Artaxata was destroyed and rebuilt several times from the 1st to the 5th centuries CE, before finally being abandoned. “According to legend, Gregory the Illuminator converted the Armenian king ...
The church is located in Artaxata, an ancient city that served as Armenia’s capital for almost 600 years. In the early fourth century, Armenia was ruled by King Tiridates III, who was educated in Rome ...
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 ...
The Kingdom of Armenia, at the time a client-state of the Romans, formally became Christian in 301 CE, when, “according to legend, Gregory the Illuminator converted the Armenian king Tiridates ...
Armenia is believed to be the first Christian state in the world after King Tiridates III converted to Christianity. The ancient church is bizarrely octagonal, measuring nearly a whopping 100ft in ...
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 ...
Gregory converted the Armenian king Tiridates III to Christianity in Artaxata in what is believed to be 301 CE, though historians have disputed the exact date, making Armenia the first nation to ...
In the early fourth century C.E., Tiridates III, who had been raised and educated in Rome, ruled Armenia from its capital. Legend has it that in the early 300s, a saint known as Gregory the ...
They claimed that 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 ...