chronology. Nicholas Adontz argued that Anania "occupied the same position in Armenian education as Leo [the Mathematician] did in Byzantine education. He was the first to sow the seeds of science among the Armenians." Hacikyan et al. wrote in The Heritage of Armenian Literature: Shirakatsi was one of six scholars whose statue was erected in front of the Matenadaran, the museum-institute of Armenian manuscripts in Yerevan, in the 1960s. Another statue was erected in the front yard of the Yerevan State University. A crater on the Moon was named after Shirakatsi in 1979. In independent post-Soviet Armenia, Anania Shirakatsi has been commemorated in various ways. In 1993 the Medal of Anania Shirakatsi, a state award, was established, given for "significant activities, inventions, and discoveries in the spheres of economy, engineering, architecture, science, and technology." In 2005 the Central Bank of Armenia issued a commemorative coin, while HayPost issued a stamp dedicated to Anania Shirakatsi. References Notes Citations Bibliography Books on Anania online PDF (archived) General books Book chapters on Anania Encyclopedia articles online Journal articles ; originally published in Revue des Études Arméniennes'' 21, 1988-89, pp. 159-170 Further reading External links 7th-century Armenian historians 7th-century mathematicians 7th-century astronomers Armenian cartographers Armenian mathematicians Armenian astronomers Medieval geographers Medieval cartographers Anania 7th-century Armenian writers Armenian people from the Sasanian Empire Cartographers 7th-century cartographers