# Garegin

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**Garegin** (Armenian: Գարեգին), also pronounced **Karekin** (in [Western Armenian](/source/Western_Armenian)), may refer to:

## Religious figures

**Armenian Catholicoi**

- [Garegin I](/source/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](/source/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)](/source/Karekin_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](/source/Karekin_I_Khachadourian_of_Constantinople) (1880–1961), the 81st Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople
- [Karekin II Kazanjian of Constantinople](/source/Karekin_II_Kazanjian_of_Constantinople) (1927–1998), the 83rd Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople

## Given name

### Garegin

(Mostly used in [Eastern Armenian](/source/Eastern_Armenian))

- [Garegin Apresov](/source/Garegin_Apresov) (1890–1941), Soviet Armenian diplomat, intelligence officer and Comintern worker
- [Garegin Khachatryan](/source/Garegin_Khachatryan) (1975–1995), Armenian sculptor, artist and freedom fighter
- [Garegin Nzhdeh](/source/Garegin_Nzhdeh) (1886–1955), Armenian statesman, fedayee, political thinker, revolutionary militant leader
- [Garegin Poghosyan](/source/Garegin_Poghosyan), Armenian general
- [Garegin Srvandztiants](/source/Garegin_Srvandztiants) (1840–1892), Armenian philologist, folklorist, ethnographer and ecclesiastic

### Karekin

(Mostly used in [Western Armenian](/source/Western_Armenian))

- [Karekin Arutyunov](/source/Karekin_Arutyunov) (born 1964), Ukrainian politician
- [Karekin Deveciyan](/source/Karekin_Deveciyan) (1868–1964), Turkish-Armenian zoologist
- [Karekin Khajag](/source/Karekin_Khajag) (born 1867–1915), Armenian journalist
- [Karekin Pastermadjian](/source/Karekin_Pastermadjian) (1872–1923), Armenian politician
- [Karekin Simonian](/source/Karekin_Simonian) (born 1932), Australian referee of Armenian origin
- [Karekin Yarian](/source/Karekin_Yarian), author and social activist from San Francisco

## See also

- [Karekin I (disambiguation)](/source/Karekin_I_(disambiguation))
- [Karekin II (disambiguation)](/source/Karekin_II_(disambiguation))

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