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ARMENIAN GENOCIDE EXHIBIT IN BURBANK
13:15, 12 Feb 2015
Siranush Ghazanchyan
Dr. Rouben Adalian, Director of Armenian National Institute (ANI),
will present the exhibit "The First Refuge and the Last Defense: The
Armenian Church, Etchmiadzin, and the Armenian Genocide" on February
18 and 19 at the Zorayan Museum at the Western Diocese of the Armenian
Church, 3, Burbank, California,Massis Post reports.
The exhibit was created by the Armenian National Institute,
the Armenian Genocide Museum of America (AGMA), and the Armenian
Assembly of America jointly, in cooperation with the Mother See of
Holy Etchmiadzin, the Armenian Genocide Museum Institute in Yerevan,
and the Republic of Armenia National Archives. The exhibit consists
of 20 panels with over 150 historic photographs documenting the role
of the Armenian Church during the Armenian Genocide.
His Eminence Archbishop Hovnan Derderian, Primate of the Western
Diocese, reports that this lecture and presentation by Dr. Rouben
Adalian, is a part of a series of Diocesan events dedicated to the
100th commemoration of the Armenian Genocide.
The Primate noted that the exhibit explains the importance of the
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin during the Armenian Genocide. The
exhibit also examines the vital leadership role played by the clergy
during the Armenian Genocide especially the all-important intervention
of His Holiness Catholicos Gevorg V Sureniants in alerting world
leaders about the massacres, effectively issuing the first "early
warning" of an impending genocide. "The documents effectively
demonstrates the sacrifices of the Armenian clergy," stated the
Primate, "thousands, among them several primates in Western Armenia
and other parts of the Ottoman Empire, paid the price of martyrdom
for their faith during the Armenian Genocide."
The exhibit provides ample evidence of the aid extended by fellow
Armenians to the refugees fleeing Ottoman Turkey as the Young Turk
regime pursued its path toward the destruction of the Armenians. At
the epicenter of this outpouring of aid was Etchmiadzin, the primary
destination of the Armenians fleeing the massacres along the border
regions of the Ottoman Empire. With testimony from survivors and
witnesses, the exhibit reconstructs this particular chapter of the
Armenian Genocide, a chapter often overlooked in the context of the
mass deportation of the Armenians from all across Ottoman Turkey to
the interior of the Syrian Desert where hundreds of thousands perished
from hunger, thirst, and slaughter.
Dr. Rouben Adalian has had a distinguished career and is noted as a
specialist on the Caucasus and the Middle East. Dr. Adalian holds a
PhD in History from the University of California, Los Angeles. Among
other places, he has taught at the Elliott School of International
Affairs, George Washington University; School of Foreign Service,
Georgetown University; and School of Advanced International Studies,
John Hopkins University.
"The First Refuge and the Last Defense: The Armenian Church,
Etchmiadzin, and the Armenian Genocide" is the second digital exhibit
released by ANI, AGMA, and the Assembly. The first exhibit, "Witness
to the Armenian Genocide: Photographs by the Perpertrators' German and
Austro-Hungarian Allies" was released in 2014, and a third exhibit,
" The First Deportation: The German Railway, the American Hospital,
and the Armenian Genocide ," was issued this January.
The exhibit is open to the public and admission is free. For further
information contact the Zorayan Museum at the Western Diocese office
(818) 558-7474.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2015/02/12/armenian-genocide-exhibit-in-burbank/
13:15, 12 Feb 2015
Siranush Ghazanchyan
Dr. Rouben Adalian, Director of Armenian National Institute (ANI),
will present the exhibit "The First Refuge and the Last Defense: The
Armenian Church, Etchmiadzin, and the Armenian Genocide" on February
18 and 19 at the Zorayan Museum at the Western Diocese of the Armenian
Church, 3, Burbank, California,Massis Post reports.
The exhibit was created by the Armenian National Institute,
the Armenian Genocide Museum of America (AGMA), and the Armenian
Assembly of America jointly, in cooperation with the Mother See of
Holy Etchmiadzin, the Armenian Genocide Museum Institute in Yerevan,
and the Republic of Armenia National Archives. The exhibit consists
of 20 panels with over 150 historic photographs documenting the role
of the Armenian Church during the Armenian Genocide.
His Eminence Archbishop Hovnan Derderian, Primate of the Western
Diocese, reports that this lecture and presentation by Dr. Rouben
Adalian, is a part of a series of Diocesan events dedicated to the
100th commemoration of the Armenian Genocide.
The Primate noted that the exhibit explains the importance of the
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin during the Armenian Genocide. The
exhibit also examines the vital leadership role played by the clergy
during the Armenian Genocide especially the all-important intervention
of His Holiness Catholicos Gevorg V Sureniants in alerting world
leaders about the massacres, effectively issuing the first "early
warning" of an impending genocide. "The documents effectively
demonstrates the sacrifices of the Armenian clergy," stated the
Primate, "thousands, among them several primates in Western Armenia
and other parts of the Ottoman Empire, paid the price of martyrdom
for their faith during the Armenian Genocide."
The exhibit provides ample evidence of the aid extended by fellow
Armenians to the refugees fleeing Ottoman Turkey as the Young Turk
regime pursued its path toward the destruction of the Armenians. At
the epicenter of this outpouring of aid was Etchmiadzin, the primary
destination of the Armenians fleeing the massacres along the border
regions of the Ottoman Empire. With testimony from survivors and
witnesses, the exhibit reconstructs this particular chapter of the
Armenian Genocide, a chapter often overlooked in the context of the
mass deportation of the Armenians from all across Ottoman Turkey to
the interior of the Syrian Desert where hundreds of thousands perished
from hunger, thirst, and slaughter.
Dr. Rouben Adalian has had a distinguished career and is noted as a
specialist on the Caucasus and the Middle East. Dr. Adalian holds a
PhD in History from the University of California, Los Angeles. Among
other places, he has taught at the Elliott School of International
Affairs, George Washington University; School of Foreign Service,
Georgetown University; and School of Advanced International Studies,
John Hopkins University.
"The First Refuge and the Last Defense: The Armenian Church,
Etchmiadzin, and the Armenian Genocide" is the second digital exhibit
released by ANI, AGMA, and the Assembly. The first exhibit, "Witness
to the Armenian Genocide: Photographs by the Perpertrators' German and
Austro-Hungarian Allies" was released in 2014, and a third exhibit,
" The First Deportation: The German Railway, the American Hospital,
and the Armenian Genocide ," was issued this January.
The exhibit is open to the public and admission is free. For further
information contact the Zorayan Museum at the Western Diocese office
(818) 558-7474.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2015/02/12/armenian-genocide-exhibit-in-burbank/