sisters during troubling times. We are also called to help each other out as brothers and sisters of faith, "carrying one another's burdens, and in this way fulfilling the law of Christ." Galatians 6:2. 

 Raffi Chilingirian

Chanasser Publication (Ջանասէր) Sep-Oct 2014 Issue

Բովանդակութիւն՝
  • Խմբագրական - Մշակոյթի Տագնա՞պ, Թէ՝ Տագնապի Մշակոյթ... «Ջ.»
  • Մեծ եւ Փոքր Խնդիրներ... Վեր. Յովհ. Կ. Սվաճեան
  • Հոգեւոր Տեսողութիւն... Վեր. Յակոբ Ա. Սարգիսեան
  • Մեր «Կուռքերը»... Մարալ Տէյիրմէնճեան
  • Եօթը Մահացու Մեղքերը... Վեր. Դոկտ. Վահան Յ. Թութիկեան
  • Քրիստոսի «Նոր»ը Եւ Քրիստոնէութեան «Նորութիւն»ը... Դոկտ. Հրայր Ճէպէճեան
  • Մինչեւ Մահ... Տիկ. Եւնիկէ Ճէպէճեան
  • Չորցած Ոսկորներու Տեսիլքը... Վեր. Կ.Ս. Թիլքեան
  • Հայկազեան Համալսարան
  • Զրոյց Վեր. Րաֆֆի Մսըրլեանի Հետ
  • Տէր Զօրէ Տէր Զօր... Ռ.Ա.Մ.
  • Արամ Սեփեթճեան
  • Իրաւ Մտաւորականութեան Առաքելութիւնը Իր Պարտականութիւններով... Արամ Սեփեթճեան
  • «Վերջին Զանգ»/Սիլվա Կապուտիկեան... Արամ Սեփեթճեան
  • «Հալէպ - Առաջին Կայարան - Մանկութիւն Ունեցո՞ղ Տղու Մը Յուշերը»... Յակոբ Միքայէլեան
  • «Հայ Մանուկին Անձնական Աստուածաշունչը»... Զաւէն Գ. Գրիգորեան
  • Հայ Աւետարանական Կեանք
  • Լուրեր Հայաշխարհ
  • Մահագրութիւն
    • Մարի Քոյր Փիւրզէկեան-Զա՛ուր... Վեր. Եուսէֆ Ուստա Ժապպուր
    • Ճոզէֆ Սաղտըճեան... Վեր. Սերոբ Մկրտիչեան
    • Յարութիւն Թագաւորեան
Սեփականատէր՝ Մերձաւոր Արեւելքի Հայ Աւետ. Եկեղեցիներու Միութիւն
Հրատարակիչ՝ Մ.Ա.Հ.Ա.Ե. Միութեան Հրատարակչական Մարմին
Owner: Union of the Armenian Evangelical Churches in the Near East
Publisher: U.A.E.C.N.E. Publications Committee