LONDON—Thousands attended the popular and much-loved annual Armenian Summer Festival (ASF) in London on Sunday. What has become a yearly ritual for UK-based Armenians is also recognized as the largest Armenian event of the summer in Europe.
Armenians and non-Armenians alike from across the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland gathered to celebrate their identity and their roots.
“When I first came to the UK as a primate, the time coincided with the ASF. I did not know what was going t
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The Armenian Summer Festival sounds like a wonderful event. Congratulations!
I was in London in mid May. I searched the Internet for some Armenian churches, organizations and found none. I only found the Zoryan Institute and a link to Ara Sarafian who I had met in Yerevan years ago. But I didn’t receive a response to my email from him. Very sad.
But I would like to know more about Armenian Cultural life in UK.
Surprised that you didn’t find the UK based Centre for Armenian Information and Advice http://www.caia.org.uk
Hi Sophia There are 2 Armenian churches in London St Sarkis and the second one i am not sure of spelling But is St YE….St Sarkis And other are both in Kensington area. Every year the Armenian Festival is held mainly in July. I hope that this is of help and maybe the next time you are in London you can find and visit the Armenian Church and community. The only other Armenian Church which was the first Armenian Church built in England is Manchester the Holy Trinity.
Congratulations. Those who know how to have fun will never fall short of having fun.
British Armenian had a stand to raise awareness of the huge humanitarian crisis of Armenian hostages and pows, pity not mentioned in your article! We had very successful day too and 100s of people signed petition in change.org. Keep signing and sharing this important petition on change.org
It sounds so wonderful. We are an armenian dance group based in Varna, Bulgaria. We just got back from an armenian festival in Komotini, Greece and it was amazing. We would love to meet new friends from all over the globe. If you’re interested, you can find us on IG @gayane.marashlyan.varna