Career
The con-consecrators Archbishop Georges Layek of Aleppo, Syria and Bishop Raphaël Bayan of Alexandria, Egypt. Bishop Ayvazian served as Bishop of Qamishli for 16 years and retired on 18 November 1988 as Bishop Emeritus of Qamishli and was succeeded by Joseph Arnaouti as new Bishop of Qamishli. Upon retirement on 23 November 1988 he was appointed Titular Bishop of Marash.
He died on 21 January 1997 in Aleppo and was buried there.
He authored a great number of publications including recounting his beginnings in Marash (in Turkish Kahramanmaraş), Cilicia (Turkey).
