Author Archives: Hrant Ohanyan

THE PRESENTATION OF “I CONFESS WITH FAITH,” A PRAYER BOOK TRANSLATED INTO 50 LANGUAGES AND PUBLISHED BY THE MEKHITARIST CONGREGATION IN VENICE, WAS HELD AT MASHTOTS MATENADARAN

Several speakers gave a welcome speech, including Vahe Torosyan, the Deputy Director of Matenadaran, Rev. Father Vahan Ohanyan, a member of the Mekhitarist Congregation in Venice, Armenologist, Doctor of Theological Sciences and Professor Abraham Terian, Head of the Department of Translated Literature of Matenadaran, Doctor of Philology Gohar Muradyan, and Head of the Department of

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A MEETING WAS CONDUCTED IN MASHTOTS MATENADARAN, WHERE ARA ARAZ, THE NEWLY ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ARMENIAN STUDIES AND RESEARCH IN THE USA, WAS PRESENT

Director of Matenadaran Ara Khzmalyan first congratulated Ara Araz on his new position and presented the priority programs of Matenadaran. The meeting focused on expanding cooperation between the two institutions, developing joint programs, preparing publications in foreign languages, and making them available.

A MEETING TOOK PLACE IN MASHTOTS MATENADARAN WITH RAZMIK PANOSSIAN, THE DIRECTOR OF THE ARMENIAN COMMUNITIES DEPARTMENT OF THE CALOUSTE GULBENKIAN FOUNDATION, AND SHOGHER MARGOSSIAN, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

During the presentation, Ara Khzmalyan, the Director of Matenadaran, discussed the organization’s upcoming strategic plans regarding the internationalization of academic results, researcher training, and implementation of digital technologies and infrastructures. He emphasized the continuous need for the “Matenagirk Hayots” (or Armenian Classical Authors) series and the urgency of positioning Armenian content in the digital domain.

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AN EXCLUSIVE EXHIBITION “MATENADARAN: THE REVELATION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHIC TREASURY” OPENING IN MATENADARAN

On the 24th of November, Mashtots Matenadaran opened an exclusive exhibition entitled “Matenadaran: The Revelation of the Photographic Treasury”.This exhibition showcased photographs from various collections of Matenadaran, which are of significant importance from a historical, art, source, and ethnographic standpoint. The retrieval and publication of these old photos were unprecedented in the history of the

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