Diocese of Artik

Diocese of Artik Արթիկի թեմ

Location
Country	Armenia
Statistics
Population - Total	(as of 2016 est.) ~60,000
Information
Denomination	Armenian Apostolic Church
Rite	Armenian Rite
Established	2012
Cathedral	Varagatun Saint Gregory Cathedral, Artik
Current leadership
Patriarch	Karekin II
Primate	Archimendrite Narek Avagyan

Diocese of Artik (Armenian: Արթիկի թեմ Artiki t'em), is a diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church covering the southern part of Shirak Province of Armenia, including the towns of Artik, Maralik, and their surrounding villages.

The diocese is based in the historical Armenian town of Artik, within the historic Shirak canton of Ayrarat province of ancient Greater Armenia.

The Diocese of Artik was officially founded on 2 December 2012, when it was separated from the Diocese of Shirak, upon a kontakion issued by Catholicos Karekin II.^[1] The seat of the diocese is the 7th-century Saint Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral, currently being entirely reconstructed. The prelacy is based in the nearby Varagatun religious complex, consecrated in 2012.^[2]

References

^ Հռչակվել է Արթիկի թեմը
^ "Artik becomes the seat of the new diocese". Archived from the original on 2017-10-07. Retrieved 2017-10-07.

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Churches of Gegharkunik Province

Dioceses of the Armenian Apostolic Church

Armenia and
Artsakh

Etchmiadzin	Aragatsotn (Saint Mesrop of Oshakan) Araratian (Saint Sarkis of Yerevan) Artik (Varagatun Saint Gregory Cathedral of Artik) Armavir (Saint Gregory of Narek of Armavir) Artsakh (Ghazanchetsots of Shushi) Gegharkounik (Holy Mother of God Cathedral of Gavar) Gougark (Gregory of Narek of Vanadzor) Kotayk (Saint Gregory Cathedral of Kecharis Monastery of Tsaghkadzor) Shirak (Holy Mother of God of Gyumri) Syunik (Saint Gregory of Goris) Tavush (Surp Nerses of Ijevan) Vayots Dzor (Holy Mother of God of Yeghegnadzor)

Etchmiadzin

Aragatsotn (Saint Mesrop of Oshakan)
Araratian (Saint Sarkis of Yerevan)
Artik (Varagatun Saint Gregory Cathedral of Artik)
Armavir (Saint Gregory of Narek of Armavir)
Artsakh (Ghazanchetsots of Shushi)
Gegharkounik (Holy Mother of God Cathedral of Gavar)
Gougark (Gregory of Narek of Vanadzor)
Kotayk (Saint Gregory Cathedral of Kecharis Monastery of Tsaghkadzor)
Shirak (Holy Mother of God of Gyumri)
Syunik (Saint Gregory of Goris)
Tavush (Surp Nerses of Ijevan)
Vayots Dzor (Holy Mother of God of Yeghegnadzor)

Middle East

Etchmiadzin	Azerbaijan (Saint Gregory of Baku) (abandoned) Damascus (Saint Sarkis of Damascus) Egypt (Saint Gregory of Cairo) Iraq (Saint Gregory of Baghdad)
Cilicia	Atrpatakan (Saint Mary of Tabriz) Beroea (Forty Martyrs of Aleppo) Cyprus (Holy Mother of God of Nicosia) Isfahan (Saint Joseph of Arimathea at the Holy Saviour Monastery of New Julfa of Isfahan) Jezireh (Surp Hagop of Qamishli) Kuwait (Holy Vartanants of Kuwait City) Lebanon (Surp Nshan of Beirut) Tehran (Saint Sarkis of Tehran) UAE and Qatar (Holy Martyrs of Abu Dhabi)
Jerusalem	Patriarchate of Jerusalem (Saint James of Jerusalem) Amman (Saint Thaddeus of Amman)
Constantinople	Patriarchate of Constantinople (Holy Mother of God of Kumkapı of Istanbul)

Europe

Etchmiadzin	France (Saint John the Baptist of Paris) Georgia (Surp Gevork of Tbilisi) Germany (Saint Sahak and Mesrop of Köln) Great Britain and Ireland (St. Sarkis Church (London)) Greece (Holy Mother of God of Peristeri of Athens) Nor Nakhijevan and Russia (Holy Transfiguration of Moscow) Bulgaria (Holy Mother of God of Sofia) Romania (Holy Archangels of Bucharest) Southern Russia (Saint John the Evangelist of Krasnodar) Switzerland (Surp Hagop of Geneva) Ukraine (Assumption of Mary of Lviv) Central Europe and Sweden (Saint Mary of Magdalene of Brussels)
Cilicia	Greece (Saint Gregory of Athens)

Etchmiadzin

France (Saint John the Baptist of Paris)
Georgia (Surp Gevork of Tbilisi)
Germany (Saint Sahak and Mesrop of Köln)
Great Britain and Ireland (St. Sarkis Church (London))
Greece (Holy Mother of God of Peristeri of Athens)
Nor Nakhijevan and Russia (Holy Transfiguration of Moscow)
Bulgaria (Holy Mother of God of Sofia)
Romania (Holy Archangels of Bucharest)
Southern Russia (Saint John the Evangelist of Krasnodar)
Switzerland (Surp Hagop of Geneva)
Ukraine (Assumption of Mary of Lviv)
Central Europe and Sweden (Saint Mary of Magdalene of Brussels)

Cilicia

Greece (Saint Gregory of Athens)

North America

Etchmiadzin	Canada (Saint Gregory of Montreal) Eastern USA (Saint Vartan of New York) Western USA (Saint Levon of Los Angeles)
Cilicia	Canada (Surp Hagop of Montreal) Eastern USA (Saint Gregory of New York) Western USA (Saint John the Baptist of Los Angeles)