1. Patriarch Nourhan Manougian is the 97th Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem serving the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
10 Facts About Nourhan Manougian
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Nourhan Manougian is the 97th in the succession of Armenian Patriarchs of Jerusalem, succeeding Patriarch Torkom Manoogian, who served for 22 years.
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Nourhan Manougian was born on 24 June 1948 in Aleppo, Syria.
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Nourhan Manougian went to the Jarankavoratz Theological Seminary of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem in 1966.
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Nourhan Manougian was ordained a deacon in 1968 and in 1971 ordained as celibate priest by Patriarch Yeghishe Derderian.
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In 1974, Nourhan Manougian returned to the Middle East and served as the pastor to the Armenian communities of Jaffa and Haifa in Israel.
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In 1979, Nourhan Manougian served the Armenian Community in Almelo, the Netherlands.
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In 1998, Nourhan Manougian was elected as the Grand Sacristan of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem and in 1999 ordained a bishop.
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On 24 January 2013, Nourhan Manougian was elected as the 97th Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem.
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On February 6,2014, Nourhan Manougian received the honorary Doctorate of Divinity degree from the General Theological Seminary in Manhattan, New York.