It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Mr. Krikor Giragos Vartoukian. Mr. Vartoukian, husband to Ani Vartoukian, and beloved father of Haigouhi, Rita, Sonia and Greg, was born in Larnaca, Cyprus in May 1928. May God accept him through His heavenly gates and bless his soul and comfort all his […]
Dr Rostom Stepanian (1922 – 2021) Dr Stepanian was born in Tehran into a family of dentists and medical practitioners. His father Dr Harutiun Stepanian was the first qualified graduate dentist (University of Pennsylvania 1897) in Iran and his uncle was practicing gynaecologist in the same city. Dr Stepanian’s elder sister and two brothers were […]
Dr Rostom Stepanian: Firm but Fair! Having learnt few days ago that Dr Rostom Stepanian had passed away at the ripe age of 99, and having been invited by a friend from the Armenian Community Council to share some of my personal thoughts about this man, I scratched my head and soliloquised, “Harry, what […]
Sunday 25th April 2021, a remembrance service for the 106th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide was held at St. Yeghiche Armenian Church in London; with His Grace Bishop Hovakim presiding over the service. Various special guests such as Dr. Patrick Sookhdeo, Mr Aram Araratyan, Mr Armand Abrahamyan and Mr Gagik Kirakosyan were in attendance. This was a heartfelt ceremony […]
Mr. Geoffrey Robertson’s video message on the occasion of the 106th Anniversary Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide of 1915, committed by the Ottoman Turks.
On Friday 23rd April 2021, as part of the 106th Anniversary commemoration events in the UK, 4 poppy wreaths were laid at the base of the Cenotaph war memorial in Whitehall, London. Present at the ceremony were – His Grace Bishop Hovakim Manukyan, the Primate of the Armenian Church of UK & Ireland – Tim […]
Friday 23 April 2021 9.45 – 10.30 AM Wreath laying & prayer service at The Cenotaph, Whitehall, London SW1A 2ET Tim Loughton MP, Chair of APPG will be attending. Petition A petition on behalf of the British Armenian Community, calling for official recognition by the UK Government of the Armenian Genocide will be posted to […]
Prince Philip – The Duke of Edinburgh 1921 – 2021 On behalf of the British Armenian Community, the Armenian Community Council of the United Kingdom wishes to extend sincere condolences to Her Majesty the Queen and the members of the Royal Family for the sad loss of The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. His Royal […]
Դքտ Ռոստոմ Ստեփանեան 1922 – 2021 Մ. Թ. Հայ Համայնքաին Խորհրդի անդամ 1987 – 1995 With heavy heart we announce the passing of yet another distinguished and much respected community member Dr Rostom Stepanian. Dr Rostom Stepanian had served as a valued member of the Armenian Community & Church Council of the UK and […]
On behalf of the Armenian Community Council of the UK, we express our most sincere condolences to the Jojaghaian and Boghossian families for their loss. Dr Antranik Jojaghaian had served as a valued member of the Armenian Community & Church Council and was a very well loved and respected member of our community in London. […]
Բրիտանահայ Համայնքային Խորհրդի անունից՛ Շնորհաւորում ենք Ձեր նոր տարին և Ս․ Ծնունդը։ Ցանկանում ենք ձեզ և ձեր սիրեցեալներին առողջութիւն, ուրախութիւն և յաջողութիւններով լի տարի։ Թող 2021-ը լինի խաղաղութեան, համերաշխութեան և խոհեմութեան տարի, Լի նորանոր նուաճումներով Հայաստանում, Արցախում և ի Սփիւռն Հայոց: On behalf of the Armenian Community Council of the United Kingdom we wish you all a very happy New Year and Armenian Christmas. We wish you and your loved ones good health, happiness and a […]
Dear friends, The world was shocked and saddened by the horrific explosion that struck Beirut on August the 4th. This disaster has severely impacted the Lebanese-Armenian community with many casualties and injuries, and with a devastating impact on both communities, cultural, educational and religious institutions, as well as Armenian homes and businesses. The Armenian community […]
Armenian Community Emergency Management Committee Aid Lebanon Appeal 8th August 2020 The Armenian Community Council in unison with the Diocese of The Armenian Church of the UK and Ireland and the community organisations listed below express their solidarity with the Armenians of Lebanon following the devastating explosion that rocked Beirut on 4th August. We offer […]
Dr Armen Souren Sahakian 22 September 1933 – 4 July 2020 Armen Sahakian was born in Baghdad, Iraq in September 1933 to his mother Margaret and father Souren. After some turbulent years for them between Baghdad and Beirut, the family including his younger sister Madeleine, settled in Tehran, Iran in the early 1940s. […]
This is the recording from the second instalment of our Zoom medical webinar organised by ACEMC in collaboration with the Armenian Medical Association of Great Brittan. In this presentation the panel offers a more detailed insight into Coronavirus group of viruses with a detailed look at Covid-19 and answer some of the audiences’ questions regarding […]
As part of ACEMC commitment to provide help and advice to our community during the Covid-19 pandemic, on Sunday 3 May 2020 we, in collaboration with the Armenian Medical Association of Great Brittan, had organised a live webinar to provide general advise and to answer questions regarding Covid-19 and relevant medical issues of concern during […]
Today Eastern Turkey, the ancestral land of the Armenians, is devoid of its ancient ethnic inhabitants. Based on realistic estimates, during those bloody and tragic years, around one and half million Armenians perished. Out of a population of more than two million Armenians before 1915, only 60 to 80 thousand are left in today’s Turkey, […]
նախագահ Արմեն Սարգսյանի հեռավար հարցազրույցը Ազատություն ռադիոկայանի հայկական ծառայության տնօրեն Հրայր Թամրազյանին
Commemoration of the 105th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide (UK) 1.) Fri 24 April, 11.00 AM – 12.00 PM – Remembrance service to commemorate the 105th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide at St. Yeghiche Armenian Church, followed by wreath-laying ceremony at the memorial khachkar. The service will be streaming live on https://www.facebook.com/ArmenianChurchofUKandIreland/ and https://www.facebook.com/styeghiche and […]
Armenian Genocide Commemoration 2020 Virtual ‘March’, join us Public Announcement April 2020 – Virtual March UK The world is facing unprecedented times. There is so much uncertainty around us and we have lost members of our own community to COVID-19. For many Armenians, this pandemic comes at a time when we recall the Genocide of […]
Oxford University scholar Hratch Tchilingirian has published an article entitled:
“The ‘Other’ Citizens: Armenians in Turkey Between Isolation and (Dis)integration.”
Since the establishment of the Turkish Republic, state discrimination against the Armenian community – and generally the non-Muslim minorities – has been institutionalized and systematically used towards the detriment of the target minorities. Hratch Tchilingirian’s newly published research article on the Armenians in Turkey provides a new perspective and analysis of the contemporary life of the community in the last five decades and offers new insight into this segment of the Armenian nation.
The article comes at a time when Armenians in Turkey are in the process of getting ready to elect a new Patriarch. Tchilingirian analyses the internal dynamics of the community and highlights several sociological concepts that are useful to the understanding and analysis of the Turkish state’s and society’s treatment of the Armenians today. He pays particular attention to state policies and public discourses that shed light on the current unenviable situation of the community.
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