Vicken aykazian biography definition
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Vicken aykazian biography definition
Vicken Aykazian
Archbishop Vicken Aykazian is installed as President of the National Council of Churches
Archbishop Vicken Aykazian, a Turkish-born priest who represents the Diocese of the Armenian Church of America (Eastern) in Washington, was installed Thursday (November 9) as the President of the National Council of Churches in the USA.
The installation was a moving and colorful ceremony attended by hierarchs, clergy and laity in St. Vartan Armenian Cathedral in New York. Also installed was the NCC's new general secretary, the Rev. Dr. Michael Kinnamon, and other NCC officers.
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On January 1, 2008, the Archbishop will succeed President Michael Livingston, who has served in the office since January 2006.
His Eminence Archbishop Aykazian is the 24th NCC President since the Council's beginnings in 1950.
He is the third Orthodox president and the first from the Oriental Orthodox tradition. (Other Orthodox presidents were the Very Rev. Leonid Kishkovsky,