Unità documentaria AM-GAT/133/List3/Part1/Docs1593-1607 - From Torgom Gushakyan, Head of the Armenian diocese of Egypt, and Patriarch of Jerusalem, to Arshak Chopanyan, 1927-1932

1 file; 15 letters, in Armenian, handwritten and typed, 32 pages

Torgom Gushakyan asks Chopanyan to ask Poghos Nubar to mediate in arranging the disagreements between him and the Dashnaks. He writes about refusing a position in Etchmiadzin, Patriarch Duryan's death, his being elected as a Patriarch of Jerusalem, the environment in the patriarchate regarding this issue, Patriarch Duryan's biography, the hard financial state of the patriarchate, Galouste Gulbenkyan's resignation, the translation of the Holy Book, his published work, the election of the catholicos, the election of European Armenian MPs. In one of the letters Gushakyan thanks Chopanyan for congratulating him on being elected the Patriarch of Jerusalem.

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