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THE ARMENIAN CHURCH (2945 words) |
 | The Armenian community in Moldavia is old indeed; it had begun to settle in the area even before the foundation of the principality and played a major role in the development of the state, its trade and its towns. |
| The church in Botosani was founded in 1350, and the church in Roman, in 1355 (according to the tradition, it was a wooden church purchased from the local Saxons). |
| The church is dedicated to the Virgin Mary, just like most of the Armenian churches in the area (the main church in Botosani, the churches in Chisinau, Roman, Focsani, Galati, Cetatea Alba, Targu Ocna, Constanta, two of the churches in Suceava). |
| ARMENIAN CHURCH TIMELINE (2514 words) |
| The Armenian Church is apostolic because of the preaching of the Apostles Thaddeus and Bartholomew in Armenia. |
| The Armenian Church formally objects to the Christology of the Council of Chalcedon |
| The Zaven Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople is exiled to Baghdad. |
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