Ghevont Alishan
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Father Ghevont Alishan (Armenian: Ղեվոնդ Ալիշան) (1820-1901; also spelled Ghevond Alishan) was an ordained Armenian Catholic priest, historian and a poet. He was a member of the Mkhitarist Congregation in Venice. The Legion of Honor was conferred upon Alishan in 1866. In 1885, Armenian Students Association of Paris appealed to him to create the first modern Armenian flag. His first design was a horizontal tricolor, but with a set of colors different than those used on the Armenian flag of today. The top band would be red to symbolize the first Sunday of Easter (called "Red" Sunday), the green to represent the "Green" Sunday of Easter, and finally an arbitrary color, white, was chosen to complete the combination. While in France, Alishan also designed a second flag inspired by the national Flag of France, identified today as the "Nationalist Armenian Flag." Its colors were red, green, and blue respectively, but its symbolism is unknown.
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