Archbishop Arshak Khachatrian

Was born on August 5, 1973, the village of Voskehat, Armavir Region. Baptismal name is Samvel.

From 1980 to 1990 - Secondary school in Voskehat.

From 1990 to 1996 - Gevorkian Theological Seminary.

From 2003 to 2007 - Faculty of Law at the Yerevan State University (qualification of lawyer), specialty "Jurisprudence".

In 1996 - Ordained to the Diaconate by His Grace Bishop Anania Arabajian.

In 1997 - Ordained as a Celibate priest by His Eminence Archbishop Zaven Chinchinyan.

In 2001 - Rank of Archimandrite - by His Eminence Archbishop Navasard Kchoyan (“Nunciature in the Armenian Church”).

In 2004 - 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.

From 1996 to 1997 - Secretary in the Pontifical Residence.

In 1998 - Responsibility of overseeing the care and preservation of the buildings of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.

In 1999 - Chief editor at the editorial office of “Etchmiadzin” the official monthly.

In 2000 - Head of the newly founded Department of Diocesan relations.

In 2001 - Chancellor of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.

From 2003 to 2005 - Lecturer of the Gevorkian Theological Seminary (New Testaments, Hagiography, and Liturgical Music).

In 2004 - Representative Member of the Mother See at the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia.

In 2001 - Member of the monastic council.

In 2004 - Member of the Supreme Spiritual Council.

In 2004 - Co-chairman of the Liturgical Committee.

In 2005 - Chairman of the Doctrine Thesis Preparation and Defense Committee.

In 2014- Honorary Doctor at the RA National Academy of Sciences.

“Nunciature in the Armenian Church”, Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, 2004․

Holy Etchmiadzin and St. Gregory the Illuminator in the Armenian Bibliography”, 1999.

"Seeking...", Mother See Holy Etchmiadzin Publishing House, 2019․