Patriarch Kirill of Moscow
The consecration ceremony took place on September 17, 2013 and was presided by Catholicos Garegin II. In attendance were Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, President of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Bako Sahakyan, dozens of Armenian bishops from Armenia and the diaspora, representatives of Russia's Muslim, Buddhist and Jewish communities, and many others.