Diocese of Kotayk Կոտայքի թեմ | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Armenia |
| Statistics | |
| Population - Total | (as of 2011) ~200,000 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Armenian Apostolic Church |
| Rite | Armenian Rite |
| Established | 1996 |
| Cathedral | Kecharis Monastery, Tsaghkadzor |
| Current leadership | |
| Patriarch | Karekin II |
| Primate | Archbishop Arakel Karamyan |
| Website | |
| Official website | |
Diocese of Kotayk (Armenian: Կոտայքի թեմ Kotayki t'em), is a diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church covering the Kotayk Province of Armenia. The name is derived from the historic Kotayk canton of Ayrarat province of Armenia Major.
The diocese was officially founded on May 30, 1996, upon a kontakion issued by Catholicos Karekin I. The diocesan headquarters are located in the provincial capital Hrazdan, while the cathedral of the diocese is the Kecharis Monastery in the nearby town of Tsaghkadzor.[1]