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AGBU Press Office
55 East 59th Street
New York, NY 10022-1112
Phone: 212.319.6383, x118
Fax: 212.319.6507
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.agbu.org
PRESS RELEASE
Monday, May 16, 2011
AGBU's Nork Children's Center Troupe Performs in Lebanon
During the week of April 2-8, 2011, 30 youth from AGBU's Nork Children's
Center in Yerevan performed in Beirut, Lebanon in connection with the
80th anniversary of the founding of AGBU Armenian Youth Association
(AYA). Five performances, directed by Aida Antreassian, were held at the
Hovhannes Boghosian Auditorium, drawing in a total of 3,000 guests,
which included 1,300 Armenian school students.
The AGBU Children's Centers performers ranged in age from five to
fourteen. Their performances, which consisted of song, dance, and
gymnastics, followed introductory remarks by their group leader,
Reverend Komitas Hovnanian, a member of the brotherhood of Holy
Etchmiadzin and head of the AGBU Nork Children's Center. During their
time in Lebanon, the youth from Armenia spent the good part of four days
sightseeing and exploring the countryside. They made visits to
Catholicos Aram I of Cilicia, the museum of the Cilician Catholicosate
in Antelia, Lebanon, the Armenian Genocide Monument in Antelias, the
village of Harissa, the Armenian Catholic monastery of Bzommar, the
Jeita grotto, the Armenian Birds' Nest orphanage, and the historic
Byblos Fort in Jibeil. Travel expenses were underwritten by the Armenian
company VivaCell.
Established in 1906, AGBU (www.agbu.org) 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.
For more information about AGBU and its worldwide programs, please visit
www.agbu.org.
From: Baghdasarian
55 East 59th Street
New York, NY 10022-1112
Phone: 212.319.6383, x118
Fax: 212.319.6507
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.agbu.org
PRESS RELEASE
Monday, May 16, 2011
AGBU's Nork Children's Center Troupe Performs in Lebanon
During the week of April 2-8, 2011, 30 youth from AGBU's Nork Children's
Center in Yerevan performed in Beirut, Lebanon in connection with the
80th anniversary of the founding of AGBU Armenian Youth Association
(AYA). Five performances, directed by Aida Antreassian, were held at the
Hovhannes Boghosian Auditorium, drawing in a total of 3,000 guests,
which included 1,300 Armenian school students.
The AGBU Children's Centers performers ranged in age from five to
fourteen. Their performances, which consisted of song, dance, and
gymnastics, followed introductory remarks by their group leader,
Reverend Komitas Hovnanian, a member of the brotherhood of Holy
Etchmiadzin and head of the AGBU Nork Children's Center. During their
time in Lebanon, the youth from Armenia spent the good part of four days
sightseeing and exploring the countryside. They made visits to
Catholicos Aram I of Cilicia, the museum of the Cilician Catholicosate
in Antelia, Lebanon, the Armenian Genocide Monument in Antelias, the
village of Harissa, the Armenian Catholic monastery of Bzommar, the
Jeita grotto, the Armenian Birds' Nest orphanage, and the historic
Byblos Fort in Jibeil. Travel expenses were underwritten by the Armenian
company VivaCell.
Established in 1906, AGBU (www.agbu.org) 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.
For more information about AGBU and its worldwide programs, please visit
www.agbu.org.
From: Baghdasarian