Literary Corner
Feast of Ashes
Feast of Ashes is the story of my maternal grandfather, David Ohannessian, who mastered the art of ceramic making in Kütahya, in Ottoman Turkey, in the years before the First World War. During the Armenian Genocide, he narrowly escaped a death sentence and, with his wife and young children, survived deportation to Syria. In 1919, he founded a new wo
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Wow! Thank you. We lost our best and brightest and their gene pool in 1915and it has taken a hundred years to rebuild the Armenian intelligentsia. It is the grandchildren and the great grandchildren filling that void. Again… thank you.
Great story – so glad you pursued your grandfather’s story for all of us. My second cousin is a Mougalian, so we were particularly interested in this book. My elderly Dad was amazed by the photos in your book also. Thank you!
Helen Knar Cirrio, thank you so much for your comment and for sharing the book with your Dad–that was very heartwarming to read! Moughalian is not a very common name, so maybe your second cousin and I are related.
I was captivated and touched by your wonderful article. Reading your book I also discovered that your grandfather was born in Mouratchai, in the province of Boursa. My father Sahag Sinanian was also born in Mouratchai in 1903. From this large Armenian village, only my father and his uncle Sinan Sinanian survived, and eventually ended up in Lebanon. Thank you very much for shedding light on the history of this village. Much appreciated, I wish I had more information and more detailed of the history and origin of this Armenian village who initially came from the Armenian Highlands as briefly mentioned in your book.
Thank you very much, Stepan Sinanian, for your kind words. At some point, I will write more about the village, since during the research I found more than I was able to fit into that chapter. There are some endnotes that cite articles and documents I found, and I’d be happy to be in touch directly.
Hi dear Saro, my friend Noushin Framke sent me this article long ago that I just Des covered tonight and read with nostalgia!
Your mother Fimi, a beautiful lively red head was a few classes ahead of me at the Jerusalem Girls’ College. Her beautiful sister Mary was one of my teachers in seventh grade and the eldest sister Dirarpi was my mother’s friend. Their brother I think his name was Ohanes married our YWCA British swim teacher Miss B.. her family name started with B oh my gosh I think it was Miss Burns? My parents Haroutune and Mary Boyadjian in Jerusalem.,
We’re friends with the family. My father taught at St George’s School and in 1948 when the British left Palestine he was the first non British headmaster..
congratulations on your career as a flutist. I am a painter and have a website :- lucyjanjigian.com and DVDs in You Tube!! I lived in NJ till six years ago when I moved to CA to be near my daughter!! I got so homesick and it took me back to JGC DAYS!!
Thank you and please get in touch . My phone:- 201-294-0939
Would luv to chat with you. I was very sorry your mother suffered so much with RA..
Salaam with Best regards and luv, Lucy