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It was proposed in 1843 on the initiative of Archbishop Andon Hassounian who later became Catholicos and the first cardinal of Armenian ancestry. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Sisters had, around 1900, up to 30 schools in various countries in the Middle East, including Beirut , Cairo and Aleppo , Syria. [ 3 ]
Until today, the Armenian Apostolic Church is still ordaining religious Sisters as deaconesses, the last Monastic deaconess was Sister Hripsime Sasounian (died in 2007) and on 25 September 2017, Ani-Kristi Manvelian a twenty-four-year-old woman was ordained in Tehran's St. Sarkis Mother Church as the first lay deaconess after many centuries. [32]
The Armenian Church's last monastic deaconess was Sister Hripsime Sasounian (died in 2007) and on 25 September 2017, Ani-Kristi Manvelian, a twenty-four-year-old woman, was ordained in Tehran's St. Sarkis Mother Church as the first parish deaconess after many centuries. [48]
The Armenian Apostolic Church is still ordaining religious sisters as deaconesses; its last monastic deaconess was Sister Hripsime Sasounian (died in 2007) and on 25 September 2017, Ani-Kristi Manvelian, a twenty-four-year-old woman, was ordained in Tehran's St. Sarkis Mother Church as the first lay deaconess after many centuries. [52]
Venerable, sister of St. Basil and St. Gregory [454] Malachi: 500–401 BC 3 January Prophet, writer of the Book of Malachi [455] Manasseh: c. 1550–1440 BC: Sunday of the Holy Forefathers Patriarch, Righteous, son of Patriarch Joseph, founder of the half-tribe of Manasseh, also known as Manasses and Menashe: Manuel II Palaiologos: 1425 21 July
Catholic Armenian communities were also founded in New Jersey, in Boston and Detroit, as in Los Angeles and other cities of California. Catholic Armenian educational organizations were also founded in many cities. In Philadelphia and Boston, colleges were founded by Armenian sisters, educating hundreds of children. Later, a similar college was ...
The Catholicos is often referred to both by the church and the media as the Armenian Pontiff. [2] [3] Historically, the Catholicos was known in English and other languages as the Armenian Patriarch or the Patriarch of Armenia, and sometimes as the Patriarch of Etchmiadzin (or Echmiadzin) to distinguish from the Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople and the Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem.
Khosrovidukht and her sister-in-law Ashkhen may have already accepted Christianity through the Hripsimeyan nuns and others in the Armenian Christian underground. [8] Cured of his illness in 301, [12] Tiridates then proclaimed Christianity as Armenia's official state religion, making Armenia the first country in the world to do so. [13]