Nerses of Lambron

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Nerses of Lambron in miniature of 1643

Saint Nerses of Lambron (Armenian: Ներսես Լամբրոնացի, Nerses Lambronatsi) (1153–1198) was the Archbishop of Tarsus in the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia who is remembered as one of the most significant figures in Armenian literature and ecclesiastical history.

Life

Nerses was the son of the

Latin, Syriac, and probably Coptic. His early education was at Skevravank (Skevra monastery) which was continued at Hromkla under the supervision of his uncle Nerses and Grigor Tgha (Gregory IV the Young, Catholicos from 1173 to 1193).[1] Ordained in 1169 at the age of 16 by his uncle, he was elevated to episcopacy and consecrated Archbishop of Tarsus in 1176. He went on to study at the Ganchvor monastery, an Armenian Apostolic church in present-day Cyprus.[2]

Nerses became a zealous advocate of the union of the Greek and Armenian Churches. In 1179 he attended the Council of Hromkla, in which the terms of the union were discussed; his address at this council is considered a masterpiece of eloquence and style. The union was decided upon but never consummated owing to the death of Emperor

Tarsus, and the terms of union having been signed by Leo and twelve of the bishops, among whom was Nerses, Leo was crowned King of Armenia
, 6 January 1198. Nerses died six months afterwards, on 17 July.

Saint Nerses of Lambron is commemorated July 17th and August 15th[3] by the Armenian Apostolic Church and the Armenian Catholic Church.

Works

Nerses is justly regarded as one of the greatest writers in

Clement III to the patriarch, Gregory. From the Syriac he translated the "Homilies" of Jacob of Serugh and, probably from the Coptic, the "Life of the Fathers of the Desert". Some writers ascribe to him an Armenian version of a commentary of Andreas of Caesarea on the Apocalypse. Nerses in his original writings frequently refers to the primacy and infallibility of the pope
.

See also

Notes

  1. ^
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  2. ^ Hadjilyra, Alexander-Michael (May 2009). "Book The Armenians of Cyprus" (PDF). Kalaydjian Foundation. Retrieved 16 May 2010.
  3. ISBN 9781088279311
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  4. ^ Baumer, Iso (2013). Nerses von Lambron.Die Ungeduld der Liebe. Trier: Paulinus.

References

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