1992, 352 pp. (in Armenian)

The 1st volume of the Gandzasar Theological Review comprises the following sections: Unpublished Texts; Theological Studies; Church Fathers; Lives of Saints; Spiritual Culture.
The volume opens with the Eastern Armenian translation of an excerpt from the "History" by Movses of Kalankatoyk' (Kalankatuac'i) about the history of the head of St John the Forerunner brought to Artsakh and placed in the Monastery of Gandzasar.

In the section of Unpublished Texts the scholar Hakob Keoseyan presents the texts of the Classical Armenian translation of 3 treatises by Antipater of Bostra. Two of them are Words on the Nativity of Christ, the third - on His Baptism. The Classical Armenian original texts are accompanied by their Eastern Armenian translations, done by Ashot Aleksanyan.

In the Theological Studies section, articles by Very Rev. Fr. Sepuh Sargsyan, Very Rev. Fr. Mikayel Ajapahyan, Rev. Fr. Mesrop Aramian and Tigran Khachatryan are placed.

The Church Fathers section includes Eastern Armenian translations of some passages of the 'Word on the True Faith and Virtuous Life' by Grigor Vardapet (trans. by Seda Stamboltsyan), of 'On Prayer' by St Nilus of Sinai (trans. by Fr. Mesrop Aramian), and the Classical Armenian original text of the first parts of 'Word of Confutation against Dyophysites' by Anania of Sanahin (text prepared for publication by Hakob Keoseyan).

The next section presents the lives of several saints, venerated in the Universal and/or Armenian Churches.

The Spiritual Culture section presents an article by Khoren Palyan about the Armenian sacred music of the 5th century.

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