The Mechitarists (Մխիթարեաններ, also spelled Mekhitarists), are a congregation of Benedictine monks of the Armenian Catholic Church founded in 1717 by Abbot Mkhitar Sebastatsi. They are best known for their series of scholarly publications of ancient Armenian versions of otherwise lost ancient Greek texts and their research on classica...
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The Mechitarists are a society or sect of Armenian Christians acknowledging the authority of the pope, but retaining their own ritual with a few alterations. They have printed the best editions of Armenian classics. The name originated from Mechitar Da Petro, who founded a religious society at Constantinople (Istanbul) for the purpose of disseminat...
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