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UNESCO TO CELEBRATE ANANIA SHIRAKATSI'S BIRTH ANNIVERSARY

tert.am
21.05.12

Great Armenian scholar Anania Shirakatsi's 1,400th birthday has been
included in the UNESCO eminent personalities' anniversary list.

A prominent mathematician, astronomer and geographer, Shirakatsi was
born in 612 AD. He was considered the founder of sciences in Armenia.

As a talented medieval pundit, he left behind a huge heritage that
largely contributed to the development of the natural sciences in
Armneia. Shirakatsi died in 685 AD.

The Armenian Government has is planning different events devoted to the
jubilee anniversary. A special committee composed of representatives
from the Ministries of Culture, Education and Science, Foreign Affairs,
and the National Academy of Sciences, has been set up upon Prime
Minister Tigran Sargsyan's recommendation.

An international historico-astronomical symposium expected to shed
light on Shirakatsi's astronomic heritage, as well as the astronomic
monuments in Armenia will be a key event on the agenda. The discussion,
entitled Astronomic Heritage in National Culture, will take place in
the Byurakan Observatory from September 24 to 28.

Additionally, the Observatory will host an international school of
young astronomers between September 15 and 23. It is also planned
to launch several publications and conduct studies into Armenia's
historico-astronomical on the occasion of the anniversary.