VANADZOR, APRIL 26, NOYAN TAPAN. Vardan Ghandilian, Deputy Director of the National Institute of Education, a person responsible for introduction of the subject "History of the Armenian Church" in Armenian comprehensive schools, and priest Ghukas Zakarian, Director of the Propaganda and Education Center (PEC) of Echmiadzin, visited the city of Vanadzor on April 22. During the visit, an agreement on organizing training courses for teachers of Vanadzor and adjacent villages was reached with Director of the PEC of Gugark diocese, priest of Grigor Narekatsi Church Ter Vahan Azarian. The Propaganda and Education Center of Echmiadzin was founded in 1997 on the initiative of Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II. More than 70 teachers underwent training there before 1999. They studied the methods of teaching the history of the Armenian Church and participated in practical lessons organized at the center.

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