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	Catholicos - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Thus the Catholicos of the East became the head of the Persian church.
		The Malankara Orthodox Church holds the view that it was the pre-Nestorian Catholicate, with its autocephalous rank, that was revived in the East for the Orthodox in the 6th century by Mar Yakub Burdana and relocated to India in 1912.
		H.B. Aboon Mor Baselios Thomas I is presently the canonical Catholicos and the head of the Syrian Orthodox (Jacobite) Christains in India.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Catholicos (859 words)

	Catholicos
		Today he bears the title of "Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of all Armenians" and at least theoretically, is considered the principal catholicos by all non-Catholic Armanians.
		In 1783 Georgia abolished the office of its catholicos, and placed itself under the Holy Synod of Russia, to which country it was united politically in 1801.
		The Albanian catholicos remained loyal to the Armenian Church, with the exception of a brief schism towards the end of the sixth century.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/c/catholicos.html (729 words)

	Catholicate of the East
		'CATHOLICOS OF THE EAST' was originally the title conferred to the ecclesiastical head of the Christian congregation in the erstwhile Persian Empire that extended from Mesopotamia in the west, to the boundaries of the present day Afghanistan and Northern India in the east.
		The ‘Catholicos of Seleucia/East’ was the deputy of the Patriarch of Antioch with certain privileges including that of consecrating the Bishops on behalf of the Patriarch.
		The transition of the title, from ‘Catholicos’ to ‘Maphrian’, was effected by the Syrian Jacobites to maintain their identity and distinctiveness from those who embraced Nestorianism.
	catholicose.org /PauloseII/Catholicate.htm (3327 words)

	The Hindu : Kerala / Pathanamthitta News : Malankara association elects Mar Milithios as Catholicos-designate
		BLESSINGS: The newly elected Catholicos-designate Paulose Mar Milithios seeking the blessings of the Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan Baselius Mar Thoma Didymos 1 at a meeting of the Malankara Syrian Christian Association on the Paru mala seminary premises on Thursday.
		PATHANAMTHITTA: Paulose Mar Milithios, Metropolitan of the Kunnamkulam diocese of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, was unanimously elected successor to the Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan Baselius Mar Thoma Didymos I on Thursday.
		The Catholicos and metropolitans of the Church were escorted to the meeting venue in a colourful procession from the nearby St. Peter's and St. Paul's church at 1 p.m.
	www.hindu.com /2006/10/13/stories/2006101300470500.htm (372 words)

	H.B. Catholicos Mor Baselios Thomas I
		H.E. Mor Dionysius Thomas was elected as the Catholicos and the Metropolitan Trustee of the Jacobite Syrian Christian Church at this historic Church Association.
		In the Syrian Orthodox Church hierarchy, the Catholicos is second in rank to the supreme spiritual head, the Patriarch of Antioch.
		On 31st July 2002, the Sunthroniso of Catholicos Aboon Mor Baselios Thomas I Bava was held at the Kothamangalam Marthoma Cheriapally.
	www.saintgregorios.org /PARUMALA/Catholicos_ThomasI.htm (1496 words)

	College 301
		After residing in Aleppo, Catholicos of Cilicia Sahak II settles in Antelias, north of Beirut, establishing it as the new seat of the Catholicate of Cilicia.
		Catholicos of All Armenians Khoren I is found murdered under mysterious circumstances, a victim of the brutality of the Soviet secret police.
		Vasken I Baljian is elected Catholicos of All Armenians.
	www.armenianchurch.net /301/heritage/history5.html (843 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Catholicos
		tr.) it was forbidden to appeal from the Catholicos of Seleucia to the Patriarch of Antioch.
		In the fifth century the Armenians adopted Monophysitism and anathematized the Council of Chalcedon, 491.
		In the beginning of the fourth Century Albania and Georgia (Iberia) were converted to Christianity by Armenian missionaries, and the principal bishop of each of these countries bore the title of catholicos, although neither of them was autocephalous.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/03454a.htm (737 words)

	ARMENIAN CHURCH TIMELINE
		Catholicos Stepanos II Rshtouni transfers the Catholicosate to the island of Aghtamar, the royal seat of the Artsruni Kingdom of Vaspurakan.
		The Council of Vagharshapat elects the monk Kirakos Khor Virapetsi as Catholicos of All Armenians.
		Nersessian, Primate of the Araratian Diocese, is elected Karekin II Catholicos of All Armenians.
	www.sourphagop.org /churchtime.html (2514 words)

