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    Catholicos Garegin II (Armenian: Գարեգին Բ, also spelled Karekin; born 21 August 1951) is the Catholicos of All Armenians, the supreme head of the Armenian...
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  • Archbishop Karekin II Kazanjian, (Armenian: Գարեգին Բ Գազանճյան; May 18, 1927, Istanbul, Turkey – March 10, 1998 Istanbul) was the 83rd Armenian Patriarch...
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    served as the Catholicos of Cilicia from 1983 to 1994 as Karekin II (Armenian: Գարեգին Բ). Karekin, born and baptized as Neshan Sarkissian, was born in the...
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  • Karekin II may refer to: Karekin II Kazanjian of Constantinople (1927–1998), the 83rd Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople Karekin II (Karekin I Sarkissian)...
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    and the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church. The current Catholicos is Karekin II. The Catholicos is often referred to both by the church and the media...
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    agreeing with Armenian Archbishop Karekin II on Christ's nature. During an audience in 2000, John Paul II and Karekin II, by then the Catholicos of All Armenians...
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    initiated by Catholicos Karekin II. Christian Education Center: the centre was opened on November 22, 1996, by Catholicos Karekin I. The centre operates...
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    Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople. Following the death of Patriarch Karekin II Kazanjian of Constantinople, Mesrob Mutafyan was elected locum tenens...
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  • Pope of Rome or Pope of Alexandria, and catholicoi – such as Catholicos Karekin II, and Baselios Thomas I Catholicos of the East). The word is derived from...
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  • (1963–1983) -- Խորէն Ա. Բարոյեան Karekin II (Cilicia) (Catholicos Coadjutor) (1977–1983) (Armenian: Գարեգին Բ. Սարգիսեան) Karekin II (Cilicia) (1983–1994), (Armenian:...
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    Catholicos Karekin II, the head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, said the move "violat[ed] the rights of national religious minorities in Turkey." Sahak II Mashalian...
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    with the Armenian Apostolic Church During protests against Catholicos Karekin II, Pashinyan has stated that his government will not interfere in church...
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    Pope John Paul II and Catholicos Karekin I, 1996 Common Declaration of John Paul II and Aram I Keshishian, 1997 John Paul II to Karekin I, 1999 Joint Declaration...
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    death of Pope Shenouda III. Leaders of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Karekin II of Etchmiadzin and Aram I of Cilicia, offered condolences on the passing...
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    Diocese by Karekin II and was named to the Supreme Spiritual Council in 2017. On February 17, 2023, Galstanyan was named archbishop by Karekin II. On the...
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  • Garegin (redirect from Karekin)
    (Armenian : Գարեգին), also pronounced Karekin (in Western Armenian), may refer to : Armenian Catholicoi Garegin I or Karekin I (1932-1999), a Catholicos of the...
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  • Karekin I may refer to: Karekin I (Cilicia) (1867–1952), of the Holy See of Cilicia (1943–1952) Karekin I Khachadourian of Constantinople, 81st Armenian...
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  • (1963–1990) -- Շնորհք Ա Գալուստեան Եոզկատցի Karekin II Kazanjian (1990–1998) -- Գարեգին Բ Գազանճեան Mesrob II Mutafian (1998–2016) -- Մեսրոպ Բ Մութաֆեան...
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    Russian Orthodox Church in December 2006; Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II in November 2008, Patriarch of Ethiopia Abune Paulos in December 2008;...
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    the street to Woodbury University. The cathedral was consecrated by HH Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians. The cathedral falls on the northern side...
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    Apostolic Church See Holy See of Cilicia Appointed 1995 Predecessor Karekin II (later Karekin I, Catholicos of All Armenians) Personal details Born Bedros Keshishian...
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    Armenian Karekin II visited the then Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel Yona Metzger who accepted an invitation to visit Armenia by Karekin II, a trip that...
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    planted by foreign dignitaries Closeup of a memorial tree Catholicos Karekin II and Archbishop Rowan Williams during a memorial ceremony Tower 2009 Mother...
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    consecration of the cathedral was celebrated by the Armenian Church. Catholicos Karekin II declared 2003 the Year of Holy Etchmiadzin. In September of that year...
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    Armenian genocide Centennial Reception And Award Banquet, Catholicos Karekin II presented an award to Henry Morgenthau III. Henry Morgenthau III was an...
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    Greats of the world art; we were proud and inspired by him." Catholicos Karekin II, leader of the Armenian Apostolic Church, sent a letter of condolences...
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  • and was hailed by Patriarch Karekin II as a զատիկ (Easter) gift. Agos was born out of a meeting called by Patriarch Karekin II when mainstream media started...
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  • was officially founded on 26 June 2000, by Catholicos Karekin II. Named after Catholicos Karekin I of All Armenians, the centre is located within the complex...
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    was then Armenia. On October 4, 2015, the Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II, consecrated the Saint Thaddeus Church in Masis, Armenia. The construction...
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    by Catholicos of Cilicia Khoren I and Coadjutor Catholicos of Cilicia Karekin II, in the presence of Archbishop Chrysostomos I, Bishop Zareh Aznavorian...
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