Gregory VI Of Cilicia
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Gregory VI of Cilicia (; also Gregory VI Apiratsi or Grigor VI Apirat) was the
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of the
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from 1194 to 1203, located in
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. In 1198, he proclaimed a union between
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and the Armenian Church. Gregory VI was a nephew of Gregory III of Cilicia and
Nerses IV the Gracious Nerses IV the Gracious (; also Nerses Shnorhali, Nerses of Kla or Saint Nerses the Graceful; 1102 – 13 August 1173) was Catholicos of Armenia from 1166 to 1173. During his time as a bishop and, later, as Catholicos of All Armenians, Catholic ...
. He was favorable to the Latins and had been nominated by Prince Levon I of Armenia (the future King Levon I), because of the need for an alliance. This election created a schism in the Armenian Church, however, and a rival anti-patriarch was elected in Greater Armenia. Gregory's announcement of union was not followed in deeds however, as the local clergy and populace was strongly opposed to it. When Levon, Lord of Cilicia, asked that the Pope and the Emperor recognize him as king, the condition was that the Armenian Church should join the Roman rite. He formally accepted the union, but this again was without effect as the Armenian clergy was strongly opposed to it, and never accepted the doctrine of the double nature of Christ. Gregory VI crowned him King of Armenia in 1198/1199 and the Cilician Armenian kingdom began.


References

*René Grousset, L'Empire du Levant : Histoire de la Question d'Orient, 1949 Catholicoi of Cilicia Armenian Apostolic Christians Pahlavuni family 13th-century Oriental Orthodox archbishops 12th-century Oriental Orthodox archbishops {{Armenia-reli-bio-stub