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
Ashtarak, Erivan Khanate, Iran
DiedFebruary 13, 1857 (age 86)
Etchmiadzin, Erivan Governorate, Russian Empire
BuriedEtchmiadzin Cathedral

Nerses V of Ashtarak (Armenian: Ներսէս Ե Աշտարակեցի, romanized: Nerses 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.

Gallery

  • Tombstone of Nerses V near Mother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin
    Tombstone of Nerses V near Mother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin

See also

  • Nersisyan School, was founded by Nerses Ashtaraketsi in 1824

References

  • ՆԵՐՍԵՍ ԱՇՏԱՐԱԿԵՑԻ
  • ՆԵՐՍԵՍ ԱՇՏԱՐԱԿԵՑՈՒ ՀՈՒՇԱՐՁԱՆԸ
  • Ներսես Ե Աշտարակեցի
Preceded by
John VIII of Armenia
Catholicoi of the Mother See of Holy Echmiadzin and All Armenians
1843–1857
Succeeded by
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