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Hovhannes XII Arsharuni
Hovhannes XII Arsharuni (; Istanbul, 1854 – Istanbul, 21 January 1929) was an Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople.Parsegh Tuglaciyan. ''Tarih boyunca Bati Ermenileri'' (Western Armenians through History) Vol. III. Born in Constantinople, Hovhannes Arsharuni attended the Galatasaray High School. He taught at the local Armenian schools and was ordained as a cleric of the Armenian church in 1879. He was ordained archbishop in 1899. He became Patriarch of Constantinople in 1911 and was forced to resign in 1913. He died on January 21, 1929, and is buried at the Şişli Armenian Cemetery. References 1854 births 1929 deaths Armenian Patriarchs of Constantinople Armenian Apostolic Christians Armenians from the Ottoman Empire Galatasaray High School alumni 19th-century Oriental Orthodox archbishops 20th-century Oriental Orthodox archbishops Burials at Şişli Armenian Cemetery {{Armenia-reli-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Istanbul
Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics of Turkey, population of Turkey. Istanbul is among the List of European cities by population within city limits, largest cities in Europe and List of cities proper by population, in the world by population. It is a city on two continents; about two-thirds of its population live in Europe and the rest in Asia. Istanbul straddles the Bosphorus—one of the world's busiest waterways—in northwestern Turkey, between the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea. Its area of is coterminous with Istanbul Province. Istanbul's climate is Mediterranean climate, Mediterranean. The city now known as Istanbul developed to become one of the most significant cities in history. Byzantium was founded on the Sarayburnu promontory by Greek colonisation, Greek col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armenian Patriarch Of Constantinople
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 around the world * Armenian language, the Indo-European language spoken by the Armenian people ** Armenian alphabet, the alphabetic script used to write Armenian ** Armenian (Unicode block) People * ''Armenyan'', also spelled ''Armenian'' in the Western Armenian language, an Armenian surname **Haroutune Armenian (born 1942), Lebanon-born Armenian-American academic, physician, doctor of public health (1974), Professor, President of the American University of Armenia **Gohar Armenyan (born 1995), Armenian footballer **Raffi Armenian (born 1942), Armenian-Canadian conductor, pianist, composer, and teacher Others * SS ''Armenian'', a ship torpedoed in 1915 See also * * Armenia (other) Armenia is a country in the South Caucasus region of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galatasaray High School
Galatasaray High School (, ), established in Istanbul in 1481, is the oldest and Selective school, highly selective high school in Turkey. It is also the second-oldest Turkish educational institution after Istanbul University, which was established in 1453. The name ''Galatasaray'' means ''Galata Palace'', as the school is located at the far end of Galata, the medieval Republic of Genoa, Genoese enclave above the Golden Horn in what is now the district of Beyoğlu. Admission to Galatasaray High School is determined through nationwide entrance examinations, with successful candidates representing the top 0.03% of students. The institution integrates elements of Turkish language, Turkish and French language, French educational curricula, providing instruction in both languages and upholding a longstanding tradition of academic rigor. The association football club Galatasaray S.K. was formed by and named after the institution, with the footballers in the club's formative years con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Şişli Armenian Cemetery
The Şişli Armenian Cemetery is an Armenian cemetery in the Şişli district of Istanbul, Turkey which is operated and served by the Armenian community of Turkey. Notable burials * Hovhannes Arsharouni – Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople * Simon Agopyan – Painter * Zabel Sibil Asadour – Writer * Sevag Balıkçı – murdered conscript in Turkish Military * Zaven Biberyan – Writer * Hagop Dilacar – Linguist * Markar Esayan – Journalist and Politician * Mari Gerekmezyan – Sculptor * Harutyun Hanesyan – Musician * Udi Hrant – Musician * Garbis İstanbulluoğlu – Football Athlete * Toto Karaca – Actress * Sirvart Karamanuk – Composer and Pianist * Arman Manukyan – Professor * Matild Manukyan – Businesswoman * Malachia Ormanian – Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople * Stepan Papelyan – Musician * Maryam Şahinyan – Photographer * Nubar Terziyan – Actor * Onno Tunç Ohannes Tunçboyacıyan, better known as Onno Tunç (20 Dece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patriarch Yeghishe Tourian Of Jerusalem
Yeghishe Tourian (; 23 February 1860 – 27 April 1930) was Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem from 1921 to 1929. He took over the position after the patriarchate position remained vacant for 11 years (1910–1921). Biography Born in Üsküdar on the Asia side of the Bosporus as Mihran Tourian, he was the younger brother of Armenian poet and playwright Bedros Tourian. He was a staunch believer in education. In Constantinople, he published a series of textbooks for the teaching of Armenian (), with first volume in 1880 and second volume in 1883, ''Select Sayings of Noted Foreigners'' (, 1882), ''History of Armenian Literature'' (, 1885). In 1909 he published his poems, and regularly contributed to Armenian Studies in various publication under the nom de plume ('Pastoral Reed'). He was the Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople from 1909–10. He later moved to Jerusalem where he was consecrated as Patriarch. He engaged in vast educational reform and in 1925, established a unified ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armenian Patriarchs Of Constantinople
