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by Mushrooms
Sun Oct 13, 2013 11:34 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How to write my name in Armenian
Replies: 20
Views: 31851

Re: How to write my name in Armenian

ARARAT Արարատ m Armenian
From the name of a mountain in eastern Turkey (formerly part of Armenia), the place where Noah's Ark came to rest according to the Old Testament.Home Business Opportunity |Youtube Incomes
by Mushrooms
Thu Sep 05, 2013 6:33 am
Forum: Family Name Origin
Topic: Hagopian/Agopian
Replies: 16
Views: 154879

Re: Hagopian/Agopian

According to the group,Hagopian living | Jobs in Biotechnology in San Francisco attend all types of Armenian events, without placing much significance on political or religious differences Jobs in Health Care Our community is so much smaller that we can't ignore each other. We socialize with each ot...
by Mushrooms
Thu Sep 05, 2013 6:27 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Armenian Wedding Traditions
Replies: 24
Views: 41021

Re: Armenian Wedding Traditions

The Armenians coming to Singapore | Jobs in Biotechnology were originally from Persia (now Iran): either born there or having very close ancestral lines that could be traced there. They came from New Julfa— Jobs in Health Care the Armenian epicenter in Persia so they have very unique wedding celebra...
by Mushrooms
Sun Sep 01, 2013 12:01 pm
Forum: Find your Hyerenagits
Topic: Dikranagerd.Tigranocerta.Amida.Diyarbekir
Replies: 35
Views: 65975

Re: Dikranagerd.Tigranocerta.Amida.Diyarbekir

In Ancyra, their first target was the 38-year-old Bishop of the town, whose name was Clement. Clement's life describes how he was taken to Rome, then sent back,| Jobs in Biotechnology and forced to undergo many interrogations and hardship before he, and his brother, and various companions were put t...
by Mushrooms
Sun Sep 01, 2013 11:46 am
Forum: Find your Hyerenagits
Topic: Stanoz - Istanos (west Ankara)
Replies: 27
Views: 58980

Re: Stanoz - Istanos (west Ankara)

There is the possibility that at the time Midas came the city was eseentially unpopulated. In the same way by modern standards it could be argued that Ankara did not exist before Atatürk moved the capital of Turkey to the city, since its population before the capital came was almost non-existent. Jo...
by Mushrooms
Sun Sep 01, 2013 10:46 am
Forum: I'm Looking for...
Topic: My family has an abortion tradition!?
Replies: 13
Views: 19523

Re: My family has an abortion tradition!?

Immediately after its colonization, Armenians were amongst the traders and merchants who began making way for Singapore. The Armenians| Jobs in Biotechnology coming to Singapore were originally from Persia (now Iran): either born there or having very close ancestral lines that could be traced there ...
by Mushrooms
Sun Sep 01, 2013 7:39 am
Forum: First Armenians in America
Topic: First Armenians in the United States
Replies: 24
Views: 66803

Re: First Armenians in the United States

Fresno's Armenian Cultural Foundation has hosted the annual Grand Armenian Festival: Prpoor. The festival is an 800-year-old Armenian tradition of harvest celebration, Jobs in Life Sciences | Jobs in Health Care | Jobs in Biotechnology similar to the American Thanksgiving, dating back to the old cou...
by Mushrooms
Sun Sep 01, 2013 7:27 am
Forum: First Armenians in America
Topic: Fresno Armenians
Replies: 33
Views: 50992

Re: Fresno Armenians

Fresno's Armenian Cultural Foundation has hosted the annual Grand Armenian Festival: Prpoor. The festival is an 800-year-old Armenian tradition of harvest celebration, similar to the American Thanksgiving, dating back to the old country.Jobs in Life Sciences |Jobs in Health Care
by Mushrooms
Sun Nov 27, 2011 7:33 pm
Forum: Family Name Origin
Topic: the BOYAJIAN name
Replies: 16
Views: 36978

Re: the BOYAJIAN name

The meaning of the name Boyajian:Armenian: patronymic from an occupational name for a painter, from Turkish boyaci ‘painter’
by Mushrooms
Sun Nov 27, 2011 7:14 pm
Forum: Find your Hyerenagits
Topic: Evereg
Replies: 16
Views: 42154

Re: Evereg

I believe, currently has no Armenian community), but they are all experiencing a loss in their communities...one they likely will not recover from in the near future. Thus the loss of every "Western Armenian" organization is just that...a loss of Armenian heritage.
by Mushrooms
Mon Feb 21, 2011 10:08 am
Forum: Find your Hyerenagits
Topic: Evereg
Replies: 16
Views: 42154

Re: Evereg

When she was five years old, the Turkish government set in motion a plan to exterminate all of the Armenians in Turkey. Her father, a prosperous merchant in Evereg, was killed by Turkish soldiers, and all the villagers were forced from their homes and driven into exile.
by Mushrooms
Mon Feb 21, 2011 10:01 am
Forum: Family Name Origin
Topic: the BOYAJIAN name
Replies: 16
Views: 36978

Re: the BOYAJIAN name

In an era when most entrepreneurs begin with a business plan, John Boyajian started out with a passion. In recently while in graduate school, John supported himself by exporting live lobsters to Europe. John approached the Petrossians, an Armenian-French family and internationally known purveyors of...
by Mushrooms
Tue Feb 15, 2011 12:42 am
Forum: Family Name Origin
Topic: Hagopian/Agopian
Replies: 16
Views: 154879

Re: Hagopian/Agopian

Im looking for the Akobian/Akopian family- they were 6 sisters now aged around 60-70 and 1 son with extended families now. They Came to America during the 1980's war in lebanon. Some of the names are Astra, shushig, lucienne.salpe and leda are the daughters of one of these sisters, and live in Calif...
by Mushrooms
Tue Feb 15, 2011 12:34 am
Forum: Find your Hyerenagits
Topic: Dikranagerd.Tigranocerta.Amida.Diyarbekir
Replies: 35
Views: 65975

Re: Dikranagerd.Tigranocerta.Amida.Diyarbekir

When he talked of Dikranagerd my father’s eyes vanished into a town sometimes Turkish, sometimes Russian, history as swift as a flood, roots swept away with crops and trees, fields dissolving, everything muddied. The only permanenc —Ararat,In white caps neither growing nor breaking, awaiting some an...
by Mushrooms
Tue Feb 15, 2011 12:24 am
Forum: Find your Hyerenagits
Topic: Stanoz - Istanos (west Ankara)
Replies: 27
Views: 58980

Re: Stanoz - Istanos (west Ankara)

The most important Phrygian sites in Anatolia are to be found in the provinces of Ankara, Eskisehir and Afyon. Yassihoyuk (Gordion) was the capital of Phrygia and the place were Alexander the Great cut the Gordion Knot to gain the key to Asia. The tumulus of King Midas, who turned whatever he touche...