Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem to be elected Jan 23-25

Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem to be elected Jan 23-25

PanARMENIAN.Net - A new Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem will be elected during a January 23-25 synod of St. James Brotherhood.

As the Patriarchate told PanARMENIAN.Net according to the regulations, representatives of the Brotherhood aged over 35 are eligible for the Patriarch’s post. Currently, the number of candidates lists is over 30.

5 priests will be elected by a secret ballot in the 1st stage, with their number to be cut down to 3, out of which the Patriarch will be chosen.

Patriarch Torkom Manoogian, the Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem, passed away on the morning of Oct. 12.

Patriarch Manoogian was born in 1919 in Barquba in the Mesopotamian desert to Armenian Genocide survivors from Van. In 1931, he was enrolled in the Armenian Theological Seminary of Jerusalem and was ordained a celibate priest in 1939. He held many posts, including dean of the Armenian Theological Seminary, and was for many years the choir master of the St. James Cathedral and the parish priest in Haifa. In 1946 he left for New York for theological studies and founded the Armenian Society of Choirs.

The Patriarch was an accomplished writer and musician, and had dozens of studies and publications. He was elected for several terms as primate of the Armenian Diocese in New York. In 1990, he was elected the Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem and served in this capacity until his passing.

The Armenian Patriarchate’s jurisdiction extends over the Armenian communities in Israel, Palestine, and Jordan. It is one of the three custodians of the Holy Sites in the Holy Land.

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