Conference Titled `Armenian Day´ Organized In Kerala State Of India

DELHI, JANUARY 2, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. A conference
titled "Armenian Day" was organized in the St.Ephrem Ecuminical
Scientifico-Research Institute in Kottayam city of the Kerala State,
India, where nearly 150 university students and clergymen from several
countries took part in it.

As Noyan Tapan was informed from the RA Foreign Minister's Press
and Information Department, the conference was initiated by Andrea
Shmidt, professor of the St. Ephrem Ecumenical Scientifico-Research
Institute and Catholic University of the Belgium's Luven city, on
whose initiative and immediate participations courses of Armenian
language and scientific researches are conducted.

Professor Andrea Shmidt presented the sources of the Armenian-Indian
relations. Professor Abdo Badvin, head of the St. Art school
of the Lebanese Kaslik city touched upon the Armenian miniature
painting. Doctor Jan-Paul Deshler from the Catholico Yunio University
spoke on the subject of "Armenian Miniatures and Byzantine Icons". The
speakers attached importance to the old languages, particularly the
teaching of the Armenian language.

Professor Thomas, head of the school of the international relations
of the Andrea Shmidt and Mahatma Gandi University, who personally
attends the courses of the Armenian language, suggested to include the
subject of the Caucasus' researches into the program of the school's
international relations. Today 12 lecturers of the institute attend
the courses of the Armenian language.

Ashot Kocharian, the RA Ambassador to India sent a message to the
participants of the conference.