"Hayk's Arrow" Armenian Strategic Center
Follow Armenian church institutions, their distinct jurisdictions and documented diaspora activity.
⛪ Diaspora
Totals across all countries
Counts refer to profiles and activity in this register. An undated directory listing does not confirm recent activity.
Profiles shown: 78 / 78
Holy Etchmiadzin, Armenia; diaspora dioceses
Armenian Apostolic see with diaspora dioceses and pontifical legations.
This profile follows the Mother See’s documented network; diocesan jurisdiction requires individual checking.
Institutional website ↗Antelias, Lebanon; international network
Armenian Apostolic catholicosate with its own diaspora jurisdictions and institutions.
Recorded as a distinct Apostolic jurisdiction. The WCC membership profile supplies institutional evidence.
Institutional website ↗Jerusalem and Jordan
Armenian Apostolic patriarchal see at St. James, with Holy Land and Jordan pastoral responsibilities.
Patriarchal administration is recorded separately; the country tag follows the register’s Israel / Jerusalem convention.
Institutional website ↗Istanbul, Turkey
Armenian Apostolic patriarchal see serving Armenian communities in Turkey.
A distinct patriarchal administration; detailed parish and legal coverage remains to be researched.
Institutional website ↗Lebanon; international Armenian Catholic network
Armenian Catholic patriarchate with diaspora eparchies and institutions.
Catholic jurisdiction with its own patriarchal and synodal institutions, distinct from the Apostolic sees.
Institutional website ↗International; member unions across several regions
Representative and coordinating body of Armenian Evangelical unions and partner institutions.
A cooperative council rather than a single centralized church administration; source hosted by member AMAA.
Institutional website ↗Paris; France
Armenian Catholic eparchy documented by the French Bishops’ Conference and 2026 liturgical records.
Armenian Catholic communion is recorded; a direct administrative parent is not inferred from communion or a patriarchal directory listing.
Institutional website ↗Glendale, United States; Canada
Armenian Catholic eparchy for the United States and Canada, with a Glendale see identified by a Catholic institutional directory.
The Catholic directory supports institutional identity; the Patriarchate’s country navigation supplies scope. Neither establishes a direct patriarchal governing parent or recent activity.
Institutional website ↗North America; United States and Canada
Regional church union described in an institutional history hosted by AMAA.
Participation in the World Council is a cooperative connection, not evidence of a governing parent. The history describes the union’s own elected leadership; current local activity remains unverified.
Institutional website ↗France
French church union whose own presidential account describes synodal governance and participation in the World Council.
The first-party account is hosted by AMAA. Founding participation in the World Council does not establish AEWC or AMAA administration of the union. No recent activity is inferred from this history.
Institutional website ↗Near East; Lebanon and Syria within a wider regional network
Regional union described by its publications office as autonomous and a World Council member.
The union’s own account is hosted by member institution AMAA. Council membership is not administrative subordination; historical country lists do not verify every current congregation.
Institutional website ↗Gothenburg, Sweden
Local church community whose own Swedish site describes worship and Sunday-school work.
Self-described Apostolic identity is documented. A specific governing parent and present activity dates are not established. The listed Hjällbo venue is not treated as an Armenian-owned church building.
Institutional website ↗Baghdad, Iraq
Educational institution reported in the Diocese’s Armenian School section, with documented 2025–26 ceremonies and educational visits.
The Diocese documents church patronage and its Central Administrative Committee’s participation. This establishes an institutional association, not enough evidence here for legal ownership or a governing-parent link.
Institutional website ↗Tbilisi, Georgia
Diocese listed by the Mother See, with its seat at Saint Gevork.
The Mother See’s diocesan register supports this network connection. The undated profile alone does not establish recent activity.
New York, United States
Diocese listed by the Mother See, with its seat at Saint Vartan.
The Mother See’s diocesan register supports this network connection. The undated profile alone does not establish recent activity.
Burbank, United States
Diocese listed by the Mother See, with its seat at Saint Leon.
The Mother See’s diocesan register supports this network connection. The undated profile alone does not establish recent activity.
Montréal, Canada
Diocese listed by the Mother See, with its seat at Saint Gregory the Illuminator.
