What Hasmik Karapetyan Suggests to Our Visitors not to Miss in Armenia
In this issue one of the Armenian beloved celebrities Hasmik Karapetyan will present her suggestions for our visitors what they should not miss in Armenia. Doing the first steps as a professional singer in Armenian art of singing in 1995 during the author song festival “Boheme” she paved her way on stage of art presenting […]
The Gospel of Sebastia of 1066 (Matenadaran N311)
The Treasures of Matenadaran The manuscripts of 11th century make a separate group of manuscripts in the history of Armenian miniature art. Though very few manuscripts of that period have reached to us, they express the nature and rich traditions of Armenian miniature art of the time. The sizes of the manuscripts of that period are […]
Gyumri The Cultural Capital of Armenia
This year we are going to celebrate the 100th anniversary of opera “Anush” with great splendor and solemnity. This wonderful work by Armen Tigranyan for the first time was staged a century ago, in 1912 in Gyumri. The author himself was from Gyumri and with his brother, composer Nikoghayos Tigranyan, he has thoroughly developed mighty traditions of local […]
The Works of Spartak Gevorgyan
Original Samples of Modern Statuary Statuary has its unique place in modern art and one of the remarkable representatives of Armenian modern sculpture is Spartak Gevorgyan who presents to the art lovers his works distinguished for their unique style and content, the testimony of which are his works: fine bronze statuettes placed on the agate or obsidian […]
The 8th of March in Armenia – International Women’s Day
Spring by its colors and freshness fills our hearts and souls with new hopes, warmth and great expectations of life. Spring makes us feel happy also with its holidays and victories. One of the most beautiful holidays is one which is celebrated in March, the international day of women. This day is especially expected by […]
The Great Lent Purification of Body and Soul
According to the church calendar we have festive and fasting days in the year. There are 158 fasting days the part of which are lent days and the others are long lasting fasts. One of the fasts, the most popular with people, is the Great Lent. It lasts 48 days from Bun Barekendan (Fat Tuesday) to […]
Gyumri Tours
Ani Visit the border of Armenia and Turkey to watch the spectacular view of the ruins of the old Armenian city Ani. Harich Tour Tour to the monastery complex Harich and village Harichanaq, discover the life of one of the oldest villages of the Shirak region Harich, and visit the 7th century cemetery. Hiking tour […]
Armenian Petroglyphs (rock-art)
The remains of Rock-Art have been found in over 120 countries. These are the images carved or pecked into a rock face using stone tools. Human-like (anthropomorphic), animal and bird (zoomorphic) images are common, as are circles, spirals, dots, lines, and other geometric and abstract forms. They have great cognitive value and tell us myths […]
Minas Avetisyan
The name of Minas is pronounced with particular affection in Armenia. He devoted the whole of his tragically short life to art. Between 1960 and 1975 Minas created 500 canvases both large and small, roughly the same number of drawings, 20 large frescoes and designs for a dozen or so theatrical productions. Three years before his […]
Vishaps
Vishaps are ancient mythological beings which are represented in the form of high stone carved images, menghirs. Vishaps are extended in mythologies of the countries of Armenian upland and Forward Asia. Originally vishaps were deities or spirits of water and, possibly, have been connected with kuro-araksian archaeological culture. The people who occupied the Armenian uplands […]