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Armenian History Remnants in Kolkata
By Leonard M Apcar, International Herald Tribune Today, there are only a few hundred Armenians in the entire Kolkata region… Before there were call centres and Indian conglomerates, before the East India Company or the British Raj, there were Armenians … Continue reading
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АРМЯНЕ В СИНГАПУРЕ
Dec. 15th, 2008 at 5:07 PM http://aljbucit.livejournal.com/4606.html Это продолжение темы: Церковь Григория Просветителя в Сингапуре После написания поста Սուրբ Գրիգոր Լուսաւորիչի Եկեղեցի об армянской церкви в Сингапуре меня заинтересовало, как армяне попали в Сингапур и как они там жили. С помощью интернета удалось найти … Continue reading
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Bangladesh’s Last Armenian Prays For Unlikely Future
Bangladesh’s Last Armenian Prays For Unlikely Future By Shafiq Alam, AFP Michael Joseph Martin is guarded about his exact age and reluctant to accept he will be the last in a long line of Armenians to make a major contribution … Continue reading
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The Armenian Apostolic Church of St. Gregory the Illuminator (Penang)
As yet no evidence of Armenian activity has been found in connection with Armenian Street. The Armenians in fact worshipped at St. Gregory’s at Bishop Street, formerly located between King Street and Penang Street. The Armenian Church of Penang was … Continue reading
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India
History Armenians had trading relations with several parts of India, and by the 7th century a few Armenian settlements had appeared in Kerala, an Indian state located on the Malabar Coast. Armenians controlled a large part of the international trade … Continue reading
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Armenian Apostolic Church of St. John the Baptist
Within the Persian Empire, Armenians were deported in large numbers to New Julfa, on the outskirts of Isfahan, early in the seventeenth century. Many pushed on to India and Southeast Asia in the eighteenth century, as conditions turned against them. … Continue reading
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Church of the Holy Resurrection
The last of the Armenians in Dhaka, Bangladesh [September 01, 2008] Dyuti Monishita follows the trail of Dhaka’s Armenian Church and unravels the history of the community of Armenian traders who settled on the banks of the Buriganga before the … Continue reading
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Armenian Apostolic Church of St. Gregory the Illuminator Singapore
The History The Armenian Apostolic Church of St. Gregory the Illuminator is the first Christian church built in Singapore in 1835. Designed by Irish architect, George D. Coleman, it is considered as one of his masterpieces. As the number of … Continue reading
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