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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…

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…

Hayley Hovhanessian

Hayley completed two terms on the St. Hagop parish council where she took on the duties of recording secretary. Hayley is originally from Farmington, Connecticut.  She has been in Tampa and involved with St. Hagop for many years, serving on Parish Council and acting as ACYOA Juniors Chair.  Prior to living in Tampa, Hayley attended…

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…

Mark Assad

Mark is originally from Cincinnati, Ohio and moved to Clearwater, Florida in 2019. After visiting St. Hagop he changed his plans from moving to southern California, instead feeling called to join the Armenian community at St. Hagop.  He works as a Realtor and agent serving the Pinellas County and Tampa Bay Area.  After the 2020…