The Supreme Spiritual Council is the advising body to the Catholicos of all Armenians which discusses the administrative, organizational, cultural, economic, construction and charity issues of the Armenian Church, as well as those issues connected with native and foreign churches.
The president of the Supreme Spiritual Council is His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of all Armenians.
The Vice Chairmanship is shared by His Beatitude Archbishop Nourhan Manougian, Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem; and His Beatitude Archbishop Sahak Mashalian, Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople.
The Council members are elected by the National Ecclesiastical Assembly, or appointed by the Catholicos, and are a mixture of lay members, as well as high-ranking clergy.
Meetings of the Supreme Spiritual Council take place at a minimum of quarterly and on an as-needed basis.
Current Members
President
His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians
Co-Chairman
Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem His Beatitude Archbishop Nourhan Manougian
Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople His Beatitude Archbishop Sahak Mashalian
Members of the Committee
Archbishop Khajag Barsamian
Pontifical Legate of Western Europe
Archbishop Hovnan Derderian
Primate of the Western Diocese of the Armenian Church of North America
Archbishop Navasard Ktchoyan
Vicar General of the Araratian Pontifical Diocese
Archbishop Abraham Mkrtchyan
Primate of the Diocese of Vayots Dzor
Archbishop Yezras Nersissian
Primate of the Armenian Church Diocese of Russia and New Nakhichevan
Archbishop Mikael Ajapahian
Primate of the Diocese of Shirak
Bishop Vasken Mirzakhanian
Director of the Office of Social Doctrine of the Mother See
Bishop Bagrat Galstanyan
Primate of the Diocese of Tavoush
Bishop Arshak Khachatrian
Chancellor of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin
Bishop Armash Nalbandian
Primate of the Armenian Diocese of Damascus
Bishop Vertanes Abrahamyan
Primate of the Diocese of Artsakh
Bishop Moushegh Babayan
Grand Sacristan of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin
Bishop Hovnan Hakobyan
Primate of the Diocese of Gougark
Fr. Archimandrite Mesrop Parsamyan
Primate of the Diocese of the Armenian Church of America (Eastern)
Mr. Gevorg Danielyan
Armenia
Mr. Vahan Ter-Ghevondyan
Armenia
Mr. Shahen Karamanukyan
Armenia
Mr. Takvori Boyajian
Armenian Diocese of Damascus
Mr. Hayk Ignatyan
Diocese of the Armenian Church of New Nakhichevan and Russia