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Getronagan Armenian High School
Getronagan is an Armenian minority high school in the Karaköy district of Istanbul, Turkey, The school is attached to the Saint Gregory the Illuminator Church. Establishment With the sponsorship of Archbishop Nerses Varjabetyan, Getronagan High School opened its doors on September 1, 1886. The Catholicos of All Armenians (the religious leader of all Armenians), Magar, and Harutyun Archbishop Vehabetyan, the Patriarch of Armenians in İstanbul, conducted the opening commencement. Minas Cheraz became its first principal. Today Getronagan teaches both sexes. In 2001, the school had 182 students. The school teaches mainly in Turkish, but it also has Armenian language and literature and religion classes. English (compulsory), French and Spanish (both optional) are taught as foreign languages. Notable alumni * Hrachia Adjarian - linguist * Vazken Andréassian - engineer * Şahan Arzruni - pianist * Hayko Cepkin - singer * Onnik Chifte-Saraf - writer * Arshag Chobanian - wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karaköy
Karaköy (), the modern name for the old Galata, is a commercial quarter in the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, Turkey, located at the northern part of the Golden Horn mouth on the European side of Bosphorus. Karaköy is one of the oldest and most historic districts of the city, and is today an important commercial center and transport hub. It is connected with the surrounding neighborhoods by streets radiating out from Karaköy Square. The Galata Bridge links Karaköy to Eminönü to the southwest, Tersane Street links it to Azapkapı to the west, Voyvoda Street (Bankalar Caddesi) links it to Şişhane to the northwest, the steeply sloping Yüksek Kaldırım Street links it to Pera in the north, and Kemeraltı Street and Necatibey Street link it to Tophane to the northeast. The commercial quarter, which was originally the meeting place for banks and insurance companies in the 19th century, is today also home to mechanical, electrical, plumbing and electronic parts suppliers. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vazken Andréassian
Vazken Andréassian (Armenian: '; 10 April 1903 – 30 November 1995) was a French engineer and author of Armenian descent. Childhood Vazken Andréassian was born in the village of Hazari (now Anıl), Çemişgezek in the Ottoman Empire. He lived there until the destruction of the village in 1915. He later related his experiences in a three-volume book titled ''Hazariabadoum''. After the village's destruction, he entered Tchimichgadzak Armenian school under the direction of Boghos Zenneyan. Deportation and exile Following the beginning of the Armenian genocide on 13 June 1915, Turkish gendarmes came to Hazari under the pretext of protecting the Armenian population. However, much of the local population was deported, exiled from Turkey to Syria, or exterminated. Hazari was attacked and looted by Kurdish mountaineers from the Tunceli Province. Those villagers who escaped, including the Andréassians, took refuge in Kurdish villages where they were protected from the Turkish gen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Levon Shant
Levon Shant ( hy, Լեւոն Շանթ; born Levon Nahashbedian, then changed to Levon Seghposian; 6 April 1869 – 29 November 1951) was an Armenian playwright, novelist, poet and founder of the Hamazkayin Armenian Educational and Cultural Society. Biography He was a lifelong member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation and is the namesake of the ARF's Shant Student Association. He attended Armenian school at Scutari ( Uskudar) until 1884 and then went to the Gevorgian seminary at Echmiadzin until 1891. He returned to Constantinople to teach and write; his first literary work was accepted by the daily Hairenik of that city in 1891. He departed to Germany in 1893 for six years to study science, child psychology, education, literature and history in the universities of Leipzig, Jena and Munich.Agop J. Hacikyan (ed.) (2005) ''The Heritage of Armenian Literature'', vol. III, Detroit, , p. 642. Afterwards he returned to Constantinople, where he continued working as a teacher. As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigoghos Sarafian
