page_title: Armenians in Egypt
section_title: Church
hierarchical_section_title: Armenians in Egypt / Present day / Church
caption_attribution_description: Armenian Catholic Cemetery of Cairo, Egypt
context_page_description: Armenians in Egypt are a community with a long history. They are a minority with their own language, churches, and social institutions. The number of Armenians in Egypt has decreased due to migrations to other countries and integration into the rest of Egyptian society, including extensive intermarriage with Muslims and Christians. Today they number about 6000, much smaller than a few generations ago. They are concentrated in Cairo and Alexandria, the two largest cities. Economically the Egyptian Armenians have tended to be self-employed businessmen or craftsmen and to have more years of education than the Egyptian average.
context_section_description: Armenian Egyptians are divided into Armenian Apostolic (known also as Orthodox or at times Gregorian) belonging to the Armenian Apostolic Church and Armenian Catholic communities belonging to the Armenian Catholic Church. There are also some Egyptian Armenians who are members of Armenian Evangelical churches.
  There are five main Armenian churches in Egypt, two in Alexandria and three in Cairo.
  Armenian Orthodox community comprise the majority of Armenian Egyptians. 
  The Armenian Apostolic churches include:
  Paul and Peter Armenian Apostolic Church (Alexandria)
  St. Gregory the Illuminator Armenian Apostolic Church (Sourp Krikor Lousavoritch Armenian Apostolic Church)(in Cairo).
  The Prelacy of the Armenian Church in Egypt, which is under the jurisdiction of See of Holy Echmiadzin, is the primary guardian of community assets such as endowments, real estate in the form of agricultural land and other property bequeathed by generations of philanthropists.
  The Armenian Catholic community has two churches:
  Armenian Catholic Patriarchate and the Church of the Assumption (Cairo)
  Armenian Catholic Patriarchate (in Alexandria)
  St. Therese Armenian Catholic Church (Heliopolis, Cairo)
  The Armenian Evangelical community in Egypt currently has one church:
  Armenian Evangelical Church of Alexandria (in Alexandria)
caption: Armenian Catholic Cemetery of Cairo
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