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Hovhannes ChekijyanHovhannes Chekijyan is said to be the biggest phenomenon of the music art of century. The walking “classics” has a rich, profuse biography: performing with 55 Orchestras of the world, France, Greece, USA, Switzerland, former USSR countries, more than 700 pieces of work in the setlist of the Orchestra. |
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Henrik from MughniHenrik lives in Mughni. He was eight when he participated in Divine Liturgy with his cousin and rose up on altar first time. Henrik has many hobbies, such as chess, football, foreign languages, but he dutifully goes to Church every Sunday because he has certain things to do there... |
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Varazdat HambardzumyanNational master Varazdat Hambardzumyan recalls 1992, when cold silence dominated everywhere and it was so hard to live. It was then that he created his first khachkar (cross stone).
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Karine PiliposyanKarine Piliposyan is a criminalist by specialty, however, she has never dealt with that field since her graduation of Yerevan State University. She works in the National Center of Aesthetics since its foundation and leads the section on handicraft there. Karine Piliposyan feels lucky that such a deflection happened in her life and the inner artist in her won. |
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Ruben Hovsepyan"God is in me, therefore I strive for perfection... And every single man is like that, as much God as he can place within himself, as much he can say that God is in me". This is how Ruben Hovsepyan, writer, screenwriter, interpret the title of TV series, thus exposing himself... |
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Ararat SargsyanArarat Sargsyan, a painter-sculptor, spent his childhood in Leninakan. The road from the school to the House of Pioneer passed by the Church. That mysterious building was present as a splendid architectural monument only, nothing more could be discerned then… Later in his life, the artist started reading the Bible. It appeared to him like an abstruse book which somewhat resembled to a fairy-tale. “Then, little by little, my life began to translate into that half fairy-tale”, - tells Ararat Sargsyan. The artist shares his thoughts on his findings about his passed roads, identity and human essence. |
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Robert Melkeyan“God in me, means the honest is in me, the pure in me. That is, to sin as little as possible in your life”, this is the simple formula that Robert Melkeyan, Art Director of the National Chamber Orchestra of Armenia uses to live and create.
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Tigran HekekyanTigran Hekekyan, well-known conductor, professor of Yerevan State Conservatory after Komitas, was baptized in 32, in Jerusalem. He got married in 43, and now is a father of four children. The Maestro tells about his unforgettable impressions, when he first took the Bible on his hand and came to know the spiritual music. |
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Sona HovhannisyanThe life and profession of Sona Hovhannisyan, Artistic Director of Hover Chamber Choir, is one piece of painting, which she alone tries to make whole. ''I have no religious educational background, which means I was robbed of the world music, painting, history of art, which topics are wholly and entirely based on the spiritual heritage'', says the musician. "So much is missing in our lives because of that lack of education, but nonetheless, we should not get frustrated, but rather try to recover our losses and be content with the life with the joy of a founder". |
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Hovhannes YeranyanHovhannes Yeranyan, writer publicist, confesses that for many years he considered himself a believer and never made an effort to see another person as one of his like. He believes that anyone can change. He says that he personally has changed and he believes that other people can change too. He considers his 'craft' -- literature, as a service. |
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Davit MuradyanDavit Muradyan, writer, film expert, spent his childhood in the outdoors of St. Zoravor Church as his grandfather, his mother's dad, was the last chimer of St. Katoghike Church. He still remembers the numerous questions he was asking on the roads of his childhood holding his mother's hand. Later, he tries to find the answers in the literature, music and painting, in the internal fight with false soviet values. |
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Davit MinasyanDavit Minasyan is known to many as the sculptor of nowadays' statutes "The Men"', "The Yard-Keeper", "The Musician", "Man of the World", located in Yerevan.For many, he is a man of theatre -set designer in 'Hamazgayin' State Theatre, lecturer of State Institute of Theatre and Cinema. |