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A '''Vardapet''' ({{lang-hy|Վարդապետ}}) or is a highly educated [[archimandrite]] in the [[Armenian Apostolic Church]] tradition who holds a [[Doctor of Theology|Doctorate in Theology]].  

In the [[English language|English]]-speaking world, the best-known of the doctor-monks of [[Armenia]] is [[Mekhitar|Mekhitar of Sebaste]], founder of an [[Armenian Catholic]] community of monks, the [[Mechitarists]].  
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==References==
*[[Pope John Paul II]], [http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/speeches/2001/documents/hf_jp-ii_spe_20010707_mechitarista_en.html ''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]], [[Twelve Apostles#Later Christianizing apostles|Apostle]] of Armenia
*[[Mesrop Mashtots]]
*[[Komitas Vardapet]]
*[[Oriental Orthodoxy]]
*[[Christian monasticism]]
*[[Category:Armenian Orthodox Church]]

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[[Category:Eastern Catholicism]]
[[Category:Oriental Orthodoxy]]
[[Category:Armenian Christian monks]]

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