"ukhtagirk", the holy book of the armenian native faith, may be translated as "book of vows". it was the life work of slak kakosyan, who finished the manuscript just before his death in 2005. kakosyan, however, is not credited as the "author" of the "ukhtagirk", but rather as the "recorder" of an eternal truth understood by inspiration, its "compiler" ("kazmogh"). the book was officially proclaimed the holy text of the order of the children of ari in 2000, a couple of years before its completion, when the religious organisation was officially registered by the armenian state.