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GRAND SACRISTAN OF ARMENIAN PATRIARCHATE OF JERUSALEM WILL PARTICIPATE IN OBAMA'S RECEPTION IN ISRAEL
12:41, 20 March, 2013
YEREVAN, MARCH 20, ARMENPRESS. The President of the United States
of America Barack Obama will pay a three-day official visit to
Israel on March 20. The "Armenpress" reporter in Jerusalem, member
of St. James Convent Archimandrite Koryun Baghdasaryan states that
the Grand Sacristan of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem, His
Eminence Archbishop Sevan Gharibian will participate in the ceremony
of official reception in Ben Gurion Airport.
Within the framework of the visit President Obama will also pay visit
to the Church of Holy Nativity in Bethlehem, Palestine.
Archbishop Sevan Gharibian (baptismal name Hovhannes) was born in
1940 in Beirut, Lebanon. He received his primary education at the
Abgarian and Roupinian school in Beirut.
In 1961 he entered the Jarangavoratz Theological Seminary at the
Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem, and graduated, becoming a member
of the Brotherhood of St. James. He was ordained as a celibate priest
in 1968, by then Patriarch of Jerusalem His Beatitude Archbishop
Yeghishe Derderian and given the priestly name of Sevan.
Father Sevan received the rank of Archimandrite (Vardapet) in 1972,
by then Patriarch Yeghishй Derderian. He was consecrated as a Bishop
in the Mother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin, by the Catholicos of
All Armenians, His Holiness Vasken I, of Blessed Memory.
In 1990 he received the rank of Senior Archimandrite (Dzayraguyn
Vardapet) by Patriarch Torgom Manoukian of Jerusalem.
In 2006 Bishop Sevan was elevated to the rank of Archbishop by the
Pontifical Encyclical of the Catholicos of All Armenians, His Holiness
Karekin II.
During his priestly ministry, Archbishop Sevan has held different
scholastic and administrative positions at the St. Hagop Monastery. He
currently serves the Armenian Church as the Finance Director and
Chairman of the Council of Directors at the Monastery.
12:41, 20 March, 2013
YEREVAN, MARCH 20, ARMENPRESS. The President of the United States
of America Barack Obama will pay a three-day official visit to
Israel on March 20. The "Armenpress" reporter in Jerusalem, member
of St. James Convent Archimandrite Koryun Baghdasaryan states that
the Grand Sacristan of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem, His
Eminence Archbishop Sevan Gharibian will participate in the ceremony
of official reception in Ben Gurion Airport.
Within the framework of the visit President Obama will also pay visit
to the Church of Holy Nativity in Bethlehem, Palestine.
Archbishop Sevan Gharibian (baptismal name Hovhannes) was born in
1940 in Beirut, Lebanon. He received his primary education at the
Abgarian and Roupinian school in Beirut.
In 1961 he entered the Jarangavoratz Theological Seminary at the
Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem, and graduated, becoming a member
of the Brotherhood of St. James. He was ordained as a celibate priest
in 1968, by then Patriarch of Jerusalem His Beatitude Archbishop
Yeghishe Derderian and given the priestly name of Sevan.
Father Sevan received the rank of Archimandrite (Vardapet) in 1972,
by then Patriarch Yeghishй Derderian. He was consecrated as a Bishop
in the Mother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin, by the Catholicos of
All Armenians, His Holiness Vasken I, of Blessed Memory.
In 1990 he received the rank of Senior Archimandrite (Dzayraguyn
Vardapet) by Patriarch Torgom Manoukian of Jerusalem.
In 2006 Bishop Sevan was elevated to the rank of Archbishop by the
Pontifical Encyclical of the Catholicos of All Armenians, His Holiness
Karekin II.
During his priestly ministry, Archbishop Sevan has held different
scholastic and administrative positions at the St. Hagop Monastery. He
currently serves the Armenian Church as the Finance Director and
Chairman of the Council of Directors at the Monastery.