Armenian Apostolic Holy Church Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin

● General Information

Born in 1981 in Yerevan. Name at Baptism: Aram.
1987–1997: Yerevan Secondary School No. 65.
1997–2002: Vaskenian 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 Ranks and Ordination

2001 – Ordained to the diaconate by Archbishop Mikayel Ajapahyan.
2003 – Ordained a celibate priest by Archbishop Shahan Svajian.
2011 – Received the rank of Archimandrite (Doctor of Theology, four degrees) by Bishop Anushavan Jamkochyan.
Thesis: "Being God: The Three-Stage Path of Human Theosis According to the Doctrine of St. Nerses Shnorhali".
2023 – Ordained 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.