Word: agagianian
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Armenians in the Middle East, Cardinal Agagianian's Catholic nock numbers a mere 100,000. But they are a strategic handful, for they are scattered like seeds of the Roman faith flung in the teeth of Soviet influence...
...good chess player makes the smallest move count. Last week Pope Pius XII chose the seventh anniversary of his coronation to throw a well-timed spotlight on an important new red hat. The hat belongs to soft-voiced, fierce-bearded Gregory Peter XV Agagianian (pronounced ah-gah-jahn-yan), Patriarch-Catholicos of Cilicia of the Armenians, who stayed over in Rome at the Pope's request to celebrate Solemn Pontifical Mass in the Sistine Chapel...
...Cheorekjian, received a high decoration and a new automobile from Marshal Stalin. Now it was the Pope's turn. Though he might not have so many pieces in this corner of the chessboard as his opponent, Pius was playing them well. Vatican gossip already mentioned 50-year-old Agagianian as a possible successor to the present Pope...
Jolly, mild-mannered Patriarch Agagianian was unruffled by his new limelight. Referring to his patriarchal title of "Beatitude" instead of "Eminence," Agagianian said: "It's better to be blessed than eminent...