The invention of Armenian writing


During the episode of the program "The Invention of Armenian Writing" on ""In the pavilion", Father Ararat Poghosyan and prose writer Hovhannes Yeranyan discuss one of the greatest events in Armenian history and culture - the invention of Armenian writing. What role did the church play in this process and what did this greatest event give to the Armenian people?

Persecutions against the Armenian Church during the Soviet Atheism


The author of the program series “In the Pavilion”, prose writer Hovhannes Yeranyan and the director of the Matenadaran and Publishing Department of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Father Ararat Poghosyan, will discuss the relationship between the Armenian Apostolic Church, Armenian history, and Armenian culture in the coming months. The topic of the first program is the persecution and violence against the Armenian Church during the Soviet Atheism. How was the church able to emerge victorious from that difficult situation, and what does it remind us of today?

Vazgen I


The influence of Catholicos Vazgen I on the prosperity of the Seminary was great. In 1945-51, the Seminary had 35 students, of whom only 6 managed to graduate. In the first years of Vazgen I’s Catholicosate, only 60 students arrived from the Diaspora. Vazgen I did everything to ensure that the Church became one of the most effective bridges uniting Armenia and the Diaspora.

Sculptor Ara Sargsyan


Writer Hovhannes Yeranyan tells about the activities of sculptor and painter Ara Sargsyan. At a young age, he was involved in the NEMESIS operation and discovered the former Turkish prime minister in Italy, after whom the program participants killed him, Ara Sargsyan left for Vienna to study. In reality, it was a business trip to discover the leaders of the Young Turks in Germany.

Hasmik


Writer Hovhannes Yeranyan tells about the path of actress Hasmik Papyan. She was the first actress to be awarded the title of People's Artist. She was also the first female deputy of the Supreme Council. Yeghishe Charents dedicated a poem to her on the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of her activities.

Yeghishe Tadevosyan


Yeghishe Tadevosyan is one of the most prominent Armenian painters of the 19th-20th centuries. He spent his childhood in the Mother See. After graduating from the Moscow Art School, he was appointed a teacher of painting at the Gevorgyan Theological Seminary.

Vahagn Demirchoghlyan


A student of the Gevorgyan Seminary, who is ordained a priest and serves in the Igdir church, independently achieves such successes in the field of atomic physics that amaze and amaze the greatest scientists in the field.

Archbishop Gabriel Aivazovsy


Archbishop Hovhannes Aivazovsky, being a Catholic priest, rebelled against the edict of Pope Zion of Rome concerning the Armenians, was persecuted and returned to the Armenian Apostolic Church. The skilled publicist and educator was the superintendent of the Gevorgyan Theological Seminary and played a role in improving the theological subjects taught there.

Yeghishe Charents: Road Book


During the next program of the series “In the Pavilion: About Literature and Art,” prose writer Hovhannes Yeranyan talks about the influence of his collection Road Book on the fate of Yeghishe Charents, about the poet’s persecution and death.

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.

Armen Gulakyan


Director Armen Gulakyan directed the first Armenian State Theater for many years, which was named after Gabriel Sundukyan at his suggestion. Gulakyan also directed the Spendiaryan Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet. The productions he produced at both places are considered masterpieces in the history of those two theaters.

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.