Holiday Culture: Ruzanna Tsaturyan


New Year - a new day The cultural meaning of New Year in Armenian reality is, first and foremost, the end of the old and the acceptance of the new. And especially on New Year's, the Armenian table was abundant and delicious. And when the family gathers around the table, remembering, sharing, and being grateful, New Year goes beyond the competition of luxury, the danger of gluttony, and bread becomes a symbol of the continuation of life, wheat and pilaf - of fertility, honey and dried fruits - a symbol of a sweet life.

Modern Music: Vache Sharafyan


Music, of course, maintains a connection with its time. But contemporary music is not limited to the time of its creation. It forms a new language, a new form, a new way of thinking. Also, a unity of memory and idea.

Hanik-nanik


"Hanik Nanik" national dance song, accompanied by Seda Tevanyan. At the "Mkhitar Sebastatsi" educational complex, singer and songwriter Seda Tevanyan's "Tevani" song ensemble has gathered children of all ages around her. They perform folk, national, and Komitas songs.

Fold it


"Tsal Era" national song, accompanied by Seda Tevanyan. At the "Mkhitar Sebastatsi" educational complex, singer and songwriter Seda Tevanyan's "Tevani" song ensemble has gathered children of all ages. They perform folk, national, and Komitas' songs.

Ring the bell


"Zar Zing" Komitas. At the "Mkhitar Sebastatsi" educational complex, singer and songwriter Seda Tevanyan's "Tevani" song ensemble has gathered children of all ages. They perform folk, national, and Komitas' songs.

Suren Kocharyan


In the Pavilion: Literature and Art program, prose writer Hovhannes Yeranyan tells about Suren Kocharyan, one of the most original and talented artists of Armenian and Soviet stage art.

One shot


The changes in the culture and mindset of short film and short films in the last decade have in turn led to a society expecting short and concise things to say. However, the magic of cinema continues to remain in the hall with the lights turned off, in the deep silence. The most important and real feeling in the history of the creation of the documentary film “Hevq” by Gagik Ghazare, a participant in the 44 Days, is the Land. There is nothing more real than the Land.

The lost sounds of dying instruments


Armenian national musical instruments are diverse and have a history spanning thousands of years. However, today only the duduk is very popular, unlike other instruments, which are also called “dying instruments.” By rediscovering the lost sounds of dying instruments, perhaps we will be more complete and balanced.

National dance


National dance is the living environment where the character, value system, and historical experience of our people have been preserved. National dance reflects our spirit, our collective strength, and our inner discipline. Knowledge of national dance is not a technical skill, but a deep recognition and awareness of national identity. How did the Genocide, deportations, and repressions of the Soviet period against the Armenian people affect and what consequences did they have on national dance?

Contemporary Art


Contemporary art, as a restless thought of time, a questioning and intervention of the world, an attempt to formulate a way of life, to whom is it addressed and does it need to find an audience? John Cage's "4.33", the performances of Beuys, Marina Abramović, Catalani, as the most vivid manifestations and new meanings of contemporary art, suggest seeing new possibilities in this ever-changing world.

His Holiness the Patriarch left the Mother Cathedral and distributed blessings to everyone


The clergy of the Aragatsotn Diocese participated in the service not in Byurakan, as planned, but in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. During this joint ceremony, those present raised prayers to God for the vigilance of the Armenian Patriarch, the steadfastness of the Armenian Apostolic Holy Church, the current incarcerated Archbishops Mkrtich, Bagrat, Michael and Arshak, Priest Garegin, and those in unjust imprisonment and captivity. At the end of the ceremony, the Patriarch addressed his fatherly message to the thousands of people gathered in the Mother Cathedral and in the courtyard of the Mother Monastery, who had come to express their support for the church and its enthroned. The Catholicos of All Armenians also addressed the ten bishops, calling on them to return to the canonical field and act only in accordance with the hierarchal order of our Holy Church.

Pepo


During the next program of the series "In the Pavilion: Around Literature and Art", prose writer Hovhannes Yeranyan talks about the significance of Gabriel Sundukyan's comedy "Pepo" as one of the foundations of new Armenian theater and Armenian cinema.