Bishop Narek Avagyan
Primate of the Diocese of Artik
● General Information
Born in 1979 in Oshakan. Baptismal name: Armen.
from 1986 to 1996 - St. Mesrop Mashtots Secondary School in Oshakan.
from 1996 to 2002 - Gevorgian Theological Seminary.
● Ecclesiastical Titles and Ordinations
in 2001 - Ordained as a deacon by Archbishop Michael Ajapahian.
in 2003 - Ordained as a celibate priest by Archbishop Shahan Svajian.
in 2013 - Received four ranks of private doctorate, conferred by Archbishop Michael Ajapahian (Thesis: The Burial Rite According to Manuscript and Printed Mashtots Ritual Books of 16th–18th Centuries and Folk Traditions).
in 2024 - Ordained as bishop by His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians.
● Tenure
in 2002 - Sacristan at the Mother Cathedral.
from 2002 to 2003 - Secretary to the Manager of Administrative and Organizational Affairs of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.
from 2003 to 2005 - Steward at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.
in 2005 - Spiritual pastor in Abkhazia.
in 2006 - Steward at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.
from 2006 to 2007 - Superintendent of the Baptistery of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.
from 2007 to 2013 - Father Superior of St. Khor Virap Monastery.
in 2013 - Director of the Nersisyan Forest Children's Playground of the Mother See.
in 2013 - Spiritual pastor of the Armenian Diocese in Iraq, based in Baghdad.
in 2014 - Senior supervisor and lecturer at the Gevorgian Theological Seminary.
in 2015 - Vicar General of the Diocese of Artik.
from 2024 - Primate of the Diocese of Artik of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
