On the Matenadaran’s slope, the end of winter brings the first signs of spring and a new garden beginning to bloom. Soon, Yerevan’s residents and visitors alike will walk along Matenadaran’s terraced green promenades. But what conceptual and spatial visions will define the future garden? How will the garden complement the museum experience and engage
Dear colleagues of the Mesrop Mashtots Matenadaran, as we conclude the year 2025, we can confidently state that it has been a year marked by achievements attained through our joint efforts, the continued implementation of reforms, the modernization of infrastructure, an active agenda of external relations, and meaningful international repositioning. It is sufficient to note
The exhibition features manuscripts, archival documents, ancient books, ribbon charms, and unique manuscript compositions. The ideological and iconographic axis of the exhibits is the image of angels, which is presented in both canonical and rare iconographic solutions.
On December 11, 2025, the meeting also included Hrachya Boyajyan, the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Armenia in Poland; Professor Stanislav Sroka, the Dean of the Faculty of History; Professor Krzysztof Stopka, the Director of the University Museum; Professor Pavel Miezhva; and Tomasz Krzyzowski, a researcher at the Institute of History. During the meeting,
On 24-26 November 2025, Tatevik Stepanyan, a junior researcher at the Department of Manuscript Studies of the Matenadaran, participated in the international conference, titled “Entangled Christianities: 100-1500 CE” at the Orthodox Academy of Crete. She delivered a presentation titled “3rd-4th Century Christian Martyrs in the Armenian Synaxaria: National or Christian Identity?”. T. Stepanyan’s participation was
Armine Melkonyan, a senior researcher in the Department for the Study of Armenian Texts from the 5th to 14th Centuries and the Department of Manuscript Studies at the Matenadaran, participated in the international conference “Books, Music and the Liturgical Life of the Medieval Church” at the University of Helsinki and the National Library of Finland
The third issue of MEMAS, the new academic journal of the Matenadaran has been published online.
From November 4 to 8, 2025, Matenadaran Director Ara Khzmalyan held meetings with the heads of scriptoria dedicated to the collection of Armenian manuscripts. During this visit, he toured the Mekhitarist Congregation in Vienna and the Embassy of the Republic of Armenia in Austria. In his meeting with the monks at the Congregation, Director Khzmalyan
During their visit, the Paggalyan and Keshishyan families got acquainted with the new exhibitions, the process of preserving and restoring the manuscripts they donated, and highly appreciated the work being carried out in the aforementioned areas.
The conference titled “Text, Commentary, and Interpretation. Problems of commenting on Ancient and Medieval Texts”, organised by Matenadaran and the Moscow Institute of World Literature, commenced today at Matenadaran. The presentations by Armenian and Russian partners cover a wide array of topics, including Greco-Roman literature and philosophy, Armenology, and Eastern and Western Christian literature. This
