More than 300 scholars and professionals from around the world have signed a statement condemning the Vatican’s complicity in legitimizing Azerbaijan’s cultural erasure of Armenian Church history and heritage.
The statement follows the April 10 conference on “Christianity in Azerbaijan: History and Modernity” held at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.
The signatories demand accountability and call for Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti, Fr. Mark Lewis, and Bishop Vladimir Fekete to be declared personae non gratae by Armenian churches, communities, and institutions worldwide.
Below is the text of the statement.
On April 10, 2025, the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome hosted a conference titled “Christianity in Azerbaijan: History and Modernity.” It was organized by the Baku International Multiculturalism Center, the Bakikhanov Institute of History and Ethnology of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan, the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Holy See, and the Albanian-Udi Christian Religious Community.
This event served not as an academic endeavor but as a platform for pseudo-scholarly revisionism. It advanced state-sponsored narratives aimed at erasing the historical presence of the Armenian Church and appropriating its monuments by falsely attributing them to the ancient Caucasian Albanians—an entirely different people unrelated to modern Albanians of Europe. The true aim was clear: to delegitimize the indigenous roots of Armenians and portray them as foreign to their own ancestral lands.
The papers presented were part of a well-documented, decades-long propaganda campaign aimed at distorting the millennia-old legacy of the Armenian Church—on Armenian soil now occupied by a regime with a proven record of cultural eradication. These falsifications are far from being benign errors of scholarship but stand as deliberate acts of historical aggression. They come less than two years after Azerbaijan’s nine-month inhuman blockade and then genocidal assault on Nagorno-Karabakh in September 2023, which resulted in the ethnic cleansing of 120,000 indigenous Christian Armenians. This atrocity followed the 44-Day War of 2020, when Azerbaijan, supported by foreign mercenaries affiliated with ISIS and Al-Qaeda, launched an unprovoked offensive targeting civilians and religious sites—including the Ghazanchetsots Cathedral in Shushi.
Azerbaijan’s assault on Armenian cultural heritage is nothing new. It is part of a long-standing policy of cultural genocide modeled on Turkey’s example that has been carried out everywhere on its territory. The most outstanding examples were offered between 1990 and 2009, when some 10,000 khachkars—sacred Armenian cross-stones—were razed in Julfa, Nakhichevan, in what UNESCO and scholars have called one of the worst acts of cultural destruction in the 21st century.
What makes this episode uniquely alarming is the Vatican’s glaring complicity. The conference enjoyed the full knowledge—and in some cases, participation—of high-ranking Vatican officials.
These included Fr. Mark Lewis, S.J., Rector of the Pontifical Gregorian University; Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Eastern Churches; and Bishop Vladimir Fekete, Prefect of the Apostolic Prefecture of Azerbaijan.
The Pontifical Gregorian University has said that it was not involved in any way in the organization of the conference, nor did it grant any patronage or any collaboration. No academic authority or professor of the Pontifical Gregorian University delivered greetings, lectures or attended the event. The university has said that it merely rented the classroom.*
Although the University maintains that it merely rented the auditorium, the prominent display of the Vatican and Azerbaijani flags on stage unmistakably lends the event the appearance of official sponsorship.
While Azerbaijan’s use of denialist propaganda is expected, it is unacceptable that such revisionism was allowed to take root within a major academic institution of the Holy See. Conferences like this have long been staged in Baku for propaganda purposes, and this happened to be the twelfth conference on the subject. But to host one in Rome, under the Vatican’s auspices, lends a false legitimacy to lies that serve a genocidal agenda.
In a letter sent to the conference, Cardinal Gugerotti—himself a noted Armenologist— shamefully parroted Azerbaijani regime talking points. He made no mention of the hundreds of Armenian churches, cemeteries, and cultural monuments under occupation or the regime’s current efforts to erase their Armenian identity. Instead, he sang the praises of Azerbaijan.
“Azerbaijan, a crossroads of peoples and faiths, is an ancient land on which a Christian tradition was preserved that has its roots in the era of Caucasian Albania,” Cardinal Gugerotti wrote. “The sacred monuments, churches, manuscripts and memories of the whole represent not only artistic testimonies, but tangible expressions of the soul of a people who knew how to honor God in a variety of forms and in the faithfulness of their faith.”
The conference itself was cloaked in secrecy, announced publicly only the day before it occurred. Its proceedings were not made available online, nor was any list of speakers or participants published—an affront to all norms of transparency in academic life. This deliberate opacity suggests that both organizers and Vatican officials were fully aware of the conference’s disingenuous objectives and sought to minimize public scrutiny.
