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<span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1.2</span> <span>Titular Non-metropolitan Archeparchies</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Titular_Non-metropolitan_Archeparchies-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Titular_Eparchies" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Titular_Eparchies"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1.3</span> <span>Titular Eparchies</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Titular_Eparchies-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Publications" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Publications"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Publications</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Publications-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Gallery" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a 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data-language-local-name="Arabic" 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%BF%D5%A1%D5%A9%D5%B8%D5%B2%D5%AB%D5%AF%D5%A7_%D4%B5%D5%AF%D5%A5%D5%B2%D5%A5%D6%81%D5%AB" title="Հայ Կաթողիկէ Եկեղեցի – Western Armenian" lang="hyw" hreflang="hyw" data-title="Հայ Կաթողիկէ 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_catolica_arm%C3%A8ni%C3%A8na" title="Égllése catolica armènièna – Arpitan" lang="frp" hreflang="frp" data-title="Égllése catolica armènièna" data-language-autonym="Arpetan" data-language-local-name="Arpitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Arpetan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilesia_cat%C3%B3lica_armenia" title="Ilesia católica armenia – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Ilesia católica armenia" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erm%C9%99ni_Katolik_Kils%C9%99si" title="Erməni Katolik Kilsəsi – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Erməni Katolik Kilsəsi" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%BC%D1%8F%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%86%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%A6%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B0" title="Армянская Каталіцкая Царква – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Армянская Каталіцкая Царква" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</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%BA%D0%B0%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 католическа църква – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Арменска католическа 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_Cat%C3%B2lica_Arm%C3%A8nia" title="Església Catòlica Armènia – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Església Catòlica Armènia" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arm%C3%A9nsk%C3%A1_katolick%C3%A1_c%C3%ADrkev" title="Arménská katolická církev – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Arménská katolická církev" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenisch-katholische_Kirche" title="Armenisch-katholische Kirche – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Armenisch-katholische Kirche" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iglesia_cat%C3%B3lica_armenia" title="Iglesia católica armenia – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Iglesia católica 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 mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katolika_Armena_Eklezio" title="Katolika Armena Eklezio – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Katolika Armena 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/Armeniar_Eliza_Katolikoa" title="Armeniar Eliza Katolikoa – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Armeniar Eliza Katolikoa" 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_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%86%DB%8C" title="کلیسای کاتولیک ارمنی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کلیسای کاتولیک 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_catholique_arm%C3%A9nienne" title="Église catholique arménienne – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Église catholique arménienne" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igrexa_cat%C3%B3lica_armenia" title="Igrexa católica armenia – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Igrexa católica armenia" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</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%AF%D5%A1%D5%A9%D5%B8%D5%B2%D5%AB%D5%AF%D5%A5_%D5%A5%D5%AF%D5%A5%D5%B2%D5%A5%D6%81%D5%AB" title="Հայ կաթողիկե եկեղեցի – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Հայ կաթողիկե 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_katoli%C4%8Dka_Crkva" title="Armenska katolička Crkva – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Armenska katolička 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_Katolik_Armenia" title="Gereja Katolik Armenia – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Gereja Katolik 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_armeno-cattolica" title="Chiesa armeno-cattolica – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Chiesa armeno-cattolica" 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%A7%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%AA" title="הכנסייה הקתולית הארמנית – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="הכנסייה הקתולית הארמנית" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gr%C3%A9ja_Katulik_Armenia" title="Gréja Katulik Armenia – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Gréja Katulik Armenia" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</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%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%97%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%99%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98_%E1%83%94%E1%83%99%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98%E1%83%90" title="სომხური კათოლიკური ეკლესია – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="სომხური კათოლიკური ეკლესია" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanisa_Katoliki_la_Armenia" title="Kanisa Katoliki la Armenia – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Kanisa Katoliki 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-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arm%C4%97n%C5%B3_katalik%C5%B3_ba%C5%BEny%C4%8Dia" title="Armėnų katalikų bažnyčia – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Armėnų katalikų 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_katolikus_egyh%C3%A1z" title="Örmény katolikus egyház – Hungarian" 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href="/wiki/Beirut" title="Beirut">Beirut</a>, the seat of the Armenian Catholic Patriarchate of Cilicia.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Classification</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Catholic_Churches" title="Eastern Catholic Churches">Eastern Catholic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Orientation</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Christianity" title="Eastern Christianity">Eastern Christianity</a> (<a href="/wiki/Armenian_Apostolic_Church" title="Armenian Apostolic Church">Armenian</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Theology</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Catholic_theology" title="Catholic theology">Catholic 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;">Pope</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pope_Francis" title="Pope Francis">Francis</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Patriarch</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rapha%C3%ABl_Bedros_XXI_Minassian" title="Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian">Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Region</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Armenian_diaspora" title="Armenian diaspora">Armenian diaspora</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Language</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Armenian_language" title="Armenian language">Armenian</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Liturgy</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Rite" title="Armenian Rite">Armenian Rite</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cathedral_of_St_Elias_and_St_Gregory_the_Illuminator" class="mw-redirect" title="Cathedral of St Elias and St Gregory the Illuminator">Cathedral of St Elias and St Gregory the Illuminator</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beirut" title="Beirut">Beirut</a>, Lebanon</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Abraham_Petros_I_Ardzivian" title="Abraham Petros I Ardzivian">Abraham Petros I Ardzivian</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Origin</th><td class="infobox-data">1742 <br /><a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a> (modern <a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenia</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Schism" title="Schism">Separated from</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Apostolic_Church" title="Armenian Apostolic Church">Armenian Apostolic Church</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Members</th><td class="infobox-data">150,000 (independent estimates)<sup id="cite_ref-adalian_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adalian-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Tchilingirian_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tchilingirian-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />757,726 (2017 <i><a href="/wiki/Annuario_Pontificio" title="Annuario Pontificio">Annuario Pontificio</a></i>)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span 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abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Particular_churches_sui_iuris_sidebar" title="Template:Particular churches sui iuris sidebar"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Particular_churches_sui_iuris_sidebar" title="Template talk:Particular churches sui iuris sidebar"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Particular_churches_sui_iuris_sidebar" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Particular churches sui iuris sidebar"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Armenian Catholic Church</b><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is an <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Catholic_Churches" title="Eastern Catholic Churches">Eastern Catholic</a> <a href="/wiki/Particular_church" class="mw-redirect" title="Particular church">particular church</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Sui_iuris" title="Sui iuris">sui iuris</a></i> of the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a>. It accepts the <a href="/wiki/Papal_supremacy" title="Papal supremacy"> leadership</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Rome" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishop of Rome">bishop of Rome</a>, and is therefore in <a href="/wiki/Full_communion" title="Full communion">full communion</a> with the universal Catholic Church, including the <a href="/wiki/Latin_Church" title="Latin Church">Latin Church</a> and the 22 other <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Catholic_Churches" title="Eastern Catholic Churches">Eastern Catholic Churches</a>. The Armenian Catholic Church is regulated by Eastern <a href="/wiki/Canon_law_(Catholic_Church)" class="mw-redirect" title="Canon law (Catholic Church)">canon law</a>, summed up in the <i><a href="/wiki/Code_of_Canons_of_the_Eastern_Churches" title="Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches">Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches</a></i>. </p><p>The head<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of the <i>sui iuris</i> Armenian Catholic Church is the <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Catholic_patriarch_of_Cilicia" class="mw-redirect" title="Armenian Catholic patriarch of Cilicia">Armenian Catholic patriarch of Cilicia</a>, whose main cathedral and <i>de facto</i> archiepiscopal see is the <a href="/wiki/Cathedral_of_Saint_Elias_and_Saint_Gregory_the_Illuminator" title="Cathedral of Saint Elias and Saint Gregory the Illuminator">Cathedral of Saint Elias and Saint Gregory the Illuminator</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Beirut" title="Beirut">Beirut</a>, Lebanon. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Caritas" title="Armenian Caritas">Armenian Caritas</a> is the official aid organisation of the Catholic Church in Armenia. </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_Catholic_Church&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Apostolic_Church" title="Armenian Apostolic Church">Armenian Church</a> took issue with the 451 <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Chalcedon" title="Council of Chalcedon">Council of Chalcedon</a> and formally broke off communion with the Chalcedonian Churches at the 3rd Synod of Dvin in 610. Some Armenian bishops and congregations made attempts to restore <a href="/wiki/Full_communion" title="Full communion">communion</a> with the Chalcedonian Churches after the 6th Ecumenical Council of 681. During the <a href="/wiki/Crusades" title="Crusades">Crusades</a> in 1198, the Church of the <a href="/wiki/Armenian_kingdom_of_Cilicia" class="mw-redirect" title="Armenian kingdom of Cilicia">Armenian kingdom of Cilicia</a> entered into union with the Catholic Church, an attempt that did not last. The union was later re-established during the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Florence" title="Council of Florence">Council of Florence</a> in 1439,<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> but did not have any real effects for centuries. </p><p>Some Armenians converted to Catholicism, and in the absence of any specific Armenian Catholic Church in effect became <a href="/wiki/Latin_Church" title="Latin Church">Latins</a>. In medieval China, <a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_China" title="Armenians in China">local Armenians</a> were converted to Catholicism by <a href="/wiki/John_of_Montecorvino" title="John of Montecorvino">John of Montecorvino</a> in <a href="/wiki/Beijing" title="Beijing">Beijing</a> and there was also an Armenian Franciscan Catholic community in <a href="/wiki/Quanzhou" title="Quanzhou">Quanzhou</a>. </p><p>In 1740, Abraham-Pierre I Ardzivian, who had earlier become a Catholic, was elected as the <a href="/wiki/Patriarch" title="Patriarch">patriarch</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kozan,_Adana" title="Kozan, Adana">Sis</a>. Two years later, Pope <a href="/wiki/Benedict_XIV" class="mw-redirect" title="Benedict XIV">Benedict XIV</a> formally established the Armenian Catholic Church. In 1749, the Armenian Catholic Church built a convent in <a href="/wiki/Bzoummar" title="Bzoummar">Bzoummar</a>, Lebanon. During the <a href="/wiki/Armenian_genocide" title="Armenian genocide">Armenian genocide</a> in 1915–1918, the Church was scattered in neighboring countries, mainly in Lebanon and Syria. </p><p>An Armenian Catholic community was also previously formed by <a href="/wiki/Armenians_living_in_Poland" class="mw-redirect" title="Armenians living in Poland">Armenians living in Poland</a> in the 1630s. The Armenian bishop of <a href="/wiki/Lviv" title="Lviv">Leopolis</a> (see <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Catholic_Archeparchy_of_Lviv" title="Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv">Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv</a>), <a href="/wiki/Miko%C5%82aj_Torosowicz" title="Mikołaj Torosowicz">Nicholas (Polish: Mikołaj) Torosowicz</a> had entered into union with the Catholic Church. The community which had been historically centered in <a href="/wiki/Galicia_(Central_Europe)" class="mw-redirect" title="Galicia (Central Europe)">Galicia</a> as well as in the <a href="/wiki/Kresy" title="Kresy">pre-1939 Polish borderlands in the east</a>, was expelled after <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> to present-day Poland and now has three parishes: in <a href="/wiki/Gda%C5%84sk" title="Gdańsk">Gdańsk</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Gliwice" title="Gliwice">Gliwice</a> and in <a href="/wiki/Warsaw" title="Warsaw">Warsaw</a>. </p><p>There is also a history of conversion of Armenians in <a href="/wiki/Transylvania" title="Transylvania">Transylvania</a>, which went hand in hand with their <a href="/wiki/Acculturation" title="Acculturation">acculturation</a> under Hungarian influence <a href="/wiki/Magyarisation" class="mw-redirect" title="Magyarisation">and policies</a> (see <a href="/wiki/Gherla" title="Gherla">Gherla</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dumbr%C4%83veni" title="Dumbrăveni">Dumbrăveni</a>). Their descendants are part of the <a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_Romania" class="mw-redirect" title="Armenians in Romania">Armenian community of modern-day Romania</a> and are tended to by the <a href="/wiki/Ordinariate_for_Armenian_Catholics_of_Romania" title="Ordinariate for Armenian Catholics of Romania">Ordinariate for Armenian Catholics of Romania</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Liturgy_and_practices">Liturgy and practices</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Catholic_Church&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Liturgy and practices"><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_Rite" title="Armenian Rite">Armenian Rite</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Rite" title="Armenian Rite">Armenian Rite</a> <a href="/wiki/Liturgy" title="Liturgy">liturgy</a>, as celebrated in the <a href="/wiki/Armenian_language" title="Armenian language">Armenian language</a>, developed prior to the post-Chalcedonian interruption of communion and hence is historically common to all Armenian Christians. It is patterned after the directives of Saint <a href="/wiki/Gregory_the_Illuminator" title="Gregory the Illuminator">Gregory the Illuminator</a>, founder and <a href="/wiki/Patron_saint" title="Patron saint">patron saint</a> of the Armenian Church. It is used by both the <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Apostolic_Church" title="Armenian Apostolic Church">Armenian Apostolic Church</a>, by the Armenian Catholic Church, and by a significant number of <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Catholic_Churches" title="Eastern Catholic Churches">Eastern Catholic</a> Christians in the Republic of Georgia. Unlike the <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Rite" title="Byzantine Rite">Byzantine Church</a>, church buildings of the Armenian rite usually have only a few <a href="/wiki/Icon" title="Icon">icons</a>, but like some other Eastern churches have a barrier concealing the priest and the <a href="/wiki/Altar" title="Altar">altar</a> from the people during parts of the <a href="/wiki/Liturgy" title="Liturgy">liturgy</a>. The use of bishop's <a href="/wiki/Mitre" title="Mitre">mitre</a> is reminiscent of the influence Western missionaries once had upon both the <a href="/wiki/Miaphysitism" title="Miaphysitism">miaphysite</a> Orthodox Armenians as well as upon the Armenian Rite Catholics.