Edwin’s Armenian heritage is deeply rooted in Iran, where his family lived for generations before making the UK their home. He was raised within the Iranian Church, surrounded by Persian-speaking communities from an early age. Some of his earliest memories are of falling asleep on church pews while his parents attended leadership meetings. With family members serving as pastors and church leaders. The Iranian Church was not simply somewhere Edwin attended, it was a community that shaped his upbringing, faith and understanding of Persian culture.

For over 14 years, Edwin has worked closely with Iranian and Persian-speaking communities, including six and a half years with SAT-7 PARS, a Persian-language Christian media platform broadcasting programmes to audiences in Iran and across the Persian-speaking world. Through live broadcasts, programmes and direct engagement with viewers, Edwin helped reach Persian-speaking audiences with Christian content and witnessed first-hand the growing interest in Christianity among Iranians.

Edwin has also worked closely with English-speaking churches across the UK, particularly those welcoming growing numbers of Iranians into their congregations. This has given him a first-hand understanding of the opportunities and challenges churches face when welcoming and supporting Persian-speaking people. It has also strengthened his desire to help churches better understand Iranian culture and equip them to engage with Persian-speaking communities in a thoughtful and meaningful way.

Edwin’s academic background spans both law and religion. After studying Law, he pursued a Master’s degree in Religion at King’s College London. His studies gave him the opportunity to examine questions of faith, religious freedom and the place of religion, specifically Christianity, in society with greater academic depth. In particular, studying the Gospels closely deepened his engagement with the historical foundations of Christianity and the way the Christian faith has been communicated and lived across cultures and generations. It reinforced for him the importance not only of proclaiming faith, but of understanding its story and equipping others to carry it forward.

Together with his lifelong connection to the Iranian Church and years of experience working with Persian-speaking communities, this strengthened his conviction that Iran’s remarkable story of faith should be researched, documented and preserved. That conviction became Faithful Hands .

Today, Faithful Hands brings together that lifelong connection and experience to preserve the story of Christianity in Iran, equip churches and communities to engage with Persian-speaking communities, and develop a new generation of advocates and evangelists for faith and religious freedom.

Edwin is also a classically trained pianist and has performed at venues including St Paul’s Cathedral and Westminster Central Hall.