Matenadaran
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The Matenadaran, officially the Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts, is the largest center for the storage, study and popularization of Armenian manuscripts, combining the functions of a
View of the Matenadaran
The manuscripts that later became the core of the Matenadaran collection were kept, before nationalization, at this building constructed in 1911 at the Etchmiadzin monastery.
The main/old building of the Matenadaran
The statues of Mesrop Mashtots and his disciple Koryun by Ghukas Chubaryan (1962).
Gregory of Narek
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Grigor Narekatsi was an Armenian mystical and lyrical poet, monk, and theologian. He is venerated as a saint in the Armenian Apostolic and Catholic Churches and was declared a Doctor of the Church by
Portrait of Gregory from an 1173 manuscript from Cilician Armenia
Gregory was based throughout his life at the monastery of Narek (Narekavank), seen here circa 1900. His chapel-mausoleum was located inside the monastery walls before it was destroyed in the mid-20th century.
A 1173 manuscript of the Book of Lamentations
Grigor Narekatsi by Arshak Fetvadjian (1863–1947).