The Reverend Dr. Vrej Nersessian is the Curator of the Christian Middle East Section (Asia, Pacific and African Collections) at the British Library

British Library

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, London.

He is a senior priest of the Armenian Apostolic Church

Armenian Apostolic Church

The Armenian Apostolic Church is the world's oldest National Church, is part of Oriental Orthodoxy, and is one of the most ancient Christian communities. Armenia was the first country to adopt Christianity as its official religion in 301 AD, in establishing this church...

, holds a doctorate in theology from the King's College London and is a world authority on Christian Middle East and is the author of a number of significant works on Armenian Christian art and Christianity, including Treasures from the Ark: 1700 Years of Armenian Christian Art (The British Library, 2001), The Bible in the Armenian Tradition (The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2001), the Armenian Illuminated Gospel Books (The British Library, 1987), and The Tondrakian Movement (Kahn & Averill, 1987) . He is married and has two sons.

External links

• Vrej Nersessian talking about the Awag Vank' Gospels (audio and transcript)