Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople

Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople
Coat-of-arms of the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople
ClassificationOriental Orthodox
PrimateSahak II Mashalian[1]
LanguageWestern Armenian
HeadquartersIstanbul, Turkey
TerritoryTurkey
Recognitionby Armenian Apostolic Church as their autonomous church
SeparationsArmenian Evangelical Church (1846)
Members95,000

The Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople (Turkish: İstanbul Ermeni Patrikhanesi; Western Armenian: Պատրիարքութիւն Հայոց Կոստանդնուպոլսոյ, Badriark'ut'iun Hayots' Gosdantnubolsoy) is an autonomous see of the Armenian Apostolic Church. The seat of the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople is the Surp Asdvadzadzin Patriarchal Church (Holy Mother of God Patriarchal Church) in the Kumkapı neighborhood of Istanbul.

Its head is the Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople (also known as Armenian Patriarch of Istanbul).

  1. ^ "Turkey's Armenian church elects new patriarch". www.houstonchronicle.com. Retrieved 14 December 2019.