Western Diocese of the Armenian Church of North America
The Very Rev. Fr. Pagrad Bourjekian Invited to Serve at
the Western Diocese. The Office of the Western Diocese is pleased to announce
that the Very Rev. Fr. Pakrad Bourjekian, Chairman of the St. James Brotherhood
Council, has been invited by the Primate to serve at the Western Diocese of the
Armenian Church of North America. Fr. Bourjekian’s pastoral assignment has been
approved by His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All
Armenians.
Fr. Pakrad (baptismal name Vartan) Bourjekian was born on
October 11, 1970. He was ordained into the Sacred Order of the Priesthood in
1991 by His Beatitude Archbishop Torkom Manoogian, the Armenian Patriarch of
Jerusalem. From 1994-1998, he served as the Dean of the Theological Seminary of
the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem. From 1996-2000, Fr. Bourjekian served
as member of the Synod (The Ecclesiastical Council of the Armenian Patriarchate
of Jerusalem.
Fr. Pagrad’s previous assignments include Vice-Chairman
of the St. James Brotherhood General Assembly and Holy Synod. (2002-2013). He
has served as a member of the Judicial Religious Court (2002-2014) and a member
of the Armenian Manuscripts Protection Committee (2002-2010). The clergyman is
presently working on his PhD at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is
fluent in Armenian, English, Arabic and Hebrew.
The high-ranking clergyman, who had previously visited
the Western Diocese in February 2014 will arrive in Los Angeles on March 16,
2016.
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