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NEW JERUSALEM ARMENIAN PATRIARCH ELECTED
24 Jan 2013
(AFP) - 12 minutes ago
JERUSALEM - Archbishop Nurhan Manougian has been elected the 97th
Armenian Orthodox patriarch of Jerusalem, one of the five custodians
of Christian religious sites in the Holy Land, sources told AFP
on Thursday.
Manougian, 65, replaces Torkom Manougian, who died aged 93 in October
2012, after falling into a coma following a stroke.
The new patriarch will lead the small Armenian Orthodox communities
in Israel, the Palestinian territories and Jordan, as well as take
responsibility for parts of holy sites including the Church of the
Nativity in Bethlehem.
He was elected with 17 votes in his favour to 15 votes for Archbishop
Aris Shirvanian, who had been serving as interim patriarch, a source
in the Armenian community said.
Nurhan Manougian was born in Aleppo, Syria in 1948 and ordained in
Jerusalem in 1971. His election must be approved by Israel and the
Jordanian king.
There are an estimated 2,000 Armenians living in Jerusalem today, down
from an estimated 16,000 in 1948 when the state of Israel was created.
24 Jan 2013
(AFP) - 12 minutes ago
JERUSALEM - Archbishop Nurhan Manougian has been elected the 97th
Armenian Orthodox patriarch of Jerusalem, one of the five custodians
of Christian religious sites in the Holy Land, sources told AFP
on Thursday.
Manougian, 65, replaces Torkom Manougian, who died aged 93 in October
2012, after falling into a coma following a stroke.
The new patriarch will lead the small Armenian Orthodox communities
in Israel, the Palestinian territories and Jordan, as well as take
responsibility for parts of holy sites including the Church of the
Nativity in Bethlehem.
He was elected with 17 votes in his favour to 15 votes for Archbishop
Aris Shirvanian, who had been serving as interim patriarch, a source
in the Armenian community said.
Nurhan Manougian was born in Aleppo, Syria in 1948 and ordained in
Jerusalem in 1971. His election must be approved by Israel and the
Jordanian king.
There are an estimated 2,000 Armenians living in Jerusalem today, down
from an estimated 16,000 in 1948 when the state of Israel was created.