Incumbent Patriarch of the Armenian Apostolic Church
This article is about the incumbent Patriarch of the Armenian Apostolic Church. For other uses, see Karekin II (disambiguation).
His Holiness
Garegin II
Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians
Karekin II
Native name
Գարեգին Բ
Church
Armenian Apostolic Church
See
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin
Appointed
October 27, 1999
Predecessor
Karekin I
Orders
Ordination
1972
Consecration
23 October 1983
Rank
Cathlicos-Patriarch
Personal details
Born
Ktrij Nersessian
(1951-08-21) 21 August 1951 (age 72)
Voskehat, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality
Armenian
Denomination
Armenian Apostolic
Education
University 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.
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...
served as the Catholicos of Cilicia from 1983 to 1994 as KarekinII (Armenian: Գարեգին Բ). Karekin, born and baptized as Neshan Sarkissian, was born in the...
Archbishop KarekinII Kazanjian, (in Armenian Գարեգին Բ Գազանճյան) (May 18, 1927, Istanbul (Turkey) – March 10, 1998 İstanbul) was the 83rd Armenian Patriarch...
and the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church. The current Catholicos is KarekinII. The Catholicos is often referred to both by the church and the media...
agreeing with Armenian Archbishop KarekinII on Christ's nature. During an audience in 2000, John Paul II and KarekinII, by then the Catholicos of All Armenians...
Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople. Following the death of Patriarch KarekinII Kazanjian of Constantinople, Mesrob Mutafyan was elected locum tenens...
initiated by Catholicos KarekinII. Christian Education Center: the centre was opened on November 22, 1996, by Catholicos Karekin I. The centre operates...
Diocese by KarekinII and was named to the Supreme Spiritual Council in 2017. On February 17, 2023, Galstanian was named archbishop by KarekinII. On the...
Pope of Rome or Pope of Alexandria, and catholicoi – such as Catholicos KarekinII, and Baselios Thomas I Catholicos of the East). The word is derived from...
Catholicos KarekinII, the head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, said the move "violat[ed] the rights of national religious minorities in Turkey" Sahak II Mashalian...
Armenian KarekinII visited the then Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel Yona Metzger who accepted an invitation to visit Armenia by KarekinII, a trip that...
planted by foreign dignitaries Closeup of a memorial tree Catholicos KarekinII and Archbishop Rowan Williams during a memorial ceremony Tower 2009 Mother...
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...
death of Pope Shenouda III. Leaders of the Armenian Apostolic Church, KarekinII of Etchmiadzin and Aram I of Cilicia, offered condolences on the passing...
with the Armenian Apostolic Church During protests against Catholicos KarekinII, Pashinyan has stated that his government will not interfere in church...
was officially founded on 26 June 2000, by Catholicos KarekinII. Named after Catholicos Karekin I of All Armenians, the centre is located within the complex...
(Armenian : Գարեգին), also pronounced Karekin (in Western Armenian), may refer to : Armenian Catholicoi Garegin I or Karekin I (1932-1999), a Catholicos of the...
"Canonization of the Martyrs of the Armenian Genocide: Message of His Holiness KarekinII". Public Radio of Armenia. Retrieved 28 September 2018. Pope prays new...
Armenian genocide Centennial Reception And Award Banquet, Catholicos KarekinII presented an award to Henry Morgenthau III. Henry Morgenthau III was an...
with the Armenian Apostolic Church During protests against Catholicos KarekinII, Pashinyan has stated that his government will not interfere in church...
December 2012. "Visit to Tsitsernakaberd by Pope Shenouda III and Catholicos KarekinII". Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. 5 May 2003. Archived from the original...
and was hailed by Patriarch KarekinII as a զատիկ (Easter) gift. Agos was born out of a meeting called by Patriarch KarekinII when mainstream media started...
the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, and the current Supreme Patriarch, KarekinII, the 132nd Catholicos of All Armenians. Armenian Evangelical form the...
Russian Orthodox Church in December 2006; Catholicos of All Armenians KarekinII in November 2008, Patriarch of Ethiopia Abune Paulos in December 2008;...
Catholicoi called Karekin: Karekin I (1932–1999), Catholicos from 1994 to 1999 KarekinII (1951- ) Catholicos from 1999 - present Karekin I (Cilicia) (1943–1952)...
auditorium and a demonstration kitchen. Armenian Apostolicism In 1994, KarekinII, Catholicos of the Holy See of Cilicia, visited Los Angeles. At the time...