Bishop Mkrtich Proshyan
Primate of the Diocese of Aragatsotn
● General Information
Born in 1975 in Etchmiadzin. Baptismal name: Hayk.
From 1981 to 1992 - Secondary School No. 4 named after Khachatur Abovyan, Etchmiadzin.
From 1985 to 1990 - Ye. Tadevosyan School of Fine Arts, Etchmiadzin.
From 1991 to 1993 - Chairman of the Etchmiadzin Branch of the Armenian Church Youth Organization.
From 1993 to 1998 - Vaskenian Theological Academy of Sevan.
From 1998 to 1999 - Gevorgian Theological Seminary.
From 2001 to 2003 - University of Leeds (United Kingdom), Bachelor's Degree.
From 2003 to 2004 - Cardiff University (United Kingdom), Master of Theology.
From 2007 to 2008 - School of Political Studies at Yerevan State University.
● Ecclesiastical Ranks and Ordination
In 1999 - Ordained to the Diaconate by His Eminence Archbishop Voskan Galpakyan.
In 2001 - Ordained to the rank of Hieromonk by His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians.
In 2006 - Granted the rank of Archimandrite by His Grace Bishop Yeznik Petrosyan. Thesis: "An Attempt at an Analysis of Feminist Soteriology."
In 2010, Consecrated a Bishop by His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians.
● Tenure
From 1999 to 2001 - Head of the Office for the Training of Religion Teachers at the Christian Education and Preaching Center.
From 2001 to 2003 - Visiting Pastor of the Armenian Community of Manchester.
From 2004 to 2005 - Acting Superintendent of the Vaskenian Theological Seminary of Sevan.
From 2005 to 2008 - Dean of the Vaskenian Theological Seminary of Sevan.
From 2004 to 2008 - Lecturer at the Gevorgian Theological Seminary and the Vaskenian Theological Seminary ("Theological Studies of the Armenian Apostolic Church" ).
In 2008 - Pastor of the St. Sahak and St. Mesrop Armenian Church in Philadelphia, Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of America.
In 2009 - Deputy Superintendent of the Gevorgian Theological Seminary
From 2009 to 2010 - Locum Tenens of the Diocese of Aragatsotn.
Since 2010 - Primate of the Diocese of Aragatsotn.
● Books and Scholarly Works
Khosrov Andzevatsi, Commentary on the Divine Liturgy, translated from Classical Armenian, Holy Etchmiadzin, 2001.
Vardan Aygektsi, Admonition to All Priests, translated from Classical Armenian, Holy Etchmiadzin, 2001.
