It has got more deep, even heavenly meaning in Armenia.
Armenia exists today thanks to the alphabet.
And if the nation is going to continue its way in the roads of history, it will be thanks to his letter-soldiers too.
And therefore Mashtots is deified. His invention helps the Armenians to avoid from treachery and always mentions the correct way of rescuing.
The year 405... Vagharshapat. Returning from Antiock Mashtots declared that the letters of the armenian alphabet had been sent to Armenia by God's will. There's an opinion that Armenians had letters before Mashtots.
Maybe...
But only after this great invention the bells of our churches got another peal...