Armenians in Jerusalem

[@cardsofkoi]

Amazing editing with this pixelated format! I loved learning about how the Armenians got to Jerusalem and the traditions they got from it, thankyou!!!

[@AkravHistory]

Thank you very much, stay tuned for more!

[@flappley]

Dude that 8-bit caught me off guard this is genuinely awesome this new style honestly could stay, its so cool, keep going my brother

[@AkravHistory]

Thanks so much, glad to hear that because I really enjoyed making it! Stay tuned!

[@SUDMONEYBAGS]

I LOVE THE EDITING RAAA

[@AkravHistory]

Thank you!

[@GarenGregorian]

really cool art style you used here. Thank you for the video

[@AkravHistory]

Thank you for watching!

[@hi_arav]

Excellent video, as usual. Good job and thank you!

[@AkravHistory]

My thanks is to you for watching and commenting!

[@germanletskotz]

These videos are so damn good, please don't stop making videos about all stuff Armenian!

[@AkravHistory]

Having too much fun to stop, glad you're enjoying it!

[@arthurhartunian6249]

Once again, another fantastic and educational video Akrav Jan! Keep up the wonderful work!

[@AkravHistory]

Thank you so much, Arthur jan, will do!

[@Nuddles10]

This is seriously underrated. You deserve more views my guy ❤

[@AkravHistory]

Thank you very kindly, stay tuned for more!

[@ArthurSimonian]

Heyyy!! My Grandmother too Very informative video though well done. I love the animation.

[@AkravHistory]

What a coincidence!

[@KKash526]

I love your videos! They are so good and the animation and art is also really good and I love it. Keep up the good work!

[@AkravHistory]

Thank you very much, stay tuned for more!

[@giuseppelogiurato5718]

I have only known a few Armenian people in my 44 years, but they all had one thing in common: A very keen sense of "fairness" and "justice" and "worthyness"... a general attitude of "there is a place and a purpose for everyone, no one is inherently better than anyone else"... (Clearly we weren't "created equal", or else we'd all be exactly the same, but, the big guy needs the little guy's help just as much as the little guy needs the big guy's help, so everything evens out.)

[@AkravHistory]

That's right, placing a high value on community is very much part of the Armenian ethos. Out of curiosity, do you know where they were from?

[@giuseppelogiurato5718]

@@AkravHistory they were mostly from Glendale (near Pasadena California)... very nice and generous friends. ❤️

[@AgentOrangeTheDJ]

Another fantastic video! Great info and production too.

[@AkravHistory]

Much appreciated, glad you enjoyed it!

[@YouVSMeTV]

I don’t know why you’re video was in my feed, but I’m sure glad it was. Great video.

[@AkravHistory]

That makes the two of us!

[@levonastorian9514]

Really nice and original video. You do an amazing job in educating our people with modern and cool videos like this. Hoping for more animations like this :)

[@AkravHistory]

Thank you very much, glad you enjoyed it! There will definitely be more like this!

[@sammason9763]

The art in this is amazing!

[@AkravHistory]

Cheers!

[@ts8960]

As a jew from israel, i support armenians and hopefully our government will stop with the azerbaijan trade.

[@AkravHistory]

Hope so too, thanks for dropping in! 🙏

[@harmony5807]

Love Jewish people and Israelis from Yerevan, Armenia 💜 God bless you!

[@facoulac]

that was sweet. Welcome back!

[@AkravHistory]

Hey, thanks! Hope the wait was worth it!

[@Niggexp38]

W video+Fax! The crow on your pfp looks even better now! The pixel art is also very beautiful, must have taken long to animate!

[@AkravHistory]

Thank you so much, more to come! 😀

[@Niggexp38]

@@AkravHistory ur welcome!🐐🥂

[@Alphabetical_Dice]

A 10/10 video. Thank you

[@AkravHistory]

10/10 comment, thank YOU!

