FR. VOSKAN HOVHANNISYAN

Performer during the "Joyful Praise" presentation 

on Saturday, April 17 at 12:30 PM

Fr. Voskan Hovhannisyan was born in Etchmiadzin, Armenia. He graduated from the Gevorkian Theological Academy (Seminary) of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin in 2012 (Master thesis: “Magnificat Chants in the Patristic Literature”), and was ordained to the priesthood in in 2014. Fr. Voskan has served as visiting pastor in parishes of the Araratyan Pontifical Diocese in Armenia. He also has worked in the various departments of the Mother See of Holy Etchimadzin, as well as taught at the Gevorkian Seminary. Currently Fr. Voskan is the pastor of the Holy Virgin Mary and Shoghagat Armenian Church in Bellville, IL.

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