Born Vrej Nersessian in Teheran, he took the name Nerses on ordination in 1983 as a priest of the
Armenian Apostolic Church. He holds a doctorate in theology from
King's College London, writes on the Christian Middle East, and is the author of a number of 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. ==References==