Mkrtich Naghash

Mkrtich Naghash ({{langx|hy|Մկրտիչ Նաղաշ|lit=Mkrtich the Painter}}; 1394 – 1470) was an Armenian painter,{{cite web |last=A. |first=Ghazinyan |title=Մկրտիչ Նաղաշ |url=http://www.armenianreligion.am/am/Encyclopedia_of_armenian_religion_mkrtich_naghash |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220140233/http://www.armenianreligion.am/am/Encyclopedia_of_armenian_religion_mkrtich_naghash |archive-date=20 December 2016 |access-date=6 December 2016 |website=Armenianreligion.am |language=hy}}{{cite web |url=https://zarkfoundation.com/library/%d5%b4%d5%af%d6%80%d5%bf%d5%ab%d5%b9-%d5%b6%d5%a1%d5%b2%d5%a1%d5%b7/ |title= Մկրտիչ Նաղաշ |publisher=ZARK Foundation}}{{cite web |url= http://lib.liim.ru/authors/m-189.html |title= Мкртич Нагаш - Лит-салон. Библиотека классики клуба ЛИИМ

|access-date=6 December 2016 }} poet, and priest. He served as Archbishop of Diarbekr.{{Cite book |title=Armenian Poetry and Legends |date=2009 |publisher=Abela Pub |others=Boyajian, Zabelle C. |isbn=9781907256189 |location=London |oclc=765938222}}

Mkrtich Naghash's poetry describes the perils of living a life in exile and man's relationship with God.{{Cite web |title=The Naghash Ensemble of Armenia |url=http://naghashensemble.com/ |access-date=19 May 2019 |website=The Naghash Ensemble}}

In 2006, American-Armenian composer John Hodian started creating "Songs of Exile," a cycle of new music based on Mkrtich Naghash's poems.{{Cite book|title=Songs of Exile, Volume I|publisher=Available Forms Music|year=2014}} He founded The Naghash Ensemble, and since 2014, the ensemble has been touring internationally.{{Cite web|url=http://naghashensemble.com/#on-tour|title=The Naghash Ensemble: On Tour|access-date=2019-05-19}}