KHATCHIK BABIKIAN FUND OF THE CATHOLICOSATE OF CILICIA ANNOUNCES ITS PRIORITIES TO FURTHER THE 2009 YEAR OF YOUTH
Khatchik Babikian, long time President of the National Assembly and Executive Council of the Catholicosate, Member of the Lebanese Parliament and well known Lawyer, had bequeathed before he died a sum to the Catholicosate asking His Holiness Aram I to create a Foundation. According to the desire of Khatchik Babikian part of the income from the funds would be used for the educational, cultural and humanitarian activities of the community in Lebanon.
At its recent meeting the Board announced four priority areas touching the lives of youth and inviting young students to contribute through essay contests on: Religious and ethical issues; research on Armenian history; Armenian language and literature. The fourth priority ‘Armenian song’ is open to all young people ages 16-30. The Board has also nominated a committee to supervise the work in each of these areas.
The four priorities of Khatchik Babikian Fund will enhance the work of the Catholicosate that began with the announcement of 2009 the “Year of Youth.”
PRESS RELEASE
The Khatchig Babikian Publishing Fund continues its regular meetings presided over by His Holiness Aram I and is in continuous consultation with its members outside of Lebanon.
The Committee has already received a number of submissions in the fields of the evolution of Armenian political thought and the progress of the Armenian Cause.
In its most recent meeting, the Committee decided to publish Garen Khanlarian’s “The Ethno-religious Reformulation of the Armenian Population in the Turkish Republic- 1923-2005”. The study is currently under print.
We would like to remind the public that research studies, writings and student theses on the topics of the Armenian Cause, Armenian rights and generally the evolution of Armenian political thought would be welcomed for consideration by the Fund’s Committee.
The Committee includes the following members: Yervant Pamboukian (Lebanon), Shahan Kandaharian (Lebanon), Giro Manoyan (Armenia), Haig Oshagan (Eastern United States) and Garo Momdjian (Western United States).
Submissions should be sent to the following address:
Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia
P.O. Box 70317
Antelias, Lebanon
E-mail: chancellor@armenianorthodoxchurch.org
Fax: +961-4-410 002
Khatchig Babikian Fund Committee
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