Nerses IV the Gracious

thumb|Nerses Shnorhali Nerses IV the Gracious (also Nerses Shnorhali, Nerses of Kla or Saint Nerses the Graceful; 1102 – 13 August 1173) was Catholicos of Armenia from 1166 to 1173. Quotes Chosen, prudent, full of graces, | of a host of mighty kings, | gift to us you are of the Latin house, | oh angel of beauty, admirable Ripsima! || Wanderer to heaven | in the laws of the deep heaven, | you denied yourself, and the ancestral rank, | oh angel of beauty, admirable Ripsima! || Wise, holy, venerable virgin, | to the fire thrown by the Word into the earth | you would light the lamp of faith, | oh angel of beauty, admirable Ripsima! || To the bridegroom, Christ incarnate, | with intact married virginity, | in the inaccessible thalamus you rested, | oh angel of beauty, admirable Ripsima! || Of nourished love, gentle peacock, with a row of shining and fine gold, | of chrism, and of an enviable triple crown, | oh angel of beauty, admirable Ripsima! || Straight-flying aerial dove, | the ark of the new Noah is your rest: | snake extinguisher, righteous stork, | oh angel of beauty, admirable Ripsima! || Savia martyr fighter | by the power of the Word of the Father, | may you press the full stratojo hard, | oh angel of beauty, admirable Ripsima! || Oh purple colored, frilly, vermilion like apple, | inclite bride, of veiled blood, | oh angel of beauty, admirable Ripsima! Hymn to Saint Ripsima. Quoted in Orfeo, il tesoro della lirica universale, edited by Vincenzo Errante and Emilio Mariano, sixth edition by Emilio Mariano, Sansoni, Firenze, translation by Anonymous Mechitarist Father, pp. 277-278. External links Category:11th century births Category:12th century deaths Category:Armenian Apostolic bishops Category:Saints of the Eastern Orthodox Church Category:Theologians from Armenia Category:Poets from Armenia