Taw Mim Semkath ( Syriac: ܬܡܣ ''T.M.S.'', originally ܒܝܬ ܝܬܡܐ ܕܐܬܘܪܝܐ ܒܩܝܠܝܩܝܐ ''Beth Yatme d-Othuroye b-Qiliqiya''), also known as Assyrian National School Association (ANSA) after its founding organisation, is an Assyrian school and

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that opened in

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in 1919 for orphaned Assyrian children who survived the

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. The Assyrian National School Association, established in

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in 1899 by Assyrian immigrants from DiyarbakirAbout Us - History, Assyrian Orphanage and School Association of America, retrieved 16 January 2016 who fled the massacre in 1895, founded the school with help from the French High Commissioner. The

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bishop Yuhanon Dolabani was an important figure at the school, contributing a lot with teaching and organizing. In 1921, the school was closed by the Turkish authorities and moved to

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, where it is still running.

References

External links

Assyrian Orphanage and School Association of America
{{coord missing, Lebanon Schools in Beirut Orphanages in Turkey Educational institutions established in 1919 Child-related organisations in Lebanon 1919 establishments in the Ottoman Empire