In 1972 , Meschian successfully graduated from university , but due to the anti-Meschian attitudes infested in the Armenian Soviet Republic , it took him two years to find a job as an architect . In 1974 , Meschian was employed by the Armenian Governmental Project where he participated in the development of Zvartnots Airport in Yerevan . In 1973 , he briefly joined the chorus of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin , where he made the acquaintance of his Holiness Vazgen I , the Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church who commissioned him to write a requiem dedicated to the martyrs of the Armenian Genocide . With Moushegh Ishkhan ’s permission , Meschian used some of his verses in writing the requiem . In 1975 , Meschian performed his requiem at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin , and with the support of the Catholicos , he later recorded the masterpiece
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Arthur Meschian