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Boghos
Boghos is an Armenian given name equivalent to Paul. In Eastern Armenian it is translated as Poghos. Notable people with the name include: Given name Boghos * Andon Boghos Çelebi (1604–1674), Armenian merchant magnate, Ottoman and Tuscan official * Boghos Nubar (1851–1930), Armenian politician and leader * Boghos Yousefian (1775–1844), Armenian merchant, administrator and customs official * Avedis Boghos Derounian (1909–1991), Armenian-American journalist and author * Steven Boghos Derounian (1918–2007), Armenian-American politician * Boghos Lévon Zékiyan (born 1943), Armenian scholar, linguist and philosopher Poghos * Poghos Bek-Pirumyan (1856–1921), Armenian Russian commander * Poghos Galstyan (born 1961), Armenian footballer and manager * Poghos Ignatosian (born 1920), American bureaucrat of Armenian descent * Poghos Poghosyan (1958–2001), Armenian murder victim * Nikoghayos Poghos Mikaelian (1883–1915), Armenian revolutionary and fedayi in the Ottom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boghos Nubar
Boghos Nubar (), also known as Boghos Nubar Pasha (; 2 August 1851 – 25 June 1930), was the son of Nubar Pasha, a three time governor of Egypt. A chairman of the Armenian National Delegation, and the founder, alongside ten other Armenian national movement leaders, of the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) on April 15, 1906, becoming its first ever president, a position he held from 1906 to 1928. In 1912, he was appointed by Catholicos Gevorg V to head the Armenian National Delegation. Early life Nubar was born in Istanbul (capital of the Ottoman Empire) in 1851. His father was Egyptian Prime Minister Nubar Pasha. He was educated in Egypt and France as a civil engineer. Worked on water works of Egypt and irrigation projects in Sudan. Career Nubar fought for the Armenian cause.By Joan George "Merchants in Exile: The Armenians of Manchester, England, 1835-1935" page 184 As early as the beginning of 1912 the Catholicos of Mother See of Echmiazin Gevork V had sent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boghossian
Boghossian, Bogossyan, Boghosian, Bogosyan, etc. () is an Armenian surname, particularly associated with Western Armenia. The Eastern Armenian equivalent is Poghossyan. It is a patronymic from the first name Boghos (Armenian: Պողոս), equivalent to Paul, making the name effectively equivalent to Paulson (English). Notable people with the name include: *Alain Boghossian, French-Armenian former football player and assistant coach for the French national team. *Paul Boghossian, professor of philosophy at New York University *Peter Boghossian, former professor of philosophy at Portland State University * Joaquín Boghossian, Uruguayan professional footballer * Alexander Boghossian, Armenian Ethiopian painter and art teacher * Edward K. Boghosian, founder of ''Armenian Reporter'' newspaper * Sam Boghosian, American-Armenian football player and coach *Zach Bogosian, American-Armenian professional ice hockey player *Eric Bogosian Eric Michael Bogosian (; born April 24, 1953) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boghos Yousefian
Boghos Bey Yusufian (1775–1844) was an Armenian merchant and customs official. He was Egypt's Minister of Commerce, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and secretary of Muhammad Ali Pasha. Biography His parents were Marta and Hovsep, who was an Armenian merchant from Kayseri. They later settled in Smyrna and had Boghos as their first child. He then assisted his uncle Arakel Abroyan, the then Dragoman of the British Consulate in İzmir. Arakel Abroyan passed on the post of dragoman to Boghos. Boghos Yusufian then gained his commercial expertise by leading a trading center based in the city of Trieste. In the 1790s, Boghos Bey Yusufian became customs officer of Muhammad Murad Bey in the city of Rosette. Boghos Bey Yusufian was such a successful merchant that he was invited by Governor Mohamed Ali to become his secretary and partner. Boghos Yousefian is considered the first Christian in Egypt to have been granted the title of Bey Bey, also spelled as Baig, Bayg, Beigh, Beig, Bek ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avedis Boghos Derounian
