Tag: armenian church

June 19, 2024
Of Reactionaries, Clerics and Protests

Of Reactionaries, Clerics and Protests

The institutional mechanisms, economic arrangements, and social power networks that Catholicos Garegin II constructed and relied on are incompatible with Armenia’s democratic project and the values of the Church as a sacred institution, writes Nerses Kopalyan.

October 29, 2021
Harissa: Tradition and Resistance

Harissa: Tradition and Resistance

Christian Armenian lore traces the origins of harissa to Gregory the Illuminator, who converted King Tiridates III to Christianity at the beginning of the 4th century. Hranoush Dermoyan traces the history of this traditional Armenian dish.