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Armenian Embroidery</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Armenians</b> today are blessed by the diversity and richness of a heritage passed on by thirty centuries of rich <a href="/topics/Culture-of-Armenia" title="Culture of Armenia" class=fl>culture</a> and diligent practice. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The present <b>Armenian</b> <b>alphabet</b> was produced in 406 A.D. during the reign of King Vramshapuh (387-414). </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> This effort to produce the <b>Armenian</b> <b>alphabet</b> was to bear the brunt of the responsibility for preserving <b>Armenian</b> <a href="/topics/Culture-of-Armenia" title="Culture of Armenia" class=fl>culture</a> and art.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>armenianembroidery.tripod.com</font> (1451 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_alphabet"> Armenian alphabet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The <b>Armenian</b> <b>alphabet</b> is an <b>alphabet</b> used for writing the <b>Armenian</b> language, created by Saint Mesrop Mashtots in AD The <b>Armenian</b> <b>alphabet</b> is one of six European <b>alphabetic</b> scripts identified in the <a href="/topics/Unicode" title="Unicode" class=fl>Unicode</a> standard (see <a href="/topics/Unicode" title="Unicode" class=fl>Unicode</a> Code Charts and <a href="/topics/Unicode" title="Unicode" class=fl>Unicode</a> Standard, Chapter 7). </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Various scripts have been credited with being the prototype for the <b>Armenian</b> <b>alphabet</b>, including <a href="/topics/Pahlavi" title="Pahlavi" class=fl>Pahlavi</a>, <a href="/topics/Syriac-alphabet" title="Syriac alphabet" class=fl>Syriac</a>, and <a href="/topics/Phoenician-alphabet" title="Phoenician alphabet" class=fl>Phoenician</a>. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> For example, the second letter in Eastern <b>Armenian</b> is "ben" and makes a 'b' sound while in Western <b>Armenian</b>, the second letter is "pen" and makes a 'p' sound.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Armenian_alphabet</font> (260 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_language">Armenian language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Armenian</b> is an Indo-European language spoken by the <b>Armenian</b> people in the <b>Armenian</b> Republic and also used by the <b>Armenian</b> Diaspora. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Armenian</b> is regarded as a close relative of Phrygian. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Armenian</b> shares major isoglosses with Greek, some linguists propose that the linguistic ancestors of the <b>Armenians</b> and Greeks were either identical or in a close contact relation.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Armenian_language</font> (967 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><div id="ad2" style="display: none"></div><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><u>Armenian Alphabet by www.haias.net</u> <i>(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)</i></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The <b>Armenian</b> <b>alphabet</b> was derived primarily from the Greek <b>alphabet</b> in the fifth century and consists of thirty eight (originally thirty six) letters. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Armenian</b> is the official language in Armenia and is used in schools and by the media. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Armenians</b> of the diaspora have gained renewed interest in their homeland as a result of the <b>Armenian</b> revolution and the establishment of the Republic of Armenia.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.haias.net /kultur/armenian-alphabet.html</font> (1448 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><u>Armenian Alphabet - Armeniapedia.org</u> <i>(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)</i></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Armenian</b> <b>Alphabet</b> Monument at outskirts of Oshakan Village. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Western <b>Armenians</b> do not use this difference as much, pronouncing more of a clean B. Western <b>Armenian</b> also differs in vocabulary and conjugation from Eastern <b>Armenian</b>, which is used in the Republic of Armenia today. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Knowledge of the <b>Armenian</b> <b>alphabet</b> is useful but not essential for appreciation of Armenia's cultural patrimony.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.armeniapedia.org /index.php?title=Armenian_Alphabet</font> (442 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://mywebpages.comcast.net/ahahamyan/infocenter.htm">Armenian Information Center</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Armenian</b> is spoken by <b>Armenians</b> in Turkey and the Republic of Armenia, and in <b>Armenian</b> settlements elsewhere in the Middle East, Europe, and the United States. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Armenian</b> is known to have replaced the earlier languages of the historical <b>Armenian</b> region (see Armenia) by at least the 7th century BC, and it may have been influenced by the languages it replaced. