Избран Константинопольский патриарх Армянской Апостольской церкви

Епископ Саак Машалян избран 85-ым Константинопольским патриархом Армянской Апостольской церкви на прошедших выборах, с участием армянских григорианских церквей по всей Турции.

Машалян победил на выборах (получив 102 голоса из 119) своего соперника Арама Атесяна, который исполнял обязанности патриарха во время отсутствия Месропа II.

Выборы состоялись после длительного периода неопределенности и скорби после смерти Месропа II, почитаемого главы патриархата армян Турции, который скончался 8 марта после 11-летней борьбы с деменцией.

Родившийся в стамбульском районе Байрампаша в 1962 году, Машалян окончил факультет философии Стамбульского университета и решил стать священником в 1982 году. После того как он стал первосвященником (вертапированным) в 1984 году, он был назначен диаконом (саргаваком) в 1986 году тогдашним патриархом.

Получив степень магистра по духовности в 1999 году в Институте философии и теологии Миллтауна в Дублине, Машалян вернулся в Турцию и начал служить в качестве проповедника и духовного советника в церквях Киналиада, Кумкапы, Сурп Арутюн, Гедикпаша и Галата в Стамбуле.

Выборы завершают период неопределенности для армянской церкви в Турции. Патриархат является важной точкой контакта между армянской общиной и турецким правительством, отношения, которые не всегда простые.

источник: commonspace.eu

фото: Новый патриарх армянской григорианской церкви в Константинополе

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