Tag: Armenian

What is an Armenian parish?

Matthew Namee’s somewhat recent post concerning what constitutes a parish caught me by surprise, as I was preparing a very similar article of my own to illustrate a problem I’ve been having in continuing to tell the story of the Armenian Orthodox Church for SOCHA.  When I agreed to assist...

A Short Introduction to the Armenian Church in the United States

Editor's note: Today, we're pleased to introduce a new contributor -- Aram Sarkisian, a graduate student at the University of Chicago, has extensively studied both Armenian and Russian Orthodox history in America. He has familial ties with both Churches, and we're very glad that he will be sharing his expertise here...

The first Armenian Orthodox churches in America

As far as I can tell, in the year and a half we've been publishing articles here at OH.org, we've never once posted anything on the Oriental Orthodox Churches. The main reason is simply that our authors are all Eastern Orthodox, and really can't speak with any kind of expertise...