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EDITURA TRADIȚIE
SC."TRADIȚIE, FAMILIE, PROPRIETATE", S.R.L.
ROMÂNIA, 031552 BUCUREȘTI, SECT. 3,
Str. VORONEȚ Nr.7, bl. D 5, sc.A, ap.14
ISSN 1224 - 0702
Weekly bulletin
Year XII, No 558, 13 June 2004
RELIGIOUS LIFE
6. YOUNG ARMENIAN PRIEST AT THE ARMENIAN CATHEDRAL IN BUCHAREST
Since April last, in the Cathedral *the Saint Apostles* in Bucharest
Father Khoren (Artavazd) Zakarian, from Armenia, serves the holy
service. For the faithful attending this holy place, the largest one
dedicated to Orthodox Armenians in Romania, the service officiated by
Father Khoren together with the parochian Fr. Bogdan Ezras, represents
one more reason to enjoy and enhance their faith.
Born in February 1977 in Gyumri (Armenia), after the devastating
earthquake of 1988, he moved with his family in Ecimiadzin, where he
graduated the gymnasium and in 1994 he studied at the Theological
Seminary *Vasken I*, near the lake of Sevan. After five years
he finished his religious education at the Theological Seminary
Kevorkian, with the Holy See of Ecimiadzin. He graduated magna cum
laude the semi-nary with the essay entitled *Armenian Martyrs of the
5th century*. With the blessing of the Catholicos Patriarch of all
Armenians, His Sanctity Karekin II, he joined the Canto Department of
the State Conservatory of Erevan, where he is a student in the fourth
year. On February 27th, 2003 he was consecrated as monk priest under
the name of Khoren by the Primate Martirossian Bartkev of the Diocese
of Arțagh. At the recommendation of the Catholicos Patriarch, he
became a member of the evaluation committee of theological seminaries
of the Armenian Church and is also a lecturer at the Liturgical Music
Department of the Theological seminary Vasken I. Before coming to
Bucharest he served as priest at the Church Surp Gaiane in Ecimiadzin,
informs the newspaper of the Armenian Union of Romania, Ararat, no. 9
(294)/ May 1-15th, 2004.
SC."TRADIȚIE, FAMILIE, PROPRIETATE", S.R.L.
ROMÂNIA, 031552 BUCUREȘTI, SECT. 3,
Str. VORONEȚ Nr.7, bl. D 5, sc.A, ap.14
ISSN 1224 - 0702
Weekly bulletin
Year XII, No 558, 13 June 2004
RELIGIOUS LIFE
6. YOUNG ARMENIAN PRIEST AT THE ARMENIAN CATHEDRAL IN BUCHAREST
Since April last, in the Cathedral *the Saint Apostles* in Bucharest
Father Khoren (Artavazd) Zakarian, from Armenia, serves the holy
service. For the faithful attending this holy place, the largest one
dedicated to Orthodox Armenians in Romania, the service officiated by
Father Khoren together with the parochian Fr. Bogdan Ezras, represents
one more reason to enjoy and enhance their faith.
Born in February 1977 in Gyumri (Armenia), after the devastating
earthquake of 1988, he moved with his family in Ecimiadzin, where he
graduated the gymnasium and in 1994 he studied at the Theological
Seminary *Vasken I*, near the lake of Sevan. After five years
he finished his religious education at the Theological Seminary
Kevorkian, with the Holy See of Ecimiadzin. He graduated magna cum
laude the semi-nary with the essay entitled *Armenian Martyrs of the
5th century*. With the blessing of the Catholicos Patriarch of all
Armenians, His Sanctity Karekin II, he joined the Canto Department of
the State Conservatory of Erevan, where he is a student in the fourth
year. On February 27th, 2003 he was consecrated as monk priest under
the name of Khoren by the Primate Martirossian Bartkev of the Diocese
of Arțagh. At the recommendation of the Catholicos Patriarch, he
became a member of the evaluation committee of theological seminaries
of the Armenian Church and is also a lecturer at the Liturgical Music
Department of the Theological seminary Vasken I. Before coming to
Bucharest he served as priest at the Church Surp Gaiane in Ecimiadzin,
informs the newspaper of the Armenian Union of Romania, Ararat, no. 9
(294)/ May 1-15th, 2004.