Fr. Nerses Manoogian

Archpriest Fr. Nerses Manoogian, (baptismal name Haroutiun) was born in Beirut, Lebanon. He is a graduate of the Armenian Theological Seminary of the Catholicossate of Antelias, Lebanon. In 1974, he married Nektar Megerdichian; they have two children. In 1981, he was invited by the Prelate of Eastern Prelacy, His Eminence Archbishop Mesrob Ashjian, to serve the Detroit community as the Armenian Studies Program Director in the ARS Day School. He was ordained a priest on February 22, 1987 and was assigned to St. Gregory Church parish in Granite City, Illinois. In 1991, he received his Master of Arts Degree in Religious Studies from St. Louis University. He was ultimately assigned to St. Gregory Church of Philadelphia.