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The psalmic architecture of the Armenian Žamagirk‘ (Book of Hours) reveals the central role of fixed and responsorial psalmody in shaping the Daily Hours. Within this structure are preserved archaic strands of Christian hymnody embedded in scriptural recitation. While elucidating these elements, Bishop Findikyan will focus on psalm refrains and early liturgical adaptations likely reflecting Jerusalemite and other early traditions.

This seminar uses the Armenian marriage rites—from betrothal to crowning to post-crowning rites—as a case study in the practice of Eastern liturgiology. The focus is methodological: how to read liturgical texts historically, how to discern ritual stratification across manuscript and printed traditions, and how to integrate textual criticism, comparative analysis, and sacramental theology into a coherent interpretive framework. By examining the Armenian evidence in conversation with broader Eastern Christian sources, we will explore how liturgical study moves from text to theology to ecclesial application. The session aims not only to analyze a rite, but to model a disciplined approach to studying and interpreting ancient liturgical traditions in the service...

The compendium of the Armenian Church's Daily Services, the Žamagirk' ("Book of Hours") amounts to a spiritual autobiography written in psalms, hymns, and heartfelt supplications. In its pages resound the Christian faith, repentance, grief and gratitude of the Armenian people, and their longing for mercy and eternal life. This presentation introduces a new, complete translation that invites English-speakers into this sacred rhythm of faith and prayer, inviting them to enter and share in Armenia's living Christian worship.

Join us for an afternoon of storytelling and games in Armenian led by Ardemis Megerdichian.

Dr. Zarouhi Pogossian focuses on the small, rural settlement of Yeghegis in the Vayots‘ Dzor region as an active node within the Silk Road(s). Yeghegis emerges as a key case study for understanding landscape, power, and mobility.

The Socially Relevant Film Festival highlights filmmakers with compelling, socially relevant, human-interest stories across social issues without resorting to violence or violent storytelling. See more for featured Armenian films.

This Colloquium is an annual international conference for graduate students in the Humanities/Social Sciences to present research pertaining to all aspects of Armenian studies, including but not limited to language, literature, history, gender studies, sociology, anthropology, economics, and art history.

First International Conference of the Medieval Caucasus Network: “Studying Non-Elites in the Medieval Caucasus,” features two days of papers on a variety of topics, from the Caucasian slave trade, to the place of women in medieval Armenian society, to the bioarchaeology of the medieval Caucasus. 

Vahram L. Shemmassian, Ph.D., professor and director of the Armenian Studies Program at CSU, Northridge, presents a lecture on Rev. Dikran Antreasian, his involvement with the Musa Dagh resistance and his impact on the survival of his people in 1915 and beyond.

Artist Levon Kafafian and visual culture scholar Marie-Aude Baronian host a salon-style discussion on Kafafian’s art through the metaphor of weaving as world-building and reflect upon the possibility of making an Armenian future through creative practice.