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In 1750 the Armenians of the Antonine congregation had the opportunity to build
another monastery in Lebanon on the hill Beyt Khashbo. The document was signed April
12, 1750 by Sheikh Sinto al-Khazen and approved by the patriarch Tabiya al-Khazen 52 .
On June 10, 1753 Hakob Petros II Catholicos died. He also had great merit in the
creation of the Armenian Catholic congregation. Hagop has managed well to be careful
and do not have controversies with the Armenian Apostolic Church. Hovsepian was
buried in Kreim 53 .
On June 23, 1753 Michael Pedros III was elected Catholicos whose election was
approved by Pope May 6, 1754 54 . He also as Ardzivian has tried to spread its influence
over all the Armenian Catholic of the Ottoman Empire, however, this idea was not
approved by Rome. On April 30, 1759 the powers of Catholicism have been limited to
Cilicia, Assyria and Mesopotamia 55 .
The construction of Bzommar continued under his leadership. New lands were
purchased. Gaparian died on November 16 and was buried in Bzommar 56 . Basil
Avqadian, the patriarch following, was appointed on 1 December 1780. The new
Patriarch hosted the Catholics who avoided prosecutions of Apostolic Patriarch
Zachariah (1780-1781) of Constantinople. Basil died February 15, 1788 57 .
52 Archbishop Maghakia Ormaneian, T.II, p. 3483.
53 Panos S. Jeranian, p. 67.
54 Ibid.
55 Archbishop Maghakia Ormaneian, T.II, pp. 3484-3485.
56 Andreas Alexandrian, A Concise History of Twelve Patriarchs of Cilicia, Venice, 1906, p. 22. /In
Armenian/ /²Ý¹ñ¿³ë ²É¿ùë³Ý¹ñ»³Ý, гٳéûï å³ïÙáõÃÇÇÝ »ñÏáï³ë³Ý ϳÃáÕÇÏáë³ó ÎÇÉÇÏÇáÛ,
ì»Ý»ïÇÏ, 1906, ¿ç 22:/
57 Ibid, p. 32.
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