caption death_date death_place birth_place feast_day imagesize venerated_in birth_date titles image article_title name beatified_by
gregory of narek as depicted on a 1173 manuscript 1003 or 1010 narekavank , vaspurakan , armenia rshtunik , vaspurakan , armenia 13 -lrb- roman catholic church -rrb- october -lrb- holy translators day -rrb- 27 february 180px armenian apostolic church catholic church 951 monk , doctor of the church grigor narekatsi 1.jpg gregory of narek
 saint gregory of narek catholicos of all armenians
gregory of narek

saint gregory of narek -lrb- ; 9511003 -rrb- was an armenian monk , poet , mystical philosopher , theologian and saint of the armenian apostolic church , born into a family of writers .
based in the monastery of narek -lrb- narekavank -rrb- , he was `` armenia 's first great poet '' .
he is the author of mystical interpretation on the `` song of songs '' and numerous poetic writings .
his book of prayers , also known as `` book of lamentations '' , a long mystical poem in 95 sections written around 977 has been translated into many languages .
the book , the work of his mature years remains one of the definitive pieces of armenian literature .
