Zak‘aria of K‘anak‘eṛ
Date of Birth: 1627
Place of Birth: K‘anak‘eṛ
Date of Death: 1699
Place of Death: K‘anak‘eṛ
Biography
Zak‘aria was born in 1627 in the village of K‘anak‘eṛ, now a northern suburb of Yerevan. His father Mkrtich‘ was the scribe for the tanutēr (land baron) of the district of Kotayk‘. At the age of 13, Zak‘aria entered as a novice the monastery of Hovhannavank‘, where he would remain for the rest of his life.…