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CONTENTS

JULY • AUG • SEPT 2021 /// LV3

3 Editorial - Impactful By Zaven Khanjian
4 With the Motherland Next to the Motherland By Hranush Hakobyan
5 Հայրենանվեր Ծառայության 30 Տարի - Եզնիկ Արք. Պետրոսյան
6 AMAA In Armenia - 30 Years of Service By Nazareth E. Darakjian, M.D

7 AMAA - The Early Years in Armenia By Rev. René Léonian, Ph.D.
9 From the Cradle… 30 Years of Humanitarian Action By Rev. Ara Guekguezian
AMAA NEWS 10 AMAA Armenia - The Footprints of a 30-Year Journey By Harout Nercessian
is a publication of 12 Summer Camps: Cradle of Leaders By Harout Nercessian
The Armenian Missionary Association of America
31 West Century Road, Paramus, NJ 07652 14 Armenian Evangelicals - Advocates of Education and Supporters of Values
Tel: (201) 265-2607; Fax: (201) 265-6015 By Melanya Geghamyan
E-mail: info@amaa.org 15 Hope For Armenia and AMAA - A 30 Year Partnership By Rev. Gilbert Léonian
Website: www.amaa.org
(ISSN 1097-0924) 17 Evangelical Church of Armenia - Impact in the Motherland By Pastor Aram
Babajanyan
The AMAA is a tax-exempt, not for profit 19 The Evangelical Church of Armenia in Eastern Armenia - History at a Glance
organization under IRS Code Section 501(c)(3) By Pastor Aram Babajanyan

Zaven Khanjian, Executive Director/CEO 24 AROUND THE GLOBE - Evangelical Church of Armenia in Stepanavan
OFFICERS 26 INSPIRATIONAL CORNER - He Leadeth Me By Rev. Joanne Gulezian Hartunian
Nazareth Darakjian, M.D., President
Nurhan Helvacian, Ph.D., Vice President 27 Hail to the Third Republic of Armenia on its 30th Anniversary
Mark Kassabian, Esq., Co-Recording Secretary By Rev. Dr. Vahan H. Tootikian
Thomas Momjian, Esq., Co-Recording Secretary
Nurhan Helvacian, Ph.D., Treasurer 28 AMAA Executive Director/CEO Zaven Khanjian's Mission Trip to Armenia,
Artsakh, Lebanon and Syria
EDITORIAL BOARD 39 AMAA Executive Director/CEO Attends a Farewell Reception
Zaven Khanjian, Editor in Chief
Louisa Janbazian, Associate Editor, Art Director Hosted by the Embassy of Armenia in US
Magda Poulos, Contributor 39 Lusine Mnatsakanyan: First Student from Avedisian School to Graduate
Jane Wenning, Contributor from AUA in Yerevan, Armenia By Jane Wenning
CHANGE OF ADDRESS 40 Armenian Memorial Church of Watertown, MA, Donates $52,000
In order to keep our mailing list up to date, please to AMAA’s All for Artsakh Campaign
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AMAA NEWS 40 COOKING FOR A CAUSE Raises Funds for AMAA’s Post-War Humanitarian Efforts
31 West Century Road
Paramus, NJ 07652 41 Zoom Meetings: Haigazian Board of Trustees and AMAA Near East Committee
E-mail: amaanews@amaa.org and UAECNE Annual Meeting
DESIGN 42 Peace-Loving Armenians By Areni Haroutunian
Caspianseal.com 43 AMAA Awards Scholarships to Needy and Deserving Students
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Tel: (201) 567-9622 48 In Memoriam: Rev. Dr. John Markarian and Rev. Hamlet Gureghian
The Editorial Board of the AMAA News reserves 50 Obituaries
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