e Chronotopes of the Armenian Diaspora in Romania: Religious Feasts and Shrines in the Making of Community

This chapter examines two religious feasts celebrated at Armenian shrines in Romania. It focuses on the historical context in which these feasts are embedded, as well as the acts, moods and discourses that currently sustain them. Furthermore, it argues that being in a diaspora-along with an attachment to a faraway homeland and participating in transnational networks-can also mean drawing upon and engaging in its own local heritage.