Nansen Park Construction
Nansen Park in the Nor Nork region of Yerevan is a place that people value for its simplicity. The park is a place where young and old enjoy peace and quiet without the distraction and noise of heavy machinery or construction, as in so many places throughout Yerevan. However, there are plans to build a museum here, a place to remember the man for whom the park is named, to remember all that Fridtjof Nansen did for Armenians and other displaced peoples at the beginning of the 20th century. However, this would strip the park of its original purpose. The neighborhood is confused — is the real agenda to open a restaurant, or a store? Or even for a museum, is it worth losing part of a park?
THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE AND SCANDINAVIAN RESPONSE Dedicated to the 150th anniversary of Fridjof Nansen
Jussi Biorn (Oslo, Norway) -The Life and the Mission of Bodil Katharina Bioern in Armenia
Fridtjof Nansen: An Advocate for Armenian Refugees
Norwegian explorer, human rights advocate, and Nobel Peace Prize winner Fridtjof Nansen was an eyewitness to the atrocities committed against the Armenians during the Armenian Genocide. He helped repatriate thousands of Armenian refugees in Armenia, Lebanon, and Syria and wrote two books about the Armenians and the genocide.
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Tsitsernakaberd, Armenian Genocide Memorial, Yerevan, Armenia, Eurasia
Tsitsernakaberd is a memorial dedicated to the victims of the Armenian Genocide; it is located on a hill overlooking Yerevan, Armenia. Every year on April 24, hundreds of thousands of Armenians gather here to remember the victims of the 1915 Armenian Genocide that took place in the Ottoman Empire carried out by the Turkish government. The memorial sits on one of three hills along the Hrazdan River that carry the name Tsitsernakaberd, and was the site of what was once an Iron Age fortress. Most of the above ground traces at this peak have since disappeared, but upon the smaller hill are still traces of a castle. Archaeological surveys took place in 2007, and excavations uncovered a wall that is hundreds of meters long and may still be seen in many places above ground. An altar cut from stone sits in the middle of a square at the edge of one of the hills, and large stones that weigh approximately two tons are still visible that cover graves from the second millennium BC. Apartments were later built along the hills during Roman times, and were built over with other structures during medieval years. Nearby are also the remains of a very large building with a cave. Construction of the memorial began in 1966 (during Soviet times) in response to the 1965 Yerevan demonstrations during which one million people demonstrated in Yerevan for 24 hours to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Genocide. The memorial is designed by architects Arthur Tarkhanyan, Sashur Kalashyan and artist Hovhannes Khachatryan. It was completed in November 1967. The 44 meter stele symbolizes the national rebirth of Armenians. 12 slabs are positioned in a circle, representing the 12 lost provinces in present day Turkey. In the center of the circle, at a depth of 1.5 meters, there is an eternal flame dedicated to the 1.5 million Armenians killed during the Armenian Genocide. Along the park at the memorial there is a 100 meter wall with names of towns and villages where massacres are known to have taken place. On the rear side of the commemoration wall, plates have been attached to honor persons who have committed themselves to relieving the distress of the victims during and after the genocide (among others: Johannes Lepsius, Franz Werfel, Armin T. Wegner, Henry Morgenthau Sr., Fridtjof Nansen, Pope Benedict XV, Jakob Künzler, Bodil Biørn). As an act of commemoration of the victims, an alley of trees has been planted. The Armenian Genocide Museum opened its doors in 1995, concurrently commemorating the eightieth anniversary of the Genocide. The Museum structure, planned by architects S. Kalashian, Lyudmila Mkrtchyan and sculptor F. Araqelyan, has a unique design. Since opening its doors, the Museum has received many thousands of visitors including schoolchildren, college students and huge numbers of tourists from outside Armenia. The museum provides guided tours in Armenian, Russian, English, French and German. The Republic of Armenia has made visiting the Armenian Genocide Museum part of the official State protocol and many official foreign delegations have already visited the Museum. These delegations have included Pope John Paul II, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, President of France Jacques Chirac, and other well-known social and political figures. The museum contains historical documents and is open to the public for tours. The impressive two-story building is built directly into the side of a hill so as not to detract from the imposing presence of the Genocide Monument nearby. The roof of the Museum is flat and covered with concrete tiles. It overlooks the scenic Ararat Valley and majestic Mount Ararat. The first floor of the Museum is subterranean and houses the administrative, engineering and technical maintenance offices as well as Komitas Hall, which seats 170 people. Here also are situated the storage rooms for museum artifacts and scientific objects, as well as a library and a reading hall. The Museum exhibit is located on the second floor in a space just over 1,000 square meters in size. There are three main indoor exhibit halls and an outer gallery with its own hall. The Genocide Monument is designed to memorialize the innocent victims of the first Genocide of the 20th century. The Genocide Museum's mission is rooted in the fact that understanding the Armenian Genocide is an important step in preventing similar future tragedies, in keeping with the notion that those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it. The current director of the Museum is Dr. Hayk Demoyan.
