Penang’s Armenian Connection
By Enzo Sim
October 2022 FEATURE
VISITORS TO PENANG often throng Armenian Street thanks to the numerous street art and cafés located in the vicinity. Lined with Straits Eclectic shophouses, the street stands as testimony to a distant connection between Penang and the Armenian people; a fact almost entirely forgotten today. In 301 AD, Armenia became the first country in the world to adopt Christianity as state religion following the conversion of its monarch, King Tirdates III. As a Christian kingdom, Armenia soon found itself wedged between two...
Enzo Sim
is a Mass Communications graduate who has an unwavering passion towards international relations, history and regional affairs of Southeast Asia. His passion has brought him to different Southeast Asian capitals to explore the diverse cultural intricacies within the region.
