Archbishop Vasken Mirzakhanian
Director of the Ecclesiastical Conceptual Issues Office of the Mother See
- General Information
Was born on July 21, 1965 in the village of Artimed. Baptismal name is Edvard.
From 1972 to 1982 - Secondary school in Artimed.
From 1982 to 1989 - Gevorkian Theological Seminary.
From 1984 to 1986 -Service in the Soviet Army.
- Ecclesiastical titles and ordination
In 1989 - Ordained to the Diaconate by His Eminence Archbishop Hoosik Santourian.
In 1991 - Ordained as a Celibate priest by His Eminence Archbishop Nerses Pozapalian.
In 1996 - Rank of Archimandrite by His Holiness Karekin I, Catholicos of All Armenians. Thesis: “The Quotation Sources of the Books “Hartsmants” “Book of Questions” and “Voskeporik” by St. Gregory of Datev”.
In 2003 - Consecrated as a Bishop by His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians.
In 2023 - Rank of Archbishop by the Encyclical of His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians.
- Tenure
From 1989 to 1991 - Secretary of the “Etchmiadzin” monthly.
From 1990 to 1991 - Supervisor of the Cathedral Museum.
From 1992 to 1994 - Staff-bearer of His Holiness Vasken I.
From 1991 to 2002 - Lecturer in the Gevorkian Theological Seminary (New Testament, Old Testament, Armenian Church Holidays, Christian)
From 1993 to 1995 - Executive Director of the Sunday School affiliated with the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin and Araratina Pontifical Diocese.
From 1995 to 1999 - Director of the Christian Education Center .
From 1999 to 2002 - Locum Tenens in the Diocese of Aragatsotn.
From 2002 to 2019 - Primate of the Armenian Diocese of Georgia.
Since 2007 - Member of the Gevorkian Theological Seminary.
From 2017 to 2021 - Monastic Disciplinary Committee of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.
In 2018 - Chairman of the Armenia-Diaspora Committee.
Since 2019 - Director of the Ecclesiastical Conceptual Issues Office of the Mother See..
- Awards and titles
Medal of “Andranik Ozanian” by the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia.
