Bishop Artak Tigranyan
Dean of the Monasteries of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin
● General Information
Born in 1971 in the village of Dimitrov. Baptismal name: Gegham.
1978–1988 – Dimitrov Secondary School.
1988–1993 – Gevorgian Theological Seminary.
● Ecclesiastical Ranks and Ordination
1993 – Ordained to the diaconate by the hand of His Grace Bishop Anania Arabajian.
1995 – Ordained a celibate priest by the hand of His Holiness Karekin I, Catholicos of All Armenians.
1999 – Received the four degrees of the Archimandrite rank by the hand of His Eminence Archbishop Nerses Pozapalian—thesis: Catholicos Karekin I Hovsepian: His Life and Spiritual-Scholarly Activities.
2010 – Consecrated a bishop by the hand of His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians.
● Tenure
1994–1995 – Executive Director of the "Alex and Marie Manoogian" Treasury House of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.
1995–1999 – Personal Secretary and Staff-Bearer to His Holiness Karekin I, Catholicos of All Armenians.
1999–2000 – Spiritual Pastor of the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist of the Armenian Diocese of France, Paris.
2000–2001 – Assistant to the Grand Sacristan of the Mother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin.
2001–2005 – Acting Grand Sacristan of the Mother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin.
2006–2008 – Abbot of Haghpat Monastery and Vicar General of the Diocese of Gougark.
2008–2009 – Assistant to the Grand Sacristan of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.
Since 2009 – Dean of the Monasteries of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.
