RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Mkrtich Khrimian

1820 - 1907

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Mkrtich Khrimian (classical Armenian: Մկրտիչ Խրիմեան, reformed: Մկրտիչ Խրիմյան; 4 April 1820 – 29 October 1907) was an Armenian Apostolic Church leader, educator, and publisher who served as Catholicos of All Armenians from 1893 to 1907. During this period he was known as Mkrtich I of Van (Մկրտիչ Ա Վանեցի, Mkrtich A Vanetsi). A native of Van, one of the largest cities in Turkish (Western) Armenia, Khrimian became a celibate priest (vardapet) in 1854 after the death of his wife and daughter. In the 1850s and 1860s he served as the abbot of two important monasteries in Turkish Armenia: Varagavank near Van and Surb Karapet Monastery near Mush. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mkrtich Khrimian is the 2,274th most popular religious figure (down from 2,060th in 2019), the 941st most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 922nd in 2019) and the 144th most popular Turkish Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Mkrtich Khrimian ranks 2,274 out of 3,187. Before him are Raël, Nicolas Trigault, Stephen Chow, Hypatius of Gangra, Raymundo Damasceno Assis, and Clemente Micara. After him are Maternus of Cologne, Miguel Obando y Bravo, Muhammad al-Sadr, Hur, Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga, and Asser.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1820, Mkrtich Khrimian ranks 49. Before him are Alexandre-Émile Béguyer de Chancourtois, Gustave Le Gray, Ghevont Alishan, Cornelius Gurlitt, Pōmare III, and Josef Mánes. After him are Fanny Crosby, Concepción Arenal, Begum Hazrat Mahal, Julia Gardiner Tyler, György Klapka, and Juan N. Méndez. Among people deceased in 1907, Mkrtich Khrimian ranks 63. Before him are Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen, Giuseppe Saracco, Raphael Kalinowski, Prince Arnulf of Bavaria, Alfred Newton, and Heinrich Kreutz. After him are Ignaz Brüll, Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg, Jakob Hurt, Luis Sáenz Peña, Maurice Loewy, and Charles Dancla.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Mkrtich Khrimian ranks 941 out of 1,347. Before him are Hülya Avşar (1963), Mansur Yavaş (1955), Orhan Gencebay (1944), Mari Beyleryan (1877), İbrahim Şinasi (1826), and Hypatius of Gangra (300). After him are Köprülüzade Numan Pasha (1670), Öküz Mehmed Pasha (1557), Âşık Veysel (1894), Jacob of Nisibis (300), Arctinus of Miletus (-800), and Sosipatra (-400).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Türkiye

Among religious figures born in Türkiye, Mkrtich Khrimian ranks 144. Before him are Alypius the Stylite (700), Arsenios Autoreianos (1200), Anthimus VI of Constantinople (1782), Theodore of Tarsus (602), Ghevont Alishan (1820), and Hypatius of Gangra (300). After him are Jacob of Nisibis (300), Victor and Corona (null), Nilus of Sinai (400), Sophronius IV of Alexandria (1798), Constantine Leichoudes (1000), and Onesiphorus (50).

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