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Koriun

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Koriun was a pupil of Mesrop Mashtots and the author of his biography, The Life of Mashtots, written soon after Mashtots died in 440.1 It is the oldest account of the creation of the Armenian alphabet. Koriun is styled a vardapet, a teacher of the Church.2 An English translation by Bedros Norehad was published in New York in 1964.2

Sources

  1. Pifer, Michael. “Mesrop Maštocʿ.” Encyclopaedia Iranica, online edition, published 3 March 2021, updated 18 March 2021. link. ↩
  2. Koriun. The Life of Mashtots. Translated by Bedros Norehad. New York: Armenian General Benevolent Union of America, 1964. link. ↩

Further reading

  • Hacikyan, Agop Jack, Gabriel Basmajian, Edward S. Franchuk and Nourhan Ouzounian, eds. The Heritage of Armenian Literature. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2000–2005. link