Bishop Gevork Saroyan
Primate of the Diocese of Masyatsotn
- General Information
Was born in 1977, in Masis. Baptismal name is Arman.
From 1983 to 1993 - Secondary school of Marmarashen, Ararat region.
From 1993 to 1998 - Vaskenian Theological Academy in Lake Sevan.
From 1998 to 1999 - Gevorkian Theological Seminary.
From 2002 to 2003 - General Psychology and Philosophy at the Concordia College of New York.
From 2003 to 2005 - Leeds University, Great Britain, Bachelor of Arts degree in Theology and Pastoral Studies.
From 2005 to 2008 - Oxford University and received a Master of Arts degree in Theology.
From 2013 to 2017 - Faculty of Theology at Yerevan State University (Postgraduate).
In 2015 - Durham University, UK, for a Ph.D. in Historical Theology.
In 2017 - Faculty of Theology of Yerevan State University and received his Ph.D. in history and theory of religion. Thesis: “Yervand Ter-Minasyan’s works in church-related science and the relations to the school of liberal Protestantism”.
In 2022 - Durham University (England), Doctor of Philosophy in Theology. Thesis:"The origin of Armenian philanthropy: Nerses the Great and the Problem of Greek Influence (A Case Study)".
- Ecclesiastical titles and ordination
In 1999 - Ordained to the diaconate by His Eminence Archbishop Voskan Galpakian.
In 2001 - Ordained as a celibate priest by His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians
In 2010 - Rank of Senior Archimandrite by His Grace Bishop Ararat Galtakjian. (Thesis: “Yervand Ter-Minasyan’s works in church-related science and the relations to the school of liberal Protestantism”).
In 2011 - Consecrated as a Bishop by His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians.
- Tenure
In 2000 - Division Administrator in the “Karekin I” Scientific Center of the Mother See.
From 2006 to 2007 - Deputy Director in the “Karekin I” Scientific Centre.
From 2007 to 2008 - Vice Dean in the Vaskenian Theological Academy.
From 2008 to 2010 - Dean in the Vaskenian Theological Academy.
From 2010 to 2012 - Dean of the Gevorkian Theological Seminary.
From 2012 to 2019 - Dean of the Educational Institutions of the Mother See.
From 2019 to 2021 - Dean of the Ararat Region of the Araratian Pontifical Diocese.
Since 2021 - Primate of the Diocese of Masyatsotn.
