Society
Pope Francis arrived in Armenia
Pope Francis today arrived in Armenia’s capital Yerevan. This is visit to the first country adopting Christianity as a state religion.
An insider's guide to Yerevan: the city where Kanye likes to swim in Swan Lake
Water fights, buildings that look like Soviet spaceships and the clacking of backgammon boards give life to the inner courtyards of Armenia’s capital.
Peter Balakian: Winner 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry
What do you mean you’ve never heard of Peter Balakian, the poet who just won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for poetry?
Any plans for spring 2016 in Armenia?
From IT, innovative, technological events like “Armrobotics” to tasty “Uduli”dolma festival, from “Aurora prize for awakening humanity”to “Nobel days in Yerevan” this spring will be filled with a great variety of events for people of every taste, education and interest.
Solar energy in Armenia
Armenia’s prospective in developing solar energy is rather positive and makes a minimum of 5 MW/1600 KW.The data is provided by the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
Audacity in the Streets of New York vs Yerevan
Street art can have lots of definitions. For some people it is a platform for self-expression or sharing their talent, for others street art is a way to raise political issues and struggle for their beliefs.
Eternal Alphabet: Ph (p‘iwr) - Փ (փիւր)
Most Mesropian letters are so different from the characters of other alphabets, that it is often impossible to establish their prototypes. In this respect, the form of letter Փ is rather unexpected, because its resemblance to the Greek Փ is so obvious...
Eternal Alphabet: KH (k‘ē) - Ք (քէ)
Ք is the first letter of the Armenian translation of the Gospel of Luke. As it is known, the symbol of the Evangelist Luke wais the bull, therefore, in handwritten medieval Armenian Gospels letter Ք was often depicted as a bull.
Eternal Alphabet: U [hiwn] - ՈՒ (հիւն)
One of the principles of the Armenian alphabet is that one sound corresponds to each letter. Only letter Ու (u) is an exception. This letter is a combination of two letters – Ո (vo) and Ի (vyun).
Eternal Alphabet: Ts (c‘o) - Ց (ցօ)
According to armenologist Edward Aghayan, while creating letter Ց Mashtots did not use any prototype, while Hrachya Acharyan was of the opinion that the author of the Armenian alphabet derived it from the Armenian letter Ծ [ts].
