:''There was also a Caucasian Albanian anti-Catholicos Nerses V, who ruled in 1706–1736.'' Nerses V ( hy, Ներսես Ե Աշտարակեցի, ) (1770 – February 13, 1857), served as the

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of the

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between 1843 and 1857. Previously, he served as the leader of Diocese of

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from 1811 to 1830, the leader of the Diocese of

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and

Nor Nakhichevan __NOTOC__ Nakhichevan-on-Don (russian: Нахичевань-на-Дону, ''Naxičevan’-na-Donu''), also known as New Nakhichevan ( hy, Նոր Նախիջևան, ''Nor Naxiĵevan''; as opposed to the "old" Nakhichevan), was an Armenian-populated ...

from 1830 to 1843. Nerses V is buried near Mother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin.

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ՆԵՐՍԵՍ ԱՇՏԱՐԱԿԵՑԻՆԵՐՍԵՍ ԱՇՏԱՐԱԿԵՑՈՒ ՀՈՒՇԱՐՁԱՆԸ
{{Authority control Catholicoi of Armenia Armenian philosophers 1770 births 1857 deaths People from Ashtarak

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