The Armenian Evangelical Guertmenian School ( hy, Հայ Աւետարանական Կերթմէնեան Վարժարան) was founded in 1931 in Ashrafieh. It has kindergarten and six primary classes.
The last principal was Mr. Sahag Dedeyan, for more than 30 years.
History
In 1931, the Armenian Evangelical Guertmenian School (AEGS) opened its door with a Kindergarten and three Elementary classes, with the financial contributions of Mr. Costantine Guertmenian and Mr. Sarkis Devirian, of other Hajentzy Armenians living in the United States, and a grant from the League of Nations.
In 1940, the first class of thirteen students graduated.
By that time, student enrollment had outgrown the original building. As the founders of the school deceased, their children decided it would be in the best interest of AEGS to grant ownership of the property and its operation to the Armenian Missionary Association of America. With a contribution from Mr. Stephen Philibosian and his assistance in finding new benefactors, funds were raised for the necessary reconstruction of the Kindergarten and elementary school buildings. Mr. Henry Guertmenian undertook the expense of constructing a new chapel.
The school prospered till 1975, when the Civil War started in Lebanon. In 1978, the school building was severely damaged by shelling and it was occupied by the militia of the area. But again, as soon as a ceasefire was announced, the classrooms were repaired and lessons resumed.
Now, Guertmenian School has been closed.
See also
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Armenian Evangelical School of Trad
The Armenian Evangelical School of Trad ( hy, Հայ Աւետարանական Վարժարան Թրատ) was built in 1936, in a poor area in East Beirut named Trad District. It had kindergarten, and six primary classes.
The last principal was M ...
(Trad, Lebanon)
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(Amanos, Lebanon)
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(Bourj Hammoud, Lebanon)
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Armenian Evangelical Central High School
The Armenian Evangelical Central High School ( hy, Հայ Աւետարանական Կեդրոնական Բարձրագոյն Վարժարան) is one of the oldest and most-well established Armenian schools in Lebanon. It was founded in 1922 in a r ...
(Ashrafieh, Lebanon)
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(Beirut, Lebanon)
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Armenian Evangelical Secondary School of Anjar
The Armenian Evangelical Secondary School of Anjar ( hy, Հայ Աւետարանական Երկրորդական Վարժարան Այնճար) was founded by Swiss Missionaries in 1947. It has a dormitory for boys and girls.
The present principal ...
(Anjar, Lebanon)
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Haigazian University
Haigazian University ( hy, Հայկազեան Համալսարան, pronounced ''Haygazyan Hamalsaran''; ar, جامعة هايكازيان) is a higher education institution founded in 1955 in Beirut, Lebanon as Haigazian College. For a brief pe ...
(Riad El Solh, Beirut, Lebanon)
References
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Educational Council of the Union of the Armenian Evangelical Churches in the Near East (UAECNE)
Schools in Lebanon
Armenian Evangelical schools
Educational institutions established in 1931
1931 establishments in Mandatory Syria
Educational institutions disestablished in 2015
2015 disestablishments in Lebanon
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