Armenian Apostolic Church, Rancho Mirage, CA (under construction)

The Armenian Apostolic Church was founded by Jesus Christ, the church's Website explains. According to tradition, two of His Apostles — St. Thaddeus and St. Bartholomew — preached His Gospel in Armenia as early as the second half of the first century. Then in the early fourth century St. Gregory the Illuminator formally established the Church in Armenia, when King Tiridates III was baptized and declared Christianity as the state religion. Indeed, the Christianization of Armenia “determined the entire future course of Armenian history”