Prelacy, Diocese Parishioners Welcome Karanian in New Britain

NEW BRITAIN, Conn.—More than 75 people turned out to hear Matthew Karanian talk about Armenia and Artsakh at a jointly sponsored Diocese-Prelacy church event in New Britain, Conn.

Karanian presented his latest book, Armenia and Karabakh: The Stone Garden Travel Guide.

The presentation by Karanian was organized by both of New Britain’s Armenian churches—St. Stephen’s Armenian Apostolic Church and the Armenian Church of the Holy Resurrection. Karanian presented his latest book, Armenia and Karabakh: The Stone Garden Travel Guide.

He also showed photographs from historic Western Armenia, and included a brief video of the Sept. 8 performance of the Badarak (Liturgy) at the Armenian Church of the Holy Cross at Aghtamar in Van, Turkey.

Karanian was in historic Armenia last month doing research for an upcoming book about the historic sites of Western Armenia. He was at Aghtamar during the Armenian church’s first baptism ceremony there in nearly a century.

Armenia and Karabakh: The Stone Garden Travel Guide is now the top-selling Armenia title in bookstores and on Amazon.com. For more information, visit www.ArmeniaTravelGuide.com.

Karanian practices law in Pasadena, Calif., and is a native of New Britain. He will continue his book tour on Nov. 21, 22, and 24 in Montreal, Ottawa, and Toronto, respectively, as a guest of Canada’s Armenian Embassy and of the cultural organization Hamazkayin.