Sapore e tradizione armena nella città di Cadice: Emil Petrosyan, amante della città di Cadice e fratello del Nazareno di Santa María, rafforza i legami con il suo Paese diventando un giovane ambasciatore della diaspora [Google translated]

o talk about Emil Petrosyan is to talk about a young Armenian who has lived in Andalusia for more than a decade. Between Seville and Cádiz, his connection with Andalusia is increasing as he becomes a young ambassador of the Diaspora in Andalusia. From Seville and out of sight of the city of Cádiz, Petrosyan has strengthened ties between his country, Armenia, and Spain, specifically the Andalusian community.

“I belong to the Armenian community of Seville. I have been named vice president and I have always been involved in my country’s affairs with Spain. In this way, the objectives of being an ambassador is to provide an opportunity to the young people of Armenia. It is important to work for my people, support their activities and give opportunities to many kids to be in Spain and above all make known everything that concerns my country,” he explains at the COPE microphones.

“We want to strengthen Armenia’s relationship with the Diaspora and try to twin some Andalusian city with another in Armenia, in order to improve relations and exports of different types,” highlights Petrosyan. “These programs belong to the Armenian government, there are others that help many citizens of our country to improve their employment situation.”

There is an important connection between Armenia and Cádiz, specifically with the Nazarene of Santa María. “In the same church there are Armenian tiles from the 17th century by brothers from Armenia who were established in Cádiz. They donated them to the brotherhood in 1670. Every year we try to ensure that more Armenians know this history in Cádiz. In my case I do not “I thought about it a lot and became a brother of the brotherhood in 2018.”

“There is currently an Armenian family that resides in Cádiz. In total, about 500,000 can live in Spain, although officially there are fewer ,” he acknowledges.

Emil Petrosyan explains that more and more tourists are visiting a country, Armenia, which was the first country to adopt Christianity as a religion and which lives in conflict with some of its neighboring countries. “We are surrounded by very different places. Armenia used to be very big and they are trying to expel us from our territory. We are a very small country and they are trying to erase us from the world.”