page_title: Armenians in Syria
section_title: Evangelical Armenians
hierarchical_section_title: Armenians in Syria / Religion / Evangelical Armenians
caption_attribution_description: English: Holy Trinity Armenian Evangelical church in Kessab, Syria, with the Gala district on the right background.
context_page_description: The Armenians in Syria are Syrian citizens of either full or partial Armenian descent.
  Syria and the surrounding areas have often served as a refuge for Armenians who fled from wars and persecutions such as the Armenian Genocide. However, there has been an Armenian presence in the region since the Byzantine era.
  According to the Ministry of Diaspora of Armenia, the estimated number of Armenians in Syria is 100,000, with more than 60,000 of them centralized in Aleppo. With other estimates by Armenian foundations in Syria putting the number around 70–80,000. However, since the start of the conflict, 16,623 Syrian citizens of ethnic Armenian background have arrived in Armenia. Of these displaced persons, 13,000 remained and found protection in Armenia as of July 2015. The government is offering several protection options including simplified naturalization by Armenian descent, accelerated asylum procedures and facilitated short, mid and long-term residence permits.
context_section_description: Armenian Evangelicals (also known as Armenian Protestants), belong to Union of the Armenian Evangelical Churches in the Near East of the Armenian Evangelical Church.
  The Armenian Evangelical community in Syria has the following church buildings:
  Emmanuel Church of Aleppo
  Bethel Church of Aleppo
  Martyrs' Church of Aleppo
  Church of Christ of Aleppo
  Holy Trinity Church of Kessab
  Emmanuel Church of Ekizolukh, Kessab
  The Armenian Evangelical Church of Keorkeuna, Kessab
  The Armenian Evangelical Church of Karadouran, Kessab
caption: The Holy Trinity Armenian Evangelical Church of Kessab
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