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witch   5
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withhold   9
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01Kor1    2:3|they may in general shine with spiritual and earthly luster
01Kor1    2:6|boundless, mountain-high sea, along with every breathing thing
01Kor1    2:12|victory of some, in accordance with the divine religion, the bravery
01Kor1    2:19|Job, prior to his encounter with Satan, saying
01Kor1    2:20|close intimacy of great Moses with God. The divine tradition has
01Kor1    2:22|of all, even crowning them with beatitudes in His luminous gospel
01Kor1    2:35|Again, he strives to live with them all by Christ’s example
01Kor1    3:4|divine commands, and adorning himself with every preparation, he served the
01Kor1    4:1|And subsequently, in compliance with the precepts of the gospel
01Kor1    4:3|kinds of hardships, in keeping with the precepts of the gospel
01Kor1    4:3|dark cells, clad in sackcloth, with the floor as his bed
01Kor1    4:6|And thus, bearing with a courageous will all the
01Kor1    5:1|Taking along with him his faithful pupils, the
01Kor1    5:3|exercising the art of evangelism, with the faithful cooperation of the
01Kor1    5:5|his moaning prayers to God with upraised hands and ceaseless tears
01Kor1    5:6|was thus surrounded and ensnared with sad worries and engulfed by
01Kor1    6:1|And after being occupied with the same problem for many
01Kor1    6:2|Cordially they came together, and with earnest prayers early every morning
01Kor1    6:6|a man named Vahrij along with messages to a priest called
01Kor1    6:7|first became familiar, through Daniel, with the letters, then taking them
01Kor1    6:8|from Habel, the King rejoiced with Sahak and Mashtots
01Kor1    6:9|on whom they might experiment with the alphabet
01Kor1    6:10|and taught for two years with the use of the same
01Kor1    7:1|Therefore, taking with him a group of young
01Kor1    7:1|the blessed Mashtots took leave with a kiss of holiness, in
01Kor1    7:2|the city, received the visitors with due honors and solicitude, in
01Kor1    7:2|honors and solicitude, in keeping with the custom of Christians
01Kor1    8:1|He then resumed, with his co-workers, his usual
01Kor1    8:2|him that good fortune; for with his holy hand he became
01Kor1    8:3|holy Bishop, he went, along with his pupils, to the city
01Kor1    8:4|devised, after which he proceeded with translations, with the help of
01Kor1    8:4|which he proceeded with translations, with the help of two of
01Kor1    8:5|Proverbs of Solomon, which begins with the exhortation to seek wisdom
01Kor1    9:1|taking leave of them together with his followers, he came to
01Kor1    9:3|And taking with him letters of good tidings
01Kor1    9:3|gracious gift, he set out with his group. Safely passing many
01Kor1    9:3|Safely passing many hostelries, and with profound joy, he arrived in
01Kor1    9:6|there; on the contrary, filled with spiritual consolation, he was confident
01Kor1    9:7|the magnificent, who had spoken with God
01Kor1    10:1|who were difficult to communicate with, not only because of their
01Kor1    11:1|And from then on continuing with the husbandry of God’s work
01Kor1    11:1|of God’s work, they began with the evangelical art - to translate
01Kor1    11:3|He, “and write in it with a scribe’s pen.” And elsewhere
01Kor1    11:6|Moses, the law-giver, along with the order of the prophets
01Kor1    11:6|of the prophets, energetic Paul with the entire phalanx of the
01Kor1    11:6|phalanx of the apostles, along with Christ’s world-sustaining gospel, became
01Kor1    12:6|nearby the royal court together with the entire national army
01Kor1    13:2|he took leave of them with his assistants, the first one
01Kor1    13:3|Together with them, trusting in God’s grace
01Kor1    13:4|his usual manner, in company with the pious Shabit, he filled
01Kor1    13:4|Shabit, he filled the district with the message of Christ’s gospel
01Kor1    14:1|Here too he was received with godly amenities by the ruler
01Kor1    14:2|visit and to familiarize himself with all parts of Siunik
