THE THREAT OF DESTRUCTION OF ARMENIAN CULTURAL HERITAGE IN NAGORNO-KARABAKH From 15 to 19 July 2022, a conference on “The Cultural Heritage of Artsakh” was held at the Yerevan State University and the Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church of Vayots Dzor/Armenia. More than 30 international scholars and experts discussed the origin, historical development and
On May 20, 2022, the Mesrop Mashtots Matenadaran and Armenian General Benevolent Union AGBU Armenia organized the presentation of the book titled Manuscript Heritage of Artsakh and Utik published in English. The authors of the book are Hravard Hakobyan, Tamara Minasyan, and Vahe Torosyan, the editor is Karen Matevosyan.The publication of the book was funded
On May 13-14, the Museum of Art History in Vienna hosted the international conference and workshop entitled “Culture in Conflict: South Caucasus Today”, at the core of which were the issues and threats to the protection and preservation of the cultural heritage of Artsakh. The conference was organized by the blessing of His Holiness Karekin
This year marks the 800th anniversary of the Khoranashat Monastery. Khoranashat is a unique spiritual, educational and cultural centre with historical significance. Khoranashat was one of the most important research centres in medieval Armenia in the 13th century. On May 11, a press conference dedicated to the 800th anniversary of Khoranashat was held at Mashtots
A memorandum of mutual understanding was signed between Mashtots Matenadaran and the National Library of Malta. This memorandum envisages close cooperation in the library sphere as well as joint programs and exhibitions. Within the framework of this cooperation, a united exhibition dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between Armenia and Malta will
On September 18, a one-week training program was launched in the Restoration Department of the “Matenadaran” Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts with the partnership of a group of specialists from Northern Iraq (Erbil) led by Archbishop Najeeb Mikhaeel, Leader of the Chaldean Church and Director of the Digital Centre of Eastern Manuscripts. The project
Our compatriot Jerar Dedeian, professor and lecturer at the Paul Valéry University of Montpellier (France), has recently been awarded membership of the French Academy of Overseas Sciences.The management and staff of Matenadaran warmly congratulate our dear colleague and wish him many years of prolific activity and further success.
On March 10, 2016 was opened the exhibition “Armenia. Legend of Existence” in the State Historical Museum of Russia, where are presented via 160 exhibits the history of the Armenian people and cultural values to the Russian public by three major museums of Armenia: Mesrop Mashtots Matenadaran, the History Museum of Armenia and the museum
On September 5, the opening ceremony of the exposition dedicated to the activities of the Lazarian noble dynasty took place in Matenadaran. During the ceremony the Acting Director of Matenadaran Vahan Ter-Ghevondian, senior researcher of Matenadaran Bakhtiar Hovakimyan, and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Armenia Ivan made speeches. Vahan Ter-Ghevondian mentioned
On June 15-17, 2017 at the Sorbonne University in Paris an international conference “The Physiologus Between East and West: Distribution and Transmission of an Early Christian Text on Nature” took place. This early Christian writing in Greek, probably composed in the late 2nd century in Alexandria, describes the nature and behavior of various real and
