Archbishop Paren Avedikian
Audit Committee of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin
- General Information
Was born in 1939, in Beirut, Lebanon. Baptismal name is Harutyun.
Primary education in Abgaryan school in Beirut.
From 1952 to 1956 - Theological Seminary of the Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia.
From 1957 to 1960 - Seminary of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem.
From 1964 to 1968 - USA Syracuse University (Economics, Philosophy and Sociology).
- Ecclesiastical titles and ordination
In 1959 - Ordained to the Diaconate by His Eminence Archbishop Souren Kempajian.
In 1960 - Ordained as a Celibate priest by His Eminence Archbishop Souren Kembajian.
In 1967 - Rank of Archimandrite by His Eminence Archbishop Torkom Manoogian.
In 1975 - Rank of Senior Archimandrite by His Eminence Archbishop Torkom Manoogian.
In 2000 - Consecrated as a Bishop by His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians.
In 2013 - Rank of Archbishop by the Encyclical of His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians.
- Tenure
From 1960 to 1963 - Director of the St. Tarkmanchatz (Holy Translators) Elementary and High School in Jerusalem.
From 1964 to 1966 - Spiritual Pastor of the St. Poghos Church in Syracuse (New York).
From 1966 to 1968 - Spiritual Pastor of the Holy Mother of God Church in Washington.
From 1969 to 1993 - Spiritual Pastor of the St. Hovhannes Church in Detroit.
From 1994 to 1995 - Spiritual Pastor of the St. Gregory the Illuminator Church in Chicago.
From 1996 to 2000 - Vicar General of the Diocese of Shirak.
From 2000 to 2007 - Director of the Museums of the Mother See.
From 2000 to 2007 - Member of the Supreme Spiritual Council.
From 2007 to 2011 - Director of the Human Resources Department.
Since 2011 - Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Holy Etchmiadzin.
- Awards and titles
“St. Gregory the Illuminator” Order of Honor,by His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians.