This event is part of Azerbaijan’s relentless campaign of cultural genocide, following the ethnic cleansing of Artsakh and state-sponsored hate speech calling for the erasure of Armenia. The regime’s rhetoric—referring to the Republic of Armenia as “Western Azerbaijan”—is not empty talk. It is paired with a systematic policy of violence, denial, and erasure, backed by a military and financial apparatus committed to Armenophobia.
The Vatican’s decision to collaborate with such a regime is not just a moral failure—it is an alarming betrayal of its own foundational values. It is a grave scandal that undermines the Holy See’s credibility as a voice for peace, justice, and the dignity of persecuted peoples. It also betrays the profound spiritual and historical bonds that have long united the Armenian people and the Catholic Church. That bond is now threatened by political expediency and material gain:
the Vatican has cultivated increasingly close financial ties with the authoritarian regime of Azerbaijan in recent years. As documented by IrpiMedia, Azerbaijan has funded restoration projects at the Roman catacombs, the Vatican Museums, the Vatican Apostolic Library, and even St. Peter’s Basilica. In February 2020, Mehriban Aliyeva—spouse of Ilham Aliyev and Vice President of Azerbaijan—was awarded the Order of Pope Pius IX, the highest Papal order of knighthood. The Vatican’s decision to honor the representative of such a regime has rightly provoked international outrage.
The involvement of senior Vatican officials in an act that effectively legitimizes cultural genocide against Armenia—the world’s first Christian nation—is a demonstration of profound moral bankruptcy. It stands in stark contradiction to the core Christian values of justice, truth, and solidarity, as well as the historic fraternal ties that have long united the Armenian people and the Holy See.
We, the undersigned, call on the international community to unequivocally condemn the Vatican’s decision to host this conference on the premises of the Pontifical Gregorian University—in the wake of the brutal ethnic cleansing of 120,000 Christian Armenians.
Furthermore, we urge the Armenian Apostolic, Catholic, and Protestant Churches, along with their parishes around the world, the Armenian government, institutions both in Armenia and throughout the Diaspora, and all Armenian organizations and political parties globally, to take a firm and united stand: declare Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti, Fr. Mark Lewis, and Bishop Vladimir Fekete personae non gratae. Through their participation in, or complicity with, this act of historical falsification and moral betrayal, they have forfeited any standing or welcome among the Armenian faithful. They must not be permitted to set foot in Armenia, nor be received in any Armenian church, institution, or community.
This is not merely a political or academic issue—it is a moral and spiritual crisis. Silence and inaction are no longer options.
*This petition was updated adding the paragraph marked by an asterisk on April 14, 2025, with this clarification by the Pontifical Gregorian University about its involvement in the conference.
We, the undersigned,
- Dr. Bedros Der Matossian, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- Avedis Hadjian
- Dr. Vartan Matiossian
- Dr. Alain Navarra-Navassartian
- Konstantinos Takirtakoglou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
- Dr. Arsene Saparov, Rabdan Academy
- Dr. Pietro A. Shakarian, National Research University–Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg
- Gregory Aftandilian
- Dr. Naira Sahakyan, American University of Armenia
- Dr. Suren Manukyan, Armenian Genocide Museum & Institute
- Christina Maranci, Harvard University
- Prof. Talinn Grigor, University of California, Davis
- Lucine Kasbarian, Independent journalist
- Christine Hovhannisyan
- Carlos Antaramián, El Colegio de Michoacán
- Liza Yessaian
- David Boyajian, Journalist, investigative reporter
- David Davidian, Lecturer, American University of Armenia
- Stephan Pechdimaldji
- Vic Gerami, Truth And Accountability League (TAAL)
- Mihran Toumajan, Advisory Board, Global ARM
