Many Yazidis came to Armenia and Georgia during the 19th and early 20th centuries to escape religious persecution. In 301 AD Gregory cured the illness of Tiridates. Armenia’s holidays are a mix of old traditions dating back to pagan times, Christian religious holidays, and modern additions. The origin of the Armenian Church dates back to the Apostolic age. U.S. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, Dernière modification le 3 octobre 2020, à 14:49, Église apostolique assyrienne de l'Orient, Église de Jésus-Christ des saints des derniers jours, Persécutions anti-chrétiennes dans le bloc de l'Est (1917-1990), http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/armenia, http://www.corespirit.com/category/spiritual-wellness/religion/paganism/armenian-neopaganism/, http://www.soclabo.org/index.php/laboratorium/article/view/172/343, https://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Religion_en_Arménie&oldid=175249559, licence Creative Commons attribution, partage dans les mêmes conditions, comment citer les auteurs et mentionner la licence, Saint Blaise en 316 après Jésus-Christ.

While Christianity was practiced in secret by a growing number of people in Armenia during the first and second centuries, it was St. Gregory (302-325) and King Trdat III (287-330) who in 301 A.D. officially proclaimed Christianity as the official religion of Armenia and thus made Armenia the first nation in world history to adopt Christianity as the state religion.

The movement traces its origins back to the work of the early-20th-century political philosopher and revolutionary Garegin Nzhdeh and his doctrine of tseghakron (rejuvenation through national religion). As Armenians began to practice Christianity, many churches and monasteries were erected, some on the foundations of pagan temples. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Armenian-rite.
The conversion from paganism to Christianity He was sure God wanted him to build the main Armenian church there, and he named it Etchmiadzin which means “the place of the descent of the Only-Begotten.”.

It recognizes "the exclusive mission of the Armenian Church as a national church in the spiritual life, development of the national culture, and preservation of the national identity of the people of Armenia."

Most left Armenia for Israel after the collapse of the Soviet Union because of in pursuit of better living standards.

Some holidays are international, like New Year’s and International Women’s Day, and can be celebrated in Armenia and around the world.

Updates? Omissions? By Amber Pariona on September 23 2019 in Society. Christianity in Armenia. According to the ancient tradition well supported by historical evidence, Christianity was preached in Armenia as early as the second half of the first century by the two disciples of Jesus Christ, namely, St. Thaddeus (John 14:22-24) and St. Bartholomew (John 1:43-51). In the legend, it is said that after this the king fell very ill and his behavior had changed a lot. 93% of them belong to the Apostolic Church. Armenia became the first nation to declare Christianity as its state religion in 301 AD. Yerevan also has a small community of Muslims, including ethnic Kurds, Iranians, and temporary residents from the Middle East. Appearing as a heroic figure of light surrounded by a mighty angelic host, Christ struck the ground with a golden hammer, indicating the place where the Mother Cathedral of the new Christian nation was to be established. La présence du judaïsme en Arménie est historique et remonterait au règne de Tigrane II, roi de 95 à 55 AEC. Religious Practitioners.

Most Jews, Mormons, followers of the Baháʼí Faith, Eastern Orthodox Christians, and Western Catholic (Latin Rite) Christians reside in the capital Yerevan, which has attracted a greater variety of peoples.

At these times the main religion in Armenia was Armenian paganism. Environ 1 000 musulmans vivent à Erevan, dont la mosquée bleue du XVIIIe siècle est ouverte pour la prière du vendredi[6].

According to the Census of 2011, there are 1,733 Nestorians in Armenia.

The Armenian Apostolic Church has two catholicosate sees: the Catholicos of All Armenians at Etchmiadzin, Armenia, and Cilicia, in Antelias, Lebanon. As of 2011, most Armenians are Christians (97%)[1] and are members of Armenia's own church, the Armenian Apostolic Church, which is one of the oldest Christian churches. According to the statistics from 2011, 94.8% of Armenian people are Christians who are members of the Armenian Apostolic Church. [3], In the 21st century, the largest minority Christian churches in the country are composed of new converts to Protestant and non-trinitarian Christianity, a combined total up to 38,989 persons (1.3%).

Temples dotted the country, and one symbol example of that era, a Greek-style temple in the village of Garni, was restored in the 1960’s and still stands. Le pays compte également quelques communautés catholiques et protestantes, résultats des conversions des missionnaires ces derniers siècles. In 2015, the church canonized all of the victims of the 1915 Armenian Genocide. Today, this group is building the largest Yazidi temple in the world in a small town in Armenia. [11] However, in 1963 communities were identified[12] in Yerevan and Artez.

During one of the pagan ceremonies, the king ordered Gregory to put a flower wreath near the statue of the goddess Anahit. Churches of the Armenian rite, unlike Byzantine churches, are generally devoid of icons and, in place of an iconostasis (screen), have a curtain that conceals the priest and the altar during parts of the liturgy.

At this time, paganism was widespread and practiced by the kings of Armenia. The name Ejmiadzin – literally, «where the Only Begotten descended» – refers to this episode. During these meetings, the members began to disagree with the practices of the Armenian Apostolic Church.

Traditionally, the Armenian Church recognizes the Catholicos of All Armenians as its leader. Pour une population d'approximativement 3 000 000 Arméniens en 2020[8] : La Constitution de 2005 prévoit la liberté de culte[11]. There is, however, a minority of ethnic Armenian Muslims, known as Hamshenis, the vast majority of which live outside of Armenia mostly in Turkey and Russia.

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St. Gregory the Illuminator built the mother cathedral of the Armenian Church. About 94 percent of Armenians consider themselves to be Armenian Christians, having derived their faith directly from Christ’s apostles.

[7], Currently there are an estimated 750 Jews in the country, a remnant of a once larger community. These individuals came to present-day Armenia in an attempt to escape religious persecution by Ottoman Turks and Sunni Kurds in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. 93% of them belong to the Apostolic Church.