Obowiązki i prawa diakonis (mniszek) Apostolskiego Kościoła Ormiańskiego w Nowej Dżulfie  (w Isfahanie w Persji) w latach 1623-1954. Studium prawno-kanoniczne

Marcin Bider

doi:10.18290/kip2024.27

Published : 2024-11-25

Vol. 13 No. 2 (2024)

Obligations and Rights of Deaconesses (Nuns) of the Armenian Apostolic Church in New Julfa (Isfahan in Persia) in the Years 1623-1954. A Canonical Analysis

Marcin Bider

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18290/kip2024.27

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The aim of the article is to present, from a historical and legal perspective, the rights and obligations of Armenian deaconesses in St. Catherine’s Monastery in New Julfa (Isfahan, in Persia) in the years 1623-1954. The author, based on sources and sparse literature, analyses the forms of activity of Armenian deaconesses. The nuns (deaconesses) kept monastic lifestyle in accordance with the principles of Armenian monasticism and their Statutes of 1855. To develop the Armenian language and culture, the monastery ran a school for Armenian girls in the years 1858-1900. The author formulates the hypothesis that in 1954 this monastery was closed because the formation of the nuns was neglected, too few candidates applied to the monastery, socio-political changes took place in Persia and the nuns were constantly looking for the necessary material resources. The nuns neglected Armenian monastic lifestyle and instead were principally occupied with educational activities, running a school for girls and periodically running an orphanage. It seems that when the school for girls was closed in the monastery, it caused an ideological crisis in the community because there was no material basis for further functioning and no purpose for existing in the Persian Armenian diaspora. Unfortunately, attempts to revive monastic lifestyle in this monastery in 1944 ended in a failure.

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St. Catherine’s Monaster, Xačʽatur Vardapet Kesaracʽi, Ḵᵛāja Exiazar Lāzāriān, Tʽadēos Begnazarian, St. Stephen’s Monastery in Tiflis, Armenian Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia, orarion

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Bider, M. (2024). Obligations and Rights of Deaconesses (Nuns) of the Armenian Apostolic Church in New Julfa (Isfahan in Persia) in the Years 1623-1954. A Canonical Analysis. Kościół I Prawo, 13(2), 189–203. https://doi.org/10.18290/kip2024.27

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