- Raffi Setian
- Bedros Yessaian
- Hrip Ashjian
- Dr. Ashley Bozian, St. John’s University
- Sonia Sanan Kiledjian
- Raffi Ajemian
- Prof. Lee E. Patterson, Eastern Illinois University
- Harold Takooshian, Fordham University
- Houri Berberian, University of California, Irvine
- Madlen Avetyan
- Odett Zeynalyan
- Arthur Bakirciyan
- Marianne Mkrtchian, Fordham University
- Sima Aprahamian, Ph.D., Concordia University
- Dr. Onnik Kiremitlian, University of Louvain-la-Neuve
- Thomas Hovagim, Dir. of POPPA
- Sukiasyan, Philippe Sahak, Enseignant retraité France – Lyon 3 et Institut catholique de Paris
- Vahram L. Shemmassian, California State University, Northridge
- Seta Kabranian-Melkonian, University of Alaska
- Sergio La Porta, California State University, Fresno
- Dr. Viken Tufenkjian, Independent scholar
- Prof. Lerna Ekmekcioglu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Dr. Elyse Semerdjian, Clark University
- Dr. Hagop Kouloujian, University of California, Los Angeles
- Aram Arkun
- Tsolak Abdalian
- Dr. Roberta Ervine
- Taniel Tufenkjian, Project Manager
- Kevork Yazedjian (PhD History), Researcher, editor, Yerevan
- Michael Stone, Professor of Armenian Studies
- Péter Kiss, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
- Dr. Armen Petrosyan, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography
- Dr. Hovhannes Hakobyan, Yerevan State University
- Tigran Zargaryan, Fundamental Scientific Library, NAS RA
- Dr. Anna Aleksanyan, UCLA
- Tatevik Tamazyan, The National Library of Armenia
- Harut Sassounian
- Dr. Harutyun Marutyan, AGMI
- Vicken Cheterian, Université de Genève
- Albert ten Kate, Netherlands
- Bernard Outtier, CNRS France
- Dr. Tsolin Nalbantian, Leiden University
- Dr. Vahram Ter-Matevosyan, American University of Armenia
- Dr. Sossie Kasbarian, University of Stirling
- Igor Dorfmann-Lazarev, University of Sofia
- István Perczel, Central European University, Vienna
- Sona Grigoryan, University of Vienna, CEU
- Veronika Džugan Hermanova, University of Florence
- Zuzana Urbanová, Masaryk University
- Yeghia Tashjian, American University of Beirut
- Tigrane Yegavian, Schiller International University (Paris)
- Kristine Grigoryan, KU Leuven
- Prof. Robin Meyer, Université de Lausanne
- Ioanna Rapti, EPHE, Université PSL
- Dr. Varak Ketsemanian, American University of Beirut
- Dr. Marina Bazzani, Oxford
- Prof. Dr. Cornelia Horn, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
- Dr. Robert Phenix Jr., Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
- Margarita Khakhanova, Masaryk University
- Patrick Donabédian, Aix-Marseille Université
- Prof. Dr. Armenuhi Drost, Halle, Germany
- Dr. Victoria Abrahamyan, University of Geneva
- Haroutioun Khatchadourian, Independent researcher
- Matthew Ari Jendian, Ph.D., California State University, Fresno
- Diana Ghazaryan, Pázmány Péter Catholic University
- Prof. Robert Der Merguerian, Aix-Marseille University
- Fr. Garegin Aghababyan, Paroisse de Chaville
- Dr. Aram Kerovpyan, Akn Center, Paris
- Virginia Kerovpyan, Musician
- Dr. Arsen Arzumanyan, Researcher
- Bati Chétanian, Aix-Marseille Université
- Noïem Thomas, Post-soviet studies graduate student
- Dr. Gohar Haroutiounian, Anthropologist of religions
- Tatève Thomas, Comparative literature student
- Dr. Levon Marashlian, Glendale Community College
- Dr. Gayane Shagoyan, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, NAS RA
- Anahit Ohanyan, State Academy of Fine Arts of Armenia
- Dr. Ruth Gornandt, University of Oxford
- Dr. David Zakarian, California State University, Fresno
- Arpine Avetisyan, Matenadaran
- Jean O. Meguerditchian, Retired government official & consultant
- Polina Ivanova, Harvard University
- Gabriele Damm
- Dr. Felipe Morales Carbonell
- Mari Firkatian, University of Hartford
- Michael Martin Damm, Evangelical Lutheran Pastor (retired), Germany
- Dr. Anna Ohanyan, Stonehill College, USA
- Dr. Vahe Sahakyan, University of Michigan-Dearborn
- Archbishop Norvan Zakarian, Former Primate, Armenian Diocese of France
- Carine Sukiasyan, Assistant, Issy-Les-Moulineaux, France
- David Barsamian, Journalist, radio broadcaster
- Mariam Dadyan, American University of Armenia
