Gukas Loretsi or Hagatezi ( armenian Ղուկաս Լոռեցի / Հաղպատեցի , 1480s, Haghpat - c. 1551 [1] or 1561, Sotk ) - 16th century Armenian theologian, wardapet [2] .
| Gukas Lorezi (Hagatezi) | |
|---|---|
| Ղուկաս Լոռեցի (Հաղպատեցի) | |
| Date of Birth | 1480s |
| Place of Birth | Haghpat |
| Date of death | 1551 [1] or 1561 |
| Place of death | Sotk |
| Scientific field | theology |
Biography
Born in the village of Haghpat, presumably in the 1480s. The name of the father was Amir-Asat, and his mother was Tank-Aziz [3] . About 30 years he taught theological sciences in Etchmiadzin , then in the Sanahin monastery . In the 1540s, he moved to the Tsar region, in the possession of Dopyanov . People from different parts of Armenia came to him to study - Gokhtna , Kadzhberunik, Van environs [4] . Of his students, fame later came to Hovhannes Tsaretsi, the son of Dzhikhan Shah Dopyan [5] .
In addition to teaching, he was actively involved in rewriting manuscripts, and the grammar he copied from him has survived to this day. Among his works of authorship, the Book of Sermons occupies a special place. From written sources it is known that Gukas also wrote comments on the psalms of David (1517, Etchmiadzin) and a six-chapter theological treatise [4] , which, however, were not preserved [3] .
The Book of Sermons
It was written in the 1550s, at the request of the disciples of Gukas - Hovhannes Tsaretsi and the Toros wardapet. It contains 40 sermons, which were based on folk jokes , fables and proverbs [6] [7] . In these sermons, Gukas addresses issues of a social, national and everyday nature, conveys interesting information about usury , the judicial system and the political situation of his time. Written in a simple middle Armenian language, it is important for the study of colloquial speech and folklore . It is preserved in more than 50 manuscripts, including in the author's manuscript ( Matenadaran , No. 4355) [7] [4] [3] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Peter Cowe. Medieval Armenian Literary and Cultural Trends (Twelfth-Seventeenth Centuries) // The Armenian People From Ancient to Modern Times: The Dynastic Periods: From Antiquity to the Fourteenth Century / Edited by Richard G. Hovannisian. - St. Martin's Press, 1997 .-- Vol. I. - P. 297.
- ↑ G.P. Khomizuri . Armenian Apostolic Church. Saints, martyrs, prominent clergy, theologians, Christian cultural figures: a dictionary. - M .: "Humanitarian", 2007. - ISBN 978-5-91-367-020-5 .
- ↑ 1 2 3 Harutyunyan E. Lucas Loretsi and his “Book of Sermons” // Bulletin of Matenadaran. - 1971. - No. 10 . - S. 213-236 .
- ↑ 1 2 3 Gukas Loretsi = Ղուկաս Լոռեցի // Encyclopedia “Christian Armenia”. - 2002 .-- S. 660 . Archived on October 1, 2015.
- ↑ Arakel Davrizhetsi . Chapter 55 // Book of stories / ed. L.A. Khanlaryan. - M. - S. 611.
- ↑ Kenderyan A. M. Some features of the development of medieval Armenian speech // Bulletin of Social Sciences of the Academy of Sciences of the ArmSSR . - 1971. - No. 1 . - S. 31-40 .
- ↑ 1 2 Gukas Loretsi = Ղուկաս Լոռեցի // Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia . - 1981. - T. 7 . - S. 51 .