Illustrated Armenia and the Armenians / by the Rev. Ohan Gaidzakian.

  • Ohan Gaidzakian
Date:
[1908?]
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Credit: Illustrated Armenia and the Armenians / by the Rev. Ohan Gaidzakian. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    H. I - U ST U A T !•: D A K M li NIA give up my faitli, and would rather die a Christian. As he knished th^sc last words a bullet went through his left breast, fired by one of the Mohammedans, who was standing some distance from the victim. Following the shooting, others struck him and stabbed him with their daggers and swords un- til the victim was utterly helpless. Then they went inside of the house, found the six men hidden there, these they killed and wounded to death, also Rev. Absuhayatian, about twelve hours afterward, died a martyr for Christianity. Severek, Nov. 23. 1895. While Rev. .Mardiros was in his house a band of Kurds and Mohammedans walked into the house and requested that he should accept the religion of Islam (or IslamismF I'lev. Mardiros said. “No, cannot comply with } our request, nor can I deny my Lord and my Saviour. At this time they took one of liis sons and kibed him there, then thev asked him (Rev. Mardiros) if he was ready to accept Islam- ism. for if he did his life wdl be spared. To this they received again a negative answer, and they brought the second son and murdered him there in the presence of his father; and Rev. ]\lardiros was asked the third time if he was now willing to accept the right religion. They received the same negative answer. Then a Kurd struck him with his sword, and the poor sufferer raised his voice and said, I am a Christian. name is Mardiros, and I have received this name while I was being baptized to be a martyr for Christ. At that moment some one of the crowd struck his head with an axe. and the victim fell to the ground dead. Onrfa, 3,500 attendants in an Armenian church were burnt to ashes by kerosene oil. Bcridjik, a Christian young man. was repeatedly ro- ciuested to turn to Islamism, but he persistently refused to (In .so, saying, I am a Christian, and T cannot accept your false prophet. llis head was put into a large stone mortar and was smashed to death. Marasli, an eklerlv gentleman of my aciiuaintance. ad- vised his two sons while they were being murdered before his