Pontiff of All Armenians Makes New Pastoral Appointments
By Pontifical Order of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, new pastoral appointments were made in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, as well as throughout Armenia and the Diaspora.
Very Rev. Father Sahak Mashalian has been appointed Dean of the Gevorkian Theological Seminary of Holy Etchmiadzin. Rev. Fr. Grigor Khatchatrian has been appointed as Acting Locum Tenens for the Diocese of Aragatsotn, concurrent with his position as Director of the Armenian Church Youth Centers. Rev. Fr. Davit Karamian has been appointed as Assistant Dean of the Gevorkian Theological Seminary of Holy Etchmiadzin.
Additionally, the following priests have been appointed to continue their pastoral service in the dioceses of the Armenian Church:
Rev. Fr. Norayr Simonian has been assigned to the Armenian Diocese of Georgia, under the supervision of the Primate of the diocese.
Rev. Fr. Nshan Petrosian has been assigned to the Armenian Diocese of Russia and New Nakhijevan, under the supervision of the Primate of the diocese.
