Armenian Christian community caught between Israelis and Palestinians
RNS Jerusalem’s Armenian Christian quarter dates back to the fourth century, when a small band of pilgrims and monks from the newly Christianised Armenia – almost 1,300 kilometres away on the far side of Turkey – settled in the neighbourhood around the Upper Room, the building thought to be the site of the Last Supper. […]
Essay: Armenians displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh fear their medieval churches will be destroyed
In an article first published on The Conversation, CHRISTINA MARANCI, professor of Armenian art and architecture at Tufts University, writes that in the aftermath of war, fears for the Nagorno-Karabakh region’s Armenian Christian monuments remain…
Two Armenian Catholic priests gunned down in Syria; Islamic State claims responsibility
Gunmen killed two Armenian Catholic priests when they opened fire on a car near the eastern Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor on Monday, according to reports. The so-called Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack which took place as the car was about to enter the city, having travelled from Qamishli. Two priests and […]