Bishop Daniel Findikyan
Head of the post-graduate department of Gevorgyan Theological Seminary
- General Information
Was born in 1962, Fort Worth, Texas. Baptismal name is Michael.
From 1980 to 1985 - Binghamton (New York) State University.
From 1985 to 1989 - St. Nersess Armenian Seminary in New York.
From 1986 to 1990 - City University of New York (Master of Musicology).
From 1992 to 1997 - Doctorate degree in liturgy from the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome․
- Ecclesiastical titles and ordination
In 1990 - Ordained to the diaconate by His Eminence Archbishop Torkom Manookian.
In 1997 - Ordained as a celibate priest by His Eminence Archbishop Khajag Barsamian.
In 2003 - Rank of Archimandrite by His Eminence Archbishop Yeznik Petrosyan. Thesis: "The Ancient Ceremony of the Church Holidays.”
In 2019 - Consecrated as Bishop by His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians.
- Tenure
From 2000 to 2012 - Dean of St. Nersess Seminary.
From 1998 to 2012 - Visiting Priest at the St. Sarkis Church of Charlotte, North Carolina.
In 1999 - Lecturer of the Eastern Pontifical Institute of Rome (Liturgy of Eastern Churches).
From 1997 to 2021 - Lecturer of the St. Nerses Seminary (ritualology).
From 2012 to 2018 - Director of the Eastern Diocese’s “Krikor and Clara Zohrab Information Center”.
From 2001 to 2018 - visiting professor of liturgy at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome
From 2018 to 2022 - Primate of the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of America.
In 2023 - Head of the post-graduate department of Gevorgyan Theological Seminary.
- Books and Scientific Works
1999 թ․-”Divine Liturgy”.
Divine Liturgy of the Armenian Church with Modern Armenian and English Translations, Transliteration, Musical Notation, Introduction and Notes, (General Editor). New York: St. Vartan Press, 1999.
The Commentary on the Daily Office of the Armenian Church by Bishop Step‘anos Siwnec‘i (c. 685-735): Edition of the Long and Short Recensions with Liturgical Analysis. (OCA 270, Rome, 2004).
Frequently-Asked Questions on the Badarak: The Divine Liturgy of the Armenian Church. New York: St. Vartan Press, 2013.
Deacon’s Guide to the Divine Liturgy of the Armenian Church by Archbishop Torkom Manoogian: A Revised Edition with Musical Notation, Ritual Instructions, Diagrams, Transliteration and English Translation of the Deacons’ Parts, (General Editor). New York: St. Vartan Press, 2013.
Avak Shapat: A Guide to the Holy Week Services of the Armenian Church. New York: Krikor and Clara Zohrab Information Center, 2015.
From Victims to Victors: The Holy Martyrs of the Armenian Genocide. New York: Diocese of the Armenian Church of America (Eastern), 2015.
Songs of the Hours. The Night, Morning and Evening Hours of the Armenian Church abbreviated with transliteration, English translation and introduction by Michael Daniel Findikyan. Armonk, New York: St. Nersess Armenian Seminary, 2015.
Sion: Mère des églises. Mélanges liturgiques offerts au Pere Charles Athanase Renoux, Michael Daniel Findikyan, Daniel Galadza and André Lossky, eds., Semaines d'Études Liturgiques Saint-Serge Supplement 1. Münster, Germany: Aschendorff Verlag. 2014.
Toward Light and Life: Reflections of Catholicos Karekin Hovsepian, edited and translated by Roberta Ervine and Michael Daniel Findikyan. New York: Krikor and Clara Zohrab Information Center, 2018.
Prayers for Healing from the Treasury of the Armenian Church, selected, edited and translated by Michael Daniel Findikyan. Armonk, NY: St. Nersess Armenian Seminary, 2018.
Come Back to Me: An Appeal to Repentance by St. Ephrem the Syrian, translated from Classical Armenian with an introduction by Michael Daniel Findikyan. New York: St. Vartan Press, 2020.
Building Up the Body of Christ: The Treasure of the Armenian Church for Our People Today. New York: Diocese of the Armenian Church of America (Eastern), 2022.
