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Exhibition of Armenian-Japanese modern art in YerevanJapanese artists visiting our country will have exhibitions and meetings in Yerevan and Gyumri and travel around various regions of Armenia. Jointly organized exhibition of the Armenian and Japanese modern artists will he held under the roof of the Golden Age Art Gallery. |
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Opening of 10th international music festival “National Gallery”On May 7, the jubilee concert season of the festival was launched at the Fresco Hall of the National Gallery. The opening concert was featured by the State Chamber Orchestra of Armenia headed by conductor Harutyun Arzumanyan. The guest of the evening was Switzerland-based opera singer Varduhi Khachatryan.
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Henrik MamyanWe saw Levon Shant’s “Old Gods”, Daniel Varuzhan’s “The Concubine”, Lermontov’s “Mtsiri”, Tumanyan’s “Anush”, heroes of Isahakyan and Charents. The works of painter also embellish the churches in Artsakh, Oshakan, Tashir, Sisian. Friends, colleagues, daughter of the painter help present the TV image of the “soldier, steward”. |
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Retrospective exhibition of Bruno BruniOn April 27, the National Gallery of Armenia hosted the retrospective exhibition of the Italian painter Bruno Bruni. The painter will deliver master classes in the Academy of Fine Arts and Terlemezyan College. A trilingual album of his exhibition of Bruno Bruni will also be published.
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Commemoration ceremonies devoted to the memory of Genocide victims at the Mother See of Holy EtchmiaThe Supreme Patriarch of Armenians offered a Repose of Souls service at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin after paying tribute to the memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide at Tsitsernakaberd Memorial. Special eventsto the memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide continued in the Ruben Sevak Museum. Later, the Catholicos Karekin II received U.S. Congressional delegation headed by the Congressman Ed Royce, the Chairman of the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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Easter event at St. Zoravor ChurchAfter the Divine Liturgy of the Holy Resurrection, the festive moods was kept alive with the Easter exhibition and table organized by the Church Youth Union outside the St. Zoravor Church of Yerevan.
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Candlelight Divine Liturgy of Holy Resurrection in the Mother See of Holy EtchmiadzinThe celebrant of Divine Liturgy in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin was Bishop BagratGalstanyan. Upon the termination of the Divine Liturgy the Patriarch of All Armenians voiced the Good Tidings of the Holy Resurrection. The flow of believers kept coming to the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin up till late night.
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Sharakans (Armenian chants): sources of the Armenian spiritual musicRecords on one of the richest strata of the Armenian spiritual culture, the studies of sharakans, as an independent branch, trace back as early as the 5th century in parallel to the invention of letters. “It is impossible to sing sharakans as an ordinary vocal piece”, - assures conductor Harutyun Topikyan.
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Performance in Mher Mkrtchyan Artistic Theatre dedicated to Holy ResurrectionThe pupils of Mher Mkrtchyan Artistic Theatre from 6-10th grade, prepared a performance devoted to the Holy Resurrection with the support of the teacher of Armenian Church History, Deacon Arman Aharonyan.
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Festival “X-Theatre” launchedOn April 11, the festival “X-Theatre” was launched. For the 7-th time now the theatrical troupes and directors of the capital and marzes are provided with a new platform. The festival is underway with the efforts of the Ministry of Culture of Armenia and National Theatre Unions. It will be on till May 3 featuring around 17 performances.
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Palm Sunday in Yerevan St. Zoravor ChurchFather Vahan Heboyan, who was anointed 40 days ago in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, served his very first Divine Liturgy in Yerevan St. Zoravor Church.
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Konstantin Kechek: “Memoirs”Book of memories by well-known engineer Konstantin Kechek was published. Second World War, captivity in German concentration camps, flee to the Unites States. The memories of Kechek shed light on a whole generation and period.
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