PRELATE HONORS TOP STUDENTS AND TEACHER AT EDWARD BOYAJIAN SCHOOL IN YEREVAN

With the 2024 and 2025 award winners

On Thursday, July 2, His Eminence Archbishop Anoushavan, Prelate, visited the Edward Boyajian Elementary School, where he presented awards to the three top students in Armenian studies subjects and to the school’s outstanding educator. 

The school was renamed in 1994 in honor of Diasporan Armenian writer Edward Boyajian (1915–1966) and is supported by his family through the Hrair and Margaret Boyajian Foundation, established under the auspices of the Armenian Prelacy. 

The Prelate, who is on a working visit in Yerevan, was accompanied by Tigran Galstyan, Executive Director of the St. Nerses the Great Charitable and Social Organization. In his meeting with the school’s principal, Gohar Zakaryan, and the teachers, Archbishop Anoushavan was briefed on the school’s educational activities and daily life. 

This year’s award-winning students (from the left) Manuel Hovsepyan, Ani Gasparyan, and Mkhitar Margaryan

Archbishop Anoushavan presented the awards donated by the Boyajian family to the top students in Armenian studies—Manuel Hovsepyan, Ani Gasparyan, and Mkhitar Margaryan—as well as to the outstanding teacher, Gayane Danielyan. 

The Prelate commended the dedication of the school administration and teaching staff to the Armenian language and literature. 

Addressing the award recipients, His Eminence expressed the hope that these awards would serve as an incentive for them to attain even greater achievements in the future, always striving for excellence and bringing pride to both their families and the Armenian nation.

The 2024 and 2025 award winners with the principal, teachers, and parents