One of the first power stations in the world was financed in Hong Kong in 1890 by Sir Khachick Paul Chater, a British-Indian businessman of Armenian descent. At the suggestion of Ben Layton, adviser to the British Empire in Hong Kong, Khachick Paul Chater acquired the old cemetery in the Wan Chai district and deployed …
“Arriving in Venice in 1816, I, as probably all other travelers, was greatly impressed by the community of St. Lazarus, which seems to unite all the advantages of a monastic institution while not possessing any of its vices. Purity, comfort, meekness, unfeigned piety, the talents, and virtues of the brothers of the order are capable …
There is an unusual monument to a dove in the town of Sisian in the south of Armenia. On a small square, there is a stone wall with forty small fountains. A large serpent is carved beneath them, and a girl is standing on a high pedestal in front of the wall. This monument has …