Giovanni Guaita
Encyclopedia
Giovanni Guaita is an Italian
historian, researcher of Eastern Christianity and writer. Assistant Professor of the Moscow Linguistic University.
Guaita was born in 1962 in Italy
. He studied in different Western European and Russian (Moscow
and St Petersburg) universities.
He is the author of some books three of which on the Armenian
theme.
He was ordained as deacon and priest in the Russian Orthodox Church
and than tonsured as monk in Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra
.
Italian people
The Italian people are an ethnic group that share a common Italian culture, ancestry and speak the Italian language as a mother tongue. Within Italy, Italians are defined by citizenship, regardless of ancestry or country of residence , and are distinguished from people...
historian, researcher of Eastern Christianity and writer. Assistant Professor of the Moscow Linguistic University.
Guaita was born in 1962 in Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. He studied in different Western European and Russian (Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
and St Petersburg) universities.
He is the author of some books three of which on the Armenian
Armenians
Armenian people or Armenians are a nation and ethnic group native to the Armenian Highland.The largest concentration is in Armenia having a nearly-homogeneous population with 97.9% or 3,145,354 being ethnic Armenian....
theme.
He was ordained as deacon and priest in the Russian Orthodox Church
Russian Orthodox Church
The Russian Orthodox Church or, alternatively, the Moscow Patriarchate The ROC is often said to be the largest of the Eastern Orthodox churches in the world; including all the autocephalous churches under its umbrella, its adherents number over 150 million worldwide—about half of the 300 million...
and than tonsured as monk in Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra
Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra
The Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius is the most important Russian monastery and the spiritual centre of the Russian Orthodox Church. The monastery is situated in the town of Sergiyev Posad, about 70 km to the north-east from Moscow by the road leading to Yaroslavl, and currently is home to...
.
Books
- "1700 Years of Faithfulness: History of Armenia and its Churches" (Moscow, 2001, re-published in 2005) ISBN 5898310134
- "Cry from Ararat: Armin Wegner and Armenians' Genocide" (Moscow, 2005).