The Orontids later ruled the independent Kingdom of Armenia. As a member of the Dallas-Fort Worth Armenian community, Hamlet is an active member of the St. Sarkis Armenian Orthodox Church of Carrollton, Texas, where he also regularly organizes events to raise awareness and provide education about the Armenian Genocide. While in Florida, he taught 11th and 12th grade social studies at Mater Academy Charter High School, as well as being an adjunct professor at Florida International University, and an adjunct professor of English and History at Barry University and Nova Southeastern University. Armenian music is a mix of indigenous folk music, perhaps best-represented by Djivan Gasparyan's well-known duduk music, as well as light pop, and extensive Christian music. Realizing the desperate situation of the Armenian community in Aleppo, the Aleppo-NGO launched its Save a Life program to help resettle as many Armenians as possible from war torn Syria to Armenia. Armenians rejoice even when the candidate has tenuous connections to his roots. Please enter your username or email address. [citation needed]. See upcoming events > Join our email list. She worked with Los Angeles Fashion Weeks, The Los Angeles Fashion Magazine, independent designers, and brands like BCBG and Guess. Please feel free to share or post any pictures, videos, articles, or discussions on this Facebook. Syrian Armenians fully comprehend the sorrow and pain caused by displacement. During these trips, Kyle and a group of volunteers visited several small towns in Armenia and established clinics in local churches to provide medical checkups and prescriptions to the residents of medically under-served areas of Armenia. Armenian Churches in the USA - armeniapedia.org In the late tsarist Caucasus, individual conversions of Muslims, Yazidis, Jews, and Assyrians into Armenian Christianity have been documented. 267.963.7979 Office Thomas Becker is a Senior Clinical Supervisor at the University Network for Human Rights. Massachusetts is home to the second largest population of Armenians in the country. Whereas,Between 1915 and 1923, prior to the establishment of the Republic of Turkey, more than a million people of Armenian ancestry were victims of a genocide perpetrated by the governments of the Ottoman Empire; and. Dont worry, we wont send spam! Austin, TX 78703-4206. [95][96] Owing to the century long Turco-Iranian geo-political rivalry that would last in Western Asia, significant parts of the region were frequently fought over between the two rivalling empires. of Austin to be affixed this 19th Day Armenian population by country - Wikipedia Hrach Martirosyan (2013). There are about 25,000 Armenian Americans in New York State. She started her career as a Fashion Design graduate from The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM). hmuradyan@soar-us.org, Copyright 2023 Society for Orphaned Armenian Relief (SOAR). In particular, Watertown has grown and developed as an Armenian hub, as thousands of Armenian immigrants find their way into town. Other Armenian diasporans that rose to fame in classical or international music circles are world-renowned French-Armenian singer and composer Charles Aznavour, pianist Sahan Arzruni, prominent opera sopranos such as Hasmik Papian and more recently Isabel Bayrakdarian and Anna Kasyan. This threat to todays Armenians resurfaced in September 2020, when Azerbaijan launched an attack on Nagorno-Karabakha disputed territory inhabited principally by ethnic Armenians but internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan, based on territorial lines drawn by the Soviet Union, which once controlled the area.