REVEREND FATHER TORGOM VARDANYAN

Reverend Father Torgorm Vardanyan (baptismal name is Artak Vardanyan) was born on October 25, 1986 in Etchmiadzin, Armenia.

Rev. Fr. Torgorm Vardanyan studied at the secondary school № 7, named after Yervand Otyan, in Etchmiadzin, Armenia.

From 2001 to 2009, Rev. Fr. Torgorm Vardanyan studied at the Theological Seminary of the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, named after Alek and Mary Manoogian.

In 2009, he was ordained as a deacon by His Beatitude Archbishop Nourhan Manougian, the Patriarch of Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Holy Church of Jerusalem, Israel. 

From 2009 to 2012, Rev. Fr. Torgorm Vardanyan was appointed to serve at the Cathedral of St. James of the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, Israel.

From 2012 to 2014, Rev. Fr. Torgorm Vardanyan was appointed to serve at the Church of the Nativity (Basilica of the Nativity) of the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Israel.

In 2014, by the blessing of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, Rev. Fr. Torgorm Vardanyan returned to Armenia and became the member of the Brotherhood of Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.

On September 23, 2014, he was appointed to serve at St. Shoghakat Church in Etchmiadzin, Armenia.

On July 26, 2015, he was consecrated and ordained as a secular (married) priest by His Grace Bishop Vardan Navasardyan and given the priestly name of Torgom.

On September 15, 2015, by the order of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, Rev. Fr. Torgorm Vardanyan 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 2015, 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. Torgorm Vardanyan was appointed at the Vicariate of Samtskhe-Javakheti and Tsalka as the Pastor of the Armenian communities in Tsugrut, Tsira, Tchala, Big Pamach, Orali, Ghulalisi, Sazeli, Abastumani and Vale villagies of Samtskhe-Javakheti and Tsalka, under the authority and supervision of the Vicar General of the Vicariate of Samtskhe-Javakheti and Tsalka, Georgia.

Place of residence:

Samtskhe-Javakheti, Georgia

Phone: +995592411119, +995592417153

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