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	HyeEtch - The Armenians - Prominent Armenians
		Mesrop Mashtots, the distinguished, multi-talented and noble (of noble birth) scholar, Holy Father and military leader, (in the spirit of Military-Monastic Order) Christian preacher and missionary, revivalist of the lost Armenian alphabet.
		Mesrop Mashtots was born in the year 362 AD in the town of Hatsekats, in the Taron province of Greater Armenia.
		Mesrop, after having lived and gone through a truly Christian path of human dedication, compassion and devotion to all of the peoples of God, as he himself called and regarded the people of this common Earth, on February 17, 440 AD gave his life to Lord.
	www.hyeetch.nareg.com.au /armenians/prominent_p2.html (1122 words)

	Language
		At the end of the IV century there were several attempts to adjust the old systems of writing to the needs of the Church, but they all failed, because the proposed versions did not reflect correctly the phonetic system of the language.
		Mesrop Mashtots travelled to Alexandria, then the biggest cultural and scientific centre of the world, and studied there various principles of writing.
		For the creation of the alphabet Mesrop Mashtots was later canonised by the Armenian Apostolic Church.
	www.armembassycanada.ca /Armenia_language.html (659 words)

	N.A.B. ARTISTS MANAGEMENT LTD.
		In 394, at the age of 32, Mesrop Mashtots was canonized.
		The purpose was to unify the isolated regions and dialects.
		Mesrop Mashtots was buried in the village of Oshakan, not far from Echmiadzin.
	www.nab.am /?sub=musicians&id=206 (229 words)

	Saint Mesrob - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Saint Mesrop Mashtots (Armenian:"Մեսրոպ Մաշտոց") (360 - February 17, 440) was an Armenian monk, theologian and linguist.
		Saint Mesrop is best known for having invented the Armenian alphabet, which was a fundamental step in strengthening the Armenian Church, the government of the Armenian Kingdom, and ultimately the bond between Armenians in the Armenian Kingdom, the Byzantine Empire, and the Persian Empire.
		Mesrop, desirous to remedy this state of things, resolved to invent a national alphabet, in which undertaking Isaac and King Vramshapuh promised to assist him.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saint_Mesrob (1242 words)

	Saint Mesrob Summary
		Mashtotsʿ died on February 17, 440 and was buried in the village of Oshakan.
		Saint Mesrop Mashtots (Armenian:"Մեսրոպ Մաշտոց") (360 - February 17, 440) was an Armenian monk, theologian and linguist.
		Saint Mesrop is best known for having invented the Armenian alphabet, which was a fundamental step in strengthening the Armenian Church, the government of the Armenian Kingdom, and ultimately the bond between Armenians in the Armenian Kingdom, the Byzantine Empire, and the Persian Empire.
	www.bookrags.com /Saint_Mesrob (1860 words)

	ANN/Groong -- TCC - Goryoun's "The Life of Mashtots"
		Armenian News Network / Groong July 28, 2003 By Eddie Arnavoudian Without the Armenian alphabet that was developed by Mesrop Mashtots in the opening decade of the 5th century it is highly unlikely that Armenians would have survived with their distinct cultural tradition and national identity.
		Mesrop Mashtots was a striking figure, a man of phenomenal talent and dedication.
		Yeghishe, for example, in his 'History of Vartanantz' outlines imperial Persian concern about the strength and potential threat posed by the Armenian Church, arguing that it was precisely to destroy this power that Persian Emperor Hazgherd set upon that train of events that produced the Armenian resistance remembered as the Vartantanz War.
	groong.usc.edu /tcc/tcc-20030728.html (1320 words)

	The Armenian Alphabet (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The crater of Armenian alphabet is Mesrop Mashtots.
		Mesrop Mashtots- a church where Mesrop Mashtots made the alphabet and teached the people of Armenia.
		Underground of the St. Mesrop Mashtots church is where the grave of Mesrop Mashtots is. People around the world came and see the tomb and learn the history of Armenian Alphabet.
	www.geocities.com /irinapetrosyan/armenian-language.html (123 words)

