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902:. After the ceasefire, the Armenians who survived the genocide returned to Kessab in a process that lasted till 1920. But the eastern and northern areas of the region remained unsecured, because they were constantly vulnerable to attacks from neighboring Turkish villages. A voluntary group of 40 men successfully foiled many attempts by bandits to invade the region at that time. In 1922, peace was established after the entrance of French troops into Kessab.
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Misakyan
Cultural Centre. Around 250 families from Kessab who had taken refuge in Latakia returned to their homes a day after the Syrian Army recaptured the town. On July 25, the Holy Mother of God Church of Karadouran was reconsecrated, with the first liturgy since the ending of the Islamist occupation taking place on July 27, the day of
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Papoujian-Abrahamian, the priest of
Karadouran, particularly supported the idea of the opposition, but on the real ground, the whole idea failed to become a reality. The genocide of the Armenians in Kessab region started from Karadouran. The Armenians were deported in two directions: one towards the vast
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Miatsyal Armenian National High School, founded in 1933 as primary school. In 1962, the School of the Armenian Apostolic Church (founded earlier in 1848) was merged with the Ousumnasirats School. In 2002, Ousumnasirats Miatsyal was expanded and turned into a high school offering studies
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On 15 June 2014, the Syrian Army entered Kessab and retook control over the surrounding villages and the border with Turkey. News agencies and local residents of Kessab reported that the town's
Armenian Catholic and Evangelical churches had been ruined and burnt by the Islamist groups, along with the
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Trinity Armenian Evangelical Church, started in 1909 by Rev. Koundakjian, but left incomplete due to the mass deportations of 1915 during the Armenian Genocide. The completion was initiated and supervised in the mid-1960s, by then Rev. A. Kerbabian and completed in 1969. In the 1990s Rev. Serop
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and the Papal representative to Syria and
Lebanon Remi Leprert, many parts of Kessab inhabited by Armenians were separated from Turkey and placed within the Syrian boundaries. The result of the annexation of the Sanjak of Alexandretta proved disastrous for the Armenians of Kessab: Mount Casius was
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party, who visited the area several days after the attack began, said that villagers on the
Turkish side of the border told him that "thousands of fighters coming from Turkey crossed the border at at least five different points to launch the attack on Kassab". The fighters reportedly crossed into
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beginning in 1915 proved even more destructive. The command of the genocide initiation arrived in Kessab on the 26th of July to start deportations within 5 days. First, the people expressed a desire to resist and fortify on the mountain Dounag located in
Karadouran. Priest Betros
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of the Holy See of
Cilicia, consecrated the new Church of the Holy Mother of God in Karadouran. The newly built church replaced the old church originally built in 1890 and ruined in 1942, then rebuilt in 1950 and was about to crumble at the beginning of the 21st
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Holy Mother of God Armenian Apostolic Church; probably dating back to the period of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, however, the exact year of its consecration is unknown. An inscription inside the church mentions that a major renovation took place in
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The town is surrounded with many mountains including the mountains of Bashord (857 meters), Dyunag (1008 meters), Dapasa (1006 meters), Chalma (995 meters) and Sildran (1105 metres) from the west, and mount al-Nisr (851 metres) from the south.
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Surp Stepanos (Saint Stephen) Armenian Apostolic Church of Karadouran, built in 909. It is the oldest standing Armenian church in Syria. It was renovated in 1987 by the Armenian-French organization "Yergir yev Mshaguyt" (Country and
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in the region of Alexandretta and Suweidiyeh, shows that the Armenians of Kessab and the surrounding villages are the remainders of migrants who came from the region of Antioch. The migration of the
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Megerditchian undertook the renovation of the roof. The church was damaged during the attack of Jabhat al-Nusra militants in 2014. In July 2017, the church was reopened following a major renovation.
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In the early hours of 21 March 2014, Kessab and its surrounding villages saw a multi-pronged attack by forces opposed to the Syrian government. It was reported that the attackers, members of the
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or took refuge in the mountains. Many important personalities visited Kessab during that time. On 23 June 1939, the Hatay government was officially dissolved and the whole region became part of
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During the 1850s Kessab turned into a mission field with the arrival of Evangelical and Catholic missionaries, raising anger among the Armenians of the region who were following the
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The number of Kessab visitors usually grows during summers especially in the month of August, when a lot of Armenians arrive in the mountainous town, to celebrate the feast of the
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There are no written sources about the primitive history of the Kessab region, but the first record of the name of Kessab was mentioned in a historical document dating back to the
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Notre-Dame Greek Orthodox Church of Esguran: built between 1990 and 2002, to replace the old Greek chapel of the village, destroyed by the Turkish army in the early 1980s.
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Misakian Cultural Centre of the Armenian Evangelical School in Kessab, burnt and destroyed by the Islamist rebels in March 2014 (photo taken in August 2017)
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periods, in an attempt to avoid persecution at the hands of Muslim states, trying to find much safer mountainous regions such as Kessab and
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Syrian Armenians and the Turkish Factor: Kessab, Aleppo and Deir Ez-Zor in the Syrian War
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forest, the town is a summer destination for Syrian people and for foreign visitors.
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1836:"Armenia – Rebels Robbing Homes, Desecrating Churches in Kessab, Syria - SHOAH"
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Armenian Church of Kessab Was Re-consecrated. Lragir.am, 28 July 2014.
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Public School of Kessab, is state-owned high school opened in 1960.
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2031:. Azad Hye Middle East Armenian Portal. Archived from
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Saint Michael the Archangel Armenian Catholic Church
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1075:The town is known for its laurel soaps and apples.
346:population, which dates back to the medieval ages.
2088:Kessab Armenians website (English & Armenian)
1947:. Springer International Publishing. p. 209.
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874:and the other towards the south to the desert of
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2029:"Pontifical visit of Catholicos Aram I to Syria"
2011:"CONSECRATION OF ST. MARY'S CHURCH IN KARADURAN"
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800:are the names from which "Kessab" was derived.
338:, 800 meters above sea level. According to the
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1478:General Census of Population and Housing 2004
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1920:Syria and Lebanon Handbook: The Travel Guide
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1964:Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins
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1999:. Kessabi Armenians Website.
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1958:Hartmann, Martin (1891).
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130:35.92500°N 35.98861°E
1539:Kessab in our Hearts
1401:Kessab as seen from
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905:On 5 July 1938, the
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1890:on 31 December 2014
1647:The Armenian Weekly
1595:"Kessab population"
684:Average snowy days
324:Latakia Governorate
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2554:Al-Haffah District
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1718:2014-12-31 at the
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1452:Armenians in Syria
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1997:"Kessab Villages"
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