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Tep Vong
ទេព វង្ស
Tep Vong in 2023
Title
Great Supreme Patriarch of the Kingdom of Cambodia
Personal
Born
(1932-01-12)12 January 1932
Siem Reap, Cambodia, French Indochina[1]
Died
26 February 2024(2024-02-26) (aged 92)
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Religion
Theravada Buddhism
Nationality
Cambodian
Lineage
Maha Nikaya
Samdech Preah Agga Maha Sangharajadhipati Tep Vong (Khmer: សម្ដេចព្រះអគ្គមហាសង្ឃរាជាធិបតី ទេព វង្ស; 12 January 1932 – 26 February 2024) was a Cambodian Buddhist monk who served as the Great Supreme Patriarch of Cambodia until his death in 2024. He was well known for his role in re-establishing the Cambodian monkhood after the Pol Pot period and for his links to dominant political leaders after the 1980s.
^"Great Supreme Patriarch". The Phnom Penh Post. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 30 June 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
En Vong (born 1899), Chinese kindergarten educator Sisavang Vong (1885–1959), king of the Kingdom of Luang Phrabang and Kingdom of Laos TepVong (born...
– Hun Manet 25 February – 2024 Cambodian Senate election 26 February – TepVong, the Supreme Patriarch of Cambodia, dies at the age of 92 after being in...
and karaoke singer Tep Vanny (born 1980), land activist TepVong (born 1932), Buddhist monk Tep Boprek (born 1993), pop singer Tep Sothy (born 1973),...
Sihanouk, the following title is used for the Great Supreme Patriarch TepVong: Samdech Preah Agga Mahā Sangharājādhipati (Khmer: សម្តេច ព្រះ អគ្គមហាសង្ឃរាជាធិបតី);...
and the two heads of the order of Moha Nikay and Thommoyutteka Nikay (TepVong and Bour Kry). The council was active only in September 1993, when it reinstated...
in order to gain wider popular support for its rule, and the venerable TepVong was appointed the new sangharaja by the government in 1981, with both nikayas...
hierarchy in Cambodia especially the role played by the Supreme Patriarch TepVong: I believe that the Supreme Patriarch is not the disciple of Lord Buddha...
dating back to 1997. In July 2020, he was appointed as a supreme advisor to TepVong, the Supreme Patriarch of Cambodia, and Bour Kry, the head of Cambodia's...
superiors, Venerable Long Chhim and Venerable TepVong, were both believed to be from Vietnam. Venerable TepVong was concurrently the superior of the Buddhist...
the first group of monks ordained again after 1979, first of which was TepVong. While the Buddhist lineage was thus restored, some accused the new sangha...
monastic hierarchy could be established in Cambodia. At the time, Venerable TepVong was the titular head of a unified Cambodian sangha, having been appointed...
Son Sann Son Sen Sosthène Fernandez Soth Polin Ta Mok Teng Bunma Tep Rindaro TepVong Thongvan Fanmuong Ung Huot Vann Vannak Vandy Kaonn Vann Molyvann...
forcibly defrocked like almost all other monks in Cambodia. Along with TepVong, he was reordained as a monk in 1979. In 1995, the annual buddhist council...
Term of Office Headquarters Supreme Sangha of Cambodia Supreme Sangharaja TepVong 2006–present Phnom Penh Cambodian Nikayas Cambodian Patriarchs Term of...
1908–96". Phnom Penh Post. 14 June 1996. "Hun Neng Appointed as "Samdech Oudom Tep Nhean"". Fresh News. 7 May 2022. "Samdech Chau Sen Cocsal, ancien Premier...
by Cambodian artists directed by the architect of the Silver Pagoda Oknha Tep Nimit Mak. The legend of Preah Ko Preah Keo is also represented by two statues...
(1991–1999). Denis St-Jules, 73, Canadian writer and radio broadcaster. TepVong, 92, Cambodian Buddhist monk, supreme patriarch (since 1981). Pankaj Udhas...
in his honor in presence of his old friends Heng Samrin, Tea Banh and TepVong. "CPP 'main hero' Say Pouthang dies aged 96". The Phnom Penh Post. Retrieved...
Vong Thum (Big Pinpeat Ensemble) with more instruments: - Pin (obsolete) Roneat ek (1) Roneat thung (1) Roneat dek (1) Kong vong thum (1) Kong vong touch...
period were returned back to Cambodia, and in 1981 one of them, Venerable TepVong, was elected the first Sangharaja of a new unified Cambodia sangha, officially...
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Great Supreme Patriarch of the Kingdom of Cambodia