Archbishop Arshak Khachatryan
Chancellor of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin
General Information
Born on August 5, 1973, in the village of Voskeat, Armavir Province. Baptismal name: Samvel.
1980–1990 - Secondary School of Voskeat village.
1990–1996 - Gevorgian Theological Seminary.
2003–2007 - Faculty of Law, Yerevan State University, major in Jurisprudence (qualification: lawyer).
Ecclesiastical Degrees and Ordination
1996 - Ordained to the diaconate by Bishop Anania Arabajyan.
1997 - Ordained a hieromonk by Archbishop Zaven Chinchinyan.
2001 - Granted the four degrees of Archimandrite (Vardapet) by Archbishop Navasard Ktchoyan. Dissertation topic: “Mission in the Armenian Church.”
2004 - Consecrated a bishop by His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians.
2023 - Elevated to the rank of Archbishop by Patriarchal Encyclical of His Holiness Karekin II.
Positions Held
1996–1997 - Secretary of the Patriarchal Residence.
1998 - Commandant of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.
1999 - Acting Editor-in-Chief of the journal Etchmiadzin.
2000 - Executive Director of the “Mother See–Dioceses” Office.
2001 - Chancellor of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.
2003–2005 — Lecturer at the Gevorgian Theological Seminary
(“Interpretation of the Old Testament,” “Lives of the Saints,” “Church Music”).
2004 - Representative of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin in the National Assembly of Armenia.
2001 - Member of the Monastic Council.
2004 - Member of the Supreme Spiritual Council.
2004 - Co-Chair of the Commission for the Study of Liturgical Issues.
2005 - Chairman of the Commission for the Preparation and Defense of Dissertations for Ecclesiastical Academic Degrees of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.
2014 — Honorary Doctor of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia.
Books and Scholarly Works
Mission in the Armenian Church. Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin Publishing House, 2004.
Holy Etchmiadzin and St. Gregory the Illuminator in the Armenian Written Tradition. 1999.
Quest… Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin Publishing House, 2019.
