Rev. Mangasar M. Mangasarian

Rev. Mangasar M. Mangasarian, a celebrated American lecturer and preacher, was born (1859) in the Armenian village of Mashgerd to an evangelical family. He settled in the U.S. in 1880 and enrolled Princeton Theological Seminary in New Jersey. He later became a pastor and several times changed from Presbyterianism to Unitarianism and then to Rationalism. He eventually became a famous preacher, author and publisher of religious books and journals. He was the co-editor of “The Liberal Review” and edited “The Rationalist”, a monthly humanist periodical published in Chicago. His most famous book was “A New Catechism” which went through five editions between 1901 and 1909. In old age he moved to Los Angeles where he died at the age of 84.

Rev. Mangasar M. Mangasarian, a celebrated American lecturer and preacher, was born (1859) in the Armenian village of Mashgerd to an evangelical family. He settled in the U.S. in 1880 and enrolled Princeton Theological Seminary in New Jersey. He later became a pastor and several times changed from Presbyterianism to Unitarianism and then to Rationalism. He eventually became a famous preacher, author and publisher of religious books and journals. He was the co-editor of “The Liberal Review” and edited “The Rationalist”, a monthly humanist periodical published in Chicago. His most famous book was “A New Catechism” which went through five editions between 1901 and 1909. In old age he moved to Los Angeles where he died at the age of 84.