Mekhitar of Ayrivank (1230/35, – 1297/1300) was an Armenian monk, or vartabed

Vartabed

Vartabed is the rank of a doctor or teacher in the Armenian Apostolic Church. Members of this order of ecclesiastics frequently have charge of dioceses, with episcopal functions....

, at the "Cave-Monastery", modern Geghard

Geghard

For the town, see Geghard, Armenia.The monastery of Geghard is a unique architectural construction in the Kotayk province of Armenia, being partially carved out of the adjacent mountain, surrounded by cliffs...

. He is best known for his list of history of the world. He preserves in his writings a list of canonical and non-canonical books by John the Deacon

John the Deacon

John the Deacon may refer to:*John the Deacon , ca. 500*John the Deacon , ca. 768, monk*Johannes Hymonides, d. before 882, Rome....

 (1044–1129). His canon also includes works such as the Third Epistle to the Corinthians

Third Epistle to the Corinthians

The Third Epistle to the Corinthians is believed to be a pseudepigraphical text under the name of Paul of Tarsus. It is also found in the Acts of Paul, and was framed as Paul's response to the Epistle of the Corinthians to Paul. The earliest extant copy is Bodmer Papyrus X.In the West it was not...

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Some of his sacred music can be found on collections of Armenian sacred music, such as Joyous light Isabel Bayrakdarian

Isabel Bayrakdarian

Isabel Bayrakdarian is a Grammy Award-nominated Armenian Canadian opera singer.-Early life:Born in Lebanon in 1974, she moved to Canada as a teenager. Bayrakdarian graduated in 1997 from the University of Toronto with an honours B.A.Sc...

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