"Christmas Eve 1929: The Future Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem, Torkom I, Visits Bari" by Carlo Coppola
https://www.incittagiovinazzo.it/2026/06/30/vigilia-di-natale-del-29-visita-a-bari-del-futuro-patriarca-armeno-di-gerusalemme-torkom-i/ " Vigilia di Natale del ’29: visita a Bari del futuro Patriarca armeno di Gerusalemme Torkom I " pubblicato da Carlo Coppola su "In Città Giovinazzo" giornale diretto da Papas Antonio Calisi On 24 December 1929, Christmas Eve, the community of Nor Arax in Bari welcomed a visitor of high rank destined to leave a lasting mark upon Apulian Armenian memory: His Eminence Archbishop Torkom Koushagian , then the European delegate of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem, on a pastoral visit to the communities of the diaspora. Awaiting him was the poet Hrand Nazariantz , who guided Nor Arax both spiritually and culturally: the two men, as tradition relates, had likely known one another since their shared formation at the Berberian College of Constantinople, a crossroads of the Ottoman Armenian intelligentsia. The visit was warmly ac...
