{"slug": "armenian-apostolic-church", "label": "Armenian Apostolic Church", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_Apostolic_Church", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q683724", "qid": "Q683724", "description": "national church of the Armenian people", "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [301, 1439], "span_label": ["301 CE", "1439 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 6}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "armenia", "label": "Armenia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "gregory-the-illuminator", "label": "Gregory the Illuminator", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "byzantine-empire", "label": "Byzantine Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "georgia-country", "label": "Georgia (country)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "lazica", "label": "Lazica", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ecclesiology", "label": "Ecclesiology", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tiridates-iii-of-armenia", "label": "Tiridates III of Armenia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "eastern-orthodox-church", "label": "Eastern Orthodox Church", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "syriac-orthodox-church", "label": "Syriac Orthodox Church", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 301, "year_label": "301 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "King Tiridates III (the Great) proclaims Christianity as the official state religion, making Armenia the first nation to adopt Christianity as its official religion (traditional date). Construction of the original Etchmiadzin Cathedral by Gregory the Illuminator begins.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365564128#Armenia", "title": "301", "revid": 1365564128, "section": "Events › By place › Armenia"}}, {"year": 331, "year_label": "331 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Gregory the Illuminator, official head of the Armenian Apostolic Church", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1308906041#Deaths", "title": "331", "revid": 1308906041, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 388, "year_label": "388 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Isaac, age 50, is named Catholicos (spiritual head) of the Armenian Apostolic Church.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1321355496#Religion", "title": "388", "revid": 1321355496, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 550, "year_label": "550 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The churches of Lazica (Georgia) and Armenia split. While the Armenian Church remains independent, the Georgian church unites with the Byzantine Empire. This ecclesiastical union deepens political and cultural contact between the two states. As a sign of Lazica's status vis-à-vis Byzantium, Lazic princes are vested with honorific titles of the Byzantine court, including kouropalates, or \"minister of the imperial palace\" (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340799644#Religion", "title": "550", "revid": 1340799644, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 715, "year_label": "715 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The newly-appointed Patriarch Germanus I of Constantinople organises a council propagating Dyothelitism, and attempts to improve relations with the Armenian Apostolic Church.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367661130#Religion", "title": "715", "revid": 1367661130, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 862, "year_label": "862 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "During the Council of Shirakavan representatives of the Armenian, Byzantine and West-Syrian Churches convenes to discuss church union. Though this is not achieved, an agreement is formulated which allows for the peaceful co-existence of Orthodox and non-Chalcedonians in the Byzantine-Armenian borderlands.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129421#Religion", "title": "862", "revid": 1341129421, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 1439, "year_label": "1439 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "November 22", "text": "November 22 – Following up on the declaration of union of the Roman Catholic Church with the Greek Orthodox Church, Pope Eugene IV signs an agreement of union with the Armenian Apostolic Church.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373513363#October–December", "title": "1439", "revid": 1373513363, "section": "Events › October–December"}}]}