historyofarmenia:Photo:The Vaskenian Theological Academy on the picturesque peninsula of Lake Sevan.
historyofarmenia:Photo: The Vaskenian Theological Academy on the picturesque peninsula of Lake Sevan.The Vaskenian Theological Academy of Sevan was re-established in 1990 on the picturesque peninsula of Lake Sevan. The Academy was opened during the Pontificate and with the blessings of His Holiness Vasken I, of Blessed Memory, and by the direct initiative of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, who was then the Vicar of the Araratian Pontifical Diocese. As the re-opening of the Academy was encouraged and approved by His Holiness Vasken I, it was decided in 1994 by His Holiness Karekin I, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenian of blessed memory, the Academy should be renamed the Vaskenian Theological Academy in honor of His Holiness, Vasken I.During the first stages of its existence the Academy was housed in the ancillary building that was constructed in 1897 by the Catholicos of All Armenians, Mkrtitch I Khrimian (1892-1907) as a building of the Seminary. However, it was never used for that purpose. In the early 1990’s it served both as classrooms and a dormitory building for the students of the Seminary, and a portion of the building was made into a dining room. As the seminary grew, the Seminary property was extended and a stone building was added, to be used as classroom. The original building was converted to a complete dormitory.SOURCE: “The Armenian Church, the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin “ - armenianchurch.org.#armenia #history #read #Vaskenian #mountain #landscape #Araxes #OldWorld #Sevan #Theological #lake #Catholicos #valley #Patriarch #Seminary #armenian #geography -- source link