St. Stephen's Armenian School

June 2, 2010

This is our last day in Armenia and we are very sad that we will be leaving tomorrow, therefore, we decided to enjoy every second that we have left in our homeland.

It was a beautiful, sunny and hot (36 degrees Celsius) day in Yerevan today. This morning we started our day by visiting the RA Ministry of Diaspora which was located right in the Republic Square only a few blocks from our hotel. They were very happy to see us. We sang a song for them and took lots of pictures with the Minister of Diaspora Hranush Hagopian. Stepan Bedrosian, who was the deputy minister of Diaspora greeted us, spent some time explaining the “Ari Tun” program and gave us a hat and a t-shirt which reads “Ari Tun” on them in red, blue and orange. We then went to Mrs. Hagopian’s office where she shared a new Armenian song with us and told us to make sure we learn that song so we can sing it next time we come back to Armenia.
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June 1, 2010

Today we went to Lori region. There were beautiful mountains, canyons, forests and its famous river Tebed. Lori is a region of Armenia very close to the border of Georgia. On the way to Lori we went through the town of Spidag which had suffered from the huge earthquake on December 7th, 1988. During the earthquake 25,000 people died. After the earthquake there was a new church that was built in Spidag. A rich man who owns many casinos in Las Vegas sent one-million dollars to help rebuild the city. Lori is the most beautiful region in Armenia. All of the houses had red roofs.
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