Meghrig Parikian

Meghrig Parikian was an Armenian bishop who served in the Armenian Apostolic Church under the jurisdiction of the Holy See of Cilicia. Parikian was the Dean of the Armenian Theological Seminary in Bikfaya, Lebanon. Meghrig Parikian was also a musician and composer who had studied at Juilliard and the Mannes School of Music in New York.

Priesthood

Parikian was appointed the parish priest of St. Mary [Armenian Apostolic Church] in Toronto in 2002. 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.

Death

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