St. Nersess Armenian Seminary
150 Stratton Road
New Rochelle, NY 10804
Tel.: 914-636-2003
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Contact: Levon Altian
PRESS RELEASE
Free Lecture by Renowned Professor Visiting from Armenia
"Early Translations TO Armenian and FROM Armenian"
New Rochelle, NY – Prof. Paruyr Muradyan, Senior Researcher at the Armenian
National Academy of Sciences, will offer a lecture at St. Nersess this
Monday, April 28, at 7:30PM that is free and open to the public.
It is well known that a great many extremely important early Christian
writings were translated into Armenian by saintly Armenian scholars, many of
them clergy. Some of these writings have been lost in their original form,
and survive only by the grace of these Armenian translations. Less well
known are a number of Armenian Christian writings that were translated into
other languages such as Syriac, Greek, Arabic, Georgian and Latin. Prof.
Muradyan, one of Armenia’s foremost experts in this area, will trace the
travels of early Christian ideas to, and through the Armenian language.
Prof. Muradyan is the foremost authority on Armenian and Georgian relations
>From the earliest times to the present. He is the author of numerous books
including The Passion of St. Shushanik, daughter of St. Vartan Mamikonian.
This ancient text survives in very early Armenian and Georgian versions. The
lecture will be in Armenian with an English translation provided.
Refreshments will follow. St. Nersess is easy to reach by car or train.
UPCOMING LECTURE
Monday, May 12, 2008 at 7:30PM
Annual Bishop Zkon Der Hagopian Memorial Lecture
Between Text and Icon: The Beautiful Body of Christ
Abraham Terian, Professor of Armenian Patristics