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St. Nersess Seminarians Participate in Annual Christian Unity Gathering

10/28/2019

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Two St. Nersess seminarians participated in the National Council of the Churches of Christ (NCC) annual Christian Unity Gathering (CUG) held October 13-16 in Hampton, Virginia.The CUG brought together 200 representatives from 38-member communions representing over 45 million Christians in the United States.
 
The Armenian Church was well represented at the annual meeting. Archbishop Vicken Aykazian, the Ecumenical Director and Diocesan Legate of the Eastern Diocese and former President of the National Council of Churches (USA), led the delegation which included Mr. Raffi Balian, a St. Nersess board member. Also attending, at the invitation of the NCC, were seminarians Dn. Armen Terjimanian and Adam Bullock.  
 
The theme of this year's gathering was "Ending Racism: Confronting our Past, Revisiting our Present and Naming God's Preferred Future," on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans to the shores of North America at Old Point Comfort (which is located in present-day Hampton). Dn. Armen and Adam joined 50 seminarians from various denominations and attended numerous meetings and discussions with members of the NCC and World Council of Churches, including the NCC's Faith and Order (Raffi Balian served as a co-facilitator) and Inter-religious Dialogue (Vicken Srpazan is a member) groups.
 
This was the second year that St. Nersess seminarians were invited to attend with their expenses fully paid by the NCC. Dn. Armen delivered a prayer during the Monday evening opening worship service at Bethel AME Church in Hampton, VA. "The two days spent attending the 2019 Christian Unity Conference were inspiring and informational. Commemorating the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first African slaves onto the shores of North America was an emotional experience. I learned that racism and discrimination is still real in the 21st century and it is up to all those who serve the Church and God to set the example to help squash racism once and for all," commented Dn. Armen.

"It was an honor to attend the NCC Christian Unity Gathering as a representative of the Armenian Church. I came away with a stronger understanding of the reality of racism in America. It was refreshing to see various branches of Christianity put aside their differences and discuss the Church's role in stamping out hate by spreading the love of Christ," recalled Adam Bullock.

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St. Nersess and St. Vladimir's Seminaries Celebrate 50 Years of Collaboration

10/22/2019

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The St. Nersess Alumni Association and St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary Alumni Association co-sponsored and organized a two-day celebration of the 50 years of collaboration between the two seminaries.
 
To kick off the celebration on Friday, October 11, a dinner was hosted by St. Vladimir's for members of both faculties. Following, a public Vespers service took place at Three Hierarchs Chapel according to the Armenian rite. St. Vladimir's/St. Nersess alumnus Bishop Daniel Findikyan, Primate of the of the Eastern Diocese and President of the St. Nersess Board of Directors, delivered the annual Father John Meyendorff Memorial Lecture titled, "The Sacrament of Theological Education: St. Vladimir's and St. Nersess Seminaries at 50 Years."
 
"I should like to propose that the fifty-year collaboration of St. Vladimir's and St. Nersess Seminaries illustrates the sacred, ecclesial, and truly sacramental essence of the theological enterprise understood in its broadest, most Orthodox sense," said His Grace. "And if that is true, then our half-century of common work in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ has great implications for us in this room, for Orthodoxy, for the Body of Christ, and, I think, for the world." Listen here to Bishop Daniel's lecture.
 
The evening was attended by St. Nersess Dean the Rev. Fr. Mardiros Chevian, SVOTS President Very Rev. Chad Hatfield, SVOTS Academic Dean Dr. Ionut-Alexandru Tudorie, and faculty, staff, seminarians, alumni, and friends from both institutions.
 
"We remain as committed as any two institutions in the entire Orthodox world to seeing this breach between the so-called 'Oriental' and the so-called 'Eastern' ended," added Fr. Chad. "And this seminary is recommitting itself to building a fire once again under that particular topic, because the truth of the matter is we are living in a time in which we cannot tolerate our unhappy divisions."
 
The celebration continued at St. Nersess Seminary the following day, with a special cultural event for the alumni of both institutions which included a tour of the campus, lunch consisting of various Armenian foods and imported Armenian wine donated by board member Mr. Oscar Tatosian. Five wood-carved crosses from Armenia were awarded to guests from St. Vladimir's Seminary. The event concluded with a AGBU Antranig Dance Ensemble performance of three dances.

A formal relationship between SVOTS and St. Nersess began in 1968, when negotiations with SVOTS resulted in St. Nersess becoming a satellite institution. Over the coming decades, the two seminaries formalized (and later revised) a joint Master of Divinity (M.Div.) curriculum. In 2004, the partnership resulted in the launch of the Treasures of the Armenian Christian Tradition (AVANT) series St. Vladimir's Seminary (SVS) Press. In 2016, the schools once again renewed their commitment to work together, this time via an Inter-Seminary Agreement of Collaboration signed along with Gevorgyan Seminary in Etchmiadzin. At present, seminarians studying at St. Nersess take approximately forty percent of their course load at St. Vladimir's.
 
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​Three Primates Meet at the Seminary

10/18/2019

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On October 15, the three Primates of the Armenian Church of North America - Abp. Hovnan Derderian (Western Diocese), Bp. Abgar Hovakimyan (Canada) and Bp. Daniel Findikyan (Eastern Diocese) held a meeting at St. Nersess Seminary.
 

While there, they had an opportunity to listen to a report on the seminary by the dean, Fr. Mardiros Chevian and participate in a Vespers service and hokehankist on the first anniversary of the passing of Diramayr Ursula Findikyan, mother of Bishop Daniel. Abp. Hovnan Derderian presided at the requiem, while Fr Mardiros Chevian was asked to offer a brief message about her.

During lunch, parish priests from New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Rhode Island gathered and attended a special luncheon with the three bishops. 

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