<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. (March 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Armenian_Catholic_communities">Armenian Catholic communities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Catholic_Church&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Armenian Catholic communities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Apart from Armenia, Georgia and Russia, the Armenian Catholic Church is found widely in the <a href="/wiki/Armenian_diaspora" title="Armenian diaspora">Armenian diaspora</a>, notably in Lebanon (where the Armenian Catholic Church is headquartered), Syria, Egypt, Turkey, Iran, France, U.S.A., Canada, Argentina, Uruguay and Australia. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Armenia,_Georgia_and_Eastern_Europe"><span id="Armenia.2C_Georgia_and_Eastern_Europe"></span>Armenia, Georgia and Eastern Europe</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Catholic_Church&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Armenia, Georgia and Eastern Europe"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Holy_SURP_Hovhannes_Church.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Holy_SURP_Hovhannes_Church.jpg/250px-Holy_SURP_Hovhannes_Church.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Holy_SURP_Hovhannes_Church.jpg/375px-Holy_SURP_Hovhannes_Church.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Holy_SURP_Hovhannes_Church.jpg/500px-Holy_SURP_Hovhannes_Church.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Saint_John_Church_of_Sohrol" title="Saint John Church of Sohrol">Saint John Church of Sohrol</a> in Iran, built in the 5th or 6th century</figcaption></figure> <p>Armenian Catholics originated in what is today Armenia, Georgia and Eastern Europe. Beginning in the late 1920s, persecution caused many Armenian Catholics to emigrate. In 1991, after the fall of the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Rome" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishop of Rome">Bishop of Rome</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II" title="Pope John Paul II">Pope John Paul II</a> merged the communities in Georgia and Russia with those in Armenia, creating the new <a href="/wiki/Ordinariate_for_Catholics_of_Armenian_Rite_in_Eastern_Europe" title="Ordinariate for Catholics of Armenian Rite in Eastern Europe">Ordinariate for Catholics of Armenian Rite in Eastern Europe</a>, with its residence in Gyumri. The city was not chosen by chance: most Catholic Armenians live in the northern parts of Armenia. This has become a kind of basis for fence-mending with the coreligionists on the other side of the border. </p><p>Today Catholic Armenians of Samtskhe-Javakheti live together in Akhaltsikhe and in the nearby villages, as well as in the regions of Akhalkalaki and Ninotsminda. The communities in the last two regions, which are mainly rural, are found in rather distant areas, but the most important link is the historical memory of Catholicism. </p><p>A small seminary was established in <a href="/wiki/Gyumri" title="Gyumri">Gyumri</a>, Armenia, in 1994; there candidates for the priesthood engage in basic studies before moving to the Pontifical College of the Armenians (established 1885) in Rome, where they pursue philosophy and theology. </p><p>There are also tens of thousands of <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholicism_in_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholicism in Russia">Armenian Catholics in Russia</a>, due to the extensive migration from Armenia to Russia that has occurred since the collapse of the Soviet Union. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_States_and_Canada">United States and Canada</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Catholic_Church&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: United States and Canada"><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">See also: <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Americans" title="Armenian Americans">Armenian Americans</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Saint_Gregory_the_Illuminator_Armenian_Catholic_Church_in_Glendale_,_California_(2001)_crop.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Saint_Gregory_the_Illuminator_Armenian_Catholic_Church_in_Glendale_%2C_California_%282001%29_crop.JPG/250px-Saint_Gregory_the_Illuminator_Armenian_Catholic_Church_in_Glendale_%2C_California_%282001%29_crop.JPG" decoding="async" width="250" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Saint_Gregory_the_Illuminator_Armenian_Catholic_Church_in_Glendale_%2C_California_%282001%29_crop.JPG/375px-Saint_Gregory_the_Illuminator_Armenian_Catholic_Church_in_Glendale_%2C_California_%282001%29_crop.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Saint_Gregory_the_Illuminator_Armenian_Catholic_Church_in_Glendale_%2C_California_%282001%29_crop.JPG/500px-Saint_Gregory_the_Illuminator_Armenian_Catholic_Church_in_Glendale_%2C_California_%282001%29_crop.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1408" data-file-height="904" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Gregory_the_Illuminator" title="Gregory the Illuminator">Saint Gregory the Illuminator</a> Armenian Catholic Cathedral in <a href="/wiki/Glendale,_California" title="Glendale, California">Glendale</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Currently around 1.5 million <a href="/wiki/Armenians" title="Armenians">Armenians</a> live in <a href="/wiki/North_America" title="North America">North America</a>, of which 35,000 belong to the Armenian Catholic Church. </p><p>In the 19th century Catholic Armenians from <a href="/wiki/Western_Armenia" title="Western Armenia">Western Armenia</a>, mainly from the towns and cities of Karin (<a href="/wiki/Erzurum_vilayet" title="Erzurum vilayet">Erzurum</a>), and from <a href="/wiki/Constantinople" title="Constantinople">Constantinople</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mardin" title="Mardin">Mardin</a>, traveled to the United States seeking employment. By the end of that century, many survivors of the <a href="/wiki/Hamidian_massacres" title="Hamidian massacres">Hamidian Massacres</a> had concentrated in several U.S. cities, chiefly in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York</a>. Catholic Armenian communities were also founded in <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a> and <a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit</a>, as in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a> and other cities of <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>. </p><p>Catholic Armenian educational organizations were also founded in many cities. In <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>, colleges were founded by Armenian sisters, educating hundreds of children. Later, a similar college was founded in Los Angeles. The <a href="/wiki/Mekhitarists" title="Mekhitarists">Mechitarists</a> in particular were preoccupied with the problem of preserving Armenian identity. With the support of the <a href="/wiki/Mekhitarists" title="Mekhitarists">Mekhitarists</a> of Venice and Vienna, the Mekhitarian College was founded in Los Angeles. </p><p>Many Armenians came to the United States and Canada from the Middle Eastern countries of Lebanon and Syria in the 1970s and in later years. Moreover, many Armenians migrated from Argentina, because of the economic crisis there. At the same time, many Catholic Armenians moved within the United States to <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Diego" title="San Diego">San Diego</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>, <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington D.C.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Miami" title="Miami">Miami</a> and <a href="/wiki/Indianapolis" title="Indianapolis">Indianapolis</a>. </p><p>In 2005, by <a href="/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XVI" title="Pope Benedict XVI">Pope Benedict XVI</a>'s decision, the <i>Catholic <a href="/wiki/Exarchate" title="Exarchate">Exarchate</a> of the USA and Canada</i> was raised to the status of a <a href="/wiki/Diocese" title="Diocese">diocese</a>. It serviced 35,000 Catholic Armenians in the United States and some 10,000 in Canada. <a href="/wiki/Manuel_Batakian" title="Manuel Batakian">Manuel Batakian</a> became the bishop, or eparch, of the diocese, which has jurisdiction over Canadian and American Catholics who are members of the Armenian Catholic Church, . According to a news release by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Conference_of_Catholic_Bishops" title="United States Conference of Catholic Bishops">United States Conference of Catholic Bishops</a> published on Monday, May 23, 2011, <a href="/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XVI" title="Pope Benedict XVI">Pope Benedict XVI</a>, named <a href="/wiki/Archpriest" title="Archpriest">Archpriest</a> <a href="/wiki/Mika%C3%ABl_Antoine_Mouradian" title="Mikaël Antoine Mouradian">Mikaël Antoine Mouradian</a>, superior of the Convent of Notre Dame in <a href="/wiki/Bzoummar" title="Bzoummar">Bzommar, Lebanon</a>, as the new bishop of the <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Catholic_Eparchy_of_Our_Lady_of_Nareg_in_the_United_States_of_America_and_Canada" title="Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Nareg in the United States of America and Canada">Eparchy of Our Lady of Nareg in New York</a> for Armenian Catholics. The appointment of Lebanon-born Bishop Mouradian was publicized in Washington on May 21 by <a href="/wiki/Archbishop" title="Archbishop">Archbishop</a> <a href="/wiki/Pietro_Sambi" title="Pietro Sambi">Pietro Sambi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Nunciature_to_the_United_States" title="Apostolic Nunciature to the United States">Apostolic Nuncio to the United States</a>.