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Archbishop Varoujan Hergelian (Armenian: Վարուժան Արքեպիսկոպոս Հերկելեան) was the Catholicosal Vicar of the Armenian Prelature of Cyprus〔(Azad Hye: Catholicos Aram examines the state of Armenian structures in the occupied territories of Cyprus )〕〔(Hayem: Armenian Prelacy of Cyprus and Sourp Asdvadzadzin Armenian Apostolic Cathedral )〕〔(Hurriyet Daily News: Armenians hold mass in Turkish Cyprus, a first in 50 years )〕 from August 1997 until May 2014. Archbishop Varoujan was born on 18 May 1946 in Anjar, Lebanon as Boghos Hergelian. After graduating from the Seminary School of the Catholicosate of Cilicia in 1967, he served as a teacher & hieromonk, Archimandrite and Bishop in Lebanon, Cyprus and Greece. In Lebanon he served in Zahle and Anjar, in Greece he served in Komotini, Alexandroupoli and Kavala, while in Cyprus he served in Limassol (1970–1974). In August 1997, he was appointed Catholicosal Vicar of the Armenian Prelature of Cyprus as a Bishop. In May 2003 he became an Archbishop. In March 1993 he established the "Ardziv" (Արծիւ) literary, cultural, theological and social newspaper, still published today in Antelias, Lebanon on a weekly basis. In October 1997 he established "Keghart" (Գեղարդ), the Prelature's newsletter. With his efforts the basement of the Armenian Prelature of Cyprus' building was transformed into the "Vahram Utidjian" Hall, a venue for numerous community events. He introduced, amongst others, the annual Armenian book fair and other cultural and religious functions of the Armenian Prelature of Cyprus and he has inaugurated a number of monuments. ==Publications== So far, he has published four books on the archives of the Armenian Prelature of Cyprus: * Ատանայի վկաները եւ Սուրբ Ստեփանոս վկայարանը - 1909, Լառնագա (2010) ''(martyrs of Adana and the testimony of Saint Stephen - 1909, Larnaca )''. * Թղթակցութիւն Սահակ Բ. Կաթողիկոսի եւ Պետրոս Արք. Սարաճեանի (2010) ''(of Catholicos Sahag II and Archbishop Bedros Saradjian )''. * Կիպրոսի Թեմի հովուական կարգը եւ Թեմական կազմաւորումը (2011) ''(pastoral succession of the Cyprus Diocese and the Diocesan formation )''. * Տարագրութիւն, որբեր, Մելգոնեան Հաստատութիւն (2011) ''(orphans, Melkonian Institute )''. He has also published other books, the most prominent of which is ''Η Αρμενική Εκκλησία στην Κύπρο'' (in Armenian Հայաստանեայց Եկեղեցի Կիպրոսի մէջ meaning The Armenian Church in Cyprus') (2003). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Varoujan Hergelian」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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