The Armenian school in

Limassol Limassol (; el, Λεμεσός, Lemesós ; tr, Limasol or ) is a city on the southern coast of Cyprus and capital of the district with the same name. Limassol is the second largest urban area in Cyprus after Nicosia, with an urban population ...

, as of 1972 called "Nareg", after Saint Krikor Naregatsi, is located on 16, Vassilis Michaelides street in central Limassol, next to Sourp Kevork church. The current building was built between 2006 and 2007 by the Technical Services of the Ministry of Education and Culture and was inaugurated on 5 November 2008 by the President of Cyprus

Demetris Christofias Demetris Christofias, also spelled Dimitris Christofias ( el, Δημήτρης Χριστόφιας ; 29 August 1946 – 21 June 2019), was a Cypriot politician who served as the sixth president of Cyprus from 2008 to 2013. Christofias was the Ge ...

. The first Armenian school in Limassol operated in 1928, by initiative of Armenian Archbishop Bedros Saradjian, at the house of Siranoush Avedikian on Zena Gunther street. After the Sourp Kevork church was erected (1939–1940), lessons were held inside the church. In 1951, by initiative of priest Shahé Semerdjian and a donation by Ethiopian-Armenian Roupen Babigian, the initial building of the Armenian National School was built, which was inaugurated on 17 November 1951. In 1954, by donation of the Limassol Armenian youth, the building was expanded and as of then, all lessons were held inside the school.

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