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    PRESS RELEASE
    Eastern Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America
    138 East 39th Street
    New York, NY 10016
    Tel: 212-689-7810
    Fax: 212-689-7168
    e-mail: [email protected]
    Website: http://www.armenianprelacy.org
    Contact: Iris Papazian

    September 27, 2004

    Eastern Prelacy's Pashalian Fund
    Announces Grants for Education

    The Eastern Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America recently
    announced the granting of awards totaling $8,000.00 to various Armenian
    Schools and educational programs, from the Pashalian Family Education Fund.
    Since the inception of the Fund a total of $73,439 has been distributed to
    educational institutions.

    The 2004 grants, awarded by the Fund's Board of Trustees which include
    Archbishop Oshagan Choloyan, Prelate of the Eastern Prelacy, Ms. Gloria
    Tarsy, Dr. George Dermksian, and Mr. Michael Derian, were as follows:

    St. Illuminator's Day School $2,500.00
    St. Sarkis Suzanne & Hovsep Hagopian Saturday School 1,500.00
    St. Gregory of Datev Institute 2,000.00
    Siamanto Academy 1,000.00
    Armenian Sisters Academy (Radnor, PA) 1,000.00

    "The Pashalian Family Fund is a model example of the good that can be
    accomplished by foresighted individuals. Through their benevolence the
    Pashalian Family has left a lasting impact on Armenian education in the
    United States while perpetuating the memory of their family," said
    Archbishop Oshagan.

    The Pashalian Fund was established in the early 1990s, through the
    foresight and benevolence of devoted parishioners of St. Illuminator's
    Cathedral, Mr. Levon Pashalian and his wife Margret. Mr. Pashalian was born
    in the historic Armenian village of Palou-Havav. He survived the Genocide,
    emigrated to the United States, and like many of his fellow villagers opened
    a small grocery store on the east side of Manhattan. With a limited command
    of English Levon Pashalian built a successful business. He worked long hours
    every day of the week and together with his wife raised a family, a son John
    Levon, and a daughter, Siroon. True to his Armenian heritage and the
    American dream, he provided both children not only with a college education,
    but also post-graduate studies. The family faced a tremendous tragedy when
    son John was killed in an accident in 1973.

    In spite of the tragedy that befell the family, Mr. Pashalian had the
    goodness of heart to provide financial support, in the name of his son and
    the Pashalian family, for the Armenian Church, Armenian educational and
    relief organizations, and needy Armenian students in the United States and
    Canada.

    The Pashalian Family Education Fund was established with an initial
    contribution of $138,000 with the stipulation that the earned proceeds from
    the investments be used to "promote and support Armenian language schools"
    and their students in the United States and Canada who were in financial
    need. According to the stipulations of the Fund, 50% of the earned income
    must be distributed to St. Illuminator's School, Woodside, New York and St.
    Sarkis Saturday School, Douglaston, New York. The remaining 50% can be
    distributed to other educational institutions at the discretion of the
    Trustees.

    This year's grant recipients are:

    St. Illuminator's Day School

    St. Illuminator's Day School, located in Woodside, New York, provides
    elementary bilingual education from Nursery through Grade Six. The students
    consistently outperform public school students in New York State
    Standardized Tests. "We are grateful to the Pashalian Fund for its
    continuing support," said Dr. Herand Markarian, chairman of the Board of
    Trustees. "This grant will help us provide scholarship aid for qualified
    students whose families cannot afford a private school education."

    St. Sarkis' Suzanne and Hovsep Hagopian
    Armenian Saturday School

    The Suzanne and Hovsep Hagopian Armenian Saturday School, Douglaston,
    NY, has grown in attendance and educational excellence in recent years
    thanks in part to the support they have received from the Pashalian Fund.
    The school is named in honor of its faithful benefactors, the late Suzanne
    and Hovsep Hagopian, who believed wholeheartedly in the value of Armenian
    education. The support of the Hagopians during their lifetime and after
    their death through a generous bequest is another factor in the continuing
    challenging and high caliber educational opportunity provided by the school.

    St. Gregory of Datev Institute

    Now in its 18th year, the St. Gregory of Datev Institute is a weeklong
    summer program in a pleasant, nurturing environment where young students
    experience worship, learning and fellowship. Promoting healthy minds in
    healthy bodies, the Institute provides a faith-based four-year program of
    studies for youth ages 13 and older. Many of the teens who complete the
    program return for postgraduate studies. The Institute is organized by the
    Eastern Prelacy's Armenian Religious Education Council (AREC). Natalia
    Sadaniantz, a third level Datevatzi from Providence, Rhode Island, noted,
    "This is my third year at Datev and each year it has been getting better and
    better. I have learned so much and this year I am learning Krapar. I love
    learning languages and classical forms of languages."

    Siamanto Academy

    The Siamanto Academy is designed for high school students who are
    graduates of Armenian schools. The Academy offers accredited, college-level
    courses in Armenian studies and history, as well as Christian studies.
    Organized by the Armenian National Education Committee (ANEC), the Academy
    serves as a gateway to higher cultural awareness, preparing students for
    effective leadership. The Academy meets every Saturday during the school
    year in Woodside, New York. The Siamanto Academy is a prime example of ANEC's
    mission of maintaining the Armenian language and culture in America. ANEC is
    a co-sponsorship of the Eastern Prelacy and the Armenian Relief Society.

    Armenian Sisters Academy

    For more than 35 years the Armenian Sisters Academy in Radnor,
    Pennsylvania, has been providing exceptional Armenian American education to
    students in the Philadelphia area. The Academy is a fully accredited
    Pre-Kindergarten through 8th grade school that teaches Armenian language,
    culture, and history as part of its core curriculum. More than half of the
    Academy's seventh and eighth grade students are invited to participate in
    the Johns Hopkins University Academic Talent Search each year. A
    prerequisite of the search is that the students selected score 97% or better
    on National Standardized Testing. The Armenian Sisters Academy team was the
    winner of this year's Jeopardy Tournament sponsored by the Armenian National
    Education Council (ANEC).

    Donations to the Pashalian Fund, which is part of the Eastern Prelacy's
    Endowment Fund, can be made at any time. For information about this Fund
    contact the Prelacy at 212-689-7810.
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