Ashot Manucharyan - Episcopal diocese of Vanand (IV–VIII centuries)

9 Pages | 40-49 | DOI: Doi:10.54503/0135-0536-2024.1-40 |

Revceived on: 2023-04-20 | Reviewed on: 2023-05-19 | Accepted for printing on: 2024-03-22

Published in: 2024 N 1 (225) / History

The episcopacy of Vanand was one of the ancient 12/13 dioceses of Armenia, which were confirmed by St. Gregory the Illuminator at the beginning of the 4th century. Some time later, with the second diocesan branch of St. Gregory the Illuminator, it became the 15th among the 30 (36) major dioceses of Armenia, occupying a central place. The episcopacy of Vanand played a decisive role in the national church affairs of the country in the early Middle Ages.

Keywordsepiscopacy diocese Vanand ancient main central place Middle Ages national church Catholicos.

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Vahe Sargsyan - The legislative regulation of the legal status of the Georgian Orthodox Church and the Georgian Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church in post-Soviet Georgia

15 Pages | 134-149 |

Revceived on: 2021-06-07 | Reviewed on: 2021-06-14 | Accepted for printing on: 2021-06-24

Published in: 2021 N 2 (217) / Articles, reports

Abstract / Keywords

Since independence, Georgia has not adopted a law regulating the field of religious organizations and defining their rights and obligations (“Law on Freedom of Conscience and Religious Organizations”). The relations between the latter and the state are regulated by a constitutional agreement approved by the Parliament as of October 22, 2002.

KeywordsGeorgia religious organizations Georgian Orthodox Church legal status constitutional agreement Civil Code legal entity under public law Armenian Apostolic Church Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church in Georgia property rights churches.

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Vahe Sargsyan - The issue of the affiliation of Armenian churches in the Georgian press (the 1st decade of the 21st century)

30 Pages | 72-102 | DOI: Doi.10.52853/01350536-2021.3-72 |

Revceived on: 2021-09-21 | Reviewed on: 2021-11-16 | Accepted for printing on: 2021-11-22

Published in: 2021 N 3 (218) / Articles, reports

Abstract / Keywords

The religious organizations operating in Georgia (including the Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church of Georgia) throughout the post-Soviet period demanded the adoption of a law on religious organizations and the return of property confiscated during the Soviet era, historical and architectural monuments, land, etc. These demands, however, have always been confronted with the rigid and denialist positions of the Georgian secular and spiritual authorities, as well as the socio-political and scientific circles.

KeywordsGeorgia Georgian Orthodox Church Tbilisi Armenian Apostolic Church Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church in Georgia churches Javakhk Lori Gugark Tayk orthodox Armenians Georgian socio-political and scientific circles press.

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Ashot Manucharyan - Episcopal Diocese of Arsharunik (the 4th–the 9th cc.)

15 Pages | 187-202 |

Revceived on: 2021-05-14 | Reviewed on: 2021-05-31 | Accepted for printing on: 2021-06-23

Published in: 2021 N 3 (218) / Articles, reports

Abstract / Keywords

The Diocese of Arsharunik is one of the oldest dioceses in Armenia, formed by St. Gregory the Illuminator in the second diocesan department. In the middle of the 4th century, during the reign of Catholicos St. Nerses the Great, it was annexed to the bishopric of Bagrevand. It became the main episcopate of the country when Catholicos St. Sahak Partev returning from Persia in 432 AD, settled in the province of Bagrevand. The famous bishops of Bagrevand during this period were the 5th century philosopher Yeznik Koghbatsi and the patriarch of the Armenian historiography Movses Khorenatsi.

Keywordsbishopric Catholicos throne spiritual center diocese inscription cathedral commemorative inscription historiographic theological.

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Henrik Khachatryan - The ecclesiastical diocesan division of Marzpan Armenia (428–630s)

16 Pages | 34-50 | DOI: Doi:10.54503/0135-0536-2025.2-34 |

Revceived on: 2025-03-26 | Reviewed on: 2025-03-28 | Accepted for printing on: 2025-07-11

Published in: 2025 N 2 (229) / History

Abstract / Keywords

The Armenian Church, with its structure and functions, has been an inseparable part of the Armenian statehood. The study of its history, the diocesan structure, the history and status of individual dioceses, the relations between the state and the church, the church and the nobility (princes), as well as the church's interactions with foreign states in the absence of an independent state, provides us with a more accurate understanding of the processes. Indeed, the diocesan structure of the marzpanate period has been addressed in one way or another, but, in the whole, the research conducted in this area was either one-sided or incomplete.

KeywordsMarzpan Armenia bishop Ukhtanes dioces episcopacy church council Bagrevand Mardpetakan.

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