Hye Sharzhoom Armenian Action
Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian, Prof. Sergio La Porta, and the Armenian Studies Program would like to thank the donors, authors, and publishers for the following books, periodicals, videos, and archival gifts, either offered personally, or to the Program.
Maggie Goschin, Ararat-Eskijian Museum, Mission Hills, CA, for a copy of Armenian Churches of Iran and Armenian Treasures in Romania. Armenian Churches of Iran is authored by Shirley Avedian (Research on Armenian Architecture Foundation, 2021), 296 pp., illustrated with color photos. This important book discusses the 167 Armenian Churches in Iran. Armenian Treasures in Romania (Bucharest, Romania: Armenian Diocese of Romania, 2020), 406 pp., in English and Romanian, with color photos. This impressive volume documents the more than one-thousand year history of Armenians in Romania. The book includes photos and descriptions of Armenian churches, icons, religious objects, manuscripts, altar curtains found in the churches and museums of Romania.
Manuel Panossian, Newtown Square, PA, for a copy of Armenian 19th Century Paper Church Tokens in the Ottoman Empire (Manuel Panossian Collection, 2022), by Manuel Panossian, in Armenian and English, illustrated. This book is a survey of paper tokens issued in the late 19th century by Armenian churches located in the Ottoman capital of Istanbul. The paper tokens served a monetary function, due to the disappearance of hard currency in the Empire, as a result of the 1877-1878 Russo-Turkish war.
Arpi Sarafian, Glendale, CA, for a copy of her book, Endless Crossings: Reflections on Armenian Art and Culture in Los Angeles (Los Angeles: Tekeyan Cultural Association, 2019), 235 pp., in English. A mix of essays by Sarafian which explore the immigrant experience. Sarafian covers, in articles published in a variety of newspaper, the cultural and artistic life of the Armenian community in Los Angeles.
Robert Tatoyan, Yerevan, Armenia, for a copy of his book Արեւմտեան Հայաստանի Պիթլիսի նահանգի Հայ բնակչութեան թիւը Մեծ Եղեռնի նախօրեակին (The Number of Armenians in the Vilayet of Bitlis, Western Armenia, on the Eve of the Armenian Genocide), (AGBU-Vahram Abdalian Cultural Fund, 2022), 205pp., in Armenian. Tatoyan presents a comparative and detailed analysis of the number of Armenians in the Western Armenian province of Bitlis (Paghesh), between the years of 1878 and 1914. He utilizes the Armenian Patriarchal census of 1913-1914 and Ottoman government statistics.