Christianity in Armenia
Religion in Armenia (2011)
Up to 95% of Armenians follow Christianity. Armenia has its own church, the Armenian Apostolic Church, which most Armenians follow. It was founded in the 1st century AD, and in 301 AD became the first branch of Christianity to become a state religion.
In the 21st century, the largest religious minority in the country is composed of new converts to Protestant and Non-Trinitarian Christianity, a combined total up to 38,949 persons (1.3%). Due to the country's ethnic homogeneity, non-Christian religions such as Yazidism and Islam have few adherents, particularly since the Nagorno-Karabakh War. Many Muslims were expelled then. Hetanism is a growing ethnic religious ("pagan") movement.
The country has an area of 11,500 square miles (30,000 km2) and a population of 3 million. Approximately 98 percent of the population is ethnic Armenian. Armenians have a very strong cultural connection to the Armenian Apostolic Church. About 92.5% of citizens belong to the Armenian Apostolic Church, an Eastern Christian denomination in communion with the other Oriental Orthodox churches. The Armenian Apostolic Church has its spiritual center at the Etchmiadzin Cathedral. The head of the church is Catholicos Karekin II.
According to the Census of 2011, the composition of people identifying with religions in Armenia is the following: Christianity 2,862,366 (94.8%), of whom 2,797,187 are Armenian Apostolic (92.5%); 29,280 Evangelical; 13,996 Armenian and Roman (Latin) Catholic; 8,695 Jehovah's Witness; 8,587 Eastern Orthodox (Russian, Ukrainian, Georgian, Greek); 2,874 Molokan (non-Orthodox Russians); 1,733 Assyrian Church of the East (Nestorian); 733 Protestant; 241 Mormon; Yazidism (0.8%), Paganism (0.2%); 812 Islam; 5,299 other religions (0.2%); 121,587 no response (4%).
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