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Message from Maestro Khoren Mekanejian

1/30/2015

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I have had the great pleasure of teaching at St. Nersess Armenian Theological Seminary for more than twenty years. Over the years, the seminary students have had the opportunity to learn the hymns of the Armenian Church, spiritual chants, music from the Divine Liturgy, as well as the prayers for the celebrant.

As fate would have it, the Armenian Apostolic Church was under the terrible pressure of Communist yoke for more than seventy years. The church was not able to have free thought, an independent way of working for the word of Christ, and to illuminate or to instruct the clergy. Along with all that, the spiritual center of Holy Etchmiadzin was working with very few students. However, no clergyman who graduated from this seminary would ever serve outside of Armenia - in the United States or anywhere else.

Perhaps, due to the situation of not receiving clergy from the homeland, the late Archbishop Tiran Nersoyan was moved to having the vision and establishing a seminary which bears the name of the Catholicos, St. Nersess the Grace-filled. In 1961, under humble circumstances, the seminary opened its doors to the youth with a rich and various programs. From the first day of its existence, the seminary has given dozens of graduates, who with their wealth of spiritual knowledge have become the Armenian Apostolic Church's dedicated servants, as well as teachers of God's word and light.

Today, the circumstances have changed. Very soon, the seminary will move to a new campus where each student will be able to have more suitable conditions.

We are thankful and grateful to the seminary's dean, the Rev. Fr. Mardiros Chevian, for his work and dedication in increasing the student body, improving their conditions, giving them an Armenian education, refining the relations with the seminary in the homeland and Holy Etchmiadzin and helping to create a way to making all of this a reality.

Directing my humble word and message to the youth, I suggest that they come, see, believe and become students of St. Nersess Theological Seminary, so they may lead our faithful to new, spiritual heights.

Khoren Mekanejian
Director, Diocesan Department of Music Ministry
Recognized Artist/Professor of the Republic of Armenia




Սուրբ Ներսէս Աստուածաբանական Ընծայարան 


Մեծագոյն հաճոյքն ունիմ դասաւանդելու Սուրբ Ներսէս Աստուածաբանական Ընծայարանէն ներս, աւելի քան քսան տարիներ։ Դասաւանդման տարբեր տարիներուն, Ընծայարանի աշակերտները առիթը ունեցած են սորվելու Հայ Եկեղեցւոյ շարականները, հոգեւոր հիմները, Սուրբ Պատարագի երգեցողութիւնը, ինչպէս նաեւ պատարագիչ քահանայի ի ձայն աղօթքները։ 

 Ճակատագրի բերումով, Հայաստանեայց Առաքելական Եկեղեցին կը գտնուէր համայնավարական լուծի դաժան ճնշման տակ, եօթանասուն եւ աւելի տարիներ։ Եկեղեցին չէր կրնար ունենալ ազատ մտածողութիւն, անկախ գործելաոճ եւ Քրիստոսի խօսքը, եւ լոյս տարածող եւ սորվեցնող հոգեւորականներ։ Հակառակ անոր որ կը գործէր Սուրբ Էջմիածնի հոգեւոր ճեմարանը, եւ հոն աւարտած որեւէ հոգեւորական չէր գործուղուէր արտասահման, Միացեալ Նահանգներ եւ այլուր։ 

Մայր Հայրենիքէն հոգեւորականներ չստանալու հանգամանքն էր թերեւս, որ ստիպեց երջանկայիշատակ Տիրան Արքեպիսկոպոս Ներսոյեանը, տեսիլքը տեսնելու եւ հիմնելու Ներսէս Շնորհալի Հայրապետին անունը կրող Հոգեւոր Ընծայարանը։ 1961 թուականին, համեստ պայմաններու ներքոյ, Ընծայարանը իր դռները բացաւ երիտասարդներուն առջեւ, հարուստ եւ բազմազան ծրագիրներով։ Իր գոյութեան օրէն՝ Ընծայարանը տուաւ քանի մը տասնեակ շրջանաւարտներ, որոնք իրենց կրօնական հարուստ գիտելիքներով դարձան Հայաստանեայց Առաքելական Եկեղեցիներու նուիրեալ սպասաւորները, ինչպէս նաեւ Աստուծոյ խօսքը եւ լոյսը տարածող ուսուցիչները։ 

Այսօր, փոխուած են պայմանները։ Շուտով, Ընծայարանը պիտի տեղափոխուի մէկ նոր տարածք, ուր իւրաքանչիւր ուսանող պիտի կարենայ աւելի յարմարաւետ պայմաններ ունենալ։ 

Ուսանողներու հաւաքագրման, պայմաններու բարելաւման, անոնց հայեցի դաստիարակութեան, ինչպէս նաեւ Ընծայարանը Մայր Հայրենիքին եւ Մայր Աթոռ Սուրբ Էջմիածին կապելու եւ օժանդակելու ծրագիրներու իրականացման ճանապարհին, մենք շնորհակալական եւ շնորհաւորական խօսք ունինք ըսելու Ընծայարանի տնօրէն՝ Արժանապատիւ Տէր Մարտիրոս Աւագ Քահանայ Չեւեանին, իր անմնացորդ քրտնաթոր աշխատանքին համար։ 

