Mechitarists
Sign in to saveThe Mechitarists, officially the Benedictine Congregation of the Mechitarists (), is an Armenian Catholic monastic order founded in 1701 by Mekhitar of Sebaste. Members use the postnominal abbreviation CAM.
Key facts
- Organization.name
- Benedictine Congregation of the Mechitarists
- Organization.native_name
- Benedictina Congregatio Mechitarista
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- la
- Organization.image
- MekhitaristEmblem.jpg
- Organization.caption
- Coat of arms of the Mekhitarist Order, from a book, 1900 ca.
- Organization.abbreviation
- C.A.M.
- Organization.nickname
- Mechitarists
- Organization.founder
- Mekhitar of Sebaste
- Organization.founding_location
- Constantinople
- Organization.type
- Monastic order of Pontifical Right for men
- Organization.headquarters
- Isola di San Lazzaro, Venezia-Lido, Italy
- Organization.members
- 32 members (includes 24 priests) as of 2015
- Organization.leader_title
- Abbot General
- Organization.parent_organization
- Armenian Catholic Church
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- History
- The Schism of 1773
- Organization
- Monastic life
- Literary and artistic activities
- See also
- Notes
- Sources and references
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The Mechitarists, officially the Benedictine Congregation of the Mechitarists (), is an Armenian Catholic monastic order founded in 1701 by Mekhitar of Sebaste. Members use the postnominal abbreviation CAM.
The order is best known for their series of scholarly publications of ancient Armenian versions of otherwise lost ancient Greek texts and their research on classical and modern Armenian language. They follow the Rule of Saint Benedict.
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