ONE-MONTH COURSES FOR DIASPORAN ARMENIANS TEACHERS’ TRAINING FINISH

Noyan Tapan
Aug 15 2006

ETCHMIADZIN, AUGUST 15, NOYAN TAPAN. The closing ceremony of the
one-month courses for Diasporan Armenian teachers’ training held at
the Mother See took place on August 14, in the hall of the Gevorgian
Spiritual Academy of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. After the
Lord’s Prayer, monk T.Ghukas Zakarian, the Director of the Center for
Christian Education of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin presented
achievements of the one-month training. T.Zalinian, an employee of the
Department on Ties with Diaspora of the RA Ministry of Education and
Science presented in his report the program of teachers’ qualification
and giving them certificates. Seda Unjian (Lebanon) expressed gratitude
on behalf of the Diasporan Armenian teachers. She touched upon the
problem of keeping the Armenian identity in Diaspora. Then A.Ghukasian,
the Rector of the Kh.Abovian State Pedagogical University gave final
certificates to teachers.

According to the information submitted to Noyan Tapan by the
Information Services of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, at the
end of the ceremony, Archbishop T.Paren Avetikian, monk of the Mother
See passed the blessings and best wishes of Karekin II Catholicos of
All Armenians to those present.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress