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    Armenia's woes have been solved....

    Got this of groong.com, it's part of an article about the change of Archbishop in Western US.

    The passing of the bishop's staff comes at a time of celebration for the
    Armenian church and its Western Diocese. The church dedicated a spacious new
    diocesan center in Burbank on April 30, where church members plan to build a
    $5-million cathedral. The center, finished with marble floors and crystal
    chandeliers, is a far cry from the small rented building on Crenshaw
    Boulevard in which the church was housed in 1971, when Hovsepian began his
    tenure as bishop. For two years, he lived out of a suitcase, he said.

    A FIVE MILLION DOLLAR CATHEDRAL????? MARBLE FLOORS?? CRYSTAL CHANDELIERS?? Once more, armenians trying to prove that they are armenian by building a 5 million dollar cathedral, where the service (correct me if I'm wrong) takes place in english. The crystal chandeliers are justified though, as they truly do enhance the religious experience....siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh......

    Think of all the beautiful things that 5 million dollars would have created in Armenia. I'm not even talking about charity. By investing that money, how many jobs would have been created? I mean, couldn't they have settled with a million dollar cathedral, and invested 4 million for a TRULY noble cause?

    akh, will these people ever learn?...marble floors...yeesh...
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    Sad, sad. Those people make me sick.

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    • #3
      Money spent wrong.

      This is what Armenia has done. Built crosses and churches instead of a xxxxing army and swords to defend itself.

      Give the money to public works or the people or invest it in the country, not some lame cathedral.
      Achkerov kute.

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      • #4
        Armenia has at least waken up a bit in the last decade, and is considered to have one of the strongest armies in the region.

        What I hate is when rich diasporans build new churches in Armenia, instead of a hospital or something. But in that case, it will AT LEAST provide jobs for a couple of armenians.

        In this case, we are building a FIVE MILLION DOLLAR cathedral in California. Who gets the contract to build it? An american company. How many people will be going there on Sundays? 10? 20? And I repeat, things will probably be in English...
        truly, truly sad.
        Well, maybe Archbishop Derderian will try to change that. He left Montreal in order to go there, and services here are always in armenian. Let's hope he tries to do the same in California.

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        • #5
          who said the services in california are in english??

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            Originally posted by vrej
            who said the services in california are in english??
            true... what can u say....
            Canadian armenians...
            always thinking they're DA BOMB lol
            but anyway ...let's just concentrate on the main point...
            obviously... it's a waste of money... and everyone in this forum is gonna agree with you..
            I just wish the guy who came up with the idea or the money for the cathedral was here...
            we could've argued the xxxx outa him lol

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            • #7
              from the same article...

              But there are inexorable pressures, both archbishops said, in maintaining Armenian identity in the New World. Succeeding generations of Armenians speak only English. While there is as yet no shortage of priests overall, there is a shortage of English-speaking priests, a problem as Armenians move beyond the population base in Los Angeles County, particularly Glendale and Burbank, to outlying regions.

              "When you come to expand, when you go to Riverside, there's no way I can send a priest who speaks only Armenian," Hovsepian said. "Over there you have mixed generations, both recent immigrants and only-English-speaking people. Gradually, every priest will have to speak English."

              I know of some who already are in english, and some who aren't. Though gradually, I can't see it moving towards "more armenian" instead of "more english".

              The point is, whether it is in english, armenian, french or pundjabi, it could have very well taken place in a cheaper church, with the rest of the money being spent elsewhere, on what I personally consider being more important causes.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by jahannam
                Originally posted by vrej
                who said the services in california are in english??
                true... what can u say....
                Canadian armenians...
                always thinking they're DA BOMB lol
                CHSGSIS HA!! we truly are DA BOMB...you know, with our igloos and moose all over the place, just WHO CAN beat Canada?

                and french is a pretty cool language...vous ne pensez pas?

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                • #9
                  dants... we posted em together... so I guess you missed my post... read the post before your last one :twisted:

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by jahannam
                    dants... we posted em together... so I guess you missed my post... read the post before your last one :twisted:
                    the post before which post? are you trying to confuse me?

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