Diocese of Artik

Diocese of Artik (Armenian: Արթիկի թեմ Artiki t'em), is a diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church covering the southern part of Shirak Province of Armenia, including the towns of Artik, Maralik, and their surrounding villages.

Diocese of Artik Արթիկի թեմ
Location
Country	Armenia
Statistics
Population Total	(as of 2016 est.) ~60,000
Information
Denomination	Armenian Apostolic Church
Rite	Armenian Rite
Established	2012
Cathedral	Varagatun Saint Gregory Cathedral, Artik
Current leadership
Patriarch	Karekin II
Primate	Archimendrite Narek Avagyan

The diocese is based in the historical Armenian town of Artik, within the historic Shirak canton of Ayrarat province of ancient Greater Armenia.

The Diocese of Artik was officially founded on 2 December 2012, when it was separated from the Diocese of Shirak, upon a kontakion issued by Catholicos Karekin II.^[1] The seat of the diocese is the 7th-century Saint Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral, currently being entirely reconstructed. The prelacy is based in the nearby Varagatun religious complex, consecrated in 2012.^[2]