Excerpts From A 12th Century Canon Law

Sargis Najaryan was born in Yerevan. He finished school named after Vahan Teryan in Yerevan, after worked at "Polyvinylacetate" factory for a year. Between 1967 to 1973 studied at V. Brusov University, and at the Department of Theater Faculty of the Moscow University of Culture and Arts (correspondence education). He took part in a competition of announcers and was admitted to the State Committee on Television and Radio Broadcasting of Armenia. In 1973 he took courses in the art of speech at the studio of the Central Radio and TV of Moscow, after which he was invited to host the programs “Panorama”, “In the world of cinema”, “Once upon a time”, “Man and the law” and others on the Armenian Television. He has also worked at the Radio as an announcer-editor. He took part in translation of dubbing and editing of films of “Armenfilm” studio. Between 1973 to 1978 taught at school Armenian and English. Since 1984 Sargis Najaryan is a member of Theatre Workers Union of Armenia, from 1986 he created and led literary-entertainment programs, between 1990 to 1997 was the lecturer and the dean (faculty of journalism) of the “David Anhaght” University. In 1993 he starred in the film “Aram Khachaturian”. Sargis Najaryan headed the circle of readers of the Isahakyan library from 1994 to 2000, lecturer at “Monte Melkonyan” University, (from 2002 to 2008), made postgraduate courses for the postgraduate students of the Institute of Science of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia. In 2002 Sargis Najaryan was awarded a Letter of Gratitude from the Catholicos of All Armenians for services to the spiritual world, in 1993 received silver medal of His Holiness Vazgen I. At the “Sayat-Nova 2000” All-Armenian Song Festival Sargis Najaryan was awarded the first prize for “Patriotic song” and a special diploma from the Commission for holding the “Christian Armenia 1700” events. In 2005 he was recognized as “The Best Radio Host of the Year”. He is an author of numerous radio programs, films, also starred in the film called “Temple”, played in “Nemesis” play. Numerous video discs of fairy tales performed by Sargis Najaryan have been released, in 2009 he released CDs with G. Narekatsi's poem "The Book of Sorrowful Chants", works by P. Sevak, Hovhannes Tumanyan, H. Sahyan, V. Teryan. He hosted programs “Nostalgia”, “Karot” on the Armenian Public TV. In 2006 Sargis Najaryan received the “Honorary Journalist of Armenia” title, in 2018 he was awarded with “Garegin Nzhdeh” medal from MOD of Armenia. In 2009 Sargis Najaryan read the text (in English) of a multi-series film “Matenadaran” directed by Hovik Hakhverdyan, in 2017 he fully recorded and released poem “Matyan voghbergutyan” by G. Narekatsi.