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="France">France</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Catholic_Church&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: France"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Next to <a href="/wiki/North_America" title="North America">North America</a>, France holds the largest number of Armenian Catholics outside the Middle East and Eastern Europe. The Eparchy of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris was established in 1960 with Bishop Garabed Armadouni as exarch. Since 1977, the eparchy has been led by Bishop Krikor Gabroyan. </p><p>There are some 30,000 Armenian Catholics in the eparchy, the headquarters of which are in Paris. Apart from the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Paris, the eparchy has six churches: in <a href="/wiki/Arnouville-l%C3%A8s-Gonesse" class="mw-redirect" title="Arnouville-lès-Gonesse">Arnouville-lès-Gonesse</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lyon" title="Lyon">Lyon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marseille" title="Marseille">Marseille</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saint-Chamond,_Loire" title="Saint-Chamond, Loire">Saint-Chamond</a>, <a href="/wiki/S%C3%A8vres" title="Sèvres">Sèvres</a> and <a href="/wiki/Valence,_Dr%C3%B4me" title="Valence, Drôme">Valence</a>. A community of <a href="/wiki/Mekhitarist" class="mw-redirect" title="Mekhitarist">Mekhitarist</a> Fathers resides in Sèvres and a convent of <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Sisters_of_the_Immaculate_Conception" title="Armenian Sisters of the Immaculate Conception">Armenian Sisters of the Immaculate Conception</a> runs a school in Marseille. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Brazil"><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Catholic_Church&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Brazil"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Catholic Armenian Community of <a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Paulo" title="São Paulo">São Paulo</a> was founded in 1935, as the <i>Chaplaincy of the Catholic Armenian Mission</i>, responding to requests from Armenian immigrants who had settled in Brazil since 1923, mostly from <a href="/wiki/Kahramanmara%C5%9F" title="Kahramanmaraş">Marach</a>, actually a city of Turkey. The church is between the <a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Paulo_Metro" title="São Paulo Metro">metro stations</a> <a href="/wiki/Arm%C3%AAnia_(S%C3%A3o_Paulo_Metro)" title="Armênia (São Paulo Metro)">Armênia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tiradentes_(S%C3%A3o_Paulo_Metro)" title="Tiradentes (São Paulo Metro)">Tiradentes</a>, at Tiradentes Avenue #718.<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> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Catholic_Church&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Al_Quds_Patriarch.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Al_Quds_Patriarch.jpg/220px-Al_Quds_Patriarch.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Al_Quds_Patriarch.jpg/330px-Al_Quds_Patriarch.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/Al_Quds_Patriarch.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="309" /></a><figcaption>Bishops meeting in Jerusalem, circa 1880. The <a href="/wiki/Archbishop" title="Archbishop">archbishop</a> (centre) wears a Roman <a href="/wiki/Pallium" title="Pallium">pallium</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Estimates from the 19th century varied between 40.000<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> to 150.000 <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> Armenian Catholics worldwide, and 136,400 in 1911<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>Independent sources estimate the number of Catholic Armenians in the early 21st century at 150,000, with sizable communities in Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, Turkey, Jerusalem, France and the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-adalian_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adalian-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Tchilingirian_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tchilingirian-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Structure">Structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Catholic_Church&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Structure"><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_Catholic_Patriarchate,_Bzoummar,_Lebanon_(2).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Armenian_Catholic_Patriarchate%2C_Bzoummar%2C_Lebanon_%282%29.JPG/220px-Armenian_Catholic_Patriarchate%2C_Bzoummar%2C_Lebanon_%282%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Armenian_Catholic_Patriarchate%2C_Bzoummar%2C_Lebanon_%282%29.JPG/330px-Armenian_Catholic_Patriarchate%2C_Bzoummar%2C_Lebanon_%282%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Armenian_Catholic_Patriarchate%2C_Bzoummar%2C_Lebanon_%282%29.JPG/440px-Armenian_Catholic_Patriarchate%2C_Bzoummar%2C_Lebanon_%282%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>Headquarters of the Armenian Catholic Patriarchate in <a href="/wiki/Bzoummar" title="Bzoummar">Bzoummar</a>, Lebanon</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Surp_Khach_Gyumri,_Armenia,_June_2015.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Surp_Khach_Gyumri%2C_Armenia%2C_June_2015.jpg/220px-Surp_Khach_Gyumri%2C_Armenia%2C_June_2015.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Holy_Trinity%2C_Aleppo%2C_Syria.jpg/330px-Holy_Trinity%2C_Aleppo%2C_Syria.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Holy_Trinity%2C_Aleppo%2C_Syria.jpg/440px-Holy_Trinity%2C_Aleppo%2C_Syria.jpg 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="432" /></a><figcaption>Armenian Catholic church of the <a href="/wiki/Holy_Trinity_Church,_Aleppo" class="mw-redirect" title="Holy Trinity Church, Aleppo">Holy Trinity</a> in <a href="/wiki/Aleppo" title="Aleppo">Aleppo</a>, Syria</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%A7%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D9%87%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D8%B2_%D8%AD%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B7_%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%87_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%DB%8C_%D9%87%D8%A7.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%A7%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D9%87%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D8%B2_%D8%AD%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B7_%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%87_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%DB%8C_%D9%87%D8%A7.jpg/330px-%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%A7%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D9%87%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D8%B2_%D8%AD%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B7_%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%87_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%DB%8C_%D9%87%D8%A7.jpg 1.5x, 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Istanbul_dec_2007_0736.jpg/220px-Istanbul_dec_2007_0736.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Istanbul_dec_2007_0736.jpg/330px-Istanbul_dec_2007_0736.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Istanbul_dec_2007_0736.jpg/440px-Istanbul_dec_2007_0736.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4288" data-file-height="2848" /></a><figcaption>Anarat Hurtin Church in <a href="/wiki/Istanbul" title="Istanbul">Istanbul</a>, Turkey</figcaption></figure> <p>The Armenian Catholic Church is divided into <a href="/wiki/Archdiocese" class="mw-redirect" title="Archdiocese">Archdioceses</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eparch" class="mw-redirect" title="Eparch">Eparchies</a>, <a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Exarchate" class="mw-redirect" title="Apostolic Exarchate">Apostolic Exarchates</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ordinariate_for_the_faithful_of_eastern_rite" class="mw-redirect" title="Ordinariate for the faithful of eastern rite">Ordinariates for the Faithful of the Eastern Rite</a> and <a href="/wiki/Patriarchal_Exarchate" class="mw-redirect" title="Patriarchal Exarchate">Patriarchal Exarchates</a>, each of which has functions similar to a <a href="/wiki/Diocese" title="Diocese">diocese</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ArmenianCatholicJurisdiction.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/ArmenianCatholicJurisdiction.png/220px-ArmenianCatholicJurisdiction.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="111" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/ArmenianCatholicJurisdiction.png/330px-ArmenianCatholicJurisdiction.