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Parish Council

The parish council is composed of members elected by St. Hagop’s parishioners; they serve two-year terms, with a maximum of six consecutive years, and participate in the church’s governance. Parish council members attend monthly meetings and – both during and between meetings – tend to governance issues confronting the church. A nominating committee, elected by the congregation, presents a slate of parish council candidates to the congregation at St. Hagop’s annual meeting every February; the congregation votes to elect its parish council members. Also, parish council members serve as greeters during church services, and manage plate collections on Sundays. Contact any member below for more information.

David Kazarian

David Kazarian is originally from Connecticut and has lived in Florida with his wife Nancy since 1989. He’s been a member of St. Hagop for over seven years, becoming more active in the church after a pilgrimage to Armenia.  He then served six terms on parish council in the 2000s as vice chairman, treasurer and…

Raelene Ohanesian Pullen

Raelene is currently the Vice-President of People Operations, Training, and Development for a privately owned U.S. Company.  Prior to this role, she served 6 years as the Development Director of the Figge Art Museum, and 10 years as the Director of Sales, Marketing, and Merchandising for a retail company with 800 locations in the U.S.…

Chuck Begian

Chuck Begian is originally from Detroit, MI. He has been living in Tampa Bay since 1993, and has been involved with St. Hagop since 2001 serving on the parish council as Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer and on various committees. He holds two degrees in Computer Science (BS from the University of Michigan, MS from Johns…

Stepan Aghekyan

Stepan is an entrepreneur with 20 + years experience in Economics, Sales and Marketing & Corporate Management. Born and raised in Yerevan, Armenia, Stepan earned his bachelor’s degree in World Economics from the Yerevan State Institute of Economy in 2002. Between 2000 and 2004, he served in the Republic of Armenia’s military forces, concluding his…

Suzanna Hovhannisian

Suzanna earned her MA degree from Yerevan State Conservatory majoring in Chamber and Opera singing. Also, she’s a graduate of Yerevan State Linguistic University with an MA degree in English and Russian languages and literature.   Back in Armenia while being part of Care International she carried out planned monitoring within the operational area of project…

Sarkis Knyazyan

Sarkis is originally from Gyumri, Armenia and is an intellectual property (IP) attorney with extensive experience in IP law, education, and policy development. He earned his Master of Laws in Intellectual Property from the University of New Hampshire and further enriched his expertise through international programs. Professionally, Sarkis has been Vice President of Strategy and…

Robert ‘Bobby’ Maslar

Bobby was born and raised in Florida and grew up in the St. Hagop community. As a little boy he attended Sunday school and served on the altar, encouraged by the priests who visited and served St. Hagop. When Fr. Hovnan became St. Hagop parish priest, Bobby helped found the St. Hagop chapter and served as…