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Pakradouni
Pakradouni (Bagratuni in Eastern Armenian), is a common Armenian surname. It may refer to: * Karim Pakradouni (born 1944), Lebanese-Armenian politician and minister *Hagop Pakradouni (born 1956), Lebanese-Armenian politician *Garabed Pakradouni, Prelate of the Armenian Prelature of Cyprus, 1876–1877 See also *Bagratuni (other) Bagratuni may refer to: Princes of Armenia *Varaz-Tirots II Bagratuni (c. 590 – 645), presiding prince in 645 * Smbat VI Bagratuni (c. 670 – 726), presiding prince from 691 to 711 * Ashot III Bagratuni or Ashot the Blind (c. 690–762), presidi ... {{surnames Armenian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karim Pakradouni
Karim Pakradouni ( ar, كريم بقرادوني hy, Քերիմ Բագրատունի) (born 18 August 1944) is a Lebanese attorney and politician of Armenian origin. He was influential in Kataeb Party heading it for some period. He was also influential in the Lebanese Forces in various critical phases of the LF. He was also minister of state in a Rafic Hariri government in 2004. Early life and education Pakradouni was born in the Armenian district of Beirut, Bourj Hammoud, on 18 August 1944 to an Armenian Orthodox father Minas Pakradounian and Maronite Catholic mother, Lour Shallita from Qartaba. His father, Minas Pakradounian, left the Ottoman Empire in 1920 and settled in Aleppo, Ottoman Syria. Several years later, he moved to Lebanon where he married Shallita. Pakradouni has no familial ties to the traditional political elite in Lebanon. Pakradouni received his secondary education at Collège Notre Dame de Jamhour in the suburbs east of Beirut in the Baabda district. He bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hagop Pakradouni
Hagop Pakradounian ( hy, Յակոբ Բագրատունեան, ar, هاغوب بقرادونيان), originally Hagop Pakradouni is a Lebanese politician of Armenian descent, and the leader of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation in Lebanon. Hagop Pakradounian was born as Hagop Pakradouni in Beirut, in 1956. Pakradounian, who has a degree in political science, is the current Member of Parliament representing the Armenian Revolutionary Federation in the Lebanese Parliament from the Metn Region. He was a candidate in the legislative elections of 2000 for the Armenian Orthodox seat in Beirut but lost against candidates backed by former Prime Minister of Lebanon Rafik Hariri. In the 2005 parliamentary elections, Hagop Pakradounian was elected a member of the 2005 Lebanese Parliament from the Metn region. He was on the list of the alliance between the Free Patriotic Movement of general Michel Aoun and former Lebanese Deputy Prime Minister Michel Murr. In August 2007, Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bagratuni (other)
Bagratuni may refer to: Princes of Armenia *Varaz-Tirots II Bagratuni (c. 590 – 645), presiding prince in 645 * Smbat VI Bagratuni (c. 670 – 726), presiding prince from 691 to 711 * Ashot III Bagratuni or Ashot the Blind (c. 690–762), presiding prince from 726 to 732 * Sahak VII Bagratuni, prince from 754 to 771 Kings of Armenia * Ashot I Bagratuni of Armenia, king from 884 to 890 * Smbat I Bagratuni or "the Martyr" (850–912), king from 890 to 912 * Ashot II Bagratuni of Armenia or Ashot the Iron, king from 914 to 928 * Abas I Bagratuni of Armenia, king from 928 to 953 * Ashot III Bagratuni of Armenia, Ashot III the Merciful or Ashot the Gracious, king from 953 to 977 Other uses * Kingdom of Armenia (Middle Ages), also known as Bagratid Armenia (861 to 1118 AD), ruled by the Bagratuni Dynasty * Bagratuni dynasty, or Pakradouni dynasty in Western Armenian, a ruling family in Armenia See also * Bagrationi dynasty *Origin of the Bagratid dynasties The Bagrationi dynasty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armenian Religion In Cyprus
Like most communities of the Armenian Diaspora, the Armenian-Cypriot community is predominantly Armenian Apostolic (about 95%). Some 5% belong either to the Armenian Evangelical Church, the Armenian Catholic Church, the Latin Church, the Greek Orthodox Church, the Anglican Church, the Plymouth Brethren Church, the Seventh-day Adventist Church or they are Jehovah's Witnesses; of this 5%, historically the most significant groups have been Armenian Evangelicals, who in the 1940s and 1950s comprised about 10% of the Armenian-Cypriot community, and Armenian-Catholics, who have been on the island since the time of the Crusades. Armenian Apostolic Church The Armenian Prelature of Cyprus (''Առաջնորդարան Հայոց Կիպրոսի'') was established in 973 by Catholicos Khatchig I and ever since it has maintained a continuous presence on the island. In the years that followed, some of its Prelates participated in important church synods, such as Tateos (who participated i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Armenian
Eastern Armenian ( ''arevelahayeren'') is one of the two standardized forms of Modern Armenian, the other being Western Armenian. The two standards form a pluricentric language. Eastern Armenian is spoken in Armenia, Artsakh, Russia, as well as Georgia, and by the Armenian community in Iran. Although the Eastern Armenian spoken by Armenians in Armenia and Iranian-Armenians are similar, there are pronunciation differences with different inflections. Armenians from Iran also have some words that are unique to them. Due to migrations of speakers from Armenia and Iran to the Armenian diaspora, the dialect is now very prominent in countries and regions where only Western Armenian was used. Eastern Armenian is based on the Yerevan dialect. Official status and recognition Eastern Armenian is, for the most part, mutually intelligible by educated or literate users of Western Armenian – and vice versa. Conversely, semi-literate or illiterate users of lower registers of either ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