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/ArmenianCatholicJurisdiction.png/440px-ArmenianCatholicJurisdiction.png 2x" data-file-width="4974" data-file-height="2519" /></a><figcaption>A map of Armenian Catholic jurisdictions</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_hierarchy">Current hierarchy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Catholic_Church&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Current hierarchy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Armenian Catholic Patriarchate of the See of Cilicia is the supreme authority of the Armenian Catholic Church. On 23 September 2021, <a href="/wiki/Rapha%C3%ABl_Bedros_XXI_Minassian" title="Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian">Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian</a> was elected as the Church's new patriarch.<sup id="cite_ref-Vatican_News_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vatican_News-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Below is a list of the jurisdictions with their number of adherents.<sup id="cite_ref-cnewa_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cnewa-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Archeparchy" class="mw-redirect" title="Archeparchy">Archeparchies (Archdioceses)</a> </th> <th>1990 </th> <th>2000 </th> <th>2017 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Catholic_Patriarchate_of_Cilicia" class="mw-redirect" title="Armenian Catholic Patriarchate of Cilicia">Patriarchate of Cilicia</a>, also sole Metropolitanate as <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Catholic_Archeparchy_of_Beirut" class="mw-redirect" title="Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Beirut">Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Beirut</a>, Lebanon (Patriarchal proper archdiocese) </td> <td>15,000 </td> <td>12,000 </td> <td>12,500 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Catholic_Archeparchy_of_Aleppo" title="Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Aleppo">Archeparchy of Aleppo (Halab, Beroa)</a>, Syria </td> <td>15,000 </td> <td>17,000 </td> <td>7,000 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Catholic_Archeparchy_of_Baghdad" title="Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Baghdad">Archeparchy of Baghdad</a>, Iraq </td> <td>2,200 </td> <td>2,000 </td> <td>2,400 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Catholic_Archeparchy_of_Istanbul" title="Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Istanbul">Archeparchy of Istanbul (Constantinople)</a>, Turkey </td> <td>3,700 </td> <td>3,680 </td> <td>2,500 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Catholic_Archeparchy_of_Lviv" title="Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv">Archeparchy of Lviv</a>, Ukraine </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Suffragan <a href="/wiki/Eparch" class="mw-redirect" title="Eparch">Eparchies</a> in the Patriarch's Metropolitan Province of Cilicia </th> <th> </th> <th> </th> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Catholic_Eparchy_of_Isfahan" title="Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Isfahan">Ispahan</a>, Iran </td> <td>2,200 </td> <td>2,200 </td> <td>150 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Catholic_Eparchy_of_Alexandria" title="Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Alexandria">Alexandria (Iskanderiya)</a> actually in <a href="/wiki/Cairo" title="Cairo">Cairo</a>, Egypt </td> <td>1,500 </td> <td>1,287 </td> <td>6,500 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Catholic_Eparchy_of_Kameshli" class="mw-redirect" title="Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Kameshli">Kameshli ((Al-)Qamishli</a>), Syria </td> <td>4,303 </td> <td>4,000 </td> <td>3,500 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Other <a href="/wiki/Eparch" class="mw-redirect" title="Eparch">Eparchies</a> (dioceses), in the diaspora </th> <th> </th> <th> </th> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Catholic_Eparchy_of_Our_Lady_of_Nareg_in_the_United_States_of_America_and_Canada" title="Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Nareg in the United States of America and Canada">Eparchy of Our Lady of Nareg in the United States of America and Canada</a> </td> <td>34,000 </td> <td>36,000 </td> <td>36,000 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Catholic_Eparchy_of_Sainte-Croix-de-Paris" title="Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris">Eparchy of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris</a>, France </td> <td>30,000 </td> <td>30,000 </td> <td>35,000 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Catholic_Eparchy_of_Saint_Gregory_of_Narek" class="mw-redirect" title="Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Saint Gregory of Narek">Eparchy of Saint Gregory of Narek</a>, <a href="/wiki/Buenos_Aires" title="Buenos Aires">Buenos Aires</a> </td> <td>established in 1989 </td> <td>16,000 </td> <td>16,350 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Exarchate" class="mw-redirect" title="Apostolic Exarchate">Apostolic Exarchates</a> (missionary, directly dependent on the Holy See) </th> <th> </th> <th> </th> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Catholic_Apostolic_Exarchate_of_Latin_America_and_Mexico" title="Armenian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Latin America and Mexico">Armenian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Latin America and Mexico</a> </td> <td>30,000 </td> <td>12,000 </td> <td>12,000 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Ordinariate_for_the_faithful_of_eastern_rite" class="mw-redirect" title="Ordinariate for the faithful of eastern rite">Ordinariates for the Faithful of the Eastern Rites</a> </th> <th> </th> <th> </th> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ordinariate_for_Catholics_of_Armenian_Rite_in_Greece" title="Ordinariate for Catholics of Armenian Rite in Greece">Greece</a> (<a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a>) </td> <td>650 </td> <td>600 </td> <td>200 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ordinariate_for_Catholics_of_Armenian_Rite_in_Romania" class="mw-redirect" title="Ordinariate for Catholics of Armenian Rite in Romania">Ordinariate for Romania</a> (<a href="/wiki/Gherla" title="Gherla">Gherla</a>) </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>1,000 </td> <td>626 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Catholic_Ordinariate_of_Eastern_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="Armenian Catholic Ordinariate of Eastern Europe">Eastern Europe (except Romania)</a> (<a href="/wiki/Gyumri" title="Gyumri">Gyumri</a>, Armenia) </td> <td>established in 1991 </td> <td>220,000 </td> <td>6,180 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Patriarchal_Exarchate" class="mw-redirect" title="Patriarchal Exarchate">Patriarchal Exarchates</a> </th> <th> </th> <th> </th> <th> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Catholic_Patriarchal_Exarchate_of_Damascus" title="Armenian Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Damascus">Damascus</a>, part of Syria </td> <td>9,000 </td> <td>8,000 </td> <td>4,500 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Catholic_Patriarchal_Exarchate_of_Jerusalem_and_Amman" title="Armenian Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem and Amman">Jerusalem and Amman</a> (Jordan & Holy Land) </td> <td>N/A </td> <td>280 </td> <td>500 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>TOTAL</b> </td> <td><b>142,853</b> </td> <td><b>362,047</b> </td> <td><b>145,906 </b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Titular_Metropolitan_Archeparchies">Titular Metropolitan Archeparchies</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Catholic_Church&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Titular Metropolitan Archeparchies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Achrida (Ohrid), Pessinus, Traianopolis in Rhodope </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Titular_Non-metropolitan_Archeparchies">Titular Non-metropolitan Archeparchies</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Catholic_Church&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Titular Non-metropolitan Archeparchies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Chalcedon, Colonia in Armenia, Mardin, <a href="/wiki/Nisibis_of_the_Armenians" class="mw-redirect" title="Nisibis of the Armenians">Nisibis of the Armenians</a>, Sebaste, Tarsus </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Titular_Eparchies">Titular Eparchies</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Catholic_Church&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Titular Eparchies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Adana, Amida, Anazarbus, Ancyra, Artvin, Cesarea in Cappadocia, Garin, Kharput, Marasc, Melitene, Mush, Prusa, Tokat, Trapezus </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publications">Publications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Catholic_Church&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Publications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Armenian Catholic Church produces a number of publications: </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Avedik" title="Avedik">Avedik</a></i>, the official organ of the church</li> <li><i>Avedaper Verelk</i>, a religious, spiritual and cultural publication of St. Gregory Armenian Catholic Church</li> <li><i>Avedaper</i>, a weekly bulletin of the Armenian Catholic dioceses</li> <li><i>Gantch Hrechdagabedin</i>, official publication of the Our Lady of Bzommar Convent</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Massis_(periodical)" title="Massis (periodical)">Massis</a></i>, a general monthly publication</li> <li>Church bulletins</li></ul> <p>The Armenian Catholic Church has presses that publish many liturgical, spiritual books, publications, pamphlets and translations from general Catholic publications. