Western Diocese

On Saturday, January 21 the Sahag-Levon Mgrditchian College Alumni honored Mr. Harout Sassounian, President of United Armenia Fund. The event was held at the Rococo Room of Pasadena, CA. His Eminence Abp. Hovnan Derderian was in attendance accompanied by Abp. Vatche Hovsepian and Fr. Arshag Khatchadourian. The Master of Ceremonies for the event was Mr. Hampig Sarafian who requested a moment of silence for the recently slain Hrant Dink, following which both the American and Armenian National Anthems were sung. The MC expressed his sincere appreciation to Mr. Sassounian for all of the service which he renders for the community, and emphasized his trip to Lebanon where he supported 28 schools, one of which was the Sahag-Levon Mgrditchian College. The main speaker for the evening was Mr. Arshag Khassakian who said that Mr. Sassounian deserved special recognition for his decades of service to the community as a historian and a leader, as well as performed the duties trusted to him by the Lincy Foundation. As a token of appreciation, the Alumni presented Mr. Sassounian with a plaque of commendation.