Hanna
Nazar,
as
he
was
popularly
known,
was
the
“mukhtar”
(spokesman/representative
of
the
Armenian
community
of
Jerusalem.
He
was
one
of
the
first
photographers
to
introduce
color
into
his
studio
-
and
his
clientelle
included
some
of
the
city’s
leading
personalitiies.
Stawry
Kari,
a
one-time
apprentice
at
his
shop
near
the
Tower
of
David,
pays
tribute
to
his
memory.
A
hundred
meters
from
the
Syriac
convent
of
St
Mark,
where
the
Dead
Sea
Scrolls
were
clandestinely
domiciled
for
a
while,
Arakel,
the
patriarch
of
the
Baghsarian
clan,
and
his
younger
brother
Noubar,
had
set
up
home,
sharing
the
same
courtyard
and
the
same
facilities.
Jirair
Stepanian,
a
man
of
unquestionable
integrity,
humility
and
and
generosity,
passed
away
peacefully
in
his
sleep
on
December
27.
He
was
born
in
the
Armenian
Quarter
of
Jerusalem,
a
hundred
yards
from
the
Syriac
church
of
St
Mark,
one-time
depository
of
the
Dead Sea Scrolls.
Arshag
Garabed
Markarian
passed
away
on
August
5,
2013
at
the
age
of
90
in
Ventura
CA.
Born
April
27,
1923
in
Jerusalem
to
Garabed
Markarian
and
Anna
Kaplanian,
Arshag
moved
to
the
United
States
in
1969
and
was
a
resident
of
Ventura,
California
since
1975.
Arshag
attended
Collège
des
Frères
in
Jerusalem
after
which
he
joined
the
family
business
at
a
young age.
Katch
Julian
Adrian
was
born
on
April
28,
1933
in
the
Armenian
Quarter
of
the
Old
City
of
Jerusalem,
when
I
was
eight.
His
given
name
was
‘Khatchadour,’
which
in
Armenian
means
“cross-given”
or
“cross-giver,”
but
was
and
is
popularly
called
“Khatcho:
by
relatives
and
Armenian
friends.
Our
parents
were
Apraham
Kevorkian
and
Elizabeth
Sahakian,
and
our
grandparents were Khatchadour Nersessian and Kevork Sahakian respectively.
Araksi
Kaplanian
had
come
to
live
in
Australia,
but
had
left
her
heart
in
Jerusalem.
And
her
lifelong
wish
was
to
return
there,
to
die
there
and
be
buried
near
her
husband.
Her
wish
was
not
granted
and
she
died
in
an
age
care
home
in
Sydney.
Her
early
upbringing
in
Alexandria,
Egypt,
provided
her
with
a
lasting
love
of
the
French
language
-
she
loved
reading
books
in
French, with a particular penchant for romances.
Raffi
Hagopian,
that
wonderful
human
being
with
a
heart
as
large
as
the
world,
is
no
longer
with
us.
He
left
us
last
night,
without
any
warning,
without
any
last
farewells.
Like
a
candle
that
goes
out
in
the
wind.
Like
a
leaf
blown
away
by
a
gust.Or
a
song
that
is
unfinished
here. But they will listen to the rest of your song, Raffi, in the other world.
Araksi
Jambazian,
wife
of
Garo
Jambazian
and
sister
of
Aram
Khatchadourian,
has
passed
away
in
Jerusalem,
after
a
lengthy
illness.
She
leaves
behind
two
daughters
and
one
son.
People
remember
her
as
a
very
gentle
human
being,
always
with
a
smile
on
her
face.
Her
children have inherited her charm.
He
stood
ten
feet
tall,
a
dynamic,
charismatic
figure:
Antranig
Bakerjian
symbolized
the
enduring,
fighting
soul
of
the
kaghakatsi
Armenian.
He
had
the
carriage
of
those
in
command
of
the
situation,
and
the
courage
to
stand
up
to
the
challenge.With
his
personal
pulling
power,
he
molded
the
kaghakatsi
youth
into
a
credible
and
creditable
team,
the
14th
Massis
Scouts, enthusing and encouraging, and pushing where and when needed.
The
kaghakatsi
Armenian
community
in
Sydney
has
lost
one
of
its
most
beautiful
pillars
of
society:
Angelle
Benneian,
a
charming,
sophisticated
lady
with
the
very
loving
nature.
Angelle
was
born
in
Jerusalem
in
1927,
the
seventh
of
nine
children
to
Sahag
and
Nazouhie
Nercessian.
She
was
married,
at
the
young
age
of
only
14,
to
Kevork
Benneian,
and
bore
him
5 children.
Arpine’
Yaghlian
Khatchadourian
was
born
in
the
Armenian
Quarter
of
the
Old
City
of
Jerusalem,
Palestine,
on
June
30,
1925,
of
parents
fortunate
to
escape
the
Armenian
Genocide
in
Turkey.
Her
father,
Dr.
Nazaret
Yaghlian,
studied
Medicine
in
Istanbul.
During
the
First
World
War
was
able
to
join
the
British
Army
fighting
the
Ottomans,
entering
Jerusalem
with General Allemby’s army.
This
is
the
world
of
Lida
Hagopian,
born
on
June
22,
1966
in
the
city
of
Jerusalem,
sacred
to
the
three
great
monotheistic
religions:
Christianity,
Islam,
Judaism.
It
is
a
world
of
love
and
compassion,
beauty,
music
and
faith.
Along
the
cobblestoned,
winding
alleys
of
the
Old
City,
and in its unique ambiance of spirituality, she walked in the footsteps of the great prophets.