Entrance Examination Questionnaire
General Church History
“General Church History”, its methods and structure
“History of the Armenian Church” within the framework of general church history
Formation of the first Christian communities and main trends in their development. The Apostolic Council of Jerusalem (51 AD)
Apostolic preaching in Armenia according to early conversion tradition
Persecutions of Christianity in the 2nd–4th centuries: legal justifications and main stages. Persecutions in Hayq
Christianity as a tolerated religion. The Edict of Milan
The spread of Christianity in Armenia and the struggle of paganism against it
Christianity becomes the state religion in Armenia. Organization of the Armenian Church as a unified structure. Gregory the Illuminator and King Trdat the Great
Nationalization of the Armenian Church. Sahak Partev
Invention of the alphabet and the opening of national schools in Armenia, Georgia, and Caucasian Albania. Mesrop Mashtots and the Translation Movement
Monastic movement
Arius and Arianism. The anti-Arian struggle
The First Ecumenical Council. The Creed, canonical decisions, and the Armenian Church’s attitude toward them
The Cappadocian theological school and Armenia
The Second Ecumenical Council. The doctrine of the Trinity, the Creed, canonical decisions, and the doctrine of the "New Rome"
The Third Ecumenical Council and its decisions. The conflict between Cyril of Alexandria and Nestorius. The “Union” of Alexandria and Antioch (433 AD) and the Armenian Church
The Fourth Council of Chalcedon and the new doctrinal formula. Canon 28 of Chalcedon
The Cappadocian Fathers’ doctrine of the Trinity
Apologetic and polemical literature of the universal Church
Theology and exegesis (Alexandrian and Antiochian schools)
The triumph of Christianity in Armenia. St. Nerses the Great
The Armenian Church’s struggle against remnants of paganism. The Council of Ashtishat
The Armenian Church as the organizer of social life after the fall of the Arsacid dynasty
The Council of Shahapivan. Canonical decisions
The Armenian Church in the second half of the 5th century. Hovhan Mandakuni and Vahan Mamikonian
The Armenian Church’s position on the decisions of Chalcedon. Chalcedonian and non-Chalcedonian Churches. Julianist and Severan currents
The spread and state adoption of Christianity in Georgia
The First and Second Councils of Dvin. The anti-Nestorian movement
Religious policy of Emperor Justinian I. The Edict on the “Three Chapters”
The Council of Constantinople in 553 AD
The Armenian Church and the second partition of Armenia
The Armenian-Georgian ecclesiastical schism
New attempts at union between the Armenian and Byzantine Churches. The Council of Karin (632 AD) and the doctrine of “unanimity”
The missionary work of the Armenian Church in the 5th–7th centuries
Armenian-Albanian church relations. The Council of Partav
The Armenian Church’s anti-heretical struggle in the 5th–8th centuries
Nationalization of the Armenian Church. Hovhan Odznetsi
The Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem
The Armenian Church under Arab domination. Sahak III Dzoraporetsi and Yeghia of Arjesh
The Iconoclast and Iconophile movements in the 7th–8th centuries. The Seventh Ecumenical Council of Nicaea (787 AD) and the Armenian Church’s position
Apologetic and polemical literature of the Armenian Church
Armenian-Byzantine ecclesiastical relations in the 9th–10th centuries. The Council of Shirakavan (862 AD)
The Armenian Church during the restoration of Armenian statehood. Zachariah I Dzagetsi and George II Garnetsi
The Armenian Church during the Bagratid Kingdom (9th–11th centuries)
The situation of Papal Rome and the Patriarchate of Constantinople in the early 11th century. The Great Schism of 1054 and its canonical and doctrinal causes. The Filioque controversy
Canonical principles of the formation of Orthodox Churches. Independent (autocephalous) and autonomous Orthodox Churches. Orthodox doctrine and worship
The internal state of the Western Church in the 11th–13th centuries. The Cluniac reform movement. Pope Gregory VII. The Ottonian religious policy
The Armenian Church in the early 12th century and the anti-throne Catholicosate of Aghtamar. The Council of Karmir Vank (1114 AD) and the adoption of new regulations for the election of Catholicos
Unification movements in Cilician Armenia. Nerses of Lambron
Spiritual and social preconditions of the Crusades
The Council of Clermont. Causes and aims of the formation of Western spiritual-knightly orders
The Fourth Crusade and the establishment of the Latin Empire and Patriarchate. Unification policy
The spread and state adoption of Christianity in Russia. Establishment of the Russian Patriarchate
Church and monastic institutions in the 10th–14th centuries
The Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople
The decrees and Creed of the Council of Trent. Papal censorship and the “Index of Forbidden Books”
The founding of the Armenian Catholic Mekhitarist Congregation and its scientific and cultural activities
The Armenian Church in the 1830s–1850s. Formation and activity of Armenian Catholic and Evangelical Churches
The Armenian Church’s national preservation activity in the first half of the 19th century. Nerses Ashtaraketsi. The "Polozhenie" (1836)
George IV of Constantinople and the founding of the Gevorgian Theological Seminary
The Armenian Church’s national role in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Khrimyan Hayrik
The June 12, 1903, law and the Armenian people’s struggle against Tsarism
Reformist initiatives in the Armenian Church in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Maghakia Ormanian
The Armenian Church during the Armenian Genocide
The Armenian Church during the First Republic of Armenia. George V Surenyants
The Armenian Church in the first decades of Soviet rule. Khoren I Muradbekian
The Armenian Church in the 1940s–50s. The Great Repatriation. George VI Chorekchian and Karekin I Hovsepiants
The Armenian Church and the Armenian diaspora. Vazgen I Paljian
The Armenian Church and Catholicos Karekin I. Relations between the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin and the Catholicosate of Cilicia
The RA Law “On Freedom of Conscience and Religious Organizations” (June 17, 1991) and the Armenian Church
The historical fate of the Catholicosates of Aghtamar, Sis, and Gandzasar
The contemporary Christian world and the ecumenical movement
Liturgical books of the Church (e.g. Lectionary, Treasury, Book of Hours, Sacramentary, Calendar, Hymnal, Synaxarion, Ritual Book, etc.)
Bun Barekendan (Feast of the Fast of Lent)
Great Lent
