Zareh I
Zareh I Payaslian (
Life
Zareh I was born in 1915, in
On 20 February 1956, Zareh Payaslian was elected as Catholicos of the Holy See of Cilicia, during very acrimonious times between various Armenian political factions that had left the position vacant for around 4 years since the death of the Catholicos Karekin I in 1952. After his election, Zareh I tried to restore some harmony between various Armenian factions, particularly after the inter-Armenian strife in Lebanon in 1958.
During his reign, the Catholicosate became a full member of the
Zareh died in 1963 at the age of 48.
Legacy
On 2 April 1946, Zareh Payaslian was awarded the
A street in Aleppo is named after the Catholicos Zareh I. His statue was erected in the Karen Jeppe College yard.
He wrote a number of studies about John the Golden Mouthed.[3]
References
- ^ Asbarez.com
- ^ Syrian-Armenian Consolidation (in Arabic)
- ^ "Alepporthodox.org". Archived from the original on 2008-12-25. Retrieved 2012-07-19.