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- THE FIRST TREE OF THE FUTURE PARK
The planting of the first plane tree beside the statue of Mesrop Mashtots marked the launch of a new park adjacent to Matenadaran. The initiative brings together the preservation of cultural and natural heritage. Opening remarks were delivered by Matenadaran Director Ara Khzmalyan, Secretary General of Armenia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Davit Karapetyan, Executive Director - A NEW VOLUME IN THE “MEDIEVAL ARMENIAN TRANSLATED LITERATURE” SERIES HAS BEEN PUBLISHED
Matenadaran hosted the presentation of the critical edition of Aristotle’s Metaphysics, translated into Classical Armenian by the distinguished seventeenth-century scholar Stepanos Lehatsi. The Metaphysics, known in Armenian as Girk Bnatsantsakanats, is a foundational work of philosophy and epistemology. Lehatsi translated it from the accurate Latin version produced by Bessarion, a Greek archbishop who later became - ARA KHZMALYAN, DIRECTOR OF THE MATENADARAN, HAS BEEN ELECTED A MEMBER OF THE ”ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE DE BIBLIOPHILIE (AIB)’
The decision was made at a meeting of the Association’s Board held in Geneva in September 2026. The Director of the Matenadaran was officially informed of his election in a letter from the Association’s Secretary-General, Louise Amazan, Head of the Rare Books Department at the National Library of France. The Association Internationale de Bibliophilie brings - MATENADARAN DIRECTOR ARA KHZMALYAN RECEIVES A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION AT BZOMMAR MONASTERY
A ceremony was held at Bzommar Monastery to present Ara Khzmalyan, Director of the Mesrop Mashtots Matenadaran, with a Certificate of Appreciation in recognition of his significant contribution to preserving Armenian manuscript heritage and his efforts to strengthen cooperation with the Monastery.Over the past three years, professional cooperation between the Matenadaran and Bzommar Monastery has - A MILESTONE IN COOPERATION WITH MATENADARAN: NEW MANUSCRIPT REPOSITORY AND ARCHIVES OPEN AT BZOMMAR MONASTERY
The newly built manuscript repository and archives have been inaugurated at Bzommar Monastery. This significant event marks an important milestone in the development of scientific and cultural cooperation between the Mesrop Mashtots Matenadaran and Bzommar Monastery. The opening ceremony was presided over by His Beatitude Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian, Armenian Catholic Catholicos-Patriarch of Cilicia. Those - AS PART OF THE “ARMENIAN CULTURAL DAYS” EVENTS, YVETTE TAJARIAN, HEAD OF MATENADARAN’S MUSEUM, TRAVELLED TO GERMANY
From October 15 to 25, as part of the “Armenian Cultural Days” events, Yvette Tajarian, Head of Matenadaran’s Museum, travelled to Germany at the invitation of the Armenian community of Baden-Württemberg and the Sevrugian Foundation. She is also a member of the Foundation’s Executive Board. An exhibition dedicated to the 30th anniversary of André Sevrugian’s - NEW PARTNERSHIP, NEW PROSPECTS: MATENADARAN DELEGATION VISITS THE HOLY SPIRIT UNIVERSITY OF KASLIK
At the university, the delegation was welcomed by Father Fadi Kmeid, Head of the Library, who arranged a special tour introducing the work of the restoration and digitization departments. The tour was followed by a discussion outlining potential areas of future cooperation, particularly joint projects to restore Armenian written heritage in Lebanon, the work of - A DELEGATION LED BY KHALED EL-ENANY, DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNESCO, WHO ARRIVED IN ARMENIA IN CONNECTION WITH COP17, VISITED MATENADARAN
Accompanied by Aram Hakobyan, Permanent Delegate of Armenia to UNESCO, the distinguished guest toured Matenadaran’s museum, viewed exceptional examples of Armenian manuscript heritage, and visited the Restoration Department and the laboratories dedicated to the restoration and study of Arabic-script manuscripts. At the conclusion of the visit, Khaled El-Enany made an entry in Matenadaran’s guestbook: “I