The first Armenians to join the church was Hagop T. Vartooguian and three members of his family in Constantinople Turkey.

[5] Missionary work commenced among Armenians outside Armenia in the late nineteenth century particularly in Turkey.

$115,000 were donated and used to move members south to Aleppo, Syria and some migrated to the United states.

[6] On December 7, 1988, Elder Russell M. Nelson delivered a check for $100,000 to the Soviet Ambassador to provide relief for victims of the 1988 Armenian earthquake.

In 1989, the Church announced that it would begin long-term assistance in Armenia, rebuilding and distributing humanitarian aid following the severe earthquake.

The first Church event broadcast via satellite into Armenia was the dedication of the Nauvoo Temple on June 30, 2002.

Elder M. Russell Ballard visited the Armenian President Robert Kocharian in Yerevan in August 2006.

Nonproselyting, Humanitarian missionaries, Phillip and Betty Reber, arrived in June of that year.

On August 9 2002 a branch, Georgia's first, was organized in Tbilisi having 6 humanitarian service missionaries and 50 members.

[9] In August 2005, the Church registered with the government, allowing the first full-time proselytizing missionaries to be assigned with the first arriving March 31, 2006.

The seminary and institute programs were introduced in 2008 – the same year the first local member served a full-time mission.

[10] The Baku Branch, primarily serving members from outside the country living or staying in Azerbaijan, existed in the early to mid 2010s.

Finally, the Armenia Yerevan Mission was organized on 1 July 1999, with Robert H. Sangster as president.

Smoking, drinking and abortion were permissible under the Soviet Union and getting people to live church health standards is a struggle.