Nerses V

His Holiness Nerses V Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians
Nerses V Ashtaraketsi, by H. Hovnatanian.
Church	Armenian Apostolic Church
See	Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin
Enthroned	1843
Reign ended	1857
Predecessor	John VIII
Successor	Matthew I
Personal details
Birth name	Toros Harutyuni Shahazizyan (Թորոս Հարությունի Շահազիզյան)
Born	1770 Ashtarak
Died	February 13, 1857 (age 86) Ejmiatsin, Armenia
Buried	Mother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin
Nationality	Armenian

Nerses V (Armenian: Ներսես Ե Աշտարակեցի) (1770 - February 13, 1857), served as the Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church between 1843 and 1857. Previously, he served as the leader of Diocese of Georgia from 1811 to 1830, the leader of the Diocese of Bessarabia and Nakhijevan from 1830 to 1843.

Nerses V is buried near Mother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin.

Gallery

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  Tombstone of Nerses V near Mother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin

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  Statue of Nerses Ashtaraketsi in Ashtarak, Armenia

See also

• Nersisyan School, was founded by Nerses Ashtaraketsi in 1824

References

• ՆԵՐՍԵՍ ԱՇՏԱՐԱԿԵՑԻ
• ՆԵՐՍԵՍ ԱՇՏԱՐԱԿԵՑՈՒ ՀՈՒՇԱՐՁԱՆԸ
• Ներսես Ե Աշտարակեցի

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Date of birth
Place of birth	Ashtarak
Date of death	February 13, 1857
Place of death	Ejmiatsin, Armenia