[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 157 (Wednesday, November 14, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2076]
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                   WELCOMING REVEREND SAMUEL ALBARIAN

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                         HON. GEORGE RADANOVICH

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, November 14, 2001

  Mr. RADANOVICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to welcome Reverend Samuel 
Albarian to his new post at California's oldest Armenian Church. 
Reverend Albarian has been named the Director of Armenian Ministries of 
the First Armenian Presbyterian Church of Fresno.
  Reverend Albarian is a native of Lebanon. He and his family fled to 
the Dominion of Canada when civil war erupted in Beirut in the late 
1970's. In Canada he became active in the First Armenian Evangelical 
Church (FAEC) of Montreal, serving as counselor and director in the 
FAEC vacation bible school ministry and chairperson of the youth and 
college group programs.
  In 1985, Reverend Albarian earned a D.E.C. in Pure and Applied 
Sciences from CEGEP Vanier College in St. Laurent, Quebec. In 1991, he 
earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science from Concordia 
University in Montreal. Reverend Albarian then worked as a quality 
assurance analyst programmer at Eicon Technology in Canada until 1994. 
The following year he moved to California and enrolled at the Talbot 
School of Theology. In 1998, Reverend Albarian earned his Master of 
Divinity Degree from Talbot.
  Reverend Albarian served a one-year pastoral internship at Calvary 
Armenian Congregational Church (CACC) in Northern California. In 1999, 
he was named Associate Pastor for Youth Ministries at CACC. Reverend 
Albarian and his wife, Tamar, have one son, Timothy.
  Mr. Speaker, I want to welcome Reverend Samuel Albarian and his 
family to the First Armenian Presbyterian Church of Fresno. I urge my 
colleagues to join me in wishing Reverend Albarian and his family many 
more years of continued success.

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