Vazgen I also Vazken I of Bucharest (Armenian: Վազգէն Ա Բուխարեստցի), born Levon Garabed Baljian (Լևոն Կարապետ Աբրահամի Պալճյան; September 20, 1908 – August...

Vazgen (Armenian: Վազգեն) is a given name and may refer to: Vazgen I of Bucharest, born Levon Garabed Baljian (1908–1994), the Catholicos of All Armenians...

Vazgen Zaveni Sargsyan (Armenian: Վազգեն Զավենի Սարգսյան, pronounced [vɑzˈɡɛn zɑvɛˈni sɑɾkʰəsˈjɑn]; 5 March 1959 – 27 October 1999) was an Armenian military...

view," wrote Walter Kolarz in 1961. Etchmiadzin revived under Catholicos Vazgen I since the Khrushchev Thaw in the mid-1950s, following Stalin's death. Archaeological...

Christian" but was not religious. Ambartsumian had friendly relations with Vazgen I, the long-time head (Catholicos) of the Armenian Apostolic Church, especially...

Ecumenical Relations Department was officially established by Catholicos Vazgen I. Adjacent to the department, the Ecumenical Theological Council of Consultation...

earthquake area in Armenia 1988 together with Catholicos Vazgen I. After the death of Catholicos Vazgen I in 1994, Catholicos Karekin Sarkissian was elected...

independence of Armenia. The first recipient of the title was Catholicos Vazgen I, the head of the Armenian church, who received it on 28 July 1994. This...

Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium (Armenian: Վազգեն Սարգսյանի անվան Հանրապետական մարզադաշտ), also known as the Republican Stadium (Armenian: Հանրապետական...

Church in Masis, Armenia. The construction site of the Church was chosen by Vazgen I, the Catholicos of All Armenians, in 1991 and the ground blessing service...

Church, was the first serious non-Italian papal candidate in centuries Vazgen I (1908–1994), Catholicos of All Armenians for a total of 39 years, 1st National...

Ararat Province, Armenia. The construction site of the Church was chosen by Vazgen I, the Catholicos of All Armenians, in 1991 and the ground blessing service...

Catholicos of All Armenians Vazgen I in December 1963; Armenian Patriarch Derderian of Jerusalem in December 1972; Patriarch Pimen I of Moscow in January 1977;...

the Armenian Church, Mikoyan maintained good relations with Catholicos Vazgen I. He was also a supporter of composer Aram Khachaturian, and counted Marshal...

supporters of the "struggle for peace." He died in 1954, and was succeeded by Vazgen I, who was elected in 1955 as Catholicos of All Armenians. Gevorg VI is buried...

limited during the secretaryship of Stalin, was revived when Catholicos Vazgen I assumed the duties of his office in 1955. In 1967, a memorial to the victims...

Church), Vazgen I (head of the Armenian Apostolic Church), Khoren I (head of the Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia), and Mar Baselios Augen I (head of...

evidence and evidence from his burial. According to Vazgen I, Catholicos from 1955 to 1994, Khoren I was killed on the orders of Viktor Khvorоstian, the...

Etchmiadzin (Vagharshapat). St. Vartan's was consecrated on April 28, 1968, by Vazgen I, Catholicos of Armenia and of All Armenians. Walker O. Cain, of the firm...

Arordiners in disguise: The catholicoi (highest-ranking bishops) Vazgen I (1954–1994) and Garegin I (1995–1999). Vasgen supported Nzhdeh and on his tombstone...

to Khoren I for 6 years. Upon death of Vazgen I, Catholicos Karekin II was elected Catholicos of All Armenians and became known as Karekin I from 1995–1999...

Catholicos of Cilicia as Zareh I despite the opposition of Catholicos of Echmiadzin of All Armenians Catholicos Vazgen I who refused to recognize his authority...

initiative of Catholicos Vazgen I. Its construction started on April 7, 1997 with a ground blessing service conducted by Catholicos Karekin I. The church complex...

first is the Vehamor Gospel [hy], donated to the Matenadaran by Catholicos Vazgen I in 1975. It probably dates to the 7th century and is, thus, the oldest...

areas of Armenian Studies. The inauguration of the Center was attended by Vazgen I, Catholicos of All Armenians, and Archbishop Torkom Manoogian, then the...

of: Vazgen I, Catholicos of All Armenians, Karekin I, Catholicos of All Armenians, Saint Mesrob Mashtots. Tombstone of Vazgen I Tombstone of Karekin I Tombstone...

Church, which the Mekhitarists are a part of—have visited the island. Vazgen I visited twice, in 1958 and 1970, and Karekin II visited in 2008. Since...

distinctions, he received the Saint Sahak and Saint Mesrop Medal from Vazgen I, Catholicos of All Armenians for his contributions to Armenian studies...

VI, Catholicos of All Armenians (1945–1954) Vazgen I, Catholicos of All Armenians (1955–1994) Karekin I, Catholicos of All Armenians (1995–1999) Karekin...

Religious freedom, to a limited degree, was granted to Armenia when Catholicos Vazgen I assumed the duties of his office in 1955. One of Khrushchev's advisers...