Many American cities, especially those with sizeable Armenian populations such as Boston, will be marking the th anniversary with prayer and vigil, but also the continued effort to have these mass killings recognized around the world as the first genocide of the 20th century www.
Recently in Yerevan, Armenia, the Armenian Church canonized the victims as saints. The Ottomans also singled out other minority communities at this time, including the Greek Orthodox and Assyan Christian.
Many Greek Orthodox readers of this article may trace their roots to Anatolia and the population exchanges in the s between Greece and Turkey.
Armenia was the first nation to adopt Christianity, in AD, but tradition holds that St. Thaddeus, one of the twelve Apostles of Christ, preached there in the first century. The Armenian Church did not accept the decisions of the Council of Chalcedon, , the Fourth Ecumenical Council and subsequent councils.
This early schism in Christianity has yet to be reconciled, although great progress has been made in the last 50 years. What do Armenian Christians believe? Space prohibits a detailed examination, but some brief statements From Welcome to the Armenian Church, published by St. These are the oldest of Christian liturgical feasts. For example, celebrating Nativity in December did not emerge in Christianity until the late fourth century in the Roman Empire. As with all other Armenian groups, members of the Orthodox Church were victims of the Armenian Genocide.
Gabor Agoston and Bruce A. Masters New York: Facts on File, , pp. In recent years, the number of believers has considerably increased. Among the principal priorities of the Armenian Apostolic Church in the near future are: a the spiritual life of Armenians and the sustenance of newly formed parishes and communities; b reorganization of the theological seminaries - two new seminaries have been founded; c construction and renovation of new churches, d development of church media agencies and advancement of Christian education; and e the continuation of ecumenical dialogue and visitation with sister churches and other member churches of the WCC.
A new Armenian translation of the Bible was published in Armed forces chaplaincy and prison ministry programmes were established in the late s. In , at the proposal of the church, the government agreed to add the subject of "Armenian Church History" to the curriculum of the public schools system.
A TV studio was founded in , and was granted a licence for a public broadcast in The studio produces and shows thematic films and documentaries and covers public, economic, cultural, and national-ecclesiastical events as well as church activities. Youth centres were started in and are spread throughout Armenia providing the youth with places for learning, social and cultural activities.
In , the Christian Armenia newspaper was established, a bi-weekly periodical distributed to the local public.
The Mother See is a quarterly English language newsletter published and distributed to the diaspora by the department of information services. Note about membership: Distribution of membership: Armenia: 3,, Europe: 3,, including Russia and the other countries of the former Soviet Union North America: 1,, Latin America: , According to sacred tradition, in the 1st century the apostles St Thaddeus and St Bartholomew came to Armenia, preached the gospel and were martyred for their faith.
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