Garegin

Garegin (Armenian : Գարեգին), also spelled Karekin (in Western Armenian), may refer to :

Religious figures

Garegin I or Karekin I (1932-1999), a Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church, first as Catholicos Garegin II of the Holy See of Cilicia (1983-1994) and then as Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin I of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin of the Armenian Apostolic Church (1995-1999)
Garegin II or Karekin II (born 1951), Catholicos of All Armenians at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin of the Armenian Apostolic Church
Garegin I (Cilicia) or Karekin I (Cilicia) (1867-1952), a Catholicos of Cilicia of the Armenian Apostolic Church from 1943-1952

Karekin I Khachadourian of Constantinople (1880–1961), the 81st Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople
Karekin II Kazanjian of Constantinople (1927–1998), the 83rd Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople

(Mostly used in Eastern Armenian)

Garegin Khachatryan (1975–1995), an Armenian sculptor, artist and freedom fighter
Garegin Nzhdeh (1886-1955), an Armenian statesman, fedayee, political thinker, revolutionary militant leader

(Mostly used in Western Armenian)

Br. Karekin M. Yarian, BSG, author and social activist from San Francisco
Karekin Arutyunov, Ukrainian politician, People's Deputy of Ukraine
Karekin Deveciyan (1868–1964), Turkish-Armenian zoologist who wrote on fish and fisheries in Turkey
Karekin Pastermadjian, (1872-1923),one of the distinguished leaders of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation