The Armenian Church, Aram I, Catholicos of Cilicia (softcover)

In 301 King Drtad III and St. Gregory the Illuminator declared Armenia to be the world’s first Christian state. Over the years, the Armenian Church survived conquest, dispersion, genocide, and atheism, and it became the vanguard of Christian faith in the East. Aram I writes: “In a world in constant and radical change, the Armenian Church should not remain a museum of spiritual heritage; nor should it remain imprisoned in a petrified institutionalism. It is called to respond, in faithfulness to the core values of the Gospel, to the expectation of its people and to the challenges of the present-day world.” This book, already published in more than a half dozen languages, is addressed to people of all walks of life, to those who are eager to learn about the history and current witness of the Armenian Church.