The Letters of Nerses the Gracious

In interpretation, as if he himself were speaking with a living voice. In knowledge of books, reaching the heights. And in the mysteries of genius, with good and profound understanding according to the Lord’s instruction. And since, because of the fear of human pleasing, I have been silent—especially since praise does not befit my own deeds, nor does it fit to praise another—it is not for me to go through the entirety of his praiseworthy deeds, which I consider appropriate from his childhood days until now: his perseverance through the wandering life encountered during the time of tribulation, his philosophical patience, his movement from place to place according to this changeable life. And in those things, keeping his throne uncorrupted by the care of God; the construction of the churches through his own toil, and the resting place of the saints. Not giving sleep to his eyes or slumber to his eyelids, according to David Psalm 132:4. Although, because of our sins, we have not inherited the mountain of holiness that we received.