Catholicos Vazgen I by a waterfall, 1983

Vazgen I, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, head of the Armenian Apostolic Church. His birth name was Levon-Karapet Abrahami Paljian. He was born on 3 October 1908 in Bucharest (Romania) and died on 18 August 1994 in Yerevan. He is buried in Vagharshapat.

According to the source, the photograph was taken on 10 February 1983. The Catholicos is sitting on a rock in front of a waterfall. He has a white beard and wears a black cap, a long light-coloured garment and a pendant on a chain on his chest.