Diocese of Shirak Շիրակի թեմ | |
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 Cathedral of the Holy Mother of God | |
| Location | |
| Country | Armenia |
| Territory | Shirak Province |
| Statistics | |
| Population - Total | (as of 2016 est.) ~192,000 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Armenian Apostolic Church |
| Rite | Armenian Rite |
| Established | 06 september 1920 |
| Cathedral | Holy Mother of God, Gyumri |
| Secular priests | 21 |
| Current leadership | |
| Patriarch | Karekin II |
| Primate | Archbishop Mikael Ajapahyan |
| Website | |
| Official web | |
Diocese of Shirak (Armenian: Շիրակի թեմ Shiraki t'em), is one of the dioceses of the Armenian Apostolic Church covering the northern, central and south-western parts of the Shirak Province of Armenia. It almost covers 4/5th of the province, as the south-eastern town of Artik and its surrounding villages are excluded.
The diocese was officially founded on September 6, 1920, upon a kontakion issued by Catholicos George V. The seat of the diocese is the Cathedral of the Holy Mother of God in Gyumri. The prelacy building is located on Rizhkov and Varpetats streets near the cathedral, at the centre of Gyumri.