Vardapet

A Vardapet () or is a highly educated archimandrite in the Armenian Apostolic Church tradition who holds a Doctorate in Theology. 
In the English-speaking world, the best-known of the doctor-monks of Armenia is Mekhitar of Sebaste, founder of an Armenian Catholic community of monks, the Mechitarists. 
==References==
*Pope John Paul II, Address of John Paul II to the Mechitarist Order on the third centenary of their founding. 3 July 2001. Retrieved 11 November 2008.
==See also==
*Gregory the Illuminator, Apostle of Armenia
*Mesrop Mashtots
*Komitas Vardapet
*Oriental Orthodoxy
*Christian monasticism
*Category:Armenian Orthodox Church
Category:Armenian Orthodox Church
Category:Eastern Catholicism
Category:Oriental Orthodoxy
Category:Armenian Christian monks
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