	Manuscripts
		Shrouded in myth, the rediscovery of the Armenian alphabet is credited to Mesrop Mashtots, who, under the patronage of King Vramshapour and the Catolicos Sahak Parthev (387-428 AD), traveled to the great centers of learning in Asia Minor before "receiving a vision where Christ struck the alphabet on stone".
		As the crisis with the Sassanids and the Roman empire deepened, it is conjectured that Mashtots who was the personal translator to the king was dispatched to uncover the older version of Armenian which Gregory’s campaign against paganism had destroyed.
		Mashtots and his entourage triumphantly returned to Armenia, greeted by the king and Catolicos and pronounced savior of the Armenian people.
	www.tacentral.com /manuscripts_miniatures/writing5.html (1165 words)

	Armenia-History, Facts, Armenian Alphabet
		The invention of the Armenian alphabet in 405 by St. Mesrop Mashtots seems to be a landmark in the millennial history of the Armenian people that resulted in a powerful cultural bang.
		In 449 a rebellion to liberate the country divided between Byzantine and Sasanid Persia burst out.
		Economy of Armenia-overview: Under the old Soviet central planning system, Armenia had developed a modern industrial sector, supplying machine tools, textiles, and other manufactured goods to sister republics in exchange for raw materials and energy.
	visitarm.com /aboutarmenia.html (2107 words)

	ARMENIAN HIGHLAND
		Mesrop Matoc‛, -- ancient Armenian word which means wise Teacher -- the words Mazda and Master -- also come from this Armenian Indo-European root word -- was an outstanding nobleman, warrior [in the spirit of the military-monastic order tradition], scholar and teacher.
		After receiving his primary education in his native Taron, St. Mesrop, in 389, was enlisted in the royal garrison in the capital city of Vałarapat.
		During his stay in the capital, St. Mesrop came to the realization that most of the schools and other state institutions were using foreign language scripts including Greek, Pahlavi [Parthian or middle Persian] and Syrian.
	www.armenianhighland.com /stmashtots/chronicle540.html (523 words)

	Hye Sharzhoom - Dec 05 - Discovery of the Armenian Alphabet Celebrated (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Mesrop Mashtots is thus one of the most venerated Armenian figures of all time.
		Often Mesrop Mashtots is depicted holding a stone embossing of the alphabet.
		Mesrop Mashtots was born in 362 AD and died in 440 AD.
	armenianstudies.csufresno.edu /hye_sharzhoom/vol27/dec05/alphabet.shtml (723 words)

	Monotype: Non Latin Font
		The invention of the Armenian alphabet in the 5th century AD is attributed to Mesrop Mashtots, a cleric in the Armenian royal court.
		Mesrop's effort is believed to be the first attempt to put the Armenian language in writing.
		Originally consisting of only 36 letters, the Armenian alphabet invented by Mesrop represented the phonology of Armenian so well that it has survived basically unchanged for 15 centuries.
	www.monotypefonts.com /Library/Non-Latin-Library.asp?show=info&lan=armenian (323 words)

	Saint Mesrob
		Saint Mesrob Mashtots (Armenian: Մեսրոպ Մաշտոց) (360 - February 17, 440) was an Armenian monk, theologian and linguist.
		Saint Mesrop is best known for having invented the Armenian alphabet, which was a fundamental step in strengthening the Armenian Church, the government of the Armenian Kingdom, and ultimately the bond between Armenians in the Armenian Kingdom, the Byzantine Empire, and the Persian Empire.
		Koryun, his pupil and biographer, tells us that Mesrop received a liberal education, and was versed in the Greek, Syriac, and Persian languages.
	saint-mesrob.zdnet.co.za /zdnet/Saint_Mesrob (2019 words)

	..:: ETER Weekly ::.. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Mesrop Mashtots wanted to create written language for Armenian people.
		Mashtots looked and saw that there were four stones in the wall.
		Mashtots looked at the wall and saw a cross, its blinking wings and letters that appeared on the wall.
	www.eter.tv /eng/rubrics/history.shtml (356 words)