01Kor1    14:4|filled the region of Siunik with monastic orders. At that time
01Kor1    14:4|ingenious, far-sighted man, endowed with the grace of divine knowledge
01Kor1    15:5|the forge of education, and with spiritual love and energy he
01Kor1    15:6|dissimilar tongues, he bound together with one set of divine commandments
01Kor1    16:2|he had filled every place with the holy gospel of the
01Kor1    16:3|And he hastened and went with many pupils to the region
01Kor1    16:7|then the blessed one taking with him the excellent Bishop of
01Kor1    16:9|city for a definite period with the same living accommodations accorded
01Kor1    16:10|and obtained unassailable authorization, along with a sacred edict bearing the
01Kor1    16:10|well as to be honored with valuable gifts
01Kor1    16:11|provided by the court, and with much pomp and circumstance took
01Kor1    16:12|Armenia, and presented themselves armed with the emperor’s sacred edict
01Kor1    16:16|use the misery-inflicting stick, with very severe chastisements, imprisonments, tortures
01Kor1    16:18|the doctrine and was filled with all goodness
01Kor1    16:22|And along with many pupils he came to
01Kor1    17:2|name was Arsvagh, who along with the nobility received him in
01Kor1    17:2|in the name of Christ with utter compliance
01Kor1    17:4|brutal men become well acquainted with the prophets and the apostles
01Kor1    17:8|as overseers over them along with one of the royal priests
01Kor1    18:1|whose name was Khurs, who with God-loving piety welcomed him
01Kor1    18:1|him and placed himself along with his office at the service
01Kor1    18:4|was Ashusha, placed himself along with his entire district at his
01Kor1    19:5|the worthy church fathers, along with the canons of Nicaea and
01Kor1    19:5|Church which they had brought with them
01Kor1    19:7|once more undertook, with Eznik, the comparison of the
01Kor1    19:7|translations from then available copies with the authentic copies, and they
01Kor1    19:8|their time, day and night, with the reading of books, and
01Kor1    19:8|studious assistants, especially in keeping with the commandments from God’s messengers
01Kor1    20:1|Then the blessed Mashtots with his excellent erudition began to
01Kor1    21:2|and without hesitation, he bore, with his evangelical and upright life
01Kor1    21:2|and all the pagans, and with no contradiction from opponents. And
01Kor1    21:2|he adorned every man spiritually with the vestments of Christ
01Kor1    22:2|all the monasteries he took with him a few pupils to
01Kor1    22:4|they did not become drunk with wine, but were filled with
01Kor1    22:4|with wine, but were filled with the spirit and their hearts
01Kor1    22:4|were ever ready to praise with hymns the glory of God
01Kor1    22:6|There they were fired with God-worshipping service. There they
01Kor1    22:8|And he without hesitation hurried with his assistants to investigate whatever
01Kor1    22:8|of God solved it, and with ceaseless speech, he caused the
01Kor1    22:13|which enables him to speak with God
01Kor1    22:14|aid and intercedes for themwith groanings that cannot be uttered
01Kor1    22:19|disciples, endowed as they were with piety, served as examples to
01Kor1    22:19|all who came near him with the same exhortation
01Kor1    22:20|for the same purpose, daily, with perseverance
01Kor1    24:1|number of years and gracious with the goodness of God-given
01Kor1    24:2|the administration of extreme unction with prayers pleasing to God, expired
01Kor1    24:5|saintly and devout man, who with the assistance of noble lady
01Kor1    24:6|of saintly men, raised him with psalms, doxologies, and hymns, and
01Kor1    24:7|All the Martyrs, placed him with sweet-smelling incense of all
01Kor1    24:7|the saints, and sealed it with the seal of Christ, and
01Kor1    25:1|this I mean Mashtots, seared with yearning, was immersed in sad
01Kor1    25:3|permit cheerfulness, yet he continued with the grace of God, faultlessly
01Kor1    25:4|And day and night, with fasting and praying and with
01Kor1    25:4|with fasting and praying and with supplications, and in loud voice
01Kor1    25:5|his eyes to be overcome with sleep nor his eyelids with
