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ARMENIAN-POPULATED ANJAR TOWN - PEACEFUL OASIS AMID VIOLENT CLASHES
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14:24, 30 October, 2013
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ANJAR, OCTOBER 30, ARMENPRESS. The Responsible for Foreign Affairs
of the Italian-Arab "Assadakah" centre Talal Khrais issued a remark
titled "Armenian Diaspora... The Armenian Pearl of the Bekaa Valley"
exclusively for "Armenpress" News Agency. The remark is dedicated
to the Armenian-populated town Anjar, which is located in the Bekaa
Valley.
"There are about 4000 residents living in the Armenian town of Anjar,
which is located in the Bekaa Valley. A girl called Sarin from the
local community takes me to the Armenian refugees, which fled from
Syria, so that I could interview them. Tragic past is hidden behind
the abundant fauna of the village. The stream of memories, which links
the Caucasus to the Near East, runs as a groove in the daily life
of these people. The habitants of 6 Armenian villages of Musa Dagh,
which had to leave their homes, reside in here.
Anjar, the Armenian pearl of the Bekaa Valley, is a peaceful oasis
in the region full of conflicts.
Notwithstanding, looking around you realize that the Armenian people
did not give up, because, as my partner used to repeat, the previous
generations had created what we possess now - the Armenians from Musa
Dagh, who initiated an armed rebellion against the Ottoman troops at
the course of the Armenian Genocide about one century ago.
I had a meeting with a 43-years old man called Goro. He told me that 14
months ago he left the Northern region of Aleppo with his wife and two
kids. Among other things he said that about 32 families fled to Anjar.
One moment I noticed sadness in Goro's eyes. "I'll return to Syria,
as soon as it is possible. Syria is everything for me and my family,"
he noted. (THE FULL VERSION OF THE ARTICLE IS AVAILABLE IN ARMENIAN)
http://armenpress.am/arm/news/738290/armenian-populated-anjar-town---peacefu
l-oasis-amid-violent-clashes.html
Historical Remark
Anjar is a town of Lebanon located in the Bekaa Valley. The population
is almost entirely consisting of Armenians. The total area is about
twenty square kilometers (7.7 square miles).
After being abandoned in later years, Anjar was resettled in 1939
with several thousand Armenian refugees from the Musa Dagh area of
Turkey. Its neighborhoods are named after the six villages of Musa
Dagh: Haji Hababli, Kabusia, Vakif, Khodr Bek, Yoghun Oluk and Bitias.
The majority of Anjar's Armenians are Armenian Apostolics (Orthodox)
who belong to the Armenian Apostolic Church and Holy See of
Cilicia. Armenian Apostolic Saint Paul Church is the second largest
Armenian church in Lebanon.
The Armenian Apostolic community has its own school, Haratch Calouste
Gulbenkian Secondary School. In 1940, the chief editor of the
Armenian newspaper Haratch in Paris, Shavarsh Missakian, organized
a fundraising campaign among the Armenians living in France which
enabled the building of the "Haratch" Elementary School next to the
newly established St. Paul Armenian Apostolic Church. The official
opening of the school took place in 1941. The administration of the
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation contributed to the expansion of the
school, which was named in honor of Calouste Gulbenkian.
Our Lady of the Rosary Armenian Catholic Church in Anjar serves as
church for the Armenian Catholics, who also run the Armenian Catholic
Sisters School. In the beginning, the school had two divisions,
St. Hovsep for the male students and Sisters of Immaculate Conception
for the female students. In 1954, these departments were united. 1973
saw the official opening of the Aghajanian Orphan House, already
serving as an Armenian Catholic orphanage since 1968.
