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Saint Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral in Yerevan is the largest Armenian Apostolic church in the world. The status of the Armenian Apostolic Church within Armenia is defined in the country's constitution. Article 8.1 of the Constitution of Armenia states: "The Republic of Armenia recognizes the exclusive historical mission of the Armenian ...
The cathedral and the surrounding complex covers an area of 16.4 hectares (41 acres) and is property of the Armenian Apostolic Church (Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin). [111] Recognized as a national monument in 1983 by the Soviet Armenian government, this designation was reaffirmed by the government of Armenia in 2002. [ 192 ]
St. Vartan Armenian Cathedral (Armenian: Սուրբ Վարդան Մայր Տաճար) in New York City is the first cathedral of the Armenian Apostolic Church to be constructed in North America. [1] It is located in New York City on the corner of Second Avenue and 34th Street and was built to resemble the Saint Hripsime Church in Etchmiadzin ...
The museum is home to treasures of the Armenian Church throughout the history. In 2013, a new section was opened in the museum housing a variety of old manuscripts of the Armenian Church. [34] Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Manuscript Depository: designed by architect Artak Ghulyan, the building was officially opened on October 18, 2011. It is ...
On November 3, 2014, Pashayan began serving as the parish priest at St. Mary's Armenian Apostolic Church in Toronto, in the Armenian Prelacy of Canada, until appointed to serve as dean of St. Gregory the Illuminator Armenian Apostolic Church in Caracas, Venezuela on January 7, 2016. Keghart Kosbakian (April 1, 2016 - June 30, 2019) Gomidas ...
St. Nersess Armenian Seminary is a seminary under the auspices of the Armenian Church of America, which is the American branch of the Armenian Apostolic Church. [1] Since 2015, it has been located in Armonk, New York and is the only Armenian theological seminary in the Western hemisphere.
Groundbreaking took place on June 6, 1956, and the new church was consecrated on October 20, 1957 by Archbishop (Later Catholicos) Khoren I Paroian. [2] [3] Adjacent to the church is a bilingual school, St. Stephen's Armenian Elementary School. [4] The church has faced tensions during the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh. [5]
With Armenian national identity on the rise in the Soviet Union, the Diocese of Artsakh was established in 1989. [2] The 13th century Gandzasar monastery was the first one to be reopened. It remains the historic center of the Diocese of Artsakh, while the Ghazanchetsots Cathedral is the administrative center of the diocese.