Biography 1 1. Artashes I a. a victim of the Armenian Genocide, established the "Mehian" literary group and magazine 2. Trdat the Architect b. the consructor of the Mother Cathedral of Ani 3. Daniel Varoujan c. the founder of Artashesian dynasty, he succeeded in unifying the Armenian lands and people into one Armenian-speaking state. 4. St. Nerses the Great d. author of the Prayer Book Narek or Speaking With God from the Depths of The Heart 5. St. Gregory of Narek e. the great-grandson of St. Gregory the Illuminator, he gathered the first council of the Armenian Church in Ashtishat to pass canons about family life, public, welfare... 6. 7. Ashot II (Yerkat) Bagratuni Komitas Catholicos (Aghtetsi) a. author of Wounds of Armenia (Verk Hayasdani), mysteriously disappeared in 1848 b. he reestablished Armenian independence after 200 years of Arab rule and founded the Armenian Kingdom 8. David of Sassoon c. the son of Armenian immigrants in Fresno, author of the stories "The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze", In the Time of Your Life 9. William Saroyan d. the Armenian national epic, took shape in the 10th century, during one of the peaceful lulls in Armenian history 10. Khachatur Abovyan e. he attended the Council of Ctesiphon organized by the Persians, the people earning him the name Builder
Biography 2 1. Israel Ori a. (Hakob Melik-Hakobian,) Armenian author and poet 2. Toros Roslin b. Leader of national liberation (17-18centuries), brought Armenia s independence to the attention of international powers 3. Raffi c. Poet, a victim of Stalinist purges in 1937, at the age of 40 4. King Trdat d. The greatest of medieval Armenian manuscript painters, working in the heyday of the Cilician Kingdom of Armenia 5. Yeghishe Charents e. The first Armenian king who saw the light and accepted Christianity, helped build Holy Etchmiadzin 6. Hetum I a. King Trdat s sister, side by side with Trdat s wife, Queen Ashkhen, they worked to build the first Cathedral, Etchmiadzin 7. St. Khosrovitookht b. First a soldier, then a priest and scribe in the royal court, the founder of Armenian Alphabet, with Catholicos St. Sahag 8. St. Gregory of Tatev c. Leader of national liberation, led the Armenians of Artsakh and Zangezur in civilian self-defense against Persian and Ottoman oppression 9. Mesrob Mashdotz d. King of the Cilician Armenian Kingdom, balancing the Crusaders with a policy of alliance and friendship with the Mongol leaders 10. Davit Bek e. A scholar and teacher, whose rich legacy of theological works, such as the Book of Questions
Biography 3 1. Khrimian Hayrig a. Musician, poet, sang and played the kamanche, he performed in the court Heraclius of Georgia 2. Tigran the Great b. Playwright, satirist. His most famous work is Medzabadiv Mouratsganner ("Honorable Beggars") 3. Sayat Nova c. A prolific 20th Century American composer, pioneer of East-West fusion, mixing Armenian and other Eastern themes into his music. 4. Alan Hovhaness d. Catholicos, Patriarch of Constantinople, the author of iron ladle sermon, on Armenians right to self-defense 5. Hagop Baronian e. Ruler of the largest Armenian state. Remembered as a tolerant king. 6. Mkhitar Gosh a. Prince of the novella, a member of the Ittihad Party and of the Turkish Parliament, one of the 250 intellectuals of Constantinople to perish on April 24, 1915 7. Hovhannes Ayvazovsky b. The second of Jesus apostles to travel to Armenia to preach and evangelize, in the mid-1st century. He is also known as Nathanael 8. Krikor Zohrab c. Painter, he is best known for his seascapes, "The sea is my life," he wrote 9. St. Bartholomew d. Catholicos, led the Armenian Church in the difficult time right after the Arab invasion of Armenia. The compiler of the first Canon Book of the Armenian Church 10. St. John of Odzun e. Armenian legal scholar, fabulist, teacher and political adviser, the compiler of a ground-breaking Law Code
Biography 4 1. St. Movses Khorenatsi a. The Poet of All Armenians, his works are "Kach-Nazar", "David of Sassoon", "Parvana", "Anoush". 2. St. Nerses Shnorhali b. Vostanik Manoog Adoyan, painter, a genocide survivor. 3. Hovhannes Toumanian c. The Father of Armenian History, was a student of Sts. Sahag and Mesrob. His History of Armenia told the story of Armenia from its origins through his day, collecting and synthesizing Armenia's rich oral traditions and ballads into a historical narrative that has guided Armenian people through the centuries. 4. Arshile Gorky d. The founder of Armenian Cilician state (1080) 5. Ruben I e. Catholicos(1101-1173), he revised and recompiled the Armenian Book of Hours and wrote many of the key hymns and chants of our daily prayer services 6. Martiros Saryan a. A writer and national leader, his advocacy on behalf of the Armenian people led to his arrest and imprisonment in St. Petersburg by the Tsarist government in 1862. 7. Aram Khachaturian b. St. Sahag s grandson, he stood up for the Christian faith of his fathers. Tensions came to a tragic end at a battle on the field of Avarayr 8. Mikayel Nalbandian c. Painter (20 century), captured the rich earthen colors of the Armenian landscape under the powerful Armenian sun. 9. 10. St. Thaddeus or Tateos St. Vartan Mamikonian d. One of Jesus 12 disciples, he was invested with the gift of language by the Holy Spirit on Pentecost and traveled to Armenia e. Armenian classical composer. His best known works are Spartak (Spartacus) and Gayane, the latter featuring the now ubiquitous Sabre Dance.
Biography 5 1. Komitas Vardapet a. Daughter of the Armenian King Sanatrook, She converted to Christianity and when her father discovered what he considered her treachery, he threw her into prison. 2. Paruyr Sevak (Ghazaryan) b. Churchman, musician, (Soghomon Soghomonian). His polyphonic rendering of the Armenian Divine Liturgy is one of the two basic settings in use in Armenian churches worldwide. 3. St. Santookht c. Patron saint of Armenia, The first Catholicos of the Armenian Church, he is the true founder of Armenian Christianity. 4. St. Gregory, the Illuminator or Enlightener d. Poet, murdered by under suspicious circumstance at the age of 47. His poem in tribute of Komitas vardapet, Anlreli Zangakatun is a masterpiece of patriotic art.