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SIMON ZAVARIAN CENTENNIAL MARKED IN LORI
http://asbarez.com/115538/simon-zavarian-centennial-marked-in-lori/
Monday, October 28th, 2013
Flowers laid beside Simon Zavarian's gravestone, Lori, Armenia.
LORI, Armenia-The 100th anniversary of the passing of Armenian
Revolutionary Federation founder and national hero Simon Zavarian
was marked on Saturday in his birthplace of Aygehad village, at
his gravesite, with hundreds of ARF members, ARF Youth and Nigol
Aghbalian Student Association, as well as almost all the residents
of the village, along with invited guests and clergy.
Zavarian was one of the three founders of the Armenian Revolutionary
Federation and part of Armenian national liberation movement, along
with Kristapor Mikaelian and Stepan Zorian.
Zavarian was born in 1865 in Aygehat, Lori. He attended the college in
Moscow, and later settled in Tiflis, where he met Kristapor Mikaelian
and Stepan Zorian. They co-founded the Armenian Revolutionary
Federation in 1890.
This political party gained public support by demanding reforms and
taking up arms to defend Armenian citizens of the Ottoman Empire. As
a cofounder of the party, he participated in the framework of the
party's Program and By-laws and served as a member of the ARF bureau
until his death.
As an activist, he did research for the party and performed
organizational work during his many travels to different worldwide
locations. Zavarian traveled to Mush and Sassoun as a teacher and
eventually settled in Istanbul, where he worked on the newspaper
Azadamard.
A scene from Saturday's commemorative event
During the 1908 Constitutional revolution in Turkey, he participated
in the development of reforms for Armenians living in the Ottoman
Empire. Using the archives of the Istanbul Patriarchate and applied
scientific researches, he developed a census of the number of Armenians
living in Western Armenia.
He died in 1913 in Istanbul.
Saturday's commemorative event began with a requiem Mass performed by
parish priest of Odzoun and surrounding town Rev. Vrtanes Baghlian,
accompanied by the Holy Mother Choir of Vanadzor's St. Mary's Church.
In his remarks, Father Baghlian pointed to the large number of young
Armenians in attendance and said that their presence proves that the
national spirit, which Zavarian embodied, will be an indivisible part
of the lives of their lives to continue to realize the aspirations
of the great leader.
Also speaking at the event were ARF Bureau member and historian Levon
Lazarian, Simon Zavarian organization chairman Gagik Shahverdian,
historian and editor of Vem academic journal Dr. Gevork Khoudinian
and principal of the school in Aygehad Paruyr Shahverdian.
The speakers outlined Zavarian's important contributions to the
Armenian reality and the undeniable role he has played in the
advancement of the Armenian Cause, be it for ARF rank and file and
Armenians in general.
Lazarian said that 2015-the centennial of the Armenian Genocide-marks
the 150th anniversary of Zavarian's birth, which will provide another
opportunity to reflect on the great accomplishments of the national
hero and a fitting tribute to the victims of the Armenian Genocide.
At the conclusion of the event an oath ceremony administered by the
Baruyr Hagopian of the ARF body in Iraq, several individuals joined
the ranks of the ARF and the ARF Youth Organization.
From: A. Papazian
http://asbarez.com/115538/simon-zavarian-centennial-marked-in-lori/
Monday, October 28th, 2013
Flowers laid beside Simon Zavarian's gravestone, Lori, Armenia.
LORI, Armenia-The 100th anniversary of the passing of Armenian
Revolutionary Federation founder and national hero Simon Zavarian
was marked on Saturday in his birthplace of Aygehad village, at
his gravesite, with hundreds of ARF members, ARF Youth and Nigol
Aghbalian Student Association, as well as almost all the residents
of the village, along with invited guests and clergy.
Zavarian was one of the three founders of the Armenian Revolutionary
Federation and part of Armenian national liberation movement, along
with Kristapor Mikaelian and Stepan Zorian.
Zavarian was born in 1865 in Aygehat, Lori. He attended the college in
Moscow, and later settled in Tiflis, where he met Kristapor Mikaelian
and Stepan Zorian. They co-founded the Armenian Revolutionary
Federation in 1890.
This political party gained public support by demanding reforms and
taking up arms to defend Armenian citizens of the Ottoman Empire. As
a cofounder of the party, he participated in the framework of the
party's Program and By-laws and served as a member of the ARF bureau
until his death.
As an activist, he did research for the party and performed
organizational work during his many travels to different worldwide
locations. Zavarian traveled to Mush and Sassoun as a teacher and
eventually settled in Istanbul, where he worked on the newspaper
Azadamard.
A scene from Saturday's commemorative event
During the 1908 Constitutional revolution in Turkey, he participated
in the development of reforms for Armenians living in the Ottoman
Empire. Using the archives of the Istanbul Patriarchate and applied
scientific researches, he developed a census of the number of Armenians
living in Western Armenia.
He died in 1913 in Istanbul.
Saturday's commemorative event began with a requiem Mass performed by
parish priest of Odzoun and surrounding town Rev. Vrtanes Baghlian,
accompanied by the Holy Mother Choir of Vanadzor's St. Mary's Church.
In his remarks, Father Baghlian pointed to the large number of young
Armenians in attendance and said that their presence proves that the
national spirit, which Zavarian embodied, will be an indivisible part
of the lives of their lives to continue to realize the aspirations
of the great leader.
Also speaking at the event were ARF Bureau member and historian Levon
Lazarian, Simon Zavarian organization chairman Gagik Shahverdian,
historian and editor of Vem academic journal Dr. Gevork Khoudinian
and principal of the school in Aygehad Paruyr Shahverdian.
The speakers outlined Zavarian's important contributions to the
Armenian reality and the undeniable role he has played in the
advancement of the Armenian Cause, be it for ARF rank and file and
Armenians in general.
Lazarian said that 2015-the centennial of the Armenian Genocide-marks
the 150th anniversary of Zavarian's birth, which will provide another
opportunity to reflect on the great accomplishments of the national
hero and a fitting tribute to the victims of the Armenian Genocide.
At the conclusion of the event an oath ceremony administered by the
Baruyr Hagopian of the ARF body in Iraq, several individuals joined
the ranks of the ARF and the ARF Youth Organization.
From: A. Papazian