MONUMENTS
MONUMENT TO GRIGOR NAREKATSI
2002
Sculptor: Serge
Mehrabyan
Architect: Ashot
Smbatyan
The monument to Grigor Narekatsi, an
Armenian medieval cleric, a theologian canonized by the Armenian Church, a 10th
century mystical poet, musician and philosopher, the founder of Armenian
Renaissance literature, the author of the immortal poem "The Book of Lamentation", is located on
Sebastia Street, next to the district administration and the Church of the Holy
Mother of God, in Malatia Park.
It is placed on a three-step platform, on
a polished stone pedestal. The ceremonial opening took place on April 19, 2002.
Narekatsi is depicted barefoot, with his
right knee bent, his arms wide open, his gaze fixed on the sky, talking to God.
He is dressed in monk’s robes
with a hood, and his "Book of Lamentation" -
"Narek" - is open on his chest. On the 7 basalt slabs placed behind
the monument, passages from the poem are carved. The sculpture is made of
bronze, granite, and basalt, and its height is 3.25 m.
