About Nerses V
Lived 1770 – 1857 (aged 87). Nerses V was an Armenian philosopher, presbyter and catholicos.
Nerses V of Ashtarak (, ; 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.
Early life Nerses V born in 1770 in the village of the Ashtarak, in Armenian family. He was the son of a priest, Ter-Harutyun Shahazizyan. His mother, Susambar, was an Armenian from Byurakan village. From the age of 8 he studied at the Gevorgyan Theological Seminary in Etchmiadzin. In 1791, he was ordained as a deacon, In 1794, he received the rank of Archimandrite. Gallery
Awards Order of St. Andrew Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky
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Who was Nerses V?
Catholicos of Armenia
When was Nerses V born?
Nerses V was born on 13 February 1770 in Ashtarak.
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Nerses V died on 13 February 1857 in Vagharshapat.
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Nerses V was a philosopher, presbyter and catholicos.
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Nerses V was Armenian.
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