Jubilee events dedicated to 25th anniversary of the Ayas Nautical Research Club will start on March 25 evening at Yerevan Chamber Music Hall after Komitas. During the jubilee evening a concert and an exhibition will be held. National Chamber Choir of Armenia, the "Narek" quartet and the "Libero" quintet, honored artist of Armenia Anna Mailyan, Lilith Pipoyan, Vahan Artzruni and Edward Zorikyan will perform.d songs. The photo exhibition with 150 pictures will feature the history of the Ayas club.

"I think the club has earned the right to celebrate its 25th anniversary since, despite all difficulties, it managed to implement several major projects for the Armenians. And, perhaps the most important of them was the creation of a sailing vessel of Cilicia, and its navigation, " Karen Balayan , President of the Ayas Club said.

Ayas is the port city of ancient Cilicia where the original ship was built by Armenians in XIII century. Today Ayas still exists but the Turks call it Yumurtalik. The range of Ayas Nautical Research Club activities is quite wide, including historical aspects of World and Armenian navigation and ship buildings, reconstruction of ancient Armenian vessels, study of sea routes, old maps, navigation devices, banners, collecting data on Armenian navigators, making underwater archaeological surveys and research. Since 1985 the Club has organized 15 exhibitions and has carried out several surveys on Armenian navigation. There are more than five thousand books in the Club library. Twenty-six different types of vessels (rafts, leather boats, log-boats, boats and ships) used in historical Armenia, were restored and reconstructed.