On February 13, 2008, the Primate visited St. Gregory Alfred and Marguerite Hovsepian School in Pasadena. The Primate was enthusiastically greeted by school children, teachers and staff members, headed by Very Rev. Fr. Baret Dz. V. Yeretsian, Pastor of St. Gregory the Illuminator Armenian Church in Pasadena.
Very Rev. Fr. Baret Dz. V. Yeretsian welcomed the Primate and expressed his deep appreciation for his pastoral visit to the school.
His Eminence Archbishop Hovnan Derderian expressed his appreciation for the excellent quality of education at the school and offered words of advice to the students.