Vartan of Nazareth: Missionary and Medical Pioneer in the Nineteenth-Century Middle East

by Malcolm Billings

Vartan of Nazareth: Missionary and Medical Pioneer in the Nineteenth-Century Middle East relates the little-known story of a medical hero who founded a hospital in Nazareth 150 years ago and records the remarkable achievements of Pacarooni Kaloost Vartan, the son of a poor Armenian tailor in Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul).

Born in 1835 at a time of great change in the Ottoman Empire, the young Vartan attended the first American missionary...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1907372431
• ISBN13: 9781907372438
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Paul Holberton Publishing
• Length: 200 Pages