Cummings Foundation Grant Recipient

Current Year — Jesse Siragan Arlen

ODES OF ST. NERSESS THE GRACEFUL: Annotated Translation ~ Monday, April 15, 2024 ~ On Zoom

ODES OF ST. NERSESS THE GRACEFUL: Annotated Translation ~ Monday, April 15, 2024 ~ On Zoom

This volume of Odes of St. Nersess the Graceful presents the Armenian text and an English translation of sixty of St. Nersess’s liturgical odes (tagh), fifty-eight of which have never been previously translated into English. 

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LITERARY LIGHTS: American Wildflowers ~ Wednesday, May 17, 2023 ~ In-Person Event

LITERARY LIGHTS: American Wildflowers ~ Wednesday, May 17, 2023 ~ In-Person Event

Literary Lights is a monthly reading series organized by the International Armenian Literary Alliance (IALA), NAASR, and the Krikor and Clara Zohrab Information Center. The series, which launched in February 2023, will be held through November 2023, in a mixed online and in-person format.

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Impact of Evagrius of Pontus on the Ascetic Tradition in Armenia ~ Saturday, February 20, 2021 ~ Live on Zoom

Impact of Evagrius of Pontus on the Ascetic Tradition in Armenia ~ Saturday, February 20, 2021 ~ Live on Zoom

Panel 3 of the UCLA Armenian Studies Graduate Student Colloquium ~ Impact of Evagrius of Pontus on the Ascetic Tradition in Armenia

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