Support our Spring Appeal
Each Spring, we ask you to remember and support the seminary with a donation to our Spring Appeal. Donations can be made here. Dear Friend, As the 2022-23 academic and fiscal years end in May, I write to thank you for your
Training for the Soul and Body
The St. Nersess Seminarians are getting stronger not only spiritually, but now also physically. Thanks to seminary benefactor Dean Shahinian, Esq., a new initiative is in place to fund a personal trainer to come to the seminary every other Saturday.
Please Give to Your Seminary This Christmas
Every day, with prayer and renewed commitment, we carry out our mission of preparing the next generation of priests and lay ministers through classroom instruction, spiritual direction, worship services, and hands-on training. The education our students receive at St. Nersess
Seminarian to Undertake Mission of Love to Armenia
Moved by an encounter of two struggling Armenian children last summer in Armenia, seminarian Arin Parsanian felt it is his duty to take action and help more children in need there. Over the seminary’s upcoming winter break, Arin will travel
Support the Seminary Today!
Spring 2022 Dear Friend,Strength can be felt in many ways. We have seen strength in our students, strength in our faculty, and strength in supporters like you. Your heartfelt and generous support has strengthened our mission in another year like no
St. Nersess to Honor First 12
St. Nersess Armenian Seminary will be celebrating its 60th Anniversary on November 13 at a special banquet which will honor the vocations of the first 12 priests who graduated from St. Nersess and St. Vladimir's Seminaries and were ordained. The celebratory
Seminary Receives Generous Donation
Last month, Dean Shahinian, former St. Nersess Board member and longtime Seminary supporter, became the most recent naming donor on the Armonk campus. He chose the Recreation Complex to honor his parents, Paul and Grace (Jelalian) Shahinian, with a generous
Rare Book Donated to the Seminary
St. Nersess is thankful to Suzanne Minassian Sherenian of Doylestown, PA, who recently donated a rare handwritten book from 1913 to the St. Nersess Library. This book belonged to her grandfather, Fr. Mugerditch Minassian, who was in the last graduating class
Global Classroom Comes to St. Nersess
Over the past few months, preparations to upgrade the technology at the seminary have been led by donor Berj Akian, who assembled a team of friends and supporters including, Hagop Belekdanian, Andre Farah, Saro Hartounian, and Gevik Khachatourian. Levon Altiparmakian,
Seminary Campus Donors Honored
On a brisk autumn evening on November 10, over 75 guests gathered at St. Nersess Armenian Seminary for the consecration of an exterior cross, two dedications, and a celebratory dinner. It was also the one-year anniversary of the consecration of