- Alessandro Orengo, University of Pisa
- Dr. Zohrab Gevorgyan, NAS RA & American University of Armenia
- Dr. Rachele Zanone,University for Foreigners of Siena
- Sona Haroutyunian, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
- Anahit Safaryan, University of Vienna
- Dr. Stephen B. Riegg, Texas A&M University
- Dr. Thomas Simsarian, Dolan Emory University
- Shant Kazanjian
- Mario D’Ambrosi, University of Salerno
- Hripsime Dayan, Yerevan State University
- Anna Di Toro, University for Foreigners of Siena
- Walter Scolese, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
- Pierluigi Lanfranchi, Aix-Marseille University
- Tatevik Baghdasaryan, Yerevan State University
- Fabio Coden, University of Verona
- Olga Vardazaryan
- Lucine Karjian
- Dr. Sylvie Merian
- Nelli G. Manucharyan, NAS RA, Institute of Archaeology & Ethnography
- Garbis Korajian
- Carlo Busini, University for Foreigners of Perugia
- Nelli Hakobyan, Musical Nuances School of Music, Rome – New York
- Inga Dudukchyan, National University of Architecture, PhD student at Matenadaran
- Aida Haroutiounian, Yerevan State University
- Hans-Lukas Kieser, University of Zurich & University of Newcastle
- Dr. Shushan Khachatryan, Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute
- Dr. Hayk Hakobyan, Matenadaran; Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography
- Dr. Artyom H. Tonoyan, Hamline University
- Dr. Dikran M. Kaligian
- Argam Ayvazyan
- Monica Arzumanyan, National Gallery of Armenia
- Mannig Georgelin
- Dr. Diana Gabrielyan, Catholic University of America, Musical Nuances
- Lusine Sargsyan, Matenadaran
- Antoon De Baets, University of Groningen
- Heghine Mkrtchyan
- Karen Jallatyan, Leibniz Institute (GWZO), Leipzig
- Piruza Hayrapetyan, Central European University (Vienna)
- Lilit Martirosyan, Center for Human Rights and Genocide Studies NGO
- Gaghik Hakobyan, Mechanical technician, Yerevan-Rome
- Sophie Khachatryan
- Gevorg S. Kazaryan, Dr. of Theology, University of Athens
- Anahit A. Hakobjanyan, Lecturer, Yerevan State University (Bryusov)
- Dr. Jos van Beurden, Independent senior researcher
- Thomas Notz, Lecturer, Pedagogical University Bern
- Dr. Sipke de Hoop, University of Groningen
- Piruza Khalapyan, Photographer, 4Plus Documentary Center
- César Augusto Duque Sánchez, University of Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia
- Frédéric Clavert, University of Luxembourg
- Donald Heian
- Dr. Zareh Dervichian, Geologist
- Mary Ellen H. Schmider, MN State University Moorhead, Graduate Dean Emerita
- Tom van der Geugten, VU University Amsterdam
- Frits Zwart, Nederlands Muziek Instituut
- Marian Mesrobian, MacCurdy Ithaca College, Professor Emerita
- Peter Gunther, Archivist (retired)
- Jonathan Gorman, Emeritus Professor of Moral Philosophy
- Alex Dekker, Historian
- Joanna Wojdon, University of Wrocław, Poland
- Dr. Sunday Abraham, Ogunode
- Vassiliki Sakka, Association for History Education in Greece
- Dr. Ani Kalayjian, ATOP MeaningfulWorld
- Peter Stansky, Stanford University
- Maria Grever, Erasmus University Rotterdam
- Dmitry Dubrovskiy, Charles University, Prague
- Hans Gutbrod, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia
- Gabriel Andreescu, West University, Timișoara
- Ezio Albrile, Independent scholar
- Anahid Samikyan
- Melanie Keledjian, Inalco, Paris
- Stephan Fauve, École normale supérieure, Paris Vassilios Paipais University of St Andrews
- Gohar Grigoryan, University of Florence, University of Fribourg
- Anton Khvostov, Human rights activist, Russia
- Adrien Palladino, Masaryk University, Brno
- Dr. Hasmik Kirakosyan, Matenadaran, “Geghard”
- Fr. Haykazun (Vahan) Sahakyan, Gevorkian Theological Seminary
- Willem Victor Sopacua
- John Braithwaite, Australian National University
- Nélida Boulgourdjian, University of Tres de Febrero, Argentina
- Margarit Karapetjan, Arzach.eu
- Dr. Tamar Boyadjian, Stanford University
- Dr. Mikhail Nemtsev, “Kovcheg bez granits” School
- Prof. Simon Chu, University of Hong Kong
- Dr. Carol PattersonMartineau
- Prof. Pierpaolo Faggi, University of Padova (retired)
- Vartouchka Samuelian, INALCO, Paris
- Rubina Peroomian, Ph.D.
