St Gregory of Narek: Mystic, Poet, Doctor of the Church (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781720684909)

The Reverend Dr. Vrej Nerses Nersessian was born in Tehran and graduated from King's College London (BD 1972) and received his PhD (1975) from the Department of Greek and Byzantine Studies. He was ordained priest of the Armenian Apostolic Church in 1983. From 1975 to his retirement in 2012 he was the Curator of the Christian Middle East Section in the British Library. His last publication for the British Library was a Catalogue of the Armenian Manuscripts in the British Library acquired since the year 1913 and of collection in other libraries in the United Kingdom, London, 2012. In 2005 he was awarded Honorary Doctorate by the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia for his services to Armenian Studies and Art History. On 12 December 2017 he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Divinity honoris causa by Heythrop College, University of London. Festschrift: Reflections on Armenia and the Christian Orient, Studies in Honour of Vrej Nersessian was published to mark his 70th birthday and presented to him at ceremony held in Yerevan on 15 September 2017. In 2012 to mark his retirement from the British Library His Holiness Garegin II, Catholicos of all Armenians awarded him the Saint Nerses Shnorhali distinguished medal.