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    SEMINARY TO RELEASE MAJOR NEW BOOK ON ARMENIAN WORSHIP AT RECEPTION

    St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary, NY
    Oct 31 2006

    Rev. Dr. Bryan Spinks, Professor of Liturgical Studies at Yale Divinity
    School, will be the keynote speaker at a book launch celebrating the
    release of Worship Traditions in Armenia and the Neighboring Christian
    East, a collection of articles authored by current leading scholars
    on Eastern liturgy. The event, open to the public, will be held on
    December 6, 2006 at 7:30 p.m. on the campus of St Vladimir's Seminary,
    which is co-hosting the occasion with St Nersess Armenian Seminary.

    Edited by Roberta R. Ervine, Associate Professor of Armenian Studies
    at St Nersess Seminary, the book includes a keynote article by
    Robert F. Taft, S.J. entitled, "Was the Eucharistic Anaphora Recited
    Secretly or Aloud? The Ancient Tradition and What Became of It,"
    among its panoply of articles on early Christian liturgy in the
    Eastern traditions: Armenian, Byzantine, and East and West Syrian.

    Fr. Taft is probably the world's foremost living scholar in the field
    of liturgical studies.

    Armenian Christian Heritage

    Worship Traditions is the third volume of St. Nersess Seminary's
    AVANT Series, dedicated to early Armenian patristic, dogmatic, and
    liturgical texts. The series is a collaborative effort between St.

    Nersess and St. Vladimir's Seminaries. The new volume honors St
    Nersess Seminary on the occasion of its 40th anniversary.

    Professor Spinks will examine the worship of the Armenians and their
    Christian neighbors, whose liturgies conserved and transmitted the
    heart of doctrine in the Christian East. His own eminent research
    includes East Syrian rites, Reformed rites, issues in theology and
    liturgy, and worship in a postmodern age. He also teaches courses
    on marriage liturgy, English Reformation worship traditions, the
    eucharistic prayer and theology, Christology, and the liturgies of
    the Eastern churches.

    Required Reading

    V. Rev. Daniel Findikyan, Dean of St Nersess Seminary and general
    editor of the AVANT Series, said of Worship Traditions, "The
    international symposium in 2003 that gave birth to this book brought
    together practically every scholar in the world specializing in the
    liturgical traditions of the ancient Christian East. This book will
    be required reading for students and practitioners of the Armenian
    and neighboring rites, and eye-opening to those less familiar with
    eastern Christiantiy."

    The reception will take place in the Metropolitan Philip Auditorium
    of St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary, in Crestwood, New
    York. Click here for travel directions.

    The reception is free and open to the public, through reservations are
    requested. Copies of Worship Traditions in Armenia and the Neighboring
    Christian East, as well as the previous numbers in the series will
    be available for purchase at a special discounted price.

    For additional information, or reservations for the event, contact
    St. Nersess Seminary at [email protected] email address is being
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    by telephone: (914) 636-2003.

    http://www.svots.edu/News/Recent/index. php?option=com_content&task=view&id=359&am p;Itemid=127
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