The Festal Works of St. Gregory of Narek by Dr. Abraham Terian to be presented Feb. 27, at the Armenian Museum of Fresno Exhibition Hall in Fresno, Calif.
FRESNO, Calif.— A book presentation of The Festal Works of St. Gregory of Narek, Annotated Translation of the Odes, Litanies, and Encomia by Dr. Abraham Terian will take place on Monday, February 27, at the Armenian Museum of Fresno Exhibition Hall, housed at the University of California Center, located on 550 E. Shaw Ave. Fresno, California. Social hour starts at 6:30pm, presentation at 7pm followed by book signing at 8pm.
Monday is also the first day of Great Lent in the Apostolic / Orthodox Churches, and for the Armenian Evangelical Churches. The Roman Catholic Church commemorates on this date Saint Gregory of Narek, who is most known for his prayerbook titled, Book of Lamentations. This book, which has been translated to numerous languages, is an “edifice of faith for the ages, unique in Christian literature for its rich imagery, its subtle theology, its Biblical erudition, and the sincere immediacy of its communication with God.”
“Saint Gregory of Narek, a monk of the tenth century, knew how to express the sentiments of your people more than anyone. He gave voice to the cry, which became a prayer of a sinful and sorrowful humanity, oppressed by the anguish of its powerlessness, but illuminated by the splendor of God’s love and open to the hope of his salvific intervention, which is capable of transforming all things,â€
