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Avetik Movsissian Piroyants Funerary Memorial 1858 y․

Georgia / Tiflis

Historical Introduction
1858 y․

The funerary memorial dedicated to Avetik Movsissian Piroyants, which was erected in 1858 close to the northern wall of the church with an extensive epitaph, is still preserved in situ. This person “...bequeathed a magnificent edifice to Nersissian School, for the benefit of which its income is used.” Avetik Piroyants, who was a furrier by trade, was elected as a deputy for Sourb Nshan in 1820: “When he assumed this post, the church had absolutely no financial means, but he increased its budget by serving it faithfully. He had the women’s gallery re-built from its very foundations, and held office for 28 years, serving the church with great fairness and loyalty and leaving a capital of five thousand roubles for it, in addition to a sum of about 600 roubles for its embellishment in perpetuation of his memory.”

«Մեղու Հայաստանի», 1875, N 13, 5 ապրիլի, էջ 3: «Մեղու Հայաստանի», 1859, N 24, 13 յունիսի, էջ 192: Karapetian Samvel, Documents of Armenian Architecture. Book 1: Sourb Nshan Sourb Nikoghayos Church, Tbilisi. Yerevan, 2012, pp. 28-29.

1858 y․

A. Piroyan died on 8 May 1858 and was buried “...close to the ramparts of Sourb Nshan Church.” On 10 September of the same year, his wife Ketevan consigned her soul to God and was interred beside her husband. Their memory is kept living by an epitaph of 28 lines engraved on a marble slab set in the northern wall of the church, close to the memorial to A. Piroyan.

«Մեղու Հայաստանի», 1859, N 24, 13 յունիսի, էջ 192: Karapetian Samvel, Documents of Armenian Architecture. Book 1: Sourb Nshan Sourb Nikoghayos Church, Tbilisi. Yerevan, 2012, p. 29.

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Commemoration 1858 y․

Their memory is kept living by an epitaph of 28 lines engraved on a marble slab set in the northern wall of the church, close to the memorial to A. Piroyan:
Առ դու ընդ քև տապան գերութեան Զմարմին անշունչ առն պատուական, Աղայ Աւէտիքի ըստ հօր Մովսիսեան, Իսկ ըստ տոհմանուան կոչեալ Փիրոյեան. Եկաց սա յերկրի գործովք բարութեան, Ի մանկուց տիոց ցօր իւր ծերութեան, Որբոց հայր էր սա, նեղելոց պաշտպան, Աղքատաց օգնել էր սորա միշտ ջան, Քաղաքացի էր՝ յառ և տուրս արդար, Իւրոց, օտարաց յաւէրժ բարերար. Զամս եռեսուն զսոյն զայս տաճար Զարդարեալ հասոյց ի փառաց կատար, Էր սա անժառանգ, բայց բազմաժառանգ. Մանկունք դպրոցի են սորա ժառանգ. Զարդիւնս կրպակաց և իւրոց մեծ տան Կտակեալ նոցա մշտնջենական, Ծանօթք, անծանօթք ընթերցող բանիս, Ուսարուք և դուք գործել զբարիս. Մաղթեցէք զտէր ջերմեռանդ սրտիւ Տալ հոգւոյ սորա զաներեկն զտիւ, Վախճանեալ յ8 մայիսի 1858 ամի, ի հասակի 64 ամաց, Համեստ գործովք առն պատուական՝ Առ նմին ննջէ իւր կին Քեթևան. Զամս քառասուն կացեալ միաբան՝ Ի սոյն իսկ ամի թաղի յայս տապան, Վախճանեալ ի 10 սեպ. 1858 ամի, ի հասակի 55 ամաց: Transl.: Grave of captivity, take the lifeless remains of my husband, honourable Agha Avetik, whose patronymic is Movsissian and family name Piroyan. From childhood to his old age, he lived doing good: he was a father for orphans, and a protector for the destitute, always helping the poor heartily. He was a citizen fair in commerce, ever a benefactor for his own people and aliens. He embellished this church and completed [its renovation] gloriously within thirty years. He was childless, but he had many heirs, his sons being the children of the school to which he bequeathed the income of his booths and large house for eternal use. May those who read these lines, both acquaintances and strangers, learn to do good. May you pray God heartily to shroud his soul in eternal light. He died at the age of 64 on 8 May 1858. By her pious husband’s side reposes Ketevan, who was modest in her deeds. She lived with him in solidarity for forty years and was buried in this grave this year: she died at the age of 55 on 10 September 1858.

Мурадян П., Армянская эпиграфика Грузии. Тбилиси, Ереван, 1988, с. 72. Karapetian Samvel, Documents of Armenian Architecture. Book 1: Sourb Nshan Sourb Nikoghayos Church, Tbilisi. Yerevan, 2012, pp. 29-30.

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