FIRST AND SECOND PARTS OF "TWO PILGRIMS" NOVEL BY ARCHIMANDRITE SAHAK MASHALIAN PUBLISHED
Noyan Tapan
Jun 19 2007
YEREVAN, JUNE 19, NOYAN TAPAN. The first and the second parts of the
three-part "Two Pilgrims" novel written by the archimandrite Sahak
Mashalian was published by the publishing department of the Mother
See of Holy Etchmiadzin with the blessing of the Supreme Patriarch
and Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II. The novel was published
due to the sponsorship of the Yerevan State Medical University after
Mkhitar Heratsi.
The book is dedicated to the two prominent figures of the Armenian
Church of the 18th century, patriarchs Hovhannes Kolot and Grigor
Shghtayakir, who have left an unforgettable trace in the national
history of the Armenian people with their mission. The lives of these
two monks, who were the disciples of the miracle-worker archimandrite
Vardan, contain lessons for religious pilgrims of all periods.
The archimandrite Sahak Mashalian, the supervisor of the Gevorgian
seminary, following the evangelical traces of their life, introduces
to the reader an interesting novel that is a novelty in our religious
literature with its mystic heroic deeds and imaginary illustrations.
According to the information provided to Noyan Tapan by the Information
Service of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, the novel was at first
written in Eastern Armenian and then translated into Western Armenian
by the Publishing Department of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.