Nerses V

Nerses V (Armenian: Ներսես Ե Աշտարակեցի, Armenian pronunciation: [nɛɾsɛs jɛ aʃtaɾakɛtsʰi]) (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 Nor Nakhichevan from 1830 to 1843.

There was also a Caucasian Albanian anti-Catholicos Nerses V, who ruled in 1706–1736.

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
Installed	1843
Term 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 is buried near Mother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin.

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  Tombstone of Nerses V near Mother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin

Preceded by John VIII of Armenia	Catholicoi of the Mother See of Holy Echmiadzin and All Armenians 1843–1857	Succeeded by Matthew I of Armenia

See also

• Nersisyan School, was founded by Nerses Ashtaraketsi in 1824

References

• ՆԵՐՍԵՍ ԱՇՏԱՐԱԿԵՑԻ
• ՆԵՐՍԵՍ ԱՇՏԱՐԱԿԵՑՈՒ ՀՈՒՇԱՐՁԱՆԸ
• Ներսես Ե Աշտարակեցի