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Bishop Guregh Kapikian Enters Eternal Rest

Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Information Services, 08 January, 2004 

It is with deep sorrow that the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin conveys the sad news that His Grace Bishop Guregh Kapikian entered his eternal rest on December 30, 2003 in Jerusalem, following a long illness.  He was 82 years old.  His Grace was a member of the Brotherhood of St. James, and one of the most senior Bishops of the Armenian Church. 

Bishop Guregh was born in Jerusalem in 1921.  He was ordained a celibate priest in 1951, and consecrated a bishop by His Holiness Vasken I, Catholicos of All Armenians of blessed memory, in 1976.  He had served as the dean of the Holy Translators School in the Armenian Quarter of the Holy City for many years.  In the 1980’s, he was instrumental in the restoration of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, the site of Christ’s crucifixion, burial and resurrection.  He was widely respected as an expert on the ancient artifacts of Jerusalem.

The Last Blessing and Burial Service for Bishop Guregh took place on Saturday, January 2, in St. James Cathedral in Jerusalem.  He was laid to rest in the cemetery of the Holy Savior Monastery.

His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, sent a letter of condolence to His Beatitude Archbishop Torkom Manoogian, Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem.  In the message, His Holiness offered prayers for the eternal rest for the soul of Bishop Guregh.

The Brotherhood of Holy Etchmiadzin, the staff of the Mother See and the faithful flock mourn the loss of His Grace, and pray for the repose of his soul.

Blessed is the memory of the righteous.

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