Nigoghos Sarafian ( hy, Նիկողոս Սարաֆեան, 1902 in Varna, Bulgaria, Varna, Principality of Bulgaria - 1972 in Paris, France), was an Armenians, Armenian writer, poet, editor, and journalist. Biography Nigoghos Sarafian was born on a boat that was leaving Constantinople on the way to Varna, Bulgaria, Varna. He received his education in Armenian and French schools in Romania and Bulgaria. During the troublesome period of World War I, Sarafian along with his family fled back to Varna where they would remain until the Armistice of Mudros and move to Istanbul. He attended the prestigious Getronagan Armenian High School. After the promulgation of the Turkish Republic in 1923 he moved to Paris. He wrote prolifically in French and Armenian. Bibliography * The Conquest of a Space, Paris, 1928 * 14, Paris, 1933 * Ebb and Flow, Paris, 1939 * The Princess (novel), Paris, 1934, 108 pages * Citadel (1940–1946), Paris, 1946, 198 pages * Mediterranean, Beirut, 1971, 39 pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kegham Parseghian
Kegham Parseghian (Գեղամ Բարսեղեան) (1883 – 1915), was an Armenian writer, teacher, editor, and journalist. Biography Kegham Parseghian was born in the Gedik Paşa district of Constantinople. He attended the local Mesrobian school and continued his studies at the Getronagan Varjaran (Central Lyceum) until 1896. After spending a year in Paris, he published his first literary pieces in Armenian periodicals and newspapers of the time. Then he became a chief columnist and editor of the newspapers ''Surhantag'' (Սուրհանդակ) and ''Azatamart'' (Ազատամարտ, 1909–1915). He was one of the editors of the literary review ''Aztag'' (Ազդակ, 1908–1909). He was one of the founding members of the short lived literary monthly ''Mehian'' (Մեհեան, 1914) and worked along famed writers such as Gostan Zarian, Daniel Varujan, Hagop Oshagan, Hrand Nazariantz and Aharon Dadurian. A complete collection of his works was published in 1931 by the Society ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarkis Minassian
Sarkis Minassian (1873 – 1915), also known as Aram Ashod, was an Armenian journalist, writer, political activist, and educator. He became the chief editor of the newspaper '' Hairenik'' in Watertown, Massachusetts. After returning to the Ottoman Empire in 1909, Minassian continued writing in various journals in the city. In 1915, Sarkis Minassian was killed during the Armenian genocide. Life Sarkis Minassian was born in 1873 in the village of Çengiler, near Yalova in northwestern Anatolia. He attained his early education in Bardizag (today Bahçecik, Kocaeli). Thereafter, Minassian moved to Constantinople to continue his education at the Getronagan Armenian High School. After graduating from Getronagan in 1894, Minassian moved to Geneva, Switzerland where he became a staff member of the Armenian newspaper '' Droshak'', the official organ of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation. In 1903, Minassian moved to the United States where he became the managing editor of the Arme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Misak Metsarents
Misak Metsarents or Medzarents ( hy, Միսաք Մեծարենց; 18 January 1886 – 5 July 1908) was a leading Western Armenian Neo-romanticism, neo-romantic poet. Biography Misak Metsarents was born Misak Metsadourian in the village of Pingian, near Kemaliye, Agn in the Vilayet of Kharpert. In 1886, he moved with his family to Sivas, Sepastia, where he attended the Aramian School. Until 1902, he attended the Anatolia Boarding School in Merzifon, Marzvan, which was run by American missionaries. From 1902 to 1905, he attended the Getronagan Armenian High School, Central School in Constantinople. However, tuberculosis forced him to leave his education, and he later died from the ailment July 5, 1908, at the age of 22. Poetry Metsarents began writing in 1901, with his first verses published in 1903. He also collaborated with many Western Armenian publications such as “Masis”, “Hanragitak”, “Eastern Press”, “Light”, “Courier”, “Manzumei Efkiar”, “Buzan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mıgırdiç Margosyan
Mıgırdiç Margosyan (23 December 1938 – 2 April 2022) was a Turkish Armenian language-writer. Background Margosyan was born on 23 December 1938 in the Hançepek district of Diyarbakır, Turkey. He received his primary education at the Süleyman Nazif Elementary School and the Ziya Gökalp Middle School in Diyarbakır, and continued his secondary education at the Armenian community schools in Istanbul, attending Bezciyan Middle School and Getronagan Armenian High School. Margosyan received his college degree from the Philosophy Department of the Faculty of Letters at Istanbul University. Between 1966 and 1972, Margosyan worked as the school director of the Surp Haç Tıbrevank Armenian High School and also taught philosophy, psychology, Armenian language, and literature. Later, he left teaching and started commercial activities. Writing career Margosyan published a number of short stories in Armenian at the '' Marmara'' newspaper, some of which were later collected and p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karekin II Kazanjian Of Constantinople
