The Legend: King Tiridates III of Armenia (287-337 A.D.) agreed with Roman Emperor Diocletian that Hripsime (pronounced Kuhrip-simeh), an aristocratic young woman of stirring beauty, was wasted as ...

An ancient theological dispute remains relevant as well. In the early fourth century, Armenia's King Tiridates III converted to Christianity, making Armenia possibly the world's oldest Christian ...

The acknowledged founder of Armenian Christianity, Hart notes, was St. Gregory the Illuminator, who converted King Tiridates III. It is not only Christians who suffer from persecution in Iran.

As a great granddaughter of survivors of the Armenian Genocide, Holy Etchmiadzin has played a pivotal role in my personal ...

This Saint, a Parthian by race, was the son of Anak. He was born about the year 240 and was taught the Faith of Christ in Caesarea of Cappadocia. He entered the service of Tiridates, King of Armenia, ...

Built in the 1st century CE by King Tiridates I and dedicated to the sun god Mihr, Garni Temple is the most significant ...

Nino, Rhipsimia, Gaiana, and fifty other virgins escaped to Armenia. The furious Diocletian ordered his soldiers to follow them and sent a messenger to Tiridates, the Armenian king (286–344), to put ...

This Saint, a Parthian by race, was the son of Anak. He was born about the year 240 and was taught the Faith of Christ in Caesarea of Cappadocia. He entered the service of Tiridates, King of Armenia, ...