Armenian Evangelical Church | |
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Abbreviation | AEC |
Classification | Eastern Protestant |
Orientation | Evangelical |
Primate | Dr. Rene Levonian Preceded by Rev. Dr. Moses Janbazian (1945-2000) |
Language | Armenian |
Headquarters | Istanbul, Turkey; Yerevan, Armenia; Beirut, Lebanon; New Jersey, USA; Paris, France |
Territory | Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh |
Possessions | Russia, Iraq, Georgia, France, the United States, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Palestine, Turkey, Iran, Egypt, Canada, Australia, Cyprus, Belgium, Italy, France, United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and many others. |
Founder | 37 men and 3 women in Constantinople |
Independence | July 1, 1846, in Constantinople |
Separated from | Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople |
Members | 250,000 |
Official website | www www www www |
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The Armenian Evangelical Church (Armenian: Հայաստանեայց Աւետարանական Եկեղեցի, romanized: Hayastaneayts' Awyetaranakan Yekeghets'i) was established on July 1, 1846, by thirty-seven men and three women in Constantinople.