The nation as a collective consciousness, responsibility, and loyalty. National sacred things, symbols, and values.  The role of religion in national life. The commandment of fraternity as the basis of national life. Our vision and mission.

Is the nation as a value absolute and final or variable and intermediate and dependent on time, place, and context? Are nations ancient with connections and culture from the depths of history, or are they new creations?

What is, and what is not the state? Our unreasonable expectations from the state. The price and responsibility of having a sovereign state. The dangers of copying a state model. The state as a moral system. A national state based on biblical commandments or a system of implementing a contract between individuals?

• Speakers: Artur Atanesyan, Vasken Yakoubian
• Moderator: Fr. Mesrop Aramian