PRESS RELEASE
Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Contact: V.Rev.Fr. Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Officer
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
Fax: (04) 419724
E- mail: cathcil@cathcil.org
Web:

PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon

Armenian version:

THE “KHATCHER KALOUSTIAN”
CENTER FOR PEDAGOGICAL DEVELOPMENT
COMPLETES ITS ACADEMIC YEAR
The “Khatcher Kaloustian” Center for Pedagogical Development, which
functions under the patronage of the Catholicosate of Cilicia, concluded its
academic year under the leadership of the Center’s director, Krikor
Shahinian.

The Center had 21 students during the last academic year. 10 of these
students followed the BT program and 11 followed the TS program. Six of the
students sat for their corresponding exams.

The pedagogical school plans to introduce distance learning (LT) next year.
The extracurricular socio-cultural life in the institute is in itself a
pedagogy project and is carried out to its fullest by the director of the
Center and his assistants.

Established in 1986, the Center functions under the patronage of His
Holiness Aram I. The Center has its unique role in the context of
pan-Diaspora educational projects initiated by His Holiness Aram I. The
Center has a special committee that works hand in hand with the Center’s
director.

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The Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia is one of the two Catholicosates of
the Armenian Orthodox Church. For detailed information about “Khatcher
Kalousdian” Center for Pedagogical Development, you may refer to the web
page of the Catholicosate, The Cilician
Catholicosate, the administrative center of the church is located in
Antelias, Lebanon.