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.

On Book Day, the Mother See donated nearly two hundred titles of literature to the Soldier's House


He donated about a hundred titles of literature from the Mother See's publications and an equal number of Armenological literature. The Soldier's House has a library, where the boys have the opportunity to get acquainted with selected contemporary world literature and find books in their field of interest.

Azerbaijan continues the war in the region


Azerbaijanis have recently been circulating the thesis that Bartholomew, one of the founding apostles of the Armenian Church, preached and was killed in Baku. It turns out that Azerbaijan is also pursuing a policy of appropriation towards Georgia and Iran. Anna Sargsyan spoke about this manifestation of hybrid warfare with Gor Margaryan, a researcher at the Geghard Foundation and a candidate of historical sciences.

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".

Benjamin Poghosyan after the 44-day war


Beniamin Poghosyan, a participant in the 44-day war, is a native of Gyumri. He graduated from the Yerevan State Academy of Fine Arts. On September 27, 2020, he was in the Mataghis military unit of the Defense Army. They had been warned about the impending war months ago. They were psychologically prepared. On October 2, he was seriously wounded in the legs by shrapnel from an anti-aircraft missile strike in Talish. He had not yet managed to understand the seriousness of his condition when he was wounded a second time by a cluster munition. Later, he learned that 12 of his friends had died and he was the only one who survived. Beniamin underwent 13 surgeries, received long rehabilitation treatment at the Soldier's House. And he met his wife at the Burn Center. Lusine, who helps wounded soldiers in the hospital on a voluntary basis, gave him a new life.

The Museum of Literature and Art organized an exhibition on the occasion of the 140th anniversary of Barsegh Kanachyan


The museum presented the violin of composer and conductor Barsegh Kanachyan, which his father bought with great hardship. Kanachyan was one of Komitas' five gifted students. The composer's choral works, solo songs written to the words of Armenian poets, arrangements of patriotic songs, and children's songs have been performed in the Diaspora and Armenia. On the occasion of the anniversary, students of the Barsegh Kanachyan Art School performed at the museum.

The church from Aghvan has been structurally part of the hierarchy of the Armenian Church


Vahe Torosyan, Deputy Director of the Mashtots Matenadaran for Scientific Affairs, delivered a lecture on the topic “The Catholicosate of Aghvan or Gandzasar in the Hierarchical System of the Armenian Church.” The historian touched upon the place and interrelationships of the Aghvan episcopate, and then the Catholicosate, in the hierarchy of the Armenian Church. He emphasized that the independence of the Aghvan Church is in no way justified.
 

Tatevik Shakhkulyan


Komitas Museum-Institute is Ten Years Old
In 1969, the need to create a Komitas Museum was discussed, but only ten years ago, in 2015, the tangran-institute, presenting the heritage of folklorist, musicologist, composer, performer, conductor, singer and poet Komitas, opened its doors to the public. Over the past ten years, the museum-institute has formed a musicological library, a scientific center, concert evenings and educational programs have been held in the concert hall. Numerous temporary exhibitions have been opened, books and articles dedicated to Komitas have been published. The most important achievements of the museum-institute, the events expected within the framework of the anniversary, and the development programs of the museum-institute were presented at “Artfocus” by Tatevik Shakhkulyan, the acting director of the Komitas Museum-Institute.

22 Spiritual servants were awarded on the occasion of the feast of St. Sarkis at the Araratian Pontifical Diocese


For ten consecutive years, with the blessing of the Patriarch of All Armenians and the initiative of Archbishop Navasard Kchoyan, on the occasion of the feast of St. Sarkis, a ceremony of awarding and encouraging servicemen and spiritual servants has been held at the Primate's Office of the Araratian Pontifical Diocese. This year, the Primate's Office hosted the spiritual leader of the Armenian Armed Forces, Archbishop Movses Sargsyan, and the spiritual servants.
 

The relic-bearing right hand of Warrior Sarkis was taken to the St. Sarkis Church in Ashtarak


For the first time, under the patriarchal direction of His Holiness the Catholicos of All Armenians and with the blessing of Bishop Mkrtich Proshyan, Primate of the Aragatsotn Diocese, the relic-bearing right hand of the commander Sargis was taken from the Mother See to the St. Sargis Church in Ashtarak. At the end of the liturgy and until the end of the feast, the pilgrims of the St. Sargis Church in Ashtarak had the opportunity to commune with the sacredness and receive the blessing emanating from it.
 

The celebration of the Feast of the Presentation of our Lord to the Temple was held for the first time since the reconsecration at the Mother Cathedral


The liturgy was followed by the pre-holiday service, then the first Andastan Order of the year took place. Under the leadership of the Patriarch of All Armenians, the four corners of the world, the Republic of Armenia, the Armenian Patriarchate, monasteries, all settlements and people were blessed. Under the hymn "Christ is Glorious", His Holiness conveyed the life-giving light symbolizing Jesus Christ to the faithful with a lit candle from the lampstand of the Holy Altar of the Descent of the Mother Cathedral. At the end of the ceremony, the procession of the clergy headed to the enclosure of the monastic building of the Mother See, where the Patriarch of All Armenians lit the bonfire of the Feast of the Presentation.

After the occupation of Shushi, the young couple from Artsakh gave up on their dream


The Artsakh couple has had to overcome many trials in recent years, going through the horrors of war, blockade, and forced displacement. Now they are trying to adapt to the new situation: the husband works, the wife takes care of their first child.