Garabet Kinkababayan was an Armenian physician born around 1885 in Kayseri, located in the Ankara province of the Ottoman Empire. After completing his medical studies at the Imperial Medical School in Constantinople in 1910, he practiced medicine as a local doctor in Avanoz. His life was cut short in 1915, when he was killed in Avanoz at approximately thirty years of age. He is recognized as a saint.
Life and death
Born in the city of Kayseri, Kinkababayan pursued a career in medicine during the late Ottoman period. Following his graduation from medical school in Constantinople, he served the community of Avanoz. He died in 1915 during the period of the Armenian genocide, having been killed by Turkish forces at the age of roughly thirty.
Veneration
Because of his life and death, he is commemorated as a saint. His memory is preserved in historical records concerning Armenian physicians and victims of the events in the Ankara province during the early twentieth century.