01Kor1    25:5|with sleep nor his eyelids with somnolence, until he attained rest
01Kor1    26:2|Armenian army being located, along with the saintly master, in Nor
01Kor1    26:2|Nor Kaghak, Vagharshapat in Ayrarat, with the same godly life he
01Kor1    26:3|of those around him, and with hands upraised to heaven, he
01Kor1    26:6|This was seen by everyone with his own eyes, and was
01Kor1    26:8|Vahan and Hmayeak, along with the populace, lifted the deceased
01Kor1    26:8|deceased, having made all arrangements, with psalms and doxologies and spiritual
01Kor1    26:8|and doxologies and spiritual joy, with burning candles and flaming torches
01Kor1    26:10|Amatuni was able to build, with Christ-loving zeal, a marvelous
01Kor1    26:10|loving zeal, a marvelous church with finely hewn, sculptured stones, and
01Kor1    26:11|vessels of varied colors, decorated with shining gold, silver, and precious
01Kor1    26:11|and precious stones. And together with the assembled monks, he transferred
01Kor1    26:12|temperate and pious man, along with brethren, as servants of the
02Agat1    1:10|With a great grudge he vowed
02Agat1    1:10|his own Arsacid kinsmen. Inflamed with his grudge, he wanted full
02Agat1    1:13|Stahrite Sasanian and had united with him Artashir
02Agat1    1:15|was because they had united with, accepted, and submitted to the
02Agat1    1:17|of brigades coming against him with great force, he arose and
02Agat1    1:18|covering the plains and roads with their scattered corpses, and delivering
02Agat1    1:19|from this great destruction triumphantly, with much booty, and joyfully elated
02Agat1    1:19|to the city of Vagharshapat, with great joy, good renown, and
02Agat1    1:21|worship of his Arsacid clan with white bulls and white rams
02Agat1    1:21|white horses and white mules, with gold and silver ornaments, with
02Agat1    1:21|with gold and silver ornaments, with fringed and tasseled silks
02Agat1    1:22|with gold crowns and silver items
02Agat1    1:22|of gold and silver studded with gems, and beautifully adorned brilliant
02Agat1    1:24|for the troops who were with him, he gave them gifts
02Agat1    2:12|Then the Parthian along with his brother organized with their
02Agat1    2:12|along with his brother organized with their families, women, and children
02Agat1    2:15|went before him, receiving him with great joy, especially since Anak
02Agat1    2:15|especially since Anak began speaking with him falsely and deceitfully, demonstrating
02Agat1    2:17|who had come to him with his entire family, he regarded
02Agat1    2:20|king decided to muster troops, with the aim of invading Persia
02Agat1    2:21|the compact he had made with the king of the Persians
02Agat1    2:22|though he wanted to deliberate with him on some matter
02Agat1    2:27|risen up, coursed along swollen with blocks of ice and mounds
02Agat1    3:9|of Christian learning, becoming familiar with the scriptures of God and
02Agat1    3:13|to scold and threaten him with various punishments
02Agat1    3:14|Often he harassed Gregory with torments in prison and in
02Agat1    4:1|the Goths mustered troops and, with numerous brigades of soldiers, came
02Agat1    4:2|the Goths sent a message with the following import: “Why should
02Agat1    4:9|the king, and Trdat was with him
02Agat1    4:18|a man who can deal with this matter. His name is
02Agat1    4:22|Thus, did they clothe Tiridates with the imperial adornment and place
02Agat1    4:26|exalting, adorning, and beautifying him with purple and imperial ornaments
02Agat1    4:28|After the triumphant combat with its display of bravery, King
02Agat1    5:8|The king began to speak with Gregory, saying: “All these years
02Agat1    5:8|you have served me singlemindedly with all your power
02Agat1    5:9|I was satisfied with your labors and intended to
02Agat1    5:10|that I have served you with all my strength
02Agat1    5:17|because such the Lord recompenses with blessings
02Agat1    5:21|of my Lord’s bonds. And with him I would be happy
02Agat1    5:23|as for your threatening me with death, you will merely join
