In celebration of International Mother Language Day, AVC brought together hybrid schools from across the world in a video recital of the “Ode to the Armenian Language” by Vahan Tekeyan.  Students and teachers from the USA, Canada, Lebanon, Greece, Syria, Kuwait, Russia and Armenia contributed their talent and effort to this project: 

Armenian Evangelical College, Beirut, Lebanon,
AGBU Artaki Kalpakian School, Athens, Greece,
Armenian Sunday School, OANKO, Vladikavkaz, Russia,
Armenian School of Kuwait, Kuwait City, Kuwait, 
AGBU New England District Hybrid Armenian School (NEHAS), Watertown, USA,
Ararat Saturday School, Toronto, Canada,
Middle school of Aghdzk, Aragatsotn, Armenia,
AGBU Lazar Najarian-Calouste Gulbenkian School, Aleppo, Syria.

Watch the video.

Another video featured drawings of hybrid students from Russia, Switzerland, the USA, Canada and Australia inspired by Tekeyan's poem. The following schools participated in making the video: 

NEHAS school, Watertown, USA,
Topalian Armenian School, Geneva, Switzerland,
AGBU Alex Manoogian School, Montreal, Canada,
AVC Lab, Rostov-On-Don, Russia.

The poem was narrated by Garo Meykhanajian from the AGBU Lazar Najarian-Calouste Gulbenkian School in Aleppo.  

Watch the video.

In continuation of celebrating Mother Language Day, AVC prepared a set of language cards in Western and Eastern Armenian in printable pdf that can be requested by sending an email to info@avc-agbu.org.