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The old church was torn down to make way for a new church. The cornerstone for the present church was laid on August 15, 1999. It was designed in the traditional Armenian style and took two years to construct. [1] The property includes a monument commemorating the seventeen centuries of Armenian Christianity.
In 2012, the eparchy moved from New York City to Glendale, California. [3] The church in New York was being sold and while the eparchy was offered a new church, the bishop decided to move the eparchy to Glendale since there were more Armenian Catholic families in the area than in New York. [3]
The head [4] [5] of the sui iuris Armenian Catholic Church is the Armenian Catholic patriarch of Cilicia, whose main cathedral and de facto archiepiscopal see is the Cathedral of Saint Elias and Saint Gregory the Illuminator, in Beirut, Lebanon. Armenian Caritas is the official aid organisation of the Catholic Church in Armenia.
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The first Armenian families began to settle in the Los Angeles area starting in the late 19th century. Aram Yeretzian, a social worker and Protestant Christian minister who wrote a 1923 University of Southern California thesis on the Armenians of Los Angeles, stated that the first Armenian in Los Angeles arrived in around 1900.
In 1916 there were 34 Armenian parishes with 27,450 members with a predominantly male population. The top states with Armenian church followers were Massachusetts, Michigan, California and New York. [141] The Western Diocese was established in 1927. [142] St. Vartan Cathedral in midtown Manhattan
A ‘very unique’ idea for Old Armenian Town. The council’s decision is binding, and construction on Hye Court Project is scheduled to begin within 90 days.