COLLECTION OF MATERIALS OF “BIBLICAL ARMENIA” FORUM PUBLISHED

Noyan Tapan
May 18 2006

ASHTARAK, MAY 18, NOYAN TAPAN. The collection of materials of the
“Biblical Armenia” forum taken place in 1999 in the Surb Mesrop
Mashtots Dpratun (scholars’ house) of Oshakan within the framework
of the 1700th anniversary of adopting the Christianity in Armenia,
was published recently. Publications found place in the voluminous
collection touch upon mentionings about Armenia in the Bible,
paculiarities of its Armenian translation, the huge influence of the
Holy Book on the Armenian Church, culture and public life. The book
was published by the decree of Archbishop Navasard Kjoyan, the primate
vicar of the Araratian Patriarchal Diocese and under the patronage
of RA Central Bank head Tigran Sargsian.