From
the
humble
grave-digger
to
the
bejeweled
goldsmith,
the
Armenians
of
Jerusalem
have
helped
enhance
the
unique
multifaceted
fabric
of
Jerusalem
society
with
their
timeless
contributions:
tales
and
traditions,
sagas
and
adventures
(and
a
daunting
dose
of
misadventures)
alongside
notable
achievements
in
the
arts
and
crafts.
In
these
pages,
we
are
happy
and
privileged
to
profile
those
members
of
the
Armenian
community
of
the
Old
City
of
Jerusalem
who
have left a prominent mark here.
Ohan
Dourian,
composer/conductor,
was
born
in
the
Armenian
Quarter
of
the
Old
City
of
Jerusalem,
and
spent
his
youth
there.
He
obtained
his
initiation
into
the
world
or
music
at
an
early
age,
the
piano
his
favorite
musical
instrument.
His
family,
which
had
a
house
just
across
from
the
playground
of
the
St
Tarkmanchatz
parochial
school,
boasted
a
grand
piano,
a
piece
de
resistance
that
occupied
the
whole
room.
He
was
a
member
of
the
Jerusalem
Armenian
Benevolent
Union
(JABU),
where
he
practised
his
skills,
surrounded
by
a
bevy
of
“oohing”
and
“aahing”
admiring
fans.
The
website
“http://www.ogandurjan.com”
(
link
below
)
is
dedicated
to
his
achievements
and
his
memory.
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Dr
Harry
Hagopian,
International
Fellow,
Sorbonne
III
University,
Paris,
is
an
international
lawyer,
with
a
PhD
in
international
law
and
an
MA
in
conflict
resolutions.
He
was
born
in
Jerusalem,
his
father,
Berj,
was
a
popular
dentist,
his
clinic
a
stone's
throw
from
the
ornate
Damascus
Gate
of
the
Old
City.
Harry
has
been
ecumenical,
policy
and
legal
consultant
of
the
Armenian
Apostolic
Church
in
the
UK,
and
has
participated
in
many
political
and
religious
meetings
relating
to
the
Israeli-Palestinian
conflict,
both
in
Jerusalem
and
abroad.
Among
his
writings,
the
booklet
"The
Armenian
Church
in
the
Holy
Land"
(Melisende
Publishers,
London,
2002)
(
link
below
),
is
a
must
read
for
anyone
interested
in
learning
about
the
Armenians
of
the
Holy
Land.
Dr
Hagopian
is
currently
Middle
East
&
inter-faith
advisor,
Catholic
Bishops'
Conference of
England
&
Wales,
London,
Middle
East
consultant,
Christians
in
Political
Action
(ACEP),
Paris,
associate,
Ekklesia,
London,
ad
hoc
ecumenical
consultant,
Primate
of
Armenian
Church in UK & Ireland.
Haig
Khatchadourian,
an
Emeritus
Professor
of
Philosophy
at
the
University
of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee, was born in the Old City of
Jerusalem.
He
has
published
several
journal
articles
as
well
as
books
on
art,
music,
film
and
politics.
He
has
been
awarded
several
prizes
for
poetry
and
literary
essays,
among
them
Outstanding
Educator
of
America
Award
(1973).
Among
his
other
awards
are
an
Andrew
Mellon
Postdoctoral
Fellowship
from
the
University
of
Pittsburgh,
and
a
Liberal
Arts
Fellowship
in
Philosophy
and
Law
from
Harvard
Law
School.
He
is
a
foreign
member
of
the
Armenian
Academy
of
Philosophy
in
Armenia,
and
a
Fellow
of the Royal Society for the
Encouragement
of
the
Arts
(FRSA)
in
England.
He
belongs
to
the
Khatchadourian
clan,
which
has
also
sired
the
compose/conductor
Ohan Dourian.
Dr.
Abraham
Terian
is
Professor
Emeritus
of
Armenian
Theology
and
Patristics
at
St.
Nersess
Armenian
Seminary,
New
Rochelle,
New
York.
Before
coming
to
St.
Nersess
in
1997,
he
was
Professor
of
Intertestamental
and
Early
Christian
Literature
at
Andrews
University
and
a
recurring
Visiting
Professor
for
Armenian
and
Hellenistic
Studies
at
the
University
of
Chicago.
He
is
an
internationally
renowned
expert
in
the
fields
of
intertestamental,
early
Christian
and
Armenian
theological
literature,
fields
in
which
he
has
published
extensively.
In
2005
he
became
the
first
recipient
of
the
Fulbright
Distinguished
Chair
in
the
Humanities
award
by
the
Fulbright
Foundation,
the
Council
for
International
Exchange
of
Scholars
(CIES)
of
the
US
Department
of
State,
and
the
US–Israel
Educational
Foundation
(US–IEF).
In
2008
he
was
elected
a
Fellow
of
the
National
Academy
of
Sciences of the Republic of Armenia.
Manoug
Manougian
has
entered
history
with
his
incredible
pioneering
work
in
rocketry
in
one
of
the
last
places
one
would
envisage:
in
Lebanon.
He
was
born
in
the
Old
City
but
grew
up
in
Jericho.
Early
in
his
childhood
he
got
interested
in
rockets
and
rocket
science
but
it
was
not
till
he
joined
the
faculty
of
Beirut's
Haigazian
college
that
he
gave
free
rein
to
his
fantasy,
turning
it
into
reality.
Successful
launches
soon
followed,
and
the
eyes
of
the
world
became
riveted
once
more
to
the
land
of
the
cedar
and
of
Gibran.
In
a
recent
interview
with
the
BBC,
Manoug
spoke
of
those heady, halcyon days.
Dr
Albert
Aghazarian,
a
leading
historian,
has
been
the
director
of
the
public
relations
office
of
the
university
of
Bir
Zeit.
He
received
his
primary
and
secondary
education
at
the
College
des
Freres
in
Jerusalem
before
studying
for
his
doctorate.
He
has
been
active in efforts to bring peace to the warring Palestinian and Israeli sides.
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