The Resurrection of Jesus Christ is an extremely important mystery, a message addressed to each person to return from inanimate and indifferent state to life. Ethnologist Hranush Kharatyan talks about Holy Friday and, generally, about folk rites dedicated to the Feast of the Resurrection of Christ.

Ecologists have estimated that in case of exploitation of Amulsar mine, the damage caused to the air, water system, lands, flora and fauna of Armenia will be irreversible. The Chairman of Greens' Union of Armenia Hakob Sanasaryan substantiates this assertion point by point.

Literary critic Ani Pashayan presents prose-writer and playwright Aghasi Ayvazyan, who is known to all perhaps as the playwright of the feature films "Triangle" and "Father" but whose literary legacy, sadly, is known to few.

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Arman Navasardyan talks on the external problems of the new Armenia and on the possibilities of overcoming these problems.

What corrections does the political field in Armenia need after the early parliamentary elections of December 9? Our guest is Armen Badalyan, expert on political and electoral technologies.

Culturologist, philosopher and essayist Ruben Angaladyan talks about the cultural presence of the Armenians in the world civilization.

Parties and alliances that have submitted applications to participate in the extraordinary parliamentary elections on December 9 have already published their programs, but, as evidenced by the election campaign, this time also, the choice will not be between programs, but between persons. This is political scientist Saro Saroyan's opinion.

Early parliamentary elections will be held on December 9. All participating parties and alliances agree on one issue — the favorite of the elections will be My Step Alliance. Other forces will fight for the second and third places. What opportunities do the participants have, and what forces claim the laurels of the opposition? Our guest is expert on political and electoral technologies, analyst Vigen Hakobyan.

Armenian-French cultural and political relations are extremely interesting. Fr. Haroutiun Bezdikian, member of the Mekhitarist Congregation in Venice, tells about the history of those relations, presenting interesting episodes.

Will Armenia be able to conduct a coherent foreign policy, adequately responding to external challenges? We discussed this and other issues related to this topic with Arman Melikyan, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, former Foreign Minister of the Republic of Artsakh.

The Rolan International Film Festival (14th) for Children and Youth will be held this year also, from November 6 to 10. During this period, films for children and youth will be screened in Yerevan and marzes of Armenia. The press secretary of the festival Karine Grigoryan presents what films will be shown, who will be the members of the jury, and many other interesting details.

The massive influx of Syrian Armenians into Armenia since 2011, as a result of the Syrian conflict, has shown that Armenia is not ready to provide organized immigration as well as to handle the integration problems of the immigrants systematically. These problems are dealt with in the study "Syrian Armenians in Armenia: The Areas of Integration" by Lusine Tanajyan, researcher at the Department of Diaspora, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, NAS RA.

The educational system of Armenia has many problems. How to overcome them? Susanna Mkrtchyan, Chairman of the Wikimedia Armenia NGO, knows from her own experience that it is possible to change the quality and philosophy of education and that Wikipedia can also do it. Enriching the Armenian Wikipedia with new articles, school teachers and students have an opportunity to work on their knowledge every day and educate through self-education.

As part of the 17th Summit of Francophonie organized in Armenia, the Matenadaran hosted an exhibition titled "Armenia-France: Centuries-Old Relations." According to some sources, the earliest testimonies of the relations between Armenia and France date back to the 4th century. The author of the exhibition, mathematician, Armenologist, historian Claude Mutafian, tells about the cultural and political relations of the two countries.

On October 2, the three factions of the National Assembly, the Republican Party, Tsarukyan Alliance and ARF, adopted а draft on amendments to the law on the NA Rules of Procedure. This was followed by a statement by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan that the early parliamentary elections will be held in December this year, and that he is going to resign in the coming days. Ara Papyan, the head of the Modus Vivendi Analytical Center, presents the dangers that may follow this resignation.

According to expert on political and electoral technologies Armen Badalyan, a change of power occurred in the state system, but what happened in people's brain was a revolution. And this revolution must be also entrenched by a rapid disbandment of the National Assembly.

Armenia celebrates Independence Day on September 21. Did Armenia gain her independence automatically after the fall of the USSR, or is it a status that was obtained with difficulty and great sacrifice? We discuss this and other questions with Artsakh War participant, Director of the Institute of Literature of NAS RA, Doctor of Philology Vardan Devrikyan.

Prime Minister N. Pashinyan stated the necessity of Artsakh to return to the negotiation process. Today there are no negotiations as such. Is the resource for the maintenance of the status quo exhausted or not? We talked about this and other issues with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Arman Navasardyan, the Head of the Department for World Politics and International Relations at the Armenian-Russian Slavic University.

On September 23, Yerevan Council of Elders will be elected. All previous state-level elections in Armenia were rigged. How will the upcoming elections be held; will voters again be guided not by candidates' programs, but by political sympathy or social rationality (electoral bribe)? Our guest is political scientist Saro Saroyan.

How unique are Armenian traditions and household culture and how harmonious are they with the traditions of other nations? From June 27 to July 8, Armenian household culture was presented in the USA by the joint efforts of the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography (Armenia) and the Smithsonian Institute. Cultural anthropologists Ruzanna Tsaturyan and Aghasi Tadevosyan share their interesting impressions.

After Nikol Pashinyan was elected Prime Minister, he visited Russia twice and met with Russian President Vladimir Putin. On July 11-12, he visited Brussels to attend the NATO summit. Pashinyan himself assessed this visit as exploratory. How have political analysts assessed it? Our guest is Ruben Mehrabyan.

According to the Chairman of the Union of Greens Hakob Sanasaryan, the new authorities should prefer the right of healthy life on their own land for the citizens of Armenia to the expected income from the mining industry.

What message did the visit of the Russian State Duma deputies to Lele Tepe and their statement that "Azerbaijan's position on the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict has always been constructive" tried to convey to us? We discussed this and other questions with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Arman Navasardyan.

The wave of the Armenian pan-national movement reached Artsakh, but after the statement of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan that he unconditionally supports the Artsakh authorities, the protests stopped. The former Foreign Minister of the Republic of Artsakh Arman Melikyan believes the wave of changes of Armenia will sooner or later reach Artsakh.