Assassination Of Archbishop Leon Tourian
#1
Posted 23 June 2004 - 03:33 PM
"On the morning of Christmas Sunday, 1933, Archbishop Leon Tourian, Primate of the Armenian Church in North & South America, was scheduled to celebrate Holy Mass in the Holy Cross Church on West 187th St. NYC. The Tiny Church was filled with devout worshippers. All morning the vested choir had sung" Peace on Earth, Good Will to Men". The congregation stood up reverently when a stately figure in the full magnificence of Ecclesiastical Dress emerged from the vestry room at the rear of the church and remained poised at the end of the aisle. In his left hand the Archbishop carried a Crozier of Gold with his right hand, holding a Jewel-studded crucifix, he blessed the bowed parishioners bound for the alter. The procession was led by a censor bearer, followed by 12 members of the choir, then came the resplendent figure of the Primate, 2 acolytes brought of the rear of the processional. Suddenly from the right side of the aisle, a figure jumped into the aisle and stooped low. In his right hand was a 2 edged butcher knife 6" long and whetted to raise the sharpness. Simultaneously from an adjoining pew, a second assailant threw himself on the primate and pinned back his arms, while the first one, with a pumping motion stabbed 4 times through the sacred robe at the Archbishop vital section. The murder was over in a few seconds, the figure of the Primate lurched forward, then fell prostrate the full lenght of the aisle. 9 men were eventually convicted. All were found to be members and officers of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (A.R.F.)"
#2
Posted 23 June 2004 - 03:54 PM
#3
Posted 23 June 2004 - 05:59 PM
#4
Posted 24 June 2004 - 10:36 AM
#5
Posted 24 June 2004 - 01:00 PM
#6
Posted 25 June 2004 - 03:30 AM
Only to find her own children molested by Catholics? What a sad world, eh?
#7
Posted 25 June 2004 - 06:45 AM
But what an amazing woman she was... She has dated every other celebrity American Armenian, has known every third prominent family and has been present at every seminal event in the history of American Armenians.
#8
Posted 25 June 2004 - 07:09 AM
Wait a minute, I'm getting confused here - he's talking about his mother, not his ex-wife, right? I can't remember which one had the Anglo lesbian bi girlfriend married to Greek tycoon - or was it Greek to English tycoon? Never mind, we know too much already.
#9
Posted 25 June 2004 - 07:35 AM
Aaaaa.... don't remember....there was so much information...
#10
Posted 25 June 2004 - 07:52 AM
#11
Posted 26 June 2004 - 02:50 AM
#12
Posted 26 June 2004 - 03:05 AM
The son of the founders of Peter Paul Candies and Avedis Derounian does not equal "every other celebrity Armenian-American."
Peter Balakian's grandmother was not prominent whn she knew her. As for the Morgan-Vanderbilts, Carol Saroyan-Mattau, etc. she was in a business where she came into daily contact with celebrties.
#13
Posted 26 June 2004 - 03:07 AM
Perhaps if you or your children were molested by Catholic officials, you would not laugh about my pain.
#14
Posted 26 June 2004 - 03:23 AM
My mother was a devout and religious Armenian woman. Your comments show how low class you are.
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#15
Posted 26 June 2004 - 04:27 AM
The son of the founders of Peter Paul Candies and Avedis Derounian does not equal "every other celebrity Armenian-American."
Peter Balakian's grandmother was not prominent whn she knew her. As for the Morgan-Vanderbilts, Carol Saroyan-Mattau, etc. she was in a business where she came into daily contact with celebrties.
As I admitted, I have forgotten some of the details from her life. Could you, please, present a brief essay, depicting the most important parts of her life (please no spicy details and do not exceed three pages, otherwise, I will forget again) so that next time I don't make misrepresentations? Also, when you are done, please ask the administrators to pin the thread with the material, so that it is always on the top of the list of the latest active threads. This way, you would help to minimize the possible errors when discussing that amazing woman.
#16
Posted 26 June 2004 - 05:18 AM
Not that I care for either church, but I wouldn't have been tempted if you hadn't ended your paragraph with "So much for public relations of the Armenian Church"...
#17
Posted 26 June 2004 - 05:30 PM
#18
Posted 26 June 2004 - 05:53 PM
#19
Posted 26 June 2004 - 05:59 PM
#20
Posted 26 June 2004 - 06:24 PM
Then why not help put it back on track, since you seem to know something about it?
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