Vaskenian Theological Academy

Vaskenian Theological Academy (also Vazgenian, Vazgenyan, Vazgenian Seminary), is a seminary of the Armenian Apostolic Church on the Sevan peninsula on the shores of Lake Sevan in Armenia.

The Vaskenian Theological Academy of Sevan was re-established in 1990 on the peninsula of Lake Sevan[1] during the catholicosate of Vasken I, and after his death in 1994 was renamed the Vaskenian Theological Academy in his honor.

[citation needed] Students complete their 4th, 5th, and 6th years of education at the Gevorkian Theological Seminary at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.

[citation needed] Later a Green Theology program was introduced, addressing ecological issues.

The original seminary consisted of an ancillary building that was constructed in 1897 by Catholicos Mkrtich Khrimian (1892-1907); however, it was never used for that purpose (in the early 1990s it served as classrooms, dormitory, and dining room).

Vaskenian Academy as seen from Sevanavank monastery
The academy on the shores of Sevan in winter
Surp Hakob Chapel within the academy