Eurnekian School ( hy, Էօրնեկեան հանրակրթական դպրոց), is a

public school Public school may refer to: * State school (known as a public school in many countries), a no-fee school, publicly funded and operated by the government * Public school (United Kingdom), certain elite fee-charging independent schools in England an ...

Vagharshapat Vagharshapat ( hy, Վաղարշապատ ) is the 4th-largest city in Armenia and the most populous municipal community of Armavir Province, located about west of the capital Yerevan, and north of the closed Turkish-Armenian border. It is comm ...

Armavir Province Armavir ( hy, wikt:Արմավիր, Արմավիր, ), is a administrative divisions of Armenia, province (''marz'') in the western part of Armenia. Located in the Ararat plain dominated by Mount Ararat from the south and Mount Aragats from the n ...

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, affiliated with the

Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin ( hy, Մայր Աթոռ Սուրբ Էջմիածին, translit=Mayr At’oř Surb Ēĵmiatsin), known in Armenian as simply the Mother See (Մայր Աթոռ, ''Mayr At’oř''), is the governing body of the Armen ...

which is the regulating body of the

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. The school is supervised by the Eurnekian Public Educational Foundation.

Overview

Eurnekian School was opened on 1 September 2009 with 80 students, on the basis of No. 13 School of Vagharshapat operating since 1959. The foundation of Eurnekian School was initiated by Catholicos

Karekin II Catholicos Karekin II ( hy, Գարեգին Բ, also spelled Garegin; born 21 August 1951) is the current Catholicos of All Armenians, the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church. In 2013 he was unanimously elected the Oriental Orthodox hea ...

and fulfilled through the financial assistance of the Argentine-Armenian businessman

Eduardo Eurnekian Eduardo Eurnekian (born 4 December 1932) is an Argentine billionaire businessman of Armenian descent. , he is the fifth richest person in Argentina, with an estimated net worth of US$1.4 billion. Early life Eduardo Eurnekian was born to Armenian ...

. The school was housed within the building of No. 13 School of Vagharshapat between 2009 and 2017. The new building of the school is located within the territory of the Mother See complex, near the southern wall. The construction was launched in 2012 and fulfilled through donations from

. The official inauguration ceremony took place on 14 September 2017, for the 2017-18 educational year. It was attended by president

Serzh Sargsyan Serzh Azati Sargsyan ( hy, Սերժ Ազատի Սարգսյան, ; born 30 June 1954)Of ...

, Catholicos

, along with the benefactor himself.Բացվեց Մայր Աթոռի «Էօրնեկեան հանրակրթական դպրոց» հաստատության նոր մասնաշենքը
/ref> The building is designed by the renowned architect

Artak Ghulyan Artak Ghulyan ( hy, Արտակ Ղուլյան; December 28, 1958), is an Armenian architect and designer, Doctor of Architecture, Docent (Associate professor), and professor of the International Academy of Architecture. In September 2013, he ...

. The ground floor of the building is home to the library, the reading hall and many sport halls. The 1st and 2nd floors are home to 32 classrooms, 8 laboratories, events hall, healthcare clinic and meeting rooms. As of 2017-18 educational year, 471 students are studying at the school from 1st to 12th grades. The school is able to accommodate up to 600 students. The maximum capacity of each classrooms is 15 seats. The students are mainly from the town of

, as well as from the nearby villages within

. The school has students from the capital

Yerevan Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Y ...

as well. Eurnekian School is the first school in Armenia that operates under the management of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.

References

External links

Eurnekian School opening ceremony
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