YEREVAN, JUNE 17, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. A project of building a Center of Armenian Culture near Surb Echmiadzin Armenian Church in Tbilisi has been worked out. Leader of Armenian Apostolic Church Georgian Armenian Diocese Archbishop Vazgen Mirzakhanian presented the project at the meeting with RA Minister of Diaspora Hranush Hakobian. As Hayern Aysor was informed by the Ministry's Department on Contacts with All-Armenian International and Church Structures, the Archbishop said that such a center would be especially important in the respect of consolidating the Armenians living in Tbilisi, having a well-organized Armenian community. More than 360 thousand dollars is required for building the two-storeyed building. It was mentioned that the project needs sponsors. Besides, on the initiative of Archbishop Vazgen Mirzakhanian it is planned to teach an additional Armenological subject at Armenian schools in Georgia, History of Armenian Church. As far back as in 2008, at his meeting with Hranush Hakobian, the leader of the Georgian Armenian Diocese made such a proposal. The Ministry of Diaspora together with the Archbishop worked out a program of Georgian Armenian teachers' retraining, according to which, retrainings were to be held in Georgia, with the participation of specialists sent from Armenia. However, according to the RA Ministry of Finance, that program envisaged much funds and was not approved. It was decided to include the program of Georgian Armenian teachers' retraining in the retraining program of Diasporan teachers implemented by the RA Ministry of Education and Science since 2000, which is currently implemented jointly with the RA Ministry of Diaspora. The first group of 70 Georgian Armenian teachers will arrive in Armenia soon. In total, 90 Georgian Armenian teachers will pass retraining within the framework of the program.

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