Archbishop Navasard Ktchoyan
Vicar General of the Araratian Pontifical Diocese
- General Information
Was born in 1957, in Yerevan. Baptismal name is Samvel.
From 1976 to 1986 - Secondary school.
From 1977 to 1979 - Served in the Soviet Army,
From 1981 to 1985 - Gevorkian Theological Seminary.
- Ecclesiastical titles and ordinations
In 1984 - Ordained to the Diaconate by His Eminence Archbishop Nerses Pozpalian.
In 1987 - Ordained as a Celibate priest by His Eminence Archbishop Nerses Pozpalian.
In 1989 - Rank of Archimandrite by His Eminence Archbishop Anania Arabajian. Thesis: “The Christological views of St. Gregory of Tatev”
In 1997 - Consecrated as a Bishop by His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians.
In 2006 - Rank of Archbishop by Pontifical Encyclical of His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians.
- Tenure
From 1985 to 1986 - Secretary at the editorial office of “Etchmiadzin” Monthly magazine.
From 1987 to 1989 - Scepter-bearer and the secretary of His Holiness Vasken I, Catholicos of All Armenians. Head of the Ecclesiastic Art Department of the Mother See.
From 1989 to 1996 - Abbot of the St. Mesrop Mashtots Church of Oshakan.
From 1996 to 1999 - Primate of the Diocese of Aragatsotn.
Since 1999 - Vicar General of the Araratian Pontifical Diocese.
Since 2000 - Member of the Supreme Spiritual Council.
- Titles and awards
Honorary Doctor of the RA National Academy.
Honorary Professor of the Yerevan State Academy of Art.
Honorary Doctor of the M. Heratsi Yerevan State Medical University
"Marshal Baghramyan" Medal of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia.
“Medal for Services to the Motherland, First Degree” in 2017
