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Lraper Church Bulletin 19/07/2005
Contact: Deacon Vagharshag Seropyan
Armenian Patriarchate
TR-34130 Kumkapi, Istanbul
T: +90 (212) 517-0970, 517-0971
F: +90 (212) 516-4833, 458-1365
[email protected]
www.lraper.org
THE PATRIARCH ATTENDS THE OPENING OF THE PRINCES' ISLANDS FESTIVAL
http://lraper.org/main.aspx?Action=DisplayNews&NewsCode=N0000007 15&Lang=ENG
Late in the afternoon of Friday, 15 July 2005, His Beatitude Mesrob II,
Armenian Patriarch of Istanbul and All Turkey, set out for the Princes
Islands in a boat loaned by the young businessman, Hrant Moskofyan. His
Beatitude arrived at the landing of the Anatolian Club of Buyuk Island
and was met with a bouquet of flowers presented by Hovsep Ozacar, vice
chairperson of the Association of Friends of the Islands and member
of the organizing committee of the festival, and by Begum Yilmaz,
member of the regional assembly of the Peoples Republican Party (CHP)
and chairperson of the Turkish Women's Association.
After taking tea with Mevlut Kurban, sub-governor of the Islands,
and Coskun Ozden, chairperson of the Princes Islands Municipality
(AKP), His Beatitude the Patriarch joined the opening cocktail of
the festival. Representatives of the Princes Islands Rotary Club
presented His Beatitude with a book entitled "Drawings of the Islands,"
containing the ink sketches of Dr. Musa Albukrek. His Beatitude then
toured with great pleasure the art exhibit organized by the Kanat
Bayazit Art Gallery in the Anatolian Club building.
After conversations with various intellectuals, writers, artists,
academicians, military officers and administrators who attended the
festival opening, His Beatitude the Patriarch congratulated all who
had organized the Festival of the Princes Islands and wished them
success. The Patriarch returned that evening to Kumkapi, accompanied
by Father Tatul Anusyan, the pastor of the Armenian community on the
Princes Islands.
Some of the activities in the Festival of the Princes Islands between
17-24 July 2005 are as follows:
E. Ogur and I. Demircioglu - St. George's Orthodox Church
Sunday, 17 July at 20:15
Buyuk Island - Concert / Traditional
Vartanants Choir - St. Pacifico Catholic Church
Sunday, 17 July at 21:00
Buyuk Island - Concert / Traditional
Klezmer Music - Yildirimspor Complex
Monday 18 July at 21:00
Buyuk Island - Concert / Traditional
Derya Turkan (Turkey) - Socrates (Greece)
Monday, 18 July at 21:00
Kinali Island - Concert / Classical Music
Kamilya Jurban - Culture House
Tuesday, 19 July at 21:00
Buyuk Island - Concert / Traditional
Inci Cayirli
Tuesday, 19 July at 21:00
Burgaz Island - Concert / Classical Music
Aliki Kayaloglu - Water Sports Club
Wednesday, 20 July at 21:00
Buyuk Island - Concert / Traditional
Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra
Thursday, 20 July at 21:00
Heybeli Island - Concert / Classical Music
Huseyin Likos & Ozlem Soydan - Culture House
Friday, 22 July at 21:00
Buyuk Island - Concert / Traditional
The 60s and 70s with Group Naftalin
Friday, 22 July at 21:00
Burgaz Island - Concert / Pop Rock
Genco Erkal - Amphitheatre
Friday, 22 July at 21:00
Buyuk Island - Dramatic Arts / Theater
Muniputanti & Nurettin Celik - Culture House
Saturday, 23 July at 21:00
Buyuk Island - Concert / Traditional
AG34 Choir - St. Pacifico Catholic Church
Sunday, 24 July at 17:00
Buyuk Island - Concert / Traditional
HISTORICAL NAMES FOR THE ISLANDS
Kinali Island - Proti
Burgaz Island - Antigoni
Kasik Island - Pitye (Pita)
Heybeli Island - Halki
Buyuk Island - Prinkipo
Sedef Island - Terevintos
Tavsan Island - Miyandros
Yassi Island - Plati*
Sivri Island - Oxis
*Catholicos Nersess Barthev was exiled to this island in the 4th
century.
