George V of Armenia
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His Holiness George V of Armenia Surpreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians |
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| Church | Armenian Apostolic Church |
| See | Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin |
| Installed | 1911 |
| Term ended | 1930 |
| Predecessor | Matthew II of Armenia |
| Successor | Vacant (1930–1932) followed by Khoren I of Armenia |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Surenyants |
| Born |
August 28, 1847--> Tbilisi, Georgia |
| Died | May 8, 1930 (aged 82)--> Etchmiadzin, Armenia |
| Buried | Mother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin |
George V of Armenia (in Armenian Գևորգ Ե. Սուրենյանց (Տփղիսեցի) (28 August 1847, Tbilisi – 8 May 1930, Etchmiadzin, Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic) was the Catholicos of All Armenians of the Armenian Apostolic Church in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin from 1911–1930 following Catholicos Matthew II (in Armenian Մատթեոս Բ Կոստանդնուպոլսեց) who had died on 11 December 1910 after less than three years as Catholicos.
Born in Tbilisi, he studied between 1865 and 1868 at the classical gymnasium in his hometown and in 1872 was consecrated as a priest (vartabed) in the Armenian Apostolic Church and consecrated as bishop in 1882. In 1874, he taught at the Gevorkian Theological Seminary in Etchmiadzin, until his appointment the following year as bishop of Artsakh (present-day Karabakh) and later as assistant prelate in Alexandropol (present-day Gyumri) in 1878 and in Yerevan in 1881. He was assigned prelate and bishop of Astrakhan, Russia in 1886 and Armenian prelate of Georgia in 1894.
In 1907 he was assigned as assistant to the Catholicossate in Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin and elected Catholicos of All Armenians in 1911, a post he held for three decades until 1930.
He was active in Armenian political affairs at very critical times and was part of the Armenian delegation headed by Boghos Nubar Pasha. He also organized relief efforts for the survivors of the Armenian Genocide. He presided over the Aid Committee for Armenian victims, refugees and wounded soldiers and their families. Aid was provided throughout Armenia as well as Turkey, Georgia and Russia.
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