Mechitarists

Also known as C.A.M., CAM

The Mechitarists, officially the Benedictine Congregation of the Mechitarists (), is an Armenian Catholic monastic order founded in 1701 by Mekhitar of Sebaste. Members use the postnominal abbreviation CAM.

Key facts

Organization.name: Benedictine Congregation of the Mechitarists
Organization.native_name: Benedictina Congregatio Mechitarista
Organization.native_name_lang: la
Organization.image: MekhitaristEmblem.jpg
Organization.caption: Coat of arms of the Mekhitarist Order, from a book, 1900 ca.
Organization.abbreviation: C.A.M.
Organization.nickname: Mechitarists
Organization.founder: Mekhitar of Sebaste
Organization.founding_location: Constantinople
Organization.type: Monastic order of Pontifical Right for men
Organization.headquarters: Isola di San Lazzaro, Venezia-Lido, Italy
Organization.members

Article

9 sections

Contents

History
The Schism of 1773
Organization
Monastic life
Literary and artistic activities
See also
Notes
Sources and references
External links

The order is best known for their series of scholarly publications of ancient Armenian versions of otherwise lost ancient Greek texts and their research on classical and modern Armenian language. They follow the Rule of Saint Benedict.