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    FAMOUS ARMENOLOGIST GEVORG KHRLOPIAN DIES

    Noyan Tapan
    Feb 1, 2010

    GLENDALE, FEBRUARY 1, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. Famous
    Armenologist, Ph.D. Gevorg Khrlopian died in Glendale on January 31
    after a long illness. He was 82.

    Gevorg Khrlopian was born on August 19, 1927 in Aleppo. His father
    Tigran Khrlopian was an Armenologist, the founding head of the
    Department of Armenian Studies at Haykazian University in Beirut.

    Gevorg Khropian received his education at the Emmanuel Armenian
    School in Aleppo, then at Aleppo College, after which he studied
    at the Department of Armenian Language, Psychology and Logic of
    Yerevan State University. He earned a degree of Candidate of Science
    in the history of Armenian philosophy, then a degree of Doctor of
    Science. In 1965-1985 he studied the history of Armenian theology
    under the guidance of the Catholicos of All Armenians Vazgen I. He
    was a Doctor of Theology.

    He wrote a number of monographies, including "The World View of
    Anania Shirakatsy", "The Humanism of Grigor Narekatsy", "Problems of
    Complex Upbringing at School", "Social and Psychological Problems of
    University Upbringing", "The Modern Notions of Upbringing", etc. He
    was the author of 20 brochures and about 200 research papers on
    Armenological, religious and other issues.

    Among the awards he received were the St. Sahak and S. Mesrop Order
    conferred by Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin I, a silver medal
    of Yerevan State University, the Mkhitar Sebastiatsi Medal of the
    Mekhitarist Congregation of Venice, other awards.

    The Noyan Tapan media association expresses its deep condolences to
    the relatives of Gevorg Khrlopian - a great scientist, a prominent
    Armenologist and theologian, and a dedicated son of the Armenian
    people.
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