Nerses V

Nerses V of Ashtarak (Armenian: Ներսէս Ե Աշտարակեցի, romanized: Nerses Ashtarakets’i, Armenian pronunciation: [nɛɾˈsɛs ɑʃtɑɾɑkɛˈt͡sʰi]; 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.

His Holiness Nerses V Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians
Nerses V Ashtaraketsi, by H. Hovnatanian.
Church	Armenian Apostolic Church
See	Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin
Installed	1843
Term ended	1857
Predecessor	John VIII
Successor	Matthew I
Personal details
Born	Toros Harutyuni Shahazizyan 1770 Ashtarak, Erivan Khanate, Iran
Died	February 13, 1857 (age 86) Etchmiadzin, Erivan Governorate, Russian Empire
Buried	Etchmiadzin Cathedral
Denomination	Armenian Apostolic Church

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.^[1] 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

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  Tombstone of Nerses V near Mother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin

Awards

• Order of St. Andrew
• Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky

See also

• Nersisyan School, was founded by Nerses Ashtaraketsi in 1824