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Dadyan emerges from beneath Balyan
Dadyan emerges from beneath Balyan
The gravestone rendered illegible because it was left beneath Garabet Balyan’s gravestone has been identified as Simon Amira Dadyan’s. Both gravestones have been taken into preservation at the Archaeological Museum to be returned to the Armenian community.
4 February 2015 Baruyr Kuyumciyan
Armenians in Anatolia wait for clergy
Armenians in Anatolia wait for clergy
Although there are Armenian churches in Diyarbakır, Van and Kayseri, regular mass cannot be held because religious clergy is not appointed by the Patriarchate. There are no permanent religious officials in churches in Turkey apart from the churches in Istanbul and the church in İskenderun.
26 January 2015 Vartan Estukyan
“Armenian Question no wild card”
“Armenian Question no wild card”
Speaking at a symposium, Archbishop Aram Ateşyan, Deputy Patriarch of Turkey Armenians said “It is high time to stop the Armenian Question being used across international platforms as a wild card, as the Joker in a card deck”.
7 January 2015 Haber Merkezi
Suspect confusion at Kadıköy Church arson case
Suspect confusion at Kadıköy Church arson case
Arson, not an accident, was the cause of the fire that broke out on the night of December 7, Sunday, at the building that is home to KKBD (Holy Bible Society) and KUT (Kadıköy International Community Church). According to Pam Ohanyan of KUT, thousands of Holy Books and CDs were destroyed in the fire that broke out on the floor where the library of the church was also located.
10 December 2014 Gözde Kazaz
Arson not short circuit cause of fire at Kadıköy Church
Arson not short circuit cause of fire at Kadıköy Church
The cause of the fire at the Kadıköy International Church (KUT) was arson, an investigation has proven.
10 December 2014
Patriarch of Jerusalem Speaks out against Karekin II
Patriarch of Jerusalem Speaks out against Karekin II
A letter penned by the Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem Nourhan Manougian addressed to Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II about lowering of the status of the Jerusalem Patriarchate to a Diocese has created great debate in the Armenian Church.
4 December 2014
Festival atmosphere at 100th anniversary celebrations of Karagözyan
Festival atmosphere at 100th anniversary celebrations of Karagözyan
The Karagözyan Orphanage Foundation has been celebrating the 100th anniversary of its founding with various events since 2013, and the events were crowned with a series of evening receptions that took place with broad participation from the community.
30 November 2014
Minority Representative to be Armenian
Minority Representative to be Armenian
The agenda of the meeting of the Interfoundational Solidarity Platform (VADİP) held on 17 November 2014 was the Minority Foundations Representative elections. The elections will be held on 28 December, and a total of 125 Greek, Armenian, Jewish and Syriac foundations will vote, the minority representative to replace Laki Vingas is expected to be Armenian.
21 November 2014
A Karabakh success story
A Karabakh success story
Artak Beglaryan, who during the Karabakh War, at the age of six, lost his sight when a landmine they played with in their back garden exploded and also lost his father at the same war, did not give up, and has today become the press secretary of the Prime Minister of Karabakh.
17 November 2014
‘We can immediately distinguish the sound of our own cymbals wherever we hear them’
‘We can immediately distinguish the sound of our own cymbals wherever we hear them’
Sarkis and Arman, the young heirs of Istanbul Agop Cymbals, explain the subtleties of the art of cymbal making
14 November 2014
This is the best response to those who say ‘Armenians should bring out their documents’
This is the best response to those who say ‘Armenians should bring out their documents’
Zakarya Mildanoğlu’s book ‘Armenian Periodicals 1794-2000’ has been published by Aras Yayıncılık. Mildanoğlu’s work brings together around 3650 Armenian periodicals from the year 1794, when the first Armenian newspaper Aztarar was published, until the year 2000. We talked with Zakarya Mildanoğlu about his book which is the product of around 30 years of work, and the over 200 year history of Armenian periodicals.
7 November 2014
Cilicia Catholicosate demands its historical centre back
Cilicia Catholicosate demands its historical centre back
The Cilicia Catholicosate in Antelias, Lebanon, one of the two major churches of the Armenian Apostolic Church, will officially demand the return its properties in Sis (Kozan)
26 September 2014