Catholicos Abraham II Khoshabetzi (in
Armenian
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Աբրահամ Բ Խոշաբեցի) was the
Catholicos of the
Armenian Apostolic Church
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between 1730 and 1734.
Biography
Born in Khoshab in
Van Province
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of the
Ottoman Empire
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, he was also known as Abraham Baghishetzi,
Mshetsi and Keghetzi, he was born in 1677 and was elected Catholicos of All Armenians after the death of
Garabed II of Armenia (in
Armenian
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* Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent
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Կարապետ Բ Ուլնեցի). Previously, starting 1708, he had served as bishop in Muş at the Disciples Convent. Prior to his election, from 1717 to 1730, he was the supervisor of Taron's St. Karapet Convent and had made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 1727.
During his reign for 4 years and 9 months as Catholicos of All Armenians, he engaged in reconstruction projects in Etchmiadzin. He is known to have also written a number of encyclicals and spiritual songs. He fell ill with a strong fever on 2 November 1734 and survived only a few days to die on the night of 10–11 November 1734. He was buried in St. Gayané Church in Etchmiadzin.
He was followed by
Abraham III of Armenia (in
Armenian
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* Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent
** Armenian Diaspora, Armenian communities across the ...
Աբրահամ Գ Կրետացի):
Sources
*Քրիստոնյա Հայաստան հանրագիտարան (Christian Armenia Encyclopedia), Yerevan, 2002
Catholicoi of Armenia
1677 births
1734 deaths
Armenians from the Ottoman Empire
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