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Founder: Gregory the Illuminator Bartholomew the Apostle Thaddeus (Jude) Origin: c. 1st century ... Armenian Church or Armenian Gregorian Church. [9] [10] [11]
Gregory the Illuminator [a] (Classical Armenian: Գրիգոր Լուսաւորիչ, reformed spelling: Գրիգոր Լուսավորիչ, Grigor Lusavorich; [b] c. 257 – c. 328) was the founder and first official head of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
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]
According to tradition, the Armenian Apostolic Church was established by two of Jesus' twelve apostles—Thaddaeus and Bartholomew—who preached Christianity in Armenia in the 40s–60s AD. [50] Between 1st and 4th centuries AD, the Armenian Church was headed by patriarchs.
The Armenian Catholic Church [a] ... In Philadelphia and Boston, colleges were founded by Armenian sisters, educating hundreds of children. Later, a similar college ...
Armenian genocide: An estimated 1,500,000 are killed. (to 1923) 1918: 3 March: The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk gives Kars, Ardahan and Batum regions to the Ottoman Empire. 22 May: Battle of Sardarapat: 28 May: The Armenian Congress of Eastern Armenians declares the first Republic of Armenia. 4 June: Treaty of Batum: 30 October
Abraham Petros I Ardzivian (Armenian: Աբրահամ Պետրոս Ա. Արծիւեան; 1679 in Aintab, Ottoman Empire – 1749 in Lebanon) was the founder of the Armenian Catholic Church and its first Catholicos-Patriarch from 1740 to 1749.
The Armenian Apostolic Church is the national church of the Armenian people. Part of an Eastern Christian denomination in communion with other Oriental Orthodox churches, it is one of the most ancient Christian institutions. [5] And is "seen by many as the custodian of Armenian national identity". [6] "Beyond its role as a religious institution ...