New Dean of Vaskenian Seminary Appointed by His Holiness Karekin II
13.10.2004
By the Pontifical Order of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, Rev. Fr. Mkrtich Proshyan, a member of the Brotherhood of Holy Etchmiadzin, has been appointed Dean of the Vaskenian Theological Seminary of Lake Sevan as of October 1, 2004.
Father Mkrtich recently returned to the Mother See following the completion of his higher education in the United Kingdom. He graduated from Cardiff University with a Masters Degree in Theology.
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Rev. Fr. Mkrtich Proshyan
(baptismal name - Hayk)
Born in Vagharshapat, Armenia in 1975, he received his primary and secondary education at Khatchatur Abovian School, graduating in 1992.
From 1993 to 1998, he studied in the Vaskenian Theological Seminary of Lake Sevan, and continued his education from 1998 to 1999 in the Gevorkian Theological Seminary of Holy Etchmiadzin.
He was ordained a deacon in 1999 by His Eminence Archbishop Voskan Kalpakian.
In 2000, Deacon Hayk defended his graduation thesis entitled "The Theology of 'Khosrov Antsevatsi's Commentary on the Divine Liturgy'".
In 2001, he was ordained a celibate priest by His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, and given the new name Mkrtich.
From 2001 to 2003, he studied in the United Kingdom, first at the College of the Resurrection in Mirfield, England, then at the University of Leeds. In 2003, he received his Bachelors Degree from Leeds University.
From 2003 to 2004, Father Mkrtich was enrolled in Cardiff University in Wales. In July 2004, he received his Masters Degree in Theology from Cardiff University.
