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MESROP MASHTOTS MATENADARAN RECENTLY HOSTED A TWO-DAY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE TITLED “POETRY OF IMAGE” TO CELEBRATE THE 130TH ANNIVERSARY OF IRANIAN-ARMENIAN ARTIST ANDRE SEVRUGIAN

22.03.2024Hrant OhanyanConferences

The conference included over a dozen thematic reports that focused on the historical and literary relations between the two countries, highlighting their past cultural dialogues and commonalities. Speakers from various institutions, including Matenadaran, Farhangian University of Iran, Imam Khomeini International University of Iran, University of Tehran, Pázmány Péter Catholic University of Hungary, and Suzhou University

RA MINISTER OF EDUCATION, SCIENCE, CULTURE AND SPORT OF ARMENIA, ZHANNA ANDREASYAN, MET WITH AKBAR IRANI, DIRECTOR OF THE WRITTEN HERITAGE RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION CENTER OF IRAN, WHO VISITED RA WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE ARMENIAN-IRANIAN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE HELD AT MASHTOTS MATENADARAN

21.03.2024Hrant OhanyanVisits

Also present at the meeting were Arthur Martirosyan, Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of Armenia, Mehdi Sobhani, the Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Republic of Armenia, Ara Khzmalyan, the director of Matenadaran, and others. During the meeting, they discussed the agreements reached during the recent visit by the

THE “POETRY OF IMAGE” CONFERENCE, AN INTERNATIONAL ARMENIAN-IRANIAN EVENT, HAS COMMENCED AT THE MASHTOTS MATENADARAN

21.03.2024Hrant OhanyanEvents

The conference aims to celebrate the 130th anniversary of Iranian-Armenian artist Andre Sevrugian. Ara Khzmalyan, Director of Matenadaran, Artur Martirosyan, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Armenia, H.E. Mr Mehdi Sobhani, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Republic of Armenia, and Yvette

THE DELEGATION OF MATENADARAN IS IN THE CAPITAL OF GEORGIA

20.03.2024Hrant OhanyanVisits

On March 18-19, 2024, the director Ara Khzmalyan and delegation of Mesrop Mashtots Matenadaran visited the Korneli Kekelidze Georgian National Centre of Manuscripts. During the visit, the director of the Centre, Zaza Abashidze, welcomed the delegation and highlighted the history of cooperation between the Centre and Matenadaran. He also presented the activities of the Armenian

MATENADARAN IS CONDUCTING A ONE-WEEK COURSE AT THE CENTER FOR THE DIGITIZATION OF ORIENTAL MANUSCRIPTS IN ERBIL

15.03.2024Hrant OhanyanEvents

Mesrop Mashtots Matenadaran is conducting a one-week course in cooperation with the RA Ministry of Foreign Affairs and UNESCO at the Center for the Digitization of Oriental Manuscripts in Erbil. The course aims to continue the mission of preserving and restoring written heritage in different parts of the world. During the course, two restoration specialists

AN ARMENIAN-IRANIAN CONFERENCE ENTITLED “POETRY OF IMAGE” WILL BE HELD IN MATENADARAN ON MARCH 21-22

14.03.2024Hrant OhanyanAnnouncements

During the visit of the delegation led by the director of Mesrop Mashtots Matenadaran to the Islamic Republic of Iran from January 26-31 this year, there were productive discussions with the heads of Iran’s massive manuscript and scientific centres. As a result of the agreements reached, an Armenian-Iranian conference entitled “Poetry of Image” will be

HARUTYUN HAZARYAN, AN AMERICAN-ARMENIAN CULTURAL FIGURE, IS KNOWN FOR DONATING AROUND 400 MANUSCRIPTS TO MATENADARAN

12.03.2024Hrant OhanyanEvents

The movement of repatriation of relics of Armenian culture is inextricably linked with the name of New York resident Harutyun Hazaryan. Hazaryan began collecting fragments of Armenian culture around the world following the Great Genocide on the advice of Archbishop Garegin Hovsepyan in the 1920s. He believed that the best place for the scattered values

ANOUSH APRESYAN, SENIOR RESEARCHER ATTENDED THE 21ST ANNUAL GRADUATE STUDENT COLLOQUIUM IN ARMENIAN STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES (UCLA)

07.03.2024Hrant OhanyanEvents

The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures of the University of California organized the conference to bring together scientists, researchers, and post-graduate students from different countries to present studies on various fields of Armenian studies such as language, literature, history, anthropology and art history. During the conference, Anoush Apresyan presented a report titled “The

GOSPEL OF THE VILLAGE MZUK

07.03.2024Hrant OhanyanManuscripts

The collection of the Mashtots Matenadaran has been replenished with another Gospel copied by elder priest Hovhannes. The manuscript was written in 1454, in the village of Mzuk, Motkan district of Sassoon, Bagesh (Bitlis) province, which was the center of Armenian writing culture in the Middle Ages. The name of the illuminator is unknown. The

ON MARCH 3, 1959, THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF THE ARMENIAN SSR GRANTED MATENADARAN THE STATUS OF A RESEARCH INSTITUTE

03.03.2024Hrant OhanyanEvents

Sixty-five years ago, on March 3, 1959, the Council of Ministers of the Armenian SSR granted Matenadaran the status of a research institute. Matenadaran was a state repository of ancient manuscripts, and with this decision, its main activities were officially established and remain unchanged to this day. These activities include conservation and restoration of manuscript