Sarkis

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Sarkis is a common given name and family name in the Middle East. It is also Western Armenian variant for the Eastern Armenian name Sargis.

Sarkis may refer to:

  • Sarkis (mythology), a pre-Christian Armenian mythological character
  • Sarkis, Iran, a village in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
  • Saint Sarkis the Warrior, a saint of the 4th century
  • Patriarch Sarkis of Jerusalem, three Armenian patriarchs, from the 13th to 15th centuries
    • Patriarch Sarkis of Jerusalem (1281-1331)
    • Patriarch Sarkis of Jerusalem (1384-1415)
    • Patriarch Sarkis of Jerusalem (1507-1517)
  • Sarkis I of Armenia, Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church between 992 and 1019
  • Sarkis II the Relic-Carrier, Catholicos of Armenian Apostolic Church between 1469 and 1474.
  • Aïbeg and Serkis, 13th century Mongol envoys

Saint Sarkis / Mar Sarkis

First name

  • Sarkis Acopian (1926–2007), inventor, industrialist, environmentalist, and humanitarian
  • Sarkis Aghajan Mamendo (born 1962), Iraqi Assyrian politician and government minister in Iraqi Kurdistan
  • Sarkis Antikajian, Armenian-American artist and painter
  • Sarkis Assadourian (born 1948), Armenian-Canadian politician and MP in the Canadian Parliament (House of Commons)
  • Sarkis Assadourian (fencer) (born 1948), Iranian-Armenian fencer
  • Sarkis Baloyan (born 1992), Russian-Armenian football player
  • Sarkis Hayrapetyan (born 1992), Armenian figure skater
  • Sarkis Ordyan (1918–2003), Ukrainian-Armenian painter
  • Sarkis Soghanalian (1929–2011), nicknamed Merchant of Death, an international private arms dealer
  • Sarkis Zabunyan better known as just Sarkis, Armenian-Turkish-French conceptual artist
  • Sarkis Zeitlian (died 1985), Lebanese Armenian politician and journalist
  • Serkis Diranian (1854-1918), Armenian orientalist painter

Family name

See also

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