	Koriun: The Life of Mashtots
		Mesrop Mashtots was the name of the person to whom we referred at the beginning of our account, whose story we have been eager to write.
		[Mesrop] be honored in the capital city for a definite period with the same living accommodations accorded to the Church, the court, and the excellent nobles of the city.
		And together with the assembled monks, he transferred the body of Mashtots, the witness for Christ's religion of the cross, to the sarcophagus in the church.
	ambarts.tripod.com /files/koriun.htm (7292 words)

	..:: Arya Tour ::..
		The church of St. Mesrop Mashtots which is located in Oshakan.
		The name comes from the Armenian alphabet founder Mesrop Mashtots who died in 440 A.D and was buried in Oshakan.
		A small chapel was built over his grave, which was replaced by a single nave basilicathe in the 2nd half of the 19th century.
	www.aryatour.com /armenia/ashtarak.html (192 words)

	mesrop (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Mesrop Mashtots himself was responsible for translating the New Testament and the Old Testament book of Proverbs.
		Mesrop Mashtots dispatched his circle of scholars to Constantinople (modern Istanbul), Alexandria, and Rome in search of biblical and literary manuscripts.
		A collection of biblical commentaries, translations of patristic works, and liturgical prayers and hymns constructed on an eight-tone scale is credited to him, corroborating his reputation for having laid the foundation of a national Armenian liturgy.
	www2.armenians.com /info/mesrop.html (227 words)

	Isaac of Armenia Summary
		Sahak, who presided over the Persian sector of Armenia, patronized the educational, missionary, religious, and literary activities of Mesrop Mashtotsʿ, the inventor of the Armenian alphabet.
		Sahak was instrumental in the spread of literacy in the royal central provinces of Armenia; he personally revised the Armenian version of the scriptures on the basis of the Septuagint and translated several works of the Fathers from Greek, a language in which he was proficient.
		He is greatly venerated by the Armenians as a saint and honored, with Mesrop Mashtotsʿ, as the cofounder of the Armenian literary tradition.
	www.bookrags.com /Isaac_of_Armenia (1116 words)

	Qarabaq senedlerde \| Karabakh in Documents \| Карабах в документах
		Undoubtedly, the merit of Mashtots is that he, along with the Greek calligrapher Ruphan (Ropanos in Khorensky), managed to build them in a unique shapely order, suitable to the phonetics of Hay language.
		It is worth mentioning, that before the Mashtots appearance, the Anan-Bek’s son Saag, the priest from Parfia (contemporary Turkmenistan), tried to spread Christianity among Albanians and Hayq.
		Moses Khorensky writes that Mashtots with some Greek calligrapher Ruphan (in primary sources Ropanos), makes some manipulations with some ancient alphabet (and as was said above, the Armenian/Hay alphabet was formed on the basis of Turkic, Aramaic and Greek runic letters), and after that they [Mashtots and Ruphan] create the alphabet.
	www.karabakh-doc.azerall.info /ru/azerpeople/ap010eng.htm (2181 words)

	Linguistics Gathering Confirm Mashtots's Copyright - ArmeniaDiaspora.Com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Yerevan, December 23, Armenpress: A recent gathering of linguists in Vienna, Austria, dedicated to the 1,600-th anniversary of creation of Armenian letters, has once again confirmed that the Georgian and Old Caucasian Alban scripts had been invented by Mesrop Mashtots, despite the counter-arguments of Georgian scientists.
		Mesrop Mashtots (355-439) was born in the village of Hatzegyats in Daron, Armenia.
		In 394, he left the palace and became a monk and was eventually ordained a priest.
	www.armeniadiaspora.com /ADC/news.asp?id=548 (134 words)

	Mesrop Mashtots', Sparapet Part 2 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Life of Mashtoc' is a biography of Mesrop Mashtoc', creator of the Armenian alphabet, written by Mashtoc"s youngest pupil, Koriwn (19).
		The author implies that he wrote his work several years after the death of Mesrop at the request of the then acting Catholicos Yovsep'.
		In chapter 12, Koriwn mentions that after receiving his education, he was sent with other students to various unspecified districts of Armenia to teach the new alphabet (28).
	rbedrosian.com /spar2.htm (582 words)