02Agat1    5:32|vengeance for impiety, demanding it with impartial and rigorous judgment from
02Agat1    6:4|and with her the great and noble
02Agat1    6:4|of heaven and earth, and with him the other gods. And
02Agat1    6:6|on my part in speaking with you and honoring you, yet
02Agat1    6:13|therefore, they have repaid you with such punishment
02Agat1    6:18|in order to torment me with bonds, I hope in my
02Agat1    6:19|they may season my immortality with the real salt of the
02Agat1    7:1|and he should be flogged with vicious green rods
02Agat1    7:7|all the world, who is with you and with your only
02Agat1    7:7|who is with you and with your only- begotten in your
02Agat1    7:21|they were put to death with torture, torments and all sorts
02Agat1    7:28|and is and remains forever with the Father and with the
02Agat1    7:28|forever with the Father and with the holy Spirit
02Agat1    7:30|of affliction, death and torments, with his death and burial
02Agat1    7:41|the temples of the idols with sacrifices which they offered to
02Agat1    7:46|he came and redeemed us [cf. Gal. 3.13] with his blood from bondage to
02Agat1    7:48|cast everyone into eternal torments, with soul and body into the
02Agat1    7:49|on the thief who shared with you the sufferings of your
02Agat1    7:54|Lord, who note: ’I am with you every day until the
02Agat1    7:60|receive the crown of victory with your beloved
02Agat1    7:68|You make recompense of joy with blessings to your worshippers; whose
02Agat1    7:75|creatures and feed them all with your sweetness
02Agat1    7:76|Lord, to receive the crown with those whom you have made
02Agat1    7:93|become inheritors of your kingdom with those who were pleasing before
02Agat1    7:99|the earth has been filled with piety towards you
02Agat1    7:109|too may be considered equal with your beloved ones on the
02Agat1    8:4|of Armenia, began to speak with him, saying: “What is your
02Agat1    8:4|just as you have labored with me from a young age
02Agat1    8:8|shins and feet and tightened with strong cords until the blood
02Agat1    8:22|of sheepskin and filled it with cinders from a furnace. They
02Agat1    9:1|his feet to be bound with cords of wineskins and him
02Agat1    9:4|who filled the whole universe with wisdom
02Agat1    9:7|his flanks to be torn with iron scrapers until all the
02Agat1    9:7|all the ground was running with his blood
02Agat1    10:1|and that he be struck with heavy hammers and be suspended
02Agat1    10:6|of my Lord I fought with the enemy, who in hidden
02Agat1    10:8|and vivify these same souls with the same body
02Agat1    10:9|flourish for a while, yet with that same soul and body
02Agat1    10:11|I now will burn you with fire that can be extinguished
02Agat1    10:13|not die, but withstood it with great fortitude. And to whatever
02Agat1    10:14|and after these cruel tortures with which I have afflicted you
02Agat1    11:1|Tiridates was planning to speak with him in a gentler fashion
02Agat1    11:4|on him, which he accepted with great patience for the sake
02Agat1    12:4|the altars of the gods with buildings and sacrifices of victims
02Agat1    12:5|and with the choicest of fruits offered
02Agat1    12:5|noteworthy, magnificent, and uncreated gods with wealth and adornments
02Agat1    12:10|command that will concern itself with your prosperity, increased by the
02Agat1    12:13|Be well with the aid of the gods
02Agat1    12:21|causes, I have tortured him with harsh and severe punishments. Afterwards
02Agat1    13:1|woman’s face and mascaraed eyebrows with appropriate colors, painting the likeness
02Agat1    13:2|prayers to God on High with glory and blessing, day and
02Agat1    13:5|Rhipsime’s portrait, he was filled with a crazed passion, since his
02Agat1    13:6|the grand wedding and come with great joy to perform the
02Agat1    13:7|through which he could fight with the church built by God
02Agat1    13:11|the blessed and chaste Gayane, with the saintly Rhipsime and their
02Agat1    13:16|and filled the whole world with your Spirit and wisdom in
02Agat1    13:16|in order to inscribe everyone with the name of Israel, ’seers
02Agat1    13:19|holy church, which was built with many true stones on the
02Agat1    13:23|attain the promised blessings, adorned with unfading crowns with the five
02Agat1    13:23|blessings, adorned with unfading crowns with the five obedient virgins [cf. Matt. 25.2], shining
02Agat1    13:23|the five obedient virgins [cf. Matt. 25.2], shining with deeds of virtue in the
02Agat1    13:23|the renewed splendor of paradise, with the divine bridegroom among the
02Agat1    14:3|took it from his hand with joy
02Agat1    14:14|only were they not happy with me as king, they did
02Agat1    14:14|stained, impure and abominable, and with their governess they have fled
02Agat1    14:15|death on whoever may be with her and their governess. And
02Agat1    14:16|the worship of the gods with all honor
02Agat1    15:1|as they read the letter with the edict’s instructions, the king
02Agat1    15:1|edict’s instructions, the king ordered - with great sternness - that they should
02Agat1    15:1|everywhere in his realm, investigating with care
02Agat1    15:5|candlesticks ornamented in gold and with golden torches one should set
02Agat1    15:8|their glory filled the universe with their divine fame
02Agat1    15:10|land of the Armenians, beginning with the arrival of the commanding
02Agat1    15:15|these stupid and depraved men, with loud bewailing, tears, and hands
02Agat1    15:17|be kept there in company with her chaste companions
02Agat1    15:18|sent a gold sedan chair with attendants to the door of
02Agat1    15:19|she would adorn herself and with splendor and honor enter the
02Agat1    15:22|be so. But let us, with you, be received by him
02Agat1    15:23|governess, she was fortified as with the arms of the Spirit
02Agat1    15:23|armored cuirass [cf. I Thess. 5.8]. She cried out with a loud voice and stretched
02Agat1    16:2|raised their hands to heaven with tearful and piteous cries, begging
02Agat1    16:6|and his love we await with longing until we stand before
02Agat1    16:7|good cheer [Matt. 14.27; Mk. 6.50], because I am with you [Matt. 28.20], and I have preserved
02Agat1    16:8|your name were truly ’thrown’ with Gayane and your friends from
02Agat1    16:21|animals and made his habitat with the beasts of the desert
02Agat1    16:21|the desert and his pasturage with wild asses
02Agat1    16:22|and destroyed her lawless enemies with an opprobrious death, and graciously
02Agat1    17:2|the center of the town, with merry-making. They all intended
02Agat1    17:2|intended to celebrate the wedding with dancing
02Agat1    17:5|a man. They fought starting with the third hour and continuing
02Agat1    17:7|She agreed to speak with her protégé, and coming close
02Agat1    17:8|rocks and struck her mouth with them until her teeth fell
02Agat1    17:11|Remember the divine instruction with which I nourished you
02Agat1    17:18|heaven which you yourself heard with your own ears today, which
02Agat1    17:26|while the king was struggling with saint Rhipsime
02Agat1    17:29|her and hit her face with stones, and knocked her teeth
02Agat1    17:30|Meanwhile Rhipsime was still fighting with King Trdat from the tenth
02Agat1    17:32|crown and left him covered with shame
02Agat1    18:1|were the chief executioner along with torturers, with blazing torches before
02Agat1    18:1|chief executioner along with torturers, with blazing torches before them
02Agat1    18:4|burning and roasting her flesh with their fire
02Agat1    18:7|and women, who had come with them, more than seventy people
02Agat1    18:10|Saying this with one voice, together they breathed
02Agat1    18:11|martyrs, my companions and sisters, with your handmaid and our mother
02Agat1    19:13|she had dared to corrupt with her harmful advice her, who
02Agat1    19:15|executioner emerged from his meeting with King Trdat boasting that he
02Agat1    19:17|setting these out, saint Gayane with her companions began to speak
02Agat1    19:22|then cut off their heads with a sword
02Agat1    19:23|those who had once come with them from the land of
02Agat1    19:24|who were put to death with the saintly ladies Gayane and
02Agat1    19:24|saintly ladies Gayane and Rhipsime, with those who were counted in
