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block=document.getElementById("mf-section-"+id);block.className+=" open-block";block.previousSibling.className+=" open-block";}</script><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><section class="mf-section-0" id="mf-section-0"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Armenian Church" redirects here. For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Church_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Armenian Church (disambiguation)">Armenian Church (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style>The Armenian Apostolic Church (<a href="/wiki/Armenian_language" title="Armenian language">Armenian</a>: Հայ Առաքելական Եկեղեցի, <a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Armenian" title="Romanization of Armenian">romanized</a>: Hay Aṙaqelakan Ékełetsi)<a href="#cite_note-6">[note 1]</a> is the <a href="/wiki/National_church" title="National church">national church</a> of <a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenia</a>. Part of <a href="/wiki/Oriental_Orthodoxy" class="mw-redirect" title="Oriental Orthodoxy">Oriental Orthodoxy</a>, it is one of the most ancient <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christian</a> institutions.<a href="#cite_note-7">[6]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Armenia_(antiquity)" title="Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity)">Kingdom of Armenia</a> was the first state in history to adopt Christianity as its official religion under the rule of <a href="/wiki/Tiridates_III_of_Armenia" title="Tiridates III of Armenia">King Tiridates III</a>, of the <a href="/wiki/Arsacid_dynasty_of_Armenia" title="Arsacid dynasty of Armenia">Arsacid dynasty</a> in the early 4th century.<a href="#cite_note-8">[7]</a><a href="#cite_note-9">[8]</a> <table class="infobox" style="width: 24em;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><a href="/wiki/File:Armenian_Apostolic_Church_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" 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href="/wiki/Etchmiadzin_Cathedral" title="Etchmiadzin Cathedral">Etchmiadzin Cathedral</a>, the mother church of the Armenian Apostolic Church</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Classification</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Christianity" title="Eastern Christianity">Eastern Christian</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Orientation</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Oriental_Orthodox" class="mw-redirect" title="Oriental Orthodox">Oriental Orthodox</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Religious_text" title="Religious text">Scripture</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Septuagint" title="Septuagint">Septuagint</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Testament" title="New Testament">New Testament</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bible_translations_into_Armenian" title="Bible translations into Armenian">Armenian versions</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Theology</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Oriental_Orthodox_Theology" class="mw-redirect" title="Oriental Orthodox Theology">Oriental Orthodox Theology</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastical_polity" title="Ecclesiastical polity">Polity</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Episcopal_polity" title="Episcopal polity">Episcopal</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastical_polity" title="Ecclesiastical polity">Governance</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mother_See_of_Holy_Etchmiadzin" title="Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin">Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Holy_See_of_Cilicia" title="Holy See of Cilicia">Holy See of Cilicia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Head</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Karekin_II" title="Karekin II">Karekin II</a> the <a href="/wiki/Catholicos_of_All_Armenians" title="Catholicos of All Armenians">Catholicos of All Armenians</a> <a href="/wiki/Aram_I" title="Aram I">Aram I</a> the <a href="/wiki/Holy_See_of_Cilicia" title="Holy See of Cilicia">Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Associations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/World_Council_of_Churches" title="World Council of Churches">World Council of Churches</a><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Region</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Armenian_diaspora" title="Armenian diaspora">Armenian diaspora</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Language</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Classical_Armenian" title="Classical Armenian">Classical Armenian</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Liturgy</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Rite" title="Armenian Rite">Armenian Rite</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Etchmiadzin_Cathedral" title="Etchmiadzin Cathedral">Etchmiadzin Cathedral</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mother_See_of_Holy_Etchmiadzin" title="Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin">Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vagharshapat" title="Vagharshapat">Vagharshapat</a>, Armenia <a href="/wiki/Saint_Gregory_the_Illuminator_Cathedral,_Yerevan" title="Saint Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral, Yerevan">Saint Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral</a>, <a href="/wiki/Holy_See_of_Cilicia" title="Holy See of Cilicia">Holy See of Cilicia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Antelias" title="Antelias">Antelias</a>, Lebanon</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gregory_the_Illuminator" title="Gregory the Illuminator">Gregory the Illuminator</a> <a href="/wiki/Bartholomew_the_Apostle" title="Bartholomew the Apostle">Bartholomew the Apostle</a> <a href="/wiki/Thaddeus_of_Edessa" class="mw-redirect" title="Thaddeus of Edessa">Thaddeus of Edessa</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Origin</th><td class="infobox-data"><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1st century <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Armenia_(antiquity)" title="Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity)">Kingdom of Armenia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Independence</th><td class="infobox-data">610 at the <a href="/wiki/Third_Council_of_Dvin" title="Third Council of Dvin">Third Council of Dvin</a><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Schism" title="Schism">Separated from</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Patriarchate_of_Constantinople" class="mw-redirect" title="Patriarchate of Constantinople">Patriarchate of Constantinople</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Second_Council_of_Dvin" title="Second Council of Dvin">Second Council of Dvin</a> (554)<a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Separations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Catholic_Church" title="Armenian Catholic Church">Armenian Catholic Church</a> <a href="/wiki/Hetanism" title="Hetanism">Hetanism</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Members</th><td class="infobox-data">9 million (self-reported)<a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Other name(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">Armenian Church</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Official website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.armenianchurch.org/">www.armenianchurch.org</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Logo</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Armenian_Apostolic_Church.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Armenian_Apostolic_Church.svg/121px-Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Armenian_Apostolic_Church.svg.png" decoding="async" width="121" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Armenian_Apostolic_Church.svg/182px-Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Armenian_Apostolic_Church.svg.png 1.5x, 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1246091330"> </div></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Paradise_-_Armenian_1693_PAGE_19_25-s.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/Paradise_-_Armenian_1693_PAGE_19_25-s.jpg" decoding="async" width="215" height="207" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="215" data-file-height="207"></a><figcaption>Paradise, in an Armenian manuscript (1693)</figcaption></figure> According to tradition, the church originated in the missions of Apostles <a href="/wiki/Bartholomew_the_Apostle" title="Bartholomew the Apostle">Bartholomew</a> and <a href="/wiki/Thaddeus_of_Edessa" class="mw-redirect" title="Thaddeus of Edessa">Thaddeus of Edessa</a> in the 1st century. St. <a href="/wiki/Gregory_the_Illuminator" title="Gregory the Illuminator">Gregory the Illuminator</a> was the first official <a href="/wiki/Primate_(bishop)" title="Primate (bishop)">primate</a> of the church. It is sometimes referred to as the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church, Armenian Church or Armenian Gregorian Church.<a href="#cite_note-10">[9]</a><a href="#cite_note-11">[10]</a><a href="#cite_note-12">[11]</a> The Armenian Apostolic Church should not be confused with the fully distinct <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Catholic_Church" title="Armenian Catholic Church">Armenian Catholic Church</a>, which is an <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Catholic_Churches" title="Eastern Catholic Churches">Eastern Catholic Church</a> in communion with the <a href="/wiki/Holy_See" title="Holy See">See of Rome</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Rome-13">[12]</a> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#History">1 History</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="#Origins">1.1 Origins</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#Independence">1.2 Independence</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#20th_century">1.3 20th century</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="#Miaphysitism_versus_monophysitism">2 Miaphysitism versus monophysitism</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#Structure_and_leadership">3 Structure and leadership</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#Two_catholicosates">3.1 Two catholicosates</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="#Two_patriarchates">3.2 Two patriarchates</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="#Eparchies_(dioceses)">3.3 Eparchies (dioceses)</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-10"><a href="#Armenia">3.3.1 Armenia</a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-11"><a href="#Dioceses/exarchates_of_the_diaspora">3.3.2 Dioceses/exarchates of the diaspora</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12"><a href="#Dioceses_of_Cilicia">4 Dioceses of Cilicia</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13"><a href="#Current_dioceses">4.1 Current dioceses</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14"><a href="#Former_dioceses_as_of_1915">4.2 Former dioceses as of 1915</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-15"><a href="#Women_in_the_Armenian_Church">5 Women in the Armenian Church</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-16"><a href="#Armenian_genocide_victims_canonization">6 Armenian genocide victims canonization</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-17"><a href="#Army_Chaplaincy_Program">7 Army Chaplaincy Program</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-18"><a href="#Current_state">8 Current state</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-19"><a href="#In_Armenia">8.1 In Armenia</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-20"><a href="#In_Artsakh">8.2 In Artsakh</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-21"><a href="#Armenian_diaspora">8.3 Armenian diaspora</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-22"><a href="#Historical_role_and_public_image">9 Historical role and public image</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-23"><a href="#Controversies_and_criticisms">10 Controversies and criticisms</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-24"><a href="#Medieval_era">10.1 Medieval era</a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-25"><a href="#Modern_era">10.2 Modern era</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-26"><a href="#See_also">11 See also</a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-27"><a href="#Lists">11.1 Lists</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-28"><a href="#Notes">12 Notes</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-29"><a href="#References">13 References</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-30"><a href="#Sources">14 Sources</a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-31"><a href="#External_links">15 External links</a></li> </ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"><h2 id="History">History</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Apostolic_Church&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Origins">Origins</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Apostolic_Church&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Origins" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tiridates_III_of_Armenia-Baptism.