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AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE DEDICATED TO THE 850TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF CATHOLICOS NERSES SHNORHALI WAS HELD AT THE PONTIFICAL ORIENTAL INSTITUTE IN ROME

20.12.2023Hrant OhanyanEvents

On 30 November and 1 December an international conference entitled “Plenitude of Grace, Plenitude of Humanity: St. Nerses Shnorhali at the Juncture of Millennia”, dedicated to the 850th anniversary of the death of Catholicos Nerses Shnorhali was held at the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome (organizers: Archbishop Poghos Levon Zekiyan, Marko Bais, Željko Paša, Zaroui

MATENADARAN WAS THE LOCATION WHERE TWO MANUSCRIPTS BY THE SAME SCRIBE MET A HUNDRED YEARS LATER. THE GOSPEL OF ARBERD HAS COME HOME AFTER CENTURIES OF WANDERING ON UNKNOWN SHORES

16.12.2023Hrant OhanyanEvents

The manuscript donated to Matenadaran was written in the Arberd Surb Astvastatsin monastery of Vaspurakan, which is located not far from Narekavank and is special as it is a unique manuscript preserved from the famous Arberd monastery and is also rich in illustrations: images of the evangelists, semi-altars and marginal decorations. The Gospel is a

AFTER MORE THAN 600 YEARS, AN EXCEPTIONAL MANUSCRIPT, THE GOSPEL OF ARBERD, FOUND A SHELTER IN MATENADARAN

14.12.2023Hrant OhanyanEvents

Under the leadership of RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, the Government presented a valuable Gospel of the 15th century to Matenadaran. Zhanna Andreasyan, RA Minister of Education, Science, Culture, and Sports, Chairman of the Matenadaran’s Board of Trustees, presented the manuscript to the Matenadaran. The collection of the Mesrop Mashtots Matenadaran was supplemented with another

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

07.12.2023Hrant OhanyanEvents

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

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

04.12.2023Hrant OhanyanEvents

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

01.12.2023Hrant OhanyanEvents

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.

MATENADARAN’S INNOVATIVE PROGRAM FOR THE POPULARIZATION OF MEDIEVAL CULTURAL HERITAGE

11.11.2023Hrant OhanyanEvents

Mashtots Matenadaran has completed the 8-week course as part of the ArtboxHub project, which is a part of the Katapult creative acceleration program funded by the European Union and implemented with the AGBU Foundation in Armenia and the Creative Armenia Cultural Foundation. Mashtots Matenadaran presented a project that received a grant of 50,000 euros. It

MATENADARAN: THE REVELATION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHIC TREASURY

10.11.2023Hrant OhanyanEvents

On November 25th of this year, the Mashtots Matenadaran Museum will open an exclusive exhibition called “Matenadaran: The Revelation of the Photographic Treasury”.In the various collections of Matenadaran, some photographs hold significant importance from historical, artistic, source science, and ethnographic perspectives. These photos depict the historical and cultural monuments of both Eastern and Western Armenia,

THE DIRECTOR OF MATENADARAN HOSTED THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE “HIRAIR AND ANNA HOVNANIAN” FOUNDATION

08.11.2023Hrant OhanyanEvents

Ara Khzmalyan, the director of Mashtots Matenadaran, hosted Koryun Khachaduryan, the executive director of Hirair and Anna Hovnanian Foundation, and Anahit Hakobyan, the head of the foundation’s programs. Focusing on the perspectives of cooperation, the guests got acquainted with the development program of the Matenadaran administration and discussed the possibilities of bringing educational programs to

THE “TEXT, COMMENTARY AND INTERPRETATION PROBLEMS OF COMMENTING ON ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL TEXTS” INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AT MASHTOTS MATENADARAN

31.10.2023Hrant OhanyanEvents

The “Text, Commentary and Interpretation Problems of Commenting on Ancient and Medieval Texts” international conference began today at Mashtots Matenadaran.Vahe Torosyan, the deputy director of Matenadaran on scientific affairs and conference organizers Boris Nikolski (École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Matenadaran, (Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences) and Nikolai Grintser (School of