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It is sometimes referred to as the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church, Armenian Church or Armenian Gregorian Church. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] The Armenian Apostolic Church should not be confused with the fully distinct Armenian Catholic Church , which is an Eastern Catholic Church in communion with the See of Rome .
Holy Cross Cathedral (Armenian Apostolic Church) (Oriental Orthodox Communion) 34°01′17″N 118°06′22″W / 34.0214661°N 118.1061242°W / 34.0214661; -118.1061242 ( Holy Cross Armenian Apostolic Cathedral, Montebello, California
The Holy Cross Armenian Apostolic Cathedral in Montebello, California, is the cathedral of the Western Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America. [1] Montebello is home to the oldest Armenian Community in Los Angeles County. There is also an Armenian Martyrs Monument at Bicknell Park.
The Oriental Orthodox communion is composed of six autocephalous national churches: the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria; the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch and its constituent autonomous Malankara Jacobite Syrian Church; the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church; the Armenian Apostolic Church comprising the autocephalous Catholicosate of ...
A worshipper receives communion at the Armenian Apostolic Church of Mar Sarkis (St. Sargis) in Bab Sharqi in the old city of Damascus on January 6, 2025. (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA/AFP via Getty Images)
Most Armenian Americans are adherents of the Armenian Apostolic Church, the largest Oriental Orthodox church in the United States. [138] It possesses over 90 churches throughout the nation. [ 139 ] It was reported that 80% of Armenian Americans are Armenian Apostolic, 10% are Protestant (mostly Armenian Evangelical ), and 3% are Armenian Catholic .
The first Armenian families began to settle in the Los Angeles area starting in the late 19th century. Aram Yeretzian, a social worker and Protestant Christian minister who wrote a 1923 University of Southern California thesis on the Armenians of Los Angeles, stated that the first Armenian in Los Angeles arrived in around 1900.
In the mid-2000s, attorneys won a pair of legal settlements for $37.5 million in the names of Armenian genocide victims. But families who stepped forward to collect on behalf of ancestors in one ...