Karekin I (Cilicia)

Karekin I ( Hovsepian, Garegin Owsepian, Armenian Գարեգին Ա Յովսեփեան, born December 17, 1867 in Nagorno Karabakh; . † in June 1952 in Antelias ) was from 1943 to 1952 " Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia " of the Armenian Apostolic Church.

Life

In 1878 he was included in the seminar of the Armenian Diocese of Shushi. Two years later Karekin had to return due to financial reasons back in the village school. In 1882 he visited with the support of relatives Kevork Academy in Echmiadzin. In 1888 he was admitted as a deacon in the Brotherhood of Echmiadzin. In 1892 he continued his studies in Germany continued in Leipzig, Halle and Berlin. In 1897 he was in Leipzig to Dr. phil. doctorate. In the same year he was ordained a priest in Echmiadzin. In 1899 he was appointed Vicar General of Tbilisi. 1902 to 1904 he was headmaster in Yerevan. In 1905 he became rector of the seminary in Echmiadzin. In 1911, he conducted research in the manuscript collection of the Armenian monastery of St. James in Jerusalem. In 1917 he was consecrated bishop of Yerevan. In 1918 he took part in the defensive battles against the Turkish invasion army of Bach Aparan, Sardarabad and Karakilisse. 1920 Karekin held the Chair of Armenian Art and Archaeology at the State University of Yerevan. 1927 Bishop Karekin was elected Prelate of the Armenian Apostolic Diocese of Russia, the Crimea and New Nakhichevan. In 1934, he toured the Middle East, Europe and the United States. In the U.S., he eventually served as Primate of the Armenian Apostolic Church. From 1943 he served as the Armenian Apostolic Catholicos of Cilicia, but could not get due to the war in 1945 after Antelias (Lebanon). He strove especially to the local seminary and the supply of the diaspora parishes all over the world with priests. In 1945 he was in Echmiadzin of the consecration of the selected after a long Sedisvakanz with Stalin's permission Catholicos Kevork VI. before. The Cold War was then soon the relations between the two Katholikaten be frosty.

Merit

Under Karekin I priestly formation received high attention. The number of seminarians increased sharply under Karekin. A new seminary was founded in Bikfaya (Lebanon). The supply of the Diaspora with priests improved as a result. Karekin intensified relations with Middle Eastern governments as well as with other Christian churches. In 1947 he supported the repatriation of Armenians to Soviet Armenia.

Works

  • Garegin Owsepian: The genesis of Monothelitism tested according to their sources and presented, Diss phil. Leipzig 1897.
  • Catholicos Garegin: Manuscript colophons 1 From the 5th century to 1250 (Armenian ). Antelias 1951.

Swell

  • Avakian, Arra S. ( 1998). Armenia: A Journey Through History. The Electric Press, Fresno.
  • Altorientalischer Bishop ( 20th Century)
  • Catholicos
  • Minister of the Armenian Apostolic Church
  • Author
  • Armenian
  • Born in 1867
  • Died in 1952
  • Man
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