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Festive events dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Heroic Battle Musa Ler in Nor Musaler


Over the last four days, all residents of Musa Ler arriving from various corners of the world to Armenia, were celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Heroic Battle Musa Ler. 100 years old Hovhannes Balabanyan recollects his past life and what they experienced as they were leaving their villages of Musa Ler in 1939.

 
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“Three Apples Fell from Heaven”: Awards ceremony of 7th Festival of Story-Telling and Dialect


The qualifying round of the festival was held in the regions of Armenia. The selected participants competed in Hovhannes Tumanyan Museum for two days, which hosted the award ceremony in September 20.

 
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Freedom fighter Armen Bayramyan – a participant of “We Stand with Our Soldier”


Over the course of the charity program “We Stand with Our Soldier” initiated by Ararat Patriarchal Diocese for the last two years, more than 600 families of military servants were provided with financial support. The participant of this program, freedom fighter Armen Bayramyan notes, that this service is first of all a huge psychological support to the military servants and their families.
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Miracle of Muron: the story of Jivan Gevorgyan from Berkarat


Fellow countrymen of 23 year old Jivan Gevorgyan call him “omnipresent”. However, Heghine, his aunt, believes it to be a miracle of Muron that today Jivan lives a whole life…
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Richard Bona in Yerevan to participate in Yerevan Jazz Fest


One of the most influential jazz musicians of the world Richard Bona is in Yerevan to partake in Yerevan Jazz Fest. Renowned bassist met with the journalists before the concert.

 
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Concert to Muron Blessing in Culture House of Etchmiadzin


Only 1 day before the official opening of the academic year, the students of Gevorkian Theological Seminary organized a concert in Etchmiadzin Culture House dedicated to the Muron blessing ceremony. The audience was remarkably rich in school children.

Following the Traces of Past


Andranik Kantarjian and Deacon Davit Saribekyan can bee often seen in the most remote and hidden archaeological sites. Andranik Kantarjian, who’s a trainer-pedagogue by profession, yet his hobby is archaeology and ethnography, and he’s managed to infect also Deacon Davit. He thinks Davit is the best friend to travel with. The friends save a number of archaeological sites and materials from plunderers: Andranik now owns a collection of around 300 valuable samples, which he cares for like his own child.
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Gospel of Mark 9. 29-36


“He said to them: “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men. They will kill him, and after three days he will rise”. But they did not understand what he meant and were afraid to ask him about it”.
Why did Christ again talk about His sufferings? Why didn’t His disciples again understand Him? Why did Christ say that anyone who wanted to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all? Father Markos Mangasaryan provides explanations.

 
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Supreme Patriarch received the American Armenian pilgrims and the deacon wounded on the Armenian bor


Supreme Patriarch received the pilgrims from White Plains, USA, and Deacon Hovhannes Galstyan wounded in one of the military units of Karabakh.

 
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Bishop Bagrat Galstanyan officially assumed the leadership of Tavush Diocese


On September 6, Nerses Shnorhali Church of Ijevan was full of pilgrims arriving from different places of Armenia and Yerevan to congratulate the newly-appointed Primate of Tavush Bishop Bagrat Galstanyan. The former leader Archbishop Yeznik Petrosyan handed him the leader’s wand wishing him success in his service and to bring a new breath to Tavush.

 
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Armenian embroidery traditions renewed in the Gallery “Art and Legend”


The Gallery “Art and Legend” opened in Armenia is the result of Armenian-German cooperation enabling to restore the forgotten ornaments of embroidery and their symbolism.

 
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Lecture by Hrach Martirosyan in Komitas Museum-Institute


Linguist, professor in Leiden University Hrach Martirosyan delivered a lecture in Komitas Museum-Institute on the topic “Origin of Armenian Music in the Light of Language Data”.