Meghrig Parikian

Meghrig Parikian (Armenian: Մեղրիկ Բարիքեան) (3 January 1968 – 16 January 2021) was an Armenian bishop who served in the Armenian Apostolic Church under the jurisdiction of the Holy See of Cilicia.[1] Parikian was the Dean of the Armenian Theological Seminary in Bikfaya, Lebanon.[2] Meghrig Parikian was also a musician and composer who had studied at Juilliard and the Mannes School of Music in New York.[3]

His Grace

Meghrig Parikian
ChurchArmenian Apostolic Church
SeeHoly See of Cilicia
Personal details
Born
Garabed Parikian

(1968-01-03)3 January 1968
Beirut, Lebanon
DiedJanuary 16, 2021(2021-01-16) (aged 53)
Beirut, Lebanon
BuriedHoly See of Cilicia
NationalityArmenian
DenominationArmenian Apostolic

Priesthood

Parikian was appointed the parish priest of St. Mary Armenian Apostolic Church in Toronto in 2002.[4][5] In 2014 he was ordained as a bishop, and then elected as Prelate of the Armenian Prelacy of Canada by the lay council on May 10, 2014.[6][7]

Death

Parikian died of COVID-19 on January 16, 2021.[8] His final unction was held on January 17, 2021, at St. Gregory the Illuminator Armenian Cathedral in Antelias, Lebanon.[9] He was buried in the Holy See of Cilicia Brotherhood Cemetery in the Catholicosate of Cilicia.[9]

References
  1. "Meghrig Garabed Parikian - Names - Orthodoxia". orthodoxia.ch.
  2. "HIS HOLINESS CATHOLICOS ARAM I APPOINTS HG BISHOP MEGHRIG PARIKIAN AS THE DEAN OF THE ARMENIAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY". Armenian Church Catholicosate of Cilicia. 26 August 2020.
  3. "A young opera singer lost his biggest champions to Covid. This performance helped him heal". Toronto Life. 2022-03-02. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
  4. "IN MEMORIAM - BISHOP MEGHRIG PARIKIAN". The Armenian Prelacy. January 20, 2021.
  5. "Father Meghrig Parikian of St. Mary's Armenian". NOW Magazine - Newsfront. 2009-04-14.
  6. "His Grace Bishop Meghrig Parikian, Prelate of Canada". Horizon. 12 May 2014.
  7. "Former Prelates". Armenian Prelacy of Canada. January 5, 2018.
  8. McLean, Kayla (March 20, 2022). "Toronto opera singer commemorates loved ones lost to pandemic through performance". Global News.
  9. "ՎԵՐՋԻՆ ՕԾՈՒՄ ԵՒ ԹԱՂՈՒՄ ՀՈԳԵԼՈՅՍ Տ. ՄԵՂՐԻԿ ԵՊՍ. ԲԱՐԻՔԵԱՆԻ". Armenian Church Catholicosate of Cilicia. 18 January 2021.
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