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Like all Oriental Orthodox churches, the Armenian Church has been referred to as monophysite by both Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox theologians because it rejected the decisions of the Council of Chalcedon, which condemned the belief of one incarnate nature of Christ . The Armenian Church officially severed ties with Rome and ...
As noted by Thomson, Christianity and the institution of the church spread in Armenia "through the social and political structure indigenous to that country." [41] The church took possession of the extensive properties of the pre-Christian centers of worship. [42] The early Armenian churches were built on the sites of pagan temples. [43]
Studies have also examined the Armenian Church's relations with neighboring churches, including the Aluanian, Georgian, Byzantine, and Western Syriac Churches, as well as the Church of the East. Eruand Ter-Minaseanc dedicated his work to the Armenian-Syriac Church relations and the history of Armenian synods. His contributions enriched the ...
Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of an Armenian church dating back almost 2,000 years, making it the oldest structure of its kind in the country and one of the oldest in the world.
This is in conformity with the tradition of other Churches in the Oriental Orthodox family such as Coptic Orthodox Church, Syriac Orthodox Church, Ethiopian Orthodox Church and Indian Orthodox Church. The instances of glorification of the 21 Coptic martyrs [10] [11] in 2015 or the victims of Armenian genocide [12] of 1915 simply serve as ...
St. Garabed Kathoghike Church was built in 1216-1221 by Vache Vachutyan. [3] It is adjacent to the basilica church from the south. On the outside it is rectangular, while on the inside it is cruciform with two-story vaults at the four corners and stone cantilever steps leading to the second floor of the western vaults.
The huge cathedral is a complex consisting of three churches: the Cathedral (Main Church) with 1700 seats and the Chapels of Saint Tiridates the King and of Saint Ashkhen the Queen (both with 150 seats). These two royal figures were the crucial helpers of St. Gregory in converting Armenia to Christianity.
In the event, only some important stones—the altar, the stone where Jesus Christ descended according to tradition, and Armenian Church's holiest relic, [79] the Right Arm of Gregory the Illuminator—were moved to New Julfa. [60] They were incorporated in the local Armenian St. Georg Church when it was built in 1611.