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Catholicos Gregory IX Mousabegian was the Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church at Cilicia between 1439 and 1446.^[1]

Biography

In 1439, the national clergy summoned Gregory IX, newly elected, to appear at Echmiadzin (now called Vagharshapat); it suspected that because of his Uniate leanings and friendliness towards Rome that he preferred to stay in Sis and declined the invitation.^[2]^[3] He also gave permission for the clergy to elect another Catholicos.^[2] The national synod of 700 bishops, clerics, and Armenian nobility met again in Echmiadzin in May of 1441 and elected Kyrakos of Virap as the new Catholics.^[2]^[4]

It is a riddle of history on what basis the election of a new Catholicos took place in Vagharshapat. It is unknown if Gregory was invited to return to Echmiadzin and refused or if he suggested that a new Catholicos be elected there. Some authorities in the 18th century suggested that this was the case and that the Catholicos said, "I will remain here and die and after my death the See of Sis will cease to exist of its own accord." Exact circumstances may never be known.

Some lists of the Armenian Catholicoi list him as only reigning for two years and consider him deposed after the 1441 election.^[5]

Whatever the case, he continued to reign as Catholicos in Cilicia until his death in 1446 and was succeeded as Catholicos at Cilicia by Garabed II and there have been two Catholicoi of the Armenian Apostolic Church ever since.

References

^ Melton, J. Gordon (2014-01-15). Faiths across Time [4 volumes]: 5,000 Years of Religious History [4 volumes]. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p. 982. ISBN 978-1-61069-026-3.
^ ^a ^b ^c Atiya, Aziz S. (2023-03-08). A History of Eastern Christianity. Taylor & Francis. p. 334. ISBN 978-1-000-89143-0.
^ Herbermann, Charles George (1907). The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline, and History of the Catholic Church. Robert Appleton Company. p. 739.
^ The New Armenia. New Armenia Publishing Company. 1911. pp. 342–343.
^ Nagy, Kornél (2021-08-09). The Church-Union of the Armenians in Transylvania (1685–1715). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. p. 46. ISBN 978-3-647-50354-7.

Preceded by Constantine VI of Cilicia	Catholicos of the Holy See of Cilicia 1439–1446	Succeeded by Garabed II of Cilicia

[1] Melton, J. Gordon (2014-01-15). Faiths across Time [4 volumes]: 5,000 Years of Religious History [4 volumes]. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p. 982. ISBN 978-1-61069-026-3.

[:0-2] Atiya, Aziz S. (2023-03-08). A History of Eastern Christianity. Taylor & Francis. p. 334. ISBN 978-1-000-89143-0.

[3] Herbermann, Charles George (1907). The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline, and History of the Catholic Church. Robert Appleton Company. p. 739.

[4] The New Armenia. New Armenia Publishing Company. 1911. pp. 342–343.

[5] Nagy, Kornél (2021-08-09). The Church-Union of the Armenians in Transylvania (1685–1715). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. p. 46. ISBN 978-3-647-50354-7.

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+'''Catholicos Gregory IX Mousabegian''' was the [[Catholicos]] of the [[Armenian Apostolic Church]] at [[Cilicia]] between 1439 and 1446.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Melton |first=J. Gordon |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hxjOEAAAQBAJ |title=Faiths across Time [4 volumes]: 5,000 Years of Religious History [4 volumes] |date=2014-01-15 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=978-1-61069-026-3 |pages=982 |language=en}}</ref>
-{{unreferenced|date=December 2007}}
-'''Catholicos Gregory IX Mousabegian''' was the [[Catholicos]] of the [[Armenian Apostolic Church]] at [[Cilicia]] between 1439 and 1446.
 ==Biography==
+In 1439, the national clergy summoned Gregory IX, newly elected, to appear at Echmiadzin (now called Vagharshapat); it suspected that because of his [[Uniate]] leanings and friendliness towards Rome that he preferred to stay in [[Sis, Armenia|Sis]] and declined the invitation.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Atiya |first=Aziz S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=19iwEAAAQBAJ |title=A History of Eastern Christianity |date=2023-03-08 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-000-89143-0 |pages=334 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Herbermann |first=Charles George |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VUofAQAAMAAJ |title=The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline, and History of the Catholic Church |date=1907 |publisher=Robert Appleton Company |pages=739 |language=en}}</ref> He also gave permission for the clergy to elect another Catholicos.<ref name=":0" /> The national synod of 700 bishops, clerics, and Armenian nobility met again in Echmiadzin in May of 1441 and elected Kyrakos of Virap as the new Catholics.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wr4-AAAAYAAJ |title=The New Armenia |date=1911 |publisher=New Armenia Publishing Company |pages=342–343 |language=en}}</ref>
-During his reign a movement began to return the Catholicate of All Armenians to historical Armenia. In 1441 at [[Vagharshapat]] (also known as Etchmiadzin), with the participation of more than 300 religious and lay delegates, an election of a new Catholicos look place while the Catholicos of All Armenians Gregory IX was living in Cilicia.
-It is a riddle of history on what basis the election of a new Catholicos took place in Vagharshapat. It is unknown if Gregory was invited to return to [[Etchmiadzin]] and refused or if he suggested that a new Catholicos be elected there. Some authorities in the 18th century suggested that this was the case and that the Catholicos said, "I will remain here and die and after my death the See of Sis will cease to exist of its own accord." Exact circumstances may never be known.
+It is a riddle of history on what basis the election of a new Catholicos took place in Vagharshapat. It is unknown if Gregory was invited to return to Echmiadzin and refused or if he suggested that a new Catholicos be elected there. Some authorities in the 18th century suggested that this was the case and that the Catholicos said, "I will remain here and die and after my death the See of Sis will cease to exist of its own accord." Exact circumstances may never be known.
-Some lists of the Armenian Catholicoi list him as only reigning for two years and consider him deposed after the 1441 election.
+Some lists of the Armenian Catholicoi list him as only reigning for two years and consider him deposed after the 1441 election.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Nagy |first=Kornél |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jLXkEAAAQBAJ |title=The Church-Union of the Armenians in Transylvania (1685–1715) |date=2021-08-09 |publisher=Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht |isbn=978-3-647-50354-7 |pages=46 |language=en}}</ref>
 Whatever the case, he continued to reign as Catholicos in Cilicia until his death in 1446 and was succeeded as Catholicos at Cilicia by Garabed II and there have been two Catholicoi of the [[Armenian Apostolic Church]] ever since.
+== References ==
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+{{Reflist}}{{S-start}}
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   before= [[Constantine VI of Cilicia]] |
-  title= [[List of Armenian Catholicoi of Cilicia|Catholicoi of the Holy See of Cilicia]] |
+  title= [[List of Armenian Catholicoi of Cilicia|Catholicos of the Holy See of Cilicia]] |
   years= 1439&ndash;1446 |
   after= [[Garabed II of Cilicia]]
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-[[Category:Armenian Oriental Orthodox Christians]]
+[[Category:Armenian Apostolic Christians]]
+[[Category:Year of birth unknown]]
+[[Category:15th-century Oriental Orthodox archbishops]]
-[[hy:Գրիգոր Թ Մուսաբեկյանց]]
-[[fr:Grégoire IX Mousabegian]]