Deacons' Training Program

    2020 Remote Deacons' Training Program Registration
Armonk June 29 - July 3
​**Currently WAIT-LISTING Names** 

Due to the extraordinary circumstances created by COVID-19, St. Nersess is pleased to announce the launch of its inaugural remote Deacon's Training Program. Every evening, from 7-9:30 pm, will include video classes led by clergy and lay instructors and the opportunity to engage in topical lectures, fellowship, and Bible Study. Materials and video conference links will be provided upon registration.

This program is free of charge for all our parish altar servers and will be limited to 25 participants.

​To register, please fill out the form the form to the left. **currently taking names for the wait-list only**

Questions? Contact Dn. Ari Terjanian at 732-306-5099 or email.
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The St. Nersess Deacons’ Training Program is tailored for young men who would like to learn to participate in the liturgical services of the Armenian Church as deacons and altar servers.

Through personalized practical workshops and interactive classes, seminary faculty, priests, deacons, and other specialists teach participants the deacons’ chants of the Divine Liturgy and other services, while they take the mystery out of the rituals, the music, the symbols, and the chants. Students who complete the program return to their home churches with polished liturgical skills, a deeper understanding of the church’s worship, stronger faith, and new friends.

Beginners with little or no previous experience serving at the altar focus on the deacons’ chants and rituals of the Divine Liturgy, while advanced students will learn additional hymns, chants and rituals which are conducted in other services.

All participants benefit from daily study of the Bible and Liturgy, morning and evening worship, and Armenian language instruction. Sports, games, excursions, and the indescribable phenomenon of St. Nersess make the Deacons’ Training Program unique, rewarding and fun. The program is open to young men at least 14 years old. No previous experience is necessary.