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.

Persian Sufi poetry


The two greatest figures of Persian Sufi poetry, Rumi and Hafez, lived and created a century apart. But both sought God in love and freedom. Rumi leads man on a spiritual path where the ego is burned to reveal the truth. And Hafez travels the same path with a smile, with irony, with a glass of wine.

Yervand Kochar


During the next program of the series "In the Pavilion: Around Literature and Art", prose writer Hovhannes Yeranyan tells about the persecutions, art, achievements and conquests of Yervand Kochar.

The unfinished ending of Cascade


The Municipality has announced that the construction of the upper part of the Cascade is beginning according to the project they have proposed. Meanwhile, there is an original, founding, approved, unfortunately, incompletely implemented project, co-authored by Jim Torosyan, Sargis Gurzadyan, Aslan Mkhitaryan. In fact, the north-south axis of the capital's plan will be broken. The Municipality's talk about the Cascade is peppered with worrying quotes from architects, but the presented project indicates otherwise.

Literary 2025


The year was full of literary events, anniversaries, and new and important publications. The “Parallel Readings” program series covered almost all the important events of the literary year, presented the literary events, and presented various literary issues with thematic programs. In the last program of this year’s “Parallel Readings” program series, literary critics Hayk Hambardzumyan and Arkmenik Nikoghosyan summarize the literary 2025.

Vigen Galstyan


The exhibition “Currents of Modernism: Diaspora Armenian Art from the Iron Curtain to the Present” has opened at the National Gallery of Armenia. Presenting around 100 works by more than forty artists, the exhibition reveals the complex and often overlooked connections that formed in the mid-20th century between Soviet and Diaspora Armenian arts and artists. The exhibition’s curator, Vigen Galstyan, Head of the Exhibition Department of the National Gallery of Armenia, spoke at “Artfocus” about the exhibition and the important cultural events that took place at the National Gallery of Armenia in the past year.

The Armenian Heritage of Constantinople: Beyoglu's Holy Trinity Church


About 50,000 Armenians live in Istanbul. There are 33 Armenian churches. The largest in the Beyoglu district is the Holy Trinity, which was built in 1838. The architects are the famous Karapet Palyan, Hovhannes Serveryan, and master Minas. In the northern courtyard of the Holy Trinity Church is the tomb of the Catholicos of All Armenians Hakob Jughayetsi (1598-1680).

Vahagn Ter-Hakobyan


Cinematographer Vahagn Ter-Hakobyan is convinced that one should always be a student in life, in order to grow and change. Art critic Anahit Margaryan spoke with Vahagn Ter-Hakobyan, founder and vice president of the Cinematographers Guild of Armenia.

Ruben Hakhverdyan: song and poetry


What artistic and poetic features do the lyrics of Ruben Hakhverdyan's songs have, what thematic directions do they have, can we consider those lyrics poems and why? Literary critics Hayk Hambardzumyan and Arkmenik Nikoghosyan discuss the topic on the "Parallel Readings" program.

Priests of the Aragatsotn Diocese Confirm Their Faithfulness to Their Vow


With the blessing of the Primate of the Aragatsotn Diocese, Bishop Proshyan, the faithful participated in a liturgy and united prayer at the 7th century St. John's Church in the village of Voskevaz, Aragatsotn region. Those present prayed for the steadfastness of the Armenian Apostolic Holy Church, for the Primate of the Diocese, Bishop Mkrtich, who is currently in prison, and for other clergy, as well as for those who are in captivity for defending the homeland and the church.

A discussion-presentation of Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan’s book “Defeating Ourselves” took place


The presentation took place without the presence of the Holy Father. The first two chapters of the book include excerpts from the pontiff’s previous books, “With a Vision of the Promised Land” and “Mind and Bank.” The continuation includes the author’s articles and conversations on the unity of the state-church-nation. The book offers solutions to obstacles that have arisen in various areas, anchored on the Christian value system.

The concept of one's own country in international law


Forcibly displaced Artsakh residents have the right to demand to return to their own country, and for this it is not at all necessary to accept Azerbaijani citizenship. Anna Sargsyan spoke with human rights expert Ara Ghazaryan about the legal definition of the concept of "one's own country", as well as the restoration of the violated rights of Artsakh residents, and the violations of the rights of prisoners of war and other detainees held in Baku.