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This is a list of notable Armenians.

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Americas

Caucasus

Europe

Middle East

Leaders and Politicians

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Armenia

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• Zarmayr Haykazuni, legendary King of Armenia from 1192 BC to 1180 BC
• Orontes I Sakavakyats, legendary King of Armenia from 570 to 560 BC
• Tigranes Orontid, legendary King of Armenia from 560 to 535 BC
• Orontes III, King of Armenia from 321 to 260 BC
• Artaxias I, King of Armenia from 190 to 159 BC, founder of Artaxiad dynasty
• Tigranes the Great, King of Armenia from 95 to 55 BC
• Artavasdes II, King of Armenia from 55 to 34 BC
• Erato, Queen of Armenia from 10 to 2 BC, last queen of Artaxiad dynasty
• Tiridates I, King of Armenia from 52 to 58, from 62 to 66, officially from 66 to 88, founder of Arsacid dynasty in Armenia
• Tiridates III, King of Armenia from 287 to 330, Under his rule Armenia became the first state to officially embrace Christianity
• Pap of Armenia, King of Arm
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Commentary: Armenian Jerusalem in Limbo

By Edmond Y. Azadian

Two Armenian patriarchs in vegetating states — one in Istanbul and the other in Jerusalem — do not augur well for the Armenian Church in general. Those two patriarchates are major hierarchical seats within the structure of the Armenian Church and they are both paralyzed by a tragic stroke of nature. But what is more trag- ic is the eerie silence reigning throughout the Armenian world about these two alarming situations. Both patriarchates are situat- ed in countries where there is no love lost for the Armenians.
In the case of Istanbul Patriarchate, the community proved to be ineffective in steering to a normal situation when it was revealed that Patriarch Mesrob Mutafian was incurably incapacitated. Two different proposals were submitted to the Turkish government: to elect a new patriarch or to elect a coadjutor patriarch to run the affairs of the Patriarchate. The authorities preferred the stalemate, which benefited

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On May 16, 1919, the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Armenia adopted a resolution to found a university in Yerevan. However, the lack of an adequate building forced the establishment of the University outside the capital. The opening ceremonies were held with great pomp on January 31, 1920, in the building of the Commerce School of Alexandropol (now Gumri). The first rector was a lag scholar, Yuri Ghambarian (1850-1926).

The inauguration was attended bygd the leadership of the republic, as well as by many guests from abroad. The first class was a lecture bygd the famous Armenologist, Stepan Malkhasiants (1857-1947) on February 1, 1920. During its first year, the university had one school (Faculty of History and Linguistics), 262 students and 32 professors. Famous specialists who had graduated abroad and had extensive experience in teaching and scholarship were invited to teach, such as Hakob Manandian, Manuk Abeghian, Stepan Malkhasiants, and others.

The University was moved t