Robin Darling Young, Ph.D., this year’s distinguished “Friend of the Armenians” award recipient, is Ordinary Professor Emerita of the History of Christianity at The Catholic University of America. An internationally respected scholar of eastern Christianity, she specializes in Armenian, Greek, and Syriac traditions, with a focus on asceticism and St. Evagrius of Pontus. Professor Young has taught at leading institutions including Notre Dame and the University of Chicago, translated significant Armenian theological works, and dedicated decades to advancing Armenian language, history, culture, and ecumenical scholarship in the United States and abroad.