Editing Yerevan (section)

====Armenian Apostolic Church====
[[File:Saint Peter and Paul Church, Yerevan.jpg|thumb|left|The 5th-century [[Saint Paul and Peter Church, Yerevan|Saint Paul and Peter Church]]]]

[[Armenian Apostolic Church|Armenian Apostolic Christianity]] is the predominant religion in Armenia. The 5th-century [[Saint Paul and Peter Church, Yerevan|Saint Paul and Peter Church]] demolished in November 1930 by the Soviets, was among the earliest churches ever built in Erebuni-Yerevan. Many of the ancient Armenian and medieval churches of the city were destroyed by the Soviets in the 1930s during the [[Great Purge]].

[[File:Surb Hovanes Mkrtich Church, Kond.JPG|thumb|[[Saint John the Baptist Church, Yerevan|Saint John the Baptist Church]], consecrated in 1710]]
[[File:St.Sarqis.jpg|thumb|[[Saint Sarkis Cathedral, Yerevan|Surp Sarkis]] Church, consecrated in 1842]]

The regulating body of the Armenian Church in Yerevan is the [[Araratian Pontifical Diocese]], with the [[Saint Sarkis Cathedral, Yerevan|Surp Sarkis Cathedral]] being the seat of the diocese. It is the largest diocese of the Armenian Church and one of the oldest dioceses in the world, covering the city of Yerevan and the [[Ararat Province]] of Armenia.<ref name="araratian-tem1"/>

Yerevan is currently home to the largest Armenian church in the world, the [[Saint Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral, Yerevan|Cathedral of Saint Gregory the Illuminator]]. It was consecrated in 2001, during the 1700th anniversary of the establishment of the Armenian Church and the adoption of Christianity as the national religion in Armenia.

As of 2017, Yerevan has 17 active Armenian churches as well as four chapels.