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The Gomidas Organ Fund, Inc.
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| The Gomidas Organ Fund was founded by Berj Zamkochian as a distinctive way to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Gomidas Vartabet, the much beloved Armenian priest-composer. The first Gomidas Organ Fund benefit concert was held in the Methuen Memorial Music Hall, Methuen, Massachusetts in April of 1970. Berj Zamkochian continued to give a concert every year to raise money for the fund.
The initial purpose of the Gomidas Organ Fund was to purchase five practice organs for the new Gomidas Conservatory in Yerevan, Armenia. To date, fourteen organs have gone to Armenia, the latest sent last September 2003 when an organ was given in memory of Lucineh Zakarian for the new shrine in Etchmiadzin. It was used for the Papal Mass when His Holiness John Paul II made his first historic visit to Armenia. Other recent gifts have been made to St. Vartan’s Cathedral, New York; the Chapel of St. Nerses Seminary, New Rochelle; Holy Cross Armenian Catholic Church in Belmont, Massachusetts, and the Mekhitarian Church in Rawda, Beirut, Lebanon. The Gomidas Organ Fund is incorporated under the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and is tax exempt by the Internal Revenue code. Your contributions are gratefully received. Gomidas Organ Fund, Inc. Executive Board Members of the Gomidas Organ Fund |