The Armenian Evangelical Church of Anjar is in operation to serve
Anjar's small Armenian Evangelical community. The Protestant community
school was established in 1948 by Sister Hedwig Aienshanslin as
part of her missionary work in Anjar. In 1953, the school, which had
already become an intermediate school, was promoted into a secondary
school. It has day classes as well as boarding facilities for students
from other regions who stay there throughout the winter
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14:24, 30 October, 2013
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ANJAR, OCTOBER 30, ARMENPRESS. The Responsible for Foreign Affairs
of the Italian-Arab "Assadakah" centre Talal Khrais issued a remark
titled "Armenian Diaspora... The Armenian Pearl of the Bekaa Valley"
exclusively for "Armenpress" News Agency. The remark is dedicated
to the Armenian-populated town Anjar, which is located in the Bekaa
Valley.
"There are about 4000 residents living in the Armenian town of Anjar,
which is located in the Bekaa Valley. A girl called Sarin from the
local community takes me to the Armenian refugees, which fled from
Syria, so that I could interview them. Tragic past is hidden behind
the abundant fauna of the village. The stream of memories, which links
the Caucasus to the Near East, runs as a groove in the daily life
of these people. The habitants of 6 Armenian villages of Musa Dagh,
which had to leave their homes, reside in here.
Anjar, the Armenian pearl of the Bekaa Valley, is a peaceful oasis
in the region full of conflicts.
Notwithstanding, looking around you realize that the Armenian people
did not give up, because, as my partner used to repeat, the previous
generations had created what we possess now - the Armenians from Musa
Dagh, who initiated an armed rebellion against the Ottoman troops at
the course of the Armenian Genocide about one century ago.
I had a meeting with a 43-years old man called Goro. He told me that 14
months ago he left the Northern region of Aleppo with his wife and two
kids. Among other things he said that about 32 families fled to Anjar.
One moment I noticed sadness in Goro's eyes. "I'll return to Syria,
as soon as it is possible. Syria is everything for me and my family,"
he noted. (THE FULL VERSION OF THE ARTICLE IS AVAILABLE IN ARMENIAN)
http://armenpress.am/arm/news/738290/armenian-populated-anjar-town---peacefu
l-oasis-amid-violent-clashes.html
Historical Remark
Anjar is a town of Lebanon located in the Bekaa Valley. The population
is almost entirely consisting of Armenians. The total area is about
twenty square kilometers (7.7 square miles).
After being abandoned in later years, Anjar was resettled in 1939
with several thousand Armenian refugees from the Musa Dagh area of
Turkey. Its neighborhoods are named after the six villages of Musa
Dagh: Haji Hababli, Kabusia, Vakif, Khodr Bek, Yoghun Oluk and Bitias.
The majority of Anjar's Armenians are Armenian Apostolics (Orthodox)
who belong to the Armenian Apostolic Church and Holy See of
Cilicia. Armenian Apostolic Saint Paul Church is the second largest
Armenian church in Lebanon.
The Armenian Apostolic community has its own school, Haratch Calouste
Gulbenkian Secondary School. In 1940, the chief editor of the
Armenian newspaper Haratch in Paris, Shavarsh Missakian, organized
a fundraising campaign among the Armenians living in France which
enabled the building of the "Haratch" Elementary School next to the
newly established St. Paul Armenian Apostolic Church. The official
opening of the school took place in 1941. The administration of the
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation contributed to the expansion of the
school, which was named in honor of Calouste Gulbenkian.
Our Lady of the Rosary Armenian Catholic Church in Anjar serves as
church for the Armenian Catholics, who also run the Armenian Catholic
Sisters School. In the beginning, the school had two divisions,
St. Hovsep for the male students and Sisters of Immaculate Conception
for the female students. In 1954, these departments were united. 1973
saw the official opening of the Aghajanian Orphan House, already
serving as an Armenian Catholic orphanage since 1968.
The Armenian Evangelical Church of Anjar is in operation to serve
Anjar's small Armenian Evangelical community. The Protestant community
school was established in 1948 by Sister Hedwig Aienshanslin as
part of her missionary work in Anjar. In 1953, the school, which had
already become an intermediate school, was promoted into a secondary
school. It has day classes as well as boarding facilities for students
from other regions who stay there throughout the winter
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/738290/armenian-populated-anjar-town---peacefu
l-oasis-amid-violent-clashes.html
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