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https://armenianchurch.ge/en/news/journey-to-the-past

On February 10th, 2020, the group of officials of the Armenian Diocese in Georgia, with the participation of clergy and led by the Diocesan Vicar, Rev. Father Archimandrite Kirakos Davtyan attended the screening of the ''Journey to the Past'' documentary film dedicated to Patriarch Jacob of Mstbin (Hakob Mtsbnetsi) at ''Amirani'' cinema in Tbilisi. Welcoming the guests, the President of Georgia Ms. Salome Zurabishvili as well as the attendees, Metropolitan of Akhalkalaki and Gumbordo His Eminence Nikoloz Pachuashvili specially expressed his gratitude to Vicar of the Armenian Diocese in Georgia, Rev. Father Kirakos Archimandrite Davtyan for organizing his visit to Armenia, as well as for helping him to see the sacred relics of the Noah's Ark, visit to Patriarch St. Jacob of Mtsbin church, and assistance in getting acquainted with the materials kept in Mesrop Mashtots Matenadaran in Yerevan. After deeply studying the life of Patriarch Jacob of Mtsbin and his role in development and spread of Christianity, Metropolitan of Akhalkalaki and Gumbordo of the Georgian Orthodox Church decided to visit the sanctuaries of St. Jacob of Mtsbin, visit Mtsbin town, take part in joint prayer at beloved Saint's temple and place the identical to the original relics and materials related to Patriarch Jacob of Mtsbin in Museum of 40 Saints in Akhalkalaki. Turning into reality his dream the Metropolitan recorded his journey in a two-hour documentary film where he tells about his journey to the past, presenting what he has seen, giving rich information about Jacob of Mtsbin, his miracles and his devotion to the Christian faith. The film was interesting and full of the significance of Noah's Ark's resting on Mountain Ararat, the Armenian church, which was the first church that declared Christianity a state religion, as well as with description of the importance of two Christian churches cooperation and the historical pages of the centuries-old Armenian-Georgian friendship. The beloved Patriarch Saint Jacob of Mtsbin was the aunt's son of Gregory the Illuminator, he was born in Mtsbin town and after being rescued from tragic massacre of his family he chose ascetic life and became a clergyman. He decides to climb Mountain Ararat to see Noah's Ark and bring a piece of it with him. However, unable to reach the top of the Mountain and after long suffering and prayer he falls asleep. The angel of the Lord visits him and places a piece from the Ark under his head: ''No one should see the Ark. According to your desire, take the piece of wood and go home'', the angel says. That relic from Noah's Ark is still keeping in Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. During the centuries it was not be decay. St. Jacob's relic – his right hand is keeping in Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin and bringing out on the occasions of celebrations.

The grave of the 4th century father Hakob Mtsbnetsi in the city of Mtsbin. In 338, he organized the 70-day defense of his native city of Mtsbin against the Persian army. Hakob Mtsbnetsi is the first recorded person in history, who wanted to climb Mount Ararat. https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Hakobavank History Hakobavank was established in the 5th-7th centuries. It acquired its final form by the 11th-12th centuries. In the 14th century the monastery became the deaconry of the district of Mets Arank (genitive: Metsaranits). The complex is named after Jacob of Nisibis. There is no information about the date of foundation of the monastery. The oldest inscription, carved on the pedestal of a khachkar (cross-stone), refers to the year of 853. According to the historical chronicles, the monastery buildings were built, rebuilt and reconstructed periodically between the 9th and 18th centuries. One of the manuscripts kept in Matenadaran says that the Metsaranits Church was rebuilt by Khorinshah Zakarian

is Putin erdogan honeymoon over or is there a new thing under their sleeve

all wee have got was Nikol after he walked / marched from Gyumri..

like marching did anything at all ever.....

March For Artsakh

RIP

noone will do nothing to him. till Russia Ukrainian war ends and Russian gas starts going to EU normally.. long time

his got something from somone, he wont just do something. in this case EU membership in one

Iris Vardana is a flower named after the Armenian doctor who founded the first clinic in the holy city of Nazareth Kalust Vardan was born in 1835 in Constantinople, in an Armenian tailor family. Thanks to his good education and knowledge of English in the ranks of the English army, he served as a translator. The young Armenian was greatly affected by what was seen during the war, and he decided to devote himself to medicine. Not long ago, Kalust traveled to Scotland, where he attended courses from the Medical Missionary Society of Edinburgh, which also trained medical missionaries. Having completed his training, a young Armenian in 1861 was sent to Syria in order to help local Christians, many of whom were Armenians, and then with the same mission he went to Lebanon. The name of the Armenian missionary doctor is inseparable to the sacred city of Nazareth, which at this period of history was a part of the Ottoman Empire. Having moved to Nazareth in the 1860s, Kalust Vardan in the old market area of the city, which gradually turned it into a clinic with an operating room and patient wards. The medical activities of the Armenian quickly brought him universal recognition in Nazareth, where almost every resident was a patient of an Armenian doctor. Due to the need to expand the clinic in 1906, Kalust Vardan acquired land in the sacred city. Subsequently, the hospital they built for many years was the only European clinic between Jerusalem in the south and Beirut in the north. The name of the Armenian doctor is also associated with the discovery of a new type of iris flower. Kalust Vardan was a naturalist. In 1883, while walking around Nazareth, he discovered a previously unknown species of iris. Then the Armenian doctor sent a few bulbs of the flower to the famous botanist and iris specialist from Cambridge (England) Michael Foster. A year later the Nazareth irises bloomed in the Cambridge Botanical Garden, and in honor of the first discoverer, Foster called this species of flower "Iris Vardanai" ("Iris Vartanii").