Karekin I (Cilicia)
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This article is about Karekin I Hovsepian of the Holy See of Cilicia. For Karekin I Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians of Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin (1995–1999) who had also served as Karekin II, Catholicos of the Holy See of Cilicia (1983–1994), see Karekin I. For Karekin I Patriarch of Constantinople, see Karekin I Khachadourian of Constantinople.
Karekin I (Armenian: Գարեգին Ա. Յովսէփեանց) (17 December 1867 in Khachisar (now Chardakhlu), Artsakh – 21 June 1952 in Antelias, Lebanon) was a scholar of Armenian art and Catholicos of Cilicia of the Armenian Apostolic Church from 1943 to 1952.