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Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
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HIS HOLINESS ARAM I PRESIDES OVER
THE CREATION OF GOGUIKIAN EDUCATIONAL FUND

In the evening of Tuesday, 18 May 2010, His Holiness Aram I presided over
the establishment of the Goguikian Educational Fund for University Students
at the UNESCO Palace in Beirut. Mr. Michel Goguigian, Mr. Jean Goguigian’s
son, initiated the setting up of the Fund with the support and blessings of
His Holiness Aram I. Leaders and representatives from the Lebanese-Armenian
community – religious and political, Armenian Members of Parliament and
Government Minister – as well as representatives of other Lebanese
communities including Government Ministers and Members of Parliament
attended the ceremony. Mr. Michel Goguigian and the Director General of the
Fund, Mrs. S Hayek addressed the present, following which an agreement was
signed by the President of the Fund and the Presidents of the American
University of Beirut, the University of Saint Joseph, Haigazian University,
the Lebanes-American University and the University of Ballamand.

In his closing address, His Holiness, the Catholicos, paid tribute to the
role Mr. Jean Goguigian had played as a member of the Lebanese diplomatic
corps. Moreover, His Holiness prized Mr. Michel Goguigian’s initiative and
decorated him with the Knight of The Catholicosate of the Great House of
Cilicia award.

Mr. Jean Goguigian has had forty years’ service as a diplomat representing
Lebanon and the first Lebanese-Armenian to occupy Ambassadorial posts
representing Lebanon. As to his son, Michel, he is the President of the
Central Bank of Venezuela and has always supported our community.

The Fund is set up to help those Lebanese-Armenian students who meet the
conditions set in the bylaws to study at the above mentioned Universities.
The bylaws can be accessed on the Funds website. Selections will be made by
the selection Committee according to the bylaws.

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The Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia is one of the two Catholicosates of
the Armenian Orthodox Church. For detailed information about the history and
the mission of the Cilician Catholicosate, you may refer to the web page of
the Catholicosate, The Cilician
Catholicosate, the administrative center of the church is located in
Antelias, Lebanon.