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PRESS RELEASE
Friday, January 8, 2010
AGBU Brazil Celebrates Its 45th Anniversary
On Sunday, October 25, 2009, AGBU Brazil celebrated its 45th
anniversary at Buffet Maison du France in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Close to
500 guests of all ages came out to celebrate the milestone event,
which was notable for the large presence from the emerging generation
of Brazilian Armenians.
The event was attended by numerous guests, including His Excellency
Valery Mkrtumian, General Consul of the Republic of Armenia, His
Excellency Anatoly Kapko, General Consul of Russia, Reverend Yesnig
Guzelian, representing Archbishop Datev Karibian, Reverend Boghos
Baronian, and Reverend Roy Abrahamian of the Armenian Protestant
Church. Also in attendance were Ruben Kechichian, chairman of AGBU
Buenos Aires and member of AGBU Central Board of Directors, and his
wife, Elsa.
The event honored three distinguished AGBU Brazil members for their
invaluable work and commitment to the organization and its work:
former AGBU Brazil chairman Carlos Matheus Der Haroutiounian, former
AGBU Brazil board member Hampartsum Moumdjian, and Manuel Kherlakian
Neto, an AGBU member and generous supporter of AGBU Brazil’s many
programs. Der Haroutiounian and Moumdjian received AGBU Honor Member
diplomas, granted by AGBU Central Board of Directors, while Neto was
given the chapter’s annual Personality of the Year award.
AGBU Brazil chairman Krikor Manukian congratulated the honorees during
his speech and thanked everyone for the success of the event. He also
enthusiastically mentioned the youth who participated in the South
American Olympic Games, organized by Córdoba. Ruben Kechichian passed
along a message of congratulations from AGBU President Berge
Setrakian, and expressed his happiness and pride in participating in
the 45th-anniversary celebration. The evening’s guests were treated to
a special live music performance by the band Yerevan 50 of Montevideo,
Uruguay.
Established in 1906, AGBU () is the world’s largest
non-profit Armenian organization. Headquartered in New York City, AGBU
preserves and promotes the Armenian identity and heritage through
educational, cultural and humanitarian program, annually touching the
lives of some 400,000 Armenians around the world.
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