The Mother See’s diocesan register supports this network connection. The undated profile alone does not establish recent activity.
Paris, France
Diocese listed by the Mother See, with its seat at Saint John the Baptist.
The Mother See’s diocesan register supports this network connection. The undated profile alone does not establish recent activity.
London, United Kingdom; Ireland
Diocese listed by the Mother See, with its seat at Saint Yeghishe.
The Mother See’s diocesan register supports this network connection. The undated profile alone does not establish recent activity.
Bucharest, Romania
Diocese listed by the Mother See, with its seat at Holy Archangels.
The Mother See’s diocesan register supports this network connection. The undated profile alone does not establish recent activity.
Cologne, Germany
Diocese listed by the Mother See, with its seat at Saint Sahak and Saint Mesrop.
The Mother See’s diocesan register supports this network connection. The undated profile alone does not establish recent activity.
Geneva area, Switzerland
Diocese listed by the Mother See, with its seat at Saint Jacob.
The Mother See’s diocesan register supports this network connection. The undated profile alone does not establish recent activity.
Sydney, Australia; New Zealand
Diocese listed by the Mother See, with its seat at Holy Resurrection.
The Mother See’s diocesan register supports this network connection. The undated profile alone does not establish recent activity.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Diocese listed by the Mother See, with its seat at Saint Gregory the Illuminator.
The Mother See’s diocesan register supports this network connection. The undated profile alone does not establish recent activity.
São Paulo, Brazil
Diocese listed by the Mother See, with its seat at Saint Gevorg.
The Mother See’s diocesan register supports this network connection. The undated profile alone does not establish recent activity.
Montevideo, Uruguay
Diocese listed by the Mother See, with its seat at Saint Nerses Shnorhali.
The Mother See’s diocesan register supports this network connection. The undated profile alone does not establish recent activity.
New York; eastern United States
Prelacy whose own institutional history explicitly states jurisdiction of the Holy See of Cilicia.
Explicit ecclesiastical jurisdiction, distinct from the Mother See’s Eastern Diocese. Its own account also describes elected administrative councils.
La Crescenta, California, United States
Western United States prelacy listed in the Cilician prelacies directory.
The institution’s own Cilician directory supports the connection. This is separate from the Mother See’s Western Diocese.
Bikfaya, Lebanon
Seminary community at St. Mary Monastery, named in the Catholicosate’s 2026 Brotherhood gathering report.
A Catholicosate institution; the report identifies the Seminary community at the Brotherhood gathering. It does not establish student numbers.
Fanar, Lebanon; distance-learning offer
Catholicosate institute promoting a three-year Armenian-studies program, including remote participation.
The August 2026 announcement identifies it as a Catholicosate institution. An advertised October start does not prove courses were delivered.
Paris, France
Paris Armenian Catholic cathedral associated with the Sainte-Croix eparchy; a chapel inauguration is documented in March 2026.
The link denotes the cathedral’s ecclesiastical use within the eparchy, not legal ownership of the building. Municipal and embassy sources document restoration and ceremonies.
Jerusalem
Cathedral seat of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem, identified in the Mother See’s hierarchical-sees description.
A cathedral-to-patriarchate institutional connection. The undated description is not evidence of a particular 2025–26 service or of land-title boundaries.
Jerusalem
Patriarchal library identified by Jerusalem’s Christian Information Center.
The local church directory explicitly associates the library with the Armenian Patriarchate. Its undated listing does not verify present access, holdings or activity.
Istanbul, Turkey
Patriarchal cathedral in Istanbul’s Kumkapı district, identified in the Armenian Church youth organization’s jurisdiction profile.
A documented patriarchal-seat connection, not a claim about the legal ownership of surrounding foundations. No recent service is established by the undated profile.
Moscow, Russia
Mother See-listed diocese with its seat at Moscow’s Holy Transfiguration Cathedral.
The Mother See’s own register identifies the diocese and its seat. An undated listing does not verify recent activity or a current officeholder.
Krasnodar, Russia
Mother See-listed diocese with its seat at St. John the Evangelist Church.
