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WORCESTER PUBLIC LIBRARY EXHIBIT CELEBRATES 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF BOOK PRINTING
http://www.mirrorspectator.com/2012/11/02/worcester-public-library-exhibit-celebrates-500th-anniversary-of-book-printing/
Arts | November 2, 2012 8:13 am
WORCESTER - The Worcester Armenian Book Commemoration Committee is
hosting an exhibit at the Worcester Public Library for the entire
month of November to commemorate the 500th Anniversary of Armenian book
printing. Yerevan, Armenia has been designated the "World Capital of
the Book for the Year 2012" by United Nations Educational, Scientific,
and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in honor of this milestone occasion
in Armenian history.
Various displays explain, with essays and pictorial images, the
development by Saints Sahag and Mesrob of the Armenian alphabet,
resulting in an immediate availability of Western and Christian
knowledge in Armenia. The Armenian alphabet in various forms, copies
of early illuminated manuscripts, and the advancement of Armenian
printed books and materials are other features of the exhibit.
Worcester is the site of the first permanent Armenian Community
in the New World and the first Armenian Church to be built in the
Western Hemisphere. The city is fortunate to have the presence of the
Kaloosdian/Mugar Endowed Chair of Armenian Genocide Studies at Clark
University. Several texts on the Armenian Genocide by the first two
holders of the Armenian Genocide Studies Chair, Prof. Simon Payaslian
and Prof. Taner Akcam, reinforce the exhibit's theme of the power
of the published word. Contributions of Armenian- American writers
include William Saroyan, Vrastad Kazanjian, and others.
A grand opening reception with refreshments is scheduled on Wednesday,
November 7, 7 p.m., in the library's Saxe Room with a lecture
on Armenian book printing by two Armenian newspaper editors, Alin
Gregorian of the Armenian Mirror- Spectator and Khatchig Mouradian of
the Armenian Weekly. Their topic is "The Power Of The Printed Word:
Successes And Challenges, Past And Present." Other programs will
follow throughout November. The event is free and open to the public.
The Worcester Armenian Book Commemoration Committee is comprised of
representatives from the Worcester Armenian Community with the support
of the Armenian Church of Saviour, the Armenian Church of The Martyrs,
and Holy Trinity Armenian Apostolic Church. The Committee Chairman
is Van M. Aroian and Committee Members are Hrair B. Aprahamian,
Nevart Asadoorian, Charles K. Der Kazarian, Frank S. Minasian, Sarah D.
Moradian, Stephen J. Papazian.
http://www.mirrorspectator.com/2012/11/02/worcester-public-library-exhibit-celebrates-500th-anniversary-of-book-printing/
Arts | November 2, 2012 8:13 am
WORCESTER - The Worcester Armenian Book Commemoration Committee is
hosting an exhibit at the Worcester Public Library for the entire
month of November to commemorate the 500th Anniversary of Armenian book
printing. Yerevan, Armenia has been designated the "World Capital of
the Book for the Year 2012" by United Nations Educational, Scientific,
and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in honor of this milestone occasion
in Armenian history.
Various displays explain, with essays and pictorial images, the
development by Saints Sahag and Mesrob of the Armenian alphabet,
resulting in an immediate availability of Western and Christian
knowledge in Armenia. The Armenian alphabet in various forms, copies
of early illuminated manuscripts, and the advancement of Armenian
printed books and materials are other features of the exhibit.
Worcester is the site of the first permanent Armenian Community
in the New World and the first Armenian Church to be built in the
Western Hemisphere. The city is fortunate to have the presence of the
Kaloosdian/Mugar Endowed Chair of Armenian Genocide Studies at Clark
University. Several texts on the Armenian Genocide by the first two
holders of the Armenian Genocide Studies Chair, Prof. Simon Payaslian
and Prof. Taner Akcam, reinforce the exhibit's theme of the power
of the published word. Contributions of Armenian- American writers
include William Saroyan, Vrastad Kazanjian, and others.
A grand opening reception with refreshments is scheduled on Wednesday,
November 7, 7 p.m., in the library's Saxe Room with a lecture
on Armenian book printing by two Armenian newspaper editors, Alin
Gregorian of the Armenian Mirror- Spectator and Khatchig Mouradian of
the Armenian Weekly. Their topic is "The Power Of The Printed Word:
Successes And Challenges, Past And Present." Other programs will
follow throughout November. The event is free and open to the public.
The Worcester Armenian Book Commemoration Committee is comprised of
representatives from the Worcester Armenian Community with the support
of the Armenian Church of Saviour, the Armenian Church of The Martyrs,
and Holy Trinity Armenian Apostolic Church. The Committee Chairman
is Van M. Aroian and Committee Members are Hrair B. Aprahamian,
Nevart Asadoorian, Charles K. Der Kazarian, Frank S. Minasian, Sarah D.
Moradian, Stephen J. Papazian.