Karekin I (Cilicia)
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Karekin I (Cilicia) | |
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Birth name | Garegin Hovsepian |
Birthplace | Khachisar |
Birth date | 17 December 1867 |
Lived in | Ejmiatsin, Antelias, Nor Nakhichevan |
Resides in | Antelias |
Death place | Antelias |
Death date | 1952/06/21 |
Death year | 1952 |
Positions | Catholicos |
Religion | Armenian Apostolic |
Languages | Armenian |
Ethnicities | Armenian |
Dialects | Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian, Karabakh Armenian |
Karekin I (Armenian: Գարեգին Ա. Յովսէփեանց) (17 December 1867 in Khachisar (now Chardakhlu), Artsakh – 21 June 1952 in Antelias, Lebanon) was a scholar of Armenian art and Catholicos of Cilicia of the Armenian Apostolic Church from 1943 to 1952.
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karekin_I_(Cilicia) for more info.