Yeghishe I also known as Yeghishe I Rshtunetsi ( hy, Եղիշե Ա Ռշտունեցի) (birthday unknown, born in
Rshtunik
Rshtunik ( hy, Ռշտունիք) was a canton (''gavar'') of the province of Vaspurakan of historical Greater Armenia, Armenia, encompassing the area on the southern coast of Lake Van, which was also referred to as ''Ṛshtuniatsʻ Tsov'' ("Sea of ...
,
Armenia – died 946,
Aghtamar
Akdamar Island ( tr, Akdamar Adası, ku, Girava Axtamarê), also known as Aghtamar ( hy, Աղթամար, translit=Aġt’amar) or Akhtamar ( hy, Ախթամար, translit=Axt’amar), is the second largest of the four islands in Lake Van, in east ...
, Armenia) was the
Catholicos of All Armenians in 941–946. Yeghishe I succeeded his brother Catholicos Theodore I. Ruled the Church from Aghtamar, at the time – the Holy See of the
Armenian Apostolic Church. Yeghishe Rshtunetsi was the Bishop of Rshtunik and after the death of Theodore I was elected Catholicos by the initiative of the King of
Vaspurakan.
Catholicoi of Armenia
946 deaths
Armenian Oriental Orthodox Christians
Year of birth unknown
10th-century Armenian people
10th-century Oriental Orthodox archbishops
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