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{{Person
| name-en = Ashtshian Mesrop
| name-en-aliases =
| name-am = Աշճյան Մեսրոպ
| name-am-aliases =
| name-ru = Ашчян Месроп
| name-ru-aliases =
| name-lat =
| name-fr =
| image = Mesrop Ashtshyan.jpg
| birth-date = 01.03.1941
| birth-place = Beirut, Lebanon
| death-date = 12.02.2003
| death-place = New York, the USA
| description = Religious, public figure, archbishop.
}}
=Biography=
Was born on March 1, 1941 in Beirut, Lebanon.

==Education==
*In 1961 finished the seminary of the [[Armenian Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia]] in Antelias.
*In 1962 studied in Switzerland.
*In 1963 took a special priesthood training course in the US.
*In 1970 studied theology at the University of Bridgeon, New Jersey.

==Work Activity==
*In 1963 served in Paris.
*In 1964-1970 lectured in Antelias and Aleppo, was the inspector of the seminary and the director of Beirut National Martikian College.
*In 1973-1977 held the position of the leader of the Armenian Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia in Isfahan (New Julfa).
*In 1978-1998 held the position of the leader of the dioceses of eastern states of North America and Canada.
*Since 1978 issued the English magazine "Outrich".
*In 1984 became the spiritual counselor of the Knightly Society of Carinthia.
*Since 1992 was the president of the charitable, social and cultural organizations "Nerses the Great" and "Aram Manukyan".
*In 1996-2000 was the director of the office in Saint [[Etchmiadzin]] for the 1700th anniversary of the proclamation of Christianity in [[Armenia]].
*Since 2000 was the founder-director of "Mughni" publishing house.

==Achievements==
*In 1963 was ordained an archimandrite.
*In 1970 got the Master's Degree (for the study and English translation of "The Speech of Rumkale" by Nerses Lambronatsi).
*In 1970 got the second Master's Degree.
*In 1977 was ordained a bishop.
*In 2001 became an honored Doctor of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia.

==Other==
*During the 20-year history of Mesrop Ashtshian's rule, 13 churches were consecrated, 4 colleges were opened, more than 60 religious and historical books (Armenian, English) were published.
*In 1993 the fund of the primacy was created by the efforts of Mesrop Ashtshian.
*Mesrop Ashtshian is the author of theological, armenological, ethical literary and public-language studies in Armenian and English.

=Videos=
[https://m.youtube.com Մեսրոպ Արք. Աշճեան:]

=Bibliography=
*Աշճյան Մ., Կեանքի և հաւատքի էջեր, Նյու Յորք, 1993:
*Աշճյան Մ., Հանդիպումներ, Նյու Յորք, 1993:
*Աշճյան Մ., Էջեր հայ եկեղեցւոյ պատմութենէն, 2 հրտ., Ե., 1994:
*Աշճյան Մ., Լուսաւորչի լոյս նշխարները, էջմիածին, 2000:
*Աշճյան Մ., Պահն ու յաւերժութիւնը, Երևան, 2002:
*Աշճյան Մ., Արագահաս Սուրբ Սւսրգիս, Երևան, 2002:
*Ashtshyan M., Armenian Church Patristic and other Essays, N. Y., 1994.
*Ashtshyan M., The Catholicosi of Etchmiadzin, N. Y., 1995.

=See also=
*Ով ով է.հայեր(կենսագրական հանրագիտարան:Երկու հատորով),ՀՀ խմբ. հանձնաժողով՝ Հ. Մ. Այվազյան (գլխ. խմբագիր) և ուրիշներ,Երևան,Հայկական հանրագիտարան հրատ.,Հ.1,Աբալյան-Ղուշչյան,2005:
*[http://www.patriarchia.ru В Армении почтили память архиепископа Месропа Ашчяна, первого декана факультета теологии Ереванского госуниверситета.]

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