Archbishop Voskan Kalpakian
- General information
Born in on October 12, 1941, Beirut, Lebanon.
Baptismal name is Jirayr.
Primary education- Forty Martyrs Armenian National School.
In 1957 - the Eshrefi National Secondary College.
From 1957 to 1960 - Pharmacist Assistant and an apothecary.
From 1960 to 1964 - Gevorkian Theological Seminary of the Holy Etchmiadzin
From 1956 to 1972 - Monash University, Melbourne.
- Ecclesiastical titles and ordinations
In 1963 - Ordained to the diaconate by His Eminence Archbishop Haigazun Abrahamyan.
In 1965 - Ordained as a celibate priest by His Eminence Archbishop Asoghik Ghazaryan.
In 1967 - Rank of Archimandrite by His Eminence Archbishop Haigazun Abrahamyan.
In 1970 - Rank of Senior Archimandrite by His Eminence Archbishop Haigazun Abrahamyan
In 1982 - Consecrated as a Bishop by His Holiness Vasken I, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians
In 1992 - Archbishop by the Encyclical of His Holiness Vasken I, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians
- Tenure
In 1965 - Spiritual Pastor of the Armenian community of Melbourne, Australia, responsible for the southern states of Australia.
1968 - Vicar General in the Armenian Diocese of Australia.
From 1973 to 1991 - Primate of the Armenian Diocese of Damascus.
From 1973 to 2011 - Simultaneously, Primate of the Armenian Diocese of Greece.
In 1977 - Representative of the Armenian Church to the Council of European Churches, member of the Central Committee.
