Makar I.

Catholicos Makar I.

Makar I. Ter-Petrosjan (born April 6, 1813 near Muş , † April 16, 1891 in Vagharschapat ) was Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church in Etschmiadzin from 1885 to 1891 .

He received his school education in Etchmiadzin Monastery. In 1838 he was ordained a deacon, and in 1842 he was ordained a priest.

Gravestone in front of Surb Etchmiadzin

In 1848, the then Wardapet Makar Ter-Petrosian transferred a considerable part of the manuscripts of the monastery of St. Stephanos ("Maghardavank"; Iranian East Azerbaijan), including the Etschmiadzin Gospels , to the library of the Echmiadzin monastery; From 1849 to 1851 he acted as its director.

In 1852 Makar was ordained bishop by Catholicos Nerses V and in 1854 he was made archbishop. From 1864 to 1874 he worked as bishop of the Armenian diocese of Georgia and Imereti (based in Tbilisi ), from 1874 to 1885 of the diocese of Nor-Nakhichevan in southern Russia. Since the tsarist authorities rejected the election of a candidate of Ottoman nationality, Makar I was anointed Catholicos on November 10, 1885, after several years of vacancy. Contrary to Russian expectations, he held office for only a few years, resolutely defending Armenian interests, died in 1891 of the consequences of a heart attack and was buried in front of the Surb Etschmiadzin cathedral.

Individual evidence

↑ Onnik Yeganyan: Onnik Yeganyan: The Old Collection of the Library of Etchmiadzin . Matenadaran - Mesrop Mashtots Research Institute of Ancient Manuscripts.
^ Paul Werth: Imperial Russia and the Armenian Catholicos at Home and Abroad. In: Osamu Ieda, Tomohiko Uyama (Eds.): Reconstruction and Interaction of Slavic Eurasia and Its Neighboring Worlds. Sapporo 2006, pp. 203-235, here p. 220.

predecessor	Office	successor
Geworg IV. Kerestedjian	Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church 1885–1891	Mkrtitsch Chrimjan

personal data
SURNAME	Makar I.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Têr-Petrosean, Makar (previous name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church
DATE OF BIRTH	April 6, 1813
PLACE OF BIRTH	at Muș
DATE OF DEATH	April 16, 1891
Place of death	Vagharschapat

[1] Onnik Yeganyan: Onnik Yeganyan: The Old Collection of the Library of Etchmiadzin . Matenadaran - Mesrop Mashtots Research Institute of Ancient Manuscripts.

[2] Paul Werth: Imperial Russia and the Armenian Catholicos at Home and Abroad. In: Osamu Ieda, Tomohiko Uyama (Eds.): Reconstruction and Interaction of Slavic Eurasia and Its Neighboring Worlds. Sapporo 2006, pp. 203-235, here p. 220.