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Rupen Janbazian
Rupen Janbazian is the editor of Torontohye Monthly. He is the former editor of The Armenian Weekly and the former director of public relations of the Tufenkian Foundation. Born and raised in Toronto, he is currently based in Yerevan.
Latest posts by Rupen Janbazian (see all)
- Battle Everlasting - October 6, 2021
- Aram Manoukian’s bust unveiled in Yerevan’s ARF Aram Manoukian Youth Center - October 1, 2021
- Thursdays with (Unger) Michael - August 6, 2020
Congratulations to George Aghjayan for this contribution to the study of Western Armenia!
I pray for God to bless your endeavors
A huge thanks George. Your efforts here are exemplary, especially to help and encourage the hidden Armenians. This in my opinion is a way to fulfill the Armenian Cause peacefully, i.e. to restore the Armenian demographic in historic Western Armenia.
George ,thank you for your wonderful work. It will always be remembered.
My mother fled Kozat around 1915 leaving behind two cousins who were married off to Turks. How does one start that search?
The passive way would be to have them reach out to you. Assuming you have names and surnames before your mother’s cousins were turkified. Hopefully, they are aware of the rest of the family history of deportation and Genocide. The website under construction is one place where you could eventually get help.
My wife and me spent 5 days from April 26 to April 30 of this year (right after the Genocide commemoration in Yerevan) in Western Armenia.
We visited Ani (for second time for me after climbing Mt Ararat) Akhtamar
and Ktuts island.plus Van and Kars fortresses and many other Armenian sights.
I have a lot of nice photos that i can share with you.
Congratulations on all your work culminating in your website going live. I look forward to going through it with great interest!
GEORGE ARE YOU AWARE OF ANYPERSONS INTERESTED IN PHOTOGRAPHING ALL ARMENIAN CHURCHES IN WESTERN ARMENIAN OR IS PLANNING TO DO THIS? IT WOULD BE SOMETHING GRAND TO HAND THIS DOWN . I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SMALL VILLAGE CHURCHES, IF THEY EXIST NOT JUST THE LARGER ONES THAT HAVE BEEN PHOTOGRAPHED.
REGARDS
Sir, why do the maintenance of Armenian identity be at the cost of the Turks of today? Historically, so many civilizations (old Egyptians, ancient Greeks, Romans, etc..) have disappeared but no war of identity took place. Today, one should concentrate on living Armenians in Armenia and not on phantasies of the Diaspora who live in wealth. even thpugh Armenia has religious roots and connections to the West, she is unfortunately stuck and sandwhiched among islamic, turkish peoples. So, where does Armenia’s future rest? If only Diaspora Armenians would use not only their brains but also their hearts – for the poor Armenians stuck in East Armenia!
Great job.You have done some outstanding research.