[@davidlisovtsev6607]

I live about 10 minutes walk from Jerusalem's Armenian quarter, lovely place indeed

[@AkravHistory]

That's awesome, thanks for dropping in!

[@420greatestqueen]

My grandma had a tattoo. My uncle also has one because he went to Jerusalem with her as a child

[@AkravHistory]

Crazy, even the kids had them!

[@lba6859]

It's a shame though that it was the advanced israeli weapon that was shelled on Armenians in Artsakh, eventuaally leading to exodus of the whole Armenian population that lived on itsindigenpislandfor thousands years.

[@AkravHistory]

Shame indeed

[@lba6859]

@@AkravHistory that also means Israel lost its credit. Armenians won't forget that. Though two nations have lots of parallels. Ironically the world is turning away from Israel seeing the horrors in Gaza.

[@banjonotkaz00ie64]

@@lba6859what parallels ? israel ethnically cleansed the majority of Armenians from palestine in the nakba

[@ts8960]

​@lba6859 israeli jews have protested in favor of armenians, despite their government's business trading with azerbaijan. Azerbaijan provides them with a military base next to iran hence the deals. Anyways if you want to collectively blame jews for whats happening to armenians then i can return the favor and collectively hate you as well?

[@bobbobb4804]

This deserves way more views

[@AkravHistory]

Thank you very much, glad you enjoyed it!

[@OriDomshlak]

The thumbnail brought me here I'm here to positively say that most Israelis want the state to recognize the Armenian Genocide. Many are willing to cut ties with Turkey for that to happen. Also I hope that the azeri arms deal will stop as it only puts interest in promoting a deadly conflict. (Israeli, proud jew, one of the biggest fans of the Armenian Civilization)

[@AkravHistory]

Glad you found the video, I hope for closer ties as well, it would make sense. Thanks for dropping by!

[@OriDomshlak]

@@AkravHistory Both are ancientt civilizations of the middle east. Armenians, Hebrews and Iranians can build a good future together!

[@banjonotkaz00ie64]

do they also want to recognize the armenian victims of the nakba ? or its ok because israel did it instead

[@OriDomshlak]

@@banjonotkaz00ie64 about the question: i don't know about the second statement: of course not. and this is true for all victims.

[@eidorm.7953]

​@@banjonotkaz00ie64I'll start by saying that even comparing the two is a complete disgrace to the Armenian genocide (as is comparing the 1948 war to any actual genocide) but as far as I'm aware of most of the Armenian population remained intact after that war - specifically, those who lived in the Armenian quarter.

[@Adam-wg2rf]

Good video. I would love to see more videos of yours looks cute the pixals and i like it. And hello from israel.🇦🇲🇮🇱

[@AkravHistory]

Thank you very much, glad you enjoyed it! Hope you stick around, much greetings back!

[@Adam-wg2rf]

@@AkravHistory thanks

[@banjonotkaz00ie64]

the Armenians of Jerusalem are Palestinians

[@nickmat994]

Not sure how possible it is, but it would be cool to see a collaboration betwen you and @StoicHistorian. Cheers.

[@AkravHistory]

That would be cool!

[@eriksargis1998]

I really enjoyed this video, keep posting 💯💯

[@AkravHistory]

Thank you, I will!

[@nickmat994]

Excellent video man. I really appreciate the time you put into the graphics and the very unique moment of Armenian history you chose. I've read some disheartening articles regarding the Armenian quarter recently and hope someone takes responsibility of disseminating copies of the historical texts you mentioned. Its seldom we have source documents of our own historical record that isn't Roman because of the constant causes for diaspora and various erasures of history. I would much prefer to have proof of our interactions with world from sources besides our conquerors, as some are not so graceful as to record the plight of our existence, but would rather forget the sins of their past.

[@AkravHistory]

Thank you for your kind words! The situation indeed requires attention, but it's heartening to see a growing awareness. Hoping for more efforts in preserving these valuable documents, and by extension, the Armenian legacy in Jerusalem too.

