On February 27, Nobel Laureate, Doctors Without Borders co-founder, physician, former French Foreign Minister (2007-2010), member of the Aurora Prize Selection Committee Bernard Kouchner visited Mashtots Matenadaran. During the visit, Kouchner was accompanied by Alain Boinet, founder of Solidarités International, Patrice Franceschi, former Chairman of the Société des Explorateurs Français, and Nicolas Stanisch, executive director
By the decision of Pope Francis, the Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship has declared February 27 in the calendar of the Catholic Church the remembrance day of the great Armenian theologian of the 10th century, Doctor of the Universal Church St. Gregory of Narek. Thus, that day will be included in all Catholic churches’ calendar,
On February 2, a delegation headed by Charles Personnaz, the Director of the National Heritage Institute (NIU) under the French Ministry of Culture, visited Mashtots Matenadaran. The guests toured the museum building, got acquainted with the Armenian manuscript heritage. During the visit, they also visited the restoration department of Matenadaran and got acquainted with the manuscript
The “Matenadaran” Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts, in collaboration with the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin and the Institute of Philosophy, Sociology and Law of NAS RA, organizes an online conference dedicated to the 900th anniversary of the birth of the great 12th-century Armenian thinker, scientist, legislator, fable-writer, and pedagogue Mkhitar Gosh.The conference aims
Hasmik Kirakosyan, the Senior Researcher of Matenadaran, has published her new book, “The Manuscripts of Armeno-Persian Gospel of the Matenadaran”. The book analyzes the Gospel’s codices MS 8492 (Shamakhi-Tiflis, 1717-1721) and MS 3044 (Gandzak, 1780) translated into Persian using Armenian letters. These manuscripts are held at the Matenadaran, the Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts,
We are happy to announce that Gohar Muradyan, head of the Department of Translated Literature and Aram Topchyan, head of the Department of Secular Literature and Philology at Mesrop Mashtots Matenadaran have been awarded with Boghossian (RA President’s) Prize for their translation of Virgil’s “Aeneid” from Latin.We cordially congratulate our colleagues and wish them further
For the 5th anniversary of the Matenadaran-Gandzasar Research and Cultural Center, Arayik Harutyunyan, the President of the Artsakh Republic, received the delegation headed by the Director of Mashtots Matenadaran Vahan Ter-Ghvondian.
The Directorship of the Mesrop Mashtots Matenadaran announces with sorrow that the Matenadaran’s longtime colleague, Professor Robert Staehle, has passed away at the age of 97. Since 2000, he has restored a large number of bindings of manuscripts with selfless dedication. The professor highly appreciated our cultural heritage, and for 20 years, he had profoundly
The new book by Doctor of Historical Sciences Karen Matevosyan, atenadaran’s Deputy Director for Academic Affairs, has been published, titled “Historical Archaeological observations. Aruch, Havutstar, Ani, Aghtamar, Vayotsdzor” (“Mougni” Publishing House, Yerevan, 2020)The book presents the author’s historical and archaeological observations on several places and monuments, proposing some assumptions and suggestions that can serve as
Businessman Muhammed Makki, who lives in the Republic of Armenia, today provided financial support to Mesrop Mashtots Matenadaran for the implementation of publishing programs. Director of Matenadaran Vahan Ter-Ghevondian thanked the businessman for the donation, noting that such support is very important and timely, especially these days of the epidemy.In his speech, Mohammed Makki stressed
