Nara Melkonyan
Nara Melkonyan was born in Yerevan, Armenia, to a civil engineer-architect and a gynecologist-obstetrician. As a child, she attended an English secondary school in Yerevan, and she graduated in 1983. Nara attended Yerevan State University in 1983-1987, enrolled in the department of Oriental Studies, and received a bachelor’s degree in Persian Language and Literature. She received her Master’s Degree in Political Science and International Affairs (PSIA) from the American University of Armenia, affiliate of the University of California, in 1996, the second graduate from the PSIA Degree Program.
Her professional experiences include working at a Yerevan Publishing House in 1984, and in the House of Political Enlightenment of the Armenian SSR. She taught Persian language and literature in a local Yerevan college. She was the Director of Admissions at the American University of Armenia until July 4, 1997, when she started her work as the Country Director of Project AGAPE, a position she still holds today.
A Personal Message from Yara
It was like yesterday when project AGAPE started its humanitarian activities to help the people of Armenia after the devastating earthquake, destructive war, and collapse of the economy following the fall of Soviet totalitarian regime. Throughout the history of civilization, there are not many nations who have experienced as many sufferings as the Armenians.
Armenia was the first country to adopt Christianity as the state religion in 301. It is incredible that love does not recognize borders and does not care about distance. We THANK YOU for your support and dedication to Project AGAPE. With our most profound appreciation for your commitment and love, we extend to all of you our warmest greeting, asking the Giver of all gifts to grant you good health, renewed dedication, and increasing happiness in service to His glory, to His kingdom, and to your church and people in His great commission of salvation.