KhorVirap意为“深坑”。这里指的是引导亚美尼亚皈依基督教的圣格里高利在获得合法身份以前，被亚美尼亚国王Tiridates三世囚禁其中的深坑。传说深坑内遍布毒虫，圣格里高利在这里被囚13年，靠着奇迹和一位妇女暗中接济活了下来。现在这里是亚美尼亚重要 ...

Archaeologists discovered a fourth-century Christian church in Armenia, considered the country’s oldest. Armenia is believed to be the first Christian state in the world after King Tiridates III ...

ARCHAEOLOGISTS have uncovered a 4,000-year-old dagger in Italy and said it might give great inside into Copper Age Europe.

According to legend, Gregory the Illuminator converted the Armenian king Tiridates III to Christianity in Artaxata in 301 AD, making Armenia the first Christian state in the world. The medieval ...

Armenia is believed to be the first Christian state in the world after King Tiridates III converted to Christianity. The ...

"According to legend, Gregory the Illuminator converted the Armenian king Tiridates III to Christianity in Artaxata in 301 AD, making Armenia the first Christian state in the world," the school ...

Armenian-German Artaxata Project “According to legend, Gregory the Illuminator converted the Armenian king Tiridates III to Christianity in Artaxata in 301 AD, making Armenia the first 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.

ARCHAEOLOGISTS have uncovered an ancient church in the first ever Christian country - built a mere 350 years after Jesus walked the Earth. Experts discovered the fourth-century church in Armenia ...

Archaeologists have discovered an ancient church in Armenia that dates back to 350 AD, almost 2,000 years ago - the oldest ...