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God places special men and
women In struggles of life and
death, not bared on human
desire or plany but God's
foreknowledge of the sacriftees
that will be required of
them. Such a man was Rev,
Hovhannes Eskijian and his
dear wife Gulenia
Eskijian,

In Inte 1913 Rev. Eskaijian
accepted the call to be minister
of the Emmanuel Armenian
Church of Aleppo, Syria,
Jeaying behind his beloved work
‘av inlnister to three Kessab area
villages. This war God's
providence, for in 1915 when the
Turkish | maacres and
deportations began, counters of
our dear Armenian people
hecame wartorn refugees,
driven from thelr homer to
certain death in the Syrian
desert near Der Zor. OF there,
thousands paned through
Aleppo, and Rev. Eskijian wax

Rey. Hovhannes Eski
1882-1916

there to rescue ax many ax he
could, and provide a ray of
hope and life to these forraken
Armenianx under the sentence
of death. — He intercepted
hundreds of the destitute, the
sick und dying men, women und
children of the Armenian
pation,

‘The Lord showed Rev. Eskijian
te establish of an orphanage for
children, including, when
Ponstble, their mothers. Most of,
there were sick and dying of
diseases, including typhus. The
poor souls had spent all thelr
resources, having been driven
from their homes, and walked in
the cold and heat, without food
and water for weeks on end.
Rev. Exkijian collected the
young ones from the streets of
‘Aleppo, and the deportation
Miafvis, and brought them to
the orphanage, where he tried to
relocate them to safety. Many
wor saved.

‘Toinform the world community
of this tragedy, Rev. Eskifian
provided continuous reports to
the Charge d'affalres, Mr

Jackson of Aleppo, who In
Turn sent the Information to
Ambassador Henry
Morgenthau, In Constantinople,

A proud and noble people were
destroyed by the evil Turkish
genoclde and plan of
annihilation, But some of thexe
broken lives were lifted to safety
by God's servants, Rev. and
Mrs. Exkijian, "Ax Revs
Eskijian rescued there diseaxed
vietime, he contracted typhux
from those he tried to xave and
pald the supreme sacrifice,
dying at the age of 34. ‘The next
day ‘the gendarmes came to
“arrest him for sedition,

God bless his memory
and all those who came in
contact with this man of God,

Inherited Values

Title Documents (262 mostly about Hovhannes Eskijian, 1909-1967

Alternative Title Unknown file II (supplied title)

Description 22 documents mostly about Hovhannes Eskijian, 1909-1967, including passport, currency, family trees, speeches, correspondence, lyrics, photograph, epitaph, articles, testimonials, and other manuscripts:

3) Passport for Gulenia Eskijian, Emmanuel Eskijian, and Luther Eskijian, 1920 September 11. Printed in French (1 page).

4-6) Russian 50 Ruble note, 1918. In envelope. 3 pages.

7-9) Sarafian, Najarian, Danielian and Eskijian family tree. Handwritten diagram. One original (1 page). One copy (1 page).

12-14) John B. Minassian, letter, to Mrs. E. Jabajian, Emanuel Eskijian, and Luther Eskijian. Handwritten in Armenian (2 pages).

15-19) John B. Minassian, commemorative speech on Hovhannes Eskijian. Handwritten in Armenian (3 pages). With: John B. Minassian, 281 East Fordham Road, New York, New York, USA, envelope, to Gulenia H. Eskijian, 1744 Inskip Street, Pasadena, California, USA. "John Minassia's letter re: father" -- handwritten on envelope.

20-25) Document, memories of Hovhannes Eskijian. Handwritten in Armenian (4 pages). In: John B. Minassian, 3933 Foothill Road, Santa Barbara, California, USA, envelope, 1964 October 29, to Luther Eskijian, 2223 Midlothian Drive, Altadena, California, USA.

26-28) John B. Minassian, 3933 Foothill Road, Santa Barbara, California, USA, letter, 1964 October 28, to Luther Eskijian, 2223 Midlothian Drive, Altadena, California, USA. "In my memories of war notebook..." -- first line. Handwritten in English (1 page).

29-32) A commemorative speech in which Hovhannes Eskijian is praised for serving God and his people. From John Minassian. Handwritten in Armenian (4 pages).

33-34) John B. Minassian, letter, 1964 October 27, to Luther Eskijian. "I have to know from you..." -- first line. Handwritten in English (2 pages).

35-37) Few lines of a patriotic Armenian song, sung around 1914. Handwritten in Turkish (Armenian script) (2 pages).

38-45) Unidentified document in 2 or 3 parts. Possibly includes a letter dated 1909 [month] 15. Handwritten in Armenian (3 pages, 4 pages, 1 page).

46) Luther Eskijian, 1047 North Oxford Street, Los Angeles, California, USA, letter, 1977 August 17, to George Toutikian [sic]. "I want to express my sincere thanks"... -- first line. Handwritten in English (1 page).

47-66) Karoun Tchelebian (Department of Physiology, American University of Beirut), Beirut, Lebanon, letter, 1958 August 25, Luther Eskijian, 1760 East Washington Street, Pasadena, California, USA. A testimonial. Original (with envelope) and copy. Handwritten in Armenian (6 pages) with handwritten summary in English (3 pages).

67) Photograph of "Father with brother John @ about 2 years age. Part of our family photo, Ekiz-Oluk." -- Luther Eskijian. Cropped from: Eskijian family (Gulenia (mother, left), Luther (baby son), John Emanuel (son, child), Hovhannes (father, right) with Victoria Danielian (Gulenia's sister, rear center), Ekiz-Oluk, near Kessab, Syria, 1913-1914.

68) Biographical sketch, "Rev. Hovhannes Eskijian, 1882-1916". Printed in English (1 page).

71-72) Armenian National Council, "ՈՒրֆացինրու Ուշադրութեանը" ["Here's the thing"] in Հայասդանի Գոթչնակ [Hayaskani Gotchnag, e.g. The Gotchnag], vol. 58, no. 20 (1958 May 17): cover & page 480. In Turkish (Armenian script) (2 pages).

73) Luther Eskijian, letter, 1958 June 23, to Manasseh H. Shnorhokian (Christian Endeavor Union), Berut, Lebanon. "Rev. Kalfayan had told me about your interest..." -- first line. Handwritten in English (1 page).

74) Epitaph from the tombstone of Rev. Hovhannes Eskijian, Allop, Syria Cemetery. "Here rests the shepard of the great nation of Armenians" -- first line. Handwritten transcription (1 page) by Luther Eskijian.

75) Eskijian family tree. Handwritten diagram (1 page).

76) "Rescued from Turk slavery" in Chicago Daily Tribune (1920 November 15) page 5. In English (1 page).

69-70, 77-80) Four lists of documents and two descriptions of documents apparently not present in this folder. "A lot of personal items", "#1 J. Minassian general letter"..., "Page 191 of Dr. Shepard's of Aintab book"..., "Tape recording made of this letter by Rev. Ed Toumassian, 8/6/77", "Tape recordings from: re: father"..., "Kundakjan"... -- first lines.

Subject Danielian (corporate name), Eskijian (corporate name), Eskijian (née Danielian), Gulenia H., 1888-1946 (personal name), Eskijian, Hovhannes, 1882-1916 (personal name), Eskijian, John Emanuel, 1911-2010 (personal name), Sarafian (corporate name)