Komitas Pantheon


Komitas Park and Pantheon is located in Yerevan's Shengavit District, on the right side of the main Arshakunyats Avenue, in Armenia. It was formed in 1936 after the demolition of the "Mler" cemetery and its historic chapel.
Many outstanding figures of Armenia's artistic world are buried here, including Komitas, the founder of Armenian national music, after whom it is named.

Notable interments

There are 60 burials at the Komitas Panthoen. Below is the list of some of the more notable burials:
NameDateOccupation
Vardan Ajemian1905–1977theatrical director and actor
Mariam Aslamazian1907–2006painter
Vahagn Davtyan 1922–1996writer
Hovhannes Hovhannisyan1864–1929poet, translator, educator
Karen Demirchyan1932–1999politician
Gegham Grigoryan1951–2016opera singer
Avetik Isahakyan1875–1957lyric poet, writer
Silva Kaputikyan1919–2006poet
Aram Khachaturian1903–1978composer
Sero Khanzadyan1916–1998writer
Atabek Khnkoyan1870–1935writer
Komitas1869–1935priest, composer, singer
Shushanik Kurghinian 1876–1927poet
Romanos Melikian1883–1935composer
Mher Mkrtchyan1930–1993actor
Hrachia Nersisyan1895–1961film actor
Vrtanes Papazian1866–1920writer, political and cultural activist
Sergei Parajanov1924–1990film director and artist
Hamo Sahyan1914–1993poet and translator
Sos Sargsyan1929-2013actor
William Saroyan1908–1981dramatist and author
Martiros Saryan1880–1972painter
Hovhannes Shiraz1915–1984poet
Alexander Shirvanzade1858–1935playwright and novelist
Alexander Tamanian1878–1936neoclassical architect
Vahan Terian 1885–1920poet, lyrist and public activist
Bedros Tourian 1851–1872poet
Stepan Zoryan1889–1967writer