Old age in Armenian patristic literature

Jan W. Żelazny

Uniwersytet Papieski Jana Pawła II w Krakowie , Poland


Abstract

In Armenian tradition, old age, with its grey hair, symbolizes wisdom and respon­sibility. The country’s tradition depends on elderly people. Opinions expressed in the Armenian literature of that time are similar to the ones regarding the same issue occurring in the entire Middle East. Only two issues arising interest and cause surprise. The first thought concerns the gossiping of elderly women, which does not mean anything wrong, but may rather be related to method of transferring tradition that creates collective mem­ory of a nation. The second question is close relation between old age and adolescence. Both children and elderly people are the basic groups in the community on whose survival the nation’s future depends.

Keywords:

old age, Armenian patristic literature

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Published
2011-12-15


Żelazny, J. W. (2011). Starość w starożytnej literaturze ormiańskiej. Vox Patrum, 56, 411–416. https://doi.org/10.31743/vp.4234

Jan W. Żelazny 
Uniwersytet Papieski Jana Pawła II w Krakowie



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