The Mother See’s own register identifies the diocese and its seat. An undated listing does not verify recent activity or a current officeholder.
Sofia, Bulgaria
Mother See-listed diocese with its seat at the Holy Mother of God Church.
The Mother See’s own register identifies the diocese and its seat. An undated listing does not verify recent activity or a current officeholder.
Cairo, Egypt; wider African scope in the directory title
Cairo-based diocese whose Mother See directory title also names Ethiopia, Sudan and South Africa.
The Mother See’s own register identifies the diocese and its seat. An undated listing does not verify recent activity or a current officeholder.
Baghdad; Iraq
Mother See-listed diocese with Baghdad cathedral and a dedicated institutional reporting site.
The Mother See’s own register identifies the diocese and its seat. An undated listing does not verify recent activity or a current officeholder.
Rome-based; Belgium, Italy, Netherlands and Spain covered here
Mother See representation organizing Armenian Church communities across several Western European countries.
Its own account identifies the Catholicos’s appointment and specific country responsibilities. Country tags represent this pass’s selected coverage, not its complete territorial remit.
Vienna, Austria; Central Europe and Sweden
Mother See-listed representation based at St. Hripsime Church in Vienna; Sweden is explicit in its title.
The official title establishes regional remit, not a verified roster of Swedish congregations or proof of a recent local event.
Brussels, Belgium
Local Armenian Apostolic parish documented by the Western Europe Pontifical Legation.
Named on the Legation’s own parish page. The connection records its church network, not legal ownership of the worship building; the undated page alone does not verify recent activity.
Milan, Italy
Local Armenian Apostolic parish documented by the Western Europe Pontifical Legation.
Named on the Legation’s own parish page. The connection records its church network, not legal ownership of the worship building; the undated page alone does not verify recent activity.
Almelo, Netherlands
Local Armenian Apostolic parish documented by the Western Europe Pontifical Legation.
Named on the Legation’s own parish page. The connection records its church network, not legal ownership of the worship building; the undated page alone does not verify recent activity.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Local Armenian Apostolic parish documented by the Western Europe Pontifical Legation.
Named on the Legation’s own parish page. The connection records its church network, not legal ownership of the worship building; the undated page alone does not verify recent activity.
Benalmádena, Málaga, Spain
Local Armenian Apostolic parish documented by the Western Europe Pontifical Legation.
Named on the Legation’s own parish page. The connection records its church network, not legal ownership of the worship building; the undated page alone does not verify recent activity.
Barcelona, Spain
Local Armenian Apostolic parish documented by the Western Europe Pontifical Legation.
The Legation reports a pastor’s introduction during a November 2025 liturgy at a Catholic host church. This identifies the Armenian parish, not ownership or Armenian jurisdiction over the host church.
Tehran, Iran
Named ecclesiastical jurisdiction in the Cilician institution’s own prelacies directory.
The existing Cilician jurisdiction link is retained. A March 2026 institutional report documents consultation with the Tehran prelacy; the Embassy separately lists local churches and explicit museum oversight. This does not verify every parish’s present service status.
New Julfa, Isfahan, Iran
Named ecclesiastical jurisdiction in the Cilician institution’s own prelacies directory.
The existing Cilician link is retained. The Embassy links the official norjugha.ir site; the site identifies its owner as the Isfahan Diocesan Council and supplies dated 2025–26 own institutional reports. No claim is made that every directory church is currently active.
Tabriz, Iran
Named ecclesiastical jurisdiction in the Cilician institution’s own prelacies directory.
The Iranian identity and Cilician link remain. A primary 2025 prelacy account and original 2026 pilgrimage reporting document activity. The Artaz review is attributed and does not certify every parish’s present services.
Athens, Greece
Named ecclesiastical jurisdiction in the Cilician institution’s own prelacies directory.
This connection follows the Cilician directory’s stated jurisdiction. The undated listing does not independently verify its leaders, parish roster or recent activity.
Nicosia, Cyprus
Named ecclesiastical jurisdiction in the Cilician institution’s own prelacies directory.
This connection follows the Cilician directory’s stated jurisdiction. The undated listing does not independently verify its leaders, parish roster or recent activity.
