Obituary: Sarkis Bedevian, Jerusalem-Born Pillar of Community - The Armenian Mirror-Spectator

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Obituary: Sarkis Bedevian, Jerusalem-Born Pillar of Community - The Armenian Mirror-Spectator

Sarkis Bedevian passed away on January 6, 2025. He was 89. He was born in the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem on September 4, 1936. From an early age, he accompanied his mother, Baidsar, an orphaned survivor of the Armenian Genocide, to church every Sunday. Baidsar ensured that the Armenian Church became the center of his life. Sarkis grew up attending Soorp Tarkmanchatz (Holy Translators) School. His father, Mgrditch, had ancestral roots in the O…