In the present article, the author examines the evaluation of Mekhitar Sebastatsi and the Mekhitarists by the great literary critic Archag Tchobanian. For the first time, the study assesses the subject on a comparative basis, leaving aside the self-contained and self-sufficient ways of past scholarship. In particular, by comparing Tchobanian’s views with previous assessments about the Mekhitarists, the author points out the exact and substantial way with which they characterize the role and significance of Abbot Mekhitar and his congregation for our nation’s life and history. Today, on the 300th anniversary of the Congregation, it is argued that those views have both historic value and essential significance in terms of the academic evaluation of the Congregation’s activity.