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, the cathedra of the Armenian Catholic Patriarchate of Cilicia. , abbreviation = , type = , main_classification =

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, orientation = Eastern Christianity (

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, language =

, liturgy =

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, headquarters = Cathedral of St Elias and St Gregory the Illuminator,

, Lebanon , origin_link = , founder = Abraham Petros I Ardzivian , founded_date = 1742 , founded_place =

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(modern

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) , defunct = , congregations_type = , congregations = , members = 150,000 (independent estimates)
757,726 (2017 ''

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es '' sui iuris'' of the

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. It accepts the leadership of the

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, known as papal supremacy, and therefore it is in full communion with the Catholic Church, including the

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and the 22 other

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. The Armenian Catholic Church is regulated by Eastern

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, namely the ''

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''. The head of the ''sui iuris'' Armenian Catholic Church is the Armenian Catholic Patriarch of Cilicia, whose main cathedral and ''de facto'' archiepiscopal see is the

, in

, Lebanon.

History

The 451

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caused problems for the

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which formally broke off communion with the Chalcedonian Churches at the 3rd Synod of Dvin in 610. Some Armenian bishops and congregations made attempts to restore communion with the Chalcedonian Churches after the 6th Ecumenical Council of 681. During the

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, the Church of the Armenian kingdom of Cilicia entered into a union with the Catholic Church, an attempt that did not last. The union was later re-established during the Council of Florence in 1439, but did not have any real effects for centuries. Some Armenians converted to Catholicism, and in the absence of any specific Armenian Catholic Church in effect became Latins. In Medieval China,

Armenians in China There are roughly 1,000 Armenians currently living in Mainland China and Hong Kong. The Armenian community of Hong Kong and China, commonly referred to as ChinaHay, regularly organizes events across China. Whilst the current community is relativ ...

were converted to Catholicism by

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and there was also an Armenian Franciscan Catholic community in Quanzhou. In 1740, Abraham-Pierre I Ardzivian, who had earlier become a Catholic, was elected as the

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of Sis. Two years later Pope

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formally established the Armenian Catholic Church. In 1749, the Armenian Catholic Church built a convent in Bzoummar, Lebanon. During the

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in 1915–1918 the Church scattered among neighboring countries, mainly Lebanon and Syria. An Armenian Catholic community was also previously formed by Armenians living in Poland in 1630s. The Armenian bishop of Leopolis (see

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), Nicholas (Polish: Mikołaj) Torosowicz had entered into union with the Catholic Church. The community which had been historically centered in Galicia as well as in the pre-1939 Polish borderlands in the east, was after

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expelled to present-day Poland and now has three parishes: in Gdańsk, in

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and in

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Liturgy and practices

The church belongs to the group of

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and uses the

and the

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in its liturgy. The Armenian Rite is also used by both the

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and by a significant number of

Christians in the Republic of Georgia. It is patterned after the directives of Saint

Gregory the Illuminator Gregory the Illuminator ( Classical hy, Գրիգոր Լուսաւորիչ, reformed: Գրիգոր Լուսավորիչ, ''Grigor Lusavorich'';, ''Gregorios Phoster'' or , ''Gregorios Photistes''; la, Gregorius Armeniae Illuminator, cu, Svyas ...

, founder and

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of the Armenian Church. Unlike the Byzantine Church, churches of the Armenian rite are usually devoid of

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s, but like other Eastern churches have a barrier concealing the priest and the

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from the people during parts of the liturgy. The use of bishop's

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is reminiscent of the influence Western missionaries once had upon both the miaphysite Orthodox Armenians as well as upon the Armenian Rite Catholics.

Armenian Catholic communities

Apart from Armenia, Georgia and Russia, Armenian Catholic Church is found widely in the

, notably in Lebanon (where the Armenian Catholic Church is headquartered), Syria, Egypt, Turkey, Iran, France, U.S.A., Canada, Argentina, Uruguay, Australia.

Armenia, Georgia and Eastern Europe

Armenian Catholics originated in what is today Armenia, Georgia and Eastern Europe. Beginning in the late 1920s, persecution caused many Armenian Catholics to emigrate. In 1991, after the fall of the

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, the

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merged the communities in Georgia and Russia with those in Armenia, creating the new

Ordinariate for Catholics of Armenian Rite in Eastern Europe The Armenian Catholic Ordinariate of Eastern Europe is an Ordinariate (quasi-diocese) of the Armenian Catholic Church (Eastern Catholic, Armenian Rite in Armenian language) for its faithful in certain Eastern European ex-Soviet countries without p ...

, with its residence in Gyumri. The city was not chosen by chance: Most Catholic Armenians live in the northern parts of Armenia. This has become a kind of basis for fence-mending with the coreligionists on the other side of the border. Today Catholic Armenians of Samtskhe-Javakheti live together in Akhaltsikhe and in the nearby villages, as well as in the regions of Akhalkalaki and Ninotsminda. The communities in the last two regions, which are mainly rural, are in rather distant areas, but the most important link is the historical memory of Catholicism. A small seminary was established in

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, Armenia, in 1994; there candidates for the priesthood engage in basic studies before moving to the Pontifical College of the Armenians (established 1885) in Rome, where they pursue philosophy and theology. There are also tens of thousands of Armenian Catholics in Russia, due to the large amount of migration from Armenia to Russia that has occurred since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

United States and Canada

Currently around 1.5 million

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live in North America, of which 35,000 belong to the Armenian Catholic Church. In the 19th century Catholic Armenians from

Western Armenia Western Armenia (Western Armenian: Արեւմտեան Հայաստան, ''Arevmdian Hayasdan'') is a term to refer to the eastern parts of Turkey (formerly the Ottoman Empire) that are part of the historical homeland of the Armenians. Weste ...

, mainly from the towns and cities of Karin (

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, Mardin etc., came to the United States seeking employment. At the end of the same century, many survivors of the Hamidian Massacres had concentrated in several U.S. cities, chiefly in New York. Catholic Armenian communities were also founded in

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, and other cities of

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. Catholic Armenian educational organizations were also founded in many cities. In

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and Boston Colleges of Armenian sisters were founded, educating hundreds of children. Later, a similar college was founded in Los Angeles.

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were preoccupied with the problem of preserving Armenian identity. By the effort of

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in Venice and Vienna, the Mekhitarian College was founded in Los Angeles. Many Armenians came to the United States and Canada from the Middle Eastern countries of Lebanon and Syria in the 1970s and in later years. Also many Armenians immigrated from Argentina, because of the economic crisis. At the same time, many Catholic Armenians inside the United States moved to

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and Indianapolis. In 2005, by

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's decision, the ''Catholic Exarchate of the USA and Canada'' was advanced to the status of a

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. It serviced 35,000 Catholic Armenians in the United States and some 10,000 in Canada. The bishop, or eparch, of the diocese, which has jurisdiction over Canadian and American Catholics who are members of the Armenian Catholic Church, became Manuel Batakian. According to a Monday, May 23, 2011 news release by the

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, named Archpriest Mikaël Antoine Mouradian, superior of the Convent of Notre Dame in Bzommar, Lebanon, as the new bishop of the Eparchy of Our Lady of Nareg in New York for Armenian Catholics. The appointment of Lebanon-born Bishop Mouradian was publicized in Washington, May 21, by Archbishop Pietro Sambi, Apostolic Nuncio to the United States.

France

Next to North America, France holds the largest number of Armenian Catholics outside of the areas of the Middle East and Oriental Europe. The Eparchy of Sainte-Croix-de-Paris was established in 1960 with Bishop Garabed Armadouni as exarch. Since 1977, the eparchy has been led by Bishop Krikor Gabroyan. There are some 30,000 Armenian Catholics in the eparchy, the headquarters of which is in Paris. The eparchy has six churches apart from the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Paris: Arnouville-lès-Gonesse,

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Marseille Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Fra ...

, Saint-Chamond,

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and Valence. A community of

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Fathers resides in Sèvres and a convent of Armenian Sisters of the Immaculate Conception runs a school in Marseille.

Demographics

Estimates from the 19th century varied between 40.000 to 150.000 Armenian Catholics worldwide, and 136,400 in 1911 Independent sources estimate the number of Catholic Armenians in the early 21st century at 150,000, with sizable communities in Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, Turkey, Jerusalem, France and the United States.

Structure

The Armenian Catholic Church is divided into Archdioceses, Eparchies,

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s, Ordinariates for the Faithful of the Eastern Rite and Patriarchal Exarchates, each of which has functions similar to a

Current hierarchy

The Armenian Catholic Patriarchate of the See of Cilicia is the supreme authority of the Armenian Catholic Church. On 23rd September 2021, Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian was elected as the church's new patriarch. Following is a list of the jurisdictions with their number of adherents.

Titular Metropolitan Archeparchies

Achrida (Ohrid), Pessinus, Traianopolis in Rhodope

Titular Non-metropolitan Archeparchies

Chalcedon, Colonia in Armenia, Mardin, Nisibis of the Armenians, Sebaste, Tarsus

Titular Eparchies

Adana, Amida, Anazarbus, Ancyra, Artvin, Cesarea in Cappadocia, Garin, Kharput, Marasc, Melitene, Mush, Prusa, Tokat, Trapezus

Publications

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 Convent *'' Massis'', a general monthly publication * Church bulletins The Armenian Catholic Church has presses that publish many liturgical, spiritual books, publications, pamphlets and translations from general Catholic publications.

Gallery

File:Armenian church Stanislawow.jpg, Interior of the Armenian Church in Stanyslaviv, Ukraine (1763) Image:St_Elie_-_St_Gregory_Armenian_Catholic_Cathedral.jpg, St. Gregory the Illuminator – St. Elie Church, Debbas Square, downtown

, Lebanon (1909) Image:St Gregory Armenian Catholic Church in Glendale, California.JPG, ''St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral'', Glendale, California (2001) Image:Armenian Catholic Church, Montevideo.jpg, Armenian Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady of Bzommar, Montevideo, Uruguay File:Armenian Catholic Patriarchate in Jerusalem.jpg, Armenian Catholic Patriarchate in Jerusalem (1996) File:Armenian Catholic Church in Buenos Aires.jpg, Interior view of Armenian Catholic Church (Buenos Aires) File:Armenian Catholic Church in Sao Paulo.JPG, Armenian Catholic Church in São Paulo

References

Citations

Sources

* * * *Arestakes Simavoryan. Armenian Catholic Community in Russia. 2010. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3883927 *Arestakes Simavoryan. Catholic Armenians in Poland. 2011. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3897582 *Arestakes Simavoryan. Vahram Hovyan. Armenian Catholic and Evangelical Communities in Turkey: Modern Tendencies (in Armenian). 2011. . http://noravank.am/eng/books/detail.php?ELEMENT_ID=6812

External links

Armenian Catholic Church

Armenian Catholic Eparchy of USA and Canada

Armenian Catholic Community in Australia

Armeniapedia – Armenian Catholic Church

Article on the Armenian Catholic Church by Ronald Roberson on the CNEWA web site

St. Mark's Armenian Catholic Church, near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

CWR – ''St. Gregory of Narek: Was the New Doctor of the Church a Catholic?''
;Armenian Religious Relations and the Roman Catholic Church
Pope Benedict XIV, ''Allatae Sunt'' (''On the observance of Oriental Rites''), Encyclical, 1755

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150226083835/http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/chrstuni/anc-orient-ch-docs/rc_pc_christuni_doc_19970125_jp-ii-aram-i_en.html Common Declaration of John Paul II and Aram I Keshishian, 1997]
John Paul II to Karekin I, 1999

Joint Declaration signed by John Paul II and Karekin II, 2000

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