Catholicos

Armenia - Catholicos Garegin II blesses worshippers after celebrating Christmas Mass at St. Gregory the Illuminator’s cathedral, Yerevan, January 6, 2021.

Handpicked by His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, Archbishop Derderian will lead worldwide fundraising efforts for this endeavor, coordinating and executing plans to shore up interest from Dioceses throughout the Diaspora.

Along the lines of his state visit to Armenia, the President of Italy is scheduled to meet also with President Armen Sarkissian, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, National Assembly President Ara Babloyan, and Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II.

His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia joined the chorus of people offering support and congratulations to the next president of Armenia.

Finally, in 1959, Pope Kyrillos VI elevated the Abuna to Patriarch-Catholicos.

Retirement and death In 318, Gregory appointed his second son Aristaces as the next Catholicos in line of Armenia's Holy Apostolic Church to stabilize and continue strengthening Christianity not only in Armenia, but also in the Caucasus.

She failed in her attempt to use a church synod to dismiss the Catholicos-Patriarch Michael, and the noble council, darbazi, asserted the right to approve royal decrees.

The turning point in Tamar's fortunes came with the death of the powerful Catholicos-Patriarch Michael whom the queen replaced, as a chancellor, with her supporter, Anton Gnolistavisdze.