GEORGES DER PARTHOGH HAS PASSED AWAY
04-06-20 08
Georges der Parthogh, veteran journalist, international news
photographer and a leading member of the Armenian community, died in
Nicosia on Monday.
He was 84.
Born in Harar, Ethiopia on December 18, 1923, Georges came to Cyprus
with his family in 1935. He attended the English School in Nicosia
after which he served with the Air Ministry. He later joined the
Times of Cyprus where he worked from 1955 to 1959 and where he met
Lana Matoff, whom he married in 1960.
Georges’ career as an international correspondent saw him working
for Reuters (1959-1963) and United Press International (1963-1979)
covering wars and civil commotion in Cyprus, Malta, Middle East,
Iran and East Africa.
In 1979 he co-founded The Cyprus Weekly with fellow journalists
Andreas Hadjipapas and Alex Efthyvoulou. Also, since 1989 he was a
special correspondent for Azg newspaper in Yerevan and the Armenian
Mirror-Spectator in Boston.
During the catastrophic earthquake in Armenia and the war of liberation
of Nagorno Karabakh, Georges led several humanitarian aid delegations,
for which he was awarded the Nagorno Karabakh Gold Medal. He was
granted an honorary citizenship of the Republic of Armenia and
received the Golden Pen Award of the Union of Armenian Journalists
for his 50-year career as a journalist, as well as the Intercollege
Media Institute Award as a prominent journalist and photoreporter. He
actively supported photography at home and abroad, encouraged young
photographers and received several awards as a member of the Cyprus
Photographic Society and continued judging competitions until recently.
He served his community as spokesman to two Armenian Representatives,
a member of the Board of Governors of the Melkonian Educational
Institute and as Past President of the Lions Club Nicosia Cosmopolitan.
He had two sons and two granddaughters.
The funeral will take place at the Sourp Asdvadzadzin Armenian Church,
Armenia Str., Nicosia on Friday, June 6, 2008 at 4pm.
Lana der Parthogh Yervant der Parthogh Masis and Louise der Parthogh
Tatiana and Natalia der Parthogh Noubar John and Gwynneth der Parthog