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class="vector-toc-link" href="#Two_catholicosates"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Two catholicosates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Two_catholicosates-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Two_patriarchates" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Two_patriarchates"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Two patriarchates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Two_patriarchates-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Eparchies_(dioceses)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Eparchies_(dioceses)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Eparchies (dioceses)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Eparchies_(dioceses)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Armenia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hyw mw-list-item"><a href="https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%80%D5%A1%D5%B5_%D4%B1%D5%BC%D5%A1%D6%84%D5%A5%D5%AC%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D4%B5%D5%AF%D5%A5%D5%B2%D5%A5%D6%81%D5%AB" title="Հայ Առաքելական Եկեղեցի – Western Armenian" lang="hyw" hreflang="hyw" data-title="Հայ Առաքելական Եկեղեցի" data-language-autonym="Արեւմտահայերէն" data-language-local-name="Western Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Արեւմտահայերէն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frp mw-list-item"><a href="https://frp.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89gll%C3%A9se_apostolica_arm%C3%A8ni%C3%A8na" title="Égllése apostolica armènièna – Arpitan" lang="frp" hreflang="frp" data-title="Égllése apostolica armènièna" data-language-autonym="Arpetan" data-language-local-name="Arpitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Arpetan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az 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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"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.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%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%86%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B0" title="Армянская апостальская царква – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Армянская апостальская царква" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%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%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D1%86%D1%8A%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B0" title="Арменска апостолическа църква – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Арменска апостолическа църква" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></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"><span>Català</span></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"><span>Чӑвашла</span></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"><span>Čeština</span></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"><span>Cymraeg</span></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"><span>Dansk</span></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"><span>Deutsch</span></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"><span>Eesti</span></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"><span>Ελληνικά</span></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"><span>Español</span></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"><span>Esperanto</span></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"><span>Euskara</span></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"><span>فارسی</span></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"><span>Français</span></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"><span>Gaeilge</span></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"><span>Galego</span></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"><span>한국어</span></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"><span>Հայերեն</span></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"><span>Hrvatski</span></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"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></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"><span>Italiano</span></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"><span>עברית</span></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"><span>ქართული</span></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"><span>Қазақша</span></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"><span>Kiswahili</span></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"><span>Коми</span></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"><span>Кыргызча</span></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"><span>Latina</span></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"><span>Latviešu</span></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"><span>Лезги</span></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"><span>Lietuvių</span></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"><span>Magyar</span></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"><span>Македонски</span></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"><span>Malagasy</span></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"><span>മലയാളം</span></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"><span>مصرى</span></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"><span>Nederlands</span></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" 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interwiki-sl 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"><span>Slovenščina</span></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"><span>Српски / srpski</span></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"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></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"><span>Suomi</span></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"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li 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class="infobox-caption"><a 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><br /><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><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></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 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/><a href="/wiki/Bartholomew_the_Apostle" title="Bartholomew the Apostle">Bartholomew the Apostle</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Jude_the_Apostle" title="Jude the Apostle">Thaddeus (Jude)</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><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1st century</span> <br /><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><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Schism" title="Schism">Separated 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class="sidebar-heading" style="background-color:#7a2cfe; color:#FFFFFF;"> Oriental Orthodox churches</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="padding:0.2em;"> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Coptic_Orthodox_Church" title="Coptic Orthodox Church">Coptic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syriac_Orthodox_Church" title="Syriac Orthodox Church">Syriac</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Armenian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malankara_Orthodox_Syrian_Church" title="Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church">Indian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See_of_Cilicia" title="Holy See of Cilicia">Cilicia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orthodox_Tewahedo" title="Orthodox Tewahedo">Orthodox Tewahedo</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_Orthodox_Tewahedo_Church" title="Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church">Ethiopian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eritrean_Orthodox_Tewahedo_Church" title="Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church">Eritrean</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="padding:0.2em;"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Independent churches</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-left:0.2em; padding-right:0.2em; text-align:center;padding-top:0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Coptic_Orthodox_Church" title="Coptic Orthodox Church">Coptic</a>: <a href="/wiki/British_Orthodox_Church" title="British Orthodox Church">British</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syriac_Orthodox_Church" title="Syriac Orthodox Church">Syriac</a>: <a href="/wiki/Malabar_Independent_Syrian_Church" title="Malabar Independent Syrian Church">Malabar Independent</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="padding:0.2em;"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Autonomous churches</div><div class="sidebar-list-content 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style="color: var(--color-base)">History and theology</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-left:0.2em; padding-right:0.2em; text-align:center;padding-top:0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Oriental_Orthodoxy" title="History of Oriental Orthodoxy">History of Oriental Orthodoxy</a>:</li></ul> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Coptic_history" title="Coptic history">Coptic history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Orthodox_Tewahedo_Christianity" title="Timeline of Orthodox Tewahedo Christianity">Tewahedo history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syriac_Christianity" title="Syriac Christianity">Syriac history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Thomas_Christians" title="Saint Thomas Christians">Saint Thomas Christians</a></li></ul> </div> <ul><li>Ecumenical Councils:</li></ul> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Council_of_Nicaea" title="First Council of Nicaea">Nicaea I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Council_of_Constantinople" title="First Council of Constantinople">Constantinople I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Ephesus" title="Council of Ephesus">Ephesus I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Council_of_Ephesus" title="Second Council of Ephesus">Ephesus II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Council_of_Ephesus" title="Third Council of Ephesus">Ephesus III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Council_of_Dvin" title="First Council of Dvin">Dvin I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Council_of_Dvin" title="Second Council of Dvin">Dvin II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Council_of_Dvin" title="Third Council of Dvin">Dvin III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Council_of_Dvin" title="Fourth Council of Dvin">Dvin IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Manzikert" title="Council of Manzikert">Manzikert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Capharthutha" title="Council of Capharthutha">Capharthutha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Shirakavan" title="Council of Shirakavan">Shirakavan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Hromkla" title="Council of Hromkla">Hromkla</a></li></ul> </div> <ul><li>Theology:</li></ul> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Miaphysitism" title="Miaphysitism">Miaphysitism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oriental_Orthodox_Theology" class="mw-redirect" title="Oriental Orthodox Theology">Oriental Orthodox Theology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Non-Chalcedonian_Christianity" title="Non-Chalcedonian Christianity">Non-Chalcedonian Christianity</a></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="padding:0.2em;"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Liturgy and practices</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-left:0.2em; padding-right:0.2em; text-align:center;padding-top:0;"> <ul><li>Anaphora & Rites:</li></ul> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alexandrian_Rite" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexandrian Rite">Alexandrian Rite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anaphora_of_Saint_Gregory" title="Anaphora of Saint Gregory">Anaphora of Saint Gregory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Rite" title="Armenian Rite">Armenian Rite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Syriac_Rite" title="West Syriac Rite">West Syriac Rite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liturgy_of_Saint_James" title="Liturgy of Saint James">Liturgy of Saint James</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liturgy_of_Saint_Basil" title="Liturgy of Saint Basil">Liturgy of Saint Basil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liturgy_of_Saint_Cyril" title="Liturgy of Saint Cyril">Liturgy of Saint Cyril</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malankara_Rite" title="Malankara Rite">Malankara Rite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Qurobo" title="Holy Qurobo">Holy Qurobo</a></li></ul> </div> <ul><li>Calendars:</li></ul> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Calendar_of_saints_(Armenian_Apostolic_Church)" title="Calendar of saints (Armenian Apostolic Church)">Armenian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coptic_calendar" title="Coptic calendar">Coptic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_calendar" title="Ethiopian calendar">Ethiopian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julian_calendar" title="Julian calendar">Julian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregorian_calendar" title="Gregorian calendar">Gregorian</a></li></ul> </div> <ul><li>Bible:</li></ul> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Peshitta" title="Peshitta">Peshitta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coptic_Bible" class="mw-redirect" title="Coptic