Wednesday, February 3 2021 12:25

ArmInfo.By the decree of Pope Francis, February 27 will be celebrated according to the Roman calendar as the day of remembrance of the Archimandrite of the  Ecumenical Church, St. Grigor Narekatsi.

According to the Armenian Embassy in the Vatican, it will be included  in the holiday calendars of Catholic churches around the world,  liturgical books and texts of the liturgy will be updated.

As you know, back in 2015, the Pope conferred the title of  "Archimandrite of the Universal Church" on the medieval Armenian  clergyman, theologian, and poet Grigory Narekatsi. Pope Francis thus  confirmed the decision of the Congregation of Saints of the Holy See,  according to which Narekatsi deserves recognition of the highest  church award. He also ranked Grigor Narekatsi among the Teachers of  the Catholic Church.  It is noteworthy that the list of the Church's  Teachers consists of 36 names, one of which is Saint Gregory  Narekatsi.

And already in April 2018, a statue of Grigor Narekatsi was installed  in the Vatican. The sculpture, installed in the Vatican Gardens, was  made in the Czech Republic by an Armenian sculptor, People's Artist  of Armenia - David Yerevantsi.

Narekatsi was born in the 10th century into the family of Bishop  Khosrov from the village of Narek in the province of Vaspurakan, and  from childhood was associated with the spiritual world and religious  and philosophical literature. He was educated at the Narek monastery,  under Anania Narekatsi, then became a monk.

Narekatsi owns numerous works of Peru, but the culmination of his  literary heritage is the poem "The Book of Sorrowful Chants" or  "Narek" - the greatest creation of thought in Armenian medieval  literature, the greatest artistic value, for which Narekatsi became  famous not only in Armenian, but also in world literature.  Grigor  Narekatsi was canonized by the Armenian Apostolic Church.