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.