- Ara Sanjian, University of Michigan-Dearborn
- Gijs van Gaans
- Benoît-Michel Tock, Université de Strasbourg
- Giovanni Filoramo, Accademia delle Scienze, Torino
- Dr. Sanne van der KaaijGandhi, BIS, Mumbai
- Yulia Antonyan, Yerevan State University
- Elia Franchetto
- Prof. Ruben Safrastyan, Institute of Oriental Studies, NAS RA
- Annalisa Moraschi, Masaryk University, Brno
- Rouben Galichian, Cartologist, Hon. Dr., NAS Armenia
- Prof. Lilit Meliksetyan, Russian-Armenian University
- Damien Coulon, Université de Strasbourg
- Elena Novozhilova
- Hanno Brand, Historian, Fryske Akademy, Netherlands
- Anahit Tadevosyan, Russian-Armenian University
- Paul De Baets
- Sona Margaryan, Russian-Armenian University
- Levon Abrahamian, IAE NAS RA
- Anna Tadevosyan, Director, Producer
- Joanna Schoehl, Artist, Writer, Psychologist
- Eberhard Schoehl, Lawyer, Germany
- Haroution Bastermaji
- Dr. David Gaunt, Södertörn University, Stockholm
- Dr. Susan Pattie, University College London
- Levon Chilingirian, Royal Academy of Music
- Hovik Avanesov, YSU, NAS RA
- Jean Pierre Biskup, Lawyer, Belgium
- Sophie Milquet, Historian, Free University of Brussels
- Dr. Grigor Ghazaryan, Yerevan State University
- Dr. Sonya Saroyan, Social Psychologist, Italy
- Hasmik Knyazyan, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography
- Dr. Varditer Grigoryan, National Archive of Armenia
- Prof. William Logan, Deakin University, Australia
- Nelly Serkisian, Banker, France
- Péniamin Matossian, Renault (retired)
- Alessia Boschis, University of Udine
- Dr. Eugenia Gay, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
- Radu Mustata, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Lorenzo Zavattiero
- Arthur Alfaix Assis, University of Brasília
- Rev. Vahan Ohanian, Mekhitarian Congregation, Venice
- Arusyak Tamrazyan, Matenadaran
- Prof. Victoria Arakelova, Russian-Armenian University
- Paul Gerhard Roth, Social Worker, Germany
- Karen Manukyan, Office Manager, Armenia
- Hovann Simonian
- Kéram Kévonian
- Elly De Roo, Groningen, Netherlands
- Audrey Kichelewski, Strasbourg University
- Tosca Snijdelaar, Independent researcher, Netherlands
- Martin Harutyunyan, Institute of Arts, NAS RA
- Gabriel Kepeklian, UCLouvain
- Anne Marie Velu, UCLouvain
- Nzhdeh Yeranyan, History Museum of Armenia
- Agustí Colomines, University of Barcelona
- Marco Ruffilli, Ca’ Foscari University / Unidolomiti Belluno
- Otto Zwierlein, University of Bonn (Emeritus)
- Hratch Kestenian, The Graduate Center, CUNY
- Maati Monjib, Historian, Morocco
- Dr. Hasmik Khalapyan, American University of Armenia
- Stefan Tanaka, University of California, San Diego
- Dr. Hasmig Baran, California State University, Northridge
- Lyuba Kirakosyan, National University of Architecture and YSU
- Hamlet Petrosyan, Yerevan State University
- Nune Barsegjan, Writer, Berlin
- Koen Vangrinsven, Antwerp, Belgium
- Marc A. Mamigonian, Belmont, MA, USA
- Prof. Dr. phil. Tessa Hofmann, Independent scholar
- Dr. Antranig Antoine Agopian
- Shushan Kerovpyan, Musician
- Ani Orinakian, Los Angeles, CA
- Dr. Serge Dewel, INALCO, Paris
- Anush Sukiasyan
- Dr. Mariam Avagyan
- Dr. Anahit Khosroeva, Harvard University
- Ani Manukyan, Independent researcher
- Basil Lourié, Scrinium, Brill
- Heinrich Geuther, German-Armenian Society
- Nurhan Becidyan, Paramus, NJ
- Harutyun Khudanyan, Institute of History, NAS RA
- Dr. Anahit Armenakyan, Nipissing University, Ontario
- Dr. Gohar Iskandaryan, Institute of Oriental Studies, NAS RA
- Prof. Dr. Aram Kosyan, Dept. of Ancient Orient, NAS RA
- Dr. Levon Hovsepyan, Dept. of Turkish Studies, NAS RA
- Sona Vardanyan, Institute of Oriental Studies, NAS RA
