This Week In Armenian History
Saturday, March 25, 2017
Birth of Catholicos Sahag II Khabayan (March 25, 1849)
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During his more than three decades of tenure, Catholicos Sahag II endured and witnessed the Armenian Genocide and the final catastrophe...
Wednesday, March 22, 2017
Birth of Aram Haigaz (March 22, 1900)
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Aram Haigaz was a familiar name in the Armenian literary scene of New York and a popular writer in the Diaspora for more than six decades....
Saturday, March 11, 2017
Beginning of the first printing of the Armenian Bible (March 11, 1666)
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After the pioneering publications by Hakob Meghapart in Venice (1512-1513), Armenian printing started ...
Friday, March 3, 2017
Birth of Alexander Mantashian (March 3, 1842)
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Alexander Mantashian was a prominent oil magnate at the turn of the twentieth century, when Armenians were one of the main driving forces...
Friday, February 24, 2017
Death of Minas Avetisian (February 24, 1975)
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"Toros Roslin's birth," fresco by Minas Avetisian Minas Avetisian was one of the most important figures of Armenian p...
Sunday, February 19, 2017
Birth of Hovhannes Tumanian (February 19, 1869)
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The popular long poems and folkloric short stories by Hovhannes Tumanian turned him into a beloved au...
Monday, February 13, 2017
Birth of Catholicos Nerses V (February 13, 1770)
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Catholicos Nerses V Ashtaraketsi was one of the most relevant names of the Armenian Church in the nineteenth century. The future Catho...
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