Rev. Fr. Komitas Mirzakhanyan (baptismal name Hayk), was born on August 18, 1974 in Isfahan, Iran, to Krikor and Srpouhi Mirzakhanyan. He is the eldest of five children, with one brother and three sisters. In 1975, the Mirzakhanyan family immigrated from Isfahan to homeland of Armenia and settled in the city of Etchmiadzin. From 1981 to 1991, he received his elementary and secondary education at Vahan Reshdouni School in Etchmiadzin. During his youth, from 1986 to 1991, he attended Surp Asdvadzadzin Church in Etchmiadzin, where he served as an alter servant and regularly participated in the Sunday Divine Liturgy and daily church services. These formative years nurtured his love for the Armenian Apostolic Church and his calling to serve God.
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In 1991, he was admitted to the Vazgenian Theological Seminary of Sevan. That same year, he was ordained an acolyte by His Eminence Archbishop Karekin Nersissian, then Vicar General of the Araratian Pontifical Diocese and now His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians.
In 1992, he continued his theological education at the Seminary of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem. In February 1994, he was ordained to the diaconate by His Beatitude Archbishop Torkom Manoogian, Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem.
Following his graduation from the Seminary in 1997, Deacon Hayk continued his service within the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem. From 1992 to 2000 he served as a sacristan at the Cathedral of St. James and the Holy Archangels Church in the Armenian Convent.
In August 2000, at the invitation of His Grace Archbishop Hovnan Derderian, then Primate of the Diocese of the Armenian Church of Canada, Deacon Hayk arrived in Montreal to begin his ministry in Canada.
n December of that year, he was appointed Assistant to the Pastor of Holy Trinity Armenian Church of Toronto.
In January 2003, Deacon Hayk was appointed Pastor-in-Charge of St. Vartan Armenian Church of Mississauga.
On April 6, 2003, he was ordained to the Holy Priesthood by His Eminence Archbishop Hovnan Derderian, then Primate of the Diocese of Canada at Holy Trinity Armenian Church in Toronto. At his ordination, he received the priestly name Fr. Komitas and continued his ministry at St. Vartan Armenian Church as the parish’s first full-time pastor. During his two years of pastoral ministry at St. Vartan Parish, Fr. Komitas established the Sunday School and St. Vartan Summer Day Camp. Under his leadership, the parish participated for the first time in Mississauga’s Carassauga Multicultural Festival which continues to this day and organized annual picnics and numerous cultural, spiritual, and social activities aimed at strengthening parish life and the wider Armenian community.
On December 1, 2004, Fr. Komitas was assigned Parish Pastor of Holy Cross Armenian Church of Laval, Quebec, a ministry he continues to faithfully carry out to this day.
Alongside his pastoral responsibilities at Holy Cross, Fr. Komitas also served as Visiting Pastor of St. Mesrob Armenian Church in Ottawa from 2005 to 2007 and again from 2014 to 2017.
Throughout his years of ministry at Holy Cross Parish, Fr. Komitas has worked to strengthen the spiritual, educational, cultural, and community life of the parish.
Among his initiatives have been the establishment of the Sunday School, Summer Day Camp, Annual Summer Festival (Kermess), and Deacons’ Training Program. He has also organized pilgrimages to local spiritual centers and to the Holy Land and Jerusalem, strengthened and reorganized parish auxiliary committees, and initiated annual picnics and numerous religious, educational, cultural, youth, and community activities.
From 2024 until January 2026, while continuing his ministry at Holy Cross, Fr. Komitas also served as Pastor- in-Charge of St. Gregory the Illuminator Armenian Cathedral of Montreal.
At the Diocesan level, Fr. Komitas served as a member of the Diocesan Council from 2014 to present.
Throughout his ministry, Fr. Komitas has remained committed to proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ, serving the faithful, strengthening the Armenian Apostolic faith, educating younger generations, and preserving the spiritual and cultural heritage of the Armenian people.
Fr. Komitas is married to Yeretskin Linet and they are blessed with two children; Tadeh and Noyemi.
