DEACON ARTAK ANTONYAN

Deacon Artak Antonyan was born on September 25, 1993 in Tbilisi, Georgia.

From 1998 to 2010, he studied at the Armenian secondary school № 95 in Tbilisi, Georgia.

From 2010 to 2011, he studied at the Armenian sector of the Georgian-Armenian secondary school № 110 in Tbilisi, Georgia.

In 2012, he attended the preparatory course of Trbanjyan Seminary of Harich of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, in Gyumri, Armenia.

From 2012 to 2016, he studied at the Vazgenian Theological Seminary of Sevan, Armenia, and received the Bachelor degree.

On December 25, 2016, on the Feast of Saint Stephen the First Deacon, he was ordained as a deacon by His Grace Bishop Mushegh Babayan in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.

From 2016 to 2018, Deacon Artak Antonyan studied at the Gevorgian Seminary of Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Armenia and received the Master degree.

During his student years, Deacon Artak Antonyan being a member of the “Echmiadzin” choir of the Gevorgian Seminary of Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, participated in the festivals of the choirs in the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus.

In 2017, Deacon Artak Antonyan being a member of the “Etchmiadzin” choir of the Gevorgian Seminary of Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, participated in all cultural events during the Pontifical visit of His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, to the Western Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church of the United State of America.  

In 2018, by the order of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, Deacon Artak Antonyan was appointed to serve at the Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Holy Church in Georgia, under the authority and supervision of the Primate of the Diocese.

On July 1, 2018, by the order of His Grace Bishop Vazgen Mirzakanyan, the Primate of the Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Holy Church in Georgia, Deacon Artak Antonyan was appointed to serve at the Cathedral of St. George in Tbilisi, Georgia, as the Senior Sacristan.

In 2019, by the order of Very Reverend Archimandrite Father Kirakos Davtyan, the Locum Tenens of the Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Holy Church in Georgia, Deacon Artak Antonyan was reappointed to serve at the Cathedral of St. George in Tbilisi, Georgia, as the Senior Sacristan.

 

Place of residence:

Tbilisi, Georgia.