Heros and monuments

Vardan Mamikonian, also known as Saint Vardan  was an Armenian military leader, a martyr and a saint of the Armenian Church. He was born 393.

Vardan Mamikonian, a member of the Mamikonian family, is revered as one of the greatest military and spiritual leaders of Christian Armenia in the 5th century.  He is considered a national hero. Major Armenian churches are named after Saint Vardan. A major equestrian statue representing him is found in the Armenian capital Yerevan.

After Vardan became  army leader in 432, the Persians summoned him to Ctesiphon. Upon his return home in 450, Vardan repudiated the Persian religion and instigated an Armenian rebellion against their Sassanian overlords.

Vardan died in the Battle of Avarayr on the Avarayr Plain in Vaspurakan. The also known as the Battle of Vardanants, was fought on May 26, 451 AD on the Avarayr Plain in Vaspurakan.

Monument

Vardan Mamikonian -  copper and sandstone , the author Y. Kocharn the architect , Stephan Kyurkchyan , 1975 Posted in Circle Park. Pedestal with a height of approximately 15 meters.