The Armenian Evangelical Peter and Elizabeth Torosian School ( hy, Հայ Աւետարանական Փիթր և Էլիզապէթ Թորոսեան Վարժարան) is a school in
Bourj Hammoud, Lebanon
Bourj Hammoud (also spelled Burj Hammud; ar, بُرْجُ حَمُّودٍ; hy, Պուրճ Համուտ) is a town and municipality in Lebanon located north-east of the capital Beirut, in the Matn District, and is part of Greater Beirut. The tow ...
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The school was established as a kindergarten in 1951, by Rev Hadidian, and began with 20 children in a 2-roomed flat. By the next year, the number of students had almost doubled, and an elementary section was added. In 1966, the school moved to a new building in Amanos-Dora, which had been provided by Mr and Mrs Torossian – hence the school's name.
The present principal is Seta Karageozian.
History
The Armenian Evangelical Peter & Elizabeth Torosian School was founded in 1951 in
Amanos
The Nur Mountains ( tr, Nur Dağları, "Mountains of Holy Light"), formerly known as Alma-Dağ, the ancient Amanus ( grc, Ἁμανός), medieval Black Mountain, or Jabal al-Lukkam in Arabic, is a mountain range in the Hatay Province of south ...
area, which is located east of
Beirut
Beirut, french: Beyrouth is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint o ...
City. It started with kindergarten classes that developed into an Intermediate School by 1973. Rev. Yenovk Hadidian was the key person in the founding of this school and Mr. Augustin Badeer was another committed Evangelical who supported the growing steps of the school until it got the present three-floor building in 1981.
Torosian is a neighborhood school. Most of the students live a walking distance from school. Past principals include Alice Filhanessian, Hagop Boujikanian (1969-1973)
The school implements the Lebanese Government Curriculum in Kindergarten, Elementary and Intermediate levels.
The school's mission is to educate the Armenian new generation with Christian, Armenian, sound and decent education.
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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Armenian Evangelical Guertmenian School
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 ...
(Ashrafieh, 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
External links
Educational Council of the Union of the Armenian Evangelical Churches in the Near East (UAECNE)
Schools in Lebanon
Armenian Evangelical schools
1951 establishments in Lebanon
Educational institutions established in 1951
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