Armenian Catholic Community in Russia

Abstract

Records of the Catholic Armenians in Russia refer to the 18th century. Today on the territory of Russia Armenians are represented by three main confessions – Catholics, Protestants (Evangelicals) and adherents of the Armenian Apostolic Church. But in some regions there are Orthodox Armenians and in recent years there are also Lutheran Armenians. Generally, the contacts of the Catholic Armenians with that country can be divided into there stages, and each of them with its positive and negative sides greatly influenced Armeniancy in this immense country. Those stages are tsarist Russia, Soviet and post-Soviet period.