When there was no state, the clergymen were the ones to teach.
Teachers visited the Holy See in order to receive a blessing from His Holiness on the occasion of the Day of Knowledge. This ceremony has become traditional for the representatives of the educational system.
According to Gegham Andreasyan, the director of the school in Tigranashen in Ararat region, it is not accidental to start the new academic year with spiritual aura. It was the church that has kept the right of getting education firm for centuries.
When there was no state, the clergymen were the ones to teach. The church established the first school and the first university, the first library and the first Matenadaran.
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