	Catholicos Aram I's Encyclical on the 75th Anniversary of Seminary
		Catholicos Papken I, his Coadjutor, who made an important contribution to the organization of the Seminary, expressed his expectation of the Seminary students in the following words: “The eyes of the Armenian people are fixed on Antelias.
		Catholicos Bedros I, who enriched the Seminary with a new physical structure, directed the following message to the deacons and monks having received their baptism in the spiritual-intellectual font of the Seminary: “Endeavor to resemble Christ, you too shall be healers and comforters of souls.
		Catholicos Zareh I, who was one of the first students of the Seminary and who gave it so much love and attention, said, “The Seminary is not a school in the ordinary sense.
	www.armenianprelacy.org /vehapar04.htm (1493 words)

	Armenian_Catholic
		Catholicos Apraham Bedros I: Re-uniter of Armenians and Latins
		Just as the Pope of Rome sits on the throne of St. Peter, the Armenian Catholicos, according to the expression of the ancient historian St. Movses Khorenats'i, "sits on the throne of Thaddeus." Thus he is "father and head" of the Armenian Church.
		Catholicos Nerses Tarmouni is the nineteenth Catholicos to be re-united with the successor of Soorp Bedros, Patriarch of Rome.
	www.geocities.com /wmwolfe_48044/Armenian_Catholic.html (428 words)

	ARMENIAN HIGHLAND
		Catholicos of the Holy See of Etchmiadzin - Supreme Patriarch of Armenia's Holy Apostolic Church His Holiness Garegin I, baptized Neshan Sarkissian, was born in Kessab, Northern Syria, on August 27, 1932.
		He served in the capacity of Catholicos Coadjutor until the death of Catholicos Khoren I, in February 1983.
		Catholicos Garegin has authored numerous articles and studies on theological, Armenological, philosophical, ethical and literary subjects, in Hask, the official monthly publication of the Holy See of the Catholicate of Cilicia, and other periodicals as well as in the form of books and booklets in Armenian, English and French.
	www.armenianhighland.com /catholicoi/catholicos/chronicle561.html (1079 words)

	Catholicos of Armenia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		His Holiness, the Catholicos of Armenia and of All Armenians (plural Catholicoi, due to its Greek origin) is the head archbishop of Armenia's dominant church, the Armenian Apostolic Church.
		It is one of the Oriental Orthodox churches that separated from the rest of the Christian church in 451 as a result of the decisions of the Council of Chalcedon.
		The first Catholicos of Armenia and of All Armenians was Saint Thaddeus, one of Jesus's apostles.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Catholicos_of_Armenia (160 words)

	ARMENIAN HIGHLAND
		Catholicos Vazgen I reigned on the Seat of St. Gregory from 1955 - 1994, one of the longest in Catholicosal history.
		Catholicos Vazgen I undertook a tireless effort in renewing a number of ancient Armenian churches and reviving a number of institutions throughout the Holy See.
		Catholicos Vazgen I ‘s successor became Garegin I, previously the Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia, ordained in April of 1995, after the election by the Church Council of the Holy See.
	www.armenianhighland.com /catholicoi/catholicos/chronicle560.html (416 words)

	HyeEtch - Religion & Church - Catholicos Vasken I
		Catholicos Vasken I also asserted a great degree of independence in policy making of the Church from the central, communist authority which had controled almost every aspect of socio-economic and political spheres of the society.
		Also under Vasken I the preparations began for the momentous celebration of the 1700th Anniversary of the official establishment of Christendom, first in the world to be established as a state religion, in Armenia, by St. Gregory the Illuminator.
		Catholicos Vasken I will always be remembered in the hearts and minds of the faithful as the just, virtuous and devout servant of God and his people.
	www.hyeetch.nareg.com.au /religion/vasken_i.html (380 words)

	Catholicos Baselios Paulos II Puthussery (1914-1996) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Mor Philoxenus was chosen to be the Catholicos of the faction owing allegiance to the Patriarch of Antioch at the church delegates meeting held at Thuruthusseri.
		On September 7, 1975, Patriarch Ya`qub III consecrated Mor Philoxenus as Catholicos of the East.
		The remains of Catholicos Mor Baselius Paulose II are interred in a tomb in Malekurishu Dayro near Puthenkurishu in Ernakulam District, Kerala.
	sor.cua.edu /Personage/Malankara/CPaulos2.html (648 words)

