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WRITINGS OF BISHOP MESROP PARSAMYAN
Driven by Love
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DRIVEN BY LOVE

One night, a man was driving down a dark, lonely highway. It was late, and there wasn’t a soul in sight. Suddenly, he heard a loud thud. Startled, he pulled over and saw a figure lying by the roadside. He realized he had accidentally struck a hitchhiker who had been standing too close to the road.

In that moment, fear gripped his heart. He wanted to jump into his car and drive away. But then, as he turned to get back into his car, he heard a faint, desperate voice. The injured man whispered, “For the love of God, help me.” The driver resisted his fearful temptation and returned to help.

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BIRTH OF VARDGES PETROSIAN

Vardges Petrosian was one of the remarkable authors of the group of “young prose-writers” in Armenia in the 1960s-1980s.
He was born on August 9, 1932, in the town of Ashtarak, where he spent his childhood, went to school, and began writing poetry. In 1954, he graduated from the journalism department of Yerevan State University and, after a stint as editorial secretary of the regional newspaper of Kamo (Gavar, 1954–1955), he worked as correspondent for the daily Sovetakan Hayastan (1955-1957) and as editorial secretary and later deputy editor of the bi-weekly Avangard (1957-1961). He was editor of the children weekly Pioner Kanch (1961-1966) and the founding editor-in-chief of the literary and youth monthly Garun.

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