Rev. Fr. Nshan Alaverdyan (baptismal name Gevorg) was born in 1981, on January 17, in the village of Varser in the Sevan region. He studied at Gevorgyan Theological Seminary at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin from 1998-2007. He served in the National Army between 2004-2006.
He was ordained as a deacon by Bishop Sion Adamyan on 25th December 2003. In 2007, he successfully defended his thesis entitled “Nerses Lambronatsi and his delegation to Constantinople” with manuscript.
Since 2007, he has served with the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin and was the Deacon of the secretary of the Etchmiadzin Foreign Language Department.
In 2011, February to April, he served at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin Communication Department. From 2011-2014, he served as a visiting deacon in the spiritual pastorate of penitentiary institutions.
Fr. Nshan was ordained as a priest on 21st September 2014 by Bishop Haigazun Najarian.
He was appointed as spiritual shepherd of the newly-constructed Nor Nork 1st Church of the Araratian Patriarchal Diocese, continuing his prison visits in parallel.
On 20th February, 2018, Fr. Nshan was called to serve in the Armenian Diocese of Great Britain and Ireland. On 12th April, he was appointed as pastor of St. Yeghiche Armenian Church by His Grace Bishop Hovakim Manukyan.