For Armenia NGO - Fritiof Nansen orphanage in Gyumri
Tsitsernakaberd, Armenian Genocide Memorial, Yerevan, Armenia, Eurasia
Tsitsernakaberd is a memorial dedicated to the victims of the Armenian Genocide; it is located on a hill overlooking Yerevan, Armenia. Every year on April 24, hundreds of thousands of Armenians gather here to remember the victims of the 1915 Armenian Genocide that took place in the Ottoman Empire carried out by the Turkish government. The memorial sits on one of three hills along the Hrazdan River that carry the name Tsitsernakaberd, and was the site of what was once an Iron Age fortress. Most of the above ground traces at this peak have since disappeared, but upon the smaller hill are still traces of a castle. Archaeological surveys took place in 2007, and excavations uncovered a wall that is hundreds of meters long and may still be seen in many places above ground. An altar cut from stone sits in the middle of a square at the edge of one of the hills, and large stones that weigh approximately two tons are still visible that cover graves from the second millennium BC. Apartments were later built along the hills during Roman times, and were built over with other structures during medieval years. Nearby are also the remains of a very large building with a cave. Construction of the memorial began in 1966 (during Soviet times) in response to the 1965 Yerevan demonstrations during which one million people demonstrated in Yerevan for 24 hours to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Genocide. The memorial is designed by architects Arthur Tarkhanyan, Sashur Kalashyan and artist Hovhannes Khachatryan. It was completed in November 1967. The 44 meter stele symbolizes the national rebirth of Armenians. 12 slabs are positioned in a circle, representing the 12 lost provinces in present day Turkey. In the center of the circle, at a depth of 1.5 meters, there is an eternal flame dedicated to the 1.5 million Armenians killed during the Armenian Genocide. Along the park at the memorial there is a 100 meter wall with names of towns and villages where massacres are known to have taken place. On the rear side of the commemoration wall, plates have been attached to honor persons who have committed themselves to relieving the distress of the victims during and after the genocide (among others: Johannes Lepsius, Franz Werfel, Armin T. Wegner, Henry Morgenthau Sr., Fridtjof Nansen, Pope Benedict XV, Jakob Künzler, Bodil Biørn). As an act of commemoration of the victims, an alley of trees has been planted. The Armenian Genocide Museum opened its doors in 1995, concurrently commemorating the eightieth anniversary of the Genocide. The Museum structure, planned by architects S. Kalashian, Lyudmila Mkrtchyan and sculptor F. Araqelyan, has a unique design. Since opening its doors, the Museum has received many thousands of visitors including schoolchildren, college students and huge numbers of tourists from outside Armenia. The museum provides guided tours in Armenian, Russian, English, French and German. The Republic of Armenia has made visiting the Armenian Genocide Museum part of the official State protocol and many official foreign delegations have already visited the Museum. These delegations have included Pope John Paul II, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, President of France Jacques Chirac, and other well-known social and political figures. The museum contains historical documents and is open to the public for tours. The impressive two-story building is built directly into the side of a hill so as not to detract from the imposing presence of the Genocide Monument nearby. The roof of the Museum is flat and covered with concrete tiles. It overlooks the scenic Ararat Valley and majestic Mount Ararat. The first floor of the Museum is subterranean and houses the administrative, engineering and technical maintenance offices as well as Komitas Hall, which seats 170 people. Here also are situated the storage rooms for museum artifacts and scientific objects, as well as a library and a reading hall. The Museum exhibit is located on the second floor in a space just over 1,000 square meters in size. There are three main indoor exhibit halls and an outer gallery with its own hall. The Genocide Monument is designed to memorialize the innocent victims of the first Genocide of the 20th century. The Genocide Museum's mission is rooted in the fact that understanding the Armenian Genocide is an important step in preventing similar future tragedies, in keeping with the notion that those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it. The current director of the Museum is Dr. Hayk Demoyan.
Fridtjof Nansen and Armenians
Fridtjof Nansen and Armenians
For Armenia NGO - Organised trip to the Victory Park attractions, Yerevan
Children with disabilities, Armenia, Yerevan Rehabilitation Centre, For Armenia
Sr Arousiag of Armenia thanking ACN for help given over the years
The Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has helped Sr Arousiag in a number of different projects for the sisters of the Immaculate Conception in Armenia, ever since 1997. For in addition to running the orphanage, they also run a daycare centre for the elderly and also organise a summer camp every year for orphaned and deprived children, in the town of Tsaghkatzor, in the so-called “Valley of Flowers”. Last year no fewer than 890 young people took part in this summer camp, among them 40 Syrian refugee children.
