Mission Hills in Los Angeles in Los Angeles County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Khatchkar

Cross Stone

Photographed by Craig Baker, April 28, 2022

1. Khatchkar Marker

Inscription.
This carved Khatchkar (cross stone) was modeled after the ancient Armenian grave stones of Armenia and specially made in Armenia for the Ararat Home.
Donated by Dr. & Mrs. Vartkes Najarian in memory of the victims of the 1915 Armenian Genocide.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Wars, Non-US. A significant historical year for this entry is 1915.

Location. 34° 16.978′ N, 118° 27.724′ W. Marker is in Los Angeles, California, in Los Angeles County. It is in Mission Hills. It can be reached from Mission Hills Road 0.2 miles west of Indian Hills Road. Located on the campus of the Ararat Home nursing facility, above the Ararat-Eskijian Museum, next to the Chapel. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 15105 Mission Hills Rd, Mission Hills CA 91345, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in California’s The Valley — the San Fernando Valley

and in the Transverse Ranges.

It is also on the American Pacific Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western

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Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Armenian-American Veterans Garden (within shouting distance of this marker); Armenian History Timeline (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Mission Dam (approx. 0.4 miles away); Moai from Easter Island (approx. 0.6 miles away); San Fernando Mission (approx. 0.6 miles away); Fray Fermin Francisco de Lasuen, O.F.M. (approx. 0.6 miles away); Mission San Fernando Rey de España (approx. 0.7 miles away); This Fountain (approx. ¾ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Los Angeles.

Also see . . . Ararat Home. (Submitted on November 16, 2022.)

Khatchkar and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Baker, July 16, 2022

2. Khatchkar and Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 16, 2022, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California. This page has been viewed 361 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 16, 2022, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California.