An appropriate way to characterize the content of this book, "The Way We Were - The Way We Are," would be to say that it is a collection of heritage stories about people, places and happenings Vahe H. Apelian has known of or experienced mostly first hand. It is a colorful tapestry of such stories that depict the life-experiences and encounters emanating mostly if not wholly from Kessab, the mostly Armenian inhabited ancient enclave in Northwestern Syria. Each story is unprecedented, each encounter is unique, and each character is a remarkable real life people. The stories are woven in such...
An appropriate way to characterize the content of this book, "The Way We Were - The Way We Are," would be to say that it is a collection of heritage s...
Perhaps no other nation has formally acknowledged the importance of translating literary works and revered translators more than the Armenians. In fact the Armenian Apostolic Church has canonized the fifth century Armenian translators who translated the Bible and other relevant theological books right after St. Mesrob Mashtots invented the Armenian alphabet. To this day the Armenian nation and the church celebrate "Tarkmanchatz Don"--Translators Day-- in the month of October, which has been designated as Armenian Culture Month. In spite of the fact that translation by its very nature is an...
Perhaps no other nation has formally acknowledged the importance of translating literary works and revered translators more than the Armenians. In fac...