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Tiridates_III_of_Armenia-Baptism.jpg/170px-Tiridates_III_of_Armenia-Baptism.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="284" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="350" data-file-height="585"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 170px;height: 284px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Tiridates_III_of_Armenia-Baptism.jpg/170px-Tiridates_III_of_Armenia-Baptism.jpg" data-width="170" data-height="284" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Tiridates_III_of_Armenia-Baptism.jpg/255px-Tiridates_III_of_Armenia-Baptism.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Tiridates_III_of_Armenia-Baptism.jpg/340px-Tiridates_III_of_Armenia-Baptism.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption>Baptism of <a href="/wiki/Tiridates_III_of_Armenia" title="Tiridates III of Armenia">Tiridates III</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tatev_Monastery_Armenia_Syunik.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Tatev_Monastery_Armenia_Syunik.jpg/220px-Tatev_Monastery_Armenia_Syunik.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 165px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Tatev_Monastery_Armenia_Syunik.jpg/220px-Tatev_Monastery_Armenia_Syunik.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="165" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Tatev_Monastery_Armenia_Syunik.jpg/330px-Tatev_Monastery_Armenia_Syunik.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Tatev_Monastery_Armenia_Syunik.jpg/440px-Tatev_Monastery_Armenia_Syunik.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption>Tatev Monastery in Armenia, Syunik</figcaption></figure> The Armenian Apostolic Church believes in <a href="/wiki/Apostolic_succession" title="Apostolic succession">apostolic succession</a> through the apostles <a href="/wiki/Bartholomew_the_Apostle" title="Bartholomew the Apostle">Bartholomew</a><a href="#cite_note-14">[13]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jude_the_Apostle" title="Jude the Apostle">Thaddeus (Jude)</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Gilman-15">[14]</a><a href="#cite_note-Jacob-16">[15]</a><a href="#cite_note-Issaverdenz-17">[16]</a> According to tradition, the latter of the two apostles is said to have cured <a href="/wiki/Abgar_V" title="Abgar V">Abgar V</a> of <a href="/wiki/Osroene" title="Osroene">Edessa</a> of leprosy with the <a href="/wiki/Image_of_Edessa" title="Image of Edessa">Image of Edessa</a>, leading to his conversion in AD 30. Thaddaeus was then commissioned by Abgar to proselytize throughout Armenia, where he converted King <a href="/wiki/Sanatruk" title="Sanatruk">Sanatruk</a>'s daughter, who was eventually <a href="/wiki/Martyr" title="Martyr">martyred</a> alongside Thaddeus when Sanatruk later fell into <a href="/wiki/Apostasy" title="Apostasy">apostasy</a>. After this, Bartholomew came to Armenia, bringing a portrait of the <a href="/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mary (mother of Jesus)">Virgin Mary</a>, which he placed in a <a href="/wiki/Nun" title="Nun">nunnery</a> he founded over a former temple of <a href="/wiki/Anahit" title="Anahit">Anahit</a>. Bartholomew then converted the sister of Sanatruk, who once again martyred a female relative and the apostle who converted her. Both apostles ordained native bishops before their execution, and some other Armenians had been ordained outside of Armenia by <a href="/wiki/James_the_Just" class="mw-redirect" title="James the Just">James the Just</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Jacob-16">[15]</a><a href="#cite_note-Issaverdenz-17">[16]</a> Scholars including <a href="/wiki/Bart_D._Ehrman" title="Bart D. Ehrman">Bart Ehrman</a>, Han J.W. Drijvers, and <a href="/wiki/Walter_Bauer" title="Walter Bauer">Walter Bauer</a> dismiss the conversion of <a href="/wiki/Abgar_V" title="Abgar V">Abgar V</a><a href="#cite_note-18">[17]</a> as fiction. According to <a href="/wiki/Eusebius" title="Eusebius">Eusebius</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tertullian" title="Tertullian">Tertullian</a>, Armenian Christians were persecuted by kings <a href="/wiki/Axidares_of_Armenia" title="Axidares of Armenia">Axidares</a>, <a href="/wiki/Khosrov_I_of_Armenia" title="Khosrov I of Armenia">Khosrov I</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tiridates_III_of_Armenia" title="Tiridates III of Armenia">Tiridates III</a>, the last of whom was converted to Christianity by <a href="/wiki/Gregory_the_Illuminator" title="Gregory the Illuminator">Gregory the Illuminator</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Gilman-15">[14]</a> <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Armenia_(antiquity)" title="Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity)">Ancient Armenia</a> was the first state to adopt <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> as a <a href="/wiki/State_religion" title="State religion">state religion</a>, which has been referred to by <a href="/wiki/Nina_Garso%C3%AFan" title="Nina Garsoïan">Nina Garsoïan</a> as "probably the most crucial step in its history."<a href="#cite_note-Garso%C3%AFan-19">[18]</a> This conversion distinguished it from its <a href="/wiki/History_of_Iran" title="History of Iran">Iranian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zoroastrianism" title="Zoroastrianism">Mazdean</a> roots and protected it from further <a href="/wiki/Parthian_Empire" title="Parthian Empire">Parthian</a> influence.<a href="#cite_note-Gilman-15">[14]</a><a href="#cite_note-Garso%C3%AFan-19">[18]</a> According to <a href="/wiki/Mary_Boyce" title="Mary Boyce">Mary Boyce</a>, the acceptance of Christianity by the Arsacid-Armenian rulers was partly in defiance of the <a href="/wiki/Sassanids" class="mw-redirect" title="Sassanids">Sassanids</a>.<a href="#cite_note-20">[19]</a> When King Tiridates III made Christianity the state religion of Armenia between 300 and 301, it was not an entirely new religion there. It had penetrated the country from at least the third century, and may have been present even earlier.<a href="#cite_note-maarten-21">[20]</a> Tiridates declared Gregory to be the first <a href="/wiki/Catholicos" title="Catholicos">Catholicos</a> of the Armenian Apostolic Church and sent him to <a href="/wiki/Kayseri" title="Kayseri">Caesarea</a> to be consecrated. Upon his return, Gregory tore down shrines to idols, built churches and monasteries, and ordained many <a href="/wiki/Priest" title="Priest">priests</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bishop" title="Bishop">bishops</a>. While meditating in the old capital city of <a href="/wiki/Vagharshapat" title="Vagharshapat">Vagharshapat</a>, Gregory had a vision of Christ descending to the earth and striking it with a hammer. From that spot arose a great Christian temple with a huge cross. He was convinced that God intended him to build the main Armenian church there. With the king's help he did so in accordance with his vision, renaming the city <a href="/wiki/Etchmiadzin" class="mw-redirect" title="Etchmiadzin">Etchmiadzin</a>, which means "the place of the descent of the <a href="/wiki/Monogen%C4%93s" title="Monogenēs">Only-Begotten</a>".<a href="#cite_note-22">[21]</a> Initially, the Armenian Apostolic Church participated in the larger Christian world and was subordinated to the Bishop of Caesarea.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDo%C4%8Dkal1940b186-23">[22]</a> Its Catholicos was represented at the <a href="/wiki/First_Council_of_Nicea" class="mw-redirect" title="First Council of Nicea">First Council of Nicea</a> (325). <a href="/wiki/St._Vrtanes_I" title="St. Vrtanes I">St. Vrtanes I</a>, the third <a href="/wiki/Catholicos" title="Catholicos">Catholicos</a> of the Armenian Apostolic Church (333–341), sent a letter with specific questions to <a href="/wiki/Macarius_of_Jerusalem" title="Macarius of Jerusalem">Macarius</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Greek_Orthodox_Patriarch_of_Jerusalem#Bishops_of_Jerusalem" title="Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem">Orthodox Bishop of Jerusalem</a> (312-335/36), taken to <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a> by a delegation of Armenian priests on the occasion of the <a href="/wiki/Encaenia" title="Encaenia">Encaenia</a>, in dedication of the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_Holy_Sepulchre" title="Church of the Holy Sepulchre">Church of the Holy Sepulchre</a> in September 335. In Macarius's letter to the <a href="/wiki/Armenians" title="Armenians">Armenians</a> in 335, it seeks to correct irregularities in the initiation rites of <a href="/wiki/Baptism" title="Baptism">baptism</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Eucharist" title="Eucharist">eucharist</a> in use in the <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Armenian Church">Armenian Church</a> by articulating the practices in Jerusalem. In so doing, it reveals the divergent forms being practiced in <a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenia</a>, which have strong echoes of old <a href="/wiki/East_Syriac_Rite" title="East Syriac Rite">East Syriac Rite</a>. <a href="/wiki/Orthopraxy" title="Orthopraxy">Orthopraxy</a> was conceived by <a href="/wiki/Vrtanes" title="Vrtanes">Vrtanes</a> and his Armenian colleagues in terms of liturgical performance in Jerusalem. In 353, King <a href="/wiki/Pap_of_Armenia" title="Pap of Armenia">Papas (Pap)</a> appointed Catholicos <a href="/wiki/St._Husik_I" title="St. Husik I">Husik</a> without first sending him to Caesarea for commissioning.<a href="#cite_note-24">[23]</a> The Armenian Catholicos was still represented at the <a href="/wiki/First_Council_of_Constantinople" title="First Council of Constantinople">First Council of Constantinople</a> (381). <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gregory_the_Illuminator_mosaic_in_Hagia_Sophia_by_Wilhelm_Salzenberg.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Gregory_the_Illuminator_mosaic_in_Hagia_Sophia_by_Wilhelm_Salzenberg.jpg/220px-Gregory_the_Illuminator_mosaic_in_Hagia_Sophia_by_Wilhelm_Salzenberg.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="290" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1161" data-file-height="1532"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 290px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Gregory_the_Illuminator_mosaic_in_Hagia_Sophia_by_Wilhelm_Salzenberg.jpg/220px-Gregory_the_Illuminator_mosaic_in_Hagia_Sophia_by_Wilhelm_Salzenberg.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="290" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Gregory_the_Illuminator_mosaic_in_Hagia_Sophia_by_Wilhelm_Salzenberg.jpg/330px-Gregory_the_Illuminator_mosaic_in_Hagia_Sophia_by_Wilhelm_Salzenberg.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Gregory_the_Illuminator_mosaic_in_Hagia_Sophia_by_Wilhelm_Salzenberg.jpg/440px-Gregory_the_Illuminator_mosaic_in_Hagia_Sophia_by_Wilhelm_Salzenberg.