New Strategy for Education and Science: Part 194


Hovhannes Yeranyan spoke with musician and educator Lusine Mkrtchyan about the importance, traditions, and innovations of artistic education, particularly music education.

Verin Tsaghkavan: Shkhmurad Monastery


The visiting card and pride of the village of Verin Tsaghkavan in Tavush region is the 12th-13th century Shkhmurad Monastery. It is located 6-7 km southwest of the village. The once powerful monastery complex is now in ruins. If the Shkhmurad Monastery complex is restored and the road leading to the sanctuary is improved, a new stage in the life of the village will begin.

New Strategy for Education and Science: Part 193


Hovhannes Yeranyan spoke with Amalya Harutyunyan, founder and director of the "Havasar" Educational Foundation, about the right to inclusive education and the opportunities and tools created by the foundation for schoolchildren with various disabilities.

"Give a Concert": Paravakar


The "Kayt" cultural center has launched the "Give a Concert" project, which plans to organize free concerts in remote and border areas of Armenia. The fund, created with public support, will provide a platform for musicians in rural communities. The first concert of the "Give a Concert" project has already taken place in the border village of Paravakar in Tavush province.

Gevork VI Chorekchyan


Archbishop Gevorg Chorekchyan was elected Catholicos of All Armenians during the most difficult times for the Armenian Church. He was able to implement huge reforms. Patriarch Gevorg VI Chorekchyan was also able to smooth over strained relations with the Bolshevik authorities and avoid new persecutions from Moscow.

New Strategy for Education and Science: Part 192


With Artashes Torosyan, Director of the National Center for Educational Development and Innovation, Hovhannes Yeranyan discussed the elimination of functional illiteracy and other NCEDI programs in general education.

Lusagyugh


The village of Lusagyugh in the Aragatsotn region is rich in ancient sanctuaries and pilgrimage sites: Mkhe Monastery, Veri Vank or Saint Gregory Monastery, and the Church of the Holy Virgin Mary. The sanctuaries inherited from our ancestors still have thousands of pilgrims today.

New Strategy for Education and Science: Part 191


Hovhannes Yeranyan discussed the differences between art education and aesthetic upbringing in schools in that country and ours with artist and educator Arpi Shahverdyan, who teaches in China.

Derenik Demirchyan


Derenik Demirchyan is one of the great Armenian writers who made his first literary attempts during his years of studying at the Gevorgyan Theological Seminary. Demirchyan is also one of the four alumni of the Vernata seminary founded by Hovhannes Tumanyan. His contribution to Armenian literature was great, the most significant of which is perhaps the historical novel "Vardanank", as well as the comedy "Kaj Nazar" and the drama "Yerkir Hayreni".

Catholicos Garegin Hovsepyan


Archbishop Garegin Hovsepyan was not only a student of the Gevorgyan Theological Seminary, but also led it during a difficult period. The great Armenologist and respected clergyman was one of the first students of the seminary to be ordained a celibate priest. He spent most of his life in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, was ordained a bishop, and received the rank of archbishop. He was elected Catholicos of Cilicia at the suggestion of his friend, Archbishop Gevork Chorekchian.

New Strategy of Education and Science: Part 190


Hovhannes Yeranyan discussed the main issues of general education and the methods thanks to which their school registers high progress and achievements with Armen Tsaturyan, the director of the "Evrika" school with advanced training in mathematics and natural sciences in Vanadzor.

Manuk Abeghyan


Manuk Abeghyan is one of the few great scholars who not only studied at the Gevorgyan Theological Seminary, but also taught and directed it. The great Armenologist either wrote or conceived most of his monumental works during the seminary period. Abeghyan did not break off contacts with the Mother See until the end of his life. Moreover, he was also a member of the spiritual council.