JUBILEE ARRANGEMENTS DEDICATED TO 1600TH ANNIVERSARY OF CREATION OF
ARMENIAN ALPHABET TO START IN MAY-JUNE

YEREVAN, January 20 (Noyan Tapan). The process of the fulfillment of
the instructions given during the last sitting was presented at the
sitting of the Commission on Holding of Jubilee Arrangements on the
Occasion of the 1600th anniversary of the creation of the Armenian
alphabet. Issues regarding the place of the holding of over 20
arrangements, the terms of their holding, those responsible for the
holding of these arrangements and financial provision were specified
as a result of the discussions. According to the elaborated program,
the jubilee cerebrations will start in May-June with the holding of
the republican festival of recitation, open lessons in schools and
higher schools, the competitions of compositions, student scientific
sessions, scientific and cultural arrangements dedicated to the 1600th
anniversary of the creation of the Armenian alphabet, as well as the
organization of the electronic conference entitled “Informational
Technologies and the Armenian Alphabet”. The republican symposium on
sculpture will be held in Artashat in August. The international
conference of the Armenian Studies dedicated to the 1600th anniversary
of the creation of the Armenian alphabet will be held in September.

The jubilee celebrations will reach their apogee in October, when the
theatrical performance depicting Mesrop Mashtots’s return to the
Homeland will be held. At the same time, “Targmanchats Ton” (the
holiday of translators) will be celebrated in Oshakan, and the solemn
arrangement will be held at the Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet
after Al. Spendiarov in Yerevan. Different arrangements to be held in
Yerevan, the regions of the republic, Artsakh, Javakhk and the
Diaspora during the whole year will be widely covered by the mass
media. According to the RA government’s press service, RA Prime
Minister Andranik Margarian, the Chairman of the Commission,
instructed to sum up once again the results of the sitting till
February 15, taking into account all the proposals, and submit the
final variant of the program to the commission for approval at the
next sitting.