Monk T. Trdat Martirosian, Friar Of Holy Etchmiadzin, Dies Young

MONK T. TRDAT MARTIROSIAN, FRIAR OF HOLY ETCHMIADZIN, DIES YOUNG

Noyan Tapan
Jun 27, 2007

ETCHMIADZIN, JUNE 27, NOYAN TAPAN. Monk T. Trdat Martirosian, a friar
of Holy Etchmiadzin, died after a long serious illness on June 25.

According to the message received from the Information Service of the
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, monk Trdat Martirosian (Hovhannes,
the font name) was born in Etchmiadzin on December 23, 1973.

After being consecrated as a monastic clergyman, he served in the
Gevorgiants theological seminary as a supervisor. Then he was appointed
pastor in Plodvid, the Armenian diocese in Bulgaria.

The Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II and the whole congregation
of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin are deeply grieving over the
untimely death of the young devout and devoted monk.