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[@justtrust5523]

This was quite an emotional. Armenians are blessed nation. Proud to be an Armenian and looking forward to visiting Cyprus.

[@mikeb5542]

Thanks dear friend Yegya, brought many memories back, Mihran

[@geourgiou]

what beautiful scenery, chris, great history, i love it, bravo chris.

[@rickkap8502]

Hi Chris, I was searching the internet looking for any information on Victoria Street to show my mother as she was brought up there and married in the Armenia church. She used to live in the corner house with the green shutters (directly to the left of the church entrance). The name that Elias Konyalian mentions the photographer is my uncle Jacques who lives in France and Manoug is my other uncle who lives in London. It was truly emotional for my mother to see the house and the church for the first time in 40 years.........

[@ChrisKrzentzPresents]

Thank you Rick Kap for the comment. Check out also the video I filmed a few weeks ago with Elias at kzbin.info/www/bejne/iWaWZ4GVrtuGfpo and the one inside the Armenian Church at kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJLOoJd6gKuHeLM

[@elenamaftei4863]

God bless nice people of Armenia....

[@kathymartin9212]

Fascinating history of these Armenian friends - lovely they could get into their church!

[@ChrisKrzentzPresents]

It was a very emotional visit for all of us. Thank you Kathy Martin for your comment.

[@kathymartin9212]

Looking forward to seeing more of your delightful films

[@elgee6202]

Was it common for Armenian Cypriots to grow up speaking Turkish as well as Greek? All of them have extremely fluent English too.

[@ChrisKrzentzPresents]

Yes it was, before the troubles started, between The Turkish and The Greek Cypriots, in the early 60s.

[@elgee6202]

@@ChrisKrzentzPresents, I'm curious as to how Armenians came to be a constitutionally recognised and protected Cypriot ethnic group. Most of them arrived in Cyprus in the 1920s and 30s, and were born in Turkey. By the time of Cypriot independence most of them hadn't even been on the island for four decades and were first or second-generation immigrants. This is totally unlike the Greeks, Turks, Maronites, and Latins. I don't think I've ever come across a case of such a recent ethnic group becoming regarded as Cypriot in the same way as the Armenians.

[@ChrisKrzentzPresents]

Here is some more information about Armenian Cypriots from the Web. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_Cypriots

[@marieclaire4935]

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