Last week, articles appearing in various Lebanese press outlets, in
several languages, reported that the historic Bird’s Nest (Թռչնոց բոյն) Orphanage was being sold to make room for a beach-front
development.
One of the last vestiges of the Armenian genocide, the Bird’s Nest
facility, which was run by the efforts of Near East Relief and founded
by Danish missionary Maria Jacobson, was a refuge for orphans who
survived the genocide and today continues to operate as a safe haven for
underprivileged children under the auspices of the Catholicosate of the
Great House of Cilicia,
