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Catholicos Karapet II Oolnetzi (also Catholicos Garabed II Oolnetzi) ( hy, Կարապետ Բ Ուլնեցի) was the 
Catholicos
Catholicos, plural Catholicoi, is a title used for the head of certain churches in some Eastern Christian traditions. The title implies autocephaly and in some cases it is the title of the head of an autonomous church. The word comes from ancient ...
of the Armenian Apostolic Church
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between 1726 and 1729.
Because of grave political and military situation in Armenia, it was not possible to elect a new Catholicos of All Armenians in Etchmiadzin
Vagharshapat ( hy, Վաղարշապատ ) is the 4th-largest city in Armenia and the most populous municipal community of Armavir Province, located about west of the capital Yerevan, and north of the closed Turkish-Armenian border. It is comm ...
following death of Catholicos Asdvadzadur I of Armenia (in Armenian
Armenian may refer to:
* 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 ...
Աստվածատուր Ա Համադանցի). For that reason the Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople Hovhannes IX (in Armenian
Armenian may refer to:
* 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 ...
Հովհաննես Կոլոտ Բաղիշեցի) organized an election in Constantinople and Garabed Oolnetzi was elected as Garabed II, Catholicos of All Armenians and he was consecrated on 27 February 1726 in the Mother of God church in Constantinople. He was seen by the Ottoman leaders as a trusted bridge to establish favorable relations with the new Ottoman administration of Eastern Armenia. The ordained catholicos, military situation permitting, left Constantinople (present day Istanbul) in June 1727 on his way to Etchmiadzin on the way visiting many Armenian churches in the eastern provinces of the Ottoman Empire. He arrived in Etchmiadzin, the official seat of the Catholicos of all Armenians beginning of the year 1728. He died after actually serving a year and few months. He was buried in 1729 at St. Hripsime Church, Echmiadzin
Saint Hripsime Church ( hy, Սուրբ Հռիփսիմե եկեղեցի, ''Surb Hřip’simē yekeghetsi''; sometimes ''Hripsimeh'') is a seventh century Armenian Apostolic Church, Armenian Apostolic church in the city of Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin ...
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Catholicos Abraham II of Armenia
Catholicos Abraham II Khoshabetzi (in Armenian Աբրահամ Բ Խոշաբեցի) was the Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church between 1730 and 1734.
Biography
Born in Khoshab in Van Province of the Ottoman Empire, he was also known as A ...
(in Armenian
Armenian may refer to:
* 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 Բ Խոշաբեցի) was elected Catholicos of All Armenians in 1730 serving until 1734.
Sources
*Քրիստոնյա Հայաստան հանրագիտարան (Christian Armenia Encyclopedia), Yerevan, 2002. Catholicoi of Armenia Garabed II Oolnetzi Armenian Oriental Orthodox Christians Burials at Saint Hripsime Church Armenians from the Ottoman Empire Year of birth unknown {{Christian-clergy-stub