His Holiness Karekin I was Catholicos of Cilicia of the Armenian Apostolic Church from 1943-1952. Born Garegin Hovsepian and originally from Artsakh, he was ordained to the priesthood in 1909. In 1917 he was ordained bishop, though this did not keep him from participating in the Battle of Sardarapat (1918) and Battle of Kars (1921). He served as Primate of the Diocese of Crimea and Nor Nakhichevan (in Russia), … Wikipedia
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