Arthur Derounian (born Avedis Boghos Derounian (), (other quote elided) April 9, 1909 – April 23, 1991), also known as John Roy Carlson among many pen names, was an Armenian-American journalist and author, the best-selling author of ''Under Cover''. Derounian wrote for the ''Armenian Mirror-Spectator'', ''Fortune Magazine'', the ''Council Against Intolerance'' and the ''Friends of Democracy.'' In the 1950s he founded and managed the Armenian Information Service, which made a number of publications. His exposé writing has been the subject of lawsuits. Derounian is also notable for editing the manifesto of Armenia's first Prime Minister, Hovhannes Kajaznuni. Personal life He was born to Boghos Derounian and Eliza Aprahamian in Dedeagach, Adrianople Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (today Alexandroupoli, Greece). The Balkan Wars and First World War had an unsettling effect on the entire region, and his hometown repeatedly changed hands. The family moved several times, spending time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Boghos Derounian
Steven Boghos Derounian (April 6, 1918 – April 17, 2007) was a Republican Congressman of Armenian-American descent. He represented Long Island, New York for six terms from 1953 to 1965. Early life and education Derounian was born in Sofia in the Kingdom of Bulgaria to Armenian parents Boghos Derounian and Eliza Aprahamian. When he was three, his family left Bulgaria with his two other brothers (one of whom was the journalist Avedis Boghos Derounian, better known as John Roy Carlson) to the United States and settled in Mineola, New York. As a young man, Derounian helped at his father's store. In an anecdote recounted from this time, a customer complained that the 20-year-old Derounian overweighed a shipment of cheese, and his father rebuked him. The young Derounian apologized, but his father shot back: "You made a mistake, and you're sorry. That's what every dishonest person says when he's caught. Sure, I know you didn't mean to do the wrong thing, but who else knows it? A re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sourp Boghos Chapel, Nicosia
Sourp Boghos (; Saint Paul) is an Armenian Apostolic chapel in Nicosia, Cyprus. The chapel is located in the old Armenian cemetery near the Ledra Palace hotel, very near the Nicosia city centre, was built in 1892 by the will and testament of Boghos G. Odadjian, a translator for the British administration of Cyprus. The cemetery was used as a burial place until 1931, when its operation was discontinued by the government for health reasons, and another Armenian cemetery started its operation to the west of Ayios Dhometios. However, until the 1963-1964 inter-communal troubles, the chapel was used a few times a year to celebrate Liturgies. Afterwards, due to the proximity with the cease-fire line, it had been neglected until it was partially restored in 1988 by initiative of Senior Archimandrite Yeghishe Mandjikian. Between 2008 and 2009, the cemetery and its chapel were restored thanks to the initiative and efforts of Armenian MP Vartkes Mahdessian and the Armenian Ethnarchy o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boghos Lévon Zékiyan
Boghos Lévon Zékiyan (; born 21 October 1943 in Istanbul) is an Armenologist, philosopher, Professor of Armenian Language and Literature at Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Pontifical Oriental Institute of Rome and Istanbul University, a member of the Academy of Venice, Foreign member of Armenian National Academy of Sciences, Corresponding member of the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti (1992). He is the Armenian Catholic Archeparch of Istanbul. Zekiyan is the Founding President of the Associazione "Padus-Araxes", the director of Summer Intensive Course of the Armenian Language and Culture at the University of Venice (since 1986), and former editor of ''Hye Endanik'' (1974–82) and '' Bazmavep'' (1980-1985) periodicals. Biography He graduated from the Mekhitarist Seminary of San Lazzaro degli Armeni (1959) and Pontificia Università Gregoriana, Rome (Master in Philosophy (1962), and in Theology (1966)). He was ordained a priest in 1967. He completed his PhD disser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul (given Name)
Paul is a common Latin Language, Latin masculine given name in countries and ethnicities with a Christian heritage (Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Protestantism) and, beyond Europe, in Christian religious communities throughout the world. Paul – or its variations – can be a given name or surname. Origin and diffusion The name has existed since Roman times. It derives from the Roman family name ''Paulus'' or ''Paullus'', from the Latin adjective meaning "small", "humble", "least" or "little". During the Classical antiquity, Classical Age it was used to distinguish the minor of two people of the same family bearing the same name. The Patrician (ancient Rome), Roman patrician family of the Aemilia (gens), Gens Aemilia included such prominent persons as Lucius Aemilius Paullus (consul 219 BC), Lucius Aemilius Paullus, Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus, Lucius Aemilius Lepidus Paullus, Aemilia Tertia, Tertia Aemilia Paulla (the wife of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikoghayos Poghos Mikaelian