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Gregory_the_Illuminator" title="Gregory the Illuminator">Gregory the Illuminator</a>, first <a href="/wiki/Catholicos_of_All_Armenians" title="Catholicos of All Armenians">Catholicos of All Armenians</a></figcaption></figure> As Gregory was consecrated by the bishop of Caesarea, he also accepted the <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Rite" title="Byzantine Rite">Byzantine Rite</a>. However, the Armenian Church, due to the influence of the Church in <a href="/wiki/Edessa" title="Edessa">Edessa</a>, the large presence of <a href="/wiki/Assyrian_people" title="Assyrian people">Syriacs</a> in Armenia, as well as the number of Syriac priests that arrived in Armenia with Gregory, also cultivated the <a href="/wiki/West_Syriac_Rite" title="West Syriac Rite">West Syriac</a> or Antiochian Rite. Since Armenians at the time did not have an alphabet, its clergy learned <a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a> and <a href="/wiki/Syriac_language" title="Syriac language">Syriac</a>. From this synthesis, the new <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Rite" title="Armenian Rite">Armenian Rite</a> came about, which had similarities both with the Byzantine and the <a href="/wiki/Antioch" title="Antioch">Antiochian</a> Syriac rite.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDo%C4%8Dkal1940b186%E2%80%93187-25">[24]</a> Christianity was strengthened in Armenia in the 5th century by the translation of the <a href="/wiki/Bible" title="Bible">Bible</a> into the <a href="/wiki/Armenian_language" title="Armenian language">Armenian language</a> by the native <a href="/wiki/Theologian" class="mw-redirect" title="Theologian">theologian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Monk" title="Monk">monk</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Scholarly_method" title="Scholarly method">scholar</a>, Saint <a href="/wiki/Mesrop_Mashtots" title="Mesrop Mashtots">Mesrop Mashtots</a>. Before the 5th century, Armenians had a spoken language, but no script. Thus, the Bible and <a href="/wiki/Liturgy" title="Liturgy">liturgy</a> were written in the <a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a> or Syriac scripts until <a href="/wiki/Isaac_of_Armenia" title="Isaac of Armenia">Catholicos Sahak Part'ew</a> commissioned Mesrop to create the <a href="/wiki/Armenian_alphabet" title="Armenian alphabet">Armenian alphabet</a>, which he completed in <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 405. Subsequently, the Bible and liturgy were translated into Armenian and written in the new script. The translation of the Bible, along with works of history, <a href="/wiki/Literature" title="Literature">literature</a> and <a href="/wiki/Philosophy" title="Philosophy">philosophy</a>, caused a flowering of Armenian literature and a broader cultural renaissance.<a href="#cite_note-26">[25]</a> Although unable to attend the <a href="/wiki/First_Council_of_Ephesus" class="mw-redirect" title="First Council of Ephesus">Council of Ephesus</a> (431), Catholicos <a href="/wiki/Isaac_of_Armenia" title="Isaac of Armenia">Isaac Parthiev</a> (Sahak Part'ew) sent a message agreeing with its decisions.<a href="#cite_note-27">[26]</a> However, non-doctrinal elements in the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Chalcedon" title="Council of Chalcedon">Council of Chalcedon</a> (451) caused certain problems to arise. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Independence">Independence</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Apostolic_Church&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Independence" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This subsection needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a>. 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Find sources: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?as_eq=wikipedia&q=%22Armenian+Apostolic+Church%22">"Armenian Apostolic Church"</a> – <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbm=nws&q=%22Armenian+Apostolic+Church%22+-wikipedia&tbs=ar:1">news</a> · <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?&q=%22Armenian+Apostolic+Church%22&tbs=bkt:s&tbm=bks">newspapers</a> · <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbs=bks:1&q=%22Armenian+Apostolic+Church%22+-wikipedia">books</a> · <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22Armenian+Apostolic+Church%22">scholar</a> · <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=%22Armenian+Apostolic+Church%22&acc=on&wc=on">JSTOR</a> (June 2018) (<a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a>)</div></td></tr></tbody></table> <a href="/wiki/Miaphysitism" title="Miaphysitism">Miaphysitism</a> spread from <a href="/wiki/Syria_(Roman_Province)" class="mw-redirect" title="Syria (Roman Province)">Syria</a> to Armenia, from where it came to <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)">Georgia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Caucasian_Albania" title="Caucasian Albania">Caucasian Albania</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDo%C4%8Dkal1940a114-28">[27]</a> At the <a href="/wiki/First_Council_of_Dvin" title="First Council of Dvin">First Council of Dvin</a> in 506, the synod of the Armenian, <a href="/wiki/Georgian_Orthodox_Church" title="Georgian Orthodox Church">Georgian</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Caucasian_Albania" title="Church of Caucasian Albania">Caucasian Albanian</a> bishops was assembled during the time in office of <a href="/wiki/List_of_Catholicoi_of_Armenia" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Catholicoi of Armenia">Catholicos Babken I</a>. The participation of the Catholicoi of Georgia and Albania was set to make clear the position of the churches concerning the Council of Chalcedon. The "Book of Epistles" mentions that 20 bishops, 14 laymen, and many <a href="/wiki/Nakharar" title="Nakharar">nakharars</a> (rulers of Armenia) participated in the council. Almost a century later (609–610), the <a href="/wiki/Third_Council_of_Dvin" title="Third Council of Dvin">Third Council of Dvin</a> was convened during the reign of Catholicos Abraham I of Aghbatank and Prince <a href="/wiki/Smbat_IV_Bagratuni" title="Smbat IV Bagratuni">Smbat Bagratuni</a>, with clergymen and laymen participating. The Georgian Church disagreed with the Armenian Church, having approved the <a href="/wiki/Christology" title="Christology">christology</a> of Chalcedon. This council was convened to clarify the relationship between the Armenian and Georgian churches. After the Council, Catholicos Abraham wrote an encyclical letter addressed to the people, blaming Catholicos <a href="/wiki/Kirion_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Kirion I">Kurion</a> of the Georgian Church and his adherents for the schism. The Council never set up canons; it only deprived Georgians from taking <a href="/wiki/Eucharist" title="Eucharist">communion</a> in the Armenian Church.<a href="#cite_note-29">[28]</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">need quotation to verify</a>]<a href="#cite_note-30">[29]</a> Despite this, the Albanian Church remained under the jurisdiction of the Armenian Church while also in communion with the Georgian Church. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="20th_century">20th century</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Apostolic_Church&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 20th century" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Update plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Update" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (January 2024)</div></td></tr></tbody></table> In 1903, the <a href="/wiki/Tsarist_autocracy" title="Tsarist autocracy">Tsarist</a> government of the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a> moved to confiscate the property of the Armenian Church.<a href="#cite_note-31">[30]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"><h2 id="Miaphysitism_versus_monophysitism">Miaphysitism versus monophysitism</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Apostolic_Church&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Miaphysitism versus monophysitism" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> Like all <a href="/wiki/Oriental_Orthodox" class="mw-redirect" title="Oriental Orthodox">Oriental Orthodox</a> churches, the <a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenian</a> Church has been referred to as <a href="/wiki/Monophysitism" title="Monophysitism">monophysite</a> by both <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic">Roman Catholic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Orthodox">Eastern Orthodox</a> theologians because it rejected the decisions of the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Chalcedon" title="Council of Chalcedon">Council of Chalcedon</a>, which condemned the belief of one incarnate nature of Christ (<a href="/wiki/Monophysitism" title="Monophysitism">monophysis</a>). The Armenian Church officially severed ties with <a href="/wiki/Patriarch_of_Rome" class="mw-redirect" title="Patriarch of Rome">Rome</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ecumenical_Patriarch_of_Constantinople" title="Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople">Constantinople</a> in 610, during the <a href="/wiki/Third_Council_of_Dvin" title="Third Council of Dvin">Third Council of Dvin</a> where the <a href="/wiki/Chalcedonian_Christianity" title="Chalcedonian Christianity">Chalcedonian</a> <a href="/wiki/Dyophysite" class="mw-redirect" title="Dyophysite">dyophysite</a> christological formula was rejected.<a href="#cite_note-32">[31]</a> However, again like other Oriental Orthodox,<a href="#cite_note-33">[32]</a> the Armenian Apostolic Church argues that the identification as "monophysitism" is an incorrect description of its position.<a href="#cite_note-Ecumenical_Councils-34">[33]</a> It considers Monophysitism, as taught by <a href="/wiki/Eutyches" title="Eutyches">Eutyches</a> and condemned at Chalcedon, a heresy and only disagrees with the formula defined by the Council of Chalcedon.<a href="#cite_note-Ecumenical_Councils-34">[33]</a> The Armenian Church instead adheres to the doctrine defined by <a href="/wiki/Cyril_of_Alexandria" title="Cyril of Alexandria">Cyril of Alexandria</a>, considered as a saint by the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Chalcedon" title="Council of Chalcedon">Chalcedonian churches</a> as well, who described Christ as being of one incarnate nature, where both divine and human nature are united (miaphysis). To distinguish this from <a href="/wiki/Eutychian" class="mw-redirect" title="Eutychian">Eutychian</a> and other versions of Monophysitism this position is called <a href="/wiki/Miaphysitism" title="Miaphysitism">miaphysitism</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWinkler199733-40-35">[34]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrock201645%E2%80%9352-36">[35]</a> Whereas the prefix "mono-" (< <a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a> μονο- < μόνος) means "single, alone, only",<a href="#cite_note-37">[36]</a><a href="#cite_note-38">[37]</a> thus emphasising the singular nature of Christ, "mia" (μία "one" FEM),<a href="#cite_note-39">[38]</a> simply means "one" unemphatically, and allows for a compound nature. In recent times, both Chalcedonian and non-Chalcedonian churches have developed a deeper understanding for each other's positions, recognizing their substantial agreement while maintaining their respective positions.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"><h2 id="Structure_and_leadership">Structure and leadership</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Apostolic_Church&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Structure and leadership" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Armenian_Church_Structure.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Armenian_Church_Structure.jpg/220px-Armenian_Church_Structure.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="267"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 147px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Armenian_Church_Structure.jpg/220px-Armenian_Church_Structure.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="147" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Armenian_Church_Structure.jpg/330px-Armenian_Church_Structure.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/Armenian_Church_Structure.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption>Procession of Armenian priests.</figcaption></figure> According to The Armenian Church by <a href="/wiki/Theodore_Edward_Dowling" title="Theodore Edward Dowling">Archdeacon Dowling</a> published in 1910 (before the Great War and the Armenian Genocide), the Armenian Apostolic Church was composed of four patriarchal provinces, comprising at that date seventy-two, six, and two dioceses in <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Turkey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russia</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a>, respectively.