Diocese of Vayots Dzor

Diocese of Vayots Dzor Վայոց Ձորի թեմ
Holy Mother of God Cathedral
Location
Country	Armenia
Territory	Vayots Dzor Province
Statistics
Population - Total	(as of 2011) 52,324
Churches	15
Information
Denomination	Armenian Apostolic Church
Rite	Armenian Rite
Established	10 December 2010
Cathedral	Holy Mother of God Cathedral, Yeghegnadzor
Secular priests	6
Current leadership
Patriarch	Karekin II
Primate	Archishop Abraham Mkrtchyan^[1]
Website
Official web

Diocese of Vayots Dzor (Armenian: Վայոց Ձորի թեմ Vayots Dzori t'em), is one of the newest dioceses of the Armenian Apostolic Church covering the Vayots Dzor Province of Armenia. The diocesan headquarters are located in the town of Yeghegnadzor. The seat of the bishop is the 12th-century Holy Mother of God Cathedral of Yeghegnadzor.

The diocese was established in 2010, when it was separated from the Diocese of Syunik.^[2] The prelacy building is located on the Grigor Narekatsi Street in the town of Yeghagndzor.

Structure

The primate of the diocese is archbishop Abraham Mkrtchyan who is in service since the formation of the diocese in December 2010. The vicar is archimendrite Zareh Kabaghyan, while the remaining 5 priests are serving the 17 acting places of worship within the Vayots Dzor Province.

The diocese has the following departments:

Administration
Media
Christian education centre
Youth union
Creativity group

Acting churches

As of 2016, the diocese has 8 churches, 7 monasteries and 1 chapel acting under its jurisdiction.^[3]

Churhces

Zorats Holy Mother of God church

Holy Mother of God Church of Martiros

Zorats Church of Yeghegis
Holy Mother of God Church of Khachik
Saint Gayane Church of Jermuk
Saint Anne Church of Malishka
Saint Trdat Church of Vayk
Holy Mother of God Cathedral of Yeghnadzor
Holy Mother of God Church of Areni
Surp Hakob Church of Areni
Holy Mother of God Church of Martiros

Monasteries

Saint Sion Monastery near Herher
Shativank near Shatin
Tsakhats Kar Monastery near Artabuynk
Noravank near Areni
Gndevank near Gndevaz
Spitakavor Monastery near Vernashen
Arkaz Holy Cross Monastery near Vernashen

Chapels

Saint Gayane Chapel of Kechut

Inactive places of worship

Tanadivank

Tanadivank Monastery near Vernashen
Khotakerats Monastery
Surp Nshan Church of Yeghegis
Church of the Holy Archangels of Horbategh
Holy Mother of God Church of Gndevaz
Hermon Monastery near Hermon
Arates Monastery near Hermon
Karevank Monastery (in ruins)
Surp Mamas Monastery (in ruins)
Aghberts Monastery (in ruins)

Primates

Archishop Abraham Mkrtchyan (10 December 2010 - )

References

Dioceses of the Armenian Apostolic Church

Armenia and
Nagorno-Karabakh

Etchmiadzin

Aragatsotn (Saint Mesrop of Oshakan)
Araratian (Saint Sarkis of Yerevan)
Artik (Saint Gregory of Artik)
Armavir (Holy Mother of God of Vagharshapat)
Artsakh (Ghazanchetsots of Shushi)
Gegharkounik (Holy Mother of God Cathedral of Gavar)
Gougark (Gregory of Narek of Vanadzor)
Kotayk (Kecharis 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	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 al-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 (Surp Sarkis of 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) Azerbaijan (Saint Gregory of Baku) (abandoned)

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)

South America

Etchmiadzin	Argentina (Saint Gregory of Buenos Aires) Brazil (Surp Gevork of São Paulo) Uruguay (Surp Nerses of Montevideo)

Asia and Oceania

Etchmiadzin	India and the Far East (Holy Nazareth of Kolkata) Australia and New Zealand (Holy Mother of God of Sydney)

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