Garegin (Armenian : Գարեգին), also pronounced Karekin (in Western Armenian), may refer to :
Religious figures
- Armenian Catholicoi
- Garegin I or Karekin I (1932-1999), a Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church, first as Catholicos Garegin II of the Holy See of Cilicia (1983-1994) and then as Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin I of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin of the Armenian Apostolic Church (1995-1999)
- Garegin II or Karekin II (born 1951), Catholicos of All Armenians at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin of the Armenian Apostolic Church
- Garegin I (Cilicia) or Karekin I (Cilicia) (1867-1952), a Catholicos of Cilicia of the Armenian Apostolic Church from 1943 to 1952
- Armenian Patriarchs
- Karekin I Khachadourian of Constantinople (1880–1961), the 81st Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople
- Karekin II Kazanjian of Constantinople (1927–1998), the 83rd Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople
Given name
Garegin
(Mostly used in Eastern Armenian)
- Garegin Khachatryan (1975–1995), an Armenian sculptor, artist and freedom fighter
- Garegin Nzhdeh (1886-1955), an Armenian statesman, fedayee, political thinker, revolutionary militant leader
Karekin
(Mostly used in Western Armenian)
- Karekin Arutyunov (1964), Ukrainian politician
- Karekin Deveciyan (1868–1964), Turkish-Armenia zoologist
- Karekin Khajag (born 1867–1915), Armenian journalist
- Karekin Pastermadjian, (born 1872–1923), Armenian politician
- Karekin Simonian (born 1932), referee
- Karekin Yarian, author and social activist from San Francisco
See also
Topics referred to by the same term
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