Bishop Kirakos Davtian
Primate of the Armenian Diocese of Georgia
- General Information
Was born on May 20, 1982, in Tbilisi, Georgia. Baptismal name is Gevork.
From 1988 to 1999 - Secondary school No. 104 of Tbilisi.
From 1999 to 2005 - Gevorkian Theological Seminary.
- Ecclesiastical titles and ordinations
In 2005 - Ordained to the diaconate by His Eminence Archbishop Nerses Pozapalian.
In 2006 - Ordained as a celibate priest by His Eminence Archbishop Yeznik Petrosyan.
In 2015 - Rank of Archimandrite. Thesis: "Comparative examination of folk ceremonies of Armenian and Russian church holidays".
In 2023 - Consecrated as a Bishop by His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians.
- Tenure
In 2005 - Clerk-secretary of the Karekin I Theological Center of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.
In 2006 - Spiritual Pastor of the Church of the Holy Redeemer in Batumi and the Armenians of Ajaria.
From 2008 to 2012 - Spiritual Pastor of the Holy Mother of God Church of the Armenian Diocese of Australia and New Zealand.
From 2013 to 2015 - Vice Primate of the Armenian Diocese of Russia and New Nakhichevan.
From 2015 to 2019 - Locum Tenens of the Diocese of Gegharkunik.
In 2019 - Locum Tenens of the Armenian Diocese of Georgia.
Since 2022 - Primate of the Armenian Diocese of Georgia.
