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by Wedding1
Sun Jul 10, 2011 4:31 am
Forum: Find your Hyerenagits
Topic: Dikranagerd.Tigranocerta.Amida.Diyarbekir
Replies: 35
Views: 67614

Re: Dikranagerd.Tigranocerta.Amida.Diyarbekir

Armenian heritage were presumed guilty and either were forced to leave or were desposed of traumaticallyPenny Auctions | Penny Auction Sites Deported, each village and city attempted to maintain its social ties by building compatriotic societies to help one another
by Wedding1
Sun Jul 10, 2011 3:23 am
Forum: Find your Hyerenagits
Topic: Aintab
Replies: 19
Views: 38209

Re: Aintab

Armenian protestants are a large and rich community, which suffered less in the massacre of 1895 than the Gregorians. There is a small Episcopalian body, which has a large unfinished church, and a schismatic "catholicos," who has vainly tried to gain acceptance into the Anglican communion
by Wedding1
Sun Jul 10, 2011 12:19 am
Forum: First Armenians in America
Topic: First Armenians in the United States
Replies: 24
Views: 69828

Re: First Armenians in the United States

Fresno may be best known to many Armenians as the birthplace of William Saroyan—the great Armenian-American author. A number of Saroyan related organizations, such as the William Saroyan Society, are still based out of Fresno, and the Fresno Metropolitan Museum is home to a permanent exhibit of Saro...
by Wedding1
Fri Jul 01, 2011 7:46 pm
Forum: Find your Hyerenagits
Topic: Aintab
Replies: 19
Views: 38209

Re: Aintab

There is also a flourishing Franciscan mission. Striped cloths and pekmez, a sweet paste made from grapes, are the principal manufactures; and tobacco and cereals the principal cultures. The town is unusually well and solidly built, good stone being obtained near at hand. The Moslem inhabitants are ...
by Wedding1
Fri Jul 01, 2011 7:19 pm
Forum: First Armenians in America
Topic: Fresno Armenians
Replies: 33
Views: 52342

Re: Fresno Armenians

Fresno may be best known to many Armenians as the birthplace of William Saroyan—the great Armenian-American author. A number of Saroyan related organizations, such as the William Saroyan Society, are still based out of Fresno, and the Fresno Metropolitan Museum is home to a permanent exhibit of Saro...
by Wedding1
Fri Jun 10, 2011 2:27 am
Forum: Family Name Origin
Topic: Hagopian/Agopian
Replies: 16
Views: 157863

Re: Hagopian/Agopian

Armenian: patronymic from the personal name Hagop, classical Armenian YakoAudio Mastering Services |Music Mastering Services
by Wedding1
Fri Jun 10, 2011 1:10 am
Forum: Find your Hyerenagits
Topic: Dikranagerd.Tigranocerta.Amida.Diyarbekir
Replies: 35
Views: 67614

Re: Dikranagerd.Tigranocerta.Amida.Diyarbekir

Tigranakert quickly became a very important commercial, as well as cultural center of the Near East. The magnificent theater that was established by the Emperor, of which he was an avid devotee, conducted dramas and comedies mostly played by Greek as well as Armenian actors.Silver bullion
by Wedding1
Fri Jun 10, 2011 12:36 am
Forum: Find your Hyerenagits
Topic: Stanoz - Istanos (west Ankara)
Replies: 27
Views: 61188

Re: Stanoz - Istanos (west Ankara)

Ancyra's importance rested on the fact was that it was the junction point where the roads in northern Anatolia running north-south and east-west intersected. The great imperial road running east passed through Ankara and a succession of emperors and their armies came this way Penny Auctions | Penny ...
by Wedding1
Thu Jun 09, 2011 6:17 am
Forum: Find your Hyerenagits
Topic: Aintab
Replies: 19
Views: 38209

Re: Aintab

The site of Douche, famous for its worship of Baal (Zeus Dolichenus), adopted by the Seleucids and eventually spread all over the Roman empire, lies at Duluk, two hours N.W.; but nothing is to be seen there except a mound. The place was probably of Hittite origin and does not appear to have been set...
by Wedding1
Thu Jun 09, 2011 6:04 am
Forum: First Armenians in America
Topic: First Armenians in the United States
Replies: 24
Views: 69828

Re: First Armenians in the United States

Armenia Town (aka Little Armenia) was in the making. Many Armenians fleeing the homeland settled on the eastern coast of the US, Penny Auctions | Penny Auction Sites but eventually moved to Fresno for the myriad of opportunities, as well as the Mediterranean like weather which resembled what many we...
by Wedding1
Thu Jun 09, 2011 5:40 am
Forum: First Armenians in America
Topic: Fresno Armenians
Replies: 33
Views: 52342

Re: Fresno Armenians

Fresno's Armenian is estimated at about 6,000 and about 10,000 for all of Fresno County . A constant reminder of the Armenian people's contributions and presence in Fresno is the life-sized monument of David of Sassoon. This beautiful piece of public art was donated to the city by Armenians in 1970,...
by Wedding1
Wed Apr 27, 2011 5:13 am
Forum: Find your Hyerenagits
Topic: Evereg
Replies: 16
Views: 43137

Re: Evereg

Many Americans with ethnic Armenian heritage originally came from a city or village in Anatolia, mostly from the Cilician plains or the Armenian Plateau.Evereg-Fenesse were twin cities on the outskirts of Cilicia, properly in Cappadoccia. Both were predominately ethnically Armenian though living und...
by Wedding1
Mon Apr 25, 2011 1:34 pm
Forum: Family Name Origin
Topic: the BOYAJIAN name
Replies: 16
Views: 37904

Re: the BOYAJIAN name

In Accordingly Armenian patronymic from Turkish basmaci, an occupational name for a maker or seller of textiles, from basma ‘printed textile’.Penis Enhancement|Bigger Penis