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Abstract: The Armenians of Hungary and Poland in the 18th century, in communion with the Roman Church and the Armenian patriarchal Church. During their great migration from the Caucasus towards Europe, large groups of Armenians settled in Moldavia, Poland, later Upper Hungary and Transylvania. Canonically they depended on the Armenian Patriarchate (Etchmiadzin). Being however far from the centre, these Churches saved their existence (as Byzantine Churches) through the union with the Roman Church. The union of the Polish Armenians constitutes an example in this respect. In Poland and Upper Hungary (Poland included at the time the western and north-western parts of present-day Ukraine) were under the strong pressure of the Reformation. This was the main motive for their orientation towards the union with the Roman Church, in the spirit of the council of Ferrara – Firenze (1439). The first Armenian bishop is documentary attested at Lemberg/L’viv about 1564. He was canonically dependent on the katholikos of Sis (Cilicia). The negotiations for the union took a long time. It was realized under Bishop Nicola Torosowicz between 1663-1664. The Armenians of Moldavia, who immigrated to Transylvania in the second half of the 17th century, are documentary attested in 1672. They depended on the bishopric in Lemberg. In 1690, Pope Alexander VII named an apostolic vicar with the see in Armenopolis/Gherla. Because of the difficult situation of the Catholics in the Transylvanian principality (with a Calvinist majority), the Armenian vicar had, until the Austrian conquest, the role of a bishop for all Catholics in Transylvania. He also contributed to the process of union of the Romanian Church with Rome.
Keywords: Armenians, migration, Poland, Moldova, Hungary, Armenian Church, Roman Church, Union Church.
Schlüsselwörter: Armenier, Migration, Polen, Moldau, Ungarn, Armenische Kirche, Römische Kirche, Kirchliche Union. |
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