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A Brief Review of the History of the Armenian Catholic Church

Artur R. Bagdasarov orcid.org/0000-0002-0387-6070 ; Gosudarstvennaja Akademija Slavjanskoj Kul'tury - Moskva, Russia

Abstract

In this work the author presents the insufficiently known history of the origin and activity of the Armenian Catholic Church which belongs to the family of the East Catholic Churches; it is in full communion with the Roman Catholic Church and recognizes the supreme authority of the Pope. The centre of the Church is in Beirut (Lebanon), and currently it is being led by the Armenian Catholic Patriarch of Cilicia Peter (Bedros) XX. Throughout the history the Armenian Catholic Church and its faithful, Armenian Catholics, have preserved their ethnic and religious identity which is expressed in certain specificities of hierarchical church organization, Armenian rite in the old Armenian language, sacred art and architecture. The author pays special attention to the activity of the Congregation of Armenian Catholic Mechitarists on the island of St. Lazarus (Venice) and in Vienna.

Keywords

Armenian Catholic Church; Armenian Catholics; Armenian rite; Congregation of Mechitarists

Hrčak ID:

178972

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/178972

Publication date:

30.3.2017.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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