Saturday, April 1, 2023, at 4 pm Pacific / 7 pm Eastern

In-Person at the Ararat-Eskijian Museum Sheen Chapel, 15105 Mission Hills Road, Mission Hills, CA 91345

Livestreamed on the Ararat-Eskijian Museum’s YouTube channel.

PRESENTER
DR. ABRAHAM TERIAN, Professor Emeritus, St. Nerves Armenian Seminary

CONVERSANT
DR. S. PETER COWE, Narekatsi Distinguished Professor of Armenian Studies and Director of the Center for World Languages at the University of California, Los Angeles

Dr. Abraham Terian is professor emeritus of Armenian theology and patristics at St. Nersess Armenian Seminary, Armonk, New York. His publications include The Festal Works of St. Gregory of Narek (2016) and From the Depths of the Heart: Annotated Translation of the Prayers of St. Gregory of Narek (2021), both of which won NAASR’s Dr. Sona Aronian Book Prize for Excellence in Armenian Studies. Other recent works are Moralia et Ascetica Armeniaca: The Oft-Repeated Discourses (2022) and The Life of Mashtots' by his Disciple Koriwn (2022).
 
Dr. S. Peter Cowe is the Narekatsi Distinguished Professor of Armenian Studies and Director of the Center for World Languages at the University of California, Los Angeles. His research interests include Late Antique and medieval Armenian intellectual history, the Armenian kingdom and state formation across the medieval Mediterranean, Muslim-Christian dialogue, and modern Armenian nationalism.
 
This program also features a musical presentation by acclaimed composer and pianist Vatché Mankerian.

Purchase From the Depths of the Heart from the NAASR Bookstore.

CO-SPONSORS
Ararat-Eskijian Museum (AEM)
National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR)
UCLA Narekatsi Chair in Armenian Studies
UCLA Promise Armenian Institute (PAI)