The wake of the late Armenian writer and statesman Vano Siradeghyan is taking place at the Alexander Spendiaryan Opera and Ballet National Academic Theatre in Yerevan.

Siradeghyan died abroad on October 15, at the age of 75, but the circumstances of his death are not known.

Vano Siradeghyan’s body is expected to be laid to rest Saturday in his native Koti village in Tavush Province.