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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 531

Armenian Quarter

Young seminarians of the Armenian Christian convent arrive for the daily afternoon prayer service at St. James Cathedral at the Armenian quarter in Jerusalem, November 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
December 18, 2024, 12:40 pm
Eclipsed by conflict, Armenians struggle for survival in Jerusalem’s Old City
As population dwindles, small Armenian Christian community face attacks from Jewish fundamentalists and is in danger of losing land to questionable deal
By AP and ToI Staff
Joe Zaarour, a member of Jerusalem's Armenian community, plays the flute while sitting on a pile of debris after bulldozers destroyed sections of the Cows' Garden area in the Armenian Quarter, Jerusalem's Old City, November 24, 2023 (Sarah Tuttle Singer/Times of Israel)
December 9, 2023, 8:52 am
Land dispute in Jerusalem’s Armenian Quarter escalates as residents fear eviction
Tensions mount after Jewish developer leased 25% of Old City’s neighborhood from Armenian patriarch against community’s will; now bulldozers have appeared at the site
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Members of the Armenian community protest a contentious deal to hand over a large section of the Armenian Quarter in the Old City of Jerusalem for a hotel project, May 19, 2023. (Maya Alleruzzo/AP)
June 7, 2023, 3:37 pm
In Jerusalem’s Old City, Armenian community members fear eviction over land deal
Outrage over sale to Australian-Israeli businessman partnered with Emirati hotel group prompts Armenian patriarch to go into hiding and leads to defrocking of broker priest
By AP and ToI Staff
Armenian ceramist Vic Lepejian in his Old City studio, April 23, 2023 (Lazar Berman/Times of Israel)
April 25, 2023, 4:27 am
On genocide memorial day, Jerusalem Armenians hold out hopes for Israeli recognition
The Jewish state has prioritized ties with Turkey and Azerbaijan over recognizing the WWI Ottoman massacre, critics say, as Armenian community voices shame over country’s stance
By Lazar Berman
Winter sunlight fills the Armenian Museum in the Old City of Jerusalem, January 11, 2023. (AP Photo/ Maya Alleruzzo)
January 16, 2023, 4:25 pm
Jerusalem museum showcasing Armenian history reopens after 5-year renovation
Mardigian Museum in Old City features the rich culture and travails of a community that has maintained a continuous presence in holy city even as rulers have come and gone
By Ilan Ben Zion
A new wing at Jerusalem's Edward and Helen Mardigian Armenian Museum. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
November 19, 2022, 9:34 am
Visit the Old City monastery that holds Jerusalem’s 1,700-year-old Armenian history
A new museum at the Armenian Monastery offers displays of stunning mosaics and artworks, artifacts and architecture, going back to Armenia’s 4th-century roots in the Holy Land
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
Visitors tour the Jerusalem Ramparts Walk on Jerusalem's Old City walls, on December 17, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 5, 2020, 8:57 am
Crowns, crusaders and murder: On Jerusalem’s ramparts, tales of love and lust
A walk atop the Old City’s walls gives visitors a glimpse into the passions of past rulers, including a Christian king, a Turkish sultan, an Armenian princess, and King Herod
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
Armenian master ceramicist David Ohannessian, whose work has become one of the defining characteristics of Jerusalem. (Wikimedia commons/CC-SA-3.0/Lantuszka)
November 16, 2019, 9:27 am
In 1918, the art of an Armenian genocide survivor changed Jerusalem forever
Written by David Ohannessian’s granddaughter, ‘Feast of Ashes’ tells how a top craftsman fled with his family to the Holy City, where his tilework is now a defining characteristic
By Matthew Kalman
Armenians marched long distances and were said to have been massacred in Turkey, in 1915. (AP Photo, File)
April 23, 2017, 12:41 pm
Jerusalem archive yields Armenian genocide ‘smoking gun’
Newly discovered telegram from 1919 military tribunals proves official Turkish coverup of mass killings
By ToI Staff
Apo and the Apostles, a band of musicians from Bethlehem and the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City (Courtesy Apo and the Apostles)
February 3, 2016, 9:48 pm
The Bethlehem band that made party rock a personal anthem
Apo and the Apostles love nothing more than to get their fans up on the dance floor
By Jessica Steinberg
US reality TV star Kim Kardashian carries her daughter, North West, upon arrival at the Armenian St. James Cathedral in Jerusalem's Old City on April 13, 2015. (AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)
December 20, 2015, 8:31 pm
Kim and Kanye returning to Israel to baptize new baby
Reality star and rapper planning to hold ceremony for newborn son, Saint, in Jerusalem in the spring
By Keren Preiskel
Armenians march with Armenian flags, signs, and torches from the Armenian Quarter of Old City to the Armenian Church in the German Colony, Jerusalem, as they mark the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, on April 23, 2015 (photo credit: Hadas Parush/Flash90)
April 26, 2015, 11:38 am
Citing Holocaust, Israeli Armenians demand genocide recognition
On centennial, victims’ descendants express dismay over a government policy they say favors realpolitik over ‘conscience’
By Elhanan Miller
US reality TV star Kim Kardashian, her daughter North West and husband, rapper Kanye West, spent quality time in Jerusalem this week (photo credit: AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)
April 13, 2015, 9:06 pm
Kim Kardashian, Kanye West in Jerusalem to baptize daughter
Reality TV star, rapper arrive in Holy City for ceremony at Armenian church
By Jessica Steinberg and AFP
Five of the runners from Runners without Borders during a recent training session. Organizer Shoshana Ben-David, 18, is the second from right. (photo courtesy: Itay Akirav)
March 5, 2015, 1:19 pm
Jewish-Arab running group leaves race out of marathon
A Jerusalem teenager is spearheading a running club for girls that aims at coexistence via positive body image
By Melanie Lidman
Armenians attend the funeral of the Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem Torkom Manougian in the Old city of Jerusalem on Monday (photo credit: AP/Sebastian Scheiner)
October 22, 2012, 5:09 pm
Armenian patriarch laid to rest in Jerusalem
Torkom Manoogian led smallest quarter of Old City until Oct. 12 death
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