His Holiness Nerses V Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians | |
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 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 |
| Died | February 13, 1857 (age 86) Etchmiadzin, Erivan Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Buried | Etchmiadzin Cathedral |
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.
Nerses V is buried near Mother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin.
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Tombstone of Nerses V near Mother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin
See also
- Nersisyan School, was founded by Nerses Ashtaraketsi in 1824
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