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Armenians</b> constitute more than 90 percent of the republic's population, a proportion that increased considerably in recent years with the departure of Azerbaijanis and the influx of <b>Armenian</b> refugees from the Nagorno-Karabakh territory of Azerbaijan, because of the conflict in that region.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>mywebpages.comcast.net /ahahamyan/infocenter.htm</font> (5820 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><u>Jubilee Arrangements Dedicated To 1600th Anniversary Of Creation Of Armenian Alphabet To Start In May-June - Armenia ...</u> <i>(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)</i></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The process of the fulfillment of the instructions given during the last sitting was presented at the sitting of the Commission on Holding of Jubilee Arrangements on the Occasion of the 1600th anniversary of the creation of the <b>Armenian</b> <b>alphabet</b>. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Issues regarding the place of the holding of over 20 arrangements, the terms of their holding, those responsible for the holding of these arrangements and financial provision were specified as a result of the discussions. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The international conference of the <b>Armenian</b> Studies dedicated to the 1600th anniversary of the creation of the <b>Armenian</b> <b>alphabet</b> will be held in September.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.armeniadiaspora.com /js_05/0501220alphabet.html</font> (285 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><u>Armenian History - Armeniapedia.org</u> <i>(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)</i></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> For two millennia, independent <b>Armenian</b> states existed sporadically in the region between the northeastern corner of the Mediterranean Sea and the Caucasus Mountains, until the last medieval state was destroyed in the fourteenth century. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Whatever the exact dimensions of the genocide, <b>Armenians</b> suffered a demographic disaster that shifted the center of the <b>Armenian</b> population from the heartland of historical Armenia to the relatively safer eastern regions held by the Russians. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Armenians</b> feared that their demographic decline in Nagorno-Karabakh would replicate the fate of another historically <b>Armenian</b> region, Nakhichevan, which the Soviet Union had designated an autonomous republic under Azerbaijani administration in 1924.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.armeniapedia.org /index.php?title=Armenian_History</font> (5197 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.visitarm.com/aboutarmenia.html">Armenia-History, Facts, Armenian Alphabet</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The <b>Armenians</b> are the descendants of a branch of Indo-Europeans. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The invention of the <b>Armenian</b> <b>alphabet</b> in <a href="/topics/405" title="405" class=fl>405</a> by St. Mesrop Mashtots seems to be a landmark in the millennial history of the <b>Armenian</b> people that resulted in a powerful cultural bang. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The new <b>alphabet</b> stimulated an unprecedented boom in literature, and the V century was later called the 'Golden Age of <b>Armenian</b> Literature'.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.visitarm.com /aboutarmenia.html</font> (2107 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://indoeuro.bizland.com/tree/balk/armenian.html">Armenian language</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Nowadays it is spoken by the <b>Armenian</b> people in Turkey and the Republic of Armenia, and in <b>Armenian</b> settlements elsewhere in the Middle East, Europe and the United States. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Armenian</b> is known to have replaced the earlier languages of the historical <b>Armenian</b> region by at least the 7th century B.C., and it may have been influenced by the languages it replaced. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> In Western <b>Armenian</b>, some of the distinctions between the relatively soft d and the middle t have disappeared, for instance, whereas in Eastern <b>Armenian</b> the sounds are distinct.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>indoeuro.bizland.com /tree/balk/armenian.html</font> (478 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.xs4all.nl/~wjsn/armenian.htm">How to read and write Armenian characters - հաիերեն - Հաիերեն</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Armeense karakters: Hoe kun je Armeense teksten maken, lezen of leesbaar maken? </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Armenian</b> characters belong to a specific language script, the way it is written. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Het tweede symbool is dus bepalend voor het Armeense karakter.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.xs4all.nl /~wjsn/armenian.htm</font> (585 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.saintsarkis.org/Language.htm">The Armenian Alphabet</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The historic and the modern <b>Armenians</b> are the direct descendants of both 'Aryan' Haiasian (2000 BC) and 'Armenid' Subarian (4000 B C) peoples To this day the <b>Armenians</b> call themselves Hai, their nation Haikazian and their land Haiastan or Haik. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> In the ninth century, St. <a href="/topics/Cyrillic-alphabet" title="Cyrillic alphabet" class=fl>Cyril</a>, a student and missionary of the <b>Armenian</b> philosopher and Byzantine Patriarch Photius, formulated an <b>alphabet</b> for the Russians and the Slavs. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> That the old <b>Armenian</b> scripts survived ages of neglect: sword, and fire, is illustrated by the fact that in the Middle Ages bloomed the revival of the ancient characters.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.saintsarkis.org /Language.htm</font> (3542 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.calpoly.edu/~asaclub/literature.htm">ARMENIAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION - CAL POLY SAN LUIS OBISPO</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The <b>Armenian</b> <b>alphabet</b>, which consists of 38 characters, was created in 406 A.D. by a monk named Mesrop Mashtots (the original <b>alphabet</b> had 36 letters, two characters were added later). </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Four years later, the job, which consisted of casting <b>Armenian</b> letter types, producing wooden carvings for the illustrations, etc. was completed, and the first Bible in the <b>Armenian</b> language was printed in Amsterdam in 1666. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Armenian</b> children were being educated in the universities of Europe.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.calpoly.edu /~asaclub/literature.htm</font> (1061 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><u>OHCHR: Armenian () - Universal Declaration of Human Rights</u> <i>(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)</i></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Armenian</b> is the native (and official) language of Armenia, a landlocked country in Transcaucasia bordering on Turkey and Iran, and constitutes a separate and independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Modern <b>Armenian</b>, established as an independent language no earlier than 1875, has two main varieties: Eastern <b>Armenian</b> (Ashkharik, the official language), based on the dialect of the Ararat region, and Western <b>Armenian</b> (spoken by the Turkish minority) based on the Istanbul/Turkish dialect. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> As regards the script, the <b>Armenian</b> <b>alphabet</b> was invented in <a href="/topics/405" title="405" class=fl>405</a> AD by two <b>Armenian</b> monks Mesrob and Sahag.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.unhchr.ch /udhr/lang/arm.htm</font> (224 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9009513?tocId=9009513">Armenian alphabet -- Encyclopædia Britannica</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> According to local tradition, the <b>Armenian</b> <b>alphabet</b> was invented in <a href="/topics/405" title="405" class=fl>405</a> by Mesrop Mashtots, aided by Isaac (Sahak) the Great, supreme head of the <b>Armenian</b> Apostolic Church, and by a Greek called Rufanos. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> According to local tradition, the <b>Armenian</b> <b>alphabet</b> was invented in <a href="/topics/405" title="405" class=fl>405</a> by Mesrop Mashtots, aided by Isaac (Sahak) the Great, supreme head of the <b>Armenian</b> Apostolic Church, and by a Greek called... </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Derived from the North Semitic script, the <a href="/topics/Aramaic-alphabet" title="Aramaic alphabet" class=fl>Aramaic</a> <b>alphabet</b> was developed in the 10th and 9th centuries BC and came into prominence after the conquest of the Aramaean states by Assyria in the 9th and 8th centuries BC.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.britannica.com /eb/article-9009513?tocId=9009513</font> (826 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2005/11.03/09-mashtots.html">Harvard Gazette: Armenia's remarkable alphabet</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Armenians</b> pride themselves on being the first nation to adopt Christianity, an event that is supposed to have occurred in the early fourth century when St. Gregory the Illuminator succeeded in converting Trdat, the king of Armenia. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Organized by Russell, the conference was sponsored by the <b>Armenian</b> Prelacy of New York, the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, and the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at Harvard. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> One measure of the <b>alphabet's</b> success is the fact that there have been few changes in the letters or in the spelling of words since Mashtots created it in the fifth century.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.news.harvard.edu /gazette/2005/11.03/09-mashtots.html</font> (1014 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.armenianheritage.com/lamesrob.htm">Origins of the Armenian Alphabet</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The <a href="/topics/Origin-of-the-Armenians" title="Origin of the Armenians" class=fl>origins</a> of the <b>Armenian</b> <b>alphabet</b> were derived after the official adoption of Christianity by King Tiridates III in 301 AD. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> St. Mesrob died at a ripe old age in 440 AD and is buried in the crypt of the church at Oshakan in the province of Vaspouragan where a beautiful cathedral has been built in his honor, and where one may go and pay homage at the saint’s tomb to the present. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The <a href="/topics/Origin-of-the-Armenians" title="Origin of the Armenians" class=fl>original</a> <b>Armenian</b> <b>alphabet</b> was written in large capital letters of a monumental character and size.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.armenianheritage.com /lamesrob.htm</font> (510 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.tyalt.com">Armenian Alphabet Poster Puzzle CD</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Armenian</b> <b>Alphabet</b> Poster Puzzle CD We are committed to developing high quality <b>Armenian</b> Language learning products that appeal to our visually oriented children. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Let's Learn the <b>Armenian</b> <b>Alphabet</b> CD The CD is an audio and visual tool to help children hear, view and learn the <b>Armenian</b> <b>Alphabet</b> letters on a computer. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> When it is displayed in a classroom or at your house it allows children to become familiar with the <b>Armenian</b> <b>Alphabet</b> letters on an everyday basis.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.tyalt.com</font> (331 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.omniglot.com/writing/armenian.htm">Armenian alphabet, pronunciation and language</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Before then, <b>Armenian</b> had been written with 'cuneiform' scripts, which was deemed unsuitable for religious works by the <b>Armenian</b> Church. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Mashtots travelled to Alexandria, where he studied the principles of writing and came to the conclusion that the Greek <b>alphabet</b> was the best <b>alphabet</b> in use at that time because there was an almost one-to-one correspondence between sounds and letters. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The new <b>alphabet</b> was well-received and a new <b>Armenian</b> translation of the bible was published in <a href="/topics/405" title="405" class=fl>405</a> AD.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.omniglot.com /writing/armenian.htm</font> (297 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><u>Armenian Church History</u> <i>(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)</i></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> After the Christianization of Armenia, since there was no <b>Armenian</b> <b>alphabet</b>, it became very difficult for the religious leaders to preach the Gospel and spread it to the general population. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> He thus invented the <b>Armenian</b> <b>alphabet</b> in 404 A.D. and during the next 30 years with a group of translators, called Holy Translators, the Bible was translated into <b>Armenian</b>. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Thereafter, the Diocese of the <b>Armenian</b> Church was established in 1898.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.stsarkis.org /history/StSarkisHistory_home.htm</font> (749 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.armenianprelacy.org/031505b.htm">Archbishop Oshagan's 2005 Eastern Message</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The <b>Armenian</b> <b>alphabet</b>, flowing from the lips of <b>Armenian</b> children, rising to heaven through prayers of <b>Armenian</b> priests, flowing from the limpid springs of the <b>Armenian</b> mind and soul, became for and remains us the living and life-preserving presence of God in the life of our people. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The 1600th anniversary of the invention of the <b>alphabet</b> must not be approached with the mentality of its being an ordinary anniversary. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The singular meaning and powerful message of the invention of the <b>Armenian</b> <b>alphabet</b>, which became one of the greatest revolutions in the life of our people and which fundamentally revolutionized our national life, must be brought under the spotlight against the imperatives and challenges of our present life.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.armenianprelacy.org /031505b.htm</font> (1575 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/lrc/eieol/armol-0.html">Classical Armenian Online</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Armenian</b> is the official language of what in recent memory was the smallest republic of the former Soviet Union, now the southernmost republic of the Commonwealth of Independent States. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> A common view is that the <b>Armenians</b> were of Indo-European stock and entered the region either along with the Phrygians from the Balkan region or with the Mitanni from the area of the Aral Sea. