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Asnaworjanz, Moses

Profession
Clergy
Biography

Pastor Moses Asnaworjanz, son of Jakob Asnaworjanz, was Armenian. He was born 1 October 1841 in Schemcha near Baku in the Caucasus. He studied theology at the University of Dorpat (Estonia) and was ordained 13 May 1873. He served the following congregations:

Morgentau (1873-1874)
Galka (1874-1881)
Weimar (1874-1887)
Pensa (1881-1888)

Pastor Asnaworjanz married 24 May 1873 in Dorpat to Amalia Wilhelmina Louisa Wendelbrück. She died in St. Petersburg on 21 February 1906.

Pastor Asnaworjanz died 4 January 1888 in the city of Penza where he was serving at the time.

Source(s)

- Asnaworjanz Moses (wolgadeutsche.ru) [Online]
- Schnurr, Joseph. Die Kirchen und das religiöse Leben der Russlanddeutschen – Evangelischer Teil (Stuttgart: AER Verlag Landsmannschaft der Deutschen aus Rußland, 1978): 122.

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Pastor Moses Asnaworjanz.
Source: wolgadeutsche.ru

Pastor Moses Asnaworjanz.
Source: wolgadeutsche.ru