Bible">Coptic Bible</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Bible" class="mw-redirect" title="Armenian Bible">Armenian Bible</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orthodox_Tewahedo_Bible" class="mw-redirect" title="Orthodox Tewahedo Bible">Orthodox Tewahedo Bible</a></li></ul> </div> <ul><li>Cross:</li></ul> <div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Coptic_cross" title="Coptic cross">Coptic cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Cross" title="Armenian Cross">Armenian Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Thomas_Christian_cross" title="Saint Thomas Christian cross">St. Thomas Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_cross" title="Ethiopian cross">Ethiopian cross</a></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content" style="padding:0.2em;"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Major figures</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-left:0.2em; padding-right:0.2em; text-align:center;padding-top:0;"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cyril_of_Alexandria" title="Cyril of Alexandria">Cyril of Alexandria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Addai_of_Edessa" title="Addai of Edessa">Mor Addai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abgar_V" title="Abgar V">Abgar V</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregory_the_Illuminator" title="Gregory the Illuminator">Gregory the Illuminator</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nine_Saints" 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href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Armenians" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Armenians"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> </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> <p>The <b>Armenian Apostolic Church</b> (<a href="/wiki/Armenian_language" title="Armenian language">Armenian</a>: <span lang="hy">Հայ Առաքելական Եկեղեցի</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Armenian" title="Romanization of Armenian">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Armenian-language romanization"><i lang="hy-Latn">Hay Aṙaqelakan Ékełetsi</i></span>)<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is the <a href="/wiki/Autocephaly" title="Autocephaly">autocephalous</a> <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.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>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/Jude_the_Apostle" title="Jude the Apostle">Thaddeus (Jude)</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 <b>Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church</b>, <b>Armenian Church</b> or <b>Armenian Gregorian Church</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>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>.<sup id="cite_ref-Rome_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rome-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Apostolic_Church&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Origins">Origins</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Apostolic_Church&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Origins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></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"><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" 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-file-width="350" data-file-height="585" /></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"><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" 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-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Tatev Monastery in Armenia, Syunik</figcaption></figure> <p>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><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Jude_the_Apostle" title="Jude the Apostle">Thaddeus (Jude)</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Gilman_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gilman-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Jacob_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jacob-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Issaverdenz_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Issaverdenz-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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>.<sup id="cite_ref-Jacob_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jacob-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Issaverdenz_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Issaverdenz-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as fiction. </p><p>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" class="mw-redirect" 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>.<sup id="cite_ref-Gilman_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gilman-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <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."<sup id="cite_ref-Garsoïan_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Garsoïan-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-Gilman_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gilman-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Garsoïan_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Garsoïan-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>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.<sup id="cite_ref-maarten_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-maarten-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Tiridates declared Gregory to be the first <i><a href="/wiki/Catholicos" title="Catholicos">Catholicos</a></i> 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>".<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Initially, the Armenian Apostolic Church participated in the larger Christian world and was subordinated to the Bishop of Caesarea.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDočkal1940b186_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDočkal1940b186-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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). </p> <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"><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" 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-file-width="1161" data-file-height="1532" /></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> <p>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.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDočkal1940b186–187_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDočkal1940b186–187-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>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><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 405</span>. 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.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>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.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Independence">Independence</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Apostolic_Church&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Independence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></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-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This subsection <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Armenian_Apostolic_Church" title="Special:EditPage/Armenian Apostolic Church">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this subsection. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.<br /><small><span class="plainlinks"><i>Find sources:</i> <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> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?&q=%22Armenian+Apostolic+Church%22&tbs=bkt:s&tbm=bks">newspapers</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbs=bks:1&q=%22Armenian+Apostolic+Church%22+-wikipedia">books</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22Armenian+Apostolic+Church%22">scholar</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=%22Armenian+Apostolic+Church%22&acc=on&wc=on">JSTOR</a></span></small></span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">June 2018</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><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>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDočkal1940a114_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDočkal1940a114-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>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. </p><p>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.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="Quotation needed from source to verify. (July 2023)">need quotation to verify</span></a></i>]</sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite this, the Albanian Church remained under the jurisdiction of the Armenian Church while also in communion with the Georgian Church. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="20th_century">20th century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Apostolic_Church&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 20th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></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-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/42px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png" decoding="async" width="42" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/63px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/84px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="290" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section needs to be <b>updated</b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">January 2024</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>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.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Miaphysitism_versus_monophysitism">Miaphysitism versus monophysitism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Apostolic_Church&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Miaphysitism versus monophysitism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>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.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>However, again like other Oriental Orthodox,<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Armenian Apostolic Church argues that the identification as "monophysitism" is an incorrect description of its position.<sup id="cite_ref-Ecumenical_Councils_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ecumenical_Councils-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It considers Monophysitism, as taught by <a href="/wiki/Eutyches" title="Eutyches">Eutyches</a> and condemned at Chalcedon, a heresy and disagrees with the formula defined by the Council of Chalcedon.<sup id="cite_ref-Ecumenical_Councils_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ecumenical_Councils-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWinkler199733-40_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWinkler199733-40-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrock201645–52_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrock201645–52-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Whereas the prefix "mono-" (< <a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a> μονο- < μόνος) means "single, alone, only",<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> thus emphasising the singular nature of Christ, "mia" (μία "one" <small>FEM</small>),<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> simply means "one" unemphatically, and allows for a compound nature. </p><p>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.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Structure_and_leadership">Structure and leadership</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Apostolic_Church&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Structure and leadership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Armenian_Church_Structure.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><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" 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-file-width="400" data-file-height="267" /></a><figcaption>Procession of Armenian priests.</figcaption></figure> <p>According to <i>The Armenian Church</i> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Two_catholicosates">Two catholicosates</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Apostolic_Church&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Two catholicosates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>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.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The Armenian Catholic Church is completely distinct from the Armenian Apostolic Church and is headed by its own Patriarch-Catholicos.<sup id="cite_ref-Rome_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rome-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Two_patriarchates">Two patriarchates</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Apostolic_Church&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Two patriarchates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></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"><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" 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-file-width="4288" data-file-height="2848" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Patriarchate_of_Jerusalem" title="Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem">Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem</a></figcaption></figure><p>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>: </p><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>: <span lang="hy">Առաքելական Աթոռ Սրբոց Յակովբեանց Յերուսաղեմ, literally Apostolic Seat of St. James in Jerusalem</span>), 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>: <span lang="hy">Պատրիարքութիւն Հայոց Կոստանդնուպոլսոյ</span>) 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>.