Catholicos Khoren I Muradbekian Խորեն Ա Մուրադբեկյան | |
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| Catholicos of All Armenians | |
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| Church | Armenian Apostolic Church |
| See | Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin |
| Elected | 12 November 1932[1] |
| Installed | 13 November 1932[1] |
| Term ended | 5/6 April 1938 |
| Predecessor | Gevorg V |
| Successor | Gevorg VI |
| Previous post(s) | Bishop of Yerevan (1910–24) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Aleksandr Muradbekian 8 December 1873 Tiflis, Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | April 6, 1938 (aged 64) Pontifical Residence, Vagharshapat, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Buried | Etchmiadzin Cathedral (since 1996) Saint Gayane Church (1938–1996) |
| Nationality | Armenian |
| Occupation | Priest, educator |
Khoren I Muradbekian (Armenian: Խորեն Ա Մուրադբեկյան; December 8, 1873 – April 5/6, 1938) was an Armenian Apostolic religious figure who served as Catholicos of All Armenians from 1932 until his murder in 1938. He previously served as locum tenens, between 1923 and 1932, in the latter years of and after the death of Catholicos Gevorg V, and bishop of Yerevan from 1910 to 1924.
Khoren I died in mysterious circumstances at the Pontifical Residence in Etchmiadzin. The Armenian Church and most historians believe he was murdered by the NKVD, the Soviet secret police. He was reburied at the courtyard of Etchmiadzin Cathedral in 1996, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, next to other Catholicoi. The Armenian Church considers him a martyr.[2]
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