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Sep 20, 1908 Bucharest Died on 18 Aug 1994 (aged 85)
Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church
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About Vazgen I
- Vazgen I also Vazken I of Bucharest, (Armenian: ?????? ? ???????????), born Levon Garabed Baljian (Armenian: ???? ??????? ???????? ???????; September 20, 1908 – August 18, 1994) was the Catholicos of All Armenians between 1955 and 1994, for a total of 39 years, the 4th longest reign in the history of the Armenian Apostolic Church. Peter I (1019–1058) — ?????? ? ???????? (Catholicos of All Armenians), Gregory II the Martyrophile (1066–1105) — ?????? ?.
- ???????? (Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia) and David IV (1590–1629), d.
- 1633 — ????? ? ???????????? (Catholicos of All Armenians).all served 39 years as Catholicos of All Armenians or Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia, behind: 1) Nerses IV the Graceful (1166–1173) -- ????? ?????? ?.
- ??????? (????????), who served 53 years as Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia,2) Constantine I of Cilicia (1221–1267) -- ?????????? ?.
- ???????????, who served 46 years as Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia and 3) St.
- Sahak I (387–428) -- ??.
- ????? ? ?????, who served 41 years as Catholicos of All Armenians.
- A native of Romania, he began his career as a philosopher, before becoming a Doctor of Theology and a member of the local Armenian clergy.
- The leader of the Armenian Apostolic Church hierarchy in Romania, he became Catholicos in 1955, moving to the Soviet Union and residing in the Armenian SSR.
- Vazgen I led the Armenian Church during the dissolution of the Soviet Union, and was the first Catholicos in newly independent Armenia.
