REVEREND FATHER KIRAKOS SIMONYAN

Reverend Father Kirakos Simonyan (baptismal name is Sahak) was born on October 11, 1990, in Mets Pamach village in Akhaltsikhe region, Georgia.

Rev. Fr. Kirakos Simonyan studied at the secondary school of Pokr Pamach village, Georgia. 

From 2007 to 2011, Rev. Fr. Kirakos Simonyan studied at Vazgenian Theological Seminary of Sevan, Armenian.

In 2011, he was ordained as deacon by His Grace Bishop Mushegh Babayan.

From 2011 to 2013, Rev. Fr. Kirakos Simonyan studied at the Gevorkian Theological Seminary of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.

In 2013, Rev. Fr. Kirakos Simonyan was appointed to serve at St. Gregory the Illuminator Mother Cathedral of Yerevan, Armenia.

In 2017, Rev. Fr. Simonyan served at the Armed Forces of republic of Armenia as the Chaplin.

On December 17, 2017, he was consecrated and ordained as a secular (married) priest by His Grace Bishop Sepuh Chuljyan, the Primate of the Diocese of the Armenian Church of Gugark and given the priestly name of Kirakos.

On February 1, 2017, by the order of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, Rev. Fr. Kirakos Simonyan 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.

In 2017, 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. Kirakos Simonyan was appointed to serve at the Cathedral of St. George in Tbilisi Georgia, as the assistant of the Pastor of the Cathedral, as well as and spiritual superintendent of “Hovhannes Tumanyan’s house'' Scientific and Cultural Center of Tbilisi, Georgia.

In 2020, Rev. Fr. Kirakos Simonyan was appointed to serve at St. Etchmiadzin Church in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Place of residence:

Tbilisi, Georgia

Phone: +995 595 06 47 07