Tiridates III of Armenia
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Tiridates III, also known as Tiridates the Great or Tiridates IV, was the Armenian Arsacid king from c. 298 to c. 330. In the early 4th century Tiridates adopted Christianity as the state religion of
19th-century illustration of Tiridates
Tiridates III the Great, the Great King of the Armenians.
Tiridates III with his wife Ashkhen and sister Khosrovidukht by Naghash Hovnatan.
Tiridates III and Gregory the Illuminator, Echmiadzin.
Armenian Apostolic Church
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The Armenian Apostolic Church is the autocephalous national church of Armenia. Part of Oriental Orthodoxy, it is one of the most ancient Christian churches. The Armenian Apostolic Church uses the Arme
Tiridates III of Armenia
…three children: a son called Khosrov III, a daughter called Salome, and another daughter who married St. Husik I, one of the earlier Catholicoi of the Armenian Apostolic Church. The traditional story of the conversion of the king and the nation is primarily based on the fifth-century Armenian history attributed to Agathangelos…
Etchmiadzin Cathedral, the mother church of the Armenian Apostolic Church
Gregory the Illuminator, first Catholicos of All Armenians
Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem
Armenian Church in Madras, India, constructed in 1712