, 1877-11-17

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" ", Mpsran' .nh " ,iass is 'ur Tauting Fruits
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vagarshabasl, thirteen mile. west of Eriyan, the
Capital nj IiussIan Armenia, Is situated the
tn ,- th,. t,i ie*t m,,no.,, in.,tn,i,, In cxi.,.
~ W 'ae o'asst '!'o"aa,,c "st,I"'.'" u" e.'s''
ence. aceo'uln@ 10 tradlt'hh, 81. nfe9o!s t"e
illumination founded tic flrts Christian s''arcll
3oo. Etchrt,az,n.-an Armenian term signify
.s 80 ..t. -. .'..,s,',,. =, l...,.,
..k 'He o"'5 ,,"
LUG eee1eslas''eai '"etf"po"s'! '"e hf''e'''''
nation. 4 century md a half later, the tnunas-
tcry yas degraded from It's htxi, ptavc, bul re-.
rnrcrc,l Il s7an IN 14tt. on,t In, sint hrcn she
~, - ,,,o ...,,o.,,a, ,.t.-rt, ,rh,, ~ thn
scat ol Inc armenian iatrlarcn' "ho Is Ing
spiritual heal ot all true Armcnsans. IN a3l
tile Armenian Church severed ittctt frunI the
Orthodox Easteru Church. and has rc,unne.l u
.nn ,,.,..nv, la, -, .,,a,..,1.,, o,,,. I..,f,,,
sas p..asn. a5 W ~ ,....,.,.,
With the. administrative power ot Rope, and
ctsuscn hy the Armenian B'slnps connyyokes! toF
ths pafpo.e from AL paLt" .. 1 the , x".'a;
Of trees. an, on The banks Of y small stream.
which. exhausted by th: drain upon It for tue
irrigation of the bordering lAnt. ins"* Itself M
tercr.brecd!nR marshes. lnc slte Is lnnely ahi
unhealthy, hut It has Elorittus view q! ArlFai,
(which" accnr!InE to HEr. Bsyce,-IrUtH wllnse
tle*cfiptlon Ut EtcnIt'lzin We gain our actluai-
tance With it-"fl*es full In ffoilt tn indcterii;"
able majesty, covered IN this silc with
enow ior 4 Eotr! way aown.
| Except in TIC large evnvcnt-Harten just
| outside the wall+. which lI''r,'crt the
magnificent stnnt:-iareu Hdi!'u9hd, Ur tcserVir,
tOTftcti ~ Tic late Patriarch, titru ufc no treea
anywhere neur; tho landstatG i hare Ah'l u1ttt
n'l tho way from tic glen4 ot Ala t;oz ni l''c
brown mountain: OF thu karatA-h. III the east,
to the liils of kars. fat Oh tue western hora.
| THO buildings OF The monastery arc iucloscd
by lofty, battlenscntei wall, Which hts r."
ellMl frequent as.a'lls fronI l'a:its ui niafauu.
lug Tartars mud Ierssans. unly twenty VI thirty
cells, the apartments Tor the Patriarch antt tor
gucots. y bazaF. seininary, and many suhetd.
larry buildings, make W quite little t"wn
within the walls. which ure nlle IL elTcl'lt.
Tic monastery ilas beei! many ts'nes destroyed
| or Injured by invaders Win 1layc III tIscc~s!vc
hurdles swept over the 1anu, aud has w nllt!y
ttnlrs bccn restored. The ehul I'll. OF cathedral.
y said ~ contain porions u wall datt',:: Iron,
the next oldest anl mast lntcrpat!ng ol thc
buildings. One Of tltcsc. suys ar. btice:
FUSED IN 4u1nr1ltr.-a long.. lo''.'a1iltet!
ronI!, Win nne narro" taeiG a1l. ran1'hs
throne un'lcr n canoby Tor The Patriarch.
nnl sort Of pulpit, ~hcrlee reading coes on
| during MeAls,-nplEars jroB iss styls to bc iiot
later thnn tEe twelfth eehttrY." Thu l1lrary
contains about 2UD books n'os' Of which nru
.At1BcnIan. ant! Eturc VI anrltnt manuscripts.
The treasury fn'asts os many prersek' rs,trs,
wae p!erecd on tle cTasl!s,a = lFasfnent u Soan
asn, Ii,a ~ III ra. '.tt1, 1,, All. r,t,,r /,
tn,clcu fl lie ceremony Vi cpt,,uyTuttuu,
The revenues u the monastery, aucrulng from
the contributions Vi a.. tue Armenian churches,
e9v rvnsc r. 1c ,ua,m, MINI r. tlc min.
astcry, amount to Lcariy saU.K0 annually. \
tort'un Of this auln Is tsc1 lll the support Of Il
school nt Etcii'ilsatz Tor Tue education cslyhs
M Aletia u, .hn;r n,rarr "' IN, ri i ,'rir.;sns
His.,,t ehrntv yta1ur stuJcnts wcru in ut.
tcutla,l,u at thu tim, Of Mr.. I]rytt's visit, IN
1s1B. Tic Armenian Archbishop u 1Eti!s. a'l
~ sau ,t na III r., inktitutlnn snfrcr. fru,r
want III eom,tntent trarhcrs, Tlv ta,,,ils ru,nr
frusn all paris uf the world. anl ar,., ou their
arsisa, genrraily utterly destitute Of tsas'!tns.
hanoer o. I.han =, W t',,ntah;i,, nSu a. Sss1, s'
ma.n,u" cuitIc,i ararnt Inns recently brci,
establInilca.
~ tor'urr times, Etehn!at'zl's was rtsorted
othrr onsc popular slltnes; II has inst IL trrs
Is a aar t siacs. sa saf then wit
t. 's %aii., " y ss s:.s ,sat:. *se !aass'
g. ~ sanvs"afy ~ aS rts tasue '1a snGa ata u
!hc 'lliagc oi haE@nfeAaoau, MI M'nrA : sai1 !. &c
Lave eohtalaeu :o;" a"uses III NY .,o,... aa5s ~ ~.
naue wI{, put si{,g.s ,ass ass oi bres Gaildius.
sYahK es'aenee q 'ts to1'heF pscteus1ons'
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