John IV ( hy, Հովհաննես Դ Ավայեցի) 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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in 833–855 when the country was under
Abbasid
The Abbasid Caliphate ( or ; ar, الْخِلَافَةُ الْعَبَّاسِيَّة, ') was the third caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It was founded by a dynasty descended from Muhammad's uncle, Abbas ibn Abdul-Muttalib ...
overlordship.
In 841, he was deposed by the episcopal synod through the machinations of
Bagrat II Bagratuni Bagrat II Bagratuni ( hy, Բագրատ Բ Բագրատունի, Arabic: ''Buqrāṭ ibn Ashūṭ''; died after 851) was an Armenian noble of the Bagratid (Bagratuni) family and the presiding prince ("prince of princes") of Arab-ruled Armenia betwe ...
, but he was promptly re-installed in his see by Bagrat's brother
Smbat with the assistance of the other princes.
It was during John IV's tenure that the
Tondrakians
Tondrakians ( hy, Թոնդրակեաններ) were members of an anti-feudal, heretical Christian sect that flourished in medieval Armenia between the early 9th century and 11th century and centered on the district of Tondrak, north of Lake Van ...
first emerged.
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Catholicoi of Armenia
855 deaths
Year of birth unknown
9th-century Armenian people
9th-century Oriental Orthodox archbishops
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