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Eparchies_(dioceses)"><span id="Eparchies_.28dioceses.29"></span>Eparchies (dioceses)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Apostolic_Church&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Eparchies (dioceses)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>List of eparchies:<sup id="cite_ref-LoD_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LoD-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Armenia">Armenia</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Apostolic_Church&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Armenia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Aragatsotn" title="Diocese of Aragatsotn">Aragatsotn eparchy</a><sup id="cite_ref-LoD_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LoD-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Diocese of Armavir<sup id="cite_ref-LoD_42-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LoD-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Araratian_Pontifical_Diocese" title="Araratian Pontifical Diocese">Ararat Patriarchal eparchy</a><sup id="cite_ref-LoD_42-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LoD-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Artik" title="Diocese of Artik">Artik eparchy</a><sup id="cite_ref-LoD_42-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LoD-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Gegharkounik" title="Diocese of Gegharkounik">Gegharkunik eparchy</a><sup id="cite_ref-LoD_42-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LoD-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Gougark" title="Diocese of Gougark">Gougark eparchy</a><sup id="cite_ref-LoD_42-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LoD-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Kotayk" title="Diocese of Kotayk">Kotayk eparchy</a><sup id="cite_ref-LoD_42-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LoD-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Shirak" title="Diocese of Shirak">Shirak eparchy</a><sup id="cite_ref-LoD_42-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LoD-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Syunik" title="Diocese of Syunik">Syunik eparchy</a><sup id="cite_ref-LoD_42-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LoD-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Tavush" title="Diocese of Tavush">Tavush eparchy</a><sup id="cite_ref-LoD_42-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LoD-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Vayots_Dzor" title="Diocese of Vayots Dzor">Vayots Dzor eparchy</a><sup id="cite_ref-LoD_42-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LoD-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Artsakh" title="Diocese of Artsakh">Artsakh eparchy</a><sup id="cite_ref-LoD_42-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LoD-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Dioceses/exarchates_of_the_diaspora"><span id="Dioceses.2Fexarchates_of_the_diaspora"></span>Dioceses/exarchates of the diaspora</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Apostolic_Church&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Dioceses/exarchates of the diaspora"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></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><sup id="cite_ref-LoD_42-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LoD-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Diocese_of_Southern_Russia" title="Armenian Diocese of Southern Russia">Diocese of Southern Russia</a><sup id="cite_ref-LoD_42-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LoD-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Diocese_of_Ukraine" title="Armenian Diocese of Ukraine">Diocese of Ukraine</a><sup id="cite_ref-LoD_42-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LoD-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Exarchate of Central Europe<sup id="cite_ref-LoD_42-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LoD-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Exarchate of Western Europe<sup id="cite_ref-LoD_42-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LoD-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Diocese of Georgia<sup id="cite_ref-LoD_42-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LoD-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Diocese of Romania<sup id="cite_ref-LoD_42-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LoD-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Diocese of Bulgaria<sup id="cite_ref-LoD_42-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LoD-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Diocese of Greece<sup id="cite_ref-LoD_42-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LoD-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Diocese of Germany<sup id="cite_ref-LoD_42-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LoD-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Diocese of Switzerland<sup id="cite_ref-LoD_42-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LoD-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Diocese of France<sup id="cite_ref-LoD_42-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LoD-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Diocese of Great Britain and Ireland<sup id="cite_ref-LoD_42-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LoD-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dt>Middle East</dt></dl> <ul><li>Diocese of Egypt<sup id="cite_ref-LoD_42-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LoD-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dt>New World</dt></dl> <ul><li>Diocese of Canada<sup id="cite_ref-LoD_42-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LoD-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Western Diocese (USA)<sup id="cite_ref-LoD_42-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LoD-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Eastern Diocese (USA)<sup id="cite_ref-LoD_42-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LoD-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Diocese of Australia and New Zealand<sup id="cite_ref-LoD_42-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LoD-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Diocese of Argentina<sup id="cite_ref-LoD_42-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LoD-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Diocese of Uruguay<sup id="cite_ref-LoD_42-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LoD-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Armenian_Church_Madras.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><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" 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-file-width="1774" data-file-height="1331" /></a><figcaption>Armenian Church in <a href="/wiki/Madras" class="mw-redirect" title="Madras">Madras</a>, India, constructed in 1712</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Dioceses_of_Cilicia">Dioceses of Cilicia</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Apostolic_Church&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Dioceses of Cilicia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_dioceses">Current dioceses</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Apostolic_Church&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Current dioceses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Source:<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <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><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<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>]</span>, 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><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<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>]</span>, 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><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<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>]</span>, 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><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<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>]</span>, 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><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<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>]</span>, 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><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Apostolic_Church&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Former dioceses as of 1915"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Source:<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <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><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<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>]</span>, 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><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<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>]</span>, 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><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<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>]</span>, 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><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<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>]</span>, 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><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<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>]</span>, 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> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Women_in_the_Armenian_Church">Women in the Armenian Church</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Apostolic_Church&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Women in the Armenian Church"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Armenian Church does not ordain women to the priesthood.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Historically, however, monastic women have been ordained as deacons within a convent environment.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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."<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>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.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In limited circumstances, the Armenian Church allows for divorce and remarriage.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint noexcerpt Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS"><span title="This claim needs references to better sources. (October 2023)">better source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Cases usually include either adultery or apostasy. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Armenian_genocide_victims_canonization">Armenian genocide victims canonization</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Apostolic_Church&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Armenian genocide victims canonization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>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.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Army_Chaplaincy_Program">Army Chaplaincy Program</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Apostolic_Church&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Army Chaplaincy Program"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <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"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><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" 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-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></span></span> <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><p>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.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Current_state">Current state</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Apostolic_Church&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Current state"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_Armenia">In Armenia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Apostolic_Church&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: In Armenia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></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"><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" 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-file-width="4023" data-file-height="2876" /></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> <p>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".<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>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.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <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.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_Artsakh">In Artsakh</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Apostolic_Church&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: In Artsakh"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></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-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/42px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png" decoding="async" width="42" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/63px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/84px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="290" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section needs to be <b>updated</b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">October 2023</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>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.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>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.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Armenian_diaspora">Armenian diaspora</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Apostolic_Church&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Armenian diaspora"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></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"><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" 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-file-width="1763" data-file-height="2206" /></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"><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" 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-file-width="5461" data-file-height="4252" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Vank_Cathedral" title="Vank Cathedral">Vank Cathedral</a>, <a href="/wiki/Isfahan" title="Isfahan">Isfahan</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Outside of <a href="/wiki/West_Asia" title="West Asia">West Asia</a>, today there are notable Armenian Apostolic congregations in various countries. </p><p>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.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><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.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>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.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>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>,<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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;<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Holy Trinity in <a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><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;<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> however, membership numbers are low in the early 2020s. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Historical_role_and_public_image">Historical role and public image</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Apostolic_Church&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Historical role and public image"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Armenian Apostolic Church is "seen by many as the custodian of Armenian national identity."<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "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."<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>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.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As both Eastern and Western Armenia came under Persian and Ottoman rule, the Armenian Apostolic Church was the centre of many Armenian liberation activities.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversies_and_criticisms">Controversies and criticisms</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Apostolic_Church&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Controversies and criticisms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Medieval_era">Medieval era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Apostolic_Church&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Medieval era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>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). </p><p>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.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>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."<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Modern_era">Modern era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Apostolic_Church&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Modern era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable floatright"> <caption>Surveys of Armenian residents 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<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>76% </td> <td>22% </td> <td>2% </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>81% </td> <td>17% </td> <td>2% </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>67% </td> <td>26% </td> <td>6% </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>71% </td> <td>23% </td> <td>6% </td></tr> <tr> <td>2021<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>92% </td> <td>2% </td> <td>6% </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><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."<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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."<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>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.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Large-scale construction of new churches in the independence period<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the negligence of endangered historic churches by the Apostolic church (and the government) have also been criticized.<sup id="cite_ref-keghart_93-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-keghart-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In recent years, a few high-profile leaders of the church have been involved in controversies.<sup id="cite_ref-keghart_93-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-keghart-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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, <i><a href="/wiki/Asbarez" title="Asbarez">Asbarez</a></i> 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."<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>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.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The statement received considerable criticism,<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though Asoghik did not retract his statement.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In an editorial in the liberal <i><a href="/wiki/Aravot" title="Aravot">Aravot</a></i> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Apostolic_Church&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1266661725">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output 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href="https://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/armenian-apostolic-church-holy-see-of-cilicia">Armenian Apostolic Church (Holy See of Cilicia)</a> in the <a href="/wiki/World_Council_of_Churches" title="World Council of Churches">World Council of Churches</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration 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New York: Columbia University Press. pp. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/armeniansfromkin00razm/page/43">43–44</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-231-13926-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-231-13926-7"><bdi>978-0-231-13926-7</bdi></a>. <q>The Armenian Apostolic Church formally became autocephalous - i.e. independent of external authority - in 554 by severing its links with the patriarchate of Constantinople.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Armenians%3A+From+Kings+and+Priests+to+Merchants+and+Commissars&rft.place=New+York&rft.pages=43-44&rft.pub=Columbia+University+Press&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=978-0-231-13926-7&rft.aulast=Panossian&rft.aufirst=Razmik&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Farmeniansfromkin00razm%2Fpage%2F43&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AArmenian+Apostolic+Church" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.armenianchurch.org/index.jsp?sid=1&id=16769&pid=1&lng=en">"Catholicos of All Armenians"</a>. <i>armenianchurch.org</i>. 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.iri.org/sites/default/files/2018.10.9_armenia_poll_presentation.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 26 October 2019.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=iri.org&rft.atitle=Public+Opinion+Survey%3A+Residents+of+Armenia%3A+July+23%E2%80%93August+15%2C+2018&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.iri.org%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2F2018.10.9_armenia_poll_presentation.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AArmenian+Apostolic+Church" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-82"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-82">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190709084656/https://www.iri.org/sites/default/files/2019.7.8_armenia_poll.pdf">"Public Opinion Survey: Residents of Armenia: May 6-31, 2019"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>iri.org</i>. 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Shirakavan">Council of Shirakavan</a> (862)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Hromkla" title="Council of Hromkla">Council of Hromkla</a> (1178-1179)</li> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Seminaries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gevorgian_Seminary" title="Gevorgian Seminary">Gevorgian Seminary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Nersess_Armenian_Seminary" title="St. Nersess Armenian Seminary">St. Nersess Armenian Seminary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaskenian_Theological_Academy" title="Vaskenian Theological Academy">Vaskenian Theological Academy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" 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id="Religion_in_Armenia71" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Armenia" title="Religion in Armenia">Religion in Armenia</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Christianity</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Armenian Apostolic Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Brotherhood_Church" title="Armenian Brotherhood Church">Armenian Brotherhood Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Evangelical_Church" title="Armenian Evangelical Church">Armenian Evangelical Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Armenia" title="Catholic Church in Armenia">Catholic Church</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Catholic_Church" title="Armenian Catholic Church">Armenian Catholic Church</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgian_Orthodox_Church_in_Armenia" title="Georgian Orthodox Church in Armenia">Georgian Orthodox Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Molokans_in_Armenia" title="Molokans in Armenia">Molokans</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other religions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_Faith_in_Armenia" title="Baháʼí Faith in Armenia">Baháʼí Faith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_Armenia" title="Buddhism in Armenia">Buddhism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hetanism" title="Hetanism">Hetanism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islam_in_Armenia" title="Islam in Armenia">Islam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Armenia" title="History of the Jews in Armenia">Judaism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yazidis_in_Armenia" title="Yazidis in Armenia">Yazidism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zoroastrianism_in_Armenia" title="Zoroastrianism in Armenia">Zoroastrianism</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">History</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_mythology" title="Armenian mythology">Armenian mythology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianization_of_Armenia" title="Christianization of Armenia">Christianization of Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Christian_tradition_in_the_20th_century" title="Armenian Christian tradition in the 20th century">Armenian Christian tradition in the 20th century</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paulicianism" title="Paulicianism">Paulicianism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archontics" title="Archontics">Archontics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chazinzarians" title="Chazinzarians">Chazinzarians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tondrakians" title="Tondrakians">Tondrakians</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related 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style="color:#000040;">light blue</span> = <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Eastern Orthodox Church">Eastern Orthodox Church</a> (* unrecognized), <span style="color:#808000;"><b>bold/</b>light green</span> = <a href="/wiki/Oriental_Orthodoxy" class="mw-redirect" title="Oriental Orthodoxy"><span style="color:#808000;">Oriental Orthodoxy</span></a>, <i>italic blue = <a href="/wiki/Nestorianism" title="Nestorianism">Nestorianism</a></i>, <i><b>bold italic blue</b></i> = <a href="/wiki/Great_Church" title="Great Church">pre-schism</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Early_Christianity" title="Early Christianity">Early<br />Christianity</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_late_antiquity" title="Christianity in late antiquity">Antiquity</a>)<br /><span class="nobold">(30–325/476)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Pentarchy" title="Pentarchy">Pentarchy</a><br /><span class="nobold">(five<br /><a href="/wiki/Apostolic_See" class="mw-redirect" title="Apostolic See">apostolic<br />sees</a>)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Pope" title="Pope">Patriarch</a> of <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Rome" title="Diocese of Rome">Rome</a> <span class="nobold">(<a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_the_1st_century" title="Christianity in the 1st century">1st cent.</a>)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Holy_See" title="Holy See">Holy See</a></b> (since <a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_the_1st_century" title="Christianity in the 1st century">1st cent.