Seta's Armenian Blog: enya Ohanyan‎I am a descendant of a survivor of the Armenian Genocide! 5 hrs · In November 1901, the Battle of Holy Apostles Monastery took place near Mush.

Wednesday, 25 February 2015

enya Ohanyan‎I am a descendant of a survivor of the Armenian Genocide! 5 hrs · In November 1901, the Battle of Holy Apostles Monastery took place near Mush.

JThis clash became one of the best-known episodes of Andranik's revolutionary activities. Since Andranik had gained more influence over the region, more than 5,000 Turkish soldiers were sent after him and his group. The Turks chased and eventually circled him and his men, numbering around 50, at the Arakelots Monastery in early November. A regiment under the command of Ferikh Pasha and Ali Pasha besi...

"In November 1901, the Battle of Holy Apostles Monastery took place near Mush. This clash became one of the best-known episodes of Andranik's revolutionary activities. Since Andranik had gained more influence over the region, more than 5,000 Turkish soldiers were sent after him and his group. The Turks chased and eventually circled him and his men, numbering around 50, at the Arakelots Monastery in early November. A regiment under the command of Ferikh Pasha and Ali Pasha besieged the fort-like monastery. The Turkish generals leading the army of twelve hundred men asked the fedayi to negotiate their surrender. After weeks of resistance and negotiations, in which Armenian clergy as well as the headman of Mush and foreign consuls took part, Andranik and his companions succeeded in leaving the Arakelots monastery and fleeing in small groups. Andranik, dressed in the uniform of a Turkish officer, went the rounds of the entire guard, talking to them in excellent Turkish, and at the same time showing the way out to his own men.
After breaking out of the Arakelots Monastery, Andranik gained legendary stature among provincial Armenians. "Andranik is not a human being, he is a ghost", Turks used to say after he disappeared. The Kurds believed that when at night Andranik took off his coat, many bullets fell from it.
"It was necessary to show to the Turkish and Kurdish peoples, that an Armenian can undertake a gun, that an Armenian heart can fight and protect his rights",—Andranik, 1924."

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