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  2. Religion in Armenia - Wikipedia

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    As of 2011, most Armenians in Armenia are Christians (97%) [2] and are members of the Armenian Apostolic Church, which is one of the oldest Christian churches. It was founded in the 1st century AD, and in 301 AD became the first branch of Christianity to become a state religion .

  3. Armenian religion - Wikipedia

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    Armenian religion may refer to: Religion in Armenia; Armenian Apostolic Church, the national church of Armenia; Armenian mythology, pre-Christian Armenian religious ...

  4. Category:Religion in Armenia - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 10 September 2023, at 17:25 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  5. Freedom of religion in Armenia - Wikipedia

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    The history of the Armenian Church is the basis of this curriculum; many schools teach about world religions in elementary school and the history of the Armenian Church in middle school. Religious groups may not provide religious instruction in schools, although registered groups may do so in private homes to children of their members.

  6. Armenian Apostolic Church - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  7. Hetanism - Wikipedia

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    The arevakhach is a symbol used by the Arordiners. Arordiner priests officiating a ceremony at the Temple of Garni.. The Armenian Native Faith, also termed Armenian Neopaganism or Hetanism (Armenian: Հեթանոսութիւն Hetanosutiwn; a cognate word of "Heathenism"), is a modern Pagan new religious movement that harkens back to the historical, pre-Christian belief systems and ethnic ...

  8. Islam in Armenia - Wikipedia

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    A small number of Muslims were resident in Armenia while it was a part of the Soviet Union, consisting mainly of Azeris and Kurds, the great majority of whom left in 1988 after the Sumgait Pogroms and the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, which caused the Armenian and Azeri communities of each country to have something of a population exchange, with ...

  9. Christianization of Armenia - Wikipedia

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    In the early fourth century, the Kingdom of Greater Armenia adopted Christianity as its state religion, becoming the first state to do so. The Arsacid king of Armenia at the time, Trdat, was converted by Gregory the Illuminator, who became the first head of the Armenian Church. The traditional date for the conversion of Armenia is 301, although ...