[@the7screw]

Hello, I'm Israeli and I did not attack Arminians.

[@AkravHistory]

Uhhh, thanks? 😁 Keep it up!

[@the7screw]

@@AkravHistory 👍

[@faislooYT]

Hello im a Christian from Jerusalem, i can confirm this guy tried to spit on me

[@AkravHistory]

@faislooYT I loled

[@the7screw]

@@faislooYT you accidentally sneeze without covering your mouth one time and they say it was you who brought the plague upon their people SMH 😢

[@ilayohana3150]

I'm an Israeli and I agree! I am fascinated with the history of the Armenian people and their historical and modern hardships resonate with me.

[@AkravHistory]

Thanks for dropping by!

[@harmony5807]

I am from Armenia and I feel exactly the same way for Israelis/Jewish people and I really like them. We are very very similar in a strange way and just a coincidence I believe but the histories the way of being forming communities integrating are queit same way!!! Sending love to you from Yerevan!🪐💜

[@donjuandemarco4356]

Great information and a long beautiful history.. Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a future for Armenians in Jerusalem for much longer.

[@AkravHistory]

Beautiful history indeed. Future doesn't look great, but resilience is part of our heritage.

[@banjonotkaz00ie64]

Great video tho i have a problem with the thumbnail as the armenians of jerusalem live in eastern jerusalem an internationally recognized part of palestine even the armenian community there identifies as Armenian Palestinian

[@ColonelFluffles]

Exactly. Isr@el is suppressing this community and has denied them permission to finish the build of a church in remembrance of the Armenian genocide victims, a few decades ago, shortly after the genocide happened. Isr@el also always sided with Azerbaijan during the wars. Isr@el is also bullying Christians alongside muslims by regularly closing the big churches in Jerusalem. Even Isr@eli 'citizens' (who are almost all soldiers in reserve) will spit on nuns passing by the entrance of these churches. It is the Arabs of the levant that have accepted Armenian refugees, ane even intermixed with them. You'll even find a lot of Armenian influence in Arabic music for example. So, making it appear as if Jerusalem is Isr@eli (even after the international community recognized the Eastern half as Palestinian) is a big c#ck move that shows one does not even respect his own people and history. Or is at best ignorant

[@yakov95000]

@@banjonotkaz00ie64 Christians in Jerusalem are neutral and cooperate with Israel in all areas(they can't outside say they pro Israel from fear of Muslims),"East" Jerusalem is 45% Jewish and the entire city is 2/3 Jewish chill Jerusalem will stay Israeli now and forever...

[@ts8960]

​@@ColonelFlufflesChristians dont get spat on in Israel. Christians who've lived there for their entire lives will tell you the same. It's a fringe radical group that doesn't like being interrupted by Christian missionaries on their holidays. They are condemned by all the chief leading rabbis and are arrested for harassment (even if they were provoked off camera). If you're going to project the actions of a few zealots to an entire population then the same can be done about other groups, does a few pdphile priests mean that all Christians are pdphiles? MiddleEastMonitor/Al-Jazeera/BBC/Haaretz amplify these few instances because the Muslim incentive is to break apart the infidels from uniting. People are provoking Jews on purpose to get some bad media coverage of them and invoke a shock reaction, after cropping the video.

[@ts8960]

​@@ColonelFlufflesisrael has treated armenians inside israel very well. U are an arab muslim making up lies.

[@massey81]

my grandparents and parents all had their wrist cross tattoos done at jerusalem when the borders with Lebanon were still open. my grandfather, during his pilgrimage, per tradition had his name changed from Hagop to Hagi Hagop

[@AkravHistory]

Grandma tattoo high five 🙌 Thanks for sharing!

[@viktorneshaniyan3298]

Great channel!!!

[@AkravHistory]

Thank you so much!

[@alexarias3898]

I have to start by saying that I really like your videos. You create beautiful clips that are very well thought out, nicely planned and organized, and have great execution on production and editing, love the work that you do. You're usually always accurate but I do have to note that the statement you made of Jerusalem's Armenian population of the 4th and 5th centuries is not really the"world's oldest Armenian diaspora," as they'd already conquered and migrated to, settled in what is today Cilicia/Antioch, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, etc. hundreds of years earlier. And before the times of their Tigrane empire or their involvement in the Georgian Tamar empire, they had already migrated to areas as part of the Persian then Macedonian empires and Armenians existed all over Thrace, Greece and the Balkans. Maybe the community in Jerusalem may best be described as the oldest, continuously settled Armenian diaspora community with direct roots dating back to antiquity.

[@AkravHistory]

Thank you for your kind words and feedback. That's right, Armenians have a long presence in places like Cilicia, Antioch, and across the Levant. Perhaps I could have chosen my words more carefully, but "oldest Armenian diaspora" in the video aimed to emphasize the long-standing, continuous presence of Armenians in Jerusalem from early Christian times, which indeed, as you suggest, might be more accurately described as one of the oldest continuously settled Armenian communities with roots traceable to antiquity. Thanks again for your contribution!

[@janwas_here]

wow, i really like your channel! "akrav" means crow in armenian (i'm armenian) keep up the good work!

[@AkravHistory]

Thank you very much! My profile picture is not a coincidence. Stay tuned!

[@CupCakeTeaForMe]

In Hebrew it means scorpion.

[@AkravHistory]

@IsraeliNationalist fascinating

[@Lebanese-general]

Jerusalem is for pelestine not israel From a christian

[@primamateria7045]

Wow are u Lebanese christian-from ur profile pic - usually as Palestinians we have a lot of miss-trust with them because of past shit

[@yakov95000]

2/3 of Jerusalem is Jewish and been like that for 150 years...

[@RedBloxian]

Do you think south eastern turkey (kurdish part of turkey) is Armenian or Kurdish?

[@AkravHistory]

I don't know enough to comment but I would say it depends on where.

[@stephenchappell7512]

The Northern Mesopotamian Plain yes, further north no, although many northern Kurds have Armenian ancestry

[@laylaali5977]

Excellent video you should get more views

[@AkravHistory]

Thank you so much!

[@xiorrrayu]

anyone know if it is safe for Jews to go visit the Armenian quarter without converting? i only ever seen it from thin corridors in the city and it looks beautiful. i have already been to jewish, muslim, and christian quarters, just need the armenian

[@harmony5807]

Hello my friend. What do you mean without converting? Converting to what? Of course anyone can visit freely the Armenian quarter of Jerusalem, with no conditioned attached I guess.. Much love to Jewish people from Armenia and peace!!

[@perhistoria7546]

A quick note, I just discovered this video on your channel but I subscribed long ago. It seems that youtube did not bother to notify me about this video... :/

[@AkravHistory]

Thanks for letting me know, that is unfortunate. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the video!

[@Marlin123]

30 seconds in and I have come to a conclusion: the holy land is rightful Armenian territory

[@AkravHistory]

Obviously 😆

[@yakov95000]

The most successful cummunity by far in Israel are the Christians(Education,money,most prestigious jobs etc),In the head of school achievement are Arameans and Armenians in all the country(there some Druze and some religious Zionists towns),this is sad that Christians birth rate is negative,We need more Armenians and Christians in Jerusalem and Israel in general,good people and I fully support them.I am bit angry with some after all choose neutrality even though Israel is thier home but obviously I understand Jerusalem is filled on both sides with fanatics they want peace and be left alone...

[@mohamedelbaz4030]

israel arms azeris, nice thumbnail btw

[@AkravHistory]

That's right. Thanks 🙏

[@Batmaneldenring]

Armenian qourter has to be the most beu after the Jewish one in my opinion ❤

[@AkravHistory]

I have to visit sometime

[@elvirak8846]

Might I ask , where do you get these sprites and pixel art? Mayhaps it's ai? Just asking

[@AkravHistory]

Hey, yes! Dal-E generated the bases and I edited most of them. Mostly just fixing weird glitches. As I used it more and more, I started to generate various elements separately and combining them. Hope that helps!

