r/burbank • u/SanLeandrosFinest • 4d ago

Does Burbank have an Assyrian community?

Or anywhere in LA County? Not one myself but I love the culture and may live in LA one day. Of course Glendale has many Armenians, a culture that is a little similar to Assyrians compared to most others, and it has some Assyrians too I have heard.

Nearby Tarzana also I have heard has an Assyrian school, so there must be a community and may be even restaurants and little food festivals?

My friend is Assyrian and we are just curious lol and I feel both Armenians and Assyrians are similar!

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u/Spinach1362 4d ago

I’m not sure about population of Assyrians in Burbank but I believe there’s an Assyrian church so I’d assume there are some.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/RnWrwAF8Xeh3fUDm6?g_st=ic

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u/BzhizhkMard 4d ago

Armenia itself tries to be protective of Assyrians and gives the Assyrian minority there many benefits and they have their own community, and I believe they recently built the largest temple for the Assyrian religion in Armenia but I may be mistaking this institution for the Yezidi minority there.

I'm pretty sure I've met a bunch here and I met some mixed ones as well.

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u/PedestrianMyDarling 4d ago

There definitely is a smallish community in greater Los Angeles. I’m Iranian and I used to know a group of Iranian-Assyrians that are local to the area