Sarkis I Of Armenia

Catholicos Sarkis I ( hy, Սարգիս Ա. Սևանցի) 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

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between 992 and 1019. He was said to be mild mannered and humble, so that even as leader of the church he lived simply like a hermit. A terrible earthquake struck the land around the fourth year of his reign. The dormant sect of anti-clerical

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 ...

was revived during Sarkis's reign and he condemned it as anathema. He died shortly after and was succeeded by

Peter I of Armenia Catholicos Peter I Getadardz (? – died 1058) ( hy, Պետրոս Ա. Գետադարձ ) was the Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church between 1019 and 1058. He was the brother of a former Catholicos Khachik I. He was the author of several w ...

, brother of the previous Catholicos Khachig I. Catholicoi of Armenia 10th-century Armenian people 11th-century Armenian people 11th-century Oriental Orthodox archbishops 10th-century Oriental Orthodox archbishops {{Armenia-reli-bio-stub