Salmiya, Kuwait; neighboring-country remit
Kuwait-based Cilician jurisdiction with its own active worship information and documented 2026 church activity.
Its own history says the old combined Gulf jurisdiction split in 2014. Kuwait’s continuing remit includes Bahrain and Saudi Arabia; no separate branch or present service dates are inferred in either country.
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; Qatar
Cilician jurisdiction documented by its own institutional site and a May 2026 Vatican host report identifying its archbishop.
Recent institutional participation is documented abroad. The older EmaHay archive supplies parish identities, not verified 2025–26 local service dates.
Baghdad, Iraq
Baghdad church identified in the Iraqi Armenian Diocese’s institutional network.
The documented connection is diocesan/church institutional identity, not a fresh land-title or property-ownership finding. Directory-only evidence is activity-unverified.
Baghdad, Iraq
Baghdad church identified in the Iraqi Armenian Diocese’s institutional network.
The documented connection is diocesan/church institutional identity, not a fresh land-title or property-ownership finding. Directory-only evidence is activity-unverified.
Baghdad, Iraq
Baghdad church identified in the Iraqi Armenian Diocese’s institutional network.
The documented connection is diocesan/church institutional identity, not a fresh land-title or property-ownership finding. Directory-only evidence is activity-unverified.
Cairo, Egypt
Cairo diocesan seat named in the Mother See’s Egypt profile.
A church-to-diocese seat connection. The undated listing is not evidence of a recent service, current worship schedule or legal property rights.
Greece
Distinct Mother See-listed Greek diocese, also identified in a visiting institution’s 2026 meeting report.
Kept distinct from the Cilician-directory Greek prelacy. The Mother See page supports this network connection; a meeting with AGBU does not put the diocese under AGBU.
Tehran, Iran
Tehran parish with Easter worship documented by Associated Press on 5 April 2026.
The existing diocesan connection is retained; recent worship is independently documented.
Tehran, Iran
Tehran parish with a New Year ceremony photographed by Anadolu on 1 January 2026.
Existing diocesan connection retained. Anadolu supplies the dated photo caption; Reuters Connect distributes it without endorsing or verifying the supplied material.
Tehran, Iran
Church-linked museum explicitly described by the Embassy as overseen by the Tehran Diocesan Council.
Explicit council oversight supports the diocesan connection. The directory is undated; current opening hours, legal ownership and recent programs are not verified here.
Tabriz, Iran
Named local church in the official Atrpatakan diocesan directory.
The Embassy places the church in Atrpatakan’s Iranian network. Its undated description of functioning churches is not a fresh service-status check.
Tabriz, Iran
Named local church in the official Atrpatakan diocesan directory.
The Embassy’s diocesan connection remains. A June 2026 firsthand review describes an April service, but the original issue was not obtained. Activity status remains unverified; uninterrupted worship is not established.
New Julfa, Isfahan, Iran
Diocesan spiritual and cultural complex containing the St. Joseph of Arimathea cathedral.
The Embassy identifies the prelacy at Vank, and the own 2026 report records worship there. The monastery and its cathedral are one register profile here, avoiding duplicate institutions for alternate names.
New Julfa, Isfahan, Iran
Local church identified by the Prelacy’s directory and an actual October 2026 feast report.
Own diocesan directory and reporting support the church-network connection. The report calls it St. John the Forerunner; the directory uses St. John the Baptist.
New Julfa, Isfahan, Iran
Local historic church with its own institutional profile in the Isfahan Prelacy’s directory.
Own church-directory placement supports the diocesan network. Historical architectural description is not proof of a current worship schedule, recent service or legal property title.
New Julfa, Isfahan, Iran
Local historic church with its own institutional profile in the Isfahan Prelacy’s directory.
Own church-directory placement supports the diocesan network. Historical architectural description is not proof of a current worship schedule, recent service or legal property title.
New Julfa, Isfahan, Iran
Local church with an own diocesan profile and a completed two-day feast documented in September 2025.
The own directory and feast report identify a diocesan church. Historical traditions in the profile are not promoted to independently verified historical findings.
