Bishop Makar Hakobyan
Diocesan Leader of Syunik
● General Information
Born in 1979, in the city of Gyumri. Baptismal name: Edgar.
1986-1993 – Attended the Petros Durian Secondary School No. 28 in Gyumri.
1994-1997 – Shirak Spiritual School.
1997-2003 – Gevorgian Theological Seminary.
● Ecclesiastical Titles and Ordinations
2002 – Deacon, ordained by His Eminence Archbishop Nerses Pozapalyan.
2004 – Celibate Priest, ordained by His Eminence Archbishop Abraham Mkrtchyan.
2011 – Four degrees of private priesthood, ordained by His Eminence Archbishop Nathan Hovhannisian. (Thesis: "Church Canons in Armenian Canonical Law Monuments").
2024 – Bishop, ordained by His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians.
● Positions Held
2005 – Spiritual pastor of the Novemberyan region in the Diocese of Tavush.
2006 – Abbot of Goshavank Monastery.
2006-2011 – Abbot of the Saint Gayane Monastery.
Since 2011 – Diocesan Leader of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Diocese of Syunik.
● Awards and Honors
2016 – Medal of Garegin Nzhdeh, awarded by the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia.
