Talk:Armenia

All Things Considered

"The Government of Armenia holds European integration as a key priority in its foreign policy as it is considered a European country by the European Union." This raises some questions. Is Armenia considered a European country by the Soviet Union? Will the dropping of trade barriers with Europe create dumping of German kebabs on the Armenian market? How many times per week do Armenians eat kebab? Is Constantinople considered a European country by the European Union? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 186.125.86.17 (talk) 02:21, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

Human Development Index 2011

Please change the data for Armenia's HDI. It has grown to 0.716 since 2010

http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR_2011_EN_Complete.pdf — Preceding unsigned comment added by XdeX (talk • contribs) 15:57, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

small mistake

I don't seem to have permission to edit the article, but it says "In 1920, Turkish nationalist forces invaded the fledgling Armenian republic from the east and the Turkish-Armenian War began." It should of course say that the republic was invaded from the west. Wikiboer (talk) 06:14, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Emerging Democracy?

The introduction says that Armenia is an emerging democracy. Isn't this alittle inaccurate? Shouldn't the article mention that Armenia has an autocratic or semi-autocratic regime? After all, Freedom House calls the country "Not Free."

Also, shouldn't the article mention the genocide of Azerbaijanis by Armenia in 1988-1994? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.214.240.145 (talk) 01:14, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

Armenia as the first officially Christian state - inaccurate information (please verify)

Old text: [...] becoming the first officially Christian state, ten years before the Roman Empire granted Christianity an official toleration under Galerius, and 36 years before Constantine the Great was baptized.

respectively

Armenia was the first nation to adopt Christianity as a state religion, an event traditionally dated to AD 301.[95][96][97][98]

This is inaccurate. The first Christian state (officially) was Antiohia (en Antioch) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antioch

Quote: Late Antiquity[edit]

ChristianityAntioch was a chief center of early Christianity. The city had a large population of Jewish origin in a quarter called the Kerateion, and so attracted the earliest missionaries.[6] Evangelized, among others, by Peter himself, according to the tradition upon which the Antiochene patriarchate still rests its claim for primacy,[7] and certainly later[8] by Barnabas and Paul during Paul's first missionary journey. Its converts were the first to be called Christians.[9] This is not to be confused with Antioch in Pisidia, to which the early missionaries later travelled.[10]

A bronze coin from Antioch depicting the emperor Julian. Note the pointed beard.The population was estimated by Chrysostom at about 100,000 people at the time of Theodosius I. Between 252 and 300, ten assemblies of the church were held at Antioch and it became the seat of one of the four original patriarchates, along with Jerusalem, Alexandria, and Rome (see Pentarchy). Today Antioch remains the seat of a patriarchate of the Oriental Orthodox churches. One of the canonical Eastern Orthodox churches is still called the Antiochian Orthodox Church, although it moved its headquarters from Antioch to Damascus, Syria, several centuries ago (see list of Patriarchs of Antioch), and its prime bishop retains the title "Patriarch of Antioch," somewhat analogous to the manner in which several Popes, heads of the Roman Catholic Church remained "Bishop of Rome" even while residing in Avignon, France in the 14th century. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tsgrozescu (talk • contribs) 04:44, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

As a state; Armenia was the first to officially adopt Christianity. The information you give indicates Christianity in Antioch but nowhere it states information about it recognizing Christiniaty as a state.Nocturnal781 (talk) 05:43, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

The problem is the whole, overly simplistic, "first state to adopt Christianity" concept. Meowy 16:12, 18 February 2012 (UTC)