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FRANCE: ARCHIBISHOP NORVAN ZAKARIAN LEAVES TODAY
It is today, 1 November 2013 that takes effect the resignation of
Archbishop Norvan Zakarian, Primate of the French Diocese of the
Armenian Apostolic Church (2007-2013).
Archbishop Norvan Zakarian was born in 1940 in Beirut (Lebanon)
. He studied at the Patriarchate of Jerusalem and arrived in France
in 1967. Until 1975, he ministered at St. Jean-Baptiste de Paris
and headed the construction of the Church of the Holy Mother of
Issy-les-Moulineaux where he was rector until 1980. He was then
appointed Vicar of Legate Catholicossal and ordained bishop for the
Rhône-Alpes region by His Holiness Vazgen I.
Under his leadership the Chair of the Armenian Spirituality Calouste
Gulbenkian at the Catholic Institute of Lyon was founded is founded
in 1987 and Markarian - Papazian bilingual school was founded in
Lyon in 1988. He is actively involved in ecumenical dialogue at local
and international levels. During his episcopate the construction of
churches in Charvieu Nichan Saint -Pont -de- Cheruy (Isère) and St.
Gregory the Illuminator in Saint- Etienne (Loire), and the formation of
the parishes of Vienna and Grenoble (Isère), Saint Nicolas in Romans-
sur- Isère ( Drôme) was completed.
Co-founder of the Armenian Fund of France, in 2007, he was elected
Primate of the Diocese of France, appointed Officer of Catholicossate
for Western Europe and member of the Supreme Spiritual Council of
the Armenian Apostolic Church .
Teacher of the Faith, Archbishop Zakarian is also the author of
several books .
Norvan Zakarian submitted his resignation to His Holiness Garegin II
on 1 July 2013.
Jean Eckian 13:39 01/11/2013 Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/society/view/31219
It is today, 1 November 2013 that takes effect the resignation of
Archbishop Norvan Zakarian, Primate of the French Diocese of the
Armenian Apostolic Church (2007-2013).
Archbishop Norvan Zakarian was born in 1940 in Beirut (Lebanon)
. He studied at the Patriarchate of Jerusalem and arrived in France
in 1967. Until 1975, he ministered at St. Jean-Baptiste de Paris
and headed the construction of the Church of the Holy Mother of
Issy-les-Moulineaux where he was rector until 1980. He was then
appointed Vicar of Legate Catholicossal and ordained bishop for the
Rhône-Alpes region by His Holiness Vazgen I.
Under his leadership the Chair of the Armenian Spirituality Calouste
Gulbenkian at the Catholic Institute of Lyon was founded is founded
in 1987 and Markarian - Papazian bilingual school was founded in
Lyon in 1988. He is actively involved in ecumenical dialogue at local
and international levels. During his episcopate the construction of
churches in Charvieu Nichan Saint -Pont -de- Cheruy (Isère) and St.
Gregory the Illuminator in Saint- Etienne (Loire), and the formation of
the parishes of Vienna and Grenoble (Isère), Saint Nicolas in Romans-
sur- Isère ( Drôme) was completed.
Co-founder of the Armenian Fund of France, in 2007, he was elected
Primate of the Diocese of France, appointed Officer of Catholicossate
for Western Europe and member of the Supreme Spiritual Council of
the Armenian Apostolic Church .
Teacher of the Faith, Archbishop Zakarian is also the author of
several books .
Norvan Zakarian submitted his resignation to His Holiness Garegin II
on 1 July 2013.
Jean Eckian 13:39 01/11/2013 Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/society/view/31219