Fr. Pakrad Bourjekian Appointed As General Overseer Of The Saturday Schools Of The Western Diocese

On April 8, 2016, the Very Rev. Fr. Pakrad Bourjekian was appointed as the General Director of the Saturday Schools of the Western Diocese. The appointment was made official by the letter of His Eminence Archbishop Hovnan Derderian, the Diocesan Primate. Fr. Pakrad will be working closely with the Saturday School Executive Committee under the leadership of Dr. Ellie Antreassian as well as the Parish Priests in the overall development of the curriculum.

To get better acquainted with the Armenian Schools in the area, on April 6, Father Pakrad visited the Alfred and Marguerite Hovsepian School and the AGBU Vatche and Tamar Manoukian School in Pasadena where the clergyman met with the principals of the schools Mr. Shahe Mankerian and Dr. Armine Movsisyan, respectively. Father Pakrad was accompanied by the Diocesan Youth Director Dn. Artak Khachikyan.