<a href="#cite_note-40">[39]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Two_catholicosates">Two catholicosates</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Apostolic_Church&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Two catholicosates" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> The Armenian Apostolic Church currently has two <a href="/wiki/Episcopal_see" title="Episcopal see">sees</a>. First, there is the <a href="/wiki/Catholicos_of_All_Armenians" title="Catholicos of All Armenians">Catholicos of All Armenians</a> residing in <a href="/wiki/Etchmiadzin" class="mw-redirect" title="Etchmiadzin">Etchmiadzin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenia</a>, at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. Second, there is the <a href="/wiki/Holy_See_of_Cilicia" title="Holy See of Cilicia">Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia</a>, headquartered since 1930 in <a href="/wiki/Antelias" title="Antelias">Antelias</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lebanon" title="Lebanon">Lebanon</a>. The Catholicos of Etchmiadzin has pre-eminent supremacy in all spiritual matters over the See of Cilicia, which however administers to the dioceses under its jurisdiction as they see fit.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] The Armenian Catholic Church is completely distinct from the Armenian Apostolic Church and is headed by its own Patriarch-Catholicos.<a href="#cite_note-Rome-13">[12]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Two_patriarchates">Two patriarchates</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Apostolic_Church&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Two patriarchates" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Armenian_Patriarchate_of_Jerusalem_Armenian_Quarter_(10804744755).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Armenian_Patriarchate_of_Jerusalem_Armenian_Quarter_%2810804744755%29.jpg/220px-Armenian_Patriarchate_of_Jerusalem_Armenian_Quarter_%2810804744755%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="4288" data-file-height="2848"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 146px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Armenian_Patriarchate_of_Jerusalem_Armenian_Quarter_%2810804744755%29.jpg/220px-Armenian_Patriarchate_of_Jerusalem_Armenian_Quarter_%2810804744755%29.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="146" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Armenian_Patriarchate_of_Jerusalem_Armenian_Quarter_%2810804744755%29.jpg/330px-Armenian_Patriarchate_of_Jerusalem_Armenian_Quarter_%2810804744755%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Armenian_Patriarchate_of_Jerusalem_Armenian_Quarter_%2810804744755%29.jpg/440px-Armenian_Patriarchate_of_Jerusalem_Armenian_Quarter_%2810804744755%29.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Patriarchate_of_Jerusalem" title="Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem">Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem</a></figcaption></figure>The Armenian Apostolic Church has two patriarchates of high authority, both under the jurisdiction of the <a href="/wiki/Catholicos_of_All_Armenians" title="Catholicos of All Armenians">Catholicos of All Armenians</a>: <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Patriarchate_of_Jerusalem" title="Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem">Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem</a> (<a href="/wiki/Armenian_language" title="Armenian language">Armenian</a>: Առաքելական Աթոռ Սրբոց Յակովբեանց Յերուսաղեմ, literally Apostolic Seat of St. James in Jerusalem), whose seat is in the <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Quarter" title="Armenian Quarter">Armenian Quarter</a> of <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a>. It is headed since 2013 by the Patriarch of Jerusalem, Archbishop <a href="/wiki/Nourhan_Manougian" title="Nourhan Manougian">Nourhan Manougian</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Patriarchate_of_Constantinople" title="Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople">Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople</a> (<a href="/wiki/Armenian_language" title="Armenian language">Armenian</a>: Պատրիարքութիւն Հայոց Կոստանդնուպոլսոյ) and All of Turkey, which has jurisdiction in the modern-day Republic of Turkey. Its seat is in Istanbul, Turkey and is headed since 2019 by the Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople, Archbishop <a href="/wiki/Sahak_II_Mashalian" title="Sahak II Mashalian">Sahak II Mashalian</a>.<a href="#cite_note-41">[40]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Eparchies_(dioceses)">Eparchies (dioceses)</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Apostolic_Church&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Eparchies (dioceses)" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> List of eparchies:<a href="#cite_note-LoD-42">[41]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Armenia">Armenia</h4> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Apostolic_Church&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Armenia" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Aragatsotn" title="Diocese of Aragatsotn">Aragatsotn eparchy</a><a href="#cite_note-LoD-42">[41]</a></li> <li>Diocese of Armavir<a href="#cite_note-LoD-42">[41]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Araratian_Pontifical_Diocese" title="Araratian Pontifical Diocese">Ararat Patriarchal eparchy</a><a href="#cite_note-LoD-42">[41]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Artik" title="Diocese of Artik">Artik eparchy</a><a href="#cite_note-LoD-42">[41]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Gegharkounik" title="Diocese of Gegharkounik">Gegharkunik eparchy</a><a href="#cite_note-LoD-42">[41]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Gougark" title="Diocese of Gougark">Gougark eparchy</a><a href="#cite_note-LoD-42">[41]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Kotayk" title="Diocese of Kotayk">Kotayk eparchy</a><a href="#cite_note-LoD-42">[41]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Shirak" title="Diocese of Shirak">Shirak eparchy</a><a href="#cite_note-LoD-42">[41]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Syunik" title="Diocese of Syunik">Syunik eparchy</a><a href="#cite_note-LoD-42">[41]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Tavush" title="Diocese of Tavush">Tavush eparchy</a><a href="#cite_note-LoD-42">[41]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Vayots_Dzor" title="Diocese of Vayots Dzor">Vayots Dzor eparchy</a><a href="#cite_note-LoD-42">[41]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Artsakh" title="Diocese of Artsakh">Artsakh eparchy</a><a href="#cite_note-LoD-42">[41]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Dioceses/exarchates_of_the_diaspora">Dioceses/exarchates of the diaspora</h4> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Apostolic_Church&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Dioceses/exarchates of the diaspora" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <dl><dt>Europe</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Diocese_of_Russia_and_New_Nakhichevan" title="Armenian Diocese of Russia and New Nakhichevan">Diocese of Russia and New Nakhichevan</a><a href="#cite_note-LoD-42">[41]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Diocese_of_Southern_Russia" title="Armenian Diocese of Southern Russia">Diocese of Southern Russia</a><a href="#cite_note-LoD-42">[41]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Diocese_of_Ukraine" title="Armenian Diocese of Ukraine">Diocese of Ukraine</a><a href="#cite_note-LoD-42">[41]</a></li> <li>Exarchate of Central Europe<a href="#cite_note-LoD-42">[41]</a></li> <li>Exarchate of Western Europe<a href="#cite_note-LoD-42">[41]</a></li> <li>Diocese of Georgia<a href="#cite_note-LoD-42">[41]</a></li> <li>Diocese of Romania<a href="#cite_note-LoD-42">[41]</a></li> <li>Diocese of Bulgaria<a href="#cite_note-LoD-42">[41]</a></li> <li>Diocese of Greece<a href="#cite_note-LoD-42">[41]</a></li> <li>Diocese of Germany<a href="#cite_note-LoD-42">[41]</a></li> <li>Diocese of Switzerland<a href="#cite_note-LoD-42">[41]</a></li> <li>Diocese of France<a href="#cite_note-LoD-42">[41]</a></li> <li>Diocese of Great Britain and Ireland<a href="#cite_note-LoD-42">[41]</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Middle East</dt></dl> <ul><li>Diocese of Egypt<a href="#cite_note-LoD-42">[41]</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>New World</dt></dl> <ul><li>Diocese of Canada<a href="#cite_note-LoD-42">[41]</a></li> <li>Western Diocese (USA)<a href="#cite_note-LoD-42">[41]</a></li> <li>Eastern Diocese (USA)<a href="#cite_note-LoD-42">[41]</a></li> <li>Diocese of Australia and New Zealand<a href="#cite_note-LoD-42">[41]</a></li> <li>Diocese of Argentina<a href="#cite_note-LoD-42">[41]</a></li> <li>Diocese of Uruguay<a href="#cite_note-LoD-42">[41]</a></li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Armenian_Church_Madras.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Armenian_Church_Madras.jpg/220px-Armenian_Church_Madras.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1774" data-file-height="1331"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 165px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Armenian_Church_Madras.jpg/220px-Armenian_Church_Madras.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="165" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Armenian_Church_Madras.jpg/330px-Armenian_Church_Madras.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Armenian_Church_Madras.jpg/440px-Armenian_Church_Madras.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption>Armenian Church in <a href="/wiki/Madras" class="mw-redirect" title="Madras">Madras</a>, India, constructed in 1712</figcaption></figure> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"><h2 id="Dioceses_of_Cilicia">Dioceses of Cilicia</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Apostolic_Church&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Dioceses of Cilicia" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_dioceses">Current dioceses</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Apostolic_Church&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Current dioceses" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> Source:<a href="#cite_note-43">[42]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Apostolic_Diocese_of_Lebanon" title="Armenian Apostolic Diocese of Lebanon">Armenian Prelacy of Lebanon</a>, based in <a href="/wiki/Beirut" title="Beirut">Beirut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Diocese_of_Beroea" class="mw-redirect" title="Armenian Diocese of Beroea">Armenian Prelacy of Aleppo</a>, based in <a href="/wiki/Aleppo" title="Aleppo">Aleppo</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Prelacy_of_Jezireh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Armenian Prelacy of Jezireh (page does not exist)">Armenian Prelacy of Jezireh</a> [<a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8B%D5%A5%D5%A6%D5%AB%D6%80%D5%A5%D5%AB_%D5%A9%D5%A5%D5%B4" class="extiw" title="hy:Ջեզիրեի թեմ">hy</a>], based in <a href="/wiki/Qamishli" title="Qamishli">Qamishli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Apostolic_Diocese_of_Isfahan_and_Southern_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="Armenian Apostolic Diocese of Isfahan and Southern Iran">Armenian Prelacy of Isfahan</a>, based in <a href="/wiki/New_Julfa" title="New Julfa">New Julfa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Apostolic_Diocese_of_Atrpatakan" class="mw-redirect" title="Armenian Apostolic Diocese of Atrpatakan">Armenian Prelacy of Atrpatakan</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Tabriz" title="Tabriz">Tabriz</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Prelacy_of_Tehran&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Armenian Prelacy of Tehran (page does not exist)">Armenian Prelacy of Tehran</a> [<a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B9%D5%A5%D5%B0%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%AB_%D5%A9%D5%A5%D5%B4" class="extiw" title="hy:Թեհրանի թեմ">hy</a>], based in <a href="/wiki/Tehran" title="Tehran">Tehran</a> (<a href="/wiki/Saint_Sarkis_Cathedral,_Tehran" title="Saint Sarkis Cathedral, Tehran">Saint Sarkis Cathedral</a>)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Prelacy_of_Kuwait_%26_Neighboring_Countries&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Armenian Prelacy of Kuwait & Neighboring Countries (page does not