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Very Rev. Fr. Ardag, whose lay name is   George, was born in Kessab, Syria, on Aug. 8, 1990. He attended the   local “Usumnasiratz” Elementary School and in the academic year   2002-2003 he was admitted to the Seminary of the Great House of  Cilicia.  Upon completing the eight-year course at the Seminary in 2010,  he was  ordained as celibate priest. In 2010-2015 he served as head of  the  Catholicosate’s archives and taught at the Seminary, where he also   served as assistant to the dean in 2013-2014, followed by a stint as   assistant to the head librarian of the “Cilicia” Library of the   Catholicosate (2014-2015).  

In  July 2015 he was granted the Vartabed  staff, followed by a year  serving as assistant to the Prelate of  Isfahan, Iran. The following  year he served as the pastor of Latakia,  Syria (2016-2017). Admitted to  Charles Sturt University to study  Theology in 2019, he graduated the  following year with a Master’s degree  and returned to Antelias, where  he became assistant to the head  librarian. In April 2021 he was  elevated to the rank of senior  archimandrite (dzayrakooyn vartabed / ծայրագոյն վարդապետ).