Definition of Catholicos. Meaning of Catholicos. Synonyms of Catholicos

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Definition of Catholicos

Catholicos
Catholicos Ca*thol"i*cos, n. [NL. See Catholic.] (Eccl.) The spiritual head of the Armenian church, who resides at Etchmiadzin, Russia, and has ecclesiastical jurisdiction over, and consecrates the holy oil for, the Armenians of Russia, Turkey, and Persia, including the Patriarchs of Constantinople, Jerusalem, and Sis. Note: The Patriarch of Constantinople is the civil head of the Armenians in Turkey.

Meaning of Catholicos from wikipedia

- are known as catholicos-patriarchs. In the Armenian Church there are two catholicoi: the supreme catholicos of Ejmiadzin and the catholicos of Cilicia....
- reestablished in Kerala in 1964 with the title "Catholicos" with jurisdiction over India. The Catholicos is seated at Mar Athanasius Cathedral, Puthencruz...
- Paulose II (2010–2021), also Catholicos of the East Mathews III (15 October 2021 – present), also Catholicos of the East "Catholicos" means "the general head"...
- Catholicos is Karekin II. The Catholicos is often referred to both by the church and the media as the Armenian Pontiff. Historically, the Catholicos was...
- Catholicos of the East may refer to: Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan List of patriarchs of the Church of the East This set index article...
- Gregorios Joseph was unanimously elected as the Catholicos of India. He was elevated as Catholicos of India by Ignatius Aphrem II on 25 March 2025, at...
- Bishop of Caesarea. Its Catholicos was represented at the First Council of Nicea (325). St. Vrtanes I, the third Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic...
- Catholicos-Patriarch has been the title of the heads of the Georgian Orthodox Church since 1010. The first Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia was Melkisedek...
- Catholicos Garegin II (Armenian: Գարեգին Բ, also spelled Karekin; born 21 August 1951) is the Catholicos of All Armenians, the supreme head of the Armenian...
- Orthodox Syrian Church uses the title Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan. The in****bent 'Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan'...