St. Nersess Armenian Seminary will celebrate the vocations of the 12 St. Nersess Seminary alumni with a gala banquet on Saturday, Nov. 22, titled: 12 Vocations: Variety of Gifts, One Spirit. Cocktails start at 6 p.m., followed by dinner and prrogram, at Macaluso’s Restaurant (55 Fourth Ave., Hawthorne, NJ). Diocesan Primate Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan will preside. This year’s honorees are Bishop Vahan Hovhanessian (ordained 1990), Bishop Nareg Berberian (1992), Bishop Daniel Findikyan (1997), Fr. Vartan Joulfayan (1998), Fr. Hovhan Khoja-Eynatian (2010), Fr. Ghevond Ajamian (2013), Fr. Samuel Rith-Najarian (2014), Fr. Yeghishe Ksachikyan (2015), Fr. Avedis Kalayjian (2016), Fr. Armash Bagdasarian (2016); Dn. Rubik Mailian (graduated 1998), and Maria Derderian (2007). For information, contact event co-chair Lynn Beylerian at lynnbeylerian@gmail.com. Click the link to view a flyer. The seminary has established an online page to RSVP, make donations, and submit message for publication in the keepsake booklet for the evening. All donations will benefit the seminary and its ongoing mission. Click here to donate, RSVP, and learn more.
