Karekin II
Incumbent Patriarch of the Armenian Apostolic Church / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the incumbent Patriarch of the Armenian Apostolic Church. For other uses, see Karekin II (disambiguation).
Catholicos Garegin II (Armenian: Գարեգին Բ, also spelled Karekin; born 21 August 1951) is the Catholicos of All Armenians, the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, since 1999. In 2013 he was unanimously elected the Oriental Orthodox head of the World Council of Churches for the next eight years.
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Garegin II | |
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Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians | |
Native name | Գարեգին Բ |
Church | Armenian Apostolic Church |
See | Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin |
Appointed | October 27, 1999 |
Predecessor | Karekin I |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1972 |
Consecration | 23 October 1983 |
Rank | Cathlicos-Patriarch |
Personal details | |
Born | Ktrij Nersessian (1951-08-21) 21 August 1951 (age 72) |
Nationality | Armenian |
Denomination | Armenian Apostolic |
Education | University of Vienna |
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