The list of Armenian patriarchs of Constantinople presents the holders of the office of Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople, the head of the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople from its establishment in 1461 to the present day. *Hovakim I of Constantinople (1461–1478) -- Յովակիմ Պրուսացի *Nigoghayos I of Constantinople (1478–1489) -- Նիկողայոս *Garabed I of Constantinople (1489–1509) -- Կարապետ *Mardiros I of Constantinople (1509–1526) -- Մարտիրոս *Krikor I of Constantinople (1526–1537) -- Գրիգոր Ա *Astvadzadur I of Constantinople (1537–1550) -- Աստուածատուր Ա *Stepanos I of Constantinople (1550–1560) -- Ստեփանոս Ա *Diradur I of Constantinople (1561–1563) -- Տիրատուր Ա Սսեցի *Hagop I of Constantinople (1563–1573) -- Յակոբ Ա *Hovhannes I of Constantinople (1573–1581) -- Յովհաննէս Ա Տիարպեքիրցի *Tovmas I of Constantinople (1581–1587) -- Թովմաս ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patriarch Zaven I Der Yeghiayan Of Constantinople
Zaven Der Yeghiayan (Զաւէն Տէր Եղիայեան; 8 September 1868 in Mosul, Ottoman Iraq – 4 June 1947 in Baghdad, Iraq) was Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople in 1913–22. He was deported to Mosul during the Armenian genocide. Life Zaven Der-Yeghiayan received his primary education in Baghdad and continued his studies at the Armash Theological Seminary. He became bishop and then prelate for Diyarbakir. He became patriarch of Constantinople in 1913. The Ottoman government exiled him to Baghdad in 1916. In 1926, Zaven became director plenipotentiary of the Melkonian Institute in Cyprus. In 1927, he moved back to Baghdad. He is the author of ''My Patriarchal Memoirs''. This memoir gives readers a detailed eyewitness account of the Armenian genocide and attempts by the Patriarch himself to stop it. See also *Witnesses and testimonies of the Armenian genocide Witnesses and testimony provide an important and valuable insight into the events which occurred both du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1854 Births
Events January–March * January 4 – The McDonald Islands are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the ''Samarang''. * January 6 – The fictional detective Sherlock Holmes is perhaps born. * January 9 – The Teutonia Männerchor in Pittsburgh is founded to promote German culture. * January 20 – The North Carolina General Assembly in the United States charters the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad, to run from Goldsboro through New Bern, to the newly created seaport of Morehead City, near Beaufort. * January 21 – The iron clipper runs aground off the east coast of Ireland, on her maiden voyage out of Liverpool, bound for Australia, with the loss of at least 300 out of 650 on board. * February 11 – Major streets are lit by coal gas for the first time by the San Francisco Gas Company; 86 such lamps are turned on this evening in San Francisco, California. * February 13 – Mexican troops force William Walker and his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1929 Deaths
This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic Counter-revolutionary, counter-revolution in Mexico. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, a British high court, ruled that Canadian women are persons in the ''Edwards v. Canada (Attorney General)'' case. The 1st Academy Awards for film were held in Los Angeles, while the Museum of Modern Art opened in New York City. The Peruvian Air Force was created. In Asia, the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China and the Soviet Union engaged in a Sino-Soviet conflict (1929), minor conflict after the Chinese seized full control of the Manchurian Chinese Eastern Railway, which ended with a resumption of joint administration. In the Soviet Union, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, General Secretary Joseph S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armenian Apostolic Christians
The Armenian Apostolic Church () is the autocephalous national church of Armenia. Part of Oriental Orthodoxy, it is one of the most ancient Christian churches. The Armenian Apostolic Church, like the Armenian Catholic Church, belongs to the Armenian Rite. The Kingdom of Armenia was the first state in history to adopt Christianity as its official religion (under the Armenian Apostolic traditions) during the rule of King Tiridates III, of the Arsacid dynasty in the early 4th century. According to tradition, the church originated in the missions of Apostles Bartholomew and Thaddeus (Jude) in the 1st century. St. Gregory the Illuminator was the first official primate of the church. It is sometimes referred to as the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church, Armenian Church or Armenian Gregorian Church. The Armenian Apostolic Church should not be confused with the fully distinct Armenian Catholic Church, which is an Eastern Catholic Church in communion with the See of Rome. History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armenians From The Ottoman Empire
Armenians (, ) are an ethnic group indigenous to the Armenian highlands of West Asia. Hewsen, Robert H. "The Geography of Armenia" in ''The Armenian People From Ancient to Modern Times Volume I: The Dynastic Periods: From Antiquity to the Fourteenth Century''. Richard G. Hovannisian (ed.) New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997, pp. 1–17 Armenians constitute the main demographic group in Armenia and constituted the main population of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh until their subsequent flight due to the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive. There is a large diaspora of around five million people of Armenian ancestry living outside the Republic of Armenia. The largest Armenian populations exist in Russia, the United States, France, Georgia, Iran, Germany, Ukraine, Lebanon, Brazil, Argentina, Syria, and Turkey. The present-day Armenian diaspora was formed mainly as a result of the Armenian genocide with the exceptions of Iran, former Soviet states, and parts of the Levant.Richard G. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
