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==Prominent Armenian Montrealers== | ==Prominent Armenian Montrealers== | ||
* [[Araz Artinian]] – documentarian, filmmaker | * [[Araz Artinian]] – documentarian, filmmaker | ||
| + | * [[Arshavir Gundjian]] – co-vice president of AGBU | ||
| + | * [[Rob Maguire]] – photographer, graphic designer and activist | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
Revision as of 12:26, 22 April 2006
File:Montreal.jpg Montreal (French: Montréal) is the largest city in the province of Quebec and the second largest city in Canada. It has a considerably large and active Armenian community. Many Armenian social and political organizations are established there, such as the Armenian Revolutionary Federation and Armenian General Benevolent Union.
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Armenian Community
Most of the Armenians in Montreal are immigrants or the descendants of immigrants from Middle Eastern countries such as Egypt, Iran, Lebanon, Syria and Turkey. In the early 1990s, after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, some Armenians immigrated to Montreal from Armenia. The city has an Armenian Genocide memorial, located in Marcelin Wilson Park.
Many of the Armenian Montrealers live in Laval, which is a suburb of Montreal.
Churches
- Armenian Evangelical Church of Montreal http://netministries.org/see/churches/ch01243/ (Laval, Quebec)
- First Armenian Evangelical Church http://www.hayavedmontreal.com/ (Montreal, Quebec)
- Notre-Dame of Nareg Armenian Catholic Church (St. Laurent, Montreal, Quebec)
- Sourp Hagop Armenian Apostolic Church http://www.sourphagop.org/ (Montreal, Quebec)
- Sourp Kevork Armenian Apostolic Church http://www.sourpkevork.laval.qc.ca/ (Laval, Quebec)
- St. Gregory the Illuminator Armenian Apostolic Cathedral (Outremont, Montreal, Quebec)
Educational Institutions
Both the Sourp Hagop Armenian School and AGBU Alex Manoogian School offer pre-school, kindergarten, primary and secondary education. Sourp Hagop is the largest Armenian school in Canada, with more than 670 students.
- Alex Manoogian School (AGBU) http://www.alexmanoogian.qc.ca/
- Sourp Hagop Armenian School http://www.sourphagop.com/ecole/index.html/
Relations with Armenia
Montreal is a sister city of Yerevan, the capital of Armenia.
Prominent Armenian Montrealers
- Araz Artinian – documentarian, filmmaker
- Arshavir Gundjian – co-vice president of AGBU
- Rob Maguire – photographer, graphic designer and activist
External links
- AGBU Montreal http://www.agbumontreal.org/
- Homenetmen Canada, Montreal Chapter http://www.homenetmen.ca/chapters1.php3?chapter=montreal
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