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His Holiness

Garegin II
Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos
of All Armenians
Karekin II
Native name
Գարեգին Բ
ChurchArmenian Apostolic Church
SeeMother See of Holy Etchmiadzin
AppointedOctober 27, 1999
PredecessorKarekin I
Orders
Ordination1972
Consecration23 October 1983
RankCathlicos-Patriarch
Personal details
Born
Ktrij Nersessian

(1951-08-21) 21 August 1951 (age 72)
Voskehat, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityArmenian
DenominationArmenian Apostolic
EducationUniversity of Vienna

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 Apostolic Church, since 1999. In 2013 he was unanimously elected the Oriental Orthodox head of the World Council of Churches for the next eight years.

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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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Diocese by Karekin II and was named to the Supreme Spiritual Council in 2017. On February 17, 2023, Galstanian was named archbishop by Karekin II. On the...

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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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Armenian genocide recognition

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Tsitsernakaberd

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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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Armenian Apostolic Church

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Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria

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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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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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Karekin I Centre of Theology and Armenology

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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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List of Christian martyrs

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Henry Morgenthau III

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Hrant Dink

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the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, and the current Supreme Patriarch, Karekin II, the 132nd Catholicos of All Armenians. Armenian Evangelical form the...

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