Bedros () is the

Western Armenian Western Armenian ( ) is one of the two standardized forms of Modern Armenian, the other being Eastern Armenian. It is based mainly on the Istanbul Armenian dialect, as opposed to Eastern Armenian, which is mainly based on the Yerevan Arme ...

pronunciation of the Armenian given name Petros, deriving from Greek Petros and equivalent to English

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. All Armenian Catholic Patriarch-Catholicoi have Bedros as a middle name. Bedrosian (Eastern Armenian Petrosyan), meaning "son of Bedros/Petros," is also a common Armenian given name. People with the given name include:

Religious figures

Peter I of Armenia Catholicos Peter I Getadardz (? – died 1058) () was the Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church between 1019 and 1058. He was the brother of a former Catholicos Khachik I. He was the author of several works of sermons, anthems, and elegies o ...

, i.e. Bedros I Ketadarz (d. 1058) *

Bedros IV of Cilicia Bedros I Sarajian ( ) (1870 – 28 September 1940, Beirut) was Catholicos of Cilicia of the Armenian Apostolic Church The Armenian Apostolic Church () is the Autocephaly, autocephalous national church of Armenia. Part of Oriental Orthodoxy, i ...

, Bedros IV Sarajian (1870–1940), Armenian Catholicos of Great House of Cilicia *Various men who served as

Armenian Patriarchs of Constantinople The list of Armenian patriarchs of Constantinople presents the holders of the office of Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople, the head of the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople from its establishment in 1461 to the present day. *Hovakim I of ...

*Various men who served as Armenian Patriarchs of Jerusalem

Middle name

* Abraham Petros I Ardzivian (1679–1749), Armenian Catholic patriarch of Cilicia *

Andon Bedros IX Hassoun Andon Bedros IX Hassoun (15 June 1809 – 28 February 1884) was an Ottoman prelate of the Armenian Catholic Church, the Armenian rite Catholic Church, who was the Patriarch of Cilicia from 1866 to 1881; he was at the center of a schism that la ...

(1809–1884), Armenian Catholic patriarch of Cilicia *

Hemaiag Bedros XVII Ghedighian Hemaiag Bedros XVII Ghedighian (in Armenian Հմայեակ Պետրոս ԺԷ. Կէտիկեան) (2 October 1905, in Partizak, Armenia – 28 November 1998, in Lebanon) was the Armenian Catholic Catholicos- Patriarch of Cilicia from July 1976 until ...

(1905–1998), Armenian Catholic patriarch of Cilicia * Hovhannes Bedros XVIII Kasparian (1927–2011), Armenian Catholic patriarch of Cilicia * Ignatius Bedros XVI Batanian (1899–1979), Armenian Catholic patriarch of Cilicia *

Krikor Petros XX Gabroyan Krikor Bedros XX Gabroyan, I.P.C.B. () also known in English as Gregory Peter XX Gabroyan and in French as Grégoire Pierre XX Ghabroyan (14 November 1934 – 25 May 2021) was the Catholicos-Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenian Catholic Church ...

(1934–2021), Armenian Catholic patriarch of Cilicia *

Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni (born Pierre Taza; ) (17 January 1940 – 25 June 2015) was the patriarch of the Armenian Catholic Church from 1999 until his death in 2015. Biography Pierre Taza was the second son and the fifth of eight children bor ...

(1940–2015), Armenian Catholic patriarch of Cilicia *

Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian Patriarch Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian, I.C.P.B. (; born 24 November 1946) is a Lebanese-born armenian hierarch who serves as the 21st patriarch of the Armenian Catholic Church. He previously served as ordinary of the Ordinariate for Catholi ...

(born 1946), Armenian Catholic patriarch of Cilicia

Others

* Bedros (Bedik), Armenian merchant magnate of late 16th and first half of the 17th centuries * Petros Adamian or Bedros Atamian (1849–1891), Ottoman-Armenian actor, poet, writer, artist and public figure * Bedros Bedrosian (born 1955), Romanian-Armenian triple jumper *

Bedross Der Matossian Bedross Der Matossian is professor of Modern Middle East history and the Hymen Rosenberg Professor in Judaic Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is also the vice chair of the Department of History. Der Matossian was born and rais ...

(born 1978), American historian * Bedros Hadjian (1933–2012), Buenos Aires-based Armenian writer, educator and journalist * Bedros Kapamajian (1840–1912), Ottoman-Armenian businessmen, textile trader and mayor of the town of Van, Ottoman Empire *

Bedros Keresteciyan Bedros Keresteciyan (, 1840 – 27 February 1909) was an Ottoman Armenian linguist, journalist, translator and writer of the first etymology dictionary of the Turkish language.Silvart Malhasyan, "İstanbul'da 1922 Yılında Kurulan Türk-Ermeni T ...

(1840–1907), Ottoman-Armenian linguist, journalist, translator and writer of the first etymology dictionary of the Turkish language *

Bedros Kirkorov Bedros Filippovich Kirkorov (2 June 1932 – 18 March 2025) was a Bulgarian and Russian singer and bandleader. Born in Varna to an Armenian family, he was awarded the People's Artist of Russia title and was the father of fellow singer Philipp Kir ...

(1932–2025), Bulgarian and Russian singer and bandleader of Armenian origin * Bedros Magakyan (1826–1891), Ottoman-Armenian actor and theater director and founder of the Armenian Oriental Theatre * Bedros Parian (1873–1896), better known by his nom de guerre Papken Siuni, an important figure in the Armenian national movement and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation *

Bedros Sirabyan Bedros Sirabyan (1833 – 1898) was an Ottoman painter of Armenian descent. He was also known as ''Monsieur Pierre''. Life Bedros Sirabyan was born in the Ortaköy, Ortakoy district of Constantinople in Ottoman Turkey. In 1849 he attended the pr ...

(1833–1898), Ottoman-Armenian painter *

Bedros Tourian Bedros Tourian (also spelled Petros Duryan, Turian, ; 1851 – 1872) was an Armenian poet, playwright and actor. His career was cut short when he died of tuberculosis at the age of twenty, but he gained lasting renown for his highly personal and ...

(1851–1872), Armenian poet, playwright and actor

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