REVEREND FATHER ARMASH POGHOSYAN

Reverend Father Armash Poghosyan (baptismal name is Vahe) was born on November 18, 1981 in Echmiadzin, Armenia.

From 1988 to 1999, Rev. Fr. Armash Poghosyan studied at secondary school № 12 in Etchmiadzin, Armenia.

From 1999 to 2000, Rev. Fr. Armash Poghosyan studied at the Theological Seminary of Gyumri, Armenia.

From 2000 to 2006, Rev. Fr. Poghosyan studied at the Gevorkian Theological Seminary of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.

On February 23, 2006, he was ordained as a deacon by His Eminence Archbishop Nerses Pozapalyan and was appointed to serve at the Department of Economics of Mother See of Holy Echmiadzin as the Assistant of Economist.

On April 15, 2007, he was consecrated and ordained, as a secular (married) priest by His Eminence Archbishop Hovnan Terteryan in the Mother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin and and given the priestly name of Armash.

On June 1, 2007, by the order of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, Rev. Fr. Armash Poghosyan 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 June 1, 2007, by the order of His Grace Bishop Vazgen Mirzakanyan, the Primate of the Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Holy Church in Georgia, Rev. Fr. Armash Poghosyan was appointed at the Vicariate of Samtskhe-Javakheti and Tsalka as the Pastor of St. Sargis Church, as well as the Spiritula Pastor of the Armenian communities of Samtskxe-Javakheti and Ninotsminda under the authority and supervision of the Vicar General of the Vicariate of Samtskhe-Javakheti and Tsalka.

Place of residence:

Ninotsminda, Samtskhe-Javakheti.