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Catholic_Church&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional center"> <li class="gallerycaption">Armenian Catholic parishes</li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gliwice_St._Trinitatis.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Armenian Catholic Church of the Holy Trinity in Gliwice, Poland, built in 1836–38"><img alt="Armenian Catholic Church of the Holy Trinity in Gliwice, Poland, built in 1836–38" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gliwice_St._Trinitatis.jpg/120px-Gliwice_St._Trinitatis.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gliwice_St._Trinitatis.jpg/180px-Gliwice_St._Trinitatis.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Gliwice_St._Trinitatis.jpg/240px-Gliwice_St._Trinitatis.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1500" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Armenian Catholic Church of the Holy Trinity in <a href="/wiki/Gliwice" title="Gliwice">Gliwice</a>, Poland, built in 1836–38</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Armenian_church_Stanislawow.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Interior of the Armenian Church in Stanyslaviv, Ukraine (1763)"><img alt="Interior of the Armenian Church in Stanyslaviv, Ukraine (1763)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Armenian_church_Stanislawow.jpg/89px-Armenian_church_Stanislawow.jpg" decoding="async" width="89" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Armenian_church_Stanislawow.jpg/133px-Armenian_church_Stanislawow.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Armenian_church_Stanislawow.jpg/178px-Armenian_church_Stanislawow.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3582" data-file-height="4839" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Interior of the <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Church_in_Stanyslaviv" class="mw-redirect" title="Armenian Church in Stanyslaviv">Armenian Church in Stanyslaviv</a>, Ukraine (1763)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:St_Elie_-_St_Gregory_Armenian_Catholic_Cathedral.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="St. Gregory the Illuminator – St. Elie Church, Debbas Square, downtown Beirut, Lebanon (1909)"><img alt="St. Gregory the Illuminator – St. Elie Church, Debbas Square, downtown Beirut, Lebanon (1909)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/St_Elie_-_St_Gregory_Armenian_Catholic_Cathedral.jpg/120px-St_Elie_-_St_Gregory_Armenian_Catholic_Cathedral.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/St_Elie_-_St_Gregory_Armenian_Catholic_Cathedral.jpg/180px-St_Elie_-_St_Gregory_Armenian_Catholic_Cathedral.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/St_Elie_-_St_Gregory_Armenian_Catholic_Cathedral.jpg/240px-St_Elie_-_St_Gregory_Armenian_Catholic_Cathedral.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="1024" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/St._Gregory_the_Illuminator_%E2%80%93_St._Elie_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Gregory the Illuminator – St. Elie Church">St. Gregory the Illuminator – St. Elie Church</a>, Debbas Square, downtown <a href="/wiki/Beirut" title="Beirut">Beirut</a>, Lebanon (1909)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:St_Gregory_Armenian_Catholic_Church_in_Glendale,_California.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral, Glendale, California (2001)"><img alt="St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral, Glendale, California (2001)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/St_Gregory_Armenian_Catholic_Church_in_Glendale%2C_California.JPG/120px-St_Gregory_Armenian_Catholic_Church_in_Glendale%2C_California.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/St_Gregory_Armenian_Catholic_Church_in_Glendale%2C_California.JPG/180px-St_Gregory_Armenian_Catholic_Church_in_Glendale%2C_California.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/St_Gregory_Armenian_Catholic_Church_in_Glendale%2C_California.JPG/240px-St_Gregory_Armenian_Catholic_Church_in_Glendale%2C_California.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral</i>, Glendale, California (2001)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Armenian_Catholic_Church,_Montevideo.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Armenian Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady of Bzommar, Montevideo, Uruguay"><img alt="Armenian Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady of Bzommar, Montevideo, Uruguay" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Armenian_Catholic_Church%2C_Montevideo.jpg/90px-Armenian_Catholic_Church%2C_Montevideo.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Armenian_Catholic_Church%2C_Montevideo.jpg/135px-Armenian_Catholic_Church%2C_Montevideo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Armenian_Catholic_Church%2C_Montevideo.jpg/180px-Armenian_Catholic_Church%2C_Montevideo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="768" data-file-height="1024" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Catholic_Cathedral_of_Our_Lady_of_Bzommar,_Montevideo" class="mw-redirect" title="Armenian Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady of Bzommar, Montevideo">Armenian Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady of Bzommar</a>, Montevideo, Uruguay</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Armenian_Catholic_Patriarchate_in_Jerusalem.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Armenian Catholic Patriarchate in Jerusalem (1996)"><img alt="Armenian Catholic Patriarchate in Jerusalem (1996)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Armenian_Catholic_Patriarchate_in_Jerusalem.jpg/120px-Armenian_Catholic_Patriarchate_in_Jerusalem.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Armenian_Catholic_Patriarchate_in_Jerusalem.jpg/180px-Armenian_Catholic_Patriarchate_in_Jerusalem.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Armenian_Catholic_Patriarchate_in_Jerusalem.jpg/240px-Armenian_Catholic_Patriarchate_in_Jerusalem.jpg 2x" data-file-width="893" data-file-height="555" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Armenian Catholic Patriarchate in Jerusalem (1996)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Armenian_Catholic_Church_in_Buenos_Aires.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Interior view of Armenian Catholic Church (Buenos Aires)"><img alt="Interior view of Armenian Catholic Church (Buenos Aires)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Armenian_Catholic_Church_in_Buenos_Aires.jpg/120px-Armenian_Catholic_Church_in_Buenos_Aires.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Armenian_Catholic_Church_in_Buenos_Aires.jpg/180px-Armenian_Catholic_Church_in_Buenos_Aires.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Armenian_Catholic_Church_in_Buenos_Aires.jpg/240px-Armenian_Catholic_Church_in_Buenos_Aires.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="427" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Interior view of Armenian Catholic Church (Buenos Aires)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Armenian_Catholic_Church_in_Sao_Paulo.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Armenian Catholic Church in São Paulo"><img alt="Armenian Catholic Church in São Paulo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Armenian_Catholic_Church_in_Sao_Paulo.JPG/88px-Armenian_Catholic_Church_in_Sao_Paulo.JPG" decoding="async" width="88" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Armenian_Catholic_Church_in_Sao_Paulo.JPG/133px-Armenian_Catholic_Church_in_Sao_Paulo.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Armenian_Catholic_Church_in_Sao_Paulo.JPG/177px-Armenian_Catholic_Church_in_Sao_Paulo.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1512" data-file-height="2048" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Armenian Catholic Church in São Paulo</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cath%C3%A9drale_arm%C3%A9nienne_catholique_(interieur).JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Interior view of St. Mary of Sakızağaç Cathedral, Istanbul"><img alt="Interior view of St. Mary of Sakızağaç Cathedral, Istanbul" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Cath%C3%A9drale_arm%C3%A9nienne_catholique_%28interieur%29.JPG/80px-Cath%C3%A9drale_arm%C3%A9nienne_catholique_%28interieur%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Cath%C3%A9drale_arm%C3%A9nienne_catholique_%28interieur%29.JPG/120px-Cath%C3%A9drale_arm%C3%A9nienne_catholique_%28interieur%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Cath%C3%A9drale_arm%C3%A9nienne_catholique_%28interieur%29.JPG/160px-Cath%C3%A9drale_arm%C3%A9nienne_catholique_%28interieur%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="4896" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Interior view of <a href="/wiki/St._Mary_of_Sak%C4%B1za%C4%9Fa%C3%A7_Cathedral,_Istanbul" title="St. Mary of Sakızağaç Cathedral, Istanbul">St. Mary of Sakızağaç Cathedral, Istanbul</a></div> </li> </ul> <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_Catholic_Church&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Apostolic_Church" title="Armenian Apostolic Church">Armenian Apostolic 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 in Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Armenian_Catholic_Patriarchs_of_Cilicia" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Armenian