Armenian Diocese of Ukraine

Ուկրաինայի հայոց թեմ

Armenian Cathedral of Lviv

Location
Country| Ukraine
Information
Denomination| Armenian Apostolic Church
Rite| Armenian Rite
Established| 1997
Cathedral| Armenian Cathedral of Lviv, Lviv
Current leadership
Patriarch| Karekin II
Pontifical vicar| Bishop Markos Hovhannisyan

The Armenian Diocese of Ukraine (Armenian: Ուկրաինայի հայոց թեմ Ukrainayi Hayots Tem) is a diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church covering Ukraine. The diocese was officially founded on 13 January 1997, by Catholicos Karekin I. The diocesan headquarters are located in Lviv and its main cathedral is the Armenian Cathedral of Lviv.

## History[edit]

The first religious communities of Armenians were established in Crimea in the 8th century,[1] when the territory was under Byzantine control. In Lviv, the Armenian community was established in the 12th century, when the Church of the Virgin Mary and Saint was consecrated.[2] After the Armenian Church on the territory of Ukraine ceased to exist in the 1920-1930s and all existing churches were closed, the diocese also ceased its activities and existence.[3]

In October 1991, Catholicos Vazgen I tasked Nathan Hovhannisian with the mission of organizing the diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church and appointed him locum tenens in Ukraine. In 1997, Karekin I consecrated Hovhannisian as a bishop.[4] The Ukrainian diocese was established on 13 January 1997 by separating its territory from the Diocese of Nor Nakhijevan and Russia.[5][6]

With the organization of the diocese, efforts began to build new temples and acquire old Armenian temples. The small Armenian Catholic community in Lviv (20-30 people), registered in 1991, was unable to take over the local cathedral,[7][8] which was handed over to the Armenian Apostolic Church in 2000–2003.[7]

The diocese has its representative within the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations.[9]

## Primates[edit]

* Nathan Hovhannisian (1997–2000)
* Grigori Buniatian (2001–2015)
* Markos Hovhannisyan (2015–present)

## References[edit]

1. ^ "A History of Armenians in Crimea". Asbarez.com. Retrieved 2014-10-11.
2. ^ Andrzej Bohosiewicz. "Historia Ormian w Polsce". www.bohosiewicz.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2014-10-11.
3. ^ "Архиепископ Григорис Буниатян: Церковь помогает верующим быть добросовестными и ответственными гражданами своей страны". Archived from the original on 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
4. ^ "Archbishop Nathan Hovhannisian". Armenian Church – Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. Retrieved 2014-10-11.
5. ^ "Епархия Украины Армянской Апостольской Церкви" (in Russian). Noev-kovcheg. Archived from the original on 2014-10-15. Retrieved 2014-10-11.
6. ^ "Украинская епархия армянской апостольской церкви". armenianreligion.am (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2014-10-17. Retrieved 2014-10-11.
7. ^ a b Jurij Smirnow w: Culture.pl. "Mozaiki Józefa Mehoffera i malowidła Jana Henryka Rosena w Katedrze Ormiańskiej we Lwowie" (in Polish). Retrieved 2014-10-11.
8. ^ Rąkowski, Grzegorz (2008). Lwów. Przewodnik krajoznawczo-historyczny po Ukrainie Zachodniej. Część IV. Pruszków: Oficyna Wydawnicza „Rewasz”. p. 129.
9. ^ "Information about UCCRO", vrciro.org.ua, retrieved 2023-02-26

## See also[edit]

* Armenians in Ukraine

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Christianity in Ukraine

Eastern Orthodoxy|

| Autocephalous|

* Orthodox Church of Ukraine
* Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Kyiv Patriarchate)

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Autonomous|

* Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)

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Former|

* Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church

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Oriental Orthodoxy|

* Armenian Apostolic Church
* Diocese of Ukraine

Catholicism|

| Latin Church|

* Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lviv

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Eastern Catholic|

| Papal recognition|

* Ukrainian Greek Catholic
* Ruthenian Greek Catholic
* Armenian Catholic

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Independent|

* Ukrainian Orthodox Greek Catholic

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Protestantism|

| Baptist|

* All-Ukrainian Union of Churches of Evangelical Christian Baptists
* Brotherhood of Independent Baptist Churches and Ministries of Ukraine

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Lutheran|

* German Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Ukraine
* Ukrainian Lutheran Church

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Reformed|

* Reformed Church in Sub-Carpathia/ Reformed Church in Transcarpathia
* Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Ukraine
* Sub-Carpathian Reformed Church
* Reformed Presbyterian Church of Central and Eastern Europe

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Pentecostal|

* Ukrainian Free Churches – Union of the Evangelical Christians
* Ukrainian Missionary Church
* Ukrainian Pentecostal Church
* Victory Christian Church

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Other Protestant|

* Ukrainian Bible Society
* Mennonite

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Non-trinitarian|

* Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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Dioceses of the Armenian Apostolic Church

Armenia and
Artsakh|

| Etchmiadzin|

* Aragatsotn (Saint Mesrop of Oshakan)
* Araratian (Saint Sarkis of Yerevan)
* Artik (Varagatun Saint Gregory Cathedral of Artik)
* Armavir (Saint Gregory of Narek of Armavir)
* Artsakh (Ghazanchetsots of Shushi)
* Gegharkounik (Holy Mother of God Cathedral of Gavar)
* Gougark (Gregory of Narek of Vanadzor)
* Kotayk (Saint Gregory Cathedral of Kecharis Monastery 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)

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Middle East|

| Etchmiadzin|

* Azerbaijan (Saint Gregory of Baku) (abandoned)
* Damascus (Saint Sarkis of Damascus)
* Egypt (Saint Gregory of Cairo)
* Iraq (Saint Gregory of Baghdad)

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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 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 (St. Sarkis Church (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)

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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)

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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)

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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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