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Reopening of The Armenian Club in Kolkata, India
On 22nd November 2009 the Indian Armenian community celebrated the reopening of the Armenian Club. After Sunday church service the members of the community went over to the club to attend the blessing ceremony. The Armenian Club has been a place of leisure for about hundred years and will continue to serve the community in the future.
The club had been under renovation and its reopening was a moment of pride for the community members. Very Reverend Father Khoren Hovhannisyan, pastor of the Armenians in India and the manager of the Armenian College and Philanthropic Academy began the jubilations with the blessing of the club.
The Mother Church of Holy Nazareth provided the much needed support for the renovations of the Armenian Club.
On behalf of the Armenian community Fr. Khoren thanked Peter Hyrapiet, the president of the club and the members of the church committee for their dedicated endeavor in the renovations of the club.
“Those who say that the Indian Armenian community has lost its dynamism should follow up the events which are being organized by us and they will change their mind. I believe we are on the right track and under the guidance of Holy Etchmiadzin we should continue to strive forward with more vigour and sincerity. We must further remember that at the end of the day it’s the quality and not the quantity that really counts,” said Fr. Hovhannisyan.
Following the reopening and blessing of the club the community sat down together for lunch.
http://hyemedia.com/2009/11/24/reope...kolkata-india/
On 22nd November 2009 the Indian Armenian community celebrated the reopening of the Armenian Club. After Sunday church service the members of the community went over to the club to attend the blessing ceremony. The Armenian Club has been a place of leisure for about hundred years and will continue to serve the community in the future.
The club had been under renovation and its reopening was a moment of pride for the community members. Very Reverend Father Khoren Hovhannisyan, pastor of the Armenians in India and the manager of the Armenian College and Philanthropic Academy began the jubilations with the blessing of the club.
The Mother Church of Holy Nazareth provided the much needed support for the renovations of the Armenian Club.
On behalf of the Armenian community Fr. Khoren thanked Peter Hyrapiet, the president of the club and the members of the church committee for their dedicated endeavor in the renovations of the club.
“Those who say that the Indian Armenian community has lost its dynamism should follow up the events which are being organized by us and they will change their mind. I believe we are on the right track and under the guidance of Holy Etchmiadzin we should continue to strive forward with more vigour and sincerity. We must further remember that at the end of the day it’s the quality and not the quantity that really counts,” said Fr. Hovhannisyan.
Following the reopening and blessing of the club the community sat down together for lunch.
http://hyemedia.com/2009/11/24/reope...kolkata-india/
I have heard that the Armenian Indian community are an old community and it's good that they are preserving their centers/clubs and their Churches.
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