Catholic Patriarchs of Cilicia">List of Armenian Catholic Patriarchs of Cilicia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mechitarists" class="mw-redirect" title="Mechitarists">Mechitarist Monks of the Armenian Catholic Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ignatius_Maloyan" title="Ignatius Maloyan">Ignatius Maloyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregorio_Pietro_Agagianian" title="Gregorio Pietro Agagianian">Gregorio Pietro Agagianian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Armenia" title="Religion in Armenia">Religion in Armenia</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armenian_Catholic_Church&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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title="Sivas">Sebaste</a></dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tarsus_of_the_Armenians&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tarsus of the Armenians (page does not exist)">Tarsus of the Armenians</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Titular_see" title="Titular see">Titular Eparchies</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="/w/index.php?title=Adana_of_the_Armenians&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Adana of the Armenians (page does not exist)">Adana of the Armenians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diyarbak%C4%B1r#Armenian_Catholic_titular_see" title="Diyarbakır">Amida of the Armenians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anazarbus#Titular_Armenian_see" title="Anazarbus">Anazarbus of the Armenians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ankara#Armenian_Catholic_(titular)_see" title="Ankara">Ancyra of the Armenians</a></li> <li>Artvin</li> <li>Cesarea in Cappadocia</li> <li>Garin</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Catholic_Eparchy_of_Kharput" title="Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Kharput">Kharput</a></li> <li>Marasc</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melitene_of_the_Armenians&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Melitene of the Armenians (page does not exist)">Melitene of the Armenians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mu%C5%9F" title="Muş">Mush</a></li> <li>Prusa</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tokat#Ecclesiastical_History" title="Tokat">Tokat</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trapezus_of_the_Armenians&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Trapezus of the Armenians (page does not exist)">Trapezus of the Armenians</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:gold;width:1%">Former circumscriptions</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_Catholic_Archeparchy_of_Mardin" title="Armenian Catholic Archeparchy of Mardin">Mardin</a> (<a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3" style="background-color:gold"><div> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:046CupolaSPietro.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/046CupolaSPietro.jpg/16px-046CupolaSPietro.jpg" decoding="async" width="16" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/046CupolaSPietro.jpg/24px-046CupolaSPietro.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/046CupolaSPietro.jpg/32px-046CupolaSPietro.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Catholicism" class="mw-redirect" title="Portal:Catholicism">Catholicism 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where multiple denominational claimants:<br /> <b>bold blue</b> = <b><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a></b>, <span 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 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href="/wiki/Armenians_in_Azerbaijan" title="Armenians in Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh" title="Nagorno-Karabakh">Nagorno-Karabakh</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_Samtskhe%E2%80%93Javakheti" title="Armenians in Samtskhe–Javakheti">Javakhk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_Nakhchivan" title="Armenians in Nakhchivan">Nakhichevan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_Turkey" title="Armenians in Turkey">Turkey</a> <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_Istanbul" title="Armenians in Istanbul">Bolis/Istanbul</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Cilicia" title="Cilicia">Cilicia</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Hidden_Armenians" title="Hidden Armenians">Hidden Armenians</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Western_Armenia" title="Western Armenia">Western Armenia</a></small></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Caucasus</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/Armenians_in_Azerbaijan" title="Armenians in Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_Baku" title="Armenians in Baku">Baku</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Zok_language" title="Zok language">Zoks</a></small></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_Georgia" title="Armenians in Georgia">Georgia</a> <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_Abkhazia" title="Armenians in Abkhazia">Abkhazia</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_Tbilisi" title="Armenians in Tbilisi">Tbilisi</a></small></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former Soviet Union</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/Armenians_in_the_Baltic_states" title="Armenians in the Baltic states">Baltic states</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_Lithuania" title="Armenians in Lithuania">Lithuania</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_Belarus" title="Armenians in Belarus">Belarus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_Central_Asia" title="Armenians in Central Asia">Central Asia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_Moldova" title="Armenians in Moldova">Moldova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_Russia" title="Armenians in Russia">Russia</a> <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/Cherkesogai" title="Cherkesogai">Circassia</a></small></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_Ukraine" title="Armenians in Ukraine">Ukraine</a> <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_Crimea" title="Armenians in Crimea">Crimea</a></small></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Americas</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_Argentine" class="mw-redirect" title="Armenian Argentine">Argentina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Brazilians" title="Armenian Brazilians">Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Canadians" title="Armenian Canadians">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Mexicans" title="Armenian Mexicans">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Americans" title="Armenian Americans">United States</a> <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/History_of_Armenian_Americans_in_Los_Angeles" title="History of Armenian Americans in Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_the_San_Francisco_Bay_Area" title="Armenians in the San Francisco Bay Area">San Francisco</a></small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Watertown,_MA" class="mw-redirect" title="Watertown, MA">Boston</a></small></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Uruguayans" title="Armenian Uruguayans">Uruguay</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Europe</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/Armenians_in_Austria" title="Armenians in Austria">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_Belgium" title="Armenians in Belgium">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_Bulgaria" title="Armenians in Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Cypriots" title="Armenian Cypriots">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_the_Czech_Republic" title="Armenians in the Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_France" title="Armenians in France">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_Germany" title="Armenians in Germany">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_Greece" title="Armenians in Greece">Greece</a> <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/Hayhurum" title="Hayhurum">Hayhurum</a></small></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_Hungary" title="Armenians in Hungary">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_Italy" title="Armenians in Italy">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_Malta" title="Armenians in Malta">Malta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_the_Netherlands" title="Armenians in the Netherlands">The Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_North_Macedonia" title="Armenians in North Macedonia">North Macedonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_Poland" title="Armenians in Poland">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenians_of_Romania" title="Armenians of Romania">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_Serbia" title="Armenians in Serbia">Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_Spain" title="Armenians in Spain">Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_Sweden" title="Armenians in Sweden">Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_Switzerland" title="Armenians in Switzerland">Switzerland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Armenians in the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_the_Middle_East" title="Armenians in the