exist)">Armenian Prelacy of Kuwait & Neighboring Countries</a> [<a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%94%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%BE%D5%A5%D5%B5%D5%A9%D5%AB_%D6%87_%D4%B1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%A2%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%AE%D5%B8%D6%81%D5%AB_%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%AF%D6%80%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%AB_%D5%A9%D5%A5%D5%B4" class="extiw" title="hy:Քուվեյթի և Արաբական ծոցի երկրների թեմ">hy</a>], based in <a href="/wiki/Kuwait_City" title="Kuwait City">Kuwait City</a></li> <li>Armenian Prelacy of the <a href="/wiki/UAE" class="mw-redirect" title="UAE">United Arab Emirates</a> and <a href="/wiki/Qatar" title="Qatar">Qatar</a>, based in <a href="/wiki/Abu_Dhabi" title="Abu Dhabi">Abu Dhabi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Diocese_of_Cyprus" class="mw-redirect" title="Armenian Diocese of Cyprus">Armenian Prelacy of Cyprus</a>, based in <a href="/wiki/Nicosia" title="Nicosia">Nicosia</a></li> <li>Armenian Prelacy of Greece, based in <a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Prelacy_of_Canada" title="Armenian Prelacy of Canada">Armenian Prelacy of Canada</a>, based in <a href="/wiki/Montreal" title="Montreal">Montreal</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Prelacy_of_the_Eastern_United_States&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Armenian Prelacy of the Eastern United States (page does not exist)">Armenian Prelacy of the Eastern United States</a> [<a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%80%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%BD%D5%AB%D5%BD%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB%D5%B6_%D4%B1%D5%B4%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB_%D5%A1%D6%80%D6%87%D5%A5%D5%AC%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%A9%D5%A5%D5%B4" class="extiw" title="hy:Հյուսիսային Ամերիկայի արևելյան թեմ">hy</a>], based in <a href="/wiki/Manhattan,_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Manhattan, New York">Manhattan, New York</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Prelacy_of_the_Western_United_States&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Armenian Prelacy of the Western United States (page does not exist)">Armenian Prelacy of the Western United States</a> [<a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%80%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%BD%D5%AB%D5%BD%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB%D5%B6_%D4%B1%D5%B4%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB_%D5%A1%D6%80%D6%87%D5%B4%D5%BF%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%A9%D5%A5%D5%B4" class="extiw" title="hy:Հյուսիսային Ամերիկայի արևմտյան թեմ">hy</a>], based in <a href="/wiki/Sunland-Tujunga,_Los_Angeles" title="Sunland-Tujunga, Los Angeles">Sunland-Tujunga, Los Angeles</a></li> <li>Armenian Prelacy of <a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela">Venezuela</a>, based in <a href="/wiki/Caracas" title="Caracas">Caracas</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former_dioceses_as_of_1915">Former dioceses as of 1915</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Apostolic_Church&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Former dioceses as of 1915" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> Source:<a href="#cite_note-44">[43]</a> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Prelacy_of_Sis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Armenian Prelacy of Sis (page does not exist)">Armenian Prelacy of Sis</a> [<a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8D%D5%AB%D5%BD%D5%AB_%D5%A9%D5%A5%D5%B4" class="extiw" title="hy:Սիսի թեմ">hy</a>], based in <a href="/wiki/Kozan,_Adana" title="Kozan, Adana">Kozan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Prelacy_of_Adana&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Armenian Prelacy of Adana (page does not exist)">Armenian Prelacy of Adana</a> [<a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%A4%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB_%D5%A9%D5%A5%D5%B4" class="extiw" title="hy:Ադանայի թեմ">hy</a>], based in <a href="/wiki/Adana" title="Adana">Adana</a></li> <li>Armenian Prelacy of Hadjin, based in <a href="/wiki/Saimbeyli" title="Saimbeyli">Saimbeyli</a></li> <li>Armenian Prelacy of Payas, based in <a href="/wiki/Payas" title="Payas">Payas</a></li> <li>Armenian Prelacy of Germanik or Marash, based in <a href="/wiki/Kahramanmara%C5%9F" title="Kahramanmaraş">Kahramanmaraş</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Prelacy_of_Ulnia_or_Zeytun&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Armenian Prelacy of Ulnia or Zeytun (page does not exist)">Armenian Prelacy of Ulnia or Zeytun</a> [<a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B6%D5%A5%D5%B5%D5%A9%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6%D5%AB_%D5%A9%D5%A5%D5%B4" class="extiw" title="hy:Զեյթունի թեմ">hy</a>], based in <a href="/wiki/S%C3%BCleymanl%C4%B1" title="Süleymanlı">Süleymanlı</a></li> <li>Armenian Prelacy of Firnouze, based in Fırnız</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Prelacy_of_Aintab&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Armenian Prelacy of Aintab (page does not exist)">Armenian Prelacy of Aintab</a> [<a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%B5%D5%B6%D5%A9%D5%A1%D5%BA%D5%AB_%D5%A9%D5%A5%D5%B4" class="extiw" title="hy:Այնթապի թեմ">hy</a>], based in <a href="/wiki/Gaziantep" title="Gaziantep">Gaziantep</a></li> <li>Armenian Prelacy of Antiok, based in <a href="/wiki/Antakya" title="Antakya">Antakya</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Prelacy_of_Malatia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Armenian Prelacy of Malatia (page does not exist)">Armenian Prelacy of Malatia</a> [<a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%A1%D5%A9%D5%AB%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB_%D5%A9%D5%A5%D5%B4" class="extiw" title="hy:Մալաթիայի թեմ">hy</a>], based in <a href="/wiki/Malatya" title="Malatya">Malatya</a></li> <li>Armenian Prelacy of Yozghat, based in <a href="/wiki/Yozgat" title="Yozgat">Yozgat</a></li> <li>Armenian Prelacy of Gyurin, based in <a href="/wiki/G%C3%BCr%C3%BCn" title="Gürün">Gürün</a></li> <li>Armenian Prelacy of Tevrik, based in <a href="/wiki/Divri%C4%9Fi" title="Divriği">Divriği</a></li> <li>Armenian Prelacy of Daranda, based in <a href="/wiki/Darende" title="Darende">Darende</a></li></ul> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(5)"><h2 id="Women_in_the_Armenian_Church">Women in the Armenian Church</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Apostolic_Church&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Women in the Armenian Church" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-5 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-5"> The Armenian Church does not ordain women to the priesthood.<a href="#cite_note-45">[44]</a> Historically, however, monastic women have been ordained as deacons within a convent environment.<a href="#cite_note-46">[45]</a> When ordained to the diaconate, "men and women are ordained to the diaconate using the same rite, with both having functions of chanting the Gospel and serving in the Divine Liturgy."<a href="#cite_note-47">[46]</a> Monastic women deacons generally do not minister in traditional parish churches or cathedrals, although the late Sister Hripseme did minister and serve during public liturgies, including in the United States.<a href="#cite_note-48">[47]</a> The Armenian Church's last monastic deaconess was Sister Hripsime Sasounian (died in 2007) and on 25 September 2017, Ani-Kristi Manvelian, a twenty-four-year-old woman, was ordained in Tehran's St. Sarkis Mother Church as the first parish deaconess after many centuries.<a href="#cite_note-49">[48]</a> Women also serve as <a href="/wiki/Altar_server" title="Altar server">altar girls</a> and lay readers, especially when a parish is so small that not enough boys or men are regularly available to serve.<a href="#cite_note-50">[49]</a><a href="#cite_note-51">[50]</a> Women commonly serve the church in the choir and at the organ, on parish councils, as volunteers for church events, fundraisers, and Sunday schools, as supporters through Women's Guilds, and as staff members in church offices. In the case of a married priest (Der Hayr), the wife of the priest generally plays an active role in the parish and is addressed by the title Yeretzgin.<a href="#cite_note-52">[51]</a><a href="#cite_note-53">[52]</a> In limited circumstances, the Armenian Church allows for divorce and remarriage.<a href="#cite_note-54">[53]</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS">better source needed</a>] Cases usually include either adultery or apostasy. </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(6)"><h2 id="Armenian_genocide_victims_canonization">Armenian genocide victims canonization</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Apostolic_Church&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Armenian genocide victims canonization" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-6 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-6"> On April 23, 2015, the Armenian Apostolic Church <a href="/wiki/Canonization" title="Canonization">canonized</a> all the victims of the <a href="/wiki/Armenian_genocide" title="Armenian genocide">Armenian genocide</a>; this service is believed to be the largest canonization service in history.<a href="#cite_note-55">[54]</a><a href="#cite_note-56">[55]</a><a href="#cite_note-57">[56]</a> 1.5 million is the most frequently published number of victims, however, estimates vary from 700,000 to 1,800,000. It was the first canonization by the Armenian Apostolic Church in four hundred years.<a href="#cite_note-58">[57]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(7)"><h2 id="Army_Chaplaincy_Program">Army Chaplaincy Program</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Apostolic_Church&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Army Chaplaincy Program" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-7 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-7"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="width: 250px; clear: right; float:right;margin:0 0 1.5em 1.5em"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:115%">External videos</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left"><noscript><img alt="video icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/16px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 16px;height: 16px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/16px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png" data-alt="video icon" data-width="16" data-height="16" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/24px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/32px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png 2x" data-class="mw-file-element">  <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=U92xvTq65Rc">Chaplaincy Program in the Armenian Army (Preparations For the Parade)</a></td></tr></tbody></table>The <a href="/wiki/Army_Chaplaincy_Program_of_the_Armenian_Church" title="Army Chaplaincy Program of the Armenian Church">Army Chaplaincy Program of the Armenian Church</a> is made up of more than 50 clergymen serving as <a href="/wiki/Military_chaplain" title="Military chaplain">military chaplains</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Armed_Forces_of_Armenia" title="Armed Forces of Armenia">Armed Forces of Armenia</a>. They organize various religious programs in the military, including delivering lectures and prayers.<a href="#cite_note-59">[58]</a> It is jointly funded and sponsored by the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_of_Armenia" title="Ministry of Defence of Armenia">Ministry of Defence of Armenia</a> and the Armenian Apostolic Church. All army chaplains are commissioned officers in the armed forces who hold a military rank. It was established in 1997 on the basis of a joint initiative of <a href="/wiki/Catholicos" title="Catholicos">Catholicos</a> <a href="/wiki/Karekin_I" title="Karekin I">Karekin I</a> and Defense minister <a href="/wiki/Vazgen_Sargsyan" title="Vazgen Sargsyan">Vazgen Sargsyan</a>. Since 2011, combined clergy company has taken part in the quinquennial <a href="/wiki/Independence_Day_(Armenia)" title="Independence Day (Armenia)">Armenian Independence Day Parade</a> on <a href="/wiki/Republic_Square,_Yerevan" title="Republic Square, Yerevan">Republic Square</a> in <a href="/wiki/Yerevan" title="Yerevan">Yerevan</a>.