Honoring a Vision. Celebrating a Milestone. Shaping the Future.
RESERVATIONS ARE CLOSED!
Join us at St. Nersess Armenian Seminary on Saturday, October 3, 2026, for a special evening honoring the leadership, faith, and generosity that have shaped the Seminary and looking ahead to its future.
Together, we will pay tribute to Archbishop Khajag Barsamian, whose visionary leadership and steadfast commitment helped make the Armonk campus a reality, and commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the Armonk Campus and the Consecration of the Chapel.
Set outdoors on the beautiful Seminary grounds, the evening will bring together alumni, clergy, benefactors, and friends for a cocktail-style celebration. Guests will enjoy a thoughtfully curated dinner served from a variety of gourmet culinary stations, creating an inviting atmosphere for conversation, fellowship, and connection.
Reserved tables are available through sponsorship opportunities; otherwise, seating will be open. We invite you to become a sponsor, reserve your place, and invest in the future of St. Nersess Armenian Seminary. Your generosity will help ensure that the Seminary continues to educate, inspire, and form faithful leaders for generations to come.
Should you have any questions please contact events@stnersess.edu.
Celebrate the legacy. Support the mission. Help shape the future.
RESERVATIONS ARE CLOSED! BUT YOU CAN STILL SUPPORT THE EVENT WITH A DONATION.
Download the Invitation to print and mail a check to: St. Nersess Armenian Seminary, 486 Bedford Rd, Armonk, NY 10504.
12 Vocations, November 22, 2025: Variety of Gifts – One Spirit
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St. Nersess Armenian Seminary is blessed with a vibrant network of alumni — clergy and lay ministers — who faithfully serve the Armenian Church with love and humility North America and abroad.
To recognize their devoted service, the seminary will host a gala banquet on Saturday, November 22, 2025, celebrating the vocations of three bishops, seven priests, a deacon, and a lay minister, all of whom received their education at St. Nersess.
This event marks the third in a special series of tributes highlighting alumni who serve the Armenian Church in diverse roles. The first “12 Vocations” celebration was held in November 2021, with a second following in 2023. This year, the theme continues with “12 Vocations: Variety of Gifts – One Spirit,” inspired by 1 Corinthians 12:4-6: “Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone.”
The gala will take place at Macaluso’s in Hawthorne, New Jersey, beginning with a cocktail hour at 6:00 p.m., followed by dinner and a celebratory program filled with reflections, tributes, and special recognitions. His Grace Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan, Primate of the Eastern Diocese and President of the St. Nersess Board of Directors, will preside.
Honorees (listed by ordination or graduation year) include:
Bishop Vahan Hovhanessian (ordained 1990); Bishop Nareg Berberian (ordained 1992); Bishop Daniel Findikyan (ordained 1997); Fr. Vartan Joulfayan (ordained 1998); Fr. Hovhan Khoja-Eynatian (ordained 2010); Fr. Ghevond Ajamian (ordained 2013); Fr. Samuel Rith-Najarian (ordained 2014); Fr. Yeghishe Ksachikyan (ordained 2015); Fr. Avedis Kalayjian (ordained 2016); Fr. Armash Bagdasarian (ordained 2016); Dn. Rubik Mailian (graduated 1998); Maria Derderian (graduated 2007).
The evening will also feature a special presentation by Dottie Bengoian, a beloved educator, motivational speaker, and humorist. Her talk, “God’s Gift: Humor and Hope,” will blend Armenian humor with inspirational storytelling in English.
For more information, please contact event co-chair Lynn Beylerian at lynnbeylerian@gmail.com or (201) 914-0354.
St. Nersess 12 Vocations Banquets – Eastern Diocese
2023 – 12 Vocations: Broadening the Call
Saturday, November 4, was an evening to remember as 12 seminary graduates – eight clergy and four lay ministers – were honored in the presence of family and friends and over 200 guests. It was a spirited and elegant affair with delicious food and sense of purpose. Fr. Mardiros Chevian, dean, emceed the program and announced each of the honorees:
The gala banquet was held at Macaluso’s in New Jersey, and His Grace Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan, Primate of the Eastern Diocese and President of the St. Nersess Board of Directors, officiated. Also in attendance were board members, clergy, seminary faculty and staff, the president and academic dean of St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary, and guests who traveled from the West Coast, the Southwest, Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and the Northeast. The event was lovingly co-chaired by Margaret Kachigian Ajamian and Lynn Pinajian Beylerian.
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* All photos were taken and donated by Dn. Diran Jebejian of Jebejian Images
* illustrations by Hovhannes Yedigaryan
2021 – 12 Vocations: Fulfilling the Promise of St. Nersess Seminary
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On the evening of November 13, 2021, nearly 200 guests filled the grand ballroom of the Old Tappan Manor in New Jersey to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the seminary and honor twelve individuals who hold the distinct honor of being the first graduates of St. Nersess and St. Vladimir Seminaries and ordained as priests.