Director of Matenadaran Ara Khzmalyan and Ambassador Nariman AlMulla talked about the potential for cooperation, particularly in the areas of joint exhibitions, program implementation, academic research, digitization, and restoration. At the end of the visit, the ambassador toured the academic departments and the Museum of Matenadaran.
As part of the official visit of the Matenadaran delegation to Lebanon, they received valuable contributions to their collection. Reverend Nshan and Maria Baggalians, pastors of the Armenian Evangelical Church, donated two valuable manuscripts and an old printed book to Matenadaran. The donors have been invited to visit Armenia in August of this year to
The delegation also visited Haigazian University in Beirut. They met with the president of the university, Reverend Dr. Paul Haydostian, the director of the Center for Armenian Diaspora Studies at the university, the responsible editor of Haigazian Armenian Journal, Dr. Antranik Dakessian, and the head of the Armenian department of the library, Vera Kostanyan. The
During the visit of the Matenadaran delegation to Lebanon, they met with His Holiness Father Gevorg Senior Archimandrite Noratunkyan, the Patriarchal Vicar of the Bzommar Patriarchal Congregation, as well as with the curator of the museum and library of the Bzommar monastery, His Grace Bedros Marashlian, and other congregants. The Matenadaran delegation was given a
Yvette Tajarian, the head of the Matenadaran Museum and a senior researcher of the Department of Oriental Studies, visited Japan from February 19 to 25 at the invitation of Karen Hamada. Hamada is a Japanese Armenologist and a professor at the Regional Studies Faculty of Tokyo University. During her visit, Yvette Tajarian delivered a lecture
On February 23, the Matenadaran delegation visited the seminary of the Hamazkayin Armenian Educational and Cultural Society of Lebanon. The delegation met with the chairman of the central department, Mr. Zakar Keshishian, the responsible for publishing archives Yervand Pambukyan, the inspectorate and the teaching staff and got acquainted with studying and publishing archival documents. The
The Mesrop Mashtots Matenadaran delegation, headed by director Ara Khzmalyan, has meetings with various Lebanese Armenian spiritual centres, Armenian studies institutions, heads of non-governmental organizations and representatives of the Armenian community. Today, the group met with His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia, who welcomed them and expressed his willingness to
The 36th volume of the “The Bulletin of Matenadaran” periodical has been published. It contains articles on various subjects such as history, philology, natural science, bibliography, and publications of texts. In addition, it features reviews and selected materials from the international conference “Nerses Shnorhali. The Gracious Patriarch”. The periodical is published with the sponsorship of
The Gospel of Charsanjak is believed to have healing properties and supernatural power. The manuscript was copied in 1471 in Jerusalem and called “miraculous,” “magician,” and “amulet”. It was then taken to Western Armenia and kept in St. Gevorg church, located in the village of Godarich in Charsanjak district. The manuscript, depicted with a silver
Businessman and philanthropist Vahe Badalyan donated to Matenadaran a device for scanning the covers of manuscripts in a three-dimensional format, thanks to which the possibility of studying the bindings of manuscripts, determining their features, as well as identifying potential injuries will significantly increase. The scanning results will help develop the business activities of Matenadaran. The
