Below is a list of the Headmasters for the National/Armenian Schools in Cyprus , from 1921 until today ( there is no complete information before 1921 ) : The renowned Melkonian Educational Institute ( '' Մելգոնեան Կրթական Միութիւն '' ) was built off Limassol Avenue in Aglandjia after the generous and benevolent donation of tobacco-trading brothers Krikor and Garabed Melkonian , who were not left apathetic by the horrific Armenian Genocide . Adana Prelate , Bishop Moushegh Seropian , had encouraged the Melkonian brothers commonly referred to as parerarner ( բարերարներ = benefactors ) to undertake such a project , in order to give shelter and education to about 500 Armenian orphans of the Armenian Genocide who had fled to Syria , Lebanon and Mesopotamia . According to tradition , the location , at the time 3 km outside Nicosia , is said to have been chosen in 1923 by Garabed Melkonian himself , because no minarets could be seen from there . Its foundation stone was laid on 15 February 1924 by High Commissioner Sir Malcolm Stevenson and it was inaugurated on 13 February 1926 by Archbishop Zaven der Yeghiayian . The grove in front of the school was planted by the first orphans , in memory of their relatives who perished during the Armenian Genocide . The Melkonian evolved from an orphanage ( 1926 – 1940 ) to a renowned secondary school ( 1934 – 2005 ) . A unique and unparalleled achievement , it was a beacon of hope and culture for Armenianism and Armenophony across the world , boasting an international membership of Armenian students from over 30 countries . From 1930 until its unjust closure in 2005 , 1.828 students graduated from here . Rightly , it was called an ambassador of Cyprus to all over the world . It had a boarding section , a rich library and well-equipped laboratories
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