Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia Holy See of Cilicia | |
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Classification | Oriental Orthodox |
Primate | Catholicos Aram I |
Headquarters | Antelias, Lebanon Previously Sis, Turkey |
Territory | Cilicia |
Possessions | Middle East, Europe, North America, South America, Oceania, and Africa. |
Founder | The Apostles Bartholomew and Thaddeus |
Independence | Apostolic Era |
Recognition | by Armenian Apostolic Church as an autocephalous church |
Members | 300,000[1] |
Official website | Armenian Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia |
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The Armenian Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia (Armenian: Կաթողիկոսութիւն Հայոց Մեծի Տանն Կիլիկիոյ) is an autocephalous Oriental Orthodox church.[2] Since 1930, the Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia has been headquartered in Antelias, Lebanon. Aram I is the Catholicos of Cilicia since 1995.