Nerses () is an Armenian variant of Narses. With the addition of -ian and -yan, it becomes an Armenian family name like Nersesian and Nersisyan. Nerses may refer to: Catholicoi of the Armenian Apostolic Church Saint Nerses I or St. Nerses I, Catholicos of Armenia, also known as Nerses the Great (d. 373) Nerses II of Armenia, Catholicos of Armenia, (d. 557) Nerses III the Builder, Catholicos of Armenia, also known as Nerses the Builder (d. 661) Nerses IV the Gracious, Catholicos of Cilicia, also known Nerses the Graceful (d. 1173) Nerses V, Catholicos of Armenia (d. 1857) Caucasian Albanian Catholicoi Four catholicoi and one anti-catholicos, see List of Caucasian Albanian Catholicoi Catholicoi-Patriarchs of the Armenian Catholic Church Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni, current patriarch of the Armenian Catholic Church Other religious figures Nerses Balients, also Nerses Balienc or Nerses Bagh'on, a Christian Armenian monk of the early 14th century Nerses of Lambron, Archbishop of Tarsus Political figures Nerses of Iberia, or Nerse of Iberia, 8th-century Georgian prince Contemporary figures Nerses Yeritsyan, Armenian minister and public administrator Nercesse, Lebanese footballer See also Narses (disambiguation) Narsai (disambiguation) Church of St. Nerses the Great, located in the town of Martuni in Nagorno-Karabakh Nersisyan School, Armenian language university in Tiflis, Russian Empire (now Tbilisi, Georgia Armenian masculine given names