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Armenian Evangelicals Work for Hope
Vazgen Zohrabyan was only 10 when he joined the Armenian Evangelical Church in 1991. This was a unusual decision: in the rough-and-tumble 1990s his...
Views: 1269
09/18/2018
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Georgia’s Madrasas: Educating Women
In Marneuli, the seat of the predominantly ethnic Azerbaijani region of Kvemo Kartli, a search for a moral compass -- if not devotion to Islam...
Views: 572
09/17/2018
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A Georgian Priest in a Divided Parish
Father Isaiah’s visits to Nikozi, a village in central Georgia which is part of his parish, are increasingly rare. The parish is split in two...
Views: 4910
09/16/2018
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Living as Muslims in Christian Armenia
Thirty-six-year-old Iranian linguist Mariam Torabi came to Armenia last year with a goal not unlike that of other visitors: to learn a new language...
Views: 2618
09/12/2018
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Azerbaijan: Debating the Meaning of Kurban Bayram
Seven decades of communist rule did nothing to dent the popularity of Kurban Bayram among Azerbaijanis.
Views: 1537
09/10/2018
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Armenia: The Bishop of the Border
Bishop Bagrat Galstanyan looks radiant as he shows the Japanese ambassador to Armenia, Jun Yamada, the new school being built in a village in his...
Views: 6851
09/08/2018
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Georgia’s Yazidis: Religion as Identity
The Yazidis, ethnic kin to the Kurds, live predominantly in northern Iraq, northern Syria and eastern Turkey, and follow a monotheistic faith that...
Views: 9225
09/05/2018
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Armenia’s Vanishing Jewish Community
Every day, Rabbi Gershon Burstein, 56, opens the door of Armenia’s only synagogue and waits for the faithful to enter. They very rarely do so.
Views: 5449
08/29/2018
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