''Massis'' (in
Armenian
Armenian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent
** Armenian Diaspora, Armenian communities across the ...
Մասիս) is a
Lebanese-
Armenian
Armenian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent
** Armenian Diaspora, Armenian communities across the ...
publication published by the
Armenian Catholic Patriarchate in Lebanon.
History and profile
''Massis'' was established in 1947 by Cardinal
Gregorio Pietro Agagianian
Gregorio Pietro XV Agagianian (; anglicized: ''Gregory Peter''; Western hy, Գրիգոր Պետրոս ԺԵ. Աղաճանեան, ''Krikor Bedros ŽĒ. Aghajanian''; born Ghazaros Aghajanian, 15 September 1895 – 16 May 1971) was an Armen ...
in Beirut. A long-serving editor of the publication was Father Antranik Granian. It stopped publication temporarily in the 1990s and restarted in 2005, with Sarkis Najarian as editor in chief.
''Massis'' is a religious, political, social and cultural periodical published with varying frequencies (weekly, bi-weekly, monthly) and at times as a tabloid newspaper and as a magazine.
Presently it is published on a monthly basis (12 issues per year), sometimes, with two months in one combined issue, with pages varying between 48 and 60 magazine-size pages.
See also
*
List of magazines in Lebanon
In Lebanon the first Arabic journal was an annual review, ''Majmu fawaid li nukhbat afadil'' which was first published in 1851. The first political, literary, and scientific magazine, the first children's magazine, and the women's magazine in the ...
* ''
Avedik''
*
Armenian Catholic Church
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References
External links
Official websiteArmenian Catholic website: ''Massis'' page
{{Armenian newspapers outside of Armenia
1947 establishments in Lebanon
Armenian-language magazines
Armenian-language mass media in Lebanon
Cultural magazines
Magazines established in 1947
Magazines published in Beirut
Monthly magazines published in Lebanon
Political magazines
Religious magazines