Education:
- Since 2016 PhD candidate in Theology, Faculty of Theology, Yerevan State University. Project: Christological developments in the Assyrian Church of the East (4th–7th centuries) and theological interactions with the Armenian Apostolic Church
- 2016 Master of Theology, Faculty of Theology, Yerevan State University. Thesis: “Christology of the Assyrian Church of the East According to the Synodicon Orientale”
- 2011–2014 Pastoral and theological formation at the Spiritual Seminary of Duhok, Iraq
- 2011 Bachelor of Theology, Faculty of Theology, Yerevan State University. Thesis: “Theology of the Liturgy of the Assyrian Church of the East (Critical-Comparative Analysis)”
Academic experience:
- Faculty Member, Nisibis Assyrian Theological College
Ecumenical appointment:
- 2022 By decision of the Holy Synod of the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, appointed as representative of the Assyrian side in the Commission for Dialogue between the Assyrian Church of the East and the Russian Orthodox Church
Publications:
Books
- Assyrian New Year – Kha b Nisan. Yerevan: Yerevan State University Press, 2010 (in Armenian).
Journal articles
- “An Attempt to Reevaluate Sources Regarding Armenian–Syriac Ecclesial Relations During the Fifth–Sixth Centuries.” Scrinium: Journal of Patrology and Critical Hagiography (forthcoming; in English).
- “Christological Formulations of the Assyrian Church of the East in Synodicon Orientale.” The Bulletin of Matenadaran, 2018 (in Armenian).
- “Christology of the Assyrian Church of the East or the So-Called ‘Nestorian’ Church.” The Bulletin of Matenadaran 2017 (in Armenian).
Book chapters
- “St Ephrem the Syrian in the Memorial Service of the Syrian Teachers in the Worship of the Assyrian Church of the East.” In Proceedings of the Fourth International Patristic Conference. Moscow: Saints Cyril and Methodius Theological Institute for Postgraduate Studies, 2019 (in Russian).
- “Dono dell’ospitalità nella tradizione della Chiesa Assira d’Oriente.” In Proceedings of the 25th International Ecumenical Conference on Orthodox Spirituality: Il dono dell’ospitalità. Milan: Monastery of Bose, 2018 (in English and Italian).
Conference presentations:
- “Being Nicaean without Nicaea: Aphrahat’s Trinitarian Theology” (in English). Paper presented at the international conference 1700ᵗʰ Anniversary of the Council of Nicaea. The Assyrian Church of the East, Erbil, Iraq, 27-29 September 2025.
Ecclesiastical experience:
- 2022 Elevated to Cor-bishop, Assyrian Church of the East in Armenia
- 2014 Ordained priest and appointed Rector of the Mar Toma parish in Verin Dvin (Ararat region, Republic of Armenia) and Mart Maryam parish in Arzni (Kotayq region, Republic of Armenia)
- 2004 Ordained to the diaconate
Secondary education experience:
- Since 2017 High school teacher, Assyrian language, Verin Dvin, Armenia.
Catechetical activity:
- Since 2014 Teaching catechism in the Mar Toma and Mart Maryam parishes
- Since 2014 Organiser of Summer and Sunday schools in the Mar Toma and Mart Maryam parishes
Languages:
- Armenian (fluent)
- Assyrian (Neo-Aramaic; native speaker)
- English (fluent)
- Grabar (classical Armenian language; advanced)
- Russian (fluent)
- Syriac (classical language; advanced
