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Archimandrite Mesrop's Museum". Other major projects were; the construction of the Church of Holy Martyrs; the enlargement of the four Armenian churches of Baghdad; the construction of a greater complex for the Holy Mother of Christ Church of Baghdad; the construction of a new church for the village of Avzrouk, inhabited by Armenians, in the north of Iraq; establishment of cultural centers which include classrooms, a museum, a library and a great hall and the installation of a cross-stone (
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He returned to Iraq and was appointed to serve as the Locum Tenens of the
Armenian Diocese of Iraq. In April 1980, the Deputy Council of the Armenian Diocese of Iraq, elected him to serve as the Primate of the Diocese. As of 2015 he had been continuously re-elected. Upon the successful defense of his
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Armenian Church-loving people's Union. People of all ages attend the events organized by the union; they participate in the lectures delivered on the study of scripture and Armenian Church History. 200 people are enrolled in this program started by 9 young boys and girls.
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Primate of the Armenian Diocese of Iraq, Archbishop Avak Asadourian, working together with the Diocesan Council, established many programs. In 1985 he established Sunday schools in the Church Headquarters Church and in different parishes. The choir of the Headquarter Church
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Continuing with his studies, he enrolled in the St. Vladimir
Seminary in New York and graduated with a Master of Divinity Degree in June 1996, and in November 1998, successfully defended his thesis to receive a PhD and the honors of Summa Cum Laude at Holy Cross Pontifical University. His PhD thesis
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Interchurch Support and Service Assembly of the WCC, which took place in Cyprus in 1986. At the meeting Avak Asadourian was elected as a member of the Management and Planning Commission. He took steps to include the Armenian genocide
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On 9 February 2010, a meeting of representatives from the
Christian Churches in Iraq was held at the St. Garabed Armenian Church in Baghdad. During the meeting, the representatives created a new organization titled, Council of Religious Leaders of the Christian Communities of Iraq. The council is
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He undertook numerous building projects, the most significant being the creation of a museum for the
Diocesan Headquarters. He collected manuscripts, encyclicals, holy objects, icons, and vestments and recording and cataloging them for the museum. The official opening of the museum took place in
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Asadourian organized a five-year-program of study for married men who after their graduation and ordination to the priesthood, would serve in the Armenian Diocese of Iraq. In 1980, when Avak Asadourian was elected as the Primate of Iraq, five of eight parishes had no priest.
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where he earned his master's degree. While earning his PhD at Tulane, he also delivered lectures in the
Philosophy department. In 1973, he was one of two students chosen to represent Tulane University at the International Leaders Assembly of Washington, the purpose of which was to introduce the
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Archbishop Asadourian ordained and consecrated several Armenian Churches in Iraq. On 3 September 2015 he consecrated St. Sargis Church in Havrez, Iraqi Kurdistan, and on 14 October 2016 St. Mary Armenian church in the city of
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composed of 2 Patriarchs, 26 Archbishops and Bishops representing 30 Christian-Church Communities in Iraq. By unanimous vote Avak Asadourian was elected General Secretary of the Council and his last re-election was in 2017.
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entitled "The Moral Quest of Abu Hamid al-Ghazali as delineated in Mizan al-'Amal (The Criterion of Action)" was prepared for publication in book-format and printed in 2017 in Beirut by Pomigravure Printing House.
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thesis entitled "This History of Soterology", he received the rank of Senior Archimandrite (Armenian: Ծայրագույն Վարդապետ, Dzayraguyn Vardapet) at the St. Mesrop church of Oshakan by Archbishop Sion Manoukian.
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From 1973 to 1976, he worked in the AGBU office of New York as the administrative assistant of the Eastern district, at the same time teaching Armenian language both in the Headquarters and in the AGBU.
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and the Committees of the Catholic Churches of different countries. The aim of these visits was to promote the establishment of peace between Iraq and Iran.
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was reorganized, another church choir consisting of young boys and girls, as well as choirs for 4 other churches were developed.
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