The Armenian Evangelical Shamlian Tatigian Secondary School () is located in
Bourj Hammoud
Bourj Hammoud (also spelled Burj Hammud; ; ) is a town and municipality in Lebanon located north-east of the capital Beirut, in the Matn District, and is part of Greater Beirut. The town is heavily populated by Lebanese Armenians.
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, a suburb to the north east of
Beirut
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,
Lebanon
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. It began in 1934 as Nor Marash Armenian Evangelical School with kindergarten and primary classes only. In 1964 Mr. and Mrs. G. Shamlian and their son Mr. J. Tatigian contributed to the school a new modern building and the school was renamed the Armenian Evangelical Shamlian-Tatigian Secondary School. Now the school has 300 pupils and kindergarten, primary and secondary classes.
History
The New Marash Armenian Evangelical School started in 1930 in Nor Marash in Bourj Hammoud area. It was mainly inhabited by Armenians who came from
Cilicia
Cilicia () is a geographical region in southern Anatolia, extending inland from the northeastern coasts of the Mediterranean Sea. Cilicia has a population ranging over six million, concentrated mostly at the Cilician plain (). The region inclu ...
, Anatolia after the
1915 Armenian Genocide. The school known as the Nor Marash Armenian Evangelical School had a kindergarten and two elementary classes.
The school developed through the years from this. In 1936 Reverend Garabed Hassessian increased the number of elementary classes to six. Subsequent to this, Reverend Aram Hadidian added several more classes. In 1950, four intermediate grades of the second cycle were added. Then, in 1958, the three secondary grades of the third cycle were certified.
In 1964 the name was changed to Armenian Evangelical Shamlian-Tatigian Secondary School after Mr. and Mrs. J. Shamlian and their son Mr. G. Tatigian contributed money to the school to build a new modern building. The school compound also includes the Nor Marsh Armenian Evangelical Church.
See also
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Armenian Evangelical School of Trad (Trad, Lebanon)
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Armenian Evangelical Peter and Elizabeth Torosian School (Amanos, Lebanon)
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Armenian Evangelical Guertmenian School (Ashrafieh, Lebanon)
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Armenian Evangelical Central High School
The Armenian Evangelical Central High School () is one of the oldest and most-well established Armenian schools in Lebanon. It was founded in 1922 in a refugee camp, on the initiative of the Reverend Yenovk Hadidian. Ten years later, it moved to i ...
(Ashrafieh, Lebanon)
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Yeprem and Martha Philibosian Armenian Evangelical College
The Yeprem and Martha Philibosian Armenian Evangelical College (A.E.C.) (, ) was founded in 1923 in Beirut, Lebanon. There are three sections to the school: a kindergarten for children aged 4–6 years, a primary section for children 6–12 years a ...
(Beirut, Lebanon)
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Armenian Evangelical Secondary School of Anjar
The Armenian Evangelical Secondary School of Anjar () was founded by Swiss Missionaries in 1947. It has a dormitory for boys and girls.
The present principal is Rev. Hagop Akbasharian.
History
Soon after the Armenian people of Musa Dagh were set ...
(Anjar, Lebanon)
External links
Educational Council of the Union of the Armenian Evangelical Churches in the Near East (UAECNE)
Schools in Lebanon
Armenian Evangelical schools
Educational institutions established in 1934
1934 establishments in Lebanon
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