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The spiritual head of the Armenian church, who resides at Etchmiadzin, Russia, and has ecclesiastical jurisdiction over, and consecrates the holy oil for, the Armenians of Russia, Turkey, and Persia, including the Patria…

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  1. n. The spiritual head of the Armenian church, who resides at Etchmiadzin, Russia, and has ecclesiastical jurisdiction over, and consecrates the holy oil for, the Armenians of Russia, Turkey, and Persia, including the Patriarchs of Constantinople, Jerusalem, and Sis.
  2. n. the ecclesiastical title of the leaders of the Nestorian and Armenian churches
  3. The spiritual head of the Armenian church, who resides at Etchmiadzin, Russia, and has ecclesiastical jurisdiction over, and consecrates the holy oil for, the Armenians of Russia, Turkey, and Persia, including the Patriarchs of Constantinople, Jerusalem, and Sis. Note: The Patriarch of Constantinople is the civil head of the Armenians in Turkey.
  4. The spiritual head of the Armenian church, who resides atEtchmiadzin, Russia, and has ecclesiastical jurisdiction over, andconsecrates the holy oil for, the Armenians of Russia, Turkey, andPersia, including the Patriarchs of Constantinople, Jerusalem, andSis.
  5. n the ecclesiastical title of the leaders of the Nestorian and Armenian churches