Biography 1

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____ 1. Artashes I a. a victim of the , established the "Mehian" literary group and magazine

____ 2. Trdat the Architect b. the consructor of the Mother Cathedral of Ani

____ 3. Daniel Varoujan c. the founder of Artashesian dynasty, he succeeded in unifying the Armenian lands and people into one Armenian-speaking state.

____ 4. St. Nerses the Great d. author of the Prayer Book Narek or Speaking With God from the Depths of The Heart

____ 5. St. e. the great-grandson of St. , he gathered the first council of the Armenian Church in Ashtishat to pass canons about family life, public, welfare...

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____ 6. Ashot II (Yerkat) a. author of Wounds of (Verk Hayasdani), Bagratuni mysteriously disappeared in 1848

____ 7. b. he reestablished Armenian independence after 200 years (Aghtetsi) of Arab rule and founded the Armenian Kingdom

____ 8. David of Sassoon c. the son of Armenian immigrants in Fresno, author of the stories "The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze", In the Time of Your Life

____ 9. d. the Armenian national epic, took shape in the 10th century, during one of the peaceful lulls in Armenian history

____ 10. Khachatur Abovyan e. he attended the Council of Ctesiphon organized by the Persians, the people earning him the name Builder

Biography 2

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____ 1. Israel Ori a. (Hakob -Hakobian,) Armenian author and poet

____ 2. Toros Roslin b. Leader of national liberation (17-18centuries), brought Armenia’s independence to the attention of international powers

____ 3. c. Poet, a victim of Stalinist purges in 1937, at the age of 40

____ 4. King Trdat d. The greatest of medieval Armenian manuscript painters, working in the heyday of the Cilician Kingdom of Armenia

____ 5. Yeghishe Charents e. The first Armenian king who saw the light and accepted Christianity, helped build Holy Etchmiadzin

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____ 6. Hetum I a. King Trdat’s sister, side by side with Trdat’s wife, Queen Ashkhen, they worked to build the first Cathedral, Etchmiadzin

____ 7. St. Khosrovitookht b. First a soldier, then a priest and scribe in the royal court, the founder of , with Catholicos St. Sahag

____ 8. St. Gregory of Tatev c. Leader of national liberation, led the of Artsakh and Zangezur in civilian self-defense against Persian and Ottoman oppression

____ 9. Mesrob Mashdotz d. King of the Cilician Armenian Kingdom, balancing the Crusaders with a policy of alliance and friendship with the Mongol leaders

____ 10. Davit Bek e. A scholar and teacher, whose rich legacy of theological works, such as the Book of Questions

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____ 1. Khrimian Hayrig a. Musician, poet, sang and played the kamanche, he performed in the court Heraclius of Georgia

____ 2. Tigran the Great b. Playwright, satirist. His most famous work is Medzabadiv Mouratsganner ("Honorable Beggars")

____ 3. Sayat Nova c. A prolific 20th Century American composer, pioneer of East-West fusion, mixing Armenian and other Eastern themes into his music.

____ 4. d. Catholicos, Patriarch of , the author of “iron ladle” sermon, on Armenians’ right to self-defense

____ 5. Hagop Baronian e. Ruler of the largest Armenian state. Remembered as a tolerant king.

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____ 6. a. Prince of the novella, a member of the Ittihad Party and of the Turkish Parliament, one of the 250 intellectuals of Constantinople to perish on April 24, 1915

____ 7. Hovhannes b. The second of Jesus’ apostles to travel to Armenia to Ayvazovsky preach and evangelize, in the mid-1st century. He is also known as Nathanael

____ 8. Krikor Zohrab c. Painter, he is best known for his seascapes, "The sea is my life," he wrote

____ 9. St. Bartholomew d. Catholicos, led the Armenian Church in the difficult time right after the Arab invasion of Armenia. The compiler of the first Canon Book of the Armenian Church

____ 10. St. John of Odzun e. Armenian legal scholar, fabulist, teacher and political adviser, the compiler of a ground-breaking Law Code

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____ 1. St. a. The Poet of All Armenians, his works are "Kach-Nazar", "David of Sassoon", "Parvana", "Anoush".

____ 2. St. Nerses Shnorhali b. Vostanik Manoog Adoyan, painter, a genocide survivor.

____ 3. Hovhannes c. The Father of Armenian History, was a student of Sts. Sahag Toumanian and Mesrob. His told the story of Armenia from its origins through his day, collecting and synthesizing Armenia's rich oral traditions and ballads into a historical narrative that has guided Armenian people through the centuries.

____ 4. Arshile Gorky d. The founder of Armenian Cilician state (1080)

____ 5. Ruben I e. Catholicos(1101-1173), he revised and recompiled the Armenian Book of Hours and wrote many of the key hymns and chants of our daily prayer services

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____ 6. Martiros Saryan a. A writer and national leader, his advocacy on behalf of the Armenian people led to his arrest and imprisonment in St. Petersburg by the Tsarist government in 1862.

____ 7. Aram Khachaturian b. St. Sahag’s grandson, he stood up for the Christian faith of his fathers. Tensions came to a tragic end at a battle on the field of Avarayr

____ 8. Mikayel Nalbandian c. Painter (20 century), captured the rich earthen colors of the Armenian landscape under the powerful Armenian sun.

____ 9. St. Thaddeus or d. One of Jesus’ 12 disciples, he was invested with the gift of Tateos language by the Holy Spirit on Pentecost and traveled to Armenia

____ 10. St. Vartan e. Armenian classical composer. His best known works are Spartak (Spartacus) and Gayane, the latter featuring the now ubiquitous Sabre Dance.

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____ 1. Komitas Vardapet a. Daughter of the Armenian King Sanatrook, She converted to Christianity and when her father discovered what he considered her treachery, he threw her into prison.

____ 2. Paruyr Sevak b. Churchman, musician, (Soghomon Soghomonian). His (Ghazaryan) polyphonic rendering of the Armenian Divine Liturgy is one of the two basic settings in use in Armenian churches world- wide.

____ 3. St. Santookht c. Patron saint of Armenia, The first Catholicos of the Armenian Church, he is the true founder of Armenian Christianity.

____ 4. St. Gregory, the d. Poet, murdered by under suspicious circumstance at the Illuminator or age of 47. His poem in tribute of Komitas vardapet, Anlreli Enlightener Zangakatun is a masterpiece of patriotic art.