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Japanese researcher writes book on Armenian Church and Nerses Shnorhali

Japanese researcher Karen Hamada has written a book about the Armenian Apostolic Church and Nerses the Gracious (Nersess Shnorhali), a 12th century Armenian priest, theologian, poet and hymnographer.

Armenian Ambassador to Japan Areg Hovhannisyan held a meeting with Hamada, who is studying Armenology, on Monday, the Armenian Embassy said.

Hamada’s work is the first Japanese book on Nerses the Gracious and Armenian Christianity. She translated a part of the book from Shnorhali’s work in Classical Armenian (Grabar).

Before writing the book, Karen Hamada also published several articles on the history of Christianity in Armenia.

by horizonweekly.ca

Vigen Avetisyan

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