AGENDA
November 24, 2023
Small Hall, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
10:00 – 10:45 Official opening
10:45 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 13:00 Conference section 1
Boghos Levon Zekiyan
Saint Nerses Shnorhali as a Unique Figure in Christian Thought And
Praxis: Shnorhali’s Pioneering Vision of Christian Oecumenism
Claude Mutafian
Mleh, a Successful Armenian Prince (1169-1175)
Andris Priede
Marginal Forms of Armenian Monasticism in 13th Century
Valda Salmiņa
St. Nerses Shnorhali’s historical poem “Lament of Edessa”
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 – 15:30 Conference section 2
Bishop Vahan S. Hovhanessian
Analysis of the Four Gospels attributed to St. Nerses the Graceful
Abraham Terian
Shnorhali’s Commentary on the Beatitudes
Elizabete Taivāne
Christology of St. Nerses Shnorhali at the Crossroads of Eastern and
Western Theology: The Edifying Details
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 – 17:30 Conference section 3
Ojārs Spārītis
View on Sacral Architecture of Central Armenia
Haig Utidjian
The music of the Šnorhali Corpus: challenges and rewards
Arusyak Tamrazyan
Mystical symbolism in melismatic performance: the odes by St Nersēs
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