Ishkhan (, "prince"; 18831915), born Nikoghayos Mikayelian, and also known as Nigol, was an Armenian '' fedayi'', a member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation. Along with Aram Manukian and Arshak Vramian, he was a leading figure in Van just before and during the early stages of World War I. He was well known for arming Armenian villages in eastern Anatolia and organizing their defences to defend themselves from attacks and raids by Turks and Kurds Kurds (), or the Kurdish people, are an Iranian peoples, Iranic ethnic group from West Asia. They are indigenous to Kurdistan, which is a geographic region spanning southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northeastern Syri .... He was killed on 17 April 1915 just before the Turks besieged Van. References * 1881 births 1915 deaths Armenian fedayi Armenian nationalists Armenian people of World War I People who died in the Armenian genocide Armenians from the Ottoman Empire {{Armenia-genoci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surp Bogos Church
Surp Bogos Church (), () is an Armenian Catholic church in Büyükdere, Sarıyer, northern Istanbul, Turkey. It was established as a wooden church in 1847, rebuilt in masonry in 1882, and consecrated in 1885. History Located in the Büyükdere quarter of Sarıyer district in Istanbul, Turkey, a wooden church was built in 1847 on the property of the Ottoman Mint manager Boğos Amira Bilezikciyan after his death. The church was named "Surp Bogos" after the donor in allusion to Saint Paul Paul, also named Saul of Tarsus, commonly known as Paul the Apostle and Saint Paul, was a Christian apostle ( AD) who spread the teachings of Jesus in the first-century world. For his contributions towards the New Testament, he is generally ... in Armenian language. Upon his will, the church building was transferred to the Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Constantinople. In 1859, as the small church could not meet the needs of thelocal Armenian community, the church foundation purchased ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surb Poghos-Petros, Yerevan
Saint Paul and Peter Church (; ''Surp Poghos-Petros yekeghetsi'') was an Armenian Apostolic church in Yerevan, Armenia originally built during the 5th-6th centuries. It was demolished in November 1930 to make room for the Moscow Cinema on Abovyan Street. History According to Armenian historian Karo Ghafadaryan, the church of Saint Peter and Paul was the oldest and biggest church in old Yerevan. It was not the only church in old Yerevan. In fact, when in 607 AD the newly elected Catholicos of Armenia Abraham I assembled a meeting at the city of Dvin, he invited clergymen from territories controlled by the Byzantine Empire as well as two priests from Yerevan. Therefore, this tells us that in old Yerevan there were at least two large churches. In the 17th century, French traveler Jean Chardin visited Yerevan. In his description about the city he mentioned that there were numerous churches in old Yerevan, but did not mention a church with the name of "Surp Poghos-Petros." In 16 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poghos Galstyan
Poghos Galstyan (; born on 10 January 1961) is an Armenian football manager and former player who is a director with Ararat-Armenia. International career A midfielder, Galstyan participated in one international match for the Armenia national team on 16 July 1994 in a home friendly match against Malta Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is an island country in Southern Europe located in the Mediterranean Sea, between Sicily and North Africa. It consists of an archipelago south of Italy, east of Tunisia, and north of Libya. The two .... Personal life He is the father of Artush Galstyan. External links * Living people People from Shamkir District 1961 births Soviet Armenians Soviet men's footballers Armenian men's footballers Armenia men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders Lernayin Artsakh FC players FC Ararat Yerevan players FC Armavir (Armenia) players FC Kotayk players FC Pyunik players Homenetmen Beirut (footb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
