Archbishop Sevan Gharibian
Grand Sacristan of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem
- General Information
Born in 1940, in Beirut, Lebanon. Baptismal name is Hovhannes.
From 1946 to 1956 - Abgarian and Roupinian State Schools in Beirut.
From 1965 to 1970 - St. James Jarankavoratz Theological Seminary of Jerusalem.
- Ecclesiastical titles and ordinations
In 1996 - Ordained to the Diaconate by His Eminence Archbishop Yeghishe Derderian.
In 1968 - Ordained as a Celibate priest by His Eminence Archbishop Yeghishe Derderian.
In 1972- Rank of Archimandrite by His Eminence Archbishop Yeghishe Derderian.
In 1988 - Consecrated as a Bishop by Catholicos of All Armenians, His Holiness Vasken I.
In 1990 - Rank of Senior Archimandrite by His Eminence Archbishop Torkom Manoogian.
In 2006 - Rank of Archbishop by the Pontifical Encyclical of His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians.
- Tenure
From 1968 to 1988 - Administrative positions in the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem.
From 1988 to 2006 - Dean of the Holy Archangel monastery.
From 1993 to 2013 - Chairman of the Assembly of Directors of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem
Since 2013 - Grand Sacristan of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem.
