The ‘Days of Lebanon-based Armenian Community in Armenia’ program is to be launched at 5:00pm, Thursday.

Armenia’s Ministry of Diaspora is implementing the program.

The program will be launched at the Yerevan History Museum with an exhibition of sculptures by the Lebanese-Armenian sculptor Zaven Khtshyan.

Interestingly, the Armenian communities in Poland and Iran organized similar programs in Armenia last year.

The Lebanon-based Armenian language Azdak daily plans to mark its 85th anniversary under the ‘Days of Lebanon-based Armenian Community in Armenia’ program this autumn. Also, different Lebanese-Armenian song and dance companies will perform in Armenia.

Zaven Khtshyan was born in Beirut, in 1932. In 1949-192 he studied at the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts. In 1958, he graduated from the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-arts (ENSB-A) (National School of Fine Arts) in Paris, France.

Zaven Khtshyan is also author of a new architecture study program.

The 1976 edition of the L’art et le monde moderne encyclopedia by the Larousse publishers contains an entry on Zaven Khtshyan as one of the world’s most renowned artists.