  Armenia Celebrates Saint Translators' DayOctober 10, 2009 - 18:31 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On October 10, Armenian Apostolic Church celebrates Saint Translators' Day . Armenia is the only country celebrating the day of translators, instituted in honor of archimandrites St. Mesrop Mashtots and St, Sahak Parthev, as well as Yeghishe, Movses Kertogh, philosopher David Anhakht, Grigor Narekatsi and Nerses Klayetsi who translated the Bible into Armenian.Armenian Apostolic Church canonized the translators, who significantly contributed to spiritual and cultural awakening of Armenian nation. The event is celebrated every year, on the second Saturday of October.   Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says.   Partner news |  Related sections Latest news Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty  Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations.U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |
