AMAA Christmas Message Reaches Over 10,000 Children in Armenia

PARAMUS, NJ — The Armenian Missionary Association of America’s (AMAA) 2025 Christmas Joy Programs were held this year from December 21, 2024, to January 12, 2025.
Thousands of children, youth, and adults in different parts of Armenia were presented with an important message, mainly through theatrical performances: the joy of Christmas, calls for change and transformation of the environment, making it more peaceful, harmonious, and bright.
Twenty-two churches oftheECA (Evangelical Church of Armenia) throughoutArmeniapreparedChristmasJoyPrograms.In20ofthem,theplay“HandinHand”wasstaged.ZohrabBekianwrotetheplaybasedonEphesians4:32:“Bekindand
compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as Christ God forgave you.” The ECA’s Christian Education team spared no effort to present the Gospel of the Nativity of Christ.
As part of the Christmas Joy Programs, 3,200 children and teenagers from Yerevan, Ayntap, and Abovian gathered
at the Hakob Paronyan Theater in Yerevan to watch the play “One Good Deed,” directed by scriptwriter Nune Abrahamyan. For two days, the audience enjoyed the play with professional actors and children from the “Hayasa” theater group in several shifts and learned that one good deed can be contagious and become an occasion for new ones. The performance concluded with the 6th chapter of the Apostle Paul’s letter to the
Galatians, verse 9: “Let us not grow weary in doing good, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”
Morethan 10,000childrenin42locationsinArmenia,including22bordervillages,heard,saw,and
enjoyed the message of God’s love and Christmas.
All events concluded with a festive surprise. The children took home a small bag of Christmas Joy package, wrapped with warmth and love.
“It is so heartwarming to see so many happy children. A smile on a child’s face is indeed one of the most priceless things in the world,” said Serge D. Buchakjian, AMAA’s newly appointed CEO/Executive Director.