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@Photo by Marina Mkhittaryan
This amazing lady had two prominent grandfathers: from the father's side - the Rev. Fr. Khoren Shushanyan, from the mother's side - Andreas (Kaitsak) Sargsyan.
The Rev. Fr. Khoren (Garegin) Shushanyan was born in Van, Western Armenia in 1872. He graduated the famous Varaga Monastery spiritual school and afterwards was a teacher for a long time. When Mrs. Shushanyan speaks about her grandfather the Rev. Fr. Khoren Shushanyan who was ordained a priest in Holy Etchmiadzin in 1919 and served for a few decades in the spiritual center of All Armenians, one feels proudly that there were/are such dedicated people in our history / nowadays.
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@Photo by Marina Mkhitaryan
Mrs. Ofelya Shushanyan in Western Armenia.
@From Mrs. Ofelya Shushanyan personal archive
The Rev. Fr. Khoren (Garegin) Shushanyan (1872-1956).
Photo from ''Etchmiadzin'' journal, 1956.
Mrs. O. Shushanyan's memories about her grandfather Andreas (Kaitsak) Sargsyan