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(8)"><h2 id="Current_state">Current state</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Apostolic_Church&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Current state" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-8 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-8"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_Armenia">In Armenia</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Apostolic_Church&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: In Armenia" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2014_Erywa%C5%84,_Katedra_%C5%9Bw._Grzegorza_O%C5%9Bwieciciela_(05).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/2014_Erywa%C5%84%2C_Katedra_%C5%9Bw._Grzegorza_O%C5%9Bwieciciela_%2805%29.jpg/220px-2014_Erywa%C5%84%2C_Katedra_%C5%9Bw._Grzegorza_O%C5%9Bwieciciela_%2805%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="4023" data-file-height="2876"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 157px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/2014_Erywa%C5%84%2C_Katedra_%C5%9Bw._Grzegorza_O%C5%9Bwieciciela_%2805%29.jpg/220px-2014_Erywa%C5%84%2C_Katedra_%C5%9Bw._Grzegorza_O%C5%9Bwieciciela_%2805%29.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="157" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/2014_Erywa%C5%84%2C_Katedra_%C5%9Bw._Grzegorza_O%C5%9Bwieciciela_%2805%29.jpg/330px-2014_Erywa%C5%84%2C_Katedra_%C5%9Bw._Grzegorza_O%C5%9Bwieciciela_%2805%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/2014_Erywa%C5%84%2C_Katedra_%C5%9Bw._Grzegorza_O%C5%9Bwieciciela_%2805%29.jpg/440px-2014_Erywa%C5%84%2C_Katedra_%C5%9Bw._Grzegorza_O%C5%9Bwieciciela_%2805%29.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Saint_Gregory_the_Illuminator_Cathedral,_Yerevan" title="Saint Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral, Yerevan">Saint Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral in Yerevan</a> is the largest Armenian Apostolic church in the world</figcaption></figure> The status of the Armenian Apostolic Church within Armenia is defined in <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Armenia" title="Constitution of Armenia">the country's constitution</a>. Article 8.1 of the Constitution of Armenia states: "The Republic of Armenia recognizes the exclusive historical mission of the Armenian Apostolic Holy Church as a national church, in the spiritual life, development of the national culture and preservation of the national identity of the people of Armenia." Among others, ethnographer <a href="/wiki/Hranush_Kharatyan" title="Hranush Kharatyan">Hranush Kharatyan</a> has questioned the constitutionality of the phrase "national church".<a href="#cite_note-60">[59]</a> In 2009, further constitutional amendments were drafted that would make it a crime for non-traditional religious groups to proselytize on adherents of the Apostolic Church. Minority groups would also be banned from spreading 'distrust' in other faiths.<a href="#cite_note-61">[60]</a> <a href="/wiki/Hrant_Bagratyan" title="Hrant Bagratyan">Hrant Bagratyan</a>, former Prime Minister of Armenia, condemned the close association of the Armenian Apostolic Church with the Armenian government, calling the Church an "untouchable" organisation that is secretive of its income and expenditure.<a href="#cite_note-62">[61]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_Artsakh">In Artsakh</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Apostolic_Church&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: In Artsakh" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Artsakh" title="Diocese of Artsakh">Diocese of Artsakh</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Update plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Update" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (October 2023)</div></td></tr></tbody></table> After the <a href="/wiki/Bolshevik_revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Bolshevik revolution">Bolshevik revolution</a> and the subsequent <a href="/wiki/Soviet_occupation_of_Armenia" class="mw-redirect" title="Soviet occupation of Armenia">Soviet occupation of Armenia</a>, all functioning religious institutions in the <a href="/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh_Autonomous_Oblast" title="Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast">NKAO</a> were closed down and clergymen often either exiled or shot.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] After a while the Armenian Apostolic Church resumed its activities. There were weddings, baptisms, and every Sunday <a href="/wiki/Badarak" class="mw-redirect" title="Badarak">Patarag</a> at a free will attendance basis. The Armenian Apostolic Church since 1989 restored or constructed more than 30 churches worldwide. In 2009 the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Artsakh" title="Republic of Artsakh">Republic of Artsakh</a> government introduced a law entitled "Freedom of Conscience and Religious Organisations", article 8 of which provided that only the Armenian Apostolic Church is allowed to preach on the territory of the Republic of Artsakh. However, the law did make processes available for other religious institutions to get approval from the government if they wished to worship within the Republic.<a href="#cite_note-63">[62]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Armenian_diaspora">Armenian diaspora</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Apostolic_Church&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Armenian diaspora" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Armenian_diaspora" title="Armenian diaspora">Armenian diaspora</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Armenian_Apostolic_Prelacy_138_E39_jeh.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Armenian_Apostolic_Prelacy_138_E39_jeh.jpg/170px-Armenian_Apostolic_Prelacy_138_E39_jeh.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="213" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1763" data-file-height="2206"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 170px;height: 213px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Armenian_Apostolic_Prelacy_138_E39_jeh.jpg/170px-Armenian_Apostolic_Prelacy_138_E39_jeh.jpg" data-width="170" data-height="213" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Armenian_Apostolic_Prelacy_138_E39_jeh.jpg/255px-Armenian_Apostolic_Prelacy_138_E39_jeh.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Armenian_Apostolic_Prelacy_138_E39_jeh.jpg/340px-Armenian_Apostolic_Prelacy_138_E39_jeh.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption>Armenian Apostolic Prelacy, New York</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Catedral_Vank,_Isfah%C3%A1n,_Ir%C3%A1n,_2016-09-20,_DD_101-103_HDR.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Catedral_Vank%2C_Isfah%C3%A1n%2C_Ir%C3%A1n%2C_2016-09-20%2C_DD_101-103_HDR.jpg/170px-Catedral_Vank%2C_Isfah%C3%A1n%2C_Ir%C3%A1n%2C_2016-09-20%2C_DD_101-103_HDR.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="132" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="5461" data-file-height="4252"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 170px;height: 132px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Catedral_Vank%2C_Isfah%C3%A1n%2C_Ir%C3%A1n%2C_2016-09-20%2C_DD_101-103_HDR.jpg/170px-Catedral_Vank%2C_Isfah%C3%A1n%2C_Ir%C3%A1n%2C_2016-09-20%2C_DD_101-103_HDR.jpg" data-width="170" data-height="132" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Catedral_Vank%2C_Isfah%C3%A1n%2C_Ir%C3%A1n%2C_2016-09-20%2C_DD_101-103_HDR.jpg/255px-Catedral_Vank%2C_Isfah%C3%A1n%2C_Ir%C3%A1n%2C_2016-09-20%2C_DD_101-103_HDR.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Catedral_Vank%2C_Isfah%C3%A1n%2C_Ir%C3%A1n%2C_2016-09-20%2C_DD_101-103_HDR.jpg/340px-Catedral_Vank%2C_Isfah%C3%A1n%2C_Ir%C3%A1n%2C_2016-09-20%2C_DD_101-103_HDR.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Vank_Cathedral" title="Vank Cathedral">Vank Cathedral</a>, <a href="/wiki/Isfahan" title="Isfahan">Isfahan</a></figcaption></figure> Outside of <a href="/wiki/West_Asia" title="West Asia">West Asia</a>, today there are notable Armenian Apostolic congregations in various countries. In 2024, the church had 600,000 members in North America and 10,000 members in South America; they also had 25,000 members in Europe.<a href="#cite_note-64">[63]</a> <a href="/wiki/Lebanon" title="Lebanon">Lebanon</a>, home to a large and influential Armenian diaspora community with its own political parties, has more than 17 recognized Armenian Apostolic churches.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] The <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Patriarchate_of_Constantinople" title="Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople">Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople</a> in <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Christians_in_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="Christians in Iran">Armenian Apostolic Church of Iran</a> are important communities in the diaspora. These churches represent the largest Christian ethnic minorities in these predominantly Muslim countries.<a href="#cite_note-65">[64]</a><a href="#cite_note-66">[65]</a> The United Kingdom has three Armenian churches: <a href="/wiki/St_Sarkis,_Kensington" class="mw-redirect" title="St Sarkis, Kensington">St Sarkis</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kensington" title="Kensington">Kensington</a>,<a href="#cite_note-67">[66]</a> London; <a href="/wiki/Church_of_St_Yeghiche,_South_Kensington" title="Church of St Yeghiche, South Kensington">Saint Yeghiche</a> in <a href="/wiki/South_Kensington" title="South Kensington">South Kensington</a>, London;<a href="#cite_note-68">[67]</a> and Holy Trinity in <a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a>.<a href="#cite_note-69">[68]</a> <a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_Ethiopia" title="Armenians in Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a> has had an Armenian church since the 1920s, when groups of Armenians were invited there after the <a href="/wiki/Armenian_genocide" title="Armenian genocide">Armenian genocide</a> by Turkey;<a href="#cite_note-70">[69]</a><a href="#cite_note-71">[70]</a> however, membership numbers are low in the early 2020s. </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(9)"><h2 id="Historical_role_and_public_image">Historical role and public image</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Apostolic_Church&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Historical role and public image" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-9 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-9"> The Armenian Apostolic Church is "seen by many as the custodian of Armenian national identity."<a href="#cite_note-72">[71]</a> "Beyond its role as a religious institution, the Apostolic Church has traditionally been seen as the foundational core in the development of the Armenian national identity as God's uniquely chosen people."<a href="#cite_note-73">[72]</a> According to a 2018 survey by the <a href="/wiki/Pew_Research_Center" title="Pew Research Center">Pew Research Center</a>, in Armenia 82% of respondents say it is very or somewhat important to be a Christian to be truly Armenian.<a href="#cite_note-74">[73]</a> According to a 2015 survey 79% of people in Armenia trust it, while 12% neither trust it nor distrust it, and 8% distrust the church.<a href="#cite_note-75">[74]</a> As both Eastern and Western Armenia came under Persian and Ottoman rule, the Armenian Apostolic Church was the centre of many Armenian liberation activities.<a href="#cite_note-76">[75]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(10)"><h2 id="Controversies_and_criticisms">Controversies and criticisms</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Apostolic_Church&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Controversies and criticisms" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div><section class="mf-section-10 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-10"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Medieval_era">Medieval era</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Apostolic_Church&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Medieval era" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> Early medieval opponents of the Armenian Church in Armenia included the <a href="/wiki/Paulicianism" title="Paulicianism">Paulicians</a> (7th-9th centuries) and the <a href="/wiki/Tondrakians" title="Tondrakians">Tondrakians</a> (9th-11th centuries). The power relationship between Catholic and secular rulers was sometimes a source of conflict. In 1037 king <a href="/wiki/Hovhannes-Smbat_III_of_Armenia" title="Hovhannes-Smbat III of Armenia">Hovhannes-Smbat</a> of Ani deposed and imprisoned <a href="/wiki/Peter_I_of_Armenia" title="Peter I of Armenia">Catholicos Petros</a>, who he suspected of holding pro-Byzantine views, and appointed a replacement catholicos. This persecution was highly criticized by the Armenian clergy, forcing Hovhannes-Smbat to release Petros and reinstall him to his former position. In 1038 a major ecclesiastical council was held in Ani, which denied the king the right to elect or remove a catholicos.