His Grace Meghrig Parikian | |
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Church | Armenian Apostolic Church |
See | Holy See of Cilicia |
Personal details | |
Born | Garabed Parikian 3 January 1968 Beirut, Lebanon |
Died | January 16, 2021 (aged 53) Beirut, Lebanon |
Buried | Holy See of Cilicia |
Nationality | Armenian |
Denomination | Armenian Apostolic |
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]
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]
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]