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The <b>Armenian</b> language seems to have undergone several changes between the time of arrival into the transcaucasian region and the invention of the <b>alphabet</b> in the fifth century A.D., but unfortunately documentary evidence for the language during this period is lacking.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.utexas.edu /cola/depts/lrc/eieol/armol-0.html</font> (1456 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.armeniaemb.org/DiscoverArmenia/ArmenianChurch/Index.htm">Armenian Church</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The <b>Armenian</b> Church is headquartered in the Monastery of Holy Etchmiadzin in the <b>Armenian</b> city of Etchmiadzin. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The chief bishop of the <b>Armenian</b> Church, called the Catholicos ("universal bishop"), is at the head of the <b>Armenian</b> Church hierarchy, and resides at Holy Etchmiadzin in Armenia. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The <b>Armenian</b> Quarter covers 1/5 of the old city of Jerusalem and the <b>Armenian</b> Patriarchate is in charge of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher with the Greeks and <a href="/topics/Latin-alphabet" title="Latin alphabet" class=fl>Latins</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.armeniaemb.org /DiscoverArmenia/ArmenianChurch/Index.htm</font> (1454 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.ancientscripts.com/armenian.html">Ancient Scripts: Armenian</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The <b>Armenian</b> <b>alphabet</b> was created in the <a href="/topics/5th-century" title="5th century" class=fl>5th century</a> CE by Saint Mesrop under influences from Greek (as reflected in the <b>alphabetical</b> order and the left-to-right direction of writing). </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The <b>alphabet's</b> <a href="/topics/Origin-of-the-Armenians" title="Origin of the Armenians" class=fl>original</a> 36 letters were well suited for the Old <b>Armenian</b> language. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The Old <b>Armenian</b> language was the only written form of the language from the 5th to the <a href="/topics/19th-century" title="19th century" class=fl>19th century</a>, while in the intervening centuries, phonological changes have split the <b>Armenian</b> language into two dialects, <a href="/topics/Armenia-%28name%29" title="Armenia %28name%29" class=fl>namely</a> Eastern and Western.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.ancientscripts.com /armenian.html</font> (210 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.armenianhighland.com/stmashtots/chronicle540.html">ARMENIAN HIGHLAND</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> His greatest contribution was the revival of the use of the <b>Armenian</b> <b>alphabet</b>. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The revival of the <b>Armenian</b> <b>alphabet</b> in the Vth century ushered in a new Golden Age of <b>Armenian</b> Literature. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> For his efforts in saving from complete loss the <b>Armenian</b> <b>alphabet</b> that was replaced by Greek and <a href="/topics/Syriac-alphabet" title="Syriac alphabet" class=fl>Syriac</a> prior to his renewal drive, Mesrop Matoc‛has been canonized by the Holy Apostolic Church of Armenia.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.armenianhighland.com /stmashtots/chronicle540.html</font> (523 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.fortunecity.com/business/napier/112/id46.htm">History of Armenian Alphabet</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The invention of the <b>Armenian</b> <b>Alphabet</b> was a result of Christianity. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> This is because <b>Armenian</b> is a direct derivative of the indoeuropean family. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Although the majority of <b>Armenians</b> are of the Orthodox religion, there are <b>Armenians</b> who are Catholic, like myself, who are under the pope, yet have a separate Catholicos aside from the two Orthodox ones.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.fortunecity.com /business/napier/112/id46.htm</font> (507 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.armenianhighland.com/stmashtots/chronicle541.html">ARMENIAN HIGHLAND</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The immense effort by Mesrop Matoc‛ of seeing the revival of the <b>Armenian</b> <b>alphabet</b> and a renaissance of the <b>Armenian</b> Civilization would turn out to be at the right time. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Just a few decades after the reintroduction [404-05] of the <b>Armenian</b> <b>alphabet</b>, in 428, the naxarars rebelled and overthrew the Arsacid monarchy, with the help of the Sassanians who viewed the Arsacids as possible challengers to their own throne [Sassanians overthrew the Iranian Arsacids in the third century]. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> He envisioned the creation of a universal <b>alphabet</b> that would contain all of the sounds and characters for the correct pronunciation of the Mother Language, with all of its variants.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.armenianhighland.com /stmashtots/chronicle541.html</font> (1538 words)</td></tr> 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