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    GEORGES KARNIG DER PARTHOGH (1923 - 2008)

    Gibrahayer
    19 May
    Nicosia

    Georges der Parthogh, veteran journalist, international news
    photographer and a leading member of the Armenian community, died in
    Nicosia on Monday.

    He was 84.

    Born in Harar, Ethiopia on December 18, 1923, Georges came to Cyprus
    with his family in 1935. He attended the English School in Nicosia
    after which he served with the Air Ministry. He later joined the
    Times of Cyprus where he worked from 1955 to 1959 and where he met
    Lana Matoff, whom he married in 1960.

    Georges' career as an international correspondent saw him working
    for Reuters (1959-1963) and United Press International (1963-1979)
    covering wars and civil commotion in Cyprus, Malta, Middle East,
    Iran and East Africa.

    In 1979 he co-founded The Cyprus Weekly with fellow journalists
    Andreas Hadjipapas and Alex Efthyvoulou. Also, since 1989 he was a
    special correspondent for Azg newspaper in Yerevan and the Armenian
    Mirror-Spectator in Boston.

    During the catastrophic earthquake in Armenia and the war of liberation
    of Nagorno Karabakh, Georges led several humanitarian aid delegations,
    for which he was awarded the Nagorno Karabakh Gold Medal. He was
    granted an honorary citizenship of the Republic of Armenia and
    received the Golden Pen Award of the Union of Armenian Journalists
    for his 50-year career as a journalist, as well as the Intercollege
    Media Institute Award as a prominent journalist and photo-reporter. He
    actively supported photography at home and abroad, encouraged young
    photographers and received several awards as a member of the Cyprus
    Photographic Society and continued judging competitions until recently.

    He served his community as spokesman to two Armenian Representatives,
    a member of the Board of Governors of the Melkonian Educational
    Institute and as Past President of the Lions Club Nicosia Cosmopolitan.

    He had two sons and two granddaughters.

    The funeral will take place at the Sourp Asdvadzadzin Armenian Church,
    Armenia Str., Nicosia on Friday, June 6, 2008 at 4pm.

    Lana, Yervant, Masis & Louise, Tatiana and Natalia, Noubar John &
    Gwynneth der Parthogh

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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