“Do not fear; only believe”

Very Rev. Ghevont was born in 1986 in Kessab, Syria. In 1998 he was accepted into the Theological Seminary of the Holy See of the Great House of Cilicia where he successfully completed the nine-year course of theological study. He was ordained a celibate priest on June 10, 2007. In December 2010 he received the rank of Vartabed after successfully presenting his thesis, “The Saints in the Armenian Liturgical Calendar.” In May 2016 he received the rank of Dzayrakoun Vartabed after successfully presenting his thesis. Since October 8, 2015, Father Pentezian is the pastor of Armenian All Saints Apostolic Church in Glenview, Illinois.