</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ecumenical_Patriarch_of_Constantinople" title="Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople">Patriarch</a> of <a href="/wiki/Ecumenical_Patriarchate_of_Constantinople" title="Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople">Constantinople</a> <br /><span class="nobold">(<a href="/wiki/Council_of_Chalcedon" title="Council of Chalcedon">451</a>)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ecumenical_Patriarchate_of_Constantinople" title="Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople">Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople</a> (since 330)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Latin_Patriarchate_of_Constantinople" title="Latin Patriarchate of Constantinople">Latin Patriarchate of Constantinople</a></b> (1204–1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Patriarchate_of_Constantinople" title="Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople"><span style="color:#808000;">Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople</span></a> (since 1461)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Autocephalous_Turkish_Orthodox_Patriarchate" title="Autocephalous Turkish Orthodox Patriarchate">Autocephalous Turkish Orthodox Patriarchate</a> (since 1924*)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Patriarch_of_Antioch" title="Patriarch of Antioch">Patriarch</a> of <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Antioch" title="Church of Antioch">Antioch</a> <br /><span class="nobold">(<a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_the_1st_century" title="Christianity in the 1st century">1st cent.</a>)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_patriarchs_of_Antioch" title="List of patriarchs of Antioch">Patriarchate of Antioch</a></b></i> (1st cent.–518)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Syriac_Orthodox_Patriarch_of_Antioch_and_All_the_East" title="Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East"><span style="color:#808000;">Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch</span></a></b> (since 518)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_Orthodox_Patriarchate_of_Antioch" title="Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch">Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch</a> (since 519)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Maronite_Catholic_Patriarchate_of_Antioch" title="Maronite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch">Maronite Patriarchate</a></b> (since 685)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Latin_Patriarchate_of_Antioch" title="Latin Patriarchate of Antioch">Latin Patriarchate of Antioch</a></b> (1099–1964)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Syriac_Catholic_Church" title="Syriac Catholic Church">Syriac Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch</a></b> (since 1668)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Melkite_Catholic_Patriarchate_of_Antioch" title="Melkite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch">Melkite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch</a></b> (since 1724)</li></ul> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Catholicosate_of_Cilicia" class="mw-redirect" title="Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia"><span style="color:#808000;">Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia</span></a></b> (since 1058)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Patriarchate_of_Cilicia" title="Patriarchate of Cilicia">Patriarchate of Cilicia</a></b> (since 1740)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Patriarch_of_Alexandria" title="Patriarch of Alexandria">Patriarch</a> of <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Alexandria" title="Church of Alexandria">Alexandria</a> <br /><span class="nobold">(<a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_the_1st_century" title="Christianity in the 1st century">1st cent.</a>)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_patriarchs_of_Alexandria" title="List of patriarchs of Alexandria">Patriarchate of Alexandria</a></b></i> (1st cent.–451)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greek_Orthodox_Patriarchate_of_Alexandria" title="Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria">Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria</a> (since <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Chalcedon" title="Council of Chalcedon">451</a>)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Pope_of_the_Coptic_Orthodox_Church_of_Alexandria" class="mw-redirect" title="Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria"><span style="color:#808000;">Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria</span></a></b> (since <a href="/wiki/451" title="451">451</a>)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Latin_Patriarchate_of_Alexandria" title="Latin Patriarchate of Alexandria">Latin Patriarchate of Alexandria</a></b> (1219–1964)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Coptic_Catholic_Patriarchate_of_Alexandria" title="Coptic Catholic Patriarchate of Alexandria">Coptic Catholic Patriarchate of Alexandria</a></b> (since 1824)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Greek_Orthodox_Patriarch_of_Jerusalem" title="Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem">Patriarch</a> of <a href="/wiki/Greek_Orthodox_Church_of_Jerusalem" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a> <span class="nobold">(<a href="/wiki/Council_of_Chalcedon" title="Council of Chalcedon">451</a>)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greek_Orthodox_Patriarchate_of_Jerusalem" title="Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem">Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem</a> (since 451)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Patriarchate_of_Jerusalem" title="Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem"><span style="color:#808000;">Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem</span></a> (since 638)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Latin_Patriarchate_of_Jerusalem" title="Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem">Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem</a></b> (since 1099)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_patriarchs,_archbishops_and_bishops_of_Carthage" class="mw-redirect" title="List of patriarchs, archbishops and bishops of Carthage">Patriarch</a> of <a href="/wiki/Archdiocese_of_Carthage" title="Archdiocese of Carthage">Carthage</a> <span class="nobold">(<a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_the_2nd_century" class="mw-redirect" title="Christianity in the 2nd century">2nd cent.</a>)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_patriarchs,_archbishops_and_bishops_of_Carthage" class="mw-redirect" title="List of patriarchs, archbishops and bishops of Carthage">Patriarch of Carthage</a></b></i> (2nd cent.–1076)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Patriarch_of_the_Church_of_the_East" title="Patriarch of the Church of the East">Patriarch</a> of <a href="/wiki/Patriarchal_Province_of_Seleucia-Ctesiphon" title="Patriarchal Province of Seleucia-Ctesiphon">Seleucia-Ctesiphon</a> <br /><span class="nobold">(280)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_patriarchs_of_the_Church_of_the_East" title="List of patriarchs of the Church of the East">Patriarch of Seleucia-Ctesiphon</a></i> (280–1552)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Chaldean_Catholic_Patriarchate_of_Baghdad" title="Chaldean Catholic Patriarchate of Baghdad">Chaldean Catholic Patriarchate of Baghdad</a></b> (since 1553)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_patriarchs_of_the_Church_of_the_East#Patriarchs_of_the_Church_of_the_East_from_1558_to_1861" title="List of patriarchs of the Church of the East">Patriarchs of the Church of the East (Eliya line)</a></i> (1558–1830)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_patriarchs_of_the_Church_of_the_East#Patriarchs_of_the_Church_of_the_East_from_1558_to_1861" title="List of patriarchs of the Church of the East">Patriarchs of the Church of the East (Shimun line)</a></i> (1692–1830)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_patriarchs_of_the_Assyrian_Church_of_the_East" class="mw-redirect" title="List of patriarchs of the Assyrian Church of the East">Assyrian Church of the East Patriarchate of Seleucia-Ctesiphon</a></i> (since 1830)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Church_of_the_East" title="Ancient Church of the East">Ancient Church of the East Patriarchate of Seleucia-Ctesiphon</a></i> (since 1968)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Patriarch" title="Patriarch">Patriarch</a> of <a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenia</a> <span class="nobold">(301)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Catholicos_of_All_Armenians" title="Catholicos of All Armenians"><span style="color:#808000;">Catholicos of All Armenians (Patriarch of Etchmiadzin)</span></a></b> (since 301)</li></ul> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Catholicosate_of_Cilicia" class="mw-redirect" title="Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia"><span style="color:#808000;">Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia</span></a></b> (since 1058)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Patriarchate_of_Cilicia" title="Patriarchate of Cilicia">Patriarchate of Cilicia</a></b> (since 1740)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_the_Middle_Ages" title="Christianity in the Middle Ages">Middle Ages</a> <br /><span class="nobold">(476–1517)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Patriarchate_of_Aquileia" title="Patriarchate of Aquileia">Patriarchate of Aquileia</a></b> (568–1751)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Patriarch_of_Grado" title="Patriarch of Grado">Patriarchate of Grado</a></b> (725–1451)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_Orthodox_Church" title="Bulgarian Orthodox Church">Patriarchate of Bulgaria</a> (919*/927–1018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgian_Orthodox_Church" title="Georgian Orthodox Church">Patriarchate of Georgia</a> (1010–1811)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_Orthodox_Church" title="Bulgarian Orthodox Church">Primate of Bulgaria</a></b> (1204–1235)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarnovo_Patriarchate" title="Tarnovo Patriarchate">Tarnovo Patriarchate</a> (1235–1394)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serbian_Patriarchate_of_Pe%C4%87" title="Serbian Patriarchate of Peć">Serbian Orthodox Patriarchate of Peć</a> (1346*/1375–1463)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Patriarchate_of_Venice" title="Patriarchate of Venice">Patriarchate of Venice</a></b> (since 1451)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholicate_of_Abkhazia" title="Catholicate of Abkhazia">Catholicate of Abkhazia</a> (15.*/16. century–1814)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_the_modern_era" title="Christianity in the modern era">Early Modern era</a> <br /><span class="nobold">(1517–1789) </span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Patriarchate_of_the_West_Indies" title="Patriarchate of the West Indies">Patriarchate of the West Indies</a></b> (since 1524)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Latin_Patriarchate_of_Ethiopia" title="Latin Patriarchate of Ethiopia">Latin Patriarchate of Ethiopia</a></b> (1555–1663)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Patriarchate_of_the_East_Indies" title="Patriarchate of the East Indies">Patriarchate of the East Indies</a></b> (since 1572)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serbian_Patriarchate_of_Pe%C4%87#Early_Modern_Period_(1557–1766)" title="Serbian Patriarchate of Peć">Serbian Orthodox Patriarchate of Peć</a> (1557–1766)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Orthodox_Church" title="Russian Orthodox Church">Patriarchate of Moscow</a> (since 1589)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Patriarchate_of_Lisbon" title="Patriarchate of Lisbon">Patriarchate of Lisbon</a></b> (since 1716)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_the_modern_era" title="Christianity in the modern era">Late Modern era</a> <br /><span class="nobold">(since 1789)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Patriarchate_of_Karlovci" title="Patriarchate of Karlovci">Patriarchate of Karlovci</a> (1848–1920)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgian_Orthodox_Church" title="Georgian Orthodox Church">Patriarchate of Georgia</a> (since 1917*/1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serbian_Orthodox_Church" title="Serbian Orthodox Church">Serbian Orthodox Patriarchate of Peć</a> (since 1920)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romanian_Orthodox_Church" title="Romanian Orthodox Church">Patriarchate of Romania</a> (since 1925)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croatian_Orthodox_Church" title="Croatian Orthodox Church">Patriarchate of Croatia</a> (*1942–1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_Orthodox_Church" title="Bulgarian Orthodox Church">Patriarchate of Bulgaria</a> (since 1953)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_abunas_of_Ethiopia" title="List of abunas of Ethiopia"><span style="color:#808000;">Ethiopian Orthodox Patriarchate of Ethiopia</span></a> (since 1959)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Orthodox_Church_%E2%80%93_Kyiv_Patriarchate" title="Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate">Patriarchate of Kyiv</a> (1992*–2018; since 2019*)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_abunas_of_Eritrea" title="List of abunas of Eritrea"><span style="color:#808000;">Eritrean Orthodox Patriarchate of Eritrea</span></a> (since 