12 Vocations: Broadening the Call

Saturday, November 4, 2023

𖡡 Macaluso’s, 55 Fourth Avenue Hawthorn, New Jersey

The Seminary Board of Directors cordially invites you to celebrate the ongoing promise of St. Nersess Armenian Seminary through the vocations of the next group of 12 clergy and lay ministers.

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St. Nersess Armenian Seminary is proud to have an active alumni network of clergy and lay ministers who lead and serve the Armenian Church in North America, with love and humility.

To honor that service, the seminary will highlight the vocations of the next 12 clergy and lay ministers at a gala banquet on Saturday, November 4, 2023.

This will be the second in a series of tribute events featuring alumni of St. Nersess who serve the Armenian Church in various capacities. The first celebration took place in November 2021, and established the “12 Vocations” theme.  The upcoming event will build on that idea, under the title: “12 Vocations: Broadening the Call.”

This year, the event will honor a seminary graduate who became a hierarch of the Armenian Church: Archbishop Avak Asadourian (priestly ordination in 1977, episcopal consecration in 1982), who recently retired after a long tenure as Primate of the Diocese of Iraq.

He will be honored along with seven clergymen and four lay ministers—listed here.

The celebratory evening will be filled with nostalgic reflections, special awards, and entertainment by Dottie Bengoian who will present Laughter: a Faith Lift.

Tickets are $175 per person. Invitations will be mailed soon!! All donations will benefit St. Nersess Seminary and its ongoing mission.

For information on the November 4 banquet, please contact event co-chair Lynn Beylerian at lynnbeylerian@gmail.com or (201) 914-0354.