The Armenian community of Transylvania has a special place in the history of the Armenian communities. Despite being a prominent community, the history of the Armenian community of Transylvania has not been as studied as that of Armenian communities in Poland, Ukraine and other Eastern and Central European Armenian Communities. The works of Fr. Grigor Govrikyan are key to studying and understanding the vital importance of the Armenian community of Transylvania. He was one of the prominent intellectuals of that community in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, one of the editors of “Armenia” periodical, and the author of several articles and books, until he became the General Abbot of the Mechitarist Congregation in Vienna in 1909.