Իմ համեստ խօսքս եւ պատգամս ուղղելով երիտասարդներուն, կ՛առաջարկեմ որ գան, տեսնեն, հաւատան եւ դառնան ուսանողները Սուրբ Ներսէս Աստուածաբանական Ընծայարանին, առաջնորդելու համար մեր հաւատաւոր ժողովուրդը դէպի նորանոր հոգեւոր բարձունքներ։ 

Խորէն Մէյխանէճեան 

Առաջնորդարանի երաժշտական գրասենեակի տնօրէն՝ Հայաստանի Հանրապետութեան վաստակաւոր արտիստ-Փրօֆէսօր
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Dn. Mkrtich Ksachikyan Ordained into the Holy Priesthood

1/28/2015

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On Sunday, January 25, His Eminence Abp. Hovnan Derderian, Primate of the Western Diocese of the Armenian Church of America, ordained and anointed Dn. Mkrtich Ksachikyan into the holy priesthood, renaming him Fr. Yeghishe. The ordination took place at St. Leon Armenian Cathedral in Burbank, CA, in the presence of community, family, and guests from around the country.  Fr. Yeghishe is spending his 40-day period of seclusion at St. Nersess Seminary in New Rochelle, NY, after which he will return to take up pastoral duties at St. James Armenian Church in Sacramento, CA. Fr. Yeghishe is newly married to Yn. Tatevik (Vardanyan) and is a 2011 graduate of St. Nersess Armenian Seminary.

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A New Era for the St. Nersess Library

1/21/2015

 
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For 17 years, Aida Pisani worked at a private K-8 school in Manhattan as its head librarian after earning a master’s degree in library science and working in a college administration job. Now retired, she is putting her skills to use once again, but this time at St. Nersess Armenian Seminary as the new librarian of the Abp. Tiran Nersoyan Library. Volunteering 10-20 hours a week, Mrs. Pisani began to catalog the St. Nersess collection of books in March of 2014 with the help of eight volunteers. Before she began, Aida was volunteering her time at the St. Gregory Armenian Church’s library in White Plains where Fr. Mardiros Chevian, Dean, approached her to see if she could help out at St. Nersess. Fr. Mardiros knew he needed an expert who could organize and catalog the library books, which will be critical to the library when it is housed in the new Karekin I Theological Center and Chapel on the future St. Nersess campus in Armonk, NY.  “It has become a tremendous undertaking, cataloging each book one at a time,” stated Aida. “So far we have cataloged about 4,000 books in about ten months, and there are plenty more to sift through. I try to focus on one shelf at a time, as it’s the only way to handle the enormous collection of books. Otherwise it becomes an overwhelming endeavor,” says Mrs. Pisani.

Mrs. Pisani started from scratch, by first setting up an automated database with Book Systems, a software company geared to school and church libraries, which she had used in a previous job. Next, she and her volunteers have taken each book, researching online for existing records and call numbers using the Library of Congress classification system. “It’s a painstaking process, like solving a puzzle for each book,” comments Aida. If she can find a record for a book online, either from the Library of Congress or other academic library catalogs, she can simply add it to the collection. However, if no record exists, as in some old Armenian books, she must create the information, a more time-consuming process by doing original cataloging, before she can add it to the new database. 

Her dedicated team of volunteers include Beatrice Postian, Vera Watts, Anne Shaterian and Aida’s husband Michael Pisani, who have helped affix barcode labels and call number labels to each book before shelving. Computer savvy volunteers Ashely Murtha and Eve Wolfsohn have searched online for records of books in English, while Gayane Manukyan and Lilit Shakhkyan (wife of Seminarian Dn. Ivan) have been instrumental in searching for Armenian language book records. If an ISBN number exists, Aida can catalog 50 books a day, otherwise 30 or less may be added to the collection if no records exist. Dr. Roberta Ervine, St. Nersess Professor of Armenian Studies, is helping to prioritize the books.

When asked to describe the books in the St. Nersess library, Aida comments, “there are religious and theological books, and books on philosophy, music, and history. Some books date back to the 1800s, and some are very valuable and are the only copy in the world. They don’t exist anywhere else.” Thanks to Aida and her team, St. Nersess seminarians are now able to “check out” books to use as part of their studies. Also, anyone can search the database by keyword, author, title, subject or series to find what St. Nersess has to offer in its library. To access the OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog) for the Abp. Tiran Nersoyan Library, go to http://stnersess.booksys.net/opac/stnas/index.html#menuHome.

Fr. Mardiros is grateful to Aida Pisani and her volunteer assistants for their continuous dedication to the St. Nersess library, as well as to the Women's Guild of St. Gregory Armenian Church for a grant that enabled the purchase of necessary materials for the cataloging of the books.

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