Nerses V

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His Holiness

Nerses V

Supreme Patriarch and
BuriedEtchmiadzin Cathedral

Nerses V of Ashtarak (Armenian: Ներսէս Ե Աշտարակեցի, romanizedNerses 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.

Nerses V is buried near Mother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin.

Gallery

  • Tombstone of Nerses V near Mother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin
    Tombstone of Nerses V near Mother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin

See also

  • Nersisyan School
    , was founded by Nerses Ashtaraketsi in 1824

References

Preceded by
Catholicoi of the Mother See of Holy Echmiadzin and All Armenians

1843–1857
Succeeded by
Matthew I of Armenia