Middle East">Middle East</a></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/Armenians_in_Egypt" title="Armenians in Egypt">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_Armenians" title="Iranian Armenians">Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_Iraq" class="mw-redirect" title="Armenians in Iraq">Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_Israel" class="mw-redirect" title="Armenians in Israel">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_Jordan" title="Armenians in Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_Kuwait" title="Armenians in Kuwait">Kuwait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_Lebanon" title="Armenians in Lebanon">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_Qatar" title="Armenians in Qatar">Qatar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_Syria" title="Armenians in Syria">Syria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Armenians in the United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Asia</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/Armenians_in_Afghanistan" title="Armenians in Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_Bangladesh" class="mw-redirect" title="Armenians in Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_China" title="Armenians in China">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_India" title="Armenians in India">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_Indonesia" title="Armenians in 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class="nobold">(<a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Armenian_history" title="Timeline of Armenian history">timeline</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%;font-weight:normal;">Early</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/Origin_of_the_Armenians" title="Origin of the Armenians">Origins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Name_of_Armenia" title="Name of Armenia">Name</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shulaveri%E2%80%93Shomu_culture" title="Shulaveri–Shomu culture">Shulaveri–Shomu culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kura%E2%80%93Araxes_culture" title="Kura–Araxes culture">Kura–Araxes culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hayk" title="Hayk">Hayk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hayasa-Azzi" title="Hayasa-Azzi">Hayasa-Azzi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitanni" title="Mitanni">Mitanni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nairi_(Armenian_usages)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nairi (Armenian usages)">Nairi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mushki" title="Mushki">Mushki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urumeans" title="Urumeans">Urumeans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diauehi" title="Diauehi">Diauehi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etiuni" title="Etiuni">Etiuni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urartu" title="Urartu">Kingdom of Urartu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medes" title="Medes">Median kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orontid_dynasty" title="Orontid dynasty">Orontid dynasty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire" title="Achaemenid Empire">Achaemenid Empire</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Satrapy_of_Armenia" title="Satrapy of Armenia">Satrapy of Armenia</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Armenia_(antiquity)" title="Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity)">Kingdom of Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Armenia" title="Roman Armenia">Roman Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parthian_Empire" title="Parthian Empire">Parthian Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Armenia" title="Byzantine Armenia">Byzantine Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sasanian_Armenia" title="Sasanian Armenia">Sasanian Armenia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Middle</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/Arminiya" title="Arminiya">Arminiya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sajid_dynasty" title="Sajid dynasty">Sajids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bagratid_Armenia" title="Bagratid Armenia">Bagratid Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Kingdom_of_Cilicia" title="Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia">Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sallarid_dynasty" title="Sallarid dynasty">Sallarids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilkhanate" title="Ilkhanate">Ilkhanate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chobanids" title="Chobanids">Chobanids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aq_Qoyunlu" title="Aq Qoyunlu">Aq Qoyunlu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kara_Koyunlu" class="mw-redirect" title="Kara Koyunlu">Kara Koyunlu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_the_Ottoman_Empire" title="Armenians in the Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_Armenia_(1502%E2%80%931828)" title="Iranian Armenia (1502–1828)">1508–1828 Iranian Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safavid_Iran" title="Safavid Iran">Safavid Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afsharid_Iran" title="Afsharid Iran">Afsharid Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qajar_dynasty" title="Qajar dynasty">Qajar Iran</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Erivan_Khanate" title="Erivan Khanate">Erivan Khanate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karabakh_Khanate" title="Karabakh Khanate">Karabakh Khanate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Turkmenchay" title="Treaty of Turkmenchay">Treaty of Turkmenchay</a></li></ul></li> <li><a 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, 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Armenia">Climate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_Armenia" title="List of earthquakes in Armenia">Earthquakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extreme_points_of_Armenia" class="mw-redirect" title="Extreme points of Armenia">Extreme points</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Sevan" title="Lake Sevan">Lake Sevan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountains_of_Armenia" title="Mountains of Armenia">Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Armenia" title="Municipalities of Armenia">Municipalities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_Armenia" title="List of rivers of Armenia">Rivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lakes_of_Armenia" title="List of lakes of Armenia">Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shikahogh_State_Reserve" title="Shikahogh State Reserve">Shikahogh State Reserve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shirak_Plain" title="Shirak Plain">Shirak Plain</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Category:Geography_of_Armenia" title="Category:Geography of Armenia">more...</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/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 Armenia">Government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_Armenia" title="Human rights in Armenia">Human rights</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Armenia" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Armenia">LGBT rights</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_Armenia" title="Judiciary of Armenia">Judiciary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armed_Forces_of_Armenia" title="Armed Forces of Armenia">Military</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Armenia)" title="National Assembly (Armenia)">National Assembly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Security_Service_(Armenia)" title="National Security Service (Armenia)">National Security Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Police_of_Armenia" title="Police of Armenia">Police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Armenia" title="List of political parties in Armenia">Political parties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Armenia" title="President of Armenia">President</a></li> <li><a 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 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title="Taxation in Armenia">Taxation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telecommunications_in_Armenia" title="Telecommunications in 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 href="/wiki/Western_Armenian" title="Western Armenian">Western</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_literature" title="Armenian literature">Literature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Armenia" title="Music of Armenia">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sport_in_Armenia" title="Sport in Armenia">Sport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theater_of_Armenia" title="Theater of Armenia">Theatre</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Category:Culture_of_Armenia" title="Category:Culture 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/Demographics_of_Armenia" title="Demographics of Armenia">Demographics</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/Census_in_Armenia" title="Census in Armenia">Census</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_Armenia" title="Crime 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" 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