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    ARAM I HOSTED ARMENIAN PATRIARCH OF JERUSALEM

    [ Part 2.2: "Attached Text" ]

    http://armenpress.am/eng/news/728614/aram-i-hosted-armenian-patriarch-of-jerusalem.html
    15:03, 8 August, 2013

    YEREVAN, AUGUST 8, ARMENPRESS. On August 8 His Holiness Catholicos Aram
    I of the Holy See of Cilicia received His Beatitude Archbishop Nourhan
    Manoogian, the Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem. The Catholicosate of
    the Holy See of Cilicia informed "Armenpress" that at the course of
    the private visit the interlocutors discussed a wide range of issues
    ranging from the Armenian Apostolic Church and homeland to the issues
    regarding the Armenian people in general.

    His Eminence Archbishop Nourhan Manoogian has been elected the Armenian
    Patriarch of Jerusalem on January 24. The patriarchal throne remained
    vacant since the former Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem Rev.

    Archbishop Torkom Manoukyan passed away after long illness at the
    age of 93.

    Archbishop Nourhan Manougian (baptismal name Boghos) was born in
    Aleppo, Syria on 22 July 1948. He received his primary education in
    the Haigazian School of Aleppo.

    In 1961 he entered the Theological Seminary of Antellias to start his
    theological education. In 1966 he entered the Jarangavortz Theological
    Seminary of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem. On 27 July 1968
    he was ordained to the diaconate.

    In 1971 he was ordained a celibate priest by then Patriarch of
    Jerusalem Yeghishй Derderian and was given the priestly name of
    Nourhan.

    Following his ordination, he was appointed to serve as the Vice Dean
    of entered the Jarangavortz Theological Seminary from 1971 to 1972. In
    1975 he was named as the Dean of the Seminary.

    In 1972 and 1973 Father Nourhan continued his pastoral mission and
    served as the spiritual pastor of the Armenian faithful in Geneva,
    Switzerland. Father Nourhan received the rank of Archimandrite
    (Vardapet) in 1973.

    Following his service in Europe, Father Nourhan returned to the
    Middle East and from 1974 to 1980 served as the spiritual pastor of
    the Armenian community of Haifa, Israel.

    In 1980 upon the invitation of then Archbishop Torkom Manoogian,
    he left for New York, New York and entered the General Theological
    Seminary, where he furthered his theological education. He graduated
    in 1983.

    Remaining in the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of North
    America, in 1994, he served as the spiritual pastor of the St. Gevork
    Church in Houston, Texas.

    In 1998 he returned to Jerusalem where he served as the Grand Sacristan
    of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem.

    On 14 December 1999 he was consecrated as a Bishop by the Catholicos
    of All Armenians, His Holiness Karekin II. He was elevated to the rank
    of Archbishop by the Pontifical Encyclical of His Holiness Karekin
    II in 2000.

    In 2009, His Beatitude Archbishop Torkom Manoogian, the Armenian
    Patriarch of Jerusalem, designated Archbishop Nourhan as Patriarchal
    Vicar. He currently served at the Patriarchate supervising the
    activities of the Departments of the Patriarchate.

    Archbishop Nourhan was elected on January 24, 2013, at the general
    assembly of the St. James Brotherhood of Jerusalem, to serve as
    Patriarch of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem, following the
    passing of Patriarch Torkom Manoogian of blessed memory. On June 4,
    the consecration service of His Eminence Archbishop Nourhan Manougian,
    Patriarch of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem, was offered
    in the chapel of St. Jacob on June 4, 2013. On July 23 2013, His
    Beatitude Nourhan Manougian was officially recognized by the State
    of Israel as the Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem


    From: Baghdasarian
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