The Armenian Church annually celebrates “Holy Translators’ Day” on the second Saturday of October as the holiday of Armenian literature and culture revived by the first translations of Mesrop Mashtots and his godsons. The opening of the celebration takes place in village Oshakan, near the monument devoted to Armenian alphabet. This year we celebrate the “Translators’ Day” […]
Erebouni – Yerevan
This festivity is of utmost importance one among the national holidays, and we celebrate it every autumn mostly in October. This autumn we’ll celebrate the 2792nd anniversary of Erebouni – Yerevan. Indeed, a great event for such a small country with about three million population, but who can be proud of the ancient history and culture. […]
Translators day: a one thousand six hundred years old traditions
Translator’s day October 9 a holiday celebrating a one thousand six hundred years old traditions in Armenia In 405 B.C., Mesrop Mashtots created the Armenian alphabet and together with his co-workers and pupils laid the foundations of Armenian-language literature. The first sentence translated into Armenian was: “To know wisdom and instruction, to perceive the words of […]
20 year old New Armenia – the day of independence
On September 21, 2011, the Republic of Armenia will celebrate the 20th anniversary of its independence; a difficult and a long way of 20 years which since the first day has been full of difficulties, great changes, acquisitions and achievements. On August 23, 1990, when there was only one year left for the existence of […]
95 Anniversary of Musaler Battles
The monument “Musaler”, symbolizing selfdefense battles in Musaler village, is located on the way to Echmiatsin. On September 19 of the current year, we’re going to celebrate the 95th anniversary of the self-defense battles in Musaler. On this occasion we had a talk to the monument gallery manager Anush Malkhasyan and Vardges Martiryan the secretary […]
The Significance of September 2 in Nagorno-Karabakh
Independence is, as a rule, achieved due to hard struggle, but becomes a result of mass destruction, loss of human beings and worsening of social life. Being a part of the world globalization modern countries are inclined to achieve independence only by means of diplomatic relations and peaceful communication. September 2 is a significance day in the […]
Grape Blessing Day
Feast of The Assumption of the St. Mary Among the most beloved ceremonies in the Armenian Traditional Feasts, is the ceremony of Grape Blessing, which is held on Sunday usually following or proceeding August 15. The occasion on which we celebrate the blessing of grapes is a major feast day called “Assumption of the St. […]
Vardavar
How did we celebrate the Holiday The promotion and preservation of the local cultural heritage and tradition is a problem number one in the 21st century of digital technologies. These initiatives served as a prime goal of how “Erkir Nairi” Travel Company organized a special tour to Lake Sevan on Vardavar on July 11, 2010. […]
May 28
In memory of the renowned historic battle of Sardarapat (May 28, 1918), glorifying the brilliant victory of Armenian people against the invading Turkish army, a memorial sculptural complex can be seen at the Sardarapt Monument. The complex is guarded by two huge winged bulls symbolizing the persistence of Armenian nation and is flanked by a […]
May 28: The Independence Day
The Armenian statehood was lost with the fall of the Cilician Kingdom in 1375. Only six centuries later it was revitalized and turned into the First Republic of Armenia. The decision about the creation of the independent statehood of Armenia was adopted by the National Council on May 28, 1918. Avetis Aharonyan, the president of the […]