Harut Sassounian

Harut Sassounian is the publisher of The California Courier, a weekly newspaper based in Glendale, Calif. He is the president of the Armenia Artsakh Fund, a non-profit organization that has donated to Armenia and Artsakh one billion dollars of humanitarian aid, mostly medicines, since 1989 (including its predecessor, the United Armenian Fund). He has been decorated by the presidents of Armenia and Artsakh and the heads of the Armenian Apostolic and Catholic churches. He is also the recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.
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Pashinyan may soon declare himself the new Catholicos of All Armenians

With each passing day, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is causing further damage to the Armenian Apostolic Church and the reputation…

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Can Pashinyan do for Armenia a fraction of what Erdogan has done for Turkey?

I just read an in-depth investigation published by the ‘Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project’ (OCCRP) titled, “Behind Trump’s Turkish…

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Pashinyan and rebellious clergy versus the Catholicos

Several critical developments took place last week that further complicated the confrontation between the Armenian Church and the government. Since…

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Armenia pays U.S. public relations firm to attack the Armenian Apostolic Church

Last week, I came across a disturbing eight-page document described as a “White Paper” titled “Clarifying Church-State Relations in Armenia:…

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Two-thirds of Armenians don’t believe peace is possible with Azerbaijan

Over the years, I have been following many polls that track the views of Armenia’s population on key social and…

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Tucker Carlson exposes Pashinyan’s assault on Armenian Church to millions of Americans

For seven years, the West has thoroughly indulged Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, allowing him to get away with all sorts…

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With European rabbis’ convention in Baku, Armenia misses a strategic opportunity

A significant development took place last week involving Azerbaijan, Turkey and Israel. While we are focused on the domestic crises…

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Prime Minister Pashinyan should be excommunicated and arrested

With each passing day, the situation in Armenia becomes more disastrous. The country is under attack from enemies both outside…

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Will people in Armenia finally wake up when Pashinyan orders the Catholicos’ arrest?

Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has spent the past several months trying to pressure Catholicos Karekin II into resigning —…

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Pashinyan is wrong: Only two Armenian Republics of 1918 and 1991, no 4th or 3rd republic

Last month, during a speech at the general assembly of his Civil Contract party, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced a…

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