	Catholicos Karekin II - Armeniapedia.org
		His Holiness Catholicos Karekin II (in Eastern Armenian, Garegin) was born Ktrich Nersessian in 1951 (conflicts with date August 21, 1954) in the village of Voskehat Village, near Echmiadzin.
		Following the death of Catholicos Vasken I, Archbishop Nersissian was a candidate for the pontifical throne during the National Ecclesiastical Assembly of April 1995, but conceded victory to His Holiness Karekin Sarkissian, who thereafter became Catholicos Karekin I (Catholicos of All Armenians, 1995-1999].
		In late October 1999, the Armenian Church chose a successor to the deceased Catholicos Karekin I.
	armeniapedia.org /index.php?title=Catholicos_Karekin_II (384 words)

	Armenian Diocese of Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		His Holiness KAREKIN II, the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, was born in the village Voskehat, near Etchmiadzin, in 1951, and was given the baptismal name Ktrij.
		Following his ordination to the Holy Priesthood, His Holiness Catholicos Vazken I, of blessed memory, arranged for the young priest to pursue higher religious education at the local faculty of Divinity in Vienna, Austria.
		In 1975, the future Catholicos served at the Church in Germany as a pastor, while continuing his theological studies at the University of Bonn.
	www.armenianchurch.ca /ourchurch.php?m=tc (469 words)

	Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The Republic of Armenia Official Site
		The spiritual leadership of the Catholicos is not confined to Etchmiadzin and Armenia.
		There are four hierarchical Sees in the Armenian Church: the Catholicate of All Armenians in Etchmiadzin, the Catholicate of the Great House of Cilicia (established in Lebanon in 1930, but roots go back to the 13th century), the Patriarchate of Jerusalem (established in the early 14th century) and the Patriarchate of Constantinople (established in 1461).
		In this capacity, Catholicos Karekin II presides over the Supreme Spiritual Council (the Armenian Church's governing college of bishops), and is the chief shepherd of the world's 7 million Armenian Apostolic Christians.
	www.armeniaforeignministry.com /arm/religion/main.html (1270 words)

	Indian Orthodox Herald English Edition Biweekly - Catholicos Baselios Marthoma Mathews II steps down - Baselios ...
		The former Catholicos, who is in his nineties and the world’s oldest serving bishop in any of the Christian denominations, has decided to relinquish the post to his successor Catholicos Elect Thomas Mar Thimothios.
		The former Catholicos His Holiness Baselios Marthoma Mathews II was also present at the ceremony in spite of his ill health to bless this occasion.
		Catholicos Baselios Marthoma Mathews II, who was elected to the highest post by the Malankara Association held in 1991, is a charismatic personality having wide acceptance in the society.
	www.orthodoxherald.com /churchnews39.asp (535 words)

	Armenian Catholicos begins pilgrimage from Bethany (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		King Abdullah thanked the Catholicos for making Jordan his first visit abroad since being elected on Oct. 27, noting that the Kingdom would continue to nurture equality and justice and be an example of a society with enduring fraternal relations.
		During his stay, the Catholicos and the accompanying delegation of archbishops from Armenia, Palestine, and Iraq performed mass at the Armenian Church in Amman, and met Prime Minister Abdur-Ra'uf S. Rawabdeh, and representatives and members of Jordan's 4,000 strong Armenian community.
		Karekin II said the religious tolerance, the moderate policies of the Hashemites and the democracy and freedom fostered in the Kingdom had made it a land of refuge for Armenians who were welcomed by their Arab brethren in the early years of the 20th century.
	www.jordanembassyus.org /01182000008.htm (1002 words)

	The Hindu : Kerala News : Catholicos contests Patriarch's claim
		Addressing a press conference here today, the Catholicos said that after the 1995 landmark judgment of the Supreme Court in the Church case, a joint commission for unity efforts had tried at least seven times to bring peace to the Church.
		Chandy informed him that Catholicos Thomas I had told him that there would be a bloodbath (in case of a unity between the two factions).
		The Catholicos said that as per a recent Supreme Court directive, the Government had the responsibility to ensure that the visiting Patriarch did not violate the visa norms.
	www.hindu.com /2004/09/22/stories/2004092205530500.htm (329 words)

