84 Degrees ?? What's REALLYYYYYYYYYYY going on?? Someone must think "khent" Mard is already here, cause for some reason today was SCORCHING hot!!! Hmmmmm......earthquake weather? (we'll see!)
Well, despite the fact that I'm exhausted like you wouldn't believe, I decided to log - as I heard a VERY interesting speaker in one of my classes today. As I've mentioned before, this semester I'm taking a class called "The Changing Roles of Armenian Women". This week, we had a guest speaker, Hayr Vazken from Pasadena's St. Gregory Church (Echmiadzin). He came to speak about women today, especially relating to the Armenian church, since he was the Der Hayr in the Silicon Valley area when the first Armenian Deaconess in America was ordained in 1984. Yes, you heard correctly.... 1984 ..... America....... First Armenian Deaconess. Well, maybe I shouldn't have been so surprised, because if you look at the overall situation of women and how far they have come.... it's really not far at all (Women FIRSTTTTT impacted the American Vote when Reagan was in office in 1980!) Imagine! Well...getting back to the Deaconess..... Maybe I should rewind a little. Now for those of us who aren't too "churchy", the Deaconess isn't a Der Hayr or anything. Actually.....very far from one. Deacons are just normal everyday people, who go through this special training and what not....and I guess in a way become the "right hand man" of the Der Hayr. Can I say..."nurse" for a doctor? Baaaaaaaaaaaaaack in the day, there WERE Armenian Deaconesses, but they were VERY VERY rare. There's actually ONE book about them - also VERY rare. I know how rare....i TRIED finding it and it took me forever! I wrote a paper about Armenian Women in the Church, but guess what.....turns out it's on the list of TABOO subjects right next to domestic violence, drugs, STD's, infidelity, etc. So, Armenian women.... the backbone of our communities and families from the WAY beginning of our existence, are left out of the MOST important element of our Armenian beings..... Christianity. Isn't that a shame? ............ more to come on this subject........
So here's what we'll do.... we'll STATE the questions that seem to be the direct causes of our problems, and then hopefully together can come up solutions. Come on, we HAVE to give this a shot! Ok, here's a little beginning...
Problem #1: Are WE, as Armenians, superior (better) than others?
(I bet you, you just thought....NO!)
THINK AGAIN!!!!!! If you live in Los Angeles, or have visited the area, and have been to the Museum of Tolerance (the Holocaust Museum), you'd kind of understand what I'm talking about. At this museum, the tour walks to the end of a hall.... there, you are given a choice to enter through one of 2 doors. Door A - Non-Prejudice .... and Door B - Prejudice. Well, the guide gives you a minute or two...and soon you see people walking towards Door A.... DZZZZZZZZZZZ Door A doesn't exist!!!! So, Door B opens, and everyone is forced to walk through there.... meaning... EVERYONEEEEEEE has some sort of prejudice in them! Welllll, same thing with my question. You might answer my question - NO WAY, Armenians are not superior..... but the things you DO and SAY will reflect a totally opposite viewpoint. (If I lost you.... sorry....)
Anyways, without going into further detail... I have just one thing to say.... WE ARE NOT MADE OF DIFFERENT BLOOD!!!! Armenians are not from this special reserve God kept to one side, and said...."Ohhhhhh this is the BEST stuff, so Armenians are going to be made of this" ----- HELLOOOO we're not "Snapple"! You alwayssssss hear, "Payts hayeroon mech anang pan chiga" (But us, Armenians, don't have THAT problem)..... YESSSSSSSSSSSS WE DO! And the fact that we deny we have those problems, make the problems 100 times worse!
Look around you.... think about it.... you'll see it too.. I caught myself doing it quite a few times, JUST TODAY! Without realizing, without intending to......
ok, now I must attempt to make "gatnaboor".... lol wish me luck!
TSUH!
ShooshigAvakian@hotmail.com
Well, despite the fact that I'm exhausted like you wouldn't believe, I decided to log - as I heard a VERY interesting speaker in one of my classes today. As I've mentioned before, this semester I'm taking a class called "The Changing Roles of Armenian Women". This week, we had a guest speaker, Hayr Vazken from Pasadena's St. Gregory Church (Echmiadzin). He came to speak about women today, especially relating to the Armenian church, since he was the Der Hayr in the Silicon Valley area when the first Armenian Deaconess in America was ordained in 1984. Yes, you heard correctly.... 1984 ..... America....... First Armenian Deaconess. Well, maybe I shouldn't have been so surprised, because if you look at the overall situation of women and how far they have come.... it's really not far at all (Women FIRSTTTTT impacted the American Vote when Reagan was in office in 1980!) Imagine! Well...getting back to the Deaconess..... Maybe I should rewind a little. Now for those of us who aren't too "churchy", the Deaconess isn't a Der Hayr or anything. Actually.....very far from one. Deacons are just normal everyday people, who go through this special training and what not....and I guess in a way become the "right hand man" of the Der Hayr. Can I say..."nurse" for a doctor? Baaaaaaaaaaaaaack in the day, there WERE Armenian Deaconesses, but they were VERY VERY rare. There's actually ONE book about them - also VERY rare. I know how rare....i TRIED finding it and it took me forever! I wrote a paper about Armenian Women in the Church, but guess what.....turns out it's on the list of TABOO subjects right next to domestic violence, drugs, STD's, infidelity, etc. So, Armenian women.... the backbone of our communities and families from the WAY beginning of our existence, are left out of the MOST important element of our Armenian beings..... Christianity. Isn't that a shame? ............ more to come on this subject........
So here's what we'll do.... we'll STATE the questions that seem to be the direct causes of our problems, and then hopefully together can come up solutions. Come on, we HAVE to give this a shot! Ok, here's a little beginning...
Problem #1: Are WE, as Armenians, superior (better) than others?
(I bet you, you just thought....NO!)
THINK AGAIN!!!!!! If you live in Los Angeles, or have visited the area, and have been to the Museum of Tolerance (the Holocaust Museum), you'd kind of understand what I'm talking about. At this museum, the tour walks to the end of a hall.... there, you are given a choice to enter through one of 2 doors. Door A - Non-Prejudice .... and Door B - Prejudice. Well, the guide gives you a minute or two...and soon you see people walking towards Door A.... DZZZZZZZZZZZ Door A doesn't exist!!!! So, Door B opens, and everyone is forced to walk through there.... meaning... EVERYONEEEEEEE has some sort of prejudice in them! Welllll, same thing with my question. You might answer my question - NO WAY, Armenians are not superior..... but the things you DO and SAY will reflect a totally opposite viewpoint. (If I lost you.... sorry....)
Anyways, without going into further detail... I have just one thing to say.... WE ARE NOT MADE OF DIFFERENT BLOOD!!!! Armenians are not from this special reserve God kept to one side, and said...."Ohhhhhh this is the BEST stuff, so Armenians are going to be made of this" ----- HELLOOOO we're not "Snapple"! You alwayssssss hear, "Payts hayeroon mech anang pan chiga" (But us, Armenians, don't have THAT problem)..... YESSSSSSSSSSSS WE DO! And the fact that we deny we have those problems, make the problems 100 times worse!
Look around you.... think about it.... you'll see it too.. I caught myself doing it quite a few times, JUST TODAY! Without realizing, without intending to......
ok, now I must attempt to make "gatnaboor".... lol wish me luck!
TSUH!
ShooshigAvakian@hotmail.com
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