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The Armenian Catholic Church produces a number of publications: Avedik, the official organ of the church; Avedaper Verelk, a religious, spiritual and cultural publication of St. Gregory Armenian Catholic Church; Avedaper, a weekly bulletin of the Armenian Catholic dioceses; Gantch Hrechdagabedin, official publication of the Our Lady of Bzommar ...
In the event, only some important stones—the altar, the stone where Jesus Christ descended according to tradition, and Armenian Church's holiest relic, [79] the Right Arm of Gregory the Illuminator—were moved to New Julfa. [60] They were incorporated in the local Armenian St. Georg Church when it was built in 1611.
As the seat of the Armenian Catholic Patriarchal Exarchate of Jerusalem and Amman of the Armenian Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic particular church sui iuris in full communion with the Pope in Rome, and the Catholic Church, [5] the church building holds the status of cathedral. The facility is also the Armenian Catholic hospice in Jerusalem.
During the 18th century, the church's courtyard became a burial ground for some Armenian patriarchs of Jerusalem. [9] After the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, the church was abandoned and used by Israeli snipers. [8] The Armenians regained the church after 1967 and repaired the church. [8]
The cathedral is dedicated to two of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus: James, son of Zebedee (James the Greater) and James the brother of Jesus (James the Just). [1] It is located near the Church of the Holy Archangels. It is the principal church of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem, also known as the Armenian Patriarchate of Saint James.
Catholics in Armenia are divided into two separate territorial jurisdictions. Latin Rite Catholics are part of an Apostolic Administration, the Apostolic Administration of the Caucasus, and Armenian Rite Catholics belonging to the Armenian Catholic Church are part of an ordinariate for the faithful of eastern rite, the Ordinariate for Catholics of Armenian Rite in Eastern Europe, which also ...
The huge cathedral is a complex consisting of three churches: the Cathedral (Main Church) with 1700 seats and the Chapels of Saint Tiridates the King and of Saint Ashkhen the Queen (both with 150 seats). These two royal figures were the crucial helpers of St. Gregory in converting Armenia to Christianity.
With the fall of the communist regime, which had almost suppressed the Armenian Catholic Church in the Soviet Union, on 13 July 1991, Pope John Paul II established the Ordinariate for the faithful of the Armenian rite who live in countries of Eastern Europe [4] (except Poland, Romania and Greece) for Armenian Catholics in the former Soviet ...