1994)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Throne" title="Apostolic Throne">Apostolic Throne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Episcopal_see" title="Episcopal see">Episcopal see</a></li></ul> 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href="/w/index.php?title=Oriental_Orthodoxy_in_Austria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oriental Orthodoxy in Austria (page does not exist)">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oriental_Orthodoxy_in_Azerbaijan" class="mw-redirect" title="Oriental Orthodoxy in Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oriental_Orthodoxy_in_Belarus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oriental Orthodoxy in Belarus (page does not exist)">Belarus</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oriental_Orthodoxy_in_Belgium&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oriental Orthodoxy in Belgium (page does not exist)">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oriental_Orthodoxy_in_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oriental Orthodoxy in Bosnia and Herzegovina (page does not exist)">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oriental_Orthodoxy_in_Bulgaria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oriental Orthodoxy in Bulgaria (page does not exist)">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oriental_Orthodoxy_in_Croatia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oriental Orthodoxy in Croatia (page does not exist)">Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oriental_Orthodoxy_in_Cyprus" class="mw-redirect" title="Oriental Orthodoxy in Cyprus">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oriental_Orthodoxy_in_the_Czech_Republic&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oriental Orthodoxy in the Czech Republic (page does not exist)">Czech Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oriental_Orthodoxy_in_Denmark" class="mw-redirect" title="Oriental Orthodoxy in Denmark">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oriental_Orthodoxy_in_Estonia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oriental Orthodoxy in Estonia (page does not exist)">Estonia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oriental_Orthodoxy_in_Finland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oriental Orthodoxy in Finland (page does not 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Orthodoxy in the Republic of Ireland">Ireland</a></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oriental_Orthodoxy_in_Italy" title="Oriental Orthodoxy in Italy">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oriental_Orthodoxy_in_Kazakhstan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oriental Orthodoxy in Kazakhstan (page does not exist)">Kazakhstan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oriental_Orthodoxy_in_Latvia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oriental Orthodoxy in Latvia (page does not exist)">Latvia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oriental_Orthodoxy_in_Liechtenstein&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oriental Orthodoxy in Liechtenstein (page does not exist)">Liechtenstein</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oriental_Orthodoxy_in_Lithuania&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oriental Orthodoxy in Lithuania (page does not exist)">Lithuania</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oriental_Orthodoxy_in_Luxembourg&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oriental Orthodoxy in Luxembourg (page does not exist)">Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oriental_Orthodoxy_in_Malta&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oriental Orthodoxy in Malta (page does not exist)">Malta</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oriental_Orthodoxy_in_Moldova&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oriental Orthodoxy in Moldova (page does not exist)">Moldova</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oriental_Orthodoxy_in_Monaco&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oriental Orthodoxy in Monaco (page does not exist)">Monaco</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oriental_Orthodoxy_in_Montenegro&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oriental Orthodoxy in Montenegro (page does not exist)">Montenegro</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oriental_Orthodoxy_in_the_Netherlands&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oriental Orthodoxy in the Netherlands (page does not exist)">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a 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href="/w/index.php?title=Oriental_Orthodoxy_in_San_Marino&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oriental Orthodoxy in San Marino (page does not exist)">San Marino</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oriental_Orthodoxy_in_Serbia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oriental Orthodoxy in Serbia (page does not exist)">Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oriental_Orthodoxy_in_Slovakia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oriental Orthodoxy in Slovakia (page does not exist)">Slovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oriental_Orthodoxy_in_Slovenia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oriental Orthodoxy in Slovenia (page does not exist)">Slovenia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oriental_Orthodoxy_in_Spain&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oriental Orthodoxy in Spain (page does not exist)">Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oriental_Orthodoxy_in_Sweden&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oriental Orthodoxy in Sweden (page does not exist)">Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oriental_Orthodoxy_in_Switzerland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oriental Orthodoxy in Switzerland (page does not exist)">Switzerland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oriental_Orthodoxy_in_Turkey" class="mw-redirect" title="Oriental Orthodoxy in Turkey">Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oriental_Orthodoxy_in_Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="Oriental Orthodoxy in Ukraine">Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oriental_Orthodoxy_in_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Oriental Orthodoxy in the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">States with limited<br />recognition</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oriental_Orthodoxy_in_Abkhazia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oriental Orthodoxy in Abkhazia (page does not exist)">Abkhazia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oriental_Orthodoxy_in_Kosovo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oriental Orthodoxy in Kosovo (page does not exist)">Kosovo</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oriental_Orthodoxy_in_Northern_Cyprus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oriental Orthodoxy in Northern Cyprus (page does not exist)">Northern Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oriental_Orthodoxy_in_South_Ossetia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oriental Orthodoxy in South Ossetia (page does not exist)">South Ossetia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oriental_Orthodoxy_in_Transnistria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oriental Orthodoxy in Transnistria (page does not exist)">Transnistria</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Dependencies and<br />other entities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" 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href="/w/index.php?title=Oriental_Orthodoxy_in_Jersey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oriental Orthodoxy in Jersey (page does not exist)">Jersey</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oriental_Orthodoxy_in_Svalbard&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oriental Orthodoxy in Svalbard (page does not exist)">Svalbard</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Oriental_Orthodoxy_in_Asia422" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link 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title="Jacobite Syrian Christian Church">Malankara Jacobite</a></dd></dl> <dl><dd><i>Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church</i>:</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Brahmavar_(Goan)_Orthodox_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Brahmavar (Goan) Orthodox Church">Brahmavar (Goan) Orthodox Church</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Christian_denominations#Independent_Oriental_Orthodoxy" title="List of Christian denominations">Independent<br />churches</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/British_Orthodox_Church" title="British Orthodox Church">British Isles</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Malabar_Independent_Syrian_Church" title="Malabar Independent Syrian Church">Malabar Independent Syrian Church</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Syncreticism" class="mw-redirect" title="Syncreticism">Syncretic Oriential Catholic Churches</a>: 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century">7th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_the_8th_century" title="Christianity in the 8th century">8th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_the_9th_century" title="Christianity in the 9th century">9th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_the_10th_century" title="Christianity in the 10th century">10th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_the_11th_century" title="Christianity in the 11th century">11th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_the_12th_century" title="Christianity in the 12th century">12th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_the_13th_century" title="Christianity in the 13th century">13th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_the_14th_century" title="Christianity in the 14th century">14th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_the_15th_century" title="Christianity in the 15th century">15th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_the_16th_century" title="Christianity in the 16th century">16th</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Baptism_of_Jesus" title="Baptism of Jesus">Baptism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Jesus" title="Ministry of Jesus">Ministry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crucifixion_of_Jesus" title="Crucifixion of Jesus">Crucifixion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Resurrection_of_Jesus" title="Resurrection of Jesus">Resurrection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Commission" title="Great Commission">Great Commission</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Spirit_in_Christianity" title="Holy Spirit in Christianity">Holy Spirit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apostles_in_the_New_Testament" title="Apostles in the New Testament">Apostles in the New Testament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jewish_Christian" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewish Christian">Jewish Christians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_the_Apostle" title="Paul the Apostle">Paul the Apostle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Jerusalem" title="Council of Jerusalem">Council of Jerusalem</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gospel" title="Gospel">Gospels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acts_of_the_Apostles" title="Acts of the Apostles">Acts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pauline_epistles" title="Pauline epistles">Pauline epistles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_epistles" title="Catholic epistles">General epistles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Revelation" title="Book of Revelation">Revelation</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_the_ante-Nicene_period" title="Christianity in the ante-Nicene period">Ante-Nicene<br />period</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Diversity_in_early_Christian_theology" title="Diversity in early Christian theology">Diversity</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adoptionism" title="Adoptionism">Adoptionism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arianism" title="Arianism">Arianism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Docetism" title="Docetism">Docetism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donatism" title="Donatism">Donatism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gnosticism" title="Gnosticism">Gnosticism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcionism" title="Marcionism">Marcionism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montanism" title="Montanism">Montanism</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Development_of_the_New_Testament_canon" title="Development of the New Testament canon">Canon development</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persecution_of_Christians_in_the_Roman_Empire" title="Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire">Persecution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Fathers" title="Apostolic Fathers">Apostolic</a> / <a href="/wiki/Church_Fathers" title="Church Fathers">Church Fathers</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Clement_of_Rome" title="Clement of Rome">Clement of Rome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polycarp" title="Polycarp">Polycarp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ignatius_of_Antioch" title="Ignatius of Antioch">Ignatius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irenaeus" title="Irenaeus">Irenaeus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justin_Martyr" title="Justin