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  • The Catholicos was the chief celebrant of the holy Tri-mass held at the cathedral in the morning.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2010

  • The term "Catholicos" is used in the Armenian Apostolic Church to refer to the chief bishop of a region.

    Clerical Whispers 2008

  • Mgr Duchesne rightly observes that "the dominion of the 'Catholicos' of Seleucia was of no mean dimensions, and by the extension of his jurisdiction this high ecclesiastical dignitary figures in the same light as the greatest of the Byzantine patriarchs.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

  • The archbishop who serves as the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, currently Ilia II, is situated there.

    Faraway Places: Svetitskhoveli Cathedral « Skid Roche 2008

  • The archbishop who serves as the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, currently Ilia II, is situated there.

    Svetitskhoveli Cathedral « Skid Roche 2008

  • For me it is a pleasure to remember the unforgettable visit that the Catholicos made to Rome in 2000, a little after his election.

    Archive 2008-05-04 papabear 2008

  • Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, is responding to an invitation from Benedict XVI to visit him in the Vatican.

    Archive 2008-05-01 papabear 2008

  • During that visit, the Pope and the Patriarch presided at a Liturgy of the Word in the Vatican Basilica during which John Paul II gave the Catholicos a relic of St. Gregory the Illuminator, which had been conserved for many years at the Convent of St. Gregory the Armenian in Naples, Italy.

    Archive 2008-05-04 papabear 2008

  • Pope Benedict XVI L and Aram I, Catholicos of Cilicia of the Armenian Apostolic Church, walk side by side during their meeting on November 24, 2008 at the Vatican.

    Archive 2008-11-23 papabear 2008

  • On Sunday evening, the Catholicos and his entourage will participate in the celebration of Vespers at the papal basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, the final event of the Patriarch's visit to Rome.

    Archive 2008-05-04 papabear 2008

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