The aim of the Center is to present and communicate to the Armenian people, the Christian Faith and the spiritual heritage of their Mother Church - through research, publications, charitible activities lectures, and propagation of faith.

RESEARCH

Unpublished theological texts are studied and critical
texts are prepared,with the parallel modern Armenian translation. Patristic works that have already been published are translated into modern Armenian, together with analysis and introduction to highlight the rich spiritual treasures of the Armenian Church.
Joint studies with other institutes are carried out in the fields of history, philology, cultural studies and other related subjects. Such studies have been done with the Institutes of Oriental Studies, History, Language of the National Academy of Sciences, the Matenadaran and others.

For instance, Armenian religious culture is studied jointly with scholars of art, artists, architects and musicologists. The purpose of such studies is to recover the authentic characteristics and canons
of Armenian religious architecture, music, miniature paintings, frescos, khatchkars (cross-stones), and liturgical vestments and objects. Recently, one of these joint studies was applied on the reconstruction of the complex of the Monastery of Aghjots.

The Center carries out various activities for the propagation of Armenian Christian faith. Lectures, seminars, talks, study groups, discussions are organized regularly, as a means of making the scholars of the Center available to the immediate and direct spiritual needs of the people and as a basis of praxis of our ongoing research.
All the research at the Center is enhanced by modern computer technology.


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