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Thu, May 31 2007

Historic Donation to the Laval Holy Cross Armenian Church Construction
Fund

The Primate of the Diocese of the Armenian Church of Canada, His Eminence
Bishop Bagrat Galstanian, today announced a significant and generous
pledge towards the building of the planned construction of the Holy Cross
Armenian Church in Laval. It is with great gratification and admiration
that the Diocese acknowledges the promise of this most generous pledge for
the Laval Holy Cross Church, from Mr. and Mrs. Mardig Jorjezian, of
Vancouver Canada.

Primate Galstanian visited Vancouver in mid February to preside over a
number of meetings and lead discussions relating to the mission of the
Armenian Church in Vancouver. During his stay, His Eminence accompanied by
Fr. Geghard Garabedian, parish priest of St. Vartan Church met with Mr.
Mardig Jorjezian and put forward the details of the project of the
construction of Holy Cross Armenian Church of Laval. By the conclusion of
their meeting, Mr. Jorjezian presented an exceptional pledge of a very
large magnitude to match all raised funds of up to the equivalent of
one-half of the complete project cost of construction. The total project
is expected to be completed at an estimated current cost of $6.5-7
million.

On April 21, 2007, at the request of His Eminence Bishop Bagrat
Galstanian, Mr. Mardig Jorjezian and his daughter Taline Jorjezian visited
the Diocesan Center of the Armenian Church in Montreal and met with the
Pastor, Parish Council, Architect, Steering/Building Committee, and the
representative of the Diocesan Council. During this meeting, Mr. Jorjezian
reaffirmed his commitment to complete the realization of the Community
Center and Church building project in Laval.

On behalf of the Primate, Diocesan Council and Clergy we thank the
Jorjezian Family for this supreme generosity and for their many years of
unwavering support and fellowship. In honor of this magnanimous and
historic gesture, the Primate and the Diocesan Council of the Armenian
Church of Canada unanimously announced that the Community Center of Holy
Cross Church Parish would be named "Jorjezian Complex"=2E

The Jorjezian Family has had an ongoing history of sustained support for
the Diocese of the Armenian Church of Canada, which has also included
particular attention to the needs of Saint Vartan Armenian Church, in
Vancouver. Most recently, the Jorjezian Family sponsored the celebratory
banquet for the 15th Anniversary of the Republic of Armenia, at the
Windsor Hotel, in Montreal.

While donations of this scale are the backbone of large initiatives,
reaching our goal requires generosity from our community at large. We
encourage all our faithful to continue their contributions towards the
realization of this project=2E

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