Fr. Pakrad Berjekian
	Fr. Pakrad (Vartan) Berjekian, was born in Lebanon, in 1970. He received his elementary education in the "Birds' Nest" boarding school in Jibeil, Lebanon. In 1981, he was admitted to the Seminary of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem, which he graduated from in 1991. He was then ordained to the priesthood and since then has been serving in the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem.. From 1994-1998 he served as the Dean of Seminary. Since 1996, he has been studying at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Father Pakrad has completed his B.A. in Armenian Studies, and has begun his M.A. degree in the joint program of Armenian Studies and Comparative Religion.