Mike Youssefian

Mike Youssefian. Born in Beirut, Lebanon in 1931. Studied in the Secondary School of Life, then in the American University of Beirut, where he received his degree in Architectural Engineering. He became a born again christian at age 18. He served in the Armenian Brotherhood Churches as a board member and later as the Executive Secretary of the Union. He served as a teacher in the Secondary School of Life and the Armenian Evangelical College in Beirut.He was the editor of Tchahert, Aveli Gyank and Yerchanik Hooys bi-monthly magazines. He has authored two books, Gdag 1 and Donagan. He is the founder of the Sahag Mesrob Armenian Christian School in Pasadena, California, where he served as the chairman of the board for several years. He is married to Arpi Bayrakdarian. He has four children and five grand children. He loves art and literature. He has traveled to Armenia several times for christian and humanitarian work.