{{Short description|Cemetery in Yerevan, Armenia}} __NOTOC__{{Infobox Cemetery |name = Komitas Park and Pantheon |image = Pantheon komitas kev.JPG |imagesize = 300px |caption = |established = 1936 |country = |location = Arshakuniats Avenue, Shengavit, Yerevan, Armenia |coordinates = {{coord|40.161728|44.50185|region:AM_type:landmark|display=title,inline}} |type = private |owner = <!-- entity that owns the cemetery --> |size = <!-- geographic size such as acres --> |graves = 60 |website = [http://hush.am/index.php?route=product/hushsearch&gcemetery=Komitas%20Pantheon Komitas Pantheon] }}
'''Komitas Park and Pantheon''' ({{langx|hy|Կոմիտասի անվան զբոսայգի և պանթեոն}})<ref>{{cite web|title=Parks of Yerevan|url=http://www.yerevan.am/3_263_%D4%B5%D6%80%D6%87%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%AB%20%D5%A6%D5%A2%D5%B8%D5%BD%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%A3%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%A8.html|publisher=Yerevan Municipality Official Website|access-date=14 February 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140214033738/http://www.yerevan.am/3_263_%D4%B5%D6%80%D6%87%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%AB%20%D5%A6%D5%A2%D5%B8%D5%BD%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%A3%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%A8.html|archive-date=14 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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 (1869–1935), the founder of modern Armenian national music, for whom it is named.
==Notable interments== [[File:Sergei Parajanov's tombstone at Komitas Pantheon.jpg|thumb|The grave of Sergei Parajanov]] [[File:William Saroyan Memorial.jpg|thumb|The grave of William Saroyan]] There are 60 burials at the Komitas Pantheon.<ref>[http://hush.am/index.php?route=product/hushsearch&gcemetery=Komitas%20Pantheon Photos of Komitas Pantheon memorials and their GPS coordinates]</ref> Below is the list of some of the more notable burials:<ref>{{cite book|first=Albert|last=Parsadanyan|title=Գիտելիքների շտեմարան [Intelligence Warehouse-1]|publisher=VMV-Print|location=Yerevan|year=2003|pages=119–120|language=hy}}</ref> thumb|Komitas' tombstone in Yerevan's Komitas Pantheon
{| class="wikitable sortable" ! Name ! Date ! Occupation |- | Vardan Ajemian | 1905–1977 | theatrical director and actor |- | Mariam Aslamazian | 1907–2006 | painter |- | Vahagn Davtyan (see image) | 1922–1996 | writer |- | Hovhannes Hovhannisyan | 1864–1929 | poet, translator, educator |- | Karen Demirchyan | 1932–1999 | politician |- | Gegham Grigoryan | 1951–2016 | opera singer |- | Avetik Isahakyan | 1875–1957 | lyric poet, writer |- | Silva Kaputikyan | 1919–2006 | poet |- | Aram Khachaturian | 1903–1978 | composer |- | Sero Khanzadyan | 1915–1998 | writer |- | Atabek Khnkoyan | 1870–1935 | writer |- | Komitas | 1869–1935 | priest, composer, singer |- | Shushanik Kurghinian <small>(in adjoining park)</small> | 1876–1927 | poet |- | Romanos Melikian | 1883–1935 | composer |- | Mher Mkrtchyan | 1930–1993 | actor |- | Hrachia Nersisyan | 1895–1961 | film actor |- | Vrtanes Papazian | 1866–1920 | writer, political and cultural activist |- | Sergei Parajanov | 1924–1990 | film director and artist |- | Hamo Sahyan | 1914–1993 | poet and translator |- | Sos Sargsyan<ref>{{cite news|title=Renowned Armenian actor Sos Sargsyan buried at Komitas pantheon|url=http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/09/29/farewell-sos-sargsyan/|access-date=3 October 2013|newspaper=Tert.am|date=29 September 2013|archive-date=4 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004232409/http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/09/29/farewell-sos-sargsyan/|url-status=dead}}</ref> | 1929-2013 | actor |- | William Saroyan | 1908–1981 | dramatist and author |- | Martiros Saryan | 1880–1972 | painter |- | Hovhannes Shiraz | 1915–1984 | poet |- | Alexander Shirvanzade | 1858–1935 | playwright and novelist |- | Alexander Tamanian | 1878–1936 | neoclassical architect |- | Vahan Terian <small>(cenotaph)</small> | 1885–1920 | poet, lyrist and public activist |- | Bedros Tourian <small>(only the skull)</small><ref>{{cite news|title=Skull fragments of Armenian poet concealed in Yerevan's Komitas Pantheon|url=http://news.am/eng/news/91738.html|access-date=3 October 2013|newspaper=News.am|date=2 February 2012}}</ref> | 1851–1872 | poet |- | Stepan Zoryan | 1889–1967 | writer |}
==See also== * History of Yerevan * Armenian Pantheon of Tbilisi
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090810063250/http://armenianpages.com/ap-photos/2007/Komitas_park/komitas_park.htm ArmenianPages.com – Komitas Park, the Pantheon of Prominent Art Figures] * [http://hush.am/index.php?route=product/hushsearch&gcemetery=Komitas%20Pantheon Hush.am – Pantheon genealogical website]
{{Yerevan landmarks}}
Category:Armenian cemeteries Category:Buildings and structures in Yerevan Category:Cemeteries in Armenia Category:Tourist attractions in Yerevan Category:1936 establishments in the Soviet Union