Shahinshahr, Isfahan Province, Iran
Church identified in the Isfahan Prelacy’s own report of a September 2026 liturgy and prayer for Armenia.
An own diocesan report identifies its church and clergy participation. This supports a documented diocesan network connection, not a land-ownership claim.
Iran; ecclesiastical title Ispahan
Armenian Catholic eparchy named in the Holy See’s February 2026 resignation and apostolic-administration notice.
Distinct from the Apostolic Isfahan prelacy. The Vatican records an Armenian Catholic patriarchal Synod decision and the Pope’s administrator appointment; this documents a governing connection without claiming an exclusive command chain.
Kuwait
Named church in the Kuwait Prelacy’s own active worship information.
The Prelacy names Sts. Vartanants as its church and advertises regular liturgy. The January 2026 report corroborates local church celebrations.
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Named church documented by its Prelacy and a 2025 UAE government list.
Its own Prelacy places this church in its network. The government listing supports identity; recent local services remain unverified.
Mussafah, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Named Abu Dhabi church in the Prelacy’s own site and a Cilician visit report.
The church is explicitly placed within the UAE/Qatar jurisdiction. The 2024 visit documents worship; no 2025–26 local service day was verified.
Vahideh, Tehran, Iran
Tehran parish with a New Year service reported by Iran Press on 1 January 2026.
The Embassy lists it among Tehran diocesan churches. A dated Iran Press report establishes recent worship, without establishing property ownership.
Chaldoran / Maku area, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
Armenian monastery documented by UNESCO and the Embassy’s Atrpatakan directory.
The Embassy identifies the diocesan connection; UNESCO verifies the site and Mehr reports a 2026 ceremony. This establishes neither exclusive property ownership nor daily access.
Darashamb / Jolfa, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
Armenian monastery near Jolfa in the Atrpatakan directory and UNESCO monastic ensemble.
The directory supports the connection. A 2026 review describes a March diocesan visit, but its underlying issue was not retrieved; current local services remain unverified.
Bahrain; service venue unverified
Kuwait Prelacy describes occasional Armenian liturgy in Bahrain.
Pastoral service under Kuwait’s stated remit, not a verified separate parish or Armenian-owned building. Exact recent service dates remain unverified.
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Records distinguish event dates from publication dates. Statements and publication topics are attributed to their source; an announcement does not confirm completion.
The Prelacy’s own report dates the cathedral liturgy to the evening of 19 October, followed by a water blessing and requiem. Publication was 21 October.
AMAA reports the Council’s 15–16 October meeting on cooperation and shared priorities. The record uses the final day.
The report dates the Catholicos’s meeting with Matenadaran specialists to 15 October and says restoration work had begun on the Catholicosate’s manuscripts. It does not report completion.
The Prelacy’s Public Relations office dates the event to 12 October, jointly organized by its Representative Assembly bureau and Diocesan Council. Only institutional bodies are recorded.
The own church report explicitly dates the liturgy at St. John the Forerunner to the morning of 10 October. Only the institutional service is recorded.
The Prelacy reports that a Watertown parish pastor represented Cilicia at a 4–9 October WCC conference in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The date is the final day; no Thai Armenian institution is inferred.
The Mother See reports receiving pilgrims from its Pasadena parish community.
A titled photo report identifies a liturgy at Baghdad’s St. Mary church. Only the publication day is established in the accessible text; a separate event day is not invented.
The Prelacy reports a prayer for the Republic and flag blessing during the 27 September Sunday liturgy. The record distinguishes that event from its 30 September publication.
The institutional photo report is explicitly titled as a new spiritual primate’s election. The accessible text establishes its publication date, not the full election procedure, confirmation or a separately verified event day.
The Prelacy reports participation in the 29 August New York summit and delivery of the Catholicos’s message. Participation does not establish jurisdiction over other summit institutions.
The announcement promotes a three-year program with remote participation and an intended October start. This records the offer, not a completed opening or delivered teaching.
Selected Apostolic, Catholic and Evangelical institutions and dated 2025–26 activity across countries. Parish and country coverage remain incomplete. Undated listings do not establish recent activity; a host venue, communion or council membership alone does not establish an administrative parent.