A Wonderful Encounter To End My Stay In Paris

At the offices of Nor-Haratch newspaper
With Reverend Keledjian of the Alfortville Armenian church
Alfortville1
The newly constructed Alfortville Armenian school
The river Seine

BY CATHERINE YESAYAN

This past week on August 14, 2015, Asbarez paper turned 107—a hard-to- believe milestone.  But I bet you’ll be surprised if I tell you that the first Armenian language paper in France was published in 1855 by Gabriel Aivazian, the brother of the iconic marine painter Hovhannes Aivazian or better known Aivazovsky.  The paper was called “Massisiats Aghavniâ€

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