Cameraman Garegin Papoyan

The freedom fight for Artsakh opened the door for Armenians to new opportunities in exploring the Armenian spiritual culture so ruthlessly being destroyed by Azerbaijan. The literature reads out about nearly 5000 monasteries, churches and castles, thousands of manuscripts and other cultural values, which were principally destroyed by the Soviet Azerbaijan, specifically in 1930-ies. Those who dive deep into the culture of Artsakh ocassionally publish their findings featuring some both well-conserved, as well as extinct samples of early and middle-age Armenian culture. The topic raised in the pavilion is discussed by the senior researcher of Matenadaran (manuscript library) Tamar Minasyan and Director of the Museums of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin Father Asoghik Karapetyan. 

 

Archaeologists Hamlet Petrosyan and Artak Gnuni talk about the work of archaeological expeditions in Artsakh over the last two decades. What do the academic circles know about liberated territories, what testimonies exist in Artsakh, how are these preserved and presented? 

 

The works of embroidery class of Etchmiadzin Armenian Church Youth Center are often mistaken for paintings. Here they learn to work big miracles with a small needle. They get really happy that their works decorate and color the walls of Armenian Church Youth Center. 

 

The first concert of 2016 had a unique program. Compositions of modern authors were selected: choruses of Eduard Mirzoyan, Krzysztof Penderecki, Vache Sharafyan, Einojuhani Rautavaara and Gustav Mahler. 

Painter-animator Naira Muradyan studies long the family of moomintrolls emerging in the fairy-tales of Finnish novelist Tove Jansson and depicted them in her 10-minute animation “New Year”. The film was ordered by the National Film Center of Armenia. The recordings were made in Shoghakat TV. The text is recited by actor Hovhannes Azoyan and the composer of the music is singer, composer Vahan Artsruni. 

The presentation of Russian translation of the book “History of Genocide in Sebastia” by Karapet Gabikyan was held in Yerevan Matenadaran. The memoirs-history of genocide was first published in 1924, in Boston. The author of the Russian translation is Knarik Ter-Davtyan, Doctor of Philology. 

 

National Gallery of Armenia is hosting an exhibition dedicated to the 150th anniversary of Andranik Ozanian. The initiative came to life through joint partnership between Yerevan City Hall, Ararat Patriarchal Diocese of the Armenian Church and various cultural institutions. 

 

On February 12, by the initiative of collector Nerses Melikyan, the Modern Art Museum opened the exhibition of painters Gayane Khachatryan and Martin Petrosyan. This is the very first exhibition of the Modern Art Museum of this year.  

 

The RA Law on Relations between the Republic of Armenia and the Armenian Apostolic Church adopted in 2007 contains a provision on the rights of the Armenian Apostolic Church to have a permanent representative in hospitals, in care facilities, orphanages, military units and detention centers. What’s the aim of the chaplain in the army, what’s the basis for appointing a priest as a chaplain of Armed Forces, how does the presence of a priest affect the interpersonal relations between the soldiers? The topic is discussed by the 4th Army Corps Commander, Major-General Andranik Makaryan and Chaplain of the Armed Forces of Armenia Fr. Koryun Karapetyan.