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ARCHBISHOP ARIS SHIRVANIAN TO ATTEND MEETINGS IN EJMIATSIN
11:10, 19 February, 2013
JERUSALEM, FEBRUARY 19, ARMENPRESS. The Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem
Rev. Archbishop Aris Shirvanian will attend the meetings of the
Supreme Spiritual Council, which will be held in the Mother See of
Holy Ejmitsin on February 19-21. The "Armenpress" reporter in
Jerusalem, member of St. James Convent Archimandrite Koryun
Baghdasaryan stated this.
Rev. Archbishop will continue running the activity of Patriarchy
before the inauguration of the Patriarch-elect, which will be held
after the official recognition of the patriarchal elections by the
governments of Israel, Jordan Kingdom, and Palestine.
Rev. Archbishop Aris Shirvanian has been elected as Patriarchal Vicar
in October after the death of Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem
Archbishop Torkom Manoogian, of holy memory.
Archbishop Aris Shirvanian (baptismal name Armenag) was born on 23
July 1934 in Haifa, Palestine (presently Israel). He is the son of
Hovhannes and Lousaper Shirvanian. He received his primary education
at the St. Yeghia Primary school in Haifa and the St. Karasoonk
Mangantz School in Bourj Hammoud, Lebanon.
In 1952, he entered the Theological Seminary at the Armenian
Patriarchate of Jerusalem and graduated in 1957, becoming a member of
the Brotherhood of St. James.
He was ordained to the diaconate in 1954 by then Locum-Tenens of
Jerusalem His Eminence Archbishop Yeghishe Derderian. He was ordained
as a celibate priest in 1957 by then Patriarch-elect of the
Patriachate of Jerulaem, Archbishop Tiran Nersoyan and given the
priestly name of Aris.
Upon the invitation of the Patriarch of Jerusalem His Beatitude Torkom
Manoogian, he returned to Jerusalem where he served as the Dean of the
Jarangavoratz Theological Seminary from 1998 to 1999.
In 2006 Bishop Aris was elevated to the rank of Archbishop by the
Pontifical Encyclical of the Catholicos of All Armenians, His Holiness
Karekin II.
11:10, 19 February, 2013
JERUSALEM, FEBRUARY 19, ARMENPRESS. The Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem
Rev. Archbishop Aris Shirvanian will attend the meetings of the
Supreme Spiritual Council, which will be held in the Mother See of
Holy Ejmitsin on February 19-21. The "Armenpress" reporter in
Jerusalem, member of St. James Convent Archimandrite Koryun
Baghdasaryan stated this.
Rev. Archbishop will continue running the activity of Patriarchy
before the inauguration of the Patriarch-elect, which will be held
after the official recognition of the patriarchal elections by the
governments of Israel, Jordan Kingdom, and Palestine.
Rev. Archbishop Aris Shirvanian has been elected as Patriarchal Vicar
in October after the death of Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem
Archbishop Torkom Manoogian, of holy memory.
Archbishop Aris Shirvanian (baptismal name Armenag) was born on 23
July 1934 in Haifa, Palestine (presently Israel). He is the son of
Hovhannes and Lousaper Shirvanian. He received his primary education
at the St. Yeghia Primary school in Haifa and the St. Karasoonk
Mangantz School in Bourj Hammoud, Lebanon.
In 1952, he entered the Theological Seminary at the Armenian
Patriarchate of Jerusalem and graduated in 1957, becoming a member of
the Brotherhood of St. James.
He was ordained to the diaconate in 1954 by then Locum-Tenens of
Jerusalem His Eminence Archbishop Yeghishe Derderian. He was ordained
as a celibate priest in 1957 by then Patriarch-elect of the
Patriachate of Jerulaem, Archbishop Tiran Nersoyan and given the
priestly name of Aris.
Upon the invitation of the Patriarch of Jerusalem His Beatitude Torkom
Manoogian, he returned to Jerusalem where he served as the Dean of the
Jarangavoratz Theological Seminary from 1998 to 1999.
In 2006 Bishop Aris was elevated to the rank of Archbishop by the
Pontifical Encyclical of the Catholicos of All Armenians, His Holiness
Karekin II.