Johannes Avetaranian: Difference between revisions
Jeremy White (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
|||
| Line 16: | Line 16: | ||
Avataranian was born in [[Erzurum]], in 1861, to a [[Muslim]] family. His mother was deaf, blind, and mute, and died when Avatarian was only two years old, his father was a [[dervish]]. |
Avataranian was born in [[Erzurum]], in 1861, to a [[Muslim]] family. His mother was deaf, blind, and mute, and died when Avatarian was only two years old, his father was a [[dervish]]. |
||
He took the [[Armenia|Armenian]] name of John Avetaranian (Avetaranian means |
He took the [[Armenia|Armenian]] name of John Avetaranian (Avetaranian means 'son of the Gospel') and was baptised in Tiflis (modern-day [[Tbilisi]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]) on [[28 February]] [[1885]]. <ref>A Muslim Who Became a Christian by John Avetaranian </ref> |
||
He was the first person from the [[Mission Union of Sweden]] to stay in [[Kashgar]] (in 1892). |
He was the first person from the [[Mission Union of Sweden]] to stay in [[Kashgar]] (in 1892). |
||
He left Kashgar in 1897, thinking that he would soon return, but that did not work out. Instead he worked with the [[German Orient Mission]] in Bulgaria, where he started a Christian newspaper in Turkish. The newspaper was circulated in Turkey proper. |
|||
==External links== |
==External links== |
||
Revision as of 07:05, 6 November 2007
| ||||||||
Johannes Avetaranian (born Muhammad Shukri) (30 June 1861-11 December 1919) was a Turkish descendent of Mohammed. While a mullah in Turkey, he converted to Christianity, and later became a missionary to Eastern Turkestan (present day Xinjiang, China. He translated the New Testament into the Uyghur language
Avataranian was born in Erzurum, in 1861, to a Muslim family. His mother was deaf, blind, and mute, and died when Avatarian was only two years old, his father was a dervish.
He took the Armenian name of John Avetaranian (Avetaranian means 'son of the Gospel') and was baptised in Tiflis (modern-day Tbilisi, Georgia) on 28 February 1885. [1]
He was the first person from the Mission Union of Sweden to stay in Kashgar (in 1892).
He left Kashgar in 1897, thinking that he would soon return, but that did not work out. Instead he worked with the German Orient Mission in Bulgaria, where he started a Christian newspaper in Turkish. The newspaper was circulated in Turkey proper.
External links
References
- ^ A Muslim Who Became a Christian by John Avetaranian
Bibliography
- Avateranian, Johannes & Bechard, John (tr); A Muslim Who Became A Christian (Hertford: Authors Online Ltd.)
 | This biographical article about person in connection with Christianity is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |