Armenian Apostolic Church

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Christian denomination Oriental Orthodox Church autocephalous church national church

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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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Armenian Apostolic Christians 3
Armenian Apostolic Christianity 2
Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem 2

Statements (61)

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 Miaphysitism ⓘ
surface form: Miaphysite Christology
clergyType celibate monastic bishops ⓘ
married parish priests ⓘ
communionWith Coptic Orthodox Church ⓘ
surface form: 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 Tiridates III of Armenia ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Etchmiadzin Cathedral ⓘ
surface form: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin
hasDioceseIn France ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
Iran ⓘ
Lebanon ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
headquarters Etchmiadzin Cathedral ⓘ
surface form: Etchmiadzin
influencedBy Greek patristic tradition ⓘ
influences Armenian architecture ⓘ
Armenian art ⓘ
Armenian literature ⓘ
Armenian music ⓘ
liturgicalLanguage Classical Armenian ⓘ
liturgy Armenian Rite ⓘ
majorFeast Nativity of Christ ⓘ
surface form: Feast of the Nativity and Theophany of Christ (January 6)
nationalChurchOf Armenian people ⓘ
primaryTerritory Armenia ⓘ
Armenians ⓘ
surface form: Armenian diaspora

Republic of Artsakh ⓘ
surface form: 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 Etchmiadzin Cathedral ⓘ
surface form: 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) ⓘ

Referenced by (61)

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

Armenian Highlands → religiousSignificanceFor → Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
Mashdots (Ritual book) → religiousTradition → Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
subject surface form: Mashdots
Armenian Catholic Church → sharesHeritageWith → Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
Armenian Library and Museum of America → subjectArea → Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Armenian Church
Anaphora of St. Athanasius → usedBy → Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
Armenian Rite → usedBy → Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
Armenian alphabet → usedBy → Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
Mashdots (Ritual book) → usedBy → Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
subject surface form: Mashdots
Classical Armenian → usedIn → Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
Hymnal (Sharakan collection) → usedIn → Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
Anaphora of St. Athanasius → veneratedIn → Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