The Armenian Patriotic Society of Europe ( hy, Եվրոպայի հայ հայրենասիրական ընկերություն) was founded in 1885 by

Garabed Hagopian Karapet or Garabet or Garabed is a common Armenian given name. They may refer to: *a pre-Christian Armenian thunder-god, Karapet Religion *Karabet ( hy, Կարապետ, link=no) or Garabed (Western Armenian), the Armenian name for '' prodromos'' ...

and

Mekertich Portukalian Mekertich Portukalian ( hy, Մկրտիչ Փորթուգալեան; October 21, 1848 – October 1921) was an Armenian teacher and journalist who founded the first Armenian political party, the Armenakan Party, in Van in 1885. The son of a banke ...

. Its goal was to facilitate the

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in providing aid to their native land, both financially and politically due to

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's oppressed condition at the time. The headquarters of the Society were in Chesilton Road, Fulham,

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