Araratian Pontifical Diocese

Diocese of Araratian Արարատյան Հայրապետական թեմ
Saint Sarkis Cathedral
Location
Country	Armenia
Statistics
Population - Total	(as of 2011) 1,300,000
Information
Denomination	Armenian Apostolic Church
Rite	Armenian Rite
Established	4th century
Cathedral	Saint Sarkis, Yerevan
Current leadership
Patriarch	Karekin II
Primate	Archbishop Navasard Kchoyan
Website
Official website

Araratian Pontifical Diocese (Armenian: Արարատյան Հայրապետական թեմ Araratyan Hayrapetakan t'em) is the largest diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church and one of the oldest dioceses in the world, covering the city of Yerevan and the Ararat Province within the Republic of Armenia.^[1] It is named after Mount Ararat; the symbol of the Armenian nation. The diocesan headquarters are located in the capital Yerevan. The seat of the bishop is the Saint Sarkis Cathedral.

The diocese was founded at the beginning of the 4th century by Saint Gregory the Illuminator.

Gallery

The prelacy building

References

↑ History

Dioceses of the Armenian Apostolic Church

Armenia and
Nagorno-Karabakh

Etchmiadzin

Aragatsotn (Saint Mesrop of Oshakan)
Araratian (Saint Sarkis of Yerevan)
Artik (Saint Gregory of Artik)
Armavir (Holy Mother of God of Vagharshapat)
Artsakh (Ghazanchetsots of Shushi)
Gegharkounik (Holy Mother of God Cathedral of Gavar)
Gougark (Gregory of Narek of Vanadzor)
Kotayk (Kecharis of Tsaghkadzor)
Shirak (Holy Mother of God of Gyumri)
Syunik (Saint Gregory of Goris)
Tavush (Surp Nerses of Ijevan)
Vayots Dzor (Holy Mother of God of Yeghegnadzor)

Middle East

Etchmiadzin	Damascus (Saint Sarkis of Damascus) Egypt (Saint Gregory of Cairo) Iraq (Saint Gregory of Baghdad)

Cilicia	Atrpatakan (Saint Mary of Tabriz) Beroea (Forty Martyrs of Aleppo) Cyprus (Holy Mother of God of Nicosia) Isfahan (Saint Joseph of Arimathea at the Holy Saviour Monastery of New Julfa of Isfahan) Jezireh (Surp Hagop of al-Qamishli) Kuwait (Holy Vartanants of Kuwait City) Lebanon (Surp Nshan of Beirut) Tehran (Saint Sarkis of Tehran) UAE and Qatar (Holy Martyrs of Abu Dhabi)

Jerusalem	Patriarchate of Jerusalem (Saint James of Jerusalem) Amman (Saint Thaddeus of Amman)

Constantinople	Patriarchate of Constantinople (Holy Mother of God of Kumkapı of Istanbul)

Europe

Etchmiadzin	France (Saint John the Baptist of Paris) Georgia (Surp Gevork of Tbilisi) Germany (Saint Sahak and Mesrop of Köln) Great Britain and Ireland (Surp Sarkis of London) Greece (Holy Mother of God of Peristeri of Athens) Nor Nakhijevan and Russia (Holy Transfiguration of Moscow) Bulgaria (Holy Mother of God of Sofia) Romania (Holy Archangels of Bucharest) Southern Russia (Saint John the Evangelist of Krasnodar) Switzerland (Surp Hagop of Geneva) Ukraine (Assumption of Mary of Lviv) Central Europe and Sweden (Saint Mary of Magdalene of Brussels) Azerbaijan (Saint Gregory of Baku) (abandoned)

Cilicia	Greece (Saint Gregory of Athens)

North America

Etchmiadzin	Canada (Saint Gregory of Montreal) Eastern USA (Saint Vartan of New York) Western USA (Saint Levon of Los Angeles)

Cilicia	Canada (Surp Hagop of Montreal) Eastern USA (Saint Gregory of New York) Western USA (Saint John the Baptist of Los Angeles)

South America

Etchmiadzin	Argentina (Saint Gregory of Buenos Aires) Brazil (Surp Gevork of São Paulo) Uruguay (Surp Nerses of Montevideo)

Asia and Oceania

Etchmiadzin	India and the Far East (Holy Nazareth of Kolkata) Australia and New Zealand (Holy Mother of God of Sydney)

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