[1] The position had remained vacant from 1938 to 1945 following the Stalinist-era purges against organized religion, culminating in the murder of the then catholicos Khoren I in 1938.

Ejmiatsin was ordered closed and the position of Catholicos of All Armenians remained vacant for seven years.

During the Soviet regime, the press praised Gevorg as one of the most outstanding supporters of the "struggle for peace."

He died at his flat in Yerevan in 1954, and was succeeded by Vazgen I, who was elected in 1955 as Catholicos of All Armenians.

Gevorg VI is buried near the Mother Cathedral of Holy Ejmiatsin.