The review of structure and branches of Iran’s Armenian Chritian Church

From very ancient times, Armenian are people who lived near Iranian territory and they had a very close relationship. The rise of Christianity among the Armenian began with the presence of two Apostles of Prophet Jesus (pbuh) in the Adsa. Hence, the Church of the Armenian is called as Apostolic Church. After that, the development of Christianity among Armenian was because of the efforts of Saint Gregory. In the 301, they accepted the Christianity as their official religion and introduce their Church as the national church that is a combination of religion and ethnicity. Over the time, the Christian branches had emerged in Apostolic Church and divided it into the Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant branches. Although unity in the Armenian’s ethnicity, religion, script and language never be separated from the Armenian church but they differ from each other in managing the churches. This letter that is to investigate the structure and characteristics of the Armenian Church, consist of an introduction, four chapters, and Summarization and two Appendixes. Introduction part related to Armenian History and the rise of Christianity among them. In the first chapter the author deals with study of the concepts and expresses the method of the research. In the second chapter the structure and method of the managing the church are described. Chapter three is dedicated to the rituals. At the end in the chapter four Armenian’s feasts and rituals are described. It should be noted that in the Appendix one symbols of the Eucharist are described, and in the Appendix two Regulations of caliphate are expressed for the readers.