Chores I. (Catholicos of Cilicia)
Choren I. ( Mesrob Paroyan , Armenian Խորեն Ա. Բարոյան , born November 24, 1914 in Nicosia , † February 9, 1983 in Antelias ) was a Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia of the Armenian Apostolic Church .
After his school days in Cyprus he entered the seminary of the Catholic of Cilicia in Antelias . In 1937 he was ordained a monk priest and was given the name Choren. In 1947 he received the episcopal ordination and from 1951 headed the Armenian Prelature Lebanon. In 1963 he was elected Catholicos successor to Sareh I, who died early , and was consecrated on May 12, 1963 in Antelias. He tried to settle the dispute with Etschmiadzin by meeting his Catholicos Vassgen I in Jerusalem, but insisted on the expansion of the territorial jurisdiction of the Cilician patriarchate with the possibility of additional expansion.
His term of office is characterized by lively building activity and cultivation of ecumenical relationships. Because of declining health he let himself be a Catholicos coadjutor in the person of Karekin Sarkissian in 1977 , who was to become his successor in 1983 as Karekin II († 1999 as Catholicos Karekin I of Etschmiadzin).
Individual evidence
- ^ Catholicoi of the Armenian Church. The Catholic of Cilicia, accessed on June 11, 2019 .
- ^ A Historical Survey. The Catholic of Cilicia, archived from the original on April 28, 2011 ; accessed on February 6, 2013 .
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Sareh I. |
Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church of Cilicia 1963–1983 |
Karekin II |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Choir I. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mesrob paroyan; Khoren I. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Armenian Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia of the Armenian Apostolic Church |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 24, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nicosia |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 9, 1983 |
| Place of death | Antelias |