Nerses

Nerses (Old Armenian: Ներսէս) is an Armenian variant of Narses. With the addition of -ian and -yan, it becomes an Armenian family name like Nersesian and Nersisyan.

Nerses may refer to:

Given name

Catholicoi of the Armenian Apostolic Church

• Saint Nerses I or St. Nerses I, Catholicos of Armenia, also known as Nerses the Great (d. 373)
• Nerses II of Armenia, Catholicos of Armenia (d. 557)
• Nerses III the Builder, Catholicos of Armenia, also known as Nerses the Builder (d. 661)
• Nerses IV the Gracious, Catholicos of Cilicia, also known Nerses the Graceful (d. 1173)
• Nerses V (1770–1857), Catholicos of Armenia

Caucasian Albanian Catholicoi

• Nerses Bakur or Nerses I (died 704)
• Three more catholicoi and one anti-catholicos, see List of Caucasian Albanian Catholicoi

Catholicoi-Patriarchs of the Armenian Catholic Church

• Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni (1940–2015), patriarch of the Armenian Catholic Church

Other religious figures

• Nerses Balients, also Nerses Balienc or Nerses Bagh'on, a Christian Armenian monk of the early 14th century
• Nerses of Lambron (1153–1198), Archbishop of Tarsus
• Nerses II Varzhapetian (1837–1884), Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople

Political figures

• Nerses of Iberia, or Nerse of Iberia, 8th-century Georgian prince

Contemporary figures

• Nerses Der Nersessian (1920–2006), Armenian archbishop
• Nerses Hovhannisyan (1938–2016), Armenian director, actor and screenwriter
• Nerses Kamsarakan, 7th-century Armenian king
• Nerses Krikorian (1921–2018), Armenian-American chemist and intelligence officer
• Nerses Ounanian (1924–1957), Uruguayan artist of Armenian descent
• Nerses Pozapalian (1937–2009), Armenian bishop
• Mikail Nersès Sétian (1918–2002), Armenian-American bishop
• Nerses Yeritsyan (born 1971), Armenian minister and public administrator
• Nercesse, Lebanese footballer

See also

• Narses (disambiguation)
• Narsai (disambiguation)
• Nersessian and Nersesyan, surnames derived from the name
• St. Nerses Church, Armenian church in Julfa, Iran
• Church of St. Nerses the Great, located in the town of Martuni in Nagorno-Karabakh
• Surp Nerses Shnorhali Cathedral, Montevideo, Armenian church in Uruguay
• Nersisyan School, Armenian language university in Tiflis, Russian Empire (now Tbilisi, Georgia)