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Armenian presence in Cilicia dates back to the first century BC, when under Tigranes the Great, the Kingdom of Armenia expanded and conquered a vast region in the Levant. In 83 BC, the Greek aristocracy of Seleucid Syria, weakened by a bloody civil war, offered their allegiance to the ambitious Armenian king. [ 11 ]
French Armenian Legion: Armenian-Georgian War Georgia: October 17-December 31, 1918 Republic of Armenia: Marash Resistance: Ottoman Empire: Cilicia Campaign of Turkish War of Independence: January 21-February 13, 1920 French Armenian Legion: Second Urfa Resistance: Ottoman Empire: Cilicia Campaign of Turkish War of Independence: February 9 ...
Surp Asdvadzadzin Cathedral (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին եկեղեցի, lit. 'Cathedral of the Holy Mother of God'; Turkish: Azize Meryem Ana Kilisesi), was the Armenian Apostolic cathedral of Adana, Cilicia, during the rule of Ottoman Empire. The cathedral was built in 1840 and had served the Armenian Apostolic community until 1922.
The Armenian Catholic Patriarchate of Cilicia was established in 1740 following a schism within the Armenian Patriarchate based in Cilicia and was recognized by the Pope on 26 November 1742. The Catholicos-Patriarch is the head of the Armenian Catholic Church , one of the Eastern Catholic Churches in full communion with the Holy See and ...
The Armenian Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia (Armenian: Կաթողիկոսութիւն Հայոց Մեծի Տանն Կիլիկիոյ) is an autocephalous Oriental Orthodox church. [2] Since 1930, the Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia has been headquartered in Antelias, Lebanon. Aram I is the Catholicos of Cilicia since 1995.
Karekin II (Cilicia) (1983–1994), (Armenian: Գարեգին Բ. Սարգիսեան ) Catholicos after having served as Coadjutor to Khoren I for 6 years. Upon death of Vazgen I , Catholicos Karekin II was elected Catholicos of All Armenians and became known as Karekin I from 1995–1999
Under the Rubenids, the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia flourished culturally and economically, with a vibrant artistic and literary scene. The Rubenid rulers also maintained close ties with the Crusaders, who recognized Cilicia as a Christian ally in the region. However, the kingdom ultimately fell to the Mamluk Sultanate in 1375.
The Armenian Catholic Patriarchate of the See of Cilicia is the supreme authority of the Armenian Catholic Church. On 23 September 2021, Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian was elected as the Church's new patriarch.