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The Armenian Apostolic Church ( Armenian: Հայ Առաքելական Եկեղեցի, romanized : Hay Aṙak'elakan Yekeghetsi) [note 1] is the national church of Armenia. Part of Oriental Orthodoxy, it is one of the most ancient Christian institutions. [6]
Armenian Apostolic Church, independent Oriental Orthodox Christian church and the national church of Armenia. According to tradition, Armenia was evangelized by the apostles Bartholomew and Thaddeus. Armenia became the first country to adopt Christianity about 300 ce, when St. Gregory the Illuminator converted the Arsacid king Tiridates III.
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Christianity in Armenia
Tradition tells us that the Apostles Thaddeus and Bartholomew first brought Christianity to the land of the Armenians in the first century. However, it would not be for about 200 more years that Armenia would become the first country to adopt Christianity as a state religion, in AD 301, when St. Gregory the Illuminator, a missionary from Caesarea, converted the king of Armenia, Trdat IV, to Christianity. In time, St. Gregory was sent back to Caesarea to be elevated to the episcopate and retur...
The Council of Chalcedon
Historically, the Armenian church has been labeled monophysite because it (just as the Coptic Orthodox Church) rejected the decisions of the Council of Chalcedon, which condemned monophysitism. The Armenian Church officially severed ties with the West in 554, during the second Council of Dvin where the dyophysite formula of the Council of Chalcedonwas rejected. However, the Armenian Orthodox Church argues that this is a wrong description of its position, as it considers Monophysitism, as taug...
The hierarch of the Armenian Church is the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians. The current Catholicos is Garegin II, who resides at the Holy See of Echmiadzin, west of Yerevan. However, a minority of the church outside Armenia is under the jurisdiction of the Catholicos of Cilicia, who resides in Antilias in Lebanon, as a result of a...
Today there are large Armenian Orthodox congreations in many middle-eastern countries outside Armenia. Of particular importance is the Armenian Apostolic Church of Iran, where Armenians are the largest Christian ethnic minority. The Armenian Church also is one of the churches (together with the Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church, the Copts,...
Portions of this article have been taken, with modifications, from Wikipedia:Armenian Apostolic Church2 de ene. de 2024 · The Armenian Apostolic Church stands as a beacon of Christian faith, characterized by its rich history and enduring traditions. Deeply intertwined with Armenian identity, this institution represents not only a religious movement but also a cornerstone of cultural heritage.
The Armenian Church was strongly marked by three phenomena in the 20th Century: the genocide, the sovietization of Eastern Armenia, and the emergence of a worldwide diaspora.
The origin of the Armenian Church dates back to the Apostolic age. According to the ancient tradition, which is well supported by historical evidence, Christianity was preached in Armenia as early as the second half of the first century by the two disciples of Jesus Christ, namely, St. Thaddeus (John 14:22-24) and St. Bartholomew (John 1:43-51).
There is historical evidence of the existence of a Christian community and clergy in Armenia prior to the fourth century. The church historian Eusebius of Caesaria (c. 260-c.339) refers to Meruzhanes, a bishop of Armenia in the middle of the third century.
