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ARCHBISHOP MANOUGIAN JOINS HCEF INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD
Palestine News Network, Palestine
July 19 2013
Published on Friday, 19 July 2013 11:08
PNN
The Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation announced in a press
release that the esteemed and highly revered spiritual leader of
Jerusalem, His Beatitude Archbishop Nourhan Manougian has joined the
foundation's International Advisory Board.
HE Archbishop Nourhan Manougian, the 97th Patriarch of the Armenian
Apostolic (Orthodox) Church, Jerusalem, was elected on January 24,
2013 during the middle of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.
Archbishop Manougian will join the other heads of churches in Jerusalem
and the United States who are working with and supportive of the HCEF
mission to the presence of the Christians in the Holy Land.
HCEF continues to build its international advisory board and foster
unity to provide teamwork to support our people. Members of HCEF's
Advisory Board are spiritual leaders and respected members of the
community who support efforts to bring justice, peace and prosperity
to the Christians of the Holy Land, and who also share HCEF's goals for
humanitarian support of those who suffer oppression in the Holy Land.
Archbishop Nourhan Manougian was born in Aleppo, Syria. He studied at
the seminary of the Catholicosate of Cilicia in Antelias, Lebanon. In
1966, he was accepted to the theological seminary of the Armenian
Patriarchate of Jerusalem. His days as a student at the Patriarchate
culminated in his ordination to the priesthood and his membership in
the St. James Brotherhood in 1971. A year later, he was appointed the
pastor of the Armenians of Switzerland. Subsequently, he returned to
the Middle East and served as the pastor to the Armenian communities
of Jaffa and Haifa. In 1980, he was assigned the position of pastor
of the Armenian community of Holland.
Manougian visited the US and pursued his graduate studies at New
York's General Theological Seminary. He subsequently served the
Eastern Diocese as the pastor of St. Mark Church of Springfield,
Mass., and then St. Kevork Church of Houston, Texas. Upon returning
to Jerusalem, Manougian was elected Grand Sacristan of the Holy See
in 1998. A year later, Catholicos of all Armenians Karekin II elevated
him to the rank of bishop.
On behalf of the HCEF Board of Directors, Sir Rateb Rabie, KCHS,
HCEF President and CEO welcomes Archbishop Nourhan Manougian in
this statement, "We are confident that the diversity of our Advisory
Board and the quality of its members are the best hope for preserving
the Christian presence in the Holy Land." He further expressed his
gratitude to the Advisory Board whose members continue to be an
outstanding source of support, morally, financially and spiritually,
for HCEF in its commitment to its mission and efforts to ameliorate
the living conditions of the Christians in the Holy Land.
http://english.pnn.ps/index.php/national/5213-hcef-welcomes-newest-advisory-board-member-hb-archbishop-nourhan-manougian
Palestine News Network, Palestine
July 19 2013
Published on Friday, 19 July 2013 11:08
PNN
The Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation announced in a press
release that the esteemed and highly revered spiritual leader of
Jerusalem, His Beatitude Archbishop Nourhan Manougian has joined the
foundation's International Advisory Board.
HE Archbishop Nourhan Manougian, the 97th Patriarch of the Armenian
Apostolic (Orthodox) Church, Jerusalem, was elected on January 24,
2013 during the middle of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.
Archbishop Manougian will join the other heads of churches in Jerusalem
and the United States who are working with and supportive of the HCEF
mission to the presence of the Christians in the Holy Land.
HCEF continues to build its international advisory board and foster
unity to provide teamwork to support our people. Members of HCEF's
Advisory Board are spiritual leaders and respected members of the
community who support efforts to bring justice, peace and prosperity
to the Christians of the Holy Land, and who also share HCEF's goals for
humanitarian support of those who suffer oppression in the Holy Land.
Archbishop Nourhan Manougian was born in Aleppo, Syria. He studied at
the seminary of the Catholicosate of Cilicia in Antelias, Lebanon. In
1966, he was accepted to the theological seminary of the Armenian
Patriarchate of Jerusalem. His days as a student at the Patriarchate
culminated in his ordination to the priesthood and his membership in
the St. James Brotherhood in 1971. A year later, he was appointed the
pastor of the Armenians of Switzerland. Subsequently, he returned to
the Middle East and served as the pastor to the Armenian communities
of Jaffa and Haifa. In 1980, he was assigned the position of pastor
of the Armenian community of Holland.
Manougian visited the US and pursued his graduate studies at New
York's General Theological Seminary. He subsequently served the
Eastern Diocese as the pastor of St. Mark Church of Springfield,
Mass., and then St. Kevork Church of Houston, Texas. Upon returning
to Jerusalem, Manougian was elected Grand Sacristan of the Holy See
in 1998. A year later, Catholicos of all Armenians Karekin II elevated
him to the rank of bishop.
On behalf of the HCEF Board of Directors, Sir Rateb Rabie, KCHS,
HCEF President and CEO welcomes Archbishop Nourhan Manougian in
this statement, "We are confident that the diversity of our Advisory
Board and the quality of its members are the best hope for preserving
the Christian presence in the Holy Land." He further expressed his
gratitude to the Advisory Board whose members continue to be an
outstanding source of support, morally, financially and spiritually,
for HCEF in its commitment to its mission and efforts to ameliorate
the living conditions of the Christians in the Holy Land.
http://english.pnn.ps/index.php/national/5213-hcef-welcomes-newest-advisory-board-member-hb-archbishop-nourhan-manougian