Varazdat Harutyunyan after getting St. Gregory the Illuminator Medal from His Holiness Karekin I, Catholicos of All Armenians (from left: Varazdat Harutyunyan, architect Baghdasar Arzoumanian and His Holiness Karekin I).

Architectural Commission of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin (1956-1970).
First row from left: Varazdat Harutyunyan, M. Mazmanyan, His Holiness Vazgen I, Martiros Saryan, K. Ghafadaryan
Second row from left: R. Israyelyan, B. Arzoumanian, A. Galikyan, K. Hovhannisyan

Architectural Commission of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin (1970-1988).
First row from left: Varazdat Harutyunyan, His Holiness Vazgen I, K. Altunyan
Second row from left: B. Arzoumanian, H. Babakhanian, Grigor Khanjyan, A. Galikyan, M. Hovhannisyan

Varazdat Harutyunyan (1909-2008, also Harutiunian, Armenian: Վարազդատ Հարությունյան) was an Armenian academic, architect, and writer.

He was born in the Ottoman Empire, in the town of Van, but he and his family were forced to flee into Russian territory during the Armenian Genocide. They settled first in Tbilisi and then in Yerevan. In 1946 he obtained his Ph.D., and then Doctor of Science in Architecture. In 1964 he became a Professor of History. In 1996 he was elected Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia. In Armenia, he was also president of the Society for Protection of Historical Monuments.

He was the author of over 40 books and over 800 articles, mostly on Armenian architecture. ^[1]

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• Life of Academician Varazdat Harutyunyan Armenian: ՀՀԳԱԱ ԱԿԱԴԵՄԻԿՈՍ ՎԱՐԱԶԴԱՏ ՀԱՐՈՒԹՅՈՒՆՅԱՆԻ ԿԱՅՔ
• Academic and Architect Varazdat Harutyunyan speaking about Baghdasar Arzoumanian (April, 2007, in Armenian)