<a href="#cite_note-77">[76]</a> Architecture historian <a href="/wiki/Samvel_Karapetyan_(author)" title="Samvel Karapetyan (author)">Samvel Karapetyan</a> (1961-2016) has criticized many aspects of the Armenian Apostolic Church, especially its role in Armenian history. Karapetyan particularly denounced what he called the Armenian Church's loyal service to foreign invaders: "The Armenian Apostolic Church is a conscientious tax structure, which every conqueror needs."<a href="#cite_note-78">[77]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Modern_era">Modern era</h3> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Apostolic_Church&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Modern era" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit </a> </div> <table class="wikitable floatright"> <caption>Surveys on the church by the <a href="/wiki/International_Republican_Institute" title="International Republican Institute">IRI</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Date </th> <th>Favorable </th> <th>Unfavorable </th> <th>No opinion </th></tr> <tr> <td>2006<a href="#cite_note-79">[78]</a> </td> <td>76% </td> <td>22% </td> <td>2% </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007<a href="#cite_note-80">[79]</a> </td> <td>81% </td> <td>17% </td> <td>2% </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018<a href="#cite_note-81">[80]</a> </td> <td>67% </td> <td>26% </td> <td>6% </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019<a href="#cite_note-82">[81]</a> </td> <td>71% </td> <td>23% </td> <td>6% </td></tr> <tr> <td>2021<a href="#cite_note-83">[82]</a> </td> <td>92% </td> <td>2% </td> <td>6% </td></tr> </tbody></table> <a href="/wiki/Gerard_Libaridian" title="Gerard Libaridian">Gerard Libaridian</a> argued that because Armenians consider the church a national institution, it "must be respected and guarded at all times. Therefore the critical attitude regarding Armenian historical institutions is rarely applied to the Armenian Church, as it is seen as a venerable institution that unites all Armenians."<a href="#cite_note-84">[83]</a> Stepan Danielyan, a scholar on religion, argued in 2013 that "When Armenia became independent with the collapse of the Soviet Union, a great deal was expected of the church, but those expectations have not been fulfilled. The church continues to ignore the things most people are worried about – vitally important social, economic and political problems and endless corruption scandals."<a href="#cite_note-85">[84]</a> In independent Armenia, the Armenian Apostolic Church has often been criticized for its perceived support of the governments of <a href="/wiki/Robert_Kocharyan" title="Robert Kocharyan">Robert Kocharyan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Serzh_Sargsyan" title="Serzh Sargsyan">Serzh Sargsyan</a> despite the formal <a href="/wiki/Separation_of_church_and_state" title="Separation of church and state">separation of church and state</a> in Armenia.<a href="#cite_note-86">[85]</a><a href="#cite_note-87">[86]</a><a href="#cite_note-88">[87]</a><a href="#cite_note-89">[88]</a><a href="#cite_note-90">[89]</a> According to former Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Hrant_Bagratyan" title="Hrant Bagratyan">Hrant Bagratyan</a> religion and state management "have completely gotten mixed up". He described the church as an "untouchable" organization that is secretive of its income and expenditure.<a href="#cite_note-91">[90]</a> Large-scale construction of new churches in the independence period<a href="#cite_note-92">[91]</a> and the negligence of endangered historic churches by the Apostolic church (and the government) have also been criticized.<a href="#cite_note-keghart-93">[92]</a> In recent years, a few high-profile leaders of the church have been involved in controversies.<a href="#cite_note-keghart-93">[92]</a> In 2013 Navasard Ktchoyan, the Archbishop of the <a href="/wiki/Araratian_Diocese" class="mw-redirect" title="Araratian Diocese">Araratian Diocese</a> and Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Tigran_Sargsyan" title="Tigran Sargsyan">Tigran Sargsyan</a> were alleged to have been partners with a businessman charged with laundering US$10.7 million bank loan and then depositing most of it in accounts he controlled in Cyprus.<a href="#cite_note-94">[93]</a> In 2011 it was revealed that Ktchoyan drives a <a href="/wiki/Bentley" title="Bentley">Bentley</a> (valued at $180,000-$280,000). Pointing out the 34% poverty rate in Armenia, <a href="/wiki/Asbarez" title="Asbarez">Asbarez</a> editor Ara Khachatourian called it "nothing but blasphemy". He added "Archbishop Kchoyan's reckless disregard and attitude is even more unacceptable due to his position in the Armenian Church."<a href="#cite_note-95">[94]</a> In October 2013 Father Asoghik Karapetyan, the director of the Museum of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, stated on television that a non-Apostolic Armenian is not a "true Armenian". A spokesperson for the Armenian Apostolic Church stated that it is his personal view.<a href="#cite_note-96">[95]</a> The statement received considerable criticism,<a href="#cite_note-97">[96]</a> though Asoghik did not retract his statement.<a href="#cite_note-98">[97]</a> In an editorial in the liberal <a href="/wiki/Aravot" title="Aravot">Aravot</a> daily Aram Abrahamyan suggested that religious identity should not be equated with national (ethnic) identity and it is up to every individual to decide whether they are Armenian or not, regardless of religion.<a href="#cite_note-99">[98]</a> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(11)"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Apostolic_Church&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: See also" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> edit 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href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A3%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%80" title="আর্মেনীয় প্রেরিতীয় মণ্ডলী – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="আর্মেনীয় প্রেরিতীয় মণ্ডলী" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target">বাংলা</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%BC%D1%8F%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%90%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%A6%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B0" title="Армянская Апостальская Царква – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Армянская Апостальская Царква" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская</a></li><li 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data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Български</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esgl%C3%A9sia_Apost%C3%B2lica_Arm%C3%A8nia" title="Església Apostòlica Armènia – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Església Apostòlica Armènia" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BB_%D1%87%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BA%C4%95%D0%B2%C4%95" title="Эрмен апостол чиркĕвĕ – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Эрмен апостол чиркĕвĕ" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target">Чӑвашла</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arm%C3%A9nsk%C3%A1_apo%C5%A1tolsk%C3%A1_c%C3%ADrkev" title="Arménská apoštolská církev – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Arménská apoštolská církev" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eglwys_Apostolaidd_Armenia" title="Eglwys Apostolaidd Armenia – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Eglwys Apostolaidd Armenia" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target">Cymraeg</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Den_Armenske_Apostolske_Kirke" title="Den Armenske Apostolske Kirke – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Den Armenske Apostolske Kirke" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Dansk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenische_Apostolische_Kirche" title="Armenische Apostolische Kirche – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Armenische Apostolische Kirche" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armeenia_Apostlik_Kirik" title="Armeenia Apostlik Kirik – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Armeenia Apostlik Kirik" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Eesti</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CF%81%CE%BC%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE_%CE%91%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE_%CE%95%CE%BA%CE%BA%CE%BB%CE%B7%CF%83%CE%AF%CE%B1" title="Αρμενική Αποστολική Εκκλησία – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Αρμενική Αποστολική Εκκλησία" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ελληνικά</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iglesia_apost%C3%B3lica_armenia" title="Iglesia apostólica armenia – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Iglesia apostólica armenia" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armena_Apostola_Eklezio" title="Armena Apostola Eklezio – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Armena Apostola Eklezio" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target">Esperanto</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armeniako_Eliza_Apostolikoa" title="Armeniako Eliza Apostolikoa – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Armeniako Eliza Apostolikoa" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target">Euskara</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%AD%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%86%DB%8C" title="کلیسای حواری ارمنی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کلیسای حواری ارمنی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89glise_apostolique_arm%C3%A9nienne" title="Église apostolique arménienne – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Église apostolique arménienne" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eaglais_Aspalda_na_hAirm%C3%A9ine" title="Eaglais Aspalda na hAirméine – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Eaglais Aspalda na hAirméine" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Gaeilge</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igrexa_apost%C3%B3lica_armenia" title="Igrexa apostólica armenia – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Igrexa apostólica armenia" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target">Galego</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%84%EB%A5%B4%EB%A9%94%EB%8B%88%EC%95%84_%EC%82%AC%EB%8F%84%EA%B5%90%ED%9A%8C" title="아르메니아 사도교회 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="아르메니아 사도교회" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%80%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B5%D6%81_%D4%B1%D5%BC%D5%A1%D6%84%D5%A5%D5%AC%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%8D%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%80%D5%A2_%D4%B5%D5%AF%D5%A5%D5%B2%D5%A5%D6%81%D5%AB" title="Հայաստանյայց Առաքելական Սուրբ Եկեղեցի – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Հայաստանյայց Առաքելական Սուրբ Եկեղեցի" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Հայերեն</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenska_apostolska_Crkva" title="Armenska apostolska Crkva – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Armenska apostolska Crkva" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Hrvatski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gereja_Apostolik_Armenia" title="Gereja Apostolik Armenia – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Gereja Apostolik Armenia" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiesa_apostolica_armena" title="Chiesa apostolica armena – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Chiesa apostolica armena" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%9B%D7%A0%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%99%D7%94_%D7%94%D7%90%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%AA" title="הכנסייה האפוסטולית הארמנית – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="הכנסייה האפוסטולית הארמנית" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9B%E1%83%AE%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%9D%E1%83%AA%E1%83%98%E1%83%A5%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9A%E1%83%9D_%E1%83%94%E1%83%99%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98%E1%83%90" title="სომხური სამოციქულო ეკლესია – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="სომხური სამოციქულო ეკლესია" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target">ქართული</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%BC%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%8B%D2%9B_%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BB_%D1%88%D1%96%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%83%D1%96" title="Армяндық апостол шіркеуі – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Армяндық апостол шіркеуі" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target">Қазақша</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanisa_la_Kitume_la_Armenia" title="Kanisa la Kitume la Armenia – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Kanisa la Kitume la Armenia" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target">Kiswahili</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kv mw-list-item"><a href="https://kv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BB_%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%BA%D0%BE" title="Армения апостол вичко – Komi" lang="kv" hreflang="kv" data-title="Армения апостол вичко" data-language-autonym="Коми" data-language-local-name="Komi" class="interlanguage-link-target">Коми</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%BC%D1%8F%D0%BD-%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BB_%D1%87%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BA%D3%A9%D3%A9%D1%81%D2%AF" title="Армян-апостол чиркөөсү – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Армян-апостол чиркөөсү" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target">Кыргызча</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecclesia_Apostolica_Armena" title="Ecclesia Apostolica Armena – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Ecclesia Apostolica Armena" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latina</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arm%C4%93%C5%86u_apustulisk%C4%81_bazn%C4%ABca" title="Armēņu apustuliskā baznīca – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Armēņu apustuliskā baznīca" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latviešu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lez mw-list-item"><a href="https://lez.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BB_%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B0" title="Эрмени апостол клиса – Lezghian" lang="lez" hreflang="lez" data-title="Эрмени апостол клиса" data-language-autonym="Лезги" data-language-local-name="Lezghian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Лезги</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arm%C4%97n%C5%B3_apa%C5%A1tali%C5%A1koji_ba%C5%BEny%C4%8Dia" title="Armėnų apaštališkoji bažnyčia – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Armėnų apaštališkoji bažnyčia" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lietuvių</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96rm%C3%A9ny_apostoli_ortodox_egyh%C3%A1z" title="Örmény apostoli ortodox egyház – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Örmény apostoli ortodox egyház" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Magyar</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D1%86%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B0" title="Ерменска апостолска црква – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Ерменска апостолска црква" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Македонски</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiangonana_Ap%C3%B4st%C3%B4lika_Armeniana" title="Fiangonana Apôstôlika Armeniana – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Fiangonana Apôstôlika Armeniana" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target">Malagasy</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%85%E0%B5%BC%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%BB_%E0%B4%93%E0%B5%BC%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%A1%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%AD" title="അർമേനിയൻ ഓർത്തഡോക്സ് സഭ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="അർമേനിയൻ ഓർത്തഡോക്സ് സഭ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target">മലയാളം</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%B0%D9%83%D8%B3" title="كنيسة الارمن الارثوذكس – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="كنيسة الارمن الارثوذكس" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">مصرى</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armeens-Apostolische_Kerk" title="Armeens-Apostolische Kerk – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Armeens-Apostolische Kerk" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%A1%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A2%E4%BD%BF%E5%BE%92%E6%95%99%E4%BC%9A" title="アルメニア使徒教会 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="アルメニア使徒教会" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Den_armenske_apostoliske_kirke" title="Den armenske apostoliske kirke – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Den armenske apostoliske kirke" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk bokmål</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mhr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mhr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%BC%D1%8F%D0%BD_%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BB_%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B5" title="Армян апостол черке – Eastern Mari" lang="mhr" hreflang="mhr" data-title="Армян апостол черке" data-language-autonym="Олык марий" data-language-local-name="Eastern Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target">Олык марий</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arman_apostol_cherkovi" title="Arman apostol cherkovi – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Arman apostol cherkovi" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostolski_Ko%C5%9Bci%C3%B3%C5%82_Ormia%C5%84ski" title="Apostolski Kościół Ormiański – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Apostolski Kościół Ormiański" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Polski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igreja_Apost%C3%B3lica_Arm%C3%AAnia" title="Igreja Apostólica Armênia – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Igreja Apostólica Armênia" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Português</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biserica_Apostolic%C4%83_Armean%C4%83" title="Biserica Apostolică Armeană – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Biserica Apostolică Armeană" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Română</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%BC%D1%8F%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%86%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8C" title="Армянская апостольская церковь – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Армянская апостольская церковь" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Русский</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenie_Apostolic_Kirk" title="Armenie Apostolic Kirk – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Armenie Apostolic Kirk" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target">Scots</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kisha_armene" title="Kisha armene – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Kisha armene" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Shqip</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_Apostolic_Church" title="Armenian Apostolic Church – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Armenian 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mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenska_apostolska_cerkev" title="Armenska apostolska cerkev – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Armenska apostolska cerkev" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Slovenščina</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%88%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D1%86%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B0" title="Јерменска апостолска црква – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Јерменска апостолска црква" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Српски / srpski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenska_apostolska_crkva" title="Armenska apostolska crkva – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Armenska apostolska crkva" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_apostolinen_kirkko" title="Armenian apostolinen kirkko – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Armenian apostolinen kirkko" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Suomi</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armeniska_apostoliska_kyrkan" title="Armeniska apostoliska kyrkan – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Armeniska apostoliska kyrkan" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Svenska</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simbahang_Apostolikong_Armeniyo" title="Simbahang Apostolikong Armeniyo – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Simbahang Apostolikong Armeniyo" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target">Tagalog</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%86%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF_%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%82%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%88" title="ஆர்மீனிய திருத்தூதர் திருச்சபை – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="ஆர்மீனிய திருத்தூதர் திருச்சபை" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target">தமிழ்</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D3%98%D1%80%D0%BC%D3%99%D0%BD_%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BB_%D1%87%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BA%D3%99%D0%B2%D0%B5" title="Әрмән апостол чиркәве – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Әрмән апостол чиркәве" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target">Татарча / tatarça</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B9%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A2" title="คริสตจักรอัครทูตอาร์มีเนีย – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="คริสตจักรอัครทูตอาร์มีเนีย" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target">ไทย</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ermeni_Apostolik_Kilisesi" title="Ermeni Apostolik Kilisesi – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Ermeni Apostolik Kilisesi" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Türkçe</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D1%86%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B0" title="Вірменська апостольська церква – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Вірменська апостольська церква" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Українська</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a 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data-title="亚美尼亚使徒教会" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target">吴语</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BA%9A%E7%BE%8E%E5%B0%BC%E4%BA%9A%E4%BD%BF%E5%BE%92%E6%95%99%E4%BC%9A" title="亚美尼亚使徒教会 – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="亚美尼亚使徒教会" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target">中文</a></li></ul> </section> </div> <div class="minerva-footer-logo"><img src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-wordmark-en.svg" alt="Wikipedia" width="120" height="18" style="width: 7.5em; height: 1.125em;"/> </div> <ul id="footer-info" class="footer-info hlist hlist-separated"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 21 November 2024, at 00:28 (UTC).</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Content is available under <a class="external" rel="nofollow" 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