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  2. Religion in Armenia - Wikipedia

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    Before this, the dominant religion was Armenian paganism. The Armenian Apostolic Church is the national church of the Armenian people. Part of an Eastern Christian denomination in communion with other Oriental Orthodox churches, it is one of the most ancient Christian institutions. [5]

  3. Armenian Apostolic Church - Wikipedia

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    The Kingdom of Armenia was the first state in history to adopt Christianity as its official religion under the rule of King Tiridates III, of the Arsacid dynasty in the early 4th century. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] According to tradition, the church originated in the missions of Apostles Bartholomew and Thaddeus (Jude) in the 1st century.

  4. Oriental Orthodox Churches - Wikipedia

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    According to the Encyclopedia of Religion, Oriental Orthodoxy is the Christian tradition "most important in terms of the number of faithful living in the Middle East", which, along with other Eastern Christian communions, represent an autochthonous Christian presence whose origins date further back than the birth and spread of Islam in the ...

  5. List of Christian denominations - Wikipedia

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    A Christian denomination is a distinct religious body within Christianity, identified by traits such as a name, organization and doctrine.Individual bodies, however, may use alternative terms to describe themselves, such as church, convention, communion, assembly, house, union, network, or sometimes fellowship.

  6. List of Christian denominations by number of members

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    The various denominations of Christianity fall into several large families, shaped both by culture and history. Christianity arose in the first century AD after Rome had conquered much of the western parts of the fragmented Hellenistic empire created by Alexander the Great. The linguistic and cultural divisions of the first century AD Roman ...

  7. Armenian Evangelical Church - Wikipedia

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    The Armenian Evangelical Church (Armenian: Հայաստանեայց Աւետարանական Եկեղեցի, romanized: Hayastaneayts' Awyetaranakan Yekeghets'i) was established on July 1, 1846, by thirty-seven men and three women in Constantinople.

  8. Armenian Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    Armenian Religious Relations and the Roman Catholic Church. Pope Benedict XIV, Allatae Sunt (On the observance of Oriental Rites), Encyclical, 1755; Common Declaration of Pope John Paul II and Catholicos Karekin I, 1996; Common Declaration of John Paul II and Aram I Keshishian, 1997; John Paul II to Karekin I, 1999

  9. Category:Religion in Armenia - Wikipedia

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    Armenian people by religion (8 C, 2 P) * ... Christianity in Armenia (9 C, ... Religious organizations based in Armenia (5 C, 1 P) R.