Bishop Partev Barseghyan
Primate of the Diocese of Gegharkunik
● General Information
Born in 1982, in the city of Etchmiadzin. Baptismal name: Hayk.
1989–1999 – Secondary school named after M. Gorky in Etchmiadzin.
1999–2005 – Gevorgian Theological Seminary.
● Ecclesiastical Ranks and Ordination
2004 – Ordained as a deacon by Archbishop Ezras Nersisyan.
2007 – Ordained as celibate priest by Archbishop Vigen Aykazyan.
2015 – Received four degrees of Archimandrite, ordained by Archbishop Ezras Nersisyan. (Thesis: “Pedagogical Views of Karapet Ter-Mkrtchyan”).
2024 – Consecrated as bishop by His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians.
● Positions Held
2007 – Center for Christian Education of the Mother See.
2008 – Information System of the Mother See.
2009–2010 – Lecturer at the Vazkenian Theological Seminary in Sevan.
2010–2011 – Director of Assembly Office of the Mother See Chancellery
2011–2013 – Pastor of Saint John Church in Paris.
2013–2019 – Vice Chancellor of the Mother See.
2019 –Locum Tenens of the Diocese of Gegharkunik.
Since 2024 – Primate of the Diocese of Gegharkunik.
