FIRST TWO PARTS OF "TWO PILGRIMS" NOVEL BY ARCHIMANDRITE SAHAK MASHALIAN PUBLISHED

Noyan Tapan
Jun 13 2007

ETCHMIADZIN, JUNE 13, NOYAN TAPAN. The Publishing Department of the
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin with the assistance of Catholicos
of All Armenians Karekin II published the first and second parts
of Archimandrite Sahak Mashalian’s three-part novel under the title
"Two Pilgrims." The novel has been published with the sponsorship of
Mkhitar Heratsi Medical University of Yerevan.

As Noyan Tapan was informed from the Information Services of
the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, the book is dedicated to
two outstanding figures of Armenian church in the 18th century,
Patriarches Hovhannes Kolot and Grigor Shghtayakir, who with their
mission left an unforgettable trace in the national history of
Armenian people. The life of these two monks who were the pupils of
Hrashagorts Archimandrite Vardan is a great lesson for devout pilgrims
of all times.

Archimandrite Sahak Mashalian, Deputy Head of Gevorgian Theological
Seminary, presents the readers an interesting historical novel, which
is a novelty for our religious literature with its great mystical
deeds and fantastic illustrations.

At first the novel had been written in Western Armenian and was
translated into Eastern Armenian by the Publishing Department.