St. Nerses Shnorhali's historical poem "Lament of Edessa"

The paper is dedicated to the peak of the literary work of the notable Armenian spiritual worker of the Middle Ages, the outstanding poetik work of Nerses Shnorhali (1101-1173) - the poem "Edesa Lament" imbued with a patriotic spirit, written at the request of Apirat, the nephew of N. Shnorhali, the eyewitness of the defeat of the city of Edessa: in 1144. by deception and with extreme cruelty it was conquered by the amir of the city of Mosul, Imadeddin Zangi

Armenian conference dedicated to the 850th death anniversary of St. Nerses the Gracious

Conference section 1 Opening of the conference with speeches by official persons Boghos Levon Zekiyan, Archeparch of Istanbul and Turkey for the Catholic Armenians - Saint Nerses Shnorhali as a Unique Figure in Christian Thought And Praxis: Shnorhali’s Pioneering Vision of Christian Oecumenism Claude Mutafian, Dr.hist. (University of Paris) -- Mleh, a Successful Armenian Prince (1169- 1175) Andris Priede, Dr.hist.eccl. (Faculty of Theology, University of Latvia) - Marginal Forms of Armenian Monasticism in 13th Century Valda Salmiņa, M.A. - St. Nerses Shnorhali’s historical poem “Lament of Edessa” Conference section 2 Vahan S. Hovhanessian, Bishop PhD (Karekin the First Research Center) -Analysis of the Four Gospels attributed to St. Nerses the Graceful Abraham Terian, Prof. emeritus (St. Nersess Armenian Seminary) - Shnorhali’s Commentary on the Beatitudes Elizabete Taivāne, Dr.theol. (Faculty of Theology, University of Latvia) -Christology of St. Nerses Shnorhali at the Crossroads of Eastern and Western Theology: The Edifying Details Conference section 3 Ojārs Spārītis, Dr.habil.art. (Latvian Academy of Arts) - View on Sacral Architecture of Central Armenia Haig Utidjian, PhD (CESEM, New University of Lisbon) - The music of the Šnorhali Corpus: challenges and rewards Arusyak Tamrazyan, PhD (Matenadaran, Research Institute of Ancient manuscripts) - Mystical symbolism in melismatic performance: the odes by St Nersēs th

Sources and symbols of the Song of Resurrection „Havun, havun” (Bird, bird) by Grigor Narekatsi (947 – 1011) (in Latvian)

In the article two songs of Resurrection by Gregor Narekatsi and the symbolic meaning of „bird” in them are considered. The first song „Havun, havun” (Bird, bird) as periphrase of Song of Songs and the second song „Havik mi paitsar” (Bird descending on the cross stone) with its relation to this symbolic are analysed

Biblical Person Names in The Book of Lamentations by Grigor Narekatsi (1001-1003).

The Article deals with the role of Biblical person names in The Book of Lamentations by Grigor Narekatsi (1001-1003) in the poetical context, distinguishing two main functions of their use as the text elements: first – the referential or relational function; second – the poetically – esthetical function. Although Biblical person names comprise a numerically small lexical part of Lamentations, they function as important and considerable structural elements of the text which play an important role in the author’s system of the religious ethical categories of sinfulness. The Biblical person names are obliged to bring about connotations of behavior and choices of the particular person, and, being included in similes, metaphors and figures of recitations, they enhance the power of expression and figurativeness of the text. The concluding part of the article illustrates the use of theonyms (name of god) Beliar and Ball in different contexts of Lamentations and shows the transformation of the semantics of the person names. Thus the insight in the theological and poetical system of conceptions of Grigor Narekatsi is given

The function and rendering in Latvian of genitive constructions in the semantic structure of the Book of Lamentations of Gregor from Narek (in Armenian)

This report deals with the semantics of genitive constructions (adnominal genitive) in Matean Voghberguthean as well as with the searches for rendering equivalents in Latvian. It is based on the method of paraphrase with one or more transformations – the propositions described by John Beekman and John Callow in their fundamental work Translating the Word of God. This method helps to clarify syntactical and logical relations in the word groups and to elucidate the meaning of the phrase. Grammatical construction of adnominal Genitive (nomen regens – nomen rectum) has different functions in the semantic structure of Matean. Along with the more traditional semantics instances of the adnominal genitive [ Possessive Genitive (Stacakanuthyun- patkaneluthyan ), Descriptive Genitive (veraberman), Attributive Genitive /Genitive of Quality, Genitive of Purpose (hatkacman), Genitive of Origin (serman, cagman), Genitive of Source (patcharri), Objective and Subjective Genitive, Genitive of Time, of Place, Genitive of Price /Value /Quantity(paragayakan kirarruthynner teghi, zhamanaki, chap’ u k’anaki)], there exist also several less typical meanings ( masnavor ayl imastavorumner), such as Genitive of Production/ Producer and Genitive of Subordination in cases where the Genitive is dependent on a noun with implicit verbal idea

Žēlabu grāmata. Narekas Grigors. Izlase. Atdzejojumi latviešu valodā.

Atdzejojumu no senarmēņu valodas veikusi Valda Salmiņa. Izlasē iekļautās nodaļas: 1.-7.,9.-11.,13., 15., 17., 19., 30., 33., 36., 41., 43., 46., 50., 51., 59., 60., 63., 67., 72., 77., 80, 81., 87., 88., 90., 95. Tulkojums veikts ar KKF atbalstu

Sources and symbols of the Song of Resurrection „Havun, havun” (Bird, bird) by Grigor Narekatsi (947 – 1011) (in Latvian)

In the article two songs of Resurrection by Gregor Narekatsi and the symbolic meaning of „bird” in them are considered. The first song „Havun, havun” (Bird, bird) as periphrase of Song of Songs and the second song „Havik mi paitsar” (Bird descending on the cross stone) with its relation to this symbolic are analysed

Žēlabu grāmata. Narekas Grigors. Izlase. Tulkojusi Valda Salmiņa no senarmēņu valodas

Atdzejojumu no senarmēņu valodas veikusi Valda Salmiņa. Izlasē iekļautās nodaļas: 1.-7.,9.-11.,13., 15., 17., 19., 30., 33., 36., 41., 43., 46., 50., 51., 59., 60., 63., 67., 72., 77., 80, 81., 87., 88., 90., 95. Tulkojums veikts ar KKF atbalstu.KK

The function and rendering in Latvian of genitive constructions in the semantic structure of the Book of Lamentations of Gregor from Narek (in Armenian)

This report deals with the semantics of genitive constructions (adnominal genitive) in Matean Voghberguthean as well as with the searches for rendering equivalents in Latvian. It is based on the method of paraphrase with one or more transformations – the propositions described by John Beekman and John Callow in their fundamental work Translating the Word of God. This method helps to clarify syntactical and logical relations in the word groups and to elucidate the meaning of the phrase. Grammatical construction of adnominal Genitive (nomen regens – nomen rectum) has different functions in the semantic structure of Matean. Along with the more traditional semantics instances of the adnominal genitive [ Possessive Genitive (Stacakanuthyun- patkaneluthyan ), Descriptive Genitive (veraberman), Attributive Genitive /Genitive of Quality, Genitive of Purpose (hatkacman), Genitive of Origin (serman, cagman), Genitive of Source (patcharri), Objective and Subjective Genitive, Genitive of Time, of Place, Genitive of Price /Value /Quantity(paragayakan kirarruthynner teghi, zhamanaki, chap’ u k’anaki)], there exist also several less typical meanings ( masnavor ayl imastavorumner), such as Genitive of Production/ Producer and Genitive of Subordination in cases where the Genitive is dependent on a noun with implicit verbal idea