Contact: Deacon Vagharshag Seropyan
Armenian Patriarchate
TR-34130 Kumkapi, Istanbul
T: +90 (212) 517-0970, 517-0971
F: +90 (212) 516-4833, 458-1365
[email protected]
www.lraper.org
THE PATRIARCH ATTENDS THE OPENING OF THE PRINCES' ISLANDS FESTIVAL
http://lraper.org/main.aspx?Action=DisplayNews&NewsCode=N0000007 15&Lang=ENG
Late in the afternoon of Friday, 15 July 2005, His Beatitude Mesrob II,
Armenian Patriarch of Istanbul and All Turkey, set out for the Princes
Islands in a boat loaned by the young businessman, Hrant Moskofyan. His
Beatitude arrived at the landing of the Anatolian Club of Buyuk Island
and was met with a bouquet of flowers presented by Hovsep Ozacar, vice
chairperson of the Association of Friends of the Islands and member
of the organizing committee of the festival, and by Begum Yilmaz,
member of the regional assembly of the Peoples Republican Party (CHP)
and chairperson of the Turkish Women's Association.
After taking tea with Mevlut Kurban, sub-governor of the Islands,
and Coskun Ozden, chairperson of the Princes Islands Municipality
(AKP), His Beatitude the Patriarch joined the opening cocktail of
the festival. Representatives of the Princes Islands Rotary Club
presented His Beatitude with a book entitled "Drawings of the Islands,"
containing the ink sketches of Dr. Musa Albukrek. His Beatitude then
toured with great pleasure the art exhibit organized by the Kanat
Bayazit Art Gallery in the Anatolian Club building.
After conversations with various intellectuals, writers, artists,
academicians, military officers and administrators who attended the
festival opening, His Beatitude the Patriarch congratulated all who
had organized the Festival of the Princes Islands and wished them
success. The Patriarch returned that evening to Kumkapi, accompanied
by Father Tatul Anusyan, the pastor of the Armenian community on the
Princes Islands.
Some of the activities in the Festival of the Princes Islands between
17-24 July 2005 are as follows:
E. Ogur and I. Demircioglu - St. George's Orthodox Church
Sunday, 17 July at 20:15
Buyuk Island - Concert / Traditional
Vartanants Choir - St. Pacifico Catholic Church
Sunday, 17 July at 21:00
Buyuk Island - Concert / Traditional
Klezmer Music - Yildirimspor Complex
Monday 18 July at 21:00
Buyuk Island - Concert / Traditional
Derya Turkan (Turkey) - Socrates (Greece)
Monday, 18 July at 21:00
Kinali Island - Concert / Classical Music
Kamilya Jurban - Culture House
Tuesday, 19 July at 21:00
Buyuk Island - Concert / Traditional
Inci Cayirli
Tuesday, 19 July at 21:00
Burgaz Island - Concert / Classical Music
Aliki Kayaloglu - Water Sports Club
Wednesday, 20 July at 21:00
Buyuk Island - Concert / Traditional
Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra
Thursday, 20 July at 21:00
Heybeli Island - Concert / Classical Music
Huseyin Likos & Ozlem Soydan - Culture House
Friday, 22 July at 21:00
Buyuk Island - Concert / Traditional
The 60s and 70s with Group Naftalin
Friday, 22 July at 21:00
Burgaz Island - Concert / Pop Rock
Genco Erkal - Amphitheatre
Friday, 22 July at 21:00
Buyuk Island - Dramatic Arts / Theater
Muniputanti & Nurettin Celik - Culture House
Saturday, 23 July at 21:00
Buyuk Island - Concert / Traditional
AG34 Choir - St. Pacifico Catholic Church
Sunday, 24 July at 17:00
Buyuk Island - Concert / Traditional
HISTORICAL NAMES FOR THE ISLANDS
Kinali Island - Proti
Burgaz Island - Antigoni
Kasik Island - Pitye (Pita)
Heybeli Island - Halki
Buyuk Island - Prinkipo
Sedef Island - Terevintos
Tavsan Island - Miyandros
Yassi Island - Plati*
Sivri Island - Oxis
*Catholicos Nersess Barthev was exiled to this island in the 4th
century.