650 years of Armenian community in Poland

[Ülev]

29.03.2017 16:27
President Andrzej Duda praised the contribution of Armenians to Polish society and culture during a meeting on Wednesday marking 650 years since an Armenian community arrived in this country.

Duda noted that Armenians began arriving after special privileges were granted by Polish king Casimir the Great in 1367, establishing the first Armenian diocese in Poland.

During a meeting with the Armenian community at the presidential palace in Warsaw, a parchment from that year was displayed. The document testifies to privileges accorded by the Polish king to Armenian Bishop Gregory.

Duda said the contribution made by Armenians to Poland “is invaluable and penetrates practically all of social life, because they were both excellent farmers and created [sections] of the Polish intelligentsia, they were wonderful craftsmen, merchants."

(pk)

Source: PAP
tags: Polish-Armenian relations

http://thenews.pl/1/9/Artykul/300263,President-marks-650-years-of-Armenian-community-in-Poland

[Böri]

Some poles have big nose LoL now we know why! :) They are who we deported İ guess

[Ülev]

anyway I am only gathering informations about it
http://en.aravot.am/2017/03/15/191662/

[oszkar07]

bump

[Arsen_]

This is how the houses of Armenians looked in the 16-17th century, in which they lived in Poland. This style of houses in Poland was called Armenian.

https://c.radikal.ru/c06/2006/83/1067f2a544b8.jpg

[PaleoEuropean]

Two great peoples and brothers of America.

[Pater Patota]

Two great peoples and brothers of America.

Friend's of the US?You must be kidding!Armenian regular passport holders enter China without any visa.It's visa free.I know, there are several nationalities enter China without visa and Armenians and Serbians are one of them.If you enter China without visa it makes you direct enemy of the States.

[Armenian Bishop]

I've known about Polish Armenian Diaspora, since I was a teenager. Back then, the parents of my Polish-American friend (Wade) told about a magazine article that featured the saga of Armenians in Poland. He still live 3 streets away from me. He traces his ancestry back to a Winged Hussar, by the name of Leschinsky.

https://polanddaily.com/157-polish-armenians-one-of-the-oldest-minorities-living-in-poland

The first wave of Armenians immigrated to Poland as early as in the 12th century. With time, they became increasingly numerous in Eastern Poland, where the city of Lwów became their cultural center from early on. The Armenian community was known for being fiercely loyal to its new home country.

[Arsen_]

Friend's of the US?You must be kidding!Armenian regular passport holders enter China without any visa.It's visa free.I know, there are several nationalities enter China without visa and Armenians and Serbians are one of them.If you enter China without visa it makes you direct enemy of the States.


Can you elaborate on this? What do you mean?

So accordind to you, if China provides a country with a visa-free regime, that automatically turns this country into an enemy of the US??? Are these countries - Japan, United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Bosnia and Herzegovina, San Marino - also enemies of the US??

I do not see any logic in what you said.

[PaleoEuropean]

I've known about Polish Armenian Diaspora, since I was a teenager. Back then, the parents of my Polish-American friend (Wade) told about a magazine article that featured the saga of Armenians in Poland. He still live 3 streets away from me. He traces his ancestry back to a Winged Hussar, by the name of Leschinsky.

https://polanddaily.com/157-polish-armenians-one-of-the-oldest-minorities-living-in-poland

That's pretty bad ass.

[Armenian Bishop]

:coffee:

[Pater Patota]

Can you elaborate on this? What do you mean?

So accordind to you, if China provides a country with a visa-free regime, that automatically turns this country into an enemy of the US??? Are these countries - Japan, United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Bosnia and Herzegovina, San Marino - also enemies of the US??

I do not see any logic in what you said.

This is not what I claim, this is what American nationalistic idea is.

[LostSoul]

I bet a lot of Poles have some Armenian roots and they don't know about it.
For example, I didn't take the DNA test.

[Laly]

I like the Polish painter of Armenian descent Teodor Axentowicz.