50TH ANNIVERSARY OF SAINT VARTANANTS CHURCH IN NEW JERSEY MARKED IN CONGRESS

Noyan Tapan
June 29, 2009

LOS ANGELES, JUNE 29, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. Democrat
Congressman of the United States of America Steve Rathman at the House
of Representatives marked the 50th anniversary of the Saint Vartanants
Church of New Jersey on June 3. He made a special note on this occasion
in the Congress archives, mentioning among the congratulation words
that the church, with its seminaries and different organizations,
remains a "lighthouse" for the Armenians of New Jersey.

According to Asbarez, pastor of the church Hovnan Bozoian welcomed
Rathman’s this step on behalf of the Church Trusteeship.

Steve Rathman since 1997 has been representing at the Congress the
ninth electoral district of New Jersey where the district of Bergen is.