Armenian Apostolic Holy Church Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin

● General Information

Born in 1981, Yerevan. The Baptismal name is Aram.
1987–1997: Yerevan Secondary School No. 65
1997–2002: Vazgenian Seminary, Sevan
2002–2003: Gevorgian Theological Seminary – Bachelor’s Degree in Theology
2004–2007: University of Strasbourg (France) – Master’s Degree in Theology and Religious Studies
2005: International Study Center, Dublin (Ireland)

● Ecclesiastical Titles and Ordination

2001 – Ordained as a deacon by Archbishop Mikayel Ajapahyan
2003 – Ordained as a celibate priest by Archbishop Shahan Svajian
2011 – Received four degrees of Archimandrite (Vardapet, Doctor of Theology) by Bishop Anushavan Jamkochyan
Thesis: "Being God: The Three-Stage Path of Human Theosis According to the Doctrine of St. Nerses Shnorhali"
2023 – Ordained as a bishop by His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians 

● Tenure

2003–2004 – Crozier-bearer of the Catholicos of All Armenians
2007–2011 – Deputy Chancellor of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin & Lecturer at Gevorgian Theological Seminary (Christian Ethics)
2007–2014 – Member of the Church and Society Commission of the Conference of European Churches
2008–2009 – Pastor of St. Mary Magdalene Church, Brussels (Belgium)
2009–2010 – Pastor of Holy Mother of God Church, Nice (France)
2010–2012 – Locum Tenens of the Armenian Diocese of Switzerland & Pastor of St. Hakob Church, Geneva
2013 – Vicar of Marseille and Southern France
2013–2014 – Locum Tenens of the Armenian Diocese of France
2015–2017 – Pastor of St. Shoghakat Church, Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of America
2017–2018 – Director of the Mission and Education Department, Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of America
2018–2020 – Sacristan of St. Vartan Cathedral, Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of America
2020–2021 – Dean of Gevorgian Theological Seminary
2021–present – Director of the Mission and Education Department, Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of America
2022–present – Primate of the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of America
2023–present – Member of the Supreme Spiritual Council

● Books and Academic Works

The Semantic Functions of the Prepositions Առ and Ի in Yeghishe’s 'History of Vardan and the Armenian War'", Holy Etchmiadzin, 2003
"For a Theology of Culture: The Light of Faith and the Image of Revelation in Hans Urs von Balthasar’s 'Glory and the Cross' Series", Strasbourg, 2007
"To Be God: The Three-Stage Path of Human Theosis According to the Doctrine of St. Nerses Shnorhali", Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, 2015
"Light and Hope: Spiritual Reflections", Yerevan, 2021