Author: LoreTrack | History through Music

In 405 CE, the Armenian monk and scholar Mesrop Mashtots introduced a new writing system for the Armenian language. Until then, Armenians had no standardized native script. Religious texts were written in Greek, Syriac, or Persian, and oral tradition dominated cultural transmission. This lack of a native alphabet limited religious education and the development of national identity. Mashtots, born in 362 and trained in both theology and classical languages, recognized the need for a uniquely Armenian script. With support from King Vramshapuh and Catholicos Sahak Partev, he developed an alphabet tailored to the phonetics of the Armenian language. The resulting…