On March 18-19, 2024, the director Ara Khzmalyan and delegation of Mesrop Mashtots Matenadaran visited the Korneli Kekelidze Georgian National Centre of Manuscripts. During the visit, the director of the Centre, Zaza Abashidze, welcomed the delegation and highlighted the history of cooperation between the Centre and Matenadaran. He also presented the activities of the Armenian
Director of Matenadaran Ara Khzmalyan and Ambassador Nariman AlMulla talked about the potential for cooperation, particularly in the areas of joint exhibitions, program implementation, academic research, digitization, and restoration. At the end of the visit, the ambassador toured the academic departments and the Museum of Matenadaran.
The delegation also visited Haigazian University in Beirut. They met with the president of the university, Reverend Dr. Paul Haydostian, the director of the Center for Armenian Diaspora Studies at the university, the responsible editor of Haigazian Armenian Journal, Dr. Antranik Dakessian, and the head of the Armenian department of the library, Vera Kostanyan. The
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
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
om January 26-31, 2024, the delegation of Matenadaran, headed by director Ara Khzmalyan, is visiting the Islamic Republic of Iran with the support of the Embassy of the Republic of Armenia. During their visit, they hold meetings with the heads of spiritual and manuscript centres in Isfahan, Qom, and Tehran, as well as archive museums
During the visit, the ambassador emphasized the significant role of Matenadaran in strengthening the scientific and cultural ties between Armenia and Iran. Matenadaran is a centre for the research and preservation of Armenian manuscripts and Christian values, but it also serves as a research institution for other religions and cultures. The Director of Matenadaran, Ara
Yuri Suvaryan, an Academician-Secretary of the Department of Armenology and Social Sciences at the National Academy of Sciences of RA and a Member of the Presidium, recently visited Matenadaran. Ara Khzmalyan, the Director of Matenadaran, showed him the new exhibitions and reforms initiated by the directorate in scientific exhibitions. They also discussed potential areas of
Ara Khzmalyan, the Director of Mashtots Matenadaran, along with Deputy Director Vahe Torosyan, hosted Petr Pirunchik, Bolat Imanbaev, Paweł Cieplak, the Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Republic of Poland to the Republic of Armenia. The diplomatic mission leaders and the Matenadaran administration visited the Matenadaran Museum, exploring
Visit of the former Prime Minister of the Republic of Italy Romano Prodi and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Italy to the Republic of Armenia Alfonso Di Rizzo to the “Matenadaran” Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts. Director of Matenadaran Ara Khzmalyan hosted the former Prime Minister of Italy, President of the