[@armhenyen4959]

I really like the Pixel art style alot

[@AkravHistory]

Thank you very much!

[@garenkarapetian709]

Interesting video! Technically speaking, Armenian Church was established around 52AD (first episcope placed by the Apostles being Zakariah 68-72AD). Armenian presence in Jerusalem has been for a good 1900+ years - CONTINUOUS! Armenians and Greeks probably have a more legitimate claim to Jerusalem than the Jews or Arabs. It's yet a BIG mystery who Melchizedek was. (New subscriber here. Loving your videos! Very informative and interesting.)

[@AkravHistory]

Thank you for the insight and for subscribing!

[@georgeajemian1678]

Bro my grand grand parents were kaghtagan as well but I didn’t know they had muscles like this 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@AkravHistory]

Haha, kaghtaGUNs!

[@all4one5]

Israel supported Azerbaijan with weapons and training LOLOL 💀💀💀🤡🤡🤡

[@AkravHistory]

That's right.

[@Lebanese-general]

​@@AkravHistory if its right so remove this genocidal flag in your thumbnail

[@Machine9000]

I love the retro 8bit format!❤ level up to patriarch. Lol

[@AkravHistory]

The patriarch gats +7 to his healing spell

[@DhhSbsh-i3n]

What's your opinion on Israel? The Israeli government as part of it's interests with Iran and etc support Azerbaijan, you have anything with Israelis tho? 🤔

[@AkravHistory]

Hey, thanks for your comment! A brief comment wouldn't be enough to cover my opinion, so I won't touch that here. I've been contemplating making a video about values and how they relate to geopolitics, which, by extension, would explain my views on Israel. But we'll see, it's just an idea for now and potentially an unwelcome one. Sorry for the non-answer, but I figured I'd at least touch back than stay entirely silent.

[@DhhSbsh-i3n]

@@AkravHistory ok, thanks

[@C6Fever]

Apres!

[@AkravHistory]

Shnorh!

[@Offa7a]

They are being attacked by Israelis 😂 and you have an Israeli flag. Shame on you !

[@deplorable2767]

Take that genocidal and apartheid flag away from the Armenian flag.

[@Yisħoq_HaLevi]

Theres no palestinian flag on the thumbnail.

[@maratmanukyan1325]

🇦🇲👑🇪🇺

[@zariaalhajmoustafa2573]

‏‪5:08‬‏ not the Ottoman you mean the young Turk because in the last of the role of the Ottoman Empire become a overtaker and control by the nationals party of the young Turk who want to create our nation state only for the Turk

[@Truth-mf7dc]

🇦🇲

[@adinaar77]

FREE ISRAEL

[@Lebanese-general]

Gay

[@drowl515]

​@@Lebanese-general what

[@lestercrowley666]

Leviticus 19:28, “You shall not make gashes in your flesh for the dead, or incise any marks on yourselves.” More cherry-picking I guess? I'm always so embarrassed to know the Armenians were the first to be fooled by jewish mythology.

[@zafariqbalawan2905]

Apartheid Israel and Armenian are pool apart. Armenian may be much closer to Palestinian living there for thousands of years but not Russian Zionist whose DNA cannot withstand the desert like terrain of Palestine erroneously called Israel

[@nicholasg5523]

Palestinians are not indigenous to that land, whatever “apartheid” they are going through is justified.

[@Real_.]

Russian zoinists?🤣funny

[@سيلفرالسبستي]

​​@@nicholasg5523with that mentality, no wonder Christian lands were the bloodiest part of humanity.

[@banjonotkaz00ie64]

@@Real_.15% of israel is russian so yea

[@ArthurSimonian]

Heyyy!! My Grandmother too Very informative video though well done. I love the animation.

[@AkravHistory]

What a coincidence!