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Nerses V

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His Holiness

Nerses V

Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians
Nerses V Ashtaraketsi, by H. Hovnatanian.
ChurchArmenian Apostolic Church
SeeMother See of Holy Etchmiadzin
Installed1843
Term ended1857
PredecessorJohn VIII
SuccessorMatthew I
Personal details
Born
Toros Harutyuni Shahazizyan

1770
DiedFebruary 13, 1857 (age 86)
Etchmiadzin, Erivan Governorate, Russian Empire
BuriedEtchmiadzin Cathedral
DenominationArmenian Apostolic Church

Nerses V of Ashtarak (Armenian: Ներսէս Ե Աշտարակեցի, romanizedNerses Ashtarakets’i, Armenian pronunciation: [nɛɾˈsɛs ɑʃtɑɾɑkɛˈt͡sʰi]; 1770 – February 13, 1857) served as the Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church between 1843 and 1857. Previously, he served as the leader of the Diocese of Georgia from 1811 to 1830 and as the leader of the Diocese of Bessarabia and Nor Nakhichevan from 1830 to 1843.

Nerses V is buried near Mother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin.

Early life

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Nerses V born in 1770 in the village of the Ashtarak, in Armenian family. He was the son of a priest, Ter-Harutyun Shahazizyan. His mother, Susambar, was an Armenian from Byurakan village.[1] From the age of 8 he studied at the Gevorgyan Theological Seminary in Etchmiadzin. In 1791, he was ordained as a deacon, In 1794, he received the rank of Archimandrite.

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Awards

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Archbishop Nerses Ashtaraketsi".
Preceded by Catholicoi of the Mother See of Holy Echmiadzin and All Armenians
1843–1857
Succeeded by