Armenian Evangelical Church
Protestant church in Armenia
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The Armenian Evangelical Church (Armenian: Հայաստանեայց Աւետարանական Եկեղեցի, romanized: Hayastaneayts' Awyetaranakan Yekeghets'i) was established on July 1, 1846, by thirty-seven men and three women in Constantinople.
| Armenian Evangelical Church | |
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| Abbreviation | AEC |
| Classification | Eastern Protestant |
| Orientation | Evangelical |
| Scripture | Bible |
| Primate | Rene Levonian |
| Language | Armenian |
| Liturgy | Armenian Rite |
| Territory | Armenia, Armenian diaspora |
| Founder | 37 men and 3 women in Constantinople |
| Independence | July 1, 1846, in Constantinople |
| Separated from | Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople |
| Members | 250,000 |
| Official website | eca |
In March 1853 the Armenian Evangelical Church was separated from the Armenian Apostolic Church in the Ottoman Register of Taxation, as a separate community.[1]
Armenian Evangelical Unions
- Union of the Armenian Evangelical Churches in the Near East (UAECNE, 1924)
- Armenian Evangelical Union of North America (AEUNA, 1971)
- Armenian Evangelical Union of France (AEUF, 1924)
- Union of Evangelical Churches in Armenia (1995)
- Armenian Evangelical Union of Eurasia (1995)
- Armenian Evangelical Fellowship of Europe
- Union of Armenian Evangelical Unions in Bulgaria (1995)