- Dr. Araks Pashayan, Dept. of International Relations, NAS RA
- Hrachuhi Turvandyan, Institute of Oriental Studies, NAS RA
- Grigor Vardanyan, Institute of Oriental Studies, NAS RA
- Mariam Khanzadyan, Institute of Oriental Studies, NAS RA
- Roman Nuriev, PhD Student, Lithuanian Language Institute
- Agnes Pahle, Philologist, Germany
- Hasmik Karapetyan, Trinity College, Dublin
- Robert Tatoyan, Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute
- Nellie Malkhassian, Company CEO
- Norig B. Karakashian
- Dr. Ani Margaryan, Soochow University, China
- Minas Lourian, Centro Studi della Cultura Armena, Venice
- Ruslan Tsakanyan, Institute of Oriental Studies, NAS RA
- Dr. Olga Mitrenina, St. Petersburg State University
- Dr. Marjan de GrootReuvekamp, Dutch History Teachers Association
- Dr. Marja van Tilburg, Groningen University (retired)
- Suzanne Simonyan, Translator
- Tilman Ludwig, Kirchenmusiker, Deutschland
- Johannes H. Westbroek, MBA Publisher 3.0 Antwerp, Belgium
- G. Harutyunyan, English lecturer at Yerevan State College of Humanities
- Prof. Dr. phil. Tessa Hofmann, Independent author and scholar of Armenian and Genocide Studies; Formerly Freie UniversitätBerlin
- Dr. Arevik Parsamyan, Membre associée Université d’Aix Marseille
- Dr. Edda Vardanyan, Matenadaran (Yerevan) UMR 8167 Orient & Mediterranée (Paris)
- Shavarsh Azatyan, Institute of History of National Academy of Sciences of Armenia
- Edith Khachatourian, Managing Partner, ILC law firm, Yerevan, Armenia
- Gohar Muradyan, Matenadaran
- Aram Topchyan, Matenadaran
- Harout Nercessian, AMAA
- Frank Ankersmit, University of Groningen
- Seda Manukyan, Matenadaran
- Anush Grigoryan, University of Goris, Teacher of History
- Albina Sislyan, Abovyan Pedagogical University, Faculty of Culture
- Vazgen Sislyan
- Gegine Davtyan
- Edoardo Gautier di Confiengo, Ricercatore independente
- Nelly Matevossian, Diplomat
- Karine Sahakyan
- Nare Gabrielyan, Yerevan State University
- Walter Kissling i.R., University of Vienna
- Satik Knaak
- Larisa Davtyan
- Harout Aroian
- Armen Charchoglyan Ph.D, University of Guelph
- Armen Galstyan, Medical Doctor, Germany
- Anna Tadevosyan, Matenadaran, Service operator in the digitalization department
- Manfred Knaak
- Rosa Hakobjan
- Arman Pracht
- Armen Knaak
- Diana Pracht
- Gohar Isakhanyan, Associate Professor, National University of Architecture and Construction of Armenia
- Anne Liese Spangenberg, Germany
- Jonathan Spangenberg, Central Council of Armenians in Germany
- Avanesyan Iskuhi, Ph.D. In History, Associate Professor, Institute of History of NAS RA
- Vahram R. Balayan, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Senior Researcher, Institute of History, NAS RA
- Melania G. Balayan, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor
- Gajane Achverdjanová, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
- Fabrizio Angelo Pennacchietti, Università di Torino, Italia Accademia delle Scienze di Torino
- Dr. Nazeli Navasardyan, Senior Researcher, Institute of Oriental Studies of NAS RA
- Mher A. Harutyunyan, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor, Institute of History of NAS RA
- Gabriella Cotta, Già associata di Filosofia politica Sapienza Roma
- Pierluigi Giacomello, Già ordinario Università di Roma Sapienza
- Anita Meinig, Angestellte der ev. Kirche Mitteldeutschlands
- Ritta Mikkola, History Teachers Association Finland
- Dr. Gevorg Khoudinyan, Chef
- Antonia Arslan, Università di Padova
- Angelo Guerini, Editore
- Grachia Margarian, University of Fribourg, White Cross Foundation
- Ivan Foletti, Masaryk University
- Vittorio Robiati Bendaud, Scrittore e saggista
