Diocesan Council Chairman Joseph Kanimian, Esq. Visits Mer Hooys In Armenia

While in Armenia taking part in the Supreme Spiritual Council meetings, Joseph Kanimian, Esq., Chairman of the Diocesan Council paid a special visit to Mer Hooys Nakashian Children’s Support Center in Yerevan and met with the Center’s Director Mr. Mihran Mirijanyan and the staff along with the young residents who welcomed Mr. Kanimian with recitations, songs and dances.

Mr. Kanimian expressed his gratitude to the staff and the board of Mer Hooys for their compassionate care and devotion for the welfare of the young residents of the Center.

Incorporated in December 2008 as a California 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, Mer Hooys opened the Nakashian Children’s Support Center in October 2012 with 15 girls ages 13-15 years old.

The two-story renovated building in the suburbs of Yerevan, Armenia, is named in honor of its benefactors, the late John, Arpine and Jack Nakashian.  The program operates in partnership with the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, with the blessings of Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, and the Western and Eastern Dioceses of the Armenian Church of North America.

The Chairman of the Diocesan Council encourages the public to make their tax-deductible contributions to this worthy project.