January 9, 2022 marks the 130th anniversary of the birth of Levon Lisitsyan – an ethnographer, philologist, historian and public figure, the talented son of the Lisitsyans – prominent representatives of the Armenian reality of the late 19th and early 20th cc. The short but meaningful, eventful life and activities of L. Lisitsyan can be divided into the following stages: a) student years (universities of Munich, Moscow, Vienna), during which his scientific activity was born: he was the advisor in Armenian culture to the outstanding Austrian professor of history and architecture Josef Strzygowski; b) contribution to the scientific expedition headed by J. Strzygowski, who visited Armenia from September 14 – October 4, 1913; c) participation in the actions of the Armenian volunteer squads in 1914–1915 and useful activities for the nation in the position of plenipotentiary representative in Bayazet of the Committee of Fraternal Assistance to Armenian Refugees.

Keywordsthe Lisitsyans Levon Lisitsyan Tiflis Moscow Vienna J. Strzygowski T. Toramanyan volunteer squads Petrograd N. Marr L. Auer Constantinople Yerevan Sarikamish Etchmiadzin Hov. Tumanyan Av. Isahakyan Al. Kulebyakin K. Bakhshi.

The 70s-80s of the 19th century was the period of the formation of Armenian musical folkloristics, whose initial stage incorporated the recording and collection of folk songs. Christopher Kara-Murza, Nikoghayos Tigranyan, Makar Yekmalyan, Arshak Brutyan, Stepan Demuryan played a special role in this process. Among these great sons of the Armenian people is the name of Archimandrite Sahak Amatuni (1856-1920), who stood at the very origins of Armenian musical folkloristics.

KeywordsArch. S. Amatuni Komitas Gevorgyan Seminary of Etchmiadzin Sh. Simon M. Abeghyan A. Sedrakyan S. Vratsyan “Lake Nersisyan” Oshakan musical folklore folk song.

Komitas Vardapet’s relationship with the Armenian Apostolic Church has not been studied in depth to this day. During the Soviet era, the attitude towards Komitas was unilateral as he was a member of Etchmiadzin Congregation. Modern studies on Komitas present a new approach to this issue of Komitas’s biography. The present article is another attempt to look at the relationship of Komitas with the Church in a new light, with new perspectives. In the article, Komitas’s relationship with the Armenian Apostolic Church is examined in two directions:․

KeywordsKomitas Vardapet Holy Etchmiadzin Armenian Apostolic Church spiritual heritage music culture.