28 May 2014, The Book of Whispers at Saint Sarkis Church in New York

Varoujan Voskanian at St. Sarkis By Edward Barsamian

On Wednesday evening, May 28, 2014, members of the Armenian Romanian Community in New York had the pleasure to host a meeting with Mr. Varujan Vosganian at Saint Sarkis Armenian Apostolic Church in Queens.

Mr. Vosganian has served as Minister of Economy and other high positions in the Romanian Parliament, is also an author and prominent member of the Armenian community in Romania.

Members of our Church organized a graceful reception for Mr. Vosganian, who was in New York to present his latest book – Book of Whispers – to the American Book Expo taking place at Javits Center, as the book was nominated for a Nobel prize in literature.

This book covers, among other things, the history of the 1915 genocide against the Armenians, the history of the interminable convoys of those banished into the Circles of Death, into the Deir ez Zor Desert, the secret history of Armenian freemasonry in Romania, of General Dro’s army, the history of the Armenians who followed the path of exile in the Stalinist period – all these and many other biographically filtered histories are to be found illustrated in the pages of this unsettling book.

While in New York, Mr. Vosganian expressed his desire to meet with the members of the Armenian Romanian Community, and the Prelate, Archbishop Choloyan, Prelacy Vicar General Bishop Anoushavan Tanielain , our pastor Der Nareg joined Dr. Ioana Gabriela COSTACHE , Consul General of Romania at New York and a crowd of more than 60 people to hear Mr. Voskanian talk about the Armenian community in Romania, and share his views on present challenges to Armenians throughout the world.

A question and answer period followed and the evening ended on a cordial note with Mr. Vosganian autographing several of his books that he was able to bring with him. The committee organizing this event expresses special thanks to the Mrs. Adrine Nercessian, Alina Kotchoumian, Ami Gostanian, Louiza Kubikian and Sosy Kazanjian who almost single-handedly created a wonderful set of refreshments for the guests.

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