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The Oriental Orthodox Churches also hold a doctrinal tradition similar to the Eastern Orthodox Churches whereby martyrs are not in need of any formal glorification. With time, the greatness of their sanctity which is venerated by the faithful is recognized by the Church. In the words of Armenian Patriarch H. H. Karekin II,
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.
It is sometimes referred to as the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church, Armenian Church or Armenian Gregorian Church. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] The Armenian Apostolic Church should not be confused with the fully distinct Armenian Catholic Church , which is an Eastern Catholic Church in communion with the See of Rome .
Returning to Armenia, Gregory raised churches in place of the destroyed pagan temples and seized their estates and wealth for the Armenian Church and his house. [ 23 ] [ h ] On the site of the destroyed temple to Vahagn at Ashtishat , Gregory raised a church which became the original center of the Armenian Church and remained so until after the ...
Lists of Armenian Churches cover Armenian Apostolic, Catholic or Evangelical church buildings in different countries. Armenia. List of churches in Yerevan;
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.
It is the cathedra of the Armenian Catholic Patriarchate of Cilicia. [2] The order in which the two eponymous saints are presented in the cathedral's name, Saint Elias and Saint Gregory the Illuminator, is not fixed. The architecture of the cathedral reflects some changes from traditional Armenian architecture, drawing artistic inspiration from ...
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]