30th ANNIVERSARY OF UNION OF CONSTANTINOPLE ARMENIANS OF LOS ANGELES MARKED THIS YEAR

Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Nov 01 2006

LOS ANGELES. NOVEMBER 1, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The Union
of Constantinople Armenians of Los Angeles marks 30th anniversary of
its foundation this year. A festive ceremony will be organized in the
Universal Hilton restaurant on December 4. Archbishop Hovnan Derderian
and Bishop Vigen Aykazian from Washington will be present at the
event. According to Marmara, the union was founded in 1976 by a group
of Constantinople Armenians under the patronage of the Surb Sargis
church of Los Angeles. The goal of the union was to keep Armenian and
Constantinople Armenians’ traditions, to help education and bringing up
of younger generation, to activize sporting activity, to assist members
of the local Armenian community with charity initiatives, encourage
literary and cultural works. The union promoted its activity in the
Surb Sargis church till 1985. It has had its own center since 1985.