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Armenian Apostolic Church
national church of the Armenian people
Details
- Instance of
- national Church, Christian denomination
- Inception
- 1st century
- Part of
- Oriental Orthodox churches
- Country
- Armenia
- Founded by
- Gregory the Illuminator
- Headquarters
- Etchmiadzin Cathedral
- Chaired by
- Karekin II
- Religion
- Oriental Orthodox churches
- culture
- Armenians
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)
- member count
- 9000000
- native label
- Հայ Առաքելական Եկեղեցի
- official language
- Classical Armenian
- OpenStreetMap tag
- denomination=armenian_apostolic
- position held by head of the organization
- Catholicos of All Armenians
- related category
- Category:Saints of the Armenian Apostolic Church
- social media followers
- 5306, 5004, 5050
- topic's main category
- Category:Armenian Apostolic Church
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