:''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
Catholicos
Catholicos, plural Catholicoi, is a title used for the head of certain churches in some Eastern Christian traditions. The title implies autocephaly and in some cases it is the title of the head of an autonomous church. The word comes from ancient ...
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
Bessarabia (; Gagauz: ''Besarabiya''; Romanian: ''Basarabia''; Ukrainian: ''Бессара́бія'') is a historical region in Eastern Europe, bounded by the Dniester river on the east and the Prut river on the west. About two thirds of Be ...
and
Nor Nakhichevan from 1830 to 1843.
Nerses V is buried near
Mother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin.
Gallery
File:Tombstone - Nerses V.JPG, Tombstone of Nerses V near Mother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin
See also
*
Nersisyan School, was founded by Nerses Ashtaraketsi in 1824
References
ՆԵՐՍԵՍ ԱՇՏԱՐԱԿԵՑԻՆԵՐՍԵՍ ԱՇՏԱՐԱԿԵՑՈՒ ՀՈՒՇԱՐՁԱՆԸ
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Catholicoi of Armenia
Armenian philosophers
1770 births
1857 deaths
People from Ashtarak