From Carmarthen to Karabagh - A Welsh Discovery of Armenia — A Welsh Discovery of Armenia

Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Yn dilyn ymweliad Patrick Thomas ag Armenia yn 2005, cafodd ei gyfareddu gan y wlad ac aeth ati'n syth i drwytho ei hun yn hanes Armenia. Daeth i edmygu Cristnogaeth unigryw'r wlad a fynegwyd trwy eu barddoniaeth gyfriniol.

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

After Canon Patrick Thomas' first visit to Armenia in 2005, he was surprised to find that this little-known nation had captured his heart. He immediately began immersing himself in Armenian history, culture and religion, and came to admire the nation's 'unique strand of Christianity, with its powerful symbolism and mystical poetry'.

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Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

Canon Patrick Thomas, Vicar of Christ Church in Carmarthen and Chancellor of St David’s Cathedral, is a well-known writer and broadcaster. He has a regular column in Cambria magazine, and is familiar to listeners to Radio Wales, Radio Cymru, and BBC Radio 4.

Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review

Patrick Thomas also became aware of the pain of its history, including the terrible genocide during the First World War when over a million Armenians were killed. In 2007 a memorial to the victims was unveiled in the Temple of Peace in Cardiff – the first such memorial in these islands. Because of his love and understanding of Armenia, Canon Patrick has become accepted as ‘a voice of the voiceless’. But there is another strand to his exploration of Armenia and its struggles, and the injustices committed against it: that is, the parallel background of Welsh history. He quotes the head waiter in a restaurant in Armenia saying, ‘Wales is an ancient country, like Armenia – we have both had to struggle a long time for our freedom’. Patrick Thomas loves both nations, and this is his love-letter to them. Even if you do not consider yourself ‘religious’, this delightful book will captivate, educate and intrigue you. With Forewords by the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Armenian Primate of Britain and Ireland. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, says that this book ‘gives us a warm and vivid portrait of the richness of Armenian Christianity’. Bishop Vahan Hovhanessian, Armenian Primate of Britain and Ireland, says that Canon Patrick Thomas has ‘earned the right to be an honorary ambassador of the Armenian people to the rest of the world’.