Saint Gregory of Narek is an Armenian medieval monk, theologian, mystical poet, composer and a philosopher, 36th ecumenical doctor, is considered the founder of the renaissance of Armenian literature.
NAREKATSI.COM
In 2017, “Renaissance” cultural and intellectual foundation launched the process of collecting the content for the web-site devoted to Grigor Narekatsi. The creation of the web-site has an aim of making Narekatsi’s greatest heritage available to the diverse public. Narekatsi.com web-page is introduced in 3 languages: Armenian, English, Russian. It contains biography of Narekatsi, links to films, programmes, articles dedicated to the Saint. The web-page includes folk stories, taghs, gandzes, prayers and other works of various publication years and countries. The foundation is in the middle of processes to feature translations of “Book of Lamentations” in Italian, German, Arabic, Turkish, Persian and many other languages. The web-page gives an opportunity to read all of these in text and/or book versions. The web-site also has a seperate section dedicated to the monastery of Narek, where the user can find information on the monastery, as well as photos.
Memorial statue dedicated to Saint Gregory of Narek in Vatican
The memorial statue dedicated to Grigor Narekatsi was installed at Vatican’s park on March 21st, 2018. Davit Yerevantsi is the author of the sculpture, Michael Hasratyan is the architect. The opening ceremony of the sculpture was held on April 5th, 2018, which was attended by Pope Francis, as well as Armenian and other government, spiritual and cultural figures. The sculpture has been made in two copies, the other one will be places in Etchmiadzin. The bronze sculpture is 2 meters high. It was melted in Czech Republic. The installation of the statue also symbolizes the importance of diplomatic relations established between Armenia and the Holy See 25 years ago.