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October 02, 2009
Enthusiasm Greets Armenian Virtual College & Youth Program Presentations in Moscow
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Yervant Zorian, AGBU Central Board member, and Ashot Ghazarian, AGBU Armenian Representation Director, among Armenian students who attended the presentation about AGBU's youth and educational programs, which highlighted the organization's newest initiative, the AGBU Armenian Virtual College. -
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(Left to right) H. Gevorkian, Youth Center Director; Yervant Zorian, AGBU Central Board member; Ter Arakel; A. Torosian, Teaching Head; and A. Ghazarian, AGBU Armenian Representation Director at Moscow’s Armenian Apostolic Church's Youth Center.
Watch a Video Report of the AVC Presentation in Moscow HERE (02:06)
From September 18-21, 2009, AGBU Central Board Member Yervant Zorian and Director of the AGBU Armenian Representation Ashot Ghazarian visited Moscow, Russia, to meet with Armenian students and members of the local Armenian community to present extensive information about AGBU’s educational and youth projects, including the organization’s newest contribution to global Armenian education, the Armenian Virtual College (AVC).
AVC was officially launched in June 2009 and joins AGBU’s already robust list of educational and youth programming, which includes day and Saturday schools, scholarships, summer camps, internships, educational trips, scouting, and Young Professionals groups.
During their visit, the AGBU representatives made presentations at Moscow State University and the Youth Center of the city’s Armenian Apostolic Church, which were attended by university students, Church youth group members, Armenian community representatives, teachers and students of the Youth Center, and other guests.
After the presentation, two AVC students from Moscow, Tatul Adzhamian and Vartan Marashlian, shared their firsthand experience about using AVC during the summer term. They expressed their enthusiasm for the project and their personal success at using it as a learning tool.
Bishop Yezras Nersisian, Primate of the Armenian Diocese of Russia and Nor Nakhijevan, was present at the Youth Center presentation. He stated in his speech which concluded the presentation, "For over 100 years, the AGBU around the world, along with the Armenian Church, maintained the identity and the faith of the Armenian nation."
During their stay in Moscow, Zorian and Ghazarian met with Bishop Nersisian and Armen Smbatian, the Republic of Armenia’s Ambassador to the Russian Federation, who, in turn, pledged to support AGBU in the implementation of educational and youth projects in Russia. Together with Bishop Nersisian, the AGBU representatives toured the new Armenian Church being constructed in central Moscow.
The excitement generated by the visit of AGBU representations to Moscow confirmed the need for programs like AVC among diasporan Armenians, particularly in Russia, which hosts the largest Armenian community in the diaspora.
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