ekmiasin

Updated: May 7, 2025

The catholic, or patriarch, of the Armenians resides in the monastery of Ekmiasin, three leagues from Erivan. Forty-seven archbishops, each of whom may claim the obedience of four or five suffragans, are consecrated by his hand; but the far greater part are only titular prelates, who dignify with their presence and service the simplicity of his court.

Edward Gibbon - History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4