Armenia religion 2020. Armenia went on to become the first nation in the world to declare christianity as its national religion in the 4th century. Armenian clergymen have been officially integrated into the armed forces since 1997. Unsettled relationships with muslim neighbors play a significant role in sustaining the place of religion in armenian life explains marian burchardt a researcher at the max planck institute for the study of religious and ethnic diversity. The christian faith has shaped armenian culture s o intimately that it permeates the very landscape at virtually every corner of the country.
October 13 2020 cna daily news news briefs 1 print washington dc. Armenia was the first nation to accept christianity in ad. Religion of armenia is christianity. In 2015 the church canonized all of the victims of the 1915 armenian genocide.
Religion in ancient armenia was historically related to a set of beliefs that in persia. As of 2011 most armenians are christians 97 and are members of armenias own church the armenian apostolic church which is one of the oldest christian churchesit was founded in the 1st century ad and in 301 ad became the first branch of christianity to become a state religion. As with many other religious holidays vardavar has its origins from pagan times originally dedicated to the goddess of love astghik. Practitioners of this faith celebrate christmas on january 6 combining the birth of jesus with the feast of the epiphany.
Newsroom oct 13 2020 0100 pm cna religion is a central factor in the conflict between armenia and azerbaijan christian. About 94 percent of armenians consider themselves to be armenian christians having derived their faith directly from christs apostles. Practitioners of this faith celebrate christmas on january 6 combining the birth of jesus with the feast of the epiphany. While only 1 percent evangelical today 93 percent of its population of 3 million belong to the armenian orthodox church.
Armenia went on to become the first nation in the world to declare christianity as its national religion in the 4th century. Newsroom oct 13 2020 0100 pm mt cna religion is a central factor in the conflict between armenia and azerbaijan christian advocates explained in a briefing on the. Now people all over armenia enjoy splashing water on one another. According to pew research publication in december 2018 armenia is the 2nd most religious country among 34.
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