Archbishop Karekin II Kazanjian, (in Armenian Գարեգին Բ Գազանճյան) (May 18, 1927, Istanbul ( Turkey) – March 10, 1998 İstanbul) was the 83rd Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople under the authority of the Catholicos of Armenia and of all Armenians.https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-patriarch-karekin-kazanjian-1149949.html "Bedros Kazanjian (Patriarch Karekin), priest: born Istanbul 18 May 1927; ordained deacon 1945, priest 1950; Primate of Australia and New Zealand 1966-81; Grand Sacristan, Jerusalem 1981-90; 83rd Patriarch of Istanbul 1990-98; died Istanbul 10 March 1998." Life Archbishop Karekin was born Petros Kazancıyan in 1927 in Istanbul. Young Petros attended Levon Vartuhiyan School in Topkapı, İstanbul and then the Bezaziyan and Getronagan schools. In October 1940 he was accepted as a seminarian in the Patriarchal Seminary of the St. James Brotherhood in Jerusalem. In 1945 he was ordained a deacon and on January 22, 1950, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aram Haigaz
Aram Haigaz (Armenian: Արամ Հայկազ - March 22, 1900 - March 10, 1986) was the pen name of Aram Chekenian, an Armenian writer who was born in the town of Shabin Karahisar, Ottoman Empire, and survived the Armenian genocide in 1915. He was a young boy when his birthplace was attacked, and his first book, ''The Fall of the Aerie'', published in English translation in 1935, is often cited by scholars and historians for its eyewitness details. He wrote ten books in his lifetime, as well as articles and essays for Armenian newspapers and magazines. Early years Aram Haigaz’s home town was situated at the foot of a mountain in the northeastern area of present day Turkey. In the summer of 1915 when the military forces of the enemy were near, in what became known as the Shabin-Karahisar uprising, the entire Armenian population of 5,000 set fire to their homes and fields and climbed up the mountain to the remains of an old Roman fort at its peak. They took food and animals wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ara Guler
ARA may refer to: Media and the arts * American-Romanian Academy of Arts and Sciences * '' Artistička Radna Akcija'', compilation album released in former Yugoslavia * Associate of the Royal Academy, denoting membership in the British Royal Academy of Arts * ARA News, an online Arabic and English language news service focussed on Syrian and Kurdish events Organisations * Academic Research Alliance, an organization created to involve students in scientific activities * Alliance for Retired Americans, a senior citizen organization * American Relief Administration, a relief mission after World War I * Amateur Rowing Association, the governing body of rowing in the United Kingdom, now renamed British Rowing * Amateurs Radio Algeriens, the national amateur radio organization of Algeria * American Radio Association, a national AFL-CIO affiliated labor union representing U.S. Flag Merchant Marine Licensed Communications and Electronics Officers * American Railway Association, precurso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arshag Chobanian
Arshag Chobanian (; 15 July 1872 – 9 June 1954) was an Armenian short story writer, journalist, editor, poet, translator, literary critic, playwright, philologist, and novelist. Biography His father was a respected goldsmith. In 1898 he founded his famous periodical ''Anahit''. His connections and acquaintances with prominent literary and intellectual figures in France allowed him to write about the Armenian genocide and injustices freely in popular French newspapers such as Mercure de France. He became a strong advocate of western support in order to save the Armenians from the oppression of the Ottoman government. After joining the Ramgavar party, he met with Boghos Nubar and participated in the Armenian National Delegation during the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. In 1933 he visited Soviet Armenia and met with prominent intellectuals. After returning to Paris, he died on 9 June 1954. Literary career Arshag Chobanian is considered one of the fundamental Armenian real ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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