Archbishop Haigazun Najarian
- General Information
Was born in 1952 in Aleppo, Syria. Baptismal Name is Vrezh.
From 1959 to 1964 - Vahan Tekeyan Primary School in Beirut.
From 1964 to 1967 - Hovakimyan-Manukyan Secondary School of Beirut.
From 1967 to 1973 - Gevorkian Theological Seminary of the Mother See.
From 1974 to 1975 - St. Augustine School of Canterbury (England) (Pastoral Theology).
From 1975 to 1978 - King's College London (Bachelor of Theology).
From 1978 to 1979 - St. Andre school in Scotland.
From 1992 to 1993 - Columbia University (USA) (MA in History).
- Ecclesiastical titles and ordination
In 1973 - Ordained to the Diaconate by His Eminence Archbishop Hoosik Santourian.
In 1975 - Ordained as a Celibate Priest by His Eminence Archbishop Nerses Pozapalian.
In 1983 - Rank of Archimandrite His Eminence Archbishop Nerses Pozapalian. Thesis: "The origin of the monastic movement in Armenia".
In 1986 - Rank of Senior Archimandrite by His Eminence Archbishop Nerses Pozapalian. Thesis: “The rules by St. Basil of Caesarea”.
In 2011 - Consecrated as a Bishop by His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians.
In 2019 - Rank of Archimandriteby the Encyclical of His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians.
- Tenure
From 1973 to 1974 - Secretary of the Catholicosate.
From 1979 to 1981 - Spiritual Pastor of the St. Peter Church in London.
From 1981 to 1986 - Vice Dean of the Gevorkian Theological Seminary, Lecturer (Introduction to the New Testament, General Church History).
From 1986 - 1988 - Vicar General of the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of North America.
From 1988 to 1990 - Spiritual Pastor of the St. Stepannos church in New Jersey (USA).
From 1991 to 1995 - Vicar General of the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of North America.
From 1995 to 1999 - Dean of the Gevorkian Theological Seminary.
From 2000 to 2002 - Spiritual Pastor of the St. Sarkis Church in Dallas (USA).
From 2002 to 20017 - Spiritual Pastor of the St. Sahak and St. Mesrop Church in Philadelphia.
From 2002 to 2010 - Vicar General of the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of North America.
From 2010 to 2013 - Patriarchal delegate of the Armenian Church in Central Europe and Sweden.
Since 2013 - Primate of the Armenian Diocese of Australia and New Zealand.
