Armenian Apostolic Church

E33919

The Armenian Apostolic Church is one of the oldest Christian churches, an Oriental Orthodox body that serves as the national church of the Armenian people and a central institution of Armenian religious and cultural identity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian denomination ⓘ
Oriental Orthodox Church ⓘ
autocephalous church ⓘ
national church ⓘ
cathedral Etchmiadzin Cathedral ⓘ
centralTo Armenian cultural identity ⓘ
Armenian national identity ⓘ
Armenian religious identity ⓘ
christology Miaphysite Christology ⓘ
linked to: Miaphysitism
clergyType celibate monastic bishops ⓘ
married parish priests ⓘ
communionWith Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria ⓘ
Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church ⓘ
Syriac Orthodox Church ⓘ
country Armenia ⓘ
currentCatholicosOfAllArmenians Garegin II ⓘ
declaredStateReligionBy King Tiridates III of Armenia ⓘ
declaredStateReligionYear AD 301 ⓘ
denominationalFamily Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
founder Gregory the Illuminator ⓘ
Tiridates III of Armenia ⓘ
foundingDate 1st century ⓘ
governance episcopal polity ⓘ
governingBody Supreme Spiritual Council of the Armenian Church ⓘ
hasCatholicosate Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia ⓘ
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin ⓘ
hasDioceseIn France ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
Iran ⓘ
Lebanon ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
United States ⓘ
headquarters Etchmiadzin ⓘ
influencedBy Greek patristic tradition ⓘ
influences Armenian architecture ⓘ
Armenian art ⓘ
Armenian literature ⓘ
Armenian music ⓘ
liturgicalLanguage Classical Armenian ⓘ
liturgy Armenian Rite ⓘ
majorFeast Feast of the Nativity and Theophany of Christ (January 6) ⓘ
linked to: Nativity of Christ
nationalChurchOf Armenian people ⓘ
primaryTerritory Armenia ⓘ
Armenian diaspora ⓘ
linked to: Armenians

Artsakh ⓘ
linked to: Republic of Artsakh
recognizesCouncil Council of Ephesus ⓘ
First Council of Constantinople ⓘ
First Council of Nicaea ⓘ
rejectsCouncil Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
roleInHistory first state church in world history ⓘ
scripture Bible ⓘ
see Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin ⓘ
supremePatriarchTitle Catholicos of All Armenians ⓘ
theology Miaphysitism ⓘ
traditionalFoundingDate AD 301 ⓘ
usesAlphabet Armenian alphabet ⓘ
usesCalendar Julian calendar (for liturgical feasts in many jurisdictions) ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Georgians → minorityReligion → Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
Caucasus → hasMajorReligion → Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
Armenians → dominantChurch → Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
Oriental Orthodoxy → hasMemberChurch → Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
Armenian Rite → usedBy → Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
Council of Chalcedon → rejectedBy → Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
Armenia → dominantChurch → Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
Erivan Governorate → religion → Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
Elisavetpol Governorate → religion → Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
Church of the Holy Sepulchre → denominationSharing → Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
Armenian Bible → usedIn → Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
Armenian Bible → associatedWith → Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
South Caucasus → hasReligion → Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
Revised Julian calendar → notAdoptedBy → Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
Smyrna → religionPresent → Armenian Apostolic Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Armenian Apostolic Church
Baku Governorate → religion → Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
Armenian Evangelical churches → historicalRelation → Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
Armenian Church of St. Hripsime (Yalta) → religion → Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
George Deukmejian → religion → Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
Armenian Highlands → religiousSignificanceFor → Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
Catholicos of All Armenians → religion → Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
Catholicos of All Armenians → appliesToJurisdiction → Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
Catholicos of All Armenians → headOf → Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
Mesrop Mashtots → church → Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
Mesrop Mashtots → canonizedBy → Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
Republic of Artsakh → religion → Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
Bagratid Armenia → religion → Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
Cilician Armenia → religion → Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
First Republic of Armenia → dominantChurch → Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
Etchmiadzin Cathedral → religion → Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
Etchmiadzin Cathedral → isPrincipalChurchOf → Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
Etchmiadzin Cathedral → isSpiritualCenterOf → Armenian Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Armenian Apostolic Church
Kvemo Kartli → religionPracticed → Armenian Apostolic Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Armenian Apostolic Church
Khashuri Municipality → hasReligiousMinority → Armenian Apostolic Christians ⓘ
linked to: Armenian Apostolic Church
Classical Armenian → usedIn → Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
Lebanese people → religion → Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
Ijevan → majorReligion → Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
Church of the Nativity → denomination → Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
Calouste Gulbenkian → religion → Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
Armenian Catholic Church → sharesHeritageWith → Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
Eastern Christianity → includes → Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
Anaphora of St. Athanasius → usedBy → Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
Anaphora of St. Athanasius → veneratedIn → Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
Mashdots → religiousTradition → Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
subject linked to: Mashdots (Ritual book)
Mashdots → usedBy → Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
subject linked to: Mashdots (Ritual book)
Mashdots → religiousDenomination → Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
subject linked to: Mashdots (Ritual book)
Hymnal (Sharakan collection) → usedIn → Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
Hymnal (Sharakan collection) → religiousDenomination → Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
Vanadzor → majorReligion → Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