Garegin (Armenian : Գարեգին), also pronounced Karekin (in Western Armenian), may refer to :

Religious figures

;Armenian Catholicoi *

Garegin I Karekin I (Armenian: ) (August 27, 1932 – June 29, 1999) served as the Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church between 1994 and 1999. Previously, he served as the Catholicos of Cilicia from 1983 to 1994 as Karekin II (Armenian: ). B ...

or Karekin I (1932-1999), a Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church, first as Catholicos Garegin II of the Holy See of Cilicia (1983-1994) and then as Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin I of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin of the Armenian Apostolic Church (1995-1999) *

Garegin II Catholicos Karekin II ( hy, Գարեգին Բ, also spelled Garegin; born 21 August 1951) is the current Catholicos of All Armenians, the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church. In 2013 he was unanimously elected the Oriental Orthodox hea ...

or Karekin II (born 1951), Catholicos of All Armenians at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin of the Armenian Apostolic Church * Garegin I (Cilicia) or Karekin I (Cilicia) (1867-1952), a Catholicos of Cilicia of the Armenian Apostolic Church from 1943 to 1952 ;Armenian Patriarchs *

Karekin I Khachadourian of Constantinople Archbishop Karekin I Khachadourian (in Armenian Գարեգին Ա Խաչատուրյան) (6 November 1880, Trebizond – 22 July 1961, Istanbul) was the 81st Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople under the authority of the Catholicos of Armenia an ...

(1880–1961), the 81st Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople *

Karekin II Kazanjian of Constantinople Archbishop Karekin II Kazanjian, (in Armenian Գարեգին Բ Գազանճյան) (May 18, 1927, Istanbul (Turkey) – March 10, 1998 İstanbul) was the 83rd Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople under the authority of the Catholicos of Armenia an ...

(1927–1998), the 83rd Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople

Given name

Garegin

(Mostly used in

Eastern Armenian Eastern Armenian ( ''arevelahayeren'') is one of the two standardized forms of Modern Armenian, the other being Western Armenian. The two standards form a pluricentric language. Eastern Armenian is spoken in Armenia, Artsakh, Russia, as we ...

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Garegin Khachatryan Garegin Khachatryan ( hy, Գարեգին Ռաֆիկի Խաչատրյան; 17 September 1975 – 2 September 1995) was an Armenian sculptor, artist, and freedom fighter. Biography Garegin Khachatryan was born in Yerevan, 17 September 1975. Son o ...

(1975–1995), an Armenian sculptor, artist and freedom fighter * Garegin Nzhdeh (1886-1955), an Armenian statesman, fedayee, political thinker, revolutionary militant leader

Karekin

(Mostly used in Western Armenian) *

Karekin Arutyunov Karekin Arutyunov is a Ukrainian politician, former People's Deputy of Ukraine Karekin Deveciyan Karekin Deveciyan (1868 in Harput – 1964 in Istanbul) was a Turkish-Armenian zoologist who wrote ''Türkiye'de Balık ve Balıkçılık'', one of the first scientific studies on fish and fisheries in Turkey. He served in the Ottoman bureaucr ...

(1868–1964), Turkish-Armenia zoologist *

Karekin Khajag Garegin Khazhak (also Karekin Khajag, hy, Գարեգին Խաժակ; 6 October 1867–1915) was an Armenian journalist, writer, political activist and educator. A member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation, Khajag traveled around the worl ...

(born 1867–1915), Armenian journalist *

Karekin Pastermadjian Garegin or Karekin Pastermadjian ( classical hy, Գարեգին Փաստրմաճեան), better known by his ''nom de guerre'' Armen Garo or Armen Karo (Արմէն Գարօ; 9 February 1872 – 23 March 1923) was an Armenian activist and po ...

, (born 1872–1923), Armenian politician * Karekin Simonian (born 1932), referee * Karekin Yarian, author and social activist from San Francisco

Religious figures

Given name

Garegin

Karekin

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