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Tokat is the capital city of Tokat Province of Turkey, at the mid Black Sea region of Anatolia, a former bishopric and present Armenian Catholic titular see. At the 2009 census, the city of Tokat has a population of 129,879.
The city was established in the Hittite era. During the time of king Mithradates VI of Pontus, it was one of his many strongholds in Asia Minor. Known as Evdokia (Evdoksia, Dokia), it was later incorporated into the western part of the Byzantine Greek Empire of Trebizond.
After the Battle of Manzikert (1054) the town, like most of Asia Minor, came under the control of the Seljuq Turks. After the death of Sultan Suleiman ibn Qutulmish in 1086, the Emir Danishmend Gazi took control of the area, operating from his power base in the town of Sivas. It would be many decades before the Seljuks took control of that region, in the reign of Kilij Arslan II.
After the Battle of Köse Dağ, Seljuk hold over the region was lost, and local Emirs such as the Eretna took power until the rise of the Ottomans.
Even under Sejuk Muslim rule, Tokat remained a centre of Pontic Greek culture and the Greek Orthodox church.
In 1859 was established as residential Diocese the Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Tokat on territoy previously without poper Ordinary of its Eastern Catholic particular church sui iurus (Armenian Rite in Armenian lnaguage]].
The only recorded residential incumbent Eparch (Bishop) of Tokat was :
Arsenio Avak-Wartan Angiarakian (1859.08.15 – 1865.07.04), emeritate as Titular Archbishop of Tarsus (1865.07.21 – death 1874.04.08)
In 1892.05.30 it was suppressed and its territory reassigned to the Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Sebaste.
In 1972 the diocese was nominally restored as Titular bishopric of Tokat, but is vacant after a single incumbent, of the lowest (episcopal) rank :
Titular Bishop Vartan Achkarian, Mechitarists (C.A.M., Benedictine) (1987.09.28 – death 2012.07.28), Auxiliary Eparch of the patriarchal province Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon) (1987.09.28 – 1997), Bishop of Curia of the Armenians (1997 – 2002), Auxiliary Eparch of Beirut of the Armenians (Lebanon) (2002 – 2011.06.11)
The city was established in the Hittite era. During the time of king Mithradates VI of Pontus, it was one of his many strongholds in Asia Minor. Known as Evdokia (Evdoksia, Dokia), it was later incorporated into the western part of the Byzantine Greek Empire of Trebizond.
After the Battle of Manzikert (1054) the town, like most of Asia Minor, came under the control of the Seljuq Turks. After the death of Sultan Suleiman ibn Qutulmish in 1086, the Emir Danishmend Gazi took control of the area, operating from his power base in the town of Sivas. It would be many decades before the Seljuks took control of that region, in the reign of Kilij Arslan II.
After the Battle of Köse Dağ, Seljuk hold over the region was lost, and local Emirs such as the Eretna took power until the rise of the Ottomans.
Even under Sejuk Muslim rule, Tokat remained a centre of Pontic Greek culture and the Greek Orthodox church.
In 1859 was established as residential Diocese the Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Tokat on territoy previously without poper Ordinary of its Eastern Catholic particular church sui iurus (Armenian Rite in Armenian lnaguage]].
The only recorded residential incumbent Eparch (Bishop) of Tokat was :
Arsenio Avak-Wartan Angiarakian (1859.08.15 – 1865.07.04), emeritate as Titular Archbishop of Tarsus (1865.07.21 – death 1874.04.08)
In 1892.05.30 it was suppressed and its territory reassigned to the Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Sebaste.
In 1972 the diocese was nominally restored as Titular bishopric of Tokat, but is vacant after a single incumbent, of the lowest (episcopal) rank :
Titular Bishop Vartan Achkarian, Mechitarists (C.A.M., Benedictine) (1987.09.28 – death 2012.07.28), Auxiliary Eparch of the patriarchal province Cilicia of the Armenians (Lebanon) (1987.09.28 – 1997), Bishop of Curia of the Armenians (1997 – 2002), Auxiliary Eparch of Beirut of the Armenians (Lebanon) (2002 – 2011.06.11)
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokat
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 40°18'43"N 36°31'48"E
- Niksar 49 km
- Sivas 60 km
- Kayseri 194 km
- Malatya Metropolitan Municipality 239 km
- Kahramanmaraş Metropolitan Municipality 294 km
- Niğde 303 km
- Aksaray 306 km
- Bor 315 km
- Adana Metropolitan Municipality 377 km
- Mersin Metropolitan Municipality 417 km
- Gazi Osman Paşa İlköğretim Okulu 1.7 km
- Tokat Province 10 km
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