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  • Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin
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Supreme Spiritual Council

Supreme Spiritual Council

 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

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