The Khatchig Babikian Fund, a charitable initiative founded by his family in his honor, aims to support Armenians, particularly in Lebanon.
[1] Born in Larnaca, on the island of Cyprus, John Babikian studied in France, Lebanon, and Italy.
[citation needed] John Babikian was elected and appointed Armenian orthodox of Beirut in 1957 and remained a member of the Parliament until the date of his death in 1999.
The fund honors the memory of Mr. Babikian, a philanthropist, attorney, former member of the Lebanese Parliament (1957–1999), cabinet minister successively of Administrative Reform, Health, Tourism, Information, and Justice in the Lebanon government, and former chairman of the executive council of the Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia — Antelias, Lebanon.
It was the will of Babikian to establish such a charitable fund to benefit Armenians in humanitarian, educational and cultural projects.