Armenian Holy Apostolic church

The Armenian Apostolic church is one of the ancient churches and during the whole history of christianity has been and continues to be a part of the “One, Holy, Universal and Apostolic Church”  of Christ.

The spiritual and administrative center of the Armenian Apostolic church is the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, the Catholicosate of all Armenians, which was founded in 301.

At present the Armenian church and the whole Armenian nation are getting ready for celebrating the 1700th anniversary of proclaiming christianity as the state religion in Armenia, which was a great and essential event in the lfe of our nation.

With the help of this book we wish to make acquainted our readers with the centuries-old history of the Armenian Apostolic church, with her teaching, peculiarities, traditions and rites, with her role in the development of the Armenian culture and maintenance of the national spirit.