16
Dec
Birth of Arsen Terterian (December 22, 1882)
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Arsen Terterian was one of the first Eastern Armenian scholars of Armenian modern literature and con...
This Week in Armenian History
09
Dec
Death of Hermann Goltz (December 9, 2010)
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Gottfried Hermann Goltz was a German Protestant theologian and Eastern Church historian who made imp...
02
Dec
Death of Bishop Karapet Ter-Mkrtchian (December 2, 1915)
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In the early years of the 20th century, a generation of Armenian clergymen educated in Europe commit...
24
Nov
Death of Hamasdegh (November 26, 1966)
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Hamasdegh was a leading Armenian-American writer and became a highly regarded name in the Armenian l...
18
Nov
Birth of Raphael Patkanian (November 20, 1830)
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Raphael Patkanian, also known by his penname of Gamar-Katipa, was one of the most prominent figures ...
10
Nov
Death of Sevkaretsi Sako (November 13, 1908)
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Sevkaretsi Sako was born as Sargis Tzovanian in the village of Sevkar, in the Tavush province (Repub...
03
Nov
Death of Varaz Samuelian (November 7, 1995)
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Everyone has seen, in person or in picture, Yervant Kochar’s iconic statue of David of Sassoun in fr...
28
Oct
Death of King Hethum I (October 28, 1270)
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Hethum I (seated) in the Mongol court of Karakorum, receiving the homage of the Mongols (miniature f...
21
Oct
Death of Sergei Agababov (October 23, 1959)
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Sergei Agababov’s name did not make great waves in the Armenian world, perhaps because of his life o...
14
Oct
Birth of J. Michael Hagopian (October 20, 1913)
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(Jacob) Michael Hagopian was a genocide survivor who dedicated his life to the visual documentation ...