Martyr">Justin Martyr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tertullian" title="Tertullian">Tertullian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Origen" title="Origen">Origen</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_the_Roman_Africa_province" title="Christianity in the Roman Africa province">Early African</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_late_antiquity" title="Christianity in late antiquity">Late antiquity</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Great_Church" title="Great Church">Great Church</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Constantine_the_Great_and_Christianity" title="Constantine the Great and Christianity">Constantine</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Constantinian_shift" title="Constantinian shift">Constantinian shift</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianity_as_the_Roman_state_religion" title="Christianity as the Roman state religion">Roman state religion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_monasticism" title="Christian monasticism">Monasticism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_seven_ecumenical_councils" title="First seven ecumenical councils">Councils</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Council_of_Nicaea" title="First Council of Nicaea">Nicaea I</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nicene_Creed" title="Nicene Creed">Creed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicene_Christianity" title="Nicene Christianity">Christianity</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athanasius_of_Alexandria" title="Athanasius of Alexandria">Athanasius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerome" title="Jerome">Jerome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Augustine_of_Hippo" title="Augustine of Hippo">Augustine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Council_of_Constantinople" title="First Council of Constantinople">Constantinople I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Ephesus" title="Council of Ephesus">Ephesus I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Chalcedon" title="Council of Chalcedon">Chalcedon</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chalcedonian_Christianity" title="Chalcedonian Christianity">Chalcedonian</a> / <a href="/wiki/Non-Chalcedonian_Christianity" title="Non-Chalcedonian Christianity">Non-Chalcedonian</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biblical_canon" title="Biblical canon">Biblical canon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Catholic_Church" title="History of the Catholic Church">Catholicism</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_papacy" title="History of the papacy">Papacy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_papal_primacy" title="History of papal primacy">Development of primacy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_opposition_to_papal_supremacy" title="Eastern Orthodox opposition to papal supremacy">Eastern Orthodox opposition</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crusading_movement" title="Crusading movement">Crusading movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Council_of_the_Lateran" title="Fourth Council of the Lateran">Lateran IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_patronage_of_Julius_II" title="Art patronage of Julius II">Art patronage of Julius II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Leo_X" title="Pope Leo X">Leo X</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Counter-Reformation" title="Counter-Reformation">Counter-Reformation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Trent" title="Council of Trent">Trent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_in_the_Protestant_Reformation_and_Counter-Reformation" title="Art in the Protestant Reformation and Counter-Reformation">Art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Reformation" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic Reformation">Catholic Reformation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Society_of_Jesus" class="mw-redirect" title="Society of Jesus">Jesuits</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Xavier" title="Francis Xavier">Xavier</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_More" title="Thomas More">Thomas More</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_monasteries" title="Dissolution of the monasteries">Monastery dissolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_wars_of_religion" title="European wars of religion">Wars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mass_rock" title="Mass rock">Mass rocks</a> and <a href="/wiki/Priest_hole" title="Priest hole">priest holes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Guadalupe" title="Our Lady of Guadalupe">Guadalupe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jansenism" title="Jansenism">Jansenists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Molinism" title="Molinism">Molinists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scholasticism#Neo-Scholasticism" title="Scholasticism">Neo-Scholasticism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teresa_of_%C3%81vila" title="Teresa of Ávila">Teresa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modernism_in_the_Catholic_Church" title="Modernism in the Catholic Church">Modernism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Catholicism" title="Independent Catholicism">Independent Catholics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Vatican_Council" title="First Vatican Council">Vatican I</a> and <a href="/wiki/Second_Vatican_Council" title="Second Vatican Council">Vatican II</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ecclesial_community" title="Ecclesial community">Ecclesial community</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Catholic_Church" title="Timeline of the Catholic Church">Timeline</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/History_of_Eastern_Christianity" title="History of Eastern Christianity">Eastern<br />Christianity</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="History of the Eastern Orthodox Church">Eastern Orthodoxy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Oriental_Orthodoxy" title="History of Oriental Orthodoxy">Oriental Orthodoxy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_East" title="Church of the East">Church of the East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Chrysostom" title="John Chrysostom">Chrysostom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nestorianism" title="Nestorianism">Nestorianism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Icon#History" title="Icon">Icons</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iconodulism" title="Iconodulism">Iconodulism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Iconoclasm" title="Byzantine Iconoclasm">Iconoclasm</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East%E2%80%93West_Schism" title="East–West Schism">Great Schism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fall_of_Constantinople" title="Fall of Constantinople">Fall of Constantinople</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianization_of_Armenia" title="Christianization of Armenia">Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianization_of_Iberia" title="Christianization of Iberia">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodoxy_in_Greece" title="Eastern Orthodoxy in Greece">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coptic_history" title="Coptic history">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syriac_Christianity" title="Syriac Christianity">Syriac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serbian_Orthodox_Church" title="Serbian Orthodox Church">Serbian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_Orthodox_Tewahedo_Church" title="Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Eastern_Orthodox_Church_under_the_Ottoman_Empire" title="History of the Eastern Orthodox Church under the Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Russian_Orthodox_Church" title="History of the Russian Orthodox Church">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Eastern_Orthodoxy_in_North_America" title="Timeline of Eastern Orthodoxy in North America">North America</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_the_Middle_Ages" title="Christianity in the Middle Ages">Middle Ages</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pelagianism" title="Pelagianism">Pelagianism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Gregory_I" title="Pope Gregory I">Gregory I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celtic_Christianity" title="Celtic Christianity">Celtic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianisation_of_the_Germanic_peoples" title="Christianisation of the Germanic peoples">Germanic</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christianisation_of_Anglo-Saxon_England" title="Christianisation of Anglo-Saxon England">Anglo-Saxon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianization_of_the_Franks" title="Christianization of the Franks">Franks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gothic_Christianity" title="Gothic Christianity">Gothic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianization_of_Scandinavia" title="Christianization of Scandinavia">Scandinavian</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christianization_of_Iceland" title="Christianization of Iceland">Iceland</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianization_of_the_Slavs" title="Christianization of the Slavs">Slavs</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christianization_of_Bohemia" title="Christianization of Bohemia">Bohemia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianization_of_Bulgaria" title="Christianization of Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianization_of_Kievan_Rus%27" title="Christianization of Kievan Rus'">Kievan Rus'</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianization_of_Moravia" title="Christianization of Moravia">Moravia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianization_of_Poland" title="Christianization of Poland">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christianization_of_Pomerania" title="Christianization of Pomerania">Pomerania</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Investiture_Controversy" title="Investiture Controversy">Investiture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anselm_of_Canterbury" title="Anselm of Canterbury">Anselm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Abelard" title="Peter Abelard">Abelard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernard_of_Clairvaux" title="Bernard of Clairvaux">Bernard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bogomilism" title="Bogomilism">Bogomils</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bosnian_Church" title="Bosnian Church">Bosnian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catharism" title="Catharism">Cathars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Brethren" title="Apostolic Brethren">Apostolic Brethren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dulcinian" class="mw-redirect" title="Dulcinian">Dulcinian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crusades" title="Crusades">Crusades</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waldensians" title="Waldensians">Waldensians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inquisition" title="Inquisition">Inquisition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scholasticism#Early_Scholasticism" title="Scholasticism">Early Scholasticism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_mysticism" title="Christian mysticism">Christian mysticism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Dominic" title="Saint Dominic">Dominic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_of_Assisi" title="Francis of Assisi">Francis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bonaventure" title="Bonaventure">Bonaventure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Aquinas" title="Thomas Aquinas">Aquinas</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Five_Ways_(Aquinas)" title="Five Ways (Aquinas)">Five Ways</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Wycliffe" title="John Wycliffe">Wycliffe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avignon_Papacy" title="Avignon Papacy">Avignon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Schism" title="Western Schism">Papal Schism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bohemian_Reformation" title="Bohemian Reformation">Bohemian Reformation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jan_Hus" title="Jan Hus">Hus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conciliarism" title="Conciliarism">Conciliarism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Synod" title="Synod">Synods</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Reformation" title="Reformation">Reformation</a><br />and<br /><a href="/wiki/History_of_Protestantism" title="History of Protestantism">Protestantism</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Erasmus" title="Erasmus">Erasmus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eucharistic_theology" title="Eucharistic theology">Eucharist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Calvinist%E2%80%93Arminian_debate" title="History of the Calvinist–Arminian debate">Calvinist–Arminian debate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arminianism" title="Arminianism">Arminianism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Counter-Reformation#Politics" title="Counter-Reformation">Wars</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Resistance_theory_in_the_Early_Modern_period#Christian_resistance_theories_of_the_early_modern_period" class="mw-redirect" title="Resistance