Armenians

[TalAbrams]

Any Armenians in the forum?

 

[Terrywoodenpic]

Arminius influenced many protestant churches, though rather less than Calvin. I would be surprised if there are many classical Arminians around these days. though a few Unitarians or remonstrants, might fall close to it. They do not subscribe in full to Calvinisms TULIP.

Such soteriological thoughts do not enjoy the same popularity today and the arguments though buried in most protestant faiths are rarely understood, Or would be believed if brought to peoples attention.

 

[Flankerl]

Terrywoodenpic iam not sure if you are serious.

 

[TalAbrams]

Terrywoodenpic: For a moment there you had me confused.
I actually meant Armenian, from Armenia, Turkey, etc., as opposed to The Dutch theologian. Different spelling.

 

[Terrywoodenpic]

as this is a thread in comparative religion.
I am not sure what a question about armenians is doing here? I was not aware they had a religion of their own.



My bad.....

I see 95% are members of the Armenian Apostolic Church in communion with the Oriental Orthodox churches. and share the rare distinction of being Non- chalcedonian.
( they believe that Jesus to be both divine and human in a single nature.) a rather simpler view than generally believed by other churches..

 

[Rakhel]

He may have been looking for the last remaining Jews there or possibly wanted to ask a question about Oriental Orthodoxy and how may be different from...say...Russian or Greek Orthodoxy.

From wiki

Armenia was the first nation to adopt Christianity as a state religion, an event traditionally dated to AD 301.[88][89][90][91]
The predominant religion in Armenia is Christianity. The roots of the Armenian Church go back to the 1st century. According to tradition, the Armenian Church was founded by two of Jesus' twelve apostles – Thaddaeus and Bartholomew – who preached Christianity in Armenia between AD 40–60. Because of these two founding apostles, the official name of the Armenian Church is Armenian Apostolic Church.
Over 93% of Armenian Christians belong to the Armenian Apostolic Church, a form of Oriental (Non-Chalcedonian) Orthodoxy, which is a very ritualistic, conservative church, roughly comparable to the Coptic and Syriac churches.[92] Armenian Apostolic Church is in communion only with a group of churches within Oriental Orthodoxy.
Other religious denominations in Armenia are the Baptists[93][94][95] and Presbyterians.[96][97][98]
Catholics also exist in Armenia, both latin rite and Mekhitarist Catholics. The Mechitarists (also spelled "Mekhitarists" Armenian: Մխիթարեա&#1398, are a congregation of Benedictine monks of the Armenian Catholic Church founded in 1712 by Mechitar of Sebaste. They are best known for their series of scholarly publications of ancient Armenian versions of otherwise lost ancient Greek texts.
The Armenian Catholic denomination is headquartered in Bzoummar, Lebanon.
The Yazidi Kurds, who live in the western part of the country, practice Yazidism. There are also non-Yazidi Kurds who practice Sunni Islam.[citation needed]. There is a Jewish community in Armenia diminished to 750 persons since independence with most emigrants leaving for Israel. There are currently two synagogues in Armenia – in the capital, Yerevan, and in the city of Sevan located near Lake Sevan.

 

[TalAbrams]

I asked the question here because I did not know where it belonged.
I searched the forum and found no mention of Armenians.
My question was because of my lack of dependable first hand information about the Armenian Genocide.
I would like to hear from any Armenian who has such knowledge, whether here or private message.

 

[Flankerl]

Well i would never write my email into a post on a forum. There are searchbots who just search emails all over the internet.

And then the email address will get more spam.

 

[TalAbrams]

Thanks Flankerl. I was not thinking. I edited it out.

 

[Penumbra]

Thread moved to General Discussion.
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