All churches apart from the Armenian Apostolic Church must register with the government, and proselytizing was forbidden by law, though since 1997 the government has pursued more moderate policies.

The Books of the Bible are listed differently in the canons of Judaism and the Catholic, Protestant, Greek Orthodox, Slavonic Orthodox, Coptic, Georgian Orthodox, Armenian Apostolic, Syriac, Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox churches, although there is substantial overlap.

; Catholicos: Catholicoi are the heads of some of the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Rite Catholic sui iuris churches ( notably the Armenian ), roughly similar to a Patriarch ( see above ).

The Oriental Orthodox communion comprises six groups: Syriac Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox, Ethiopian Orthodox, Eritrean Orthodox, Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church ( India ) and Armenian Apostolic churches.

Category: Armenian Apostolic churches

The continued spread of Christianity, and the foundation of national churches, led to the translation of the Bible — often beginning with books from the New Testament — into a variety of other languages at a relatively early date: Armenian, Georgian, Ethiopic, Persian, Soghdian, and eventually Gothic, Old Church Slavonic, Arabic, and Nubian.

He campaigned for the reunion of the Roman and Orthodox churches, received the Patriarch of the Coptic Church and persuaded the Armenian Patriarch to remove the anathema against the Council of Chalcedon and Pope Leo I ( 440 – 461 ).

Denominations that practise infant baptism include the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodoxy, Armenian Apostolic Church, Assyrian Church of the East, the Anglican churches, Lutherans, Presbyterians, Methodists, some Church of the Nazarene, the Reformed Church in America, the United Church of Canada, the United Church of Christ ( UCC ), and the Continental Reformed.

There are currently two functioning churches in Shiraz, one Armenian, the other, Anglican.

The Oriental Orthodox Churches, distinguished by their Miaphysite beliefs consist of the Armenian Apostolic Church, the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria ( whose Patriarch, is considered first among equals for the following churches ), as well as the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, the Eritrean Orthodox Church, the Indian Orthodox Church, and the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch.

Religious minorities include followers of various sects of Sunni Islam, Mystic Islam, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Christianity ( including the adherents of the Assyrian Church of the East, Armenian Apostolic Church, Roman Catholic Church, Chaldean Catholic Church, Iranian Protestant churches like Jama ' at-e Rabbani ( Assemblies of God ), Armenian Evangelical Church, Armenian Brotherhood Church, Russian Orthodox Church, and the Presbyterian Church ) and some from the Bahá ' í Faith.

The majority of the Armenian, Syrian, Coptic, and Ethiopian Christians rejected the Chalcedonian definition, and are now known collectively as the Oriental Orthodox churches.

Among the community's 25 churches are Anglican, Catholic, Christian, Armenian, Baptist, Buddhist, Mennonite, and many other congregations.

His desire to unify the Byzantine and Armenian churches only added to the chaos that allowed much of Armenia to fall to the Seljuk Turks.

This had curtains on rods on all four sides, which were closed for sections of the liturgy, as is still performed in the Coptic and Armenian churches.

The Armenian and Syriac churches often use a curtain, but not a solid iconostasis.

Robert Bevan writes: “ The Azeri campaign against the Armenian enclave of Nagorno Karabakh which began in 1988 was accompanied by cultural cleansing that destroyed the Egheazar monastery and 21 other churches .”

This council was convened to clarify the relationship between the Armenian and Georgian churches.

Although it is traditional in Eastern churches for the supreme head of the church to be named ' Patriarch ', in the Armenian Apostolic Church hierarchy, the position of the Catholicos is higher than that of the Patriarch.

Led by His Holiness Karekin II, the spiritual and administrative work of the Armenian Church is carried out in the Republic of Armenia in the areas of religion, preparation of clergy, Christian education, construction of new churches, social services, and ecumenical activities.

The Armenian Apostolic Church is one of a few apostolic churches in the world to have a democratic system ; the people decide if they want to keep priests in their churches and may ask for different ones, as do some other ecclesiastical constitutions, such as Baptists and other Congregational churches.

A language isolated in its own branch within a family, such as Armenian within Indo-European, is often also called an isolate, but the meaning of isolate in such cases is usually clarified.

# The retreat ( within 6 – 8 weeks ) of Russian armed forces to the borders of the Democratic Republic of Armenia, and the formation in the ADR of a military power responsible for security ( including disarming and dispersing the Armenian militia ).

Historically, the city is situated at the heart of the Armenian Highland, in Kotayk canton ( Kotayk gavar, not to be confused with the current Kotayk Province ) of Ayrarat province, within Armenia Major.

A synthesis of Greek, Persian, Indian, and Armenian learning traditions took place within the Sassanian Empire.

Sahag, the Armenian king, was killed and Mihran was wreaking havoc in Persia, but just when success was within grasp, Peroz blundered by recalling Mihran and entrusting the command to one Hazaravough.

This event is generally regarded as the abolition of the Church of Caucasian Albania, and the lowering of its denominational status to that of a Catholicate within the body of the Armenian Apostolic Church.

According to Randall Hansen, " Both in the past and today, the Armenian communities around the world have developed in significantly different ways within the constraints and opportunities found in varied host cultures and countries.

Domains within the. am ccTLD enjoy popularity due to the connection to AM radio ( similar to the. fm and. tv ccTLDs ), and the ability to form English words ending in " am " — e. g. the mobile photo sharing service Instagram uses the Armenian domain name Instagr. am.

With World War I in progress, the Turks accused the ( Christian ) Armenians as liable to ally with Imperial Russia, and used it as a pretext to deal with the entire Armenian population as an enemy within their empire.

The ARF became active within the Ottoman Empire in the early 1890s with the aim of unifying the various small groups in the empire that were advocating for reform and defending Armenian villages from massacres that were widespread in some of the Armenian-populated areas of the empire.

After its leadership was exiled by the communists, the ARF established itself within Armenian diaspora communities, where it helped Armenians preserve their cultural identity.

Two former Armenian capitals are located in this region ( Artashat ( Artaxata ) and Dvin ) as well as the Khor Virap monastery, significant as the place of Gregory the Illuminator's 13-year imprisonment and the closest point to Mount Ararat within Armenian borders.

The Prime Minister of Armenia is the most senior minister within the Armenian government, and is required by the constitution to " oversee the Government's regular activities and coordinate the work of the Ministers.

Aspet (, Aspetes in contemporary Greek ) was a hereditary military title of the Armenian nobility, usually found within the Bagratuni family.

For the particular Churches within the Catholic Church, whether autonomous ritual churches ( e. g., Coptic Catholic Church, Melkite Catholic Church, Armenian Catholic Church, etc.

In February 20, 1988, after a week of growing demonstrations in Stepanakert, capital of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast ( the Armenian majority area within Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic ), the Regional Soviet voted to secede and join with the Soviet Socialist Republic of Armenia.

Arran (; ), also known as Aran, Ardhan ( in Parthian ), Al-Ran ( in Arabic ), Aghvank and Alvank ( in Armenian ), (- Ran-i ) or Caucasian Albania ( in Latin ), was a geographical name used in ancient and medieval times to signify the territory which lies within the triangle of land, lowland in the east and mountainous in the west, formed by the junction of Kura and Aras rivers, including the highland and lowland Karabakh ( Artsakh ), Mil plain and parts of the Mughan plain, and in the pre-Islamic times, corresponded roughly to the territory of modern-day Republic of Azerbaijan.

Recently, new plans were introduced for the expansion of copper production in Alaverdi Smelter and the development of new copper mines within the project " Armenian Copper ".

Tigranakert was founded as the new capital of the Armenian Empire in order to be in a more central position within the boundaries of the expanding empire.

The Armenian camp and resistance also faces its greatest challenge from within when criminal elements among the Ottoman Army deserters — who Bagradian allowed to help in Musa Dagh ’ s offense — go on a rampage.

As the successor state of the Ottoman Empire, Turkey was intent on suppressing any mention of the Armenian Genocide, whether it was within its own borders or not.

By the early 20th century, Ottoman Jews – together with Armenian and Greeks-dominated commerce within the Empire.