The Armenian Apostolic Diocese of Isfahan and Southern Iran, ( hy, Սպահանի հայոց թեմ ; fa, خلیفهگری ارامنه اصفهان), is
Oriental Orthodox
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Christian
diocese
In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, pro ...
(or
eparchy
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) of the
Armenian Apostolic Church
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in
New Julfa
New Julfa ( fa, نو جلفا – ''Now Jolfā'', – ''Jolfâ-ye Now''; hy, Նոր Ջուղա – ''Nor Jugha'') is the Armenian quarter of Isfahan, Iran, located along the south bank of the Zayande River.
Established and named after the old ...
,
Isfahan
Isfahan ( fa, اصفهان, Esfahân ), from its Achaemenid empire, ancient designation ''Aspadana'' and, later, ''Spahan'' in Sassanian Empire, middle Persian, rendered in English as ''Ispahan'', is a major city in the Greater Isfahan Regio ...
,
Iran
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. It is within the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the
Catholicossate of the Great House of Cilicia
The Armenian Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia ( hy, Կաթողիկոսութիւն Հայոց Մեծի Տանն Կիլիկիոյ) is an autocephalous Oriental Orthodox church. Since 1930, the Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilici ...
, seated in
Antelias
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Etymology
The name is originally Greek, ἀντήλιος – from ἀντί(ant ...
, since 1960.
Before that it was called the Armenian Apostolic Diocese of Persia and India ( hy, Իրանա-Հնդկաստանի հայոց թեմ ; fa, خلیفهگری ارامنه ایران و هندوستان) and was under the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the
Catholicossate of All Armenians in
Vagharshapat
Vagharshapat ( hy, Վաղարշապատ ) is the 4th-largest city in Armenia and the most populous municipal community of Armavir Province, located about west of the capital Yerevan, and north of the closed Turkish-Armenian border. It is comm ...
. It was originally founded by
Khachatur Kesaratsi
Khachatur Kesaratsi ( hy, Խաչատուր Կեսարացի; 1590–1646) was an archbishop in the Safavid Empire of Armenian ethnicity. He is credited with the founding of the first printing press in Iran, in 1633, or 1636. In 1638, the first book ...
after establishment of New Julfa in early 17th century.
The Diocese of Isfahan and Southern Iran is currently headed by Archbishop Sipan Kashchian.
List of Prelates
* Mesrop (1606–1620)
*
Khachatour Kesaratsi (1620–1646)
* Davit I Jughayetsi (1652–1683)
* Stepanos Jughayetsi (1684–1696)
*
Alexander Jughayetsi (1697–1706)
* Movses I Jughayetsi (1706–1725)
* Davit II Jughayetsi (1725–1728)
* Astvadsatour Farhabatsi (1729–1745)
* Poghos Jughayetsi (1748–1752)
* Gevorg Jughayetsi (1754–1768)
* Mkrtich Jughayetsi (1769–1787)
* Hakop Jughayetsi
( ru) (1788–1791)
* Haroutioun Jughayetsi (1801–1810)
* Hovhannes I Echmiadsnetsi (1813–1817)
* Karapet Jughayetsi (1818–1831)
* Hovhannes II Bagrevandtsi (1832–1836)
* Khachatour II Vagharshapatsi (1838–1842)
* Hovhannes III Sourenian Ghrimetsi (1842–1848)
* Thadevos Begnazarian (1851–1863)
* Movses II Maghakian (1864–1871)
* Grigoris Hovhannisian (1872–1888)
* Yesai Astvadsatrian (1891–1896)
* Maghakia Terounian (1898–1901)
* Sahak Ayvatian (1902v1912, 1920–1922)
* Mesrop Ter Movsisian (1926–1930)
* Vahan Kostanian (1945–1949)
* Nerses Bakhtikian (1961–1965)
* Yeprem Tapagian (1965–1967)
* Ghevond Chepeyian (1968-1970)
*
Garegin Sargsian (1971–1973)
* Mesrop Ashchian (1974–1977)
* Korioun Papian (1978–2002)
[Լեւոն Գ. Մինասեան, Նոր Ջուղան աւելի քան մէկ եւ քառորդ դարում, Ս. Էջմիածին, 1999։ p. 87]
* Sipan Kashchian
See also
*
Armenians in Iran
Iranian-Armenians ( hy, իրանահայեր ''iranahayer''), also known as Persian-Armenians ( hy, պարսկահայեր ''parskahayer''), are Iranians of Armenian ethnicity who may speak Armenian as their first language. Estimates of thei ...
References
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Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
Armenian Apostolic Church in Iran
Oriental Orthodox dioceses in Asia
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