Հայ աւետարանական համայնքների գործունէութիւնը խորհրդային Հայաստանում 1920ականներին
| dc.contributor.author | Արտաշէս Ղազարեան | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-06-18T05:13:23Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-06-18T05:13:23Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
| dc.description.abstract | As of the late 19th-early 20th century. During the first Republic of Armenia (1918-20) and after its Sovietization, several experienced Armenian Evangelical pastors, preachers and activists were actively involved in community life. In 1914 they founded the Armenian Evangelical Ararad Union or community, which basically combined the Armenian Evangelical communities of Yerevan, Vagharshabad, Alexandropole (Leninagan), Nor Bayazed and their surrounding villages and those of Gars (until 1920). The Union was officially recognized by the Soviet Armenian government on December 23, 1923, the day when its "religious constitution" was registered. Secret documents in the archives of the Soviet Special Services reveal that Evangelism had started to spread in Soviet Armenia between 1923 and 1927. As of 1924 the Union tried to unite with the Russian Baptist Christians and form a single body which would enhance the promotion of Evangelism in Armenia. But no sooner was the Union registered than the Soviet Armenian authorities paid special attention to their activities and their leadership, tried to isolate and deport the active and outstanding leaders from Soviet Armenia and the Soviet Union, to dismantle the community and to bring an end to their activities. This policy was implemented notwithstanding the fact that the community functioned within the Soviet legal perimeters and according to the officially registered parameters of the "religious constitution". The unification attempts failed, while the increasing oppression gradually paralyzed the Union. Leading Armenian Evangelical activists were deported from the USSR, others were unjustifiably imprisoned and exiled based on false accusations, and others were executed. As of 1927 the Soviet Armenian authorities refused to grant the official permission which was renewed annually, all the religious organizations were deprived of their rights, the places of prayer and churches were closed, the belongings of those exiled were confiscated, Evangelical preaching and spiritual gatherings were forbidden, and the activities of the Union and the Armenian Evangelical community were stopped. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Ղազարեան, Ա., «Հայ աւետարանական համայնքների գործունէութիւնը խորհրդային Հայաստանում 1920ականներին», «Հայկազեան հայագիտական հանդէս», 2022, 42/2, Պէյրութ, էջ 115-134 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://haigrepository.haigazian.edu.lb/handle/123456789/1481 | |
| dc.title | Հայ աւետարանական համայնքների գործունէութիւնը խորհրդային Հայաստանում 1920ականներին |
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