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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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AN EXHIBITION TITLED “CHERISHED NAMES. HOMECOMING OF MANUSCRIPTS” WAS HELD IN MATENADARAN

An exhibition titled “Cherished Names. Homecoming of Manuscripts” was held in Matenadaran, featuring exclusive collections of manuscripts, archival materials, and old printed books donated by significant donors.The return of a valuable manuscript concluded the day. The collection of Mashtots Matendaran was enriched by the addition of the Gospel, copied by the Presbyter Hovhannes, donated to

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“CULTURAL HERITAGE OF ARTSAKH: ARMENIAN HISTORY AND ITS TRACES IN NAGORNO-KARABAKH” HAS BEEN PUBLISHED

A collection titled “Cultural Heritage of Artsakh: Armenian history and its traces in Nagorno-Karabakh” has been recently published by the publishing house of Kiel University in Germany (Editors: Andreas Muller, Harutyun G. Harutyunyan, Dagmar Heller, Martin Tamcke). The collection is a result of an international conference with the same name that was organized by the

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THE MATENADARAN DELEGATION VISITED THE SEMINARY OF THE HAMAZKAYIN ARMENIAN EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL SOCIETY OF LEBANON

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

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THE DELEGATION OF MATENADARAN IS IN THE REPUBLIC OF LEBANON

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

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