ARCHBISHOP ANOUSHAVAN PRESENTS PAPER AT ST. NERSESS CONFERENCE

On Thursday, June 4, His Eminence Archbishop Anoushavan, Prelate, participated in the first day of sessions of the conference “‘’Sitting as a Stranger’: Evagrius in the Desert and Beyond,” organized by St. Nersess Seminary (Armonk, N.Y.). Twenty scholars from the United States and Europe participated in this three-day conference.  

The conference was opened by His Grace Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan, Primate of the Eastern Diocese, who reflected on the life of the great saint, whose ideas have found wide resonance throughout the Christian world.  

Archbishop Anoushavan was the opening presenter in the first session with the paper “Evagrius in Archbishop Nerses Lambronatsi’s Commentary on the Psalms.” His Eminence referred to the fact that scholars have completely overlooked the case of Nerses Lambronatsi, the prominent ecclesiastic and scholar of the twelfth century, in their discussions on Evagrius’ influence upon Armenian literature in the fifth through the fourteenth centuries. He introduced Lambronatsi’s references to Evagrius in his extensive commentary and analyzed them while making parallels between the life of both saints. 

His Eminence thanked the members of the organizing committee, Professors Ani Shahinian and Roberta Ervine, and wished them continued success in organizing similar events.