Nerses V
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| name = Nerses V
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| honorific-suffix = Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians
| image = Портрет Нерсеса Аштаракеци.А.Овнатанян.jpg
| caption = Nerses V Ashtaraketsi, by H. Hovnatanian.
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| enthroned = 1843
| ended = 1857
| church = Armenian Apostolic Church
| see = Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin
| predecessor = John VIII
| successor = Matthew I
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| birth_name = Toros Harutyuni Shahazizyan
| birth_date = 1770
| birth_place = Ashtarak, Erivan Khanate, Iran
| death_date = February 13, 1857 (age 86)
| death_place = Etchmiadzin, Erivan Governorate, Russian Empire
| buried = Etchmiadzin Cathedral
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| religion = Armenian Apostolic Church
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Nerses V of Ashtarak ({{langx|hy|Ներսէս Ե Աշտարակեցի|translit=Nerses Ashtarakets’i}}, {{IPA|hy|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.
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.{{cite web | url=https://armenianchurch.ge/en/about-us/sketchbook/archbishop-nerses-ashtaraketsi | title=Archbishop Nerses Ashtaraketsi }} 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
File:Tombstone - Nerses V.JPG|Tombstone of Nerses V near Mother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin
Awards
See also
- Nersisyan School, was founded by Nerses Ashtaraketsi in 1824
References
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- [http://nersisyan.wordpress.com/%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%BD%D5%A5%D5%BD-%D5%A1%D5%B7%D5%BF%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A5%D6%81%D5%AB/ ՆԵՐՍԵՍ ԱՇՏԱՐԱԿԵՑԻ]
- [http://www.armtown.com/news/am/has/20090207/3243102021/ ՆԵՐՍԵՍ ԱՇՏԱՐԱԿԵՑՈՒ ՀՈՒՇԱՐՁԱՆԸ]
- [http://freenet.am/~grighak/Armenia_files/Catholicoses/Nerses%20Ashtaraketsi.htm Ներսես Ե Աշտարակեցի]
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| title= Catholicoi of the Mother See of Holy Echmiadzin and All Armenians
| years= 1843–1857
| after= Matthew I of Armenia
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