- 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
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 PRESENTDirector 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.
- YVETTE TAJARIAN, A SENIOR RESEARCHER AT THE DEPARTMENT OF ORIENTAL STUDIES OF MASHTOTS MATENADARAN, HAS AUTHORED THE ALBUM “A COMPILATION OF PHOTOGRAPHS FROM MASHTOTS MATENADARAN’S COLLECTIONS”(BOOK A), WHICH HAS RECENTLY BEEN PUBLISHED BY “MATENADARAN” MESROP MASHTOTS PUBLISHING
The album features photographs mostly unknown in academic circles, and their publication is expected to stimulate further studies and foster new intercultural relationships. This work serves as valuable support material for professionals in history, archaeology, theology, art criticism, ethnography, Armenian studies, anthropology, and those who research the Armenian Genocide, as well as specialists who study - 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 DIRECTORDuring 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.
- READINGS OF NAREKATSI IN MATENADARAN
On December 5-6, Mashtots Matenadaran will host Readings of Narekatsi dedicated to Hrachya Tamrazyan’s 70th birthday. The program is here. - AN EXCLUSIVE EXHIBITION “MATENADARAN: THE REVELATION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHIC TREASURY” OPENING IN MATENADARANOn the 24th of November, Mashtots Matenadaran opened an exclusive exhibition entitled “Matenadaran: The Revelation of the Photographic Treasury”.This exhibition showcased photographs from various collections of Matenadaran, which are of significant importance from a historical, art, source, and ethnographic standpoint. The retrieval and publication of these old photos were unprecedented in the history of the
- MASHTOTS MATENADARAN HOSTED A TWO-DAY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE THAT COMMEMORATED THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DISTINGUISHED ARMENOLOGIST-ORIENTAL SCHOLAR BABKEN CHUGASZYAN
Mashtots Matenadaran hosted a two-day international conference that commemorated the 100th anniversary of the distinguished Armenologist-Oriental scholar Babken Chugaszyan, who was the long-term deputy director of Matenadaran.Ara Khzmalyan, the director of Matenadaran, greeted the conference participants and appreciated the scholar’s contribution, particularly in the collection of manuscripts. Ara Khzmalyan gave the Chugaszyan family a photo - VISIT OF AMBASSADORS ACCREDITED TO THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA TO MATENADARANAra 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