The Cathedral of St. Vartan is the first cathedral of the Armenian Apostolic Church in North America. Built in 1969, it has been designed to resemble ancient Armenian temples. The construction of the cathedral had been conceived back in 1926 when the young Armenian community of New York raised 100 thousand dollars. Three years later, …
One of the greatest medieval Armenian philosophers, scientists, theologians, poets, mathematicians, cosmologists, and a successor of the traditions of Aristotle was Hovhannes Imastasser (Hovhannes Sarkavag, 1047-1129). Little is known about his biography. The information that we have comes from a manuscript biography rewritten in 1375. The author of this manuscript, apparently, lived in the middle …
The Mush plain is a small fertile plain situated in the middle reaches of the Aratsani River (Murad) where it connects with its tributary Meghraget (Karasu). “Msho Dasht” (Մշո դաշտ) means “Mush plain” in Armenian. According to an ancient Armenian legend, goddess Anahit loved to swim in the waters of the Meghraget river at night. …
At the age of 18, a Norwegian young man Christian Lindgren left school and began to travel the world in search of adventure, as well as to follow his passion for photography. By the age of 27, he had already visited 97 countries, including Armenia, taking highly interesting photographs. This was reported by British tabloid …
In San Marino, a presentation of the Italian translation of the novel of French film director and playwright Henri Verneuil (born Ashot Malakian) “Mayrig” (“Mother”) was held recently. Verneuil shot the film “Mayrig” based on his novel as well. As the Radio and Television of San Marino reports, the event was held under the auspices …
In a 90 km drive northeast of the lively capital of Armenia Yerevan, the highway narrows, turning into mountain roads. You drive into the Tavush Province famous for its resort town of Dilijan. An unusually hot and humid summer makes vacationers flock to the “Armenian Switzerland” not only from all over the country but also …
Monument “Hands of Friendship” is located in the Circular Park in Yerevan. In 1967, the fragments of the monument were brought to Yerevan from the Italian city of Carrara. According to the official agreement signed in 1973, Yerevan and Carrara are twin cities. However, their actual cooperation began in the early 1960s. In 1965, a …
The Church of St. Astvatsatsin crowns the heights of the Yerevan quarter of Nork. The church is located not far from the former villa residence of the Ter-Avetikyan family, famous entrepreneurs of that time. The church was destroyed by an earthquake of 1679. At the beginning of the 20th century, it was rebuilt with the …
The “Komitas” disc continues the international popularization of Armenian music. Every culture has a future if it lives, constantly breathes, attracts international interest, and if it is of universal human value. Armenian music is deep and universal, and it can become an important key to the perception of ancient civilizations. One of the most important …
We present to you three very vivid films about the Armenian church and serf architecture, as well as the beautiful nature of the surrounding ancient temples and fortresses. The first film is about the monastery of Tatev. Tatev Monastery (Armenian: Տաթևի վանք) is an Armenian monastery complex of the late 9th – early 10th centuries …
Turkish soldiers have used the St. Bartholomew’s Church located in the territory of a Turkish military base as a toilet for many years. The Kurdish agency DIHA reports about this. The agency’s correspondent visited the church and asked the competent authorities about the future of the shrine. He found out that after the Armenian Genocide, …
On February 7, 2016, the prestigious British newspaper “The Guardian” published an article in which Armenia was mentioned as a likely birthplace of wine since it was in this country that the oldest wine cellars in the world were found in Areni-1 cave. “It was here, in modern-day Armenia in 2011, that archaeologists discovered the …
“We always repeat that our Church is national, that it is the basis of all Armenian, and this is complete truth. However, this does not mean at all that attendance at the church is just one of the national features. For an Armenian, it is not enough to be good in secular duties in order …
Hamida Khanum – the wife of Azerbaijani enlightener and satirical writer Jalil Huseyngulu oglu Mammadguluzadeh (Mirza Jalil) – in her memoirs about the illness and the last years of her husband’s life writes how the impotence of doctors to cure the sick writer was overcome with Armenian mulberry vodka and pepper. This was reported by …
Back in 2016, Azerbaijani media spread the message that Alinja fortress located on the territory of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic near Old Jugha is being restored. In particular, it was reported that the wide-scale restoration works which had begun in 2014 were close to completion, and that the official opening of the restored fortress and …
The ancient Armenian New Year – the holiday Navasard – was celebrated on August 11. This holiday symbolized the victory of the legendary patriarch of the Armenian people Hayk over the Babylonian tyrant Bel. According to Armenian historian Movses Khorenatsi, in 2492 BC, the victory of Hayk over Bel marked the beginning of the country …
I had a virtual opponent who was “good” beyond imagination and who dreamt of freeing the Karabakh Armenians from the “Armenian occupation”. Yes, yes, my reader, this is not my typo, but a real dream that my interlocutor is regularly voicing to me in written form. And this exotic thought is not the only one …
If you are not armed, you are always weak and defenseless. Weapons are a privilege of a free man. No one will protect you better than yourself. Armenians have been deprived of the right to carry weapons for many centuries. Presently, using arms should be taught not only to soldiers but also to civilians. Do …