▁on ▁the ▁church , ▁school ▁and ▁the ▁family ▁structure . ▁Most ▁of ▁those ▁who ▁came ▁in ▁the ▁mid - 1 9 2 0 s ▁escaped ▁the ▁Armen ian ▁Gen o cide ▁and ▁Ad ana ▁mass ac res . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁Armen ians ▁came ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 8 ▁and ▁some ▁came ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 5 , ▁but ▁it ▁was ▁not ▁until ▁ 1 9 2 4 - 1 9 3 0 ▁that ▁the ▁community ▁took ▁shape ▁when ▁some ▁ 1 0 , 0 0 0 ▁people ▁settled ▁in ▁Buenos ▁Aires . ▁Sub sequ ent ▁waves ▁of ▁imm igr ants ▁came ▁from ▁Russia , ▁Roman ia ▁and ▁Greece . ▁The ▁infl ux ▁d ried ▁up ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 5 0 s . ▁Today , ▁the ▁community ▁is ▁estimated ▁to ▁number ▁ 3 8 0 , 0 0 0 . ▁While ▁surv ival ▁was ▁of ▁param ount ▁importance , ▁education ▁was ▁also ▁high ▁on ▁the ▁ag enda ▁of ▁the ▁early ▁imm igr ants . ▁They ▁had ▁no ▁money ▁and ▁few ▁of ▁them ▁spoke ▁a ▁foreign ▁language , ▁therefore ▁they ▁gave ▁a ▁great ▁deal ▁of ▁attention ▁to ▁education . ▁Much ▁of ▁the ▁Armen ian ▁community ▁of ▁Buenos ▁Aires ▁can ▁be ▁found ▁in ▁the ▁Pal ermo ▁neighborhood . ▁ ▁Relig ious ▁life ▁Prior ▁to ▁the ▁establishment ▁of ▁the ▁church , ▁the ▁Armen ians ▁of ▁Buenos ▁Aires ▁con greg ated ▁on ▁Sunday ▁af tern o ons ▁at ▁a ▁coffee ▁shop ▁on ▁ 2 5 ▁de ▁May o ▁Street ▁which ▁was ▁owned