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In the 9th century, Shirakavan (Շիրակավան) was the capital of the Armenian kingdom of the Bagratids and remained so for 40 years. In the 9th century, the Bagratids managed to conquer Armenia from the Arab Caliphate. In 885, Ashot I Bagratuni acceded to the throne, and both the Caliph and the Byzantine emperor were forced …
Everything that was said about Ararat was true: all the clichés which used to make me smile turned out to be correct. For a couple of days, I tried to resist Ararat. But I would see the contours of the mountain everywhere – they would loom at the end of the city blocks, filling the …
In the courtyard of the monastery of the Holy Apostles in Mush, at the tombstone of Mushegh and Vahan Mamikonyans once stood Vardan Vardapet, the last caretaker of the monastery and a defender of the Armenian liberation struggle and the fedayi troops. In 1915, the genocidal Turks invaded the monastery of the Holy Apostles in …
Not far from the village of Chukuraia (modern Turkey), 5 kilometers from the city of Kechror (Gabeganq, Ayrarat province of Greater Armenia), the ancient Armenian monastery complex Tsarakar was discovered. Only ruins remain from this monastic structure, unfortunately. The complex consisted of a church, which had several entrances connected to each other, at least six …
Most Armenian manuscript books have been stolen and destroyed. The miraculously surviving samples of handwritten treasures are carefully preserved. The largest collection of manuscripts is kept in the Matenadaran repository of ancient manuscripts in Yerevan, Armenia. About 10 thousand of the surviving 25 thousand manuscripts are illustrated, of which 5-7 thousand are full miniatures. The …
The concert at the Bolshoi Theater scheduled for October 24 with the participation of Plácido Domingo, Yusif Eyvazov, and Anna Netrebko may be canceled. At the moment, negotiations are underway to rework the program since Maestro Plácido Domingo expressed a desire to reduce the participation of the Netrebko couple in the gala concert. In addition, …
Famous conductor and violinist Vladimir Spivakov joined the humanitarian initiative of the Assembly of Armenians and donated his honorarium for an upcoming concert to the Assembly Foundation to help the children of Artsakh. The Assembly of Armenians on behalf of the entire Armenian world expresses deep gratitude to Maestro Spivakov for his solidarity and support. …
Some non-governmental Turkish media draw attention to the fact that before the decision to convert Hagia Sophia in the Byzantine district of Istanbul from a museum to a mosque, many churches in eastern Turkey had been turned into mosques, one of which is now in Gaziantep (Ayntap, Historical Armenia). Called Surb Astvatsatsin, this church was …
The Armenian Church of St. Gevorg in the current central Turkish province of Çorum is in danger. Built in the early 1800s by the Armenian Kiryop family in Çorum, it is now used as a warehouse. Some time ago, the property owners approached the Çorum State Department of Culture and Tourism for funding to redesign …
The famous Turkish writer Elif Shafak, referring to the war unleashed by Azerbaijan against Artsakh, wrote a message on Twitter calling for peace. Shafak posted on her page the performance of the Armenian-Belgian musician cellist Szak Avanesyan, for the edification of the deaf and indifferent world, with the performance of Komitas’s “Crane” in the burnt …
The documentary film “Artsakh – The Last Front Line” was recently released. It covers the reasons, goals, and risks of the new war unleashed by Azerbaijan.
The Armenians took part in the establishment of the city of Novorossiysk in the Krasnodar Krai. How did they settle in Novorossiysk? What role did the representatives of Armenia play in the development of this city? What is the Armenian community in Novorossiysk today? Find answers to these questions in the radio broadcast below (in …
“I believe in the greatness of the Armenian soul. And my faith is not epic – it is the result of vast life experience. I saw and recognized the Armenian in battles. I saw and enjoyed the beauty of Aryan thinking. An Armenian always performs feats and heroism when his leaders are able to create …
Fatherland – “here is my faith, my family, here are the traces of the fathers” (Cicero). “I must defend the temples and shrines of our homeland” (Polax). This is how the young commander formulated his oath, forever leaving his name in the military lists of Rome. To be a citizen, according to Demosthenes, means “to …
An Armenian fights with more tenacity and heroism as a volunteer than as a soldier of compulsory service. He hates to act on orders and, even more so, to die on orders. He feels like a volunteer even in the obligatory service. This psychological phenomenon is due to the fact that for many centuries, due …
Under skillful leadership, the Armenian rushes into battle, ignores death, and readily sacrifices himself. And vice versa – in the absence of such, he loses inspiration, becomes discouraged. That is why the matter of the leader for the Armenian lies mainly in the moral and patriotic plane. It is unpatriotic and immoral when the unworthy, …
Komitas culture expert Artur Shahnazaryan in a recent interview said that Komitas’s music he plays is often interrupted by the sounds of Turkish music that is regularly played in the neighborhood. Shahnazaryan is not surprised by this, adding that it had been the same in the days of Komitas. Even in his memoirs, the great …
Armenian director Jivan Avetisyan’s “Gate to Heaven” was removed from the non-competitive program of the 42nd Moscow International Film Festival. According to “Zerkalo”, the Ministry of Culture has taken appropriate measures for this. The picture is not even mentioned on the website of the film festival, although as the Google archive shows, it used to …