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HOW IT HAPPENED THAT THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS ARMENIAN DOCTOR OF NEW YORK "MARRIED" TO GYUMRI?PHOTOS-VIDEO
October 23 2014
On October 22, the official opening of "Varduhi" art School built
in Gyumri "Textile" neighborhood and initiated and sponsored by
American-Armenian doctor Hovhannes Oyunjyan was launched in Gyumri. As
we have informed, the school is named after the benefactor's sister,
Varduhi, who as described by Hovhannes Oyunjyan, "had given life
to him." Hovhannes Oyunjyan, born in Constantinople's neighborhood
Chilingar village, in the conversation with us told that he was 15
days from birth, when the neighboring Turks attacked the village by
shooting into the air. Armenians left their house in panic forgetting
the little Hovhannes in the cradle. The sister, Varduhi, remembering
that her little brother is in the cradle, returned through these
shooting, took the brother from the cradle and hugged him in a
position that when shooting the Turkish bullet would him her and
not her brother. 94 - year-old doctor expressed his gratitude to her
sister by building a hypermodern and luxurious art school equipped
with all conveniences in the center of Gyumri. Here, according to
Hovhannes Oyunjyan, people will learn ballet, European tango, music,
sculpture, art history, theater, poetry and so on... The teachers
financial costs will also be covered by the 94 - year-old benefactor.
The art school named after his father and mother "Armenak and Elizabeth
Oyunjyans school-college" will be free for the schoolchildren, and for
the other children, the cost would be symbolic, a tiny amount, let's
say, 500 drams per month. He benefactor admits that he is actually not
tied to Gyumri, but married to this city. "I was not tied to Gyumri,
but married, if Gyumri likes me, I will live in Gyumri, if not,
I will devorce," said Hovhannes Oyunjyan.
He spends half a year in New York and half a year in Armenia, feeling
better in the homeland. We asked the doctor whether the rumors in
Gyumri are true that the benefactor had sold his house in Istanbul to
build an art school in Armenia. He said, "No, it's not true. My house
in Istanbul was a wonderful house, I could sell it at a very high
price, but I sold it at a very small amount and left. So, the amount
I got it from here is nothing here, just a drop in the sea." And as
to why the doctor did not want to keep the house in Istanbul, he says
that it's a secret. He informed that he is also planning to build a
school of crafts, again another beautiful building, so that children
would learn crafts. Note that the doctor is doing a charity in Gyumri
for 16 years. He built the secondary school No. 21 in the "Textile"
neighborhood in Gyumri naming it in honor of his parents "Armenak and
Elizabeth Oyunjyanns school-college". More than 50 children studying
here receive ongoing scholarships, and he laso transfers the education
fee for 100 students. The size of his investments in Gyumri amounts
to up to 6 million dollars.
Nune AREVSHATYAN
Read more at: http://en.aravot.am/2014/10/23/167453/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyw3gjbQvu0
October 23 2014
On October 22, the official opening of "Varduhi" art School built
in Gyumri "Textile" neighborhood and initiated and sponsored by
American-Armenian doctor Hovhannes Oyunjyan was launched in Gyumri. As
we have informed, the school is named after the benefactor's sister,
Varduhi, who as described by Hovhannes Oyunjyan, "had given life
to him." Hovhannes Oyunjyan, born in Constantinople's neighborhood
Chilingar village, in the conversation with us told that he was 15
days from birth, when the neighboring Turks attacked the village by
shooting into the air. Armenians left their house in panic forgetting
the little Hovhannes in the cradle. The sister, Varduhi, remembering
that her little brother is in the cradle, returned through these
shooting, took the brother from the cradle and hugged him in a
position that when shooting the Turkish bullet would him her and
not her brother. 94 - year-old doctor expressed his gratitude to her
sister by building a hypermodern and luxurious art school equipped
with all conveniences in the center of Gyumri. Here, according to
Hovhannes Oyunjyan, people will learn ballet, European tango, music,
sculpture, art history, theater, poetry and so on... The teachers
financial costs will also be covered by the 94 - year-old benefactor.
The art school named after his father and mother "Armenak and Elizabeth
Oyunjyans school-college" will be free for the schoolchildren, and for
the other children, the cost would be symbolic, a tiny amount, let's
say, 500 drams per month. He benefactor admits that he is actually not
tied to Gyumri, but married to this city. "I was not tied to Gyumri,
but married, if Gyumri likes me, I will live in Gyumri, if not,
I will devorce," said Hovhannes Oyunjyan.
He spends half a year in New York and half a year in Armenia, feeling
better in the homeland. We asked the doctor whether the rumors in
Gyumri are true that the benefactor had sold his house in Istanbul to
build an art school in Armenia. He said, "No, it's not true. My house
in Istanbul was a wonderful house, I could sell it at a very high
price, but I sold it at a very small amount and left. So, the amount
I got it from here is nothing here, just a drop in the sea." And as
to why the doctor did not want to keep the house in Istanbul, he says
that it's a secret. He informed that he is also planning to build a
school of crafts, again another beautiful building, so that children
would learn crafts. Note that the doctor is doing a charity in Gyumri
for 16 years. He built the secondary school No. 21 in the "Textile"
neighborhood in Gyumri naming it in honor of his parents "Armenak and
Elizabeth Oyunjyanns school-college". More than 50 children studying
here receive ongoing scholarships, and he laso transfers the education
fee for 100 students. The size of his investments in Gyumri amounts
to up to 6 million dollars.
Nune AREVSHATYAN
Read more at: http://en.aravot.am/2014/10/23/167453/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyw3gjbQvu0