On Wednesday, June 1, 2022, H.G. Bishop Torkom Donoyan, Prelate, welcomed Glendale’s Richard Tufenkian Armenian School’s Preschool – Kindergarten young students, led by Preschool Director Arsineh Aghazarian and accompanying teachers.
30 younglings filled the Prelacy yard with their youthful and tender presence, singing the Lord’s Prayer and performing Armenian patriotic songs. The Prelate greeted the visitors and with fatherly love and endearment, embraced the fledgling students, with encouraging words commending their performance. H.G. also praised the school’s administration and faculty, highly commending their dedication and self-sacrifice in the pursuit of educating and preparing the new generation of Armenians.
At the conclusion of their visit, the young students laid flowers in front of the Armenian Genocide Monument in homage to our martyrs, and received crosses from the Prelate prior to their return to school.