Garegin

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

Religious figures

 * Armenian Catholicoi
 * 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 to 1952
 * Armenian Patriarchs
 * 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

Garegin
(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

Karekin
(Mostly used in Western Armenian)
 * Karekin Arutyunov (1964), Ukrainian politician
 * Karekin Deveciyan (1868–1964), Turkish-Armenia zoologist
 * Karekin Khajag (born 1867–1915), Armenian journalist
 * Karekin Pastermadjian, (born 1872–1923), Armenian politician
 * Karekin Simonian (born 1932), referee
 * Karekin Yarian, author and social activist from San Francisco