theory in the Early Modern period">Resistance theories</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Separation_of_church_and_state#Reformation" title="Separation of church and state">Separation of church and state</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicodemite" title="Nicodemite">Nicodemites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hymnody_of_continental_Europe" title="Hymnody of continental Europe">Hymnody of continental Europe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Formal_and_material_principles_of_theology" title="Formal and material principles of theology">Formal and material principles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_and_Gospel" title="Law and Gospel">Law and Gospel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Reformation_literature" title="Template:Reformation literature">Literature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protestant_work_ethic" title="Protestant work ethic">Protestant work ethic</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/History_of_Lutheranism" title="History of Lutheranism">Lutheranism</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Luther" title="Martin Luther">Luther</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Ninety-five_Theses" title="Ninety-five Theses">Ninety-five Theses</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diet_of_Worms" title="Diet of Worms">Diet of Worms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theology_of_Martin_Luther" title="Theology of Martin Luther">Theology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luther_Bible" title="Luther Bible">Bible</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Melanchthon" title="Philip Melanchthon">Melanchthon</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Concord" title="Book of Concord">Book of Concord</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lutheran_orthodoxy" title="Lutheran orthodoxy">Orthodoxy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sacramental_union" title="Sacramental union">Eucharist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lutheran_art" title="Lutheran art">Art</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/History_of_Reformed_Christianity" title="History of Reformed Christianity">Calvinism</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Huldrych_Zwingli" title="Huldrych Zwingli">Zwingli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Calvin" title="John Calvin">Calvin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huguenots" title="Huguenots">Huguenots</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presbyterianism" title="Presbyterianism">Presbyterianism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Reformation" title="Scottish Reformation">Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Knox" title="John Knox">Knox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Five_points_of_Calvinism" class="mw-redirect" title="Five points of Calvinism">TULIP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reformed_baptismal_theology" title="Reformed baptismal theology">Baptism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Synod_of_Dort" title="Synod of Dort">Dort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Three_Forms_of_Unity" title="Three Forms of Unity">Three Forms of Unity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westminster_Assembly" title="Westminster Assembly">Westminster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reformed_orthodoxy" title="Reformed orthodoxy">Orthodoxy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metrical_psalter" title="Metrical psalter">Metrical psalters</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/English_Reformation" title="English Reformation">Anglicanism</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_English_Reformation" title="Timeline of the English Reformation">Timeline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_VIII" title="Henry VIII">Henry VIII</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cranmer" title="Thomas Cranmer">Cranmer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabethan_Religious_Settlement" title="Elizabethan Religious Settlement">Elizabethan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thirty-nine_Articles" title="Thirty-nine Articles">39 Articles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puritans" title="Puritans">Puritans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_Civil_War" title="English Civil War">Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglican_church_music" title="Anglican church music">Church music</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Common_Prayer" title="Book of Common Prayer">Book of Common Prayer</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_James_Version" title="King James Version">King James Version</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Anabaptism" title="Anabaptism">Anabaptism</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anabaptist_theology" title="Anabaptist theology">Theology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radical_Reformation" title="Radical Reformation">Radical Reformation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conrad_Grebel" title="Conrad Grebel">Grebel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_Brethren" title="Swiss Brethren">Swiss Brethren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_M%C3%BCntzer" title="Thomas Müntzer">Müntzer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martyrs%27_Synod" title="Martyrs' Synod">Martyrs' Synod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menno_Simons" title="Menno Simons">Menno Simons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Smyth_(English_theologian)" title="John Smyth (English theologian)">Smyth</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Martyrs_Mirror" title="Martyrs Mirror">Martyrs Mirror</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ausbund" title="Ausbund">Ausbund</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_the_modern_era" title="Christianity in the modern era">1640–1789</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christian_revival" title="Christian revival">Revivalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_mission" title="Christian mission">Missionaries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baptists" title="Baptists">Baptists</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baptists_in_the_history_of_separation_of_church_and_state" title="Baptists in the history of separation of church and state">Separation of church and state</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edict_of_toleration#Early_modern_period" title="Edict of toleration">Edicts of toleration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congregational_church" 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</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Christian_denomination" title="Christian denomination">Denominations</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/List_of_Christian_denominations" title="List of Christian denominations">list</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_Christian_denominations_by_number_of_members" title="List of Christian denominations by number of members">members</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Western_Christianity" title="Western Christianity">Western</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Church_of_the_East" title="Church of the East">Church of the East (Nestorian)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Catholic_Churches" title="Eastern Catholic Churches">Eastern Catholic</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Restorationism" title="Restorationism">Restorationist</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jehovah%27s_Witnesses" title="Jehovah's Witnesses">Jehovah's Witnesses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latter_Day_Saint_movement" title="Latter Day Saint movement">Latter Day Saint movement</a></li> <li><span title="Tagalog-language text"><span lang="tl" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Iglesia_ni_Cristo" title="Iglesia ni Cristo">Iglesia ni Cristo</a></span></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a 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href="/wiki/Russian_Armenia" title="Russian Armenia">Russian Armenia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Modern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Republic_of_Armenia" title="First Republic of Armenia">First Republic of Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic">Soviet Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Armenia#Independent_Armenia_(1991-today)" title="History of Armenia">Independent Armenia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">By topic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_genocide" title="Armenian genocide">Armenian genocide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh_conflict" title="Nagorno-Karabakh conflict">Nagorno-Karabakh conflict</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_national_movement" title="Armenian national movement">Armenian national movement</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Category:History_of_Armenia" title="Category:History of Armenia">more...</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia"><img alt="Armenia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Arms_of_Armenia.svg/80px-Arms_of_Armenia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Arms_of_Armenia.svg/120px-Arms_of_Armenia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Arms_of_Armenia.svg/160px-Arms_of_Armenia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="170" data-file-height="192" 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href="/wiki/Politics_of_Armenia" title="Politics of Armenia">Politics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Armenia" title="Administrative divisions of Armenia">Administrative divisions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Armenia" title="Constitution of Armenia">Constitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Armenia" title="Corruption in Armenia">Corruption</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Armenia" title="Elections in Armenia">Elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Armenia" title="Foreign relations of Armenia">Foreign relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Armenia" title="Government of 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href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Armenia" title="Prime Minister of Armenia">Prime Minister</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_National_Assembly_of_Armenia" title="President of the National Assembly of Armenia">President of the National Assembly</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Category:Government_of_Armenia" title="Category:Government of Armenia">more on government</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Category:Politics_of_Armenia" title="Category:Politics of Armenia">on politics</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Armenia" title="Economy of Armenia">Economy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 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Armenia">Telecommunications</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Armenia" title="Tourism in Armenia">Tourism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waste_management_in_Armenia" title="Waste management in Armenia">Waste management</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Armenia" title="Transport in Armenia">Transport</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/South_Caucasus_Railway" title="South Caucasus Railway">South Caucasus Railway</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Armenia" title="Culture of Armenia">Culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_alphabet" title="Armenian alphabet">Alphabet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_architecture" title="Armenian architecture">Architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_art" title="Armenian art">Art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Armenia" title="Cinema of Armenia">Cinema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_cuisine" title="Armenian cuisine">Cuisine</a> (<a href="/wiki/Armenian_wine" title="Armenian wine">wine</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_dance" title="Armenian dance">Dance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_dress" title="Armenian dress">Dress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_language" title="Armenian language">Language</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Armenian" title="Eastern Armenian">Eastern</a></li> <li><a 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in Armenia">Crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Armenia" title="Education in Armenia">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_minorities_in_Armenia" title="Ethnic minorities in Armenia">Ethnic minorities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_in_Armenia" title="Health in Armenia">Health</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenians" title="Armenians">People</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_diaspora" title="Armenian diaspora">diaspora</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_issues_in_Armenia" title="Social issues in Armenia">Social issues</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Armenia" title="Women in Armenia">Women</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Category:Demographics_of_Armenia" title="Category:Demographics of Armenia">more...</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Armenia" title="Religion in Armenia">Religion</a></th><td 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