PRESS OFFICE
Armenian Holy Apostolic Church Canadian Diocese
Contact; Deacon Hagop Arslanian, Assistant to the Primate
615 Stuart Avenue, Outremont Quebec H2V 3H2
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AN UNPRECEDENTED FUNDRASING DINNER HELD IN VANCOUVER

On June 17, 2004 His Eminence Bishop Bagrat Galstanian flew to
Vancouver city to preside over the meetings of St Vartan Parish
Council as well as Auxiliary bodies in the mid of efforts to
reorganize the Vancouver Armenian Community.

Dedicated to rejuvenating and reenergizing Vancouver’s Armenian
community, Bishop Bagrat Galastanyan attended an unprecedented
fundraising dinner at St. Vartan Armenian Church on June 19. This
event was Phase II of his plan to retire the long term debt of
St. Vartan Armenian Church.

Attendees were entertained by pianist Takuhi Sedefci and her flute
partner Heidi Kurtz as they performed pieces by Babajanian,
Haroutounian and Ganajian. Mariam Matossian sang Armenian favorites
from her recently released CD “Far from Home”. Master of Ceremonies,
ArtoTavukciyan kept the crowd entertained throughout the night as he
gave away gifts and updated the 8-ft fundraising thermometer as the
pledges grew. The evening produced pledges of over $40,000.

Coupled with last month’s event at CinCin Restaurant which raised
$52,000, the congregation is well on its way to retiring its debt of
$150,000.

DIVAN OF THE DIOCESE