Born: Istanbul, 1943
Education: Mekhitarist "Dprevank" (Seminary) of San
Lazzaro in Venice (1955-59); Higher
Education: Pontificia Università Gregoriana, Rome, Master
in Philosphy (1962), and in Theology (1966);
Specialization: ibid., Oriental Theology and Spirituality (1966-1968)
PhD: "The Principle of Interiority in St. Augustine's
Theory of Knowledge and the self-knowledge of the knowing subject",
State University of Istanbul, 1973
High school teaching: Mekhitarian and Getronagan High Schools
(Istanbul, 1971-1974), Liceo Italiano di Istanbul (1971-1972),
Moorat-Raphael College (Venice, 1974-85)
University teaching: Chair of Armenian Language and Literature
at the University of Venice (1976-),
Chair of Armenian Church Institutions at the Pontifical Institute of Oriental
Studies, Rome (1988-); Invited lecturer at the
Istituto Ecumenico San Bernardino, Venice, (1996-)
Visiting Professor: American Armenian International College
of the University of La Verne, CA, (1988/89 - 1991/92)
Principal: Moorat-Raphael College (1982-85)
Scientific-administrative responsabilites: Secretary of the
Armenian Academy of the Mekhitarist Fathers at
San Lazzaro in Venice (1974-81), Collaborator of the "Centro di Studi e
di Documentazione della Cultura Armena"
(Milano, 1976-90), Committee Member of AIEA (Association Internationale des
Études Arméniennes, 1982-89, 1997-)
Assistant Editor: Bazmavep ("Revue d'Études Arméniennes",
1974-79)
Editor: Hye Endanik (Periodical, 1974-82); Bazmavep (1980-1985);
10 volumes among which the
Proceedings of the 1st (ed. 1978) and the 5th (ed. 1992) International Symposia
on Armenian Art
Chief Organizer: "Giornate di Studio: Gli Armeni nella
cultura italiana" (1982, 1983, 1984, 1986); 5th International Symposium
on Armenian Art (1988)
Scientific coordinator: Exhibition "The Armenians in Italy"
(1990)
Founder and Director: Summer Intensive Course of the Armenian
Language and Culture organized by the
Moorat-Raphael College (1984-1986);
Summer Intensive Course of the Armenian Language and Culture at the University
of Venice (1986-)
Founder (one of the four founders) and President: Associazione
"Padus-Araxes"
Founder (one of the four founders) and Vice-President: Associazione
"Italiarmenia" (1991-97),
member of the Directory Board: (1997-)
Monographs: 10; Scientific papers: 109; entries in Encyclopaedias:
32
Conferences taken part in: 119; to 109 of these with a paper, in: Argentine,
Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Danmark, France,
Germany, Greece, Holand, Italy, USA
Lectures given: 260, in: Argentine, Armenia, Austria, Brasil,
Canada, Egypt, France, Germany, Holand, Israel, Italy,
Lebanon, Switzerland, Syria, Turkey, USA; Courses and seminars: 23
Languages: Armenian (old, modern), Italian, French, English,
German, Turkish, Russian and Modern Greek (both elementary),
Georgian (initial), Latin, Old Greek, Biblical Hebrew (element.).
Acknowledgements: Corresponding member of the "Istituto Veneto di Scienze,
Lettere ed Arti (1992);
Member at abroad of the National Academy of Sciences of the Armenian Republic
(1994);
Honorary Professor of the "Hrachia Ajarian" free University of Yerevan,
Armenia (1994)
Prof. Zekiyan figures in the 9th and following editions of Marquis Who's Who
in the World