- INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: ENTANGLED CHRISTIANITIES: 100-1500 CE” AT THE ORTHODOX ACADEMY OF CRETE
On 24-26 November 2025, Tatevik Stepanyan, a junior researcher at the Department of Manuscript Studies of the Matenadaran, participated in the international conference, titled “Entangled Christianities: 100-1500 CE” at the Orthodox Academy of Crete. She delivered a presentation titled “3rd-4th Century Christian Martyrs in the Armenian Synaxaria: National or Christian Identity?”. T. Stepanyan’s participation was - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: “BOOKS, MUSIC, AND THE LITURGICAL LIFE OF THE MEDIEVAL CHURCH”
Armine Melkonyan, a senior researcher in the Department for the Study of Armenian Texts from the 5th to 14th Centuries and the Department of Manuscript Studies at the Matenadaran, participated in the international conference “Books, Music and the Liturgical Life of the Medieval Church” at the University of Helsinki and the National Library of Finland - NEW PUBLICATION
The third issue of MEMAS, the new academic journal of the Matenadaran has been published online. - BUSINESS VISIT OF MATENADARAN DIRECTOR ARA KHZMALYAN TO VIENNA
From November 4 to 8, 2025, Matenadaran Director Ara Khzmalyan held meetings with the heads of scriptoria dedicated to the collection of Armenian manuscripts. During this visit, he toured the Mekhitarist Congregation in Vienna and the Embassy of the Republic of Armenia in Austria. In his meeting with the monks at the Congregation, Director Khzmalyan - DONORS OF VALUABLE MANUSCRIPTS RECENTLY VISITED MATENADARAN
During their visit, the Paggalyan and Keshishyan families got acquainted with the new exhibitions, the process of preserving and restoring the manuscripts they donated, and highly appreciated the work being carried out in the aforementioned areas. - THE CONFERENCE TITLED “TEXT, COMMENTARY, AND INTERPRETATION. PROBLEMS OF COMMENTING ON ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL TEXTS”, ORGANISED BY MATENADARAN AND THE MOSCOW INSTITUTE OF WORLD LITERATURE, COMMENCED TODAY AT MATENADARAN
The conference titled “Text, Commentary, and Interpretation. Problems of commenting on Ancient and Medieval Texts”, organised by Matenadaran and the Moscow Institute of World Literature, commenced today at Matenadaran. The presentations by Armenian and Russian partners cover a wide array of topics, including Greco-Roman literature and philosophy, Armenology, and Eastern and Western Christian literature. This - ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON ‘BIOGRAPHY AND COMMENTARY’ AT THE MATENADARAN
The annual conference “Text, commentary, and interpretation: problems of commenting on ancient and medieval texts – 2025” will be held at the Matenadaran on November 4-6. See the program. - AN EXHIBITION TITLED “PIOUS HANDS: NUNS’ SCRIPTORIA IN SOUTHERN ARMENIA IN 17TH CENTURY” HAS OPENED AT THE MATENADARAN
The work and contribution of the nuns of Syunik, Nakhichevan, and Artsakh in the 17th–18th centuries have been almost consigned to oblivion. Yet the nunneries and the manuscripts produced within their walls stand as unique expressions of Armenia’s spiritual and cultural heritage. The manuscripts created by the consecrated hands of these virgins remain the sole