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His great-grandfather was Krikor Pahlavuni or Magistros , a famous writer, scholar, and public official.
Nerses IV(Catholic Encyclopedia)
After the early death of his father, Prince Apirat Pahlavuni, Nerses and his older brother Krikor were placed under the guardianship of their maternal great uncle, Catholicos Krikor II Martyrophile , who placed them in the monastery at Fhoughri. Nerses was ordained a celibate priest in and consecrated a bishop at the age of 35, in He was one of the best educated men of his time.
Krikor III sent his brother to mediate. On his way to the mediation, Nerses met Byzantine governor Alexios and discussed the strained relations between the Armenian and Greek churches since the Greek Orthodox Church had declared that the Armenian Church and the Jacobite Church were heretics in This discussion impressed the Byzantine governor to the point that he urged the Armenian bishop to write an exposition of the Armenian faith.
Nerses stressed in his letter that, as both the Armenian and Greek churches accepted the statements of the first Council of Ephesus , there was no clear reason for them not to be in agreement, and did not make any polemical statements about the later Council of Chalcedon and its Confession. He convened a council with emissaries selected by Byzantine emperor Manuel I Comnenos to discuss how they might be able to reunite the two churches Completed in , the Celestial Fantasy is based on music Hovhaness composed in The development of the initial material culminates in a four-part fugue, leading to a moving conclusion.
Arevakal(Armenian Apostolic Church in Switzerland)
Nerses so that the Christian community may always be led by wise teachers, holy Pastors, and reliable guides. As was the holy doctor born eight and a half centuries ago, who has Christ the Lord say of the bishops:. As I did not devote myself to pleasures but took up the priesthood for the human race, enduring the cross and death, so you too must fight to the death for the sheep of your fold, which I purchased with my blood.
Photo by Robert Levonyan on Unsplash. Massimo Scapin, an Italian conductor of both opera and the symphonic repertoire, composer, and pianist, holds degrees in piano and choral conducting from the State Conservatory of Music in Perugia, in orchestral conducting and composition from the National College of Music in London, and in religious science magna cum laude from the Pontifical Lateran University.
The letter from the emperor encouraged Nerses to work toward the unity of the two churches, and expressed sympathy for the problems that were expected from the clergy of the Armenian church. The official statement from Constantinople included nine points which the Orthodox established saw as being at odds with the imperial church. These included points of doctrine regarding some of the church councils, including Chalcedon, liturgical questions including use of unleavened bread and undiluted wine in the Eucharist , and the disparities between the liturgical calendars of the two churches.
The statement also specifically required that the emperor should be given the authority to make the appointments of any further Catholicoi of the Armenian church. Nerses was surprised by the severity of several of the proposals, and raised objections to them. In response, the delegates from the emperor produced the confidential letters exchanged by Nerses and the emperor, which served to embarrass Nerses to the Armenians.
The revelation served to harden the objections of the Armenian clergy to any attempts at reconciliation. Nerses wrote out a letter to Constantinople in which he thanked the emperor for his interest, and promised that, at the appropriate time, there would be a council in Armenia formed to take up his proposals. Nerses also suggested that the Greeks might consider the possibility that perhaps some of its own traditions could bear some attention and correction.
Nerses was by this time some 70 years old, and he made arrangements to turn the position of Catholicos to another.
Following the tradition of his family, he chose between two relatives who had already achieved the position of bishop in the church. Nerses' own choice was for the younger of the two candidates, but the other one, Gregory, had support from the prince Mleh and ultimately took the position of Catholicos in In addition to the letters mentioned above, Nerses wrote a number of musical works, volumes of poetry, and theological works as well.
Hisus Vordi is a reproduction of the Bible in poetic form, which also contains stories from church history and ends with the events of the End Times. It has been translated into English as Jesus Son. The work also includes information on the hierarchy of the Armenian Apostolic Church and of society, and matters of daily life in that era of Cilician Armenian history.
It has been translated into English and modern Armenian. A collection of his daily prayers, Twenty-four Hour Prayers, has been translated into 32 languages, [ 15 ] and one prayer in particular, Havatov Khostovanim I Confess with Faith , is currently available in 36 languages.
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Russell's view, Nerses' poetry emphasizes "the imagery of fire and light in a manner at once redolent of Hesychasm and consonant with the Zoroastrian substrate of Armenian Christian culture. One work of Nerses which has since been lost is a commentary on the Book of Genesis. In that work, he related the story he received from some Armenian monks who came to visit him during his time as Catholicos to tell him of how they were able to see the Garden of Eden from a distance.
Unfortunately, the angel with a sword appointed to guard the garden would not allow the monks to take one of the blossoms with them. In the Roman Catholic Church he is venerated as St. Nerses Glaietsi, Nerses Clayatsi alongside his nephew, St. Nerses of Lambron , both being considered champions of Church unity.
Ecumenical Trends in the Armenian Church(by Catholicos Karekin I of Echmiadzin)
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Nerses IV the Gracious(Menq Hay Enq): Nerses IV the Gracious (Armenian: Սուրբ Ներսէս Դ. Կլայեցի (Շնորհալի); also Nerses Shnorhali, Nerses of Kla or Saint Nerses the Graceful; – 13 August ) was Catholicos of Armenia from to
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