Armenia Orphanage Project
Starting in June 2016, the Youth Group of the Holy Trinity Armenian Apostolic Church in Fresno, CA set out on a journey to help orphaned youth in the Republic of Armenia. Through multiple fundraisers and the monetary and item donations of the parishioners and community members, the youth were able to gather enough items to provide 181 orphaned children in Armenia with backpacks filled with pajamas, toothbrushes, toothpaste, notebooks, pencils, pens, erasers, glue sticks, pencil pouches, stuffed animals, beanies, gloves, scarves, and various other clothing items. Each backpack was personalized to each child from each of the four orphanages we had the privilege of working with in Armenia: Gyumri Social Childcare Center, SOS Idjevan Orphanage, Gyumri Children Home for Disabled Children, and Our Lady of Armenia (OLA). The Society of Orphaned Armenian Relief is an organization that aided in communicating with the orphanages to determine what they would need.
In March of 2017, Youth group members Elena Sarmazian and Ani Ekezyan, along with parish priest of Holy Trinity Very Rev. Fr. Dajad Ashekian and Honorary Consul of the Republic of Armenia in Fresno, Mr. Berj Apkarian, traveled to Armenia for one week and spent each day at a different orphanage in Armenia. They also gathered enough donations to provide families in the city of Gyumri, who were affected greatly from the recent earthquakes, with monetary assistance. One family used their money to purchase a cow which will help them feed their family of 8 living in a tiny shack.
It was eye-opening experience for our youth group members to have the opportunity to visit and see firsthand the poor condition the country is in. Our youth group has begun working on their second orphanage project and with many fundraisers, have proven their dedication to going back to Armenia in 2018 to help more orphans and families in need.
Armenian Genocide - Fridtjof Nansen grave Norway
Armenian Genocide - Fridtjof Nansen grave Lysaker Norway - 2014
Armenian Orphanage Syria
Christmas annual charity invitation commercial
Fridtjof Nansen's 150th Bieth Jubilee
Fridtjof Nansen's 150th Bieth Jubilee -His Holiness Aram I Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia
50th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide 1965 USA
Commemoration of 50th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide 1965 USA
Go4iNGO Training Course in Yerevan, Armenia
Go4iNGO
Youth in Action Training Course
5 - 13 June 2014
Yerevan, Armenia
Civic Forum NGO
Children of One Planet-Orphanage In Armenia 2007
Orphanage In Armenia
Children of One Planet-
Our Lady of Armenia orphanage in gumri
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Armenian sisters of the imaculate conception our lady of armenia orphanage children perform for some visitors out of the country armenian dance with a standing ovation!
Горячие источники горах джермаджур зуар
Yerevan After Two Presidential Inaugurations
After the eventful inauguration day of April 9, Raffi Hovannisyan convened a meeting in Freedom Square on his return to Yerevan on April 12 after a one-day visit to Moscow. The purpose of that meeting was to reassess the events of the past few days and to call for further protest rallies.
Monument and museum Fridtjof Nansen.Памятник и музей Фритьофа Нансена.
Фри́тьоф Ве́дель-Я́рлсберг На́нсен (норв. Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen; 10 октября 1861 — 13 мая 1930) — норвежский полярный исследователь, учёный — доктор зоологии, основатель новой науки — физической океанографии, политический и общественный деятель, гуманист, филантроп, лауреат Нобелевской премии мира за 1922 год, удостоен наград многих стран, в том числе России. Именем Нансена названы географические и астрономические объекты, в том числе кратер на Северном полюсе Луны и аудитория на факультете МЭО.
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Donated By Honorary Doctors of Armenia Karlen and Saray Esayan
Architects Albert and Artashes Sokhik.Builder Yuri Avagyan
Fridtjof Nansen (/ˈfrɪd.tjɒf ˈnænsən/ frid-choff nan-sən; 10 October 1861 – 13 May 1930) was a Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. In his youth he was a champion skier and ice skater. He led the team that made the first crossing of the Greenland interior in 1888, traversing the island on cross-country skis. He won international fame after reaching a record northern latitude of 86°14′ during his North Pole expedition of 1893–96. Although he retired from exploration after his return to Norway, his techniques of polar travel and his innovations in equipment and clothing influenced a generation of subsequent Arctic and Antarctic expeditions.