How to form a listener of classical music?


What difficulties did Hrachuhi Basent overcome for international recognition?
 
At the 16th Yerevan International Music Festival, the works of Richard Strauss were performed in the Aram Khachatryan concert hall. Opera singer Hrachuhi Basents and pianist Helmut Deutsch performed. In a conversation with Anahit Margaryan in "Artfocus", Hrachuhi Basent presented how she was received in the West and what difficulties she overcame on the way to gaining international recognition. The singer referred to the experience of general education institutions in forming listeners of classical music in the West.

 

Creates artificial intelligence


Artificial intelligence has invaded the world of literature as well. Is the future of literature threatened by the further development of artificial intelligence, or will good human-made literature remain forever inaccessible to artificial intelligence? As part of the "Parallel Readings" program, literary critics Hayk Hambardzumyan and Arkmenik Nikoghosyan discuss these issues.

New strategy of education and science. Part 175


Problems of the new draft law on education and science
Hovhannes Yeranyan discussed the activity of the laboratory, the fate of academic institutes, as well as the problematic points of the draft of the new Law on Education and Science with Hovakim Zakaryan, a leading researcher of the Institute of Molecular Biology of the National Academy of Sciences.

 

Muron, a symbol of peace


The Church Fathers called muron the oil of reconciliation. According to Bishop Gevorg Saroyan, Primate of Masyatsotn Diocese, the church means internal, national, and interpersonal reconciliation. According to him, reconciliation is forgiveness in the Christian sense. How can reconciliation be achieved when there are many disagreements, even enmity, in public life? Anna Sargsyan discussed the chain of myrrh, reconciliation and forgiveness with Bishop Gevorg Saroyan.

 

In the re-consecrated Mother Cathedral, a liturgy was offered for the prisoners, the missing and the dead


For the peace of Armenia, the prosperous life of the people, the missing after the war, the victims and those in captivity and their families, a prayer is being offered in the Mother Cathedral for the third day in a row. In the re-consecrated Mother Cathedral, His Grace Bishop Teodoros Zakaryan from the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem, offered a Divine Liturgy. With the blessing of Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II, the daily Liturgies in the Cathedral will continue until October 6.

 

The Catholicos of All Armenians presented a silver jug ​​to national philanthropist Samvel Karapetyan


At the Mother See, His Holiness received the national benefactor, godfather of Muron blessing, Samvel Karapetyan and presented him with a silver jar, made in the likeness of muron distribution jars. On one side of the jar, the Cathedral is depicted, one of the benefactors of whose renovation is Samvel Karapetyan, on the other side, the sanctities of Muron's blessing are depicted.
 

The Catholicos of All Armenians received inter-church delegations in the Pontifical residence


His Holiness the Patriarch received the delegations of the Christian Churches and inter-church structures that arrived at the Mother See on the occasion of the blessing of the Holy Muron and re-consecration of the Mother Cathedral. He told the attendees that the Mother See is deeply moved by their participation in these ceremonies, which are the most important in the life of the Armenian Church. His Holiness the Patriarch noted that the prayerful presence of each of them at the Mother See is encouragement and support for the children of the Armenian people and is the assurance of their sincere respect for our nation and the Armenian Apostolic Holy Church.

 

Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople Archbishop Sahak Mashalyan arrived at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin


The Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople Archbishop Sahak Mashalyan arrived in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. In the coming days, the Patriarch will take part in the solemn ceremonies of the Mother Cathedral re-consecration and Blessing of the Holy Muron. The procession of the clergy, led Archbishop Sahak Mashalyan to the Saint Vardan Chapel-Baptistry. Later he was received by the Catholicos of All Armenians.

 

Holy Etchmiadzin raised the sphere of monuments restoration to a new level- material scientist


"In the event that traditional technological tricks are considered insufficient, the monument's strengthening can be carried out using modern technologies, the effectiveness of which is proven by scientific reasoning and guaranteed by experience," defines the international charter for the restoration of monuments. All international standards of restoration were observed during the restoration works of Holy Etchmiadzin Cathedral. Anna Sargsyan had a conversation with Hasmik Gevorgyan, the chief material scientist of the restoration of the Cathedral, director of the "Horizon-95" experimental laboratory.

 

Before the re-consecration, the nuns of Ghazaravan, finally cleaned the renovated Cathedral


The Temple has already been cleaned of construction debris. The final cleaning was entrusted to Ghazaravan nuns. Under the direction of the Patriarch of All Armenians, the Brotherhood of the Mother See is involved in the ongoing work to properly carry out the ceremonies of the blessing of the Holy Muron and the opening of the Temple.
 

Literary originals of the cathedral


Kathoghike Holy Etchmiadzin or the Cathedral has inspired all Armenians for centuries, and also found its artistic reflection in bibliography and literature. Literary scholars Hayk Hambardzumyan and Arkmenik Nikoghosyan discuss the literary originals of the Mother Temple in the "Parallel Readings" program.

 

New strategy of education and science. part 172


Differences between the Armenian and Korean experience in the organization of science and education
 
Hovhannes Yeranyan discussed the importance of the development of competitive science and quality education with Astghik Hakobyan, researcher of the Center for Scientific Innovation and Education. Compare the experience of Armenia and developed countries in the organization of science and education.