Grigor Nareksky (Narekatsi), monk (951-1003), Armenian poet, mystic philosopher and theologian . Rod. in the writer's family. He spent most of his life in the monastery of Narek, where he taught at the monastery school .. Author Mystic. the Song of Songs (977) and the number. Poetic . Works (in t.) h. "Glory to the Apostles" . Narekaci's poetry is deeply "biblical", permeated with images, themes and realities of sacred. History . It is an intimate, personal character.......... In The Book of Sorrowful Singing (1002), as in Andrew of Crete, the events and faces of both Testaments serve as a starting point for thinking about life, about the imperfection and sinfulness of man. It is a trusting conversation that leads to God's soul filled with repentance and thirst for purity ...... Lyrical-mystical poem "The Book of Sorrowful Songs" (first published in 1673) in Marseille), translated into many languages of the world, played a significant role in the development of the Armenian literary language