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Armenian Action
21
St
Year
October 1999
Vol. 21, No. 1 (67)
Supplement to The Collegian
His Holiness Catholicos Karekin I Passes Away
By Matthew Maroot
Editor
On Tuesday, June 29,1999,
Armenians the world over
suffered an immeasurable
loss. His Holiness Karekin I
Sarkissian, Supreme Patriarch and
Catholicos of all Armenians, passed
into eternal rest after a long period
of severe illness.
H. H. Karekin I was elected in
1995 by the National Ecclesiastical Assembly as the 131st
Catholicos to occupy the throne of
St. Gregory the Illuminator. He
served as Catholicos of the Great
House of Cilicia for 18 years before taking the throne at the See of
Holy Etchmiadzin where he guided
His Holiness Karekin I
The Armenian Studies Program
and Armenian Students Organization
of California State University, Fresno
and the Armenian National Committee, Central California
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cordially invite you to
The Armenian Massacres of Adana (1909-1999):
Ninety Years Later
• 9:45 AM Welcome and Introduction of Speakers
Dickran Kouymjian, Director, Armenian Studies Program
"The 1909 Cilician Massacres: An Overview"
Aram Arkun (New York)
"The 1909 Armenian Massacres in Northwest Syria"
Vahram Shemmassian (Los Angeles)
• 11:15-11:30 AM Coffee Break
"The Politics of Relief in Adana and Cilicia"
Hilmar Kaiser (Dearborn and Florence)
"Adana 1909: The Turkish Argument and
Genocidal Denial"
Gregory Goekjian (Portland, Oregon)
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Saturday, October 9,1999 • 9:45 AM to 12:45 AM
Alice Peters Auditorium Room 191 • University Business Center
C.S.U. Fresno campus
Admission to the Conference is free. Relaxed parking is available in Lots A
and J near the auditorium. For more information please contact the
Armenian Studies Program office at 278-2669.
the Armenian
Church and the
Armenian nation with a profound sense of
devotion.
During his
last visit to
Fresno in February, 1996,
H.H. Karekin I
was the guest of
the Armenian
Studies Program and spoke
to a capacity
crowd at the
Satellite Student Union.
News of his passing despite a
long and serious illness, was no
less tragic. "As much as you prepare for something that you know
is inevitable, there was nevertheless a feeling of despair when we
lost His Holiness," said Mark
Shirin, Arch Deacon at the Holy
Trinity Armenian Apostolic
Church in Fresno. "He was not just
a great church leader, he was a
great writer, a scholar, an orator, a
theologian, an ecumenist. He was
someone who captured the hearts
of a lot of young Armenian-American people," Shirin said.   .
His Holiness Karekin I was
born Neshan Sarkissian on August
27, 1932. He attended an Armenian elementary school near his
native village of Kessab, Syria and
in 1946 was admitted to the Theological Seminary ofthe Armenian
Catholicate of Cilicia. In 1949 he
was ordained as a deacon before
graduating with high honors in
1952. His Holiness took the name
Karekin when ordained as a celibate priest on Sept. 28, 1952. He
was renamed Karekin in memory
ofthe late Catholicos H.H. Karekin
I Hovsepian.
H.H. Karekin I worked tirelessly to not only develop and nurture the spirituality of the Armenian people, but to unify them as a
nation as well. He also dedicated
much of his time to make Armenians throughout the Diaspora feel
as much a part of the Armenian
Church as those who worshipped
at Etchmiadzin themselves. Many
believe H.H. Karekin I had much
Fresno State Awarded
Grant to Assist Armenia
The Armenian Quarter of Adana (c. 1909)   From: La Armemenn Dam usmptr*
OttomanA La Veille Du Genocide (1992), Raymond H. Kevorkian and Paul B. Paboudjian
Mr. Thomas McClanahan,
Associate Vice-President for Grants and Research, announced that Fresno State
was awarded a grant of $104,440
for the purpose of conducting a
Faculty Development Program in
Business and Economics with
Yerevan State University under the
Newly Independent States (NIS)
College and University Partnership Program.
Fresno State professors will
collaborate with Yerevan State
University Professors to develop
curricula in the area of business
and economics.
Project director for Fresno
State is Barlow Der Mugrdechian
ofthe Armenian Studies Program,
who applied for the grant, and Associate Project Director is Dr.
Dickran Kouymjian, Director of
the Armenian Studies Program.
Project co-directors from Yerevan
State University (YSU) are Rafael
Matevossian, Pro-Rector (Vice
President) for International Relations, and Grigor Gharibian, Dean
of the School of Business. Der
Mugrdechian had traveled to Armenia recently to strengthen the
YSU-Fresno State sister-university
ties and the idea ofthe grant application arose out of discussions with
YSU faculty.
The goal of the project is to
contribute to economic and political stability in Armenia by fostering educational reform in the area
of business/economics at Yerevan
State University. The program will
enhance the expertise of educators
and business practitioners in the
basic business and economic principles that underlie all modern
market economies. The program
has been designed to facilitate
Armenia's development as a technologically advanced, democratic,
and free-enterprise society.
Modem business practices will
be applied to real world problems
by inviting local business practitioners to the Yerevan State University campus for seminars, workshops, and demonstration projects.
See Grant, Page 2
more to accomplish in his already
accomplished life. "His tenure was
too short, he really didn't get to
accomplish all that he wanted to,"
said Ben Krikorian, chairman of
the parish council at St. Paul Armenian Church in Fresno.
In preparation for the celebration of the 1700th anniversary of
the adoption of Christianity in Armenia, H.H. Karekin I oversaw the
renovation of numerous churches
and monasteries that had previously
been in a state of disrepair.
Also under his direction, a new
assemblage of future spiritual leaders studied at the Gevorgian Seminary which had been completely
renovated. The efforts of H.H.
Karekin I also led to the expansion
of the Center for Christian Education and Preaching and the opening
of the St. Mesrop Seminary in
Oshakan.
Thanks in large part to the prolific writings of H.H. Karekin I, the
press ofthe Mother See was greatly
expanded and included a number of
works authored by His Holiness.
See His Holiness, Page 6
Arisian Elected
ASI President
ASI President Arakel Arisian
By Shayla Srabian
Staff Writer
Arakel A. Arisian, formerly
the Armenian Students
Organization President
from Fall 1997 to Fall 1999, was
elected President of Associated
Students Inc. at California State
University, Fresno for Fall 1999
and Spring 2000.
David Emerzian was the President for the Fall 1998 and Spring
1999 semesters. Last year Arisian
served as Vice President of Finance and felt that Emerzian's influence was an encouragement to
See Arisian, Page 8
HYE-Lights, Page 3
AGBU Internship, Page 4
Pan-Armenian Games, Page 5
Armenian News, Page 7