1 June 2006

OPEN SECRET

The member of initiating group of the  “Union in favor of Armenia” party Levon Khachatrian and correspond of “Aravot” had the following dialogue yesterday.

1. At this moment how many primary organizations has the «Union in favor of Armenia» had and approximately how much is the number of the party?
2. I don't like to approximately answer to the questions. The real numbers you will get in the session.
3. And when will the session be held?
4. When we take a decision.
5. And when will you take a decision?
6. When we consider necessary.
7. When will you consider important?
8. We'll say that time.

We should mention that according to our information the session of the party would be held in July.

THE ARMENIAN CODE

No advertising promoter could provide for the commerce success of  «Da Vinchi's Code» film than it did the church. First Vatican did the advertisement of the film and the Armenian Apostolic Church added a little to it in our small country. Those who didn't know at all Den Brawn's and wouldn't be interested in the film ran immediately to the cinemas to know what the church criticized so much. The complaint of the elite of Catholics can be explained; first one of the intrigues of the book /I haven’t watched the film/ refers to a totalitarian sect which acts by Vatican sponsorship, second, inquisition, forbidding literature and culture works, firing people and books include in the «traditions» of that church. But our church, which doesn't have such traditions, has no reason to forbid that film.
A paper is given with the thicket of that film in Cinema «Nairi» in which the church warns, «This film has no connection with the Biblical truth». But is there anybody who think that it has; the books are written and films are shot for not “having connection» with any truth. A group hands out leaflets at the same Cinema, which starts with the following; “Dark powers want us to pull up from our roots and make us disown our secret belief. “Da Vinchi’s Code” false film throws mud at Bible, God Son and Cross sacrament”.
Frankly speaking I didn’t notice such feeling during reading the book; it is a usual easy reading detective, which is in mode today but will be forgotten soon. The version of Christ who has wife and heirs gives some sort of sharpness to the film. In the same way Bulgakov in his famous novel needed in “re-editing” the Bible for grasping the Soviet reality. And finally, 10 of thousands foreign enemies were trying to obliterate our belief but they didn’t succeed in it, and now will Den Brawn destroy our 1700 year s old culture with his book?
I’m inclined to think that our officials can do it who all have already broken «Don't steal» and some of them «Don't kill» precepts.

Aram Abrahamian