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The Armenian Apostolic Church ( Armenian: Հայ Առաքելական Եկեղեցի, romanized : Hay Aṙak'elakan Yekeghetsi) [note 1] is the national church of Armenia. Part of Oriental Orthodoxy, it is one of the most ancient Christian institutions. [6]
The first Parish Council of the Armenian Apostolic Church (an independent branch of the Eastern Orthodox church) was organized in Chicago in 1899 and officially designated as St. Gregory's Parish in 1915. Other early Armenian Apostolic parishes included Holy Savior Church in West Pullman (founded 1924) and St. James in Evanston.
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Welcome to St. Gregory the Illuminator Armenian Apostolic Church We are the Armenian Church in Chicago, however, we along with our sister parishes serve the Greater Chicagoland area communities. Our mission is to teach, proclaim and be a place of healing as we grow together in our Apostolic Faith in Christ Jesus and to sustain our Christian ...
OUR CHURCH. The Armenian All Saints Apostolic Church was founded in Chicago in the year 1943, and in 1957 became affiliated with the Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia. In the early years, before the acquisition of our first church building, the faithful traveled long distances to attend services at Holy Savior Armenian Apostolic ...
Other early Armenian Apostolic parishes included Holy Savior Church in West Pullman (founded 1924) and St. James in Evanston. Protestant Armenians founded the Armenian Congregational Church of Chicago in 1916. Armenian social and patriotic societies, as well as cultural groups, were formed in the 1920s and 1930s.
Armenian rite. Armenian Apostolic Church, independent Oriental Orthodox Christian church and the national church of Armenia. According to tradition, Armenia was evangelized by the apostles Bartholomew and Thaddeus. Armenia became the first country to adopt Christianity about 300 ce, when St. Gregory the Illuminator converted the Arsacid king ...
From the years 1922 to 1964 St. Gregory Armenian Church was blessed to be located at 1000 N. Hoyne Avenue, Chicago, IL. On October 4, 1964 during the blessed reign of His Holiness Vasgen I Baljian (Arm. Վազգեն Ա Պալճյան (Բուխարեստցի)) Catholicos of All Armenians and St. Gregory was consecrated by His Eminence Archbishop ...