	Anglican Communion News Service
		Nishan Sarkissian, an outstanding deacon born in Kessab (Syria) of the brotherhood of the Catholicossate of Cilicia (Antelias, Lebanon), was ordained priest in 1949.
		Catholicos Co-Adjutor (1977-1983) and elected Catholicos Karekin II of Cilicia, Antelias, Lebanon (1983-1995) Karekin continued his leadership in the same dynamic way.
		He was the Co-President (with the Catholicos of Cilicia, His Holiness Aram I) of the Pan Armenian Committee which is preparing and coordinating the celebrations of 1700 years of Christian Armenia, to be culminated in the year 2001.
	www.anglicancommunion.org /acns/acnsarchive/acns1800/acns1855.html (1314 words)

	College 301
		Catholicos Grigor III moves the catholicate to Hromkla, in southeastern Cilicia.
		Catholicos Stepanos IV and various holy relics, including the right hand of St. Gregory the Illuminator, are taken to Cairo.
		The catholicos at Sis, Grigor Mousapekyants, does not oppose the election of a new catholicos at Etchmiadzin, but he does not move to Etchmiadzin himself, and the jurisdiction of his successors is limited to Cilicia and the surrounding areas.
	www.armenianchurch.net /301/heritage/history3.html (350 words)

	COMMON DECLARATION SIGNED BY POPE JOHN PAUL II AND ARMENIAN CATHOLICOS KAREKIN I - 13 December 1996
		Pope John Paul II and Catholicos Karekin I recognize the deep spiritual communion which already unites them and the Bishops, clergy and lay faithful of their Churches.
		Pope John Paul II and Catholicos Karekin I give their blessing and pastoral support to the further development of existing contacts and to new manifestations of that dialogue of charity between their respective pastors and faithful which will bear fruit in the fields of common action on the pastoral, catechetical, social and intellectual levels.
		Such a dialogue is particularly imperative in these present times when the Churches are faced with new challenges to their witness to the Gospel of Jesus Christ arising out of the rapidly changing situations in the modern world so deeply affected by an extreme secularistic and secularizing pace of life and culture.
	www.ewtn.com /library/PAPALDOC/ARMENDEC.HTM (552 words)

	The Election of the Catholicos of All Armenians, Karekin I
		The election of a Catholicos to lead the Armenian Church into the 21st century is an awesome responsibility.
		The challenge facing the new Catholicos is to take advantage of these changed conditions to raise standards in order to return the church to its preeminent position as the spiritual, moral, and intellectual leader of the world-wide Armenian community.
		It was necessary to show the tag to enter the grounds of the walled cathedral compound, the veharan (home of the catholicos and location of the meeting hall), and the mother church itself.
	www.umd.umich.edu /dept/armenian/papazian/elect.html (3216 words)

	Catholicos - Armeniapedia.org
		The Catholicos of All Armenians (plural Catholicoi, due to its Greek origin) is the head bishop of Armenia's dominant church, the Armenian Apostolic Church.
		The Catholicos resides at Ejmiatsin, and has ecclesiastical jurisdiction over, and consecrates the holy oil for, the Armenians of the world who belong to the Armenian Apostolic Church, including the Patriarchs of Constantinople, Jerusalem, and Sis.
		Catholicos of All Armenians (seat in Ejmiatsin, Armenia)
	www.armeniapedia.org /index.php?title=Catholicos (127 words)

	HyeEtch - Religion & Church - Catholicos Karekin II
		In June 1983, by the Pontifical Decree of the Catholicos he was appointed the Vicar General of Araratian Pontifical Diocese.
		On November 30, 1998, upon the Pontifical order of His Holiness Karekin I, Catholicos of All Armenians, of blessed memory, His Eminence Arcbishop Karekin Nersissian was appointed the Vicar General of the Catholicos and served as the Vicar General till July 4, 1999.
		On october 27, 1999 in the Holy See of Echmiadzin, delegates of the National Synod elected Primate of the Ararat (Patriarchal) Diocese of the Armenia Apostolic Church, Archbishop Karekin Nersissian to become the 132nd Catholicos of All Armenians.
	www.hyeetch.nareg.com.au /religion/karekin_ii.html (333 words)

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