NEW YORK — The Eastern Diocese in August announced the appointment of Deacon Hovhannes Khosdeghian as the new director of the Krikor and Clara Zohrab Information Center, the Diocese’s research and information facility housed in the St. Vartan Cathedral complex.
Khosdeghian brings to the position a distinguished background in Armenian scholarship, education, and service to the church. Trained as a scholar during his education as a member of the Mekhitarist order, he has devoted much of his career to teaching and promoting the Armenian language, culture and Christian heritage.
This marks a return to the Zohrab Center for Khosdeghian, who was an associate scholar on its staff during the 1990s. More recently, in 2024, he re-joined the Diocesan staff to head Armenian Language Ministry in the Ministries department. In that role he has created and led Armenian-language programs for students of all ages, from university-level learners to young children.
For many years he has served as principal of the Armenian School of St. Vartan Cathedral, where he continues to be a familiar presence serving on the holy altar.
Khosdeghian will continue to lead the Diocese’s Armenian Language Ministry effort, while overseeing the Zohrab Center’s extensive collection and continuing its mission as a resource for scholars, students, and the wider public interested in Armenian history, religion, language, literature, and culture. He can be contacted via e-mail at DnHovhannes@armeniandiocese.org.
Khosdeghian succeeds Dr. Jesse Arlen, who led the Zohrab Center through a productive period of scholarship and programming. The Diocese expresses its gratitude to Dr. Arlen for his dedicated service and looks forward to a new chapter for the Center under Dn. Hovhannes’ leadership.
