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Catholicosate of Cilicia
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Armenian version: nian.htm
HIS HOLINESS ARAM I EXTENDS GREETINGS ON THE OCCASION OF THE 90TH
ANNIVERSARY
OF ARMENOLOGIST LEVON KHATCHIGIAN
The Mashdots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts (Madenataran) in Yerevan has
organized a conference dedicated to well known Armenologist Levon Khachigian’s
90th anniversary. Khachigian is the founder and the long-standing director
of the bibliotheque.
In his address to the conference, His Holiness Aram I had the following to
say about Khachigian:
a) "Levon Khachigian is one of the great faces of 20th century Armenian
philology. Through his philological, historical and resource-related
expertise, he occupies a unique place in the field of Armenian philology.
Through his several and diverse publications, Levon Khachigian has left a
lasting mark particularly on the science of studying source and history. His
series on Armenian manuscripts, his works on medieval Armenian immigrant
communities and economics, his studies on Armenian educational centers and
the history of Armenian intellectual thought- all of them prepare with a
scientific approach and significant research- have transformed Levon
Khachigian into a great Armenologist. Levon Khachigian’s role in the
founding, management and advancement of the Masdots Madenataran in Yerevan,
remains irreplaceable."
b) Stressing the need to revitalize the field of Armenological studies,
the Pontiff said: "The great Armenological legacy Levon Khachigian leaves
should become a guideline and a challenge to all other Armenologists.
Armenology should become one of the most essential aspects of our culture
today. Both the state and the church should exert special efforts together
to develop Armenology in Armenia and the Diaspora for the sake of enriching
and spreading our intellectual and spiritual values."
Close ties bind together the Catholicosate of Cilicia and the Mashdots
Madenatarn in Yerevan. As a result of this cooperation, a conference on
Cilician culture was organized in Antleias last year and new projects are
being planned in the field of Armenology.
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The Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia is one of the two Catholicosates of
the Armenian Orthodox Church. For detailed information about the history and
the mission of the Cilician Catholicosate, you may refer to the web page of
the Catholicosate, The Cilician
Catholicosate, the administrative center of the church is located in
Antelias, Lebanon.