Identity area
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Date(s)
- 1660-01-01-1947-12-31 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
Global extent: 3895 cases (boxes); 43 selected and described items from 22 selected cases
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
The Catholicos of All Armenians (Armenian: Ամենայն Հայոց Կաթողիկոս) is the chief bishop and spiritual leader of Armenia's national church, the Armenian Apostolic Church, and the worldwide Armenian diaspora. The seat of the Catholicos, and the spiritual and administrative headquarters of the Armenian Church, is the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, located in the city of Vagharshapat.
The National Ecclesiastical Assembly is the supreme legislative body presided over by the Catholicos of All Armenians. The members of the National Ecclesiastical Assembly are elected by the individual Diocesan Assemblies. The National Ecclesiastical Assembly elects the Catholicos of All Armenians.
Repository
Archival history
This fond was so huge that when the Church transfer the archives to the State during Soviet period (after 1920), the State decided to divide it between the National Archives of Armenia and Matenadaran Archives.
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
The Chancellery or Divanatun is the working office of the Catholicos.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
The fonds is closed.
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Conditions governing access
Subject to the authorization of the National Archives of Armenia (HAA).
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Rules and/or conventions used
ISAD(G), Second Edition, Ottawa 2000.
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Catalogue prepared on February 2017
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Archivist's note
Inventory of a range of 43 items from the Archives of the Divan of the Catholicos of All Armenians, (1826-1920), held by the National Archives of Armenia (Erevan), made by Arman Khachatryan, Gohar Avakyan, Sonya Mirzoyan and Hovakimyan Nazenyi, 2016-2017.