	Education and science
		The origin and development of educational institutions in Artsakh began from the invention of the Armenian alphabet by Mesrop Mashtots in the V century.
		Still in the beginning of V century, after the creation of Armenian alphabet by Mesrop Mashtots, schools were opened in different parts of Armenia.
		One of the first schools was opened in Artsakh, in the famous monastery Amaras, which was a powerful center of Armenian culture for a long time.
	www.nkr.am /eng/facts/edu.htm (1121 words)

	Mesrop Mashtots', Sparapet Part 2
		The Life of Mashtoc' is a biography of Mesrop Mashtoc', creator of the Armenian alphabet, written by Mashtoc"s youngest pupil, Koriwn (19).
		The author implies that he wrote his work several years after the death of Mesrop at the request of the then acting Catholicos Yovsep'.
		In chapter 12, Koriwn mentions that after receiving his education, he was sent with other students to various unspecified districts of Armenia to teach the new alphabet (28).
	www.rbedrosian.com /spar2.htm (582 words)

	Mesrop Mashtots
		Mesrop inventó los caracteres armenios con tanta perfección y precisión, que no solamente satisfizo los requerimientos del sistema fonético del idioma armenio, sino que hasta hoy no han sufrido modificación fundamental alguna.
		La obra de Mesrop dotó al pueblo armenio de unidad espiritual que tendría una enorme importancia nacional y política en los siglos venideros, y con ella dicho pueblo obtuvo un arma cultural invencible, el alfabeto propio, que en el correr de los siglos debía ser la mayor defensa contra la asimilación y la desaparición total.
		Mesrop Mashtóts falleció el 17 de febrero del 440 y fue enterrado en la aldea de 0shakán.
	www.proel.org /traductores/mesrop.html (578 words)

	TOURPAR. TOURS IN ARMENIA
		Mashtots and tomb of M. Mashtots, creator of Armenian Alphabet in Oshakan.
		Visiting Matenadaran named after Mesrop Mashtots, for instance, is world's biggest depository of ancient manuscripts.
		Mashtots and tomb of Mesrop Mashtots, creator of Armenian Alphabet in Oshakan.
	www.tourbureau.am /tours.htm (1167 words)

	Koryun - The life of Mashtots
		And while I was striving to remember [the facts], there came the command of an excellent man named Hovsep,** a disciple of that person, as well as the encouragement of others, our fellows of student days.
		It was ordered that [Mesrop] be honored in the capital city for a definite period with the same living accommodations accorded to the Church, the court, and the excellent nobles of the city.
		And we related this not for the glory of the saints of God who already have been honored for their most luminous faith and life, but as an inspiring example to their spiritual sons and to all who, through them, will be taught from generation to generation.
	armenianhouse.org /koryun/mashtots-en.html (7288 words)

	2004 press releases
		Mashtots readings used to have a profound meaning in the course of Armenian history.
		Palaces and churches laid in ruin during centuries but the 36 letters created by Mesrop Mashtots stood still through storms and calamities giving the Armenian nation immortality.
		The aim of the traditional Mashtots readings is to revive the mighty legacy of the Golden Century and to hand it over to coming generation and to develop Armenology.
	micro5.mscc.huji.ac.il /~armenia/pr_2004.htm (1775 words)

	Mesrop Mashtots (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Saint Mesrop Mashtots and a scholar, at the stone one can see the original letters (i.e.
		Mesrop, desirous to remedy this state of things, resolved to invent a national alphabet, in which undertaking Isaac and King Vramshapuh promised to assist him.
		It is hard to determine exactly what part Mesrop had in the fixing of the new alphabet.
	mesrop-mashtots.zdnet.co.za /zdnet/Mesrop_Mashtots (2050 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The statue of Mother Armenia stands sentry over Yerevan, and sometimes appears to be directly in line with Mesrop Mashtots Street.
		Azatutian Square, which is also called the Opera Square, is a short walk from the base of the Cascade, across Moskovian Street, at the corner of Mesrop Mashtots Street and Sayat Nova Avenue.
		By comparison, the Blue Mosque on lower Mesrop Mashtots Street, which was built in 1765, is almost modern.
	www.stonegardenproductions.com /pages/YerevanSightseeing.htm (1994 words)

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