Դիանա Աբգարի նամակները Ս. Էջմիածնի Գերագոյն խորհրդին
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2007
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Diana Apcar (1854-1937) was one of the outstanding figures of the early twentieth Century Armenians of the Far East.
Apcar was born in Rangun, Miyanmar, then relocated with her family to Calcutta, where she married Michael Apcar in 1890; they settled in Japan. Apcar was an outspoken figure in the Armenian community of the Far East. She wrote a number of articles, published books and essays on the Armenian question, and campaigned for Armenians rights under Ottoman oppression.
In 1920 Apcar was appointed diplomatic representative of the Republic of Armenia and maintained good relations with St. Echmiadzin.
Apcar was supportive and helpful to Armenian migrants. During and after the Armenian Genocide, in the late 1910s, a number of refugees had reached Vladivostok and wanted to cross to the USA. They referred to her for help. The local Japanese authorities sought her advice in such cases too. Apcar helped these refugees and intervened with the local Japanese authorities to grant them exit permits.
The author, Artsvi Bakhchinian, presents 8 letters/notes Diana Apcar sent to St Echmiadzin between March 25, 1926 and May 14, 1935. These letters have to do with requests regarding church calendars and birth certificates, which were necessary for the granting of exit visas to the refugee Armenians.
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Բախչինեան, Ա., «Դիանա Աբգարի նամակները Ս․ էջմիածնի Գերագոյն խորհրդին», «Հայկազեան հայագիտական հանդէս», 2007, Պէյրութ, էջ 361-376