02Agat1    19:25|of [Hori] September saint Rhipsime died with a class of thirty-three
02Agat1    19:25|eighth of Hori, saint Gayane with two of her companions who
02Agat1    19:25|her companions who fought along with her, were martyred and received
02Agat1    20:3|them, he went and dwelled with them
02Agat1    20:7|slaves and servants, were struck with torments and there was deep
02Agat1    20:10|words. Then they commenced talking with her, saying: “Then you, too
02Agat1    20:12|was repeated five more times - with threats that if she did
02Agat1    20:12|king would increase even more with various torments and death
02Agat1    20:13|Then Xosroviduxt went back with great fear and concern, and
02Agat1    20:24|that point the king, wracked with pain, emerged from the herd
02Agat1    20:26|distance that Gregory was coming with Otay and many other people
02Agat1    20:26|eating their own flesh, infested with demons and foaming at the
02Agat1    20:28|that they cover their bodies with clothing and hide their shame
02Agat1    20:40|and the grandee nobility together with a great mob of people
02Agat1    21:16|evil lawlessness. Wash your souls with living water [cf. Heb. 10.22], and you will
02Agat1    21:28|majesty of the Trinity, God with all and above all, who
02Agat1    21:29|your midst. They are alive with God and intercede for those
02Agat1    21:29|pray to have their intercession with God
02Agat1    21:37|us begin to nourish you with heavenly words [cf. Ez. 3.2]. For if you
02Agat1    21:39|will strike and kill you with vengeful and cruel blows, and
02Agat1    22:1|ashes and said together as with one mouth: “Now have we
02Agat1    22:4|against us nor regard us with antipathy nor hinder us from
02Agat1    22:6|people ate their own flesh with their own teeth
02Agat1    22:8|were in the terrible pit with me, his unworthy servant, he
02Agat1    22:10|a giant, as you saw with your own eyes? How could
02Agat1    22:14|day I saw a vision with eyes wide open: an angel
02Agat1    22:14|service; he has entrusted you with the task of his labor
02Agat1    22:18|For I was entrusted with telling you of the commands
02Agat1    22:19|you turning towards the divinity with prompt readiness, we shall with
02Agat1    22:19|with prompt readiness, we shall with good-will begin to expound
02Agat1    22:21|proper order I shall narrate, with unwearying tongue and tireless mouth
02Agat1    22:27|know his creation, and who with reverent will obeyed and fulfilled
02Agat1    22:29|the prophets arose like luminaries [cf. Phil. 2.15] with God’s shining words; they were
02Agat1    22:29|everyone. They filled the world with ordained readings, showing forth the
02Agat1    22:33|relate to you in order with detailed indications. And do you
02Agat3    1:1|brethren, let us concern ourselves with our common profit and advantage
02Agat3    1:4|for the world and mercy with faith, hope and love, and
02Agat3    1:5|them you may be reconciled with God
02Agat3    1:11|become one spirit and sharers with him through his body and
02Agat3    2:1|Day and night, they stayed with him, dwelling by the door
02Agat3    2:3|physician might heal their souls with the gospel of Christ
02Agat3    2:4|he made them all acquainted with and aware of the virtuous
02Agat3    3:1|princes and the common people, with the crowd of women and
02Agat3    4:9|down to the earth, and with the light numberless hosts of
02Agat3    4:9|creatures in human appearance and with wings like fire
02Agat3    4:10|these hosts filled everything below with their light, and as the
02Agat3    4:10|forward so did the hosts with it
02Agat3    4:14|where saint Gayane was martyred with her two companions, and one
02Agat3    4:14|where saint Rhipsime was martyred with her thirty-two companions, and
02Agat3    4:15|of these columns were level with the capital of the column
02Agat3    4:17|holy martyrs in shining light, with white garments, which I am
02Agat3    4:18|and divine throne of fire with the Lord’s cross above it
02Agat3    4:18|light in every direction, mingled with the rays of the cross
02Agat3    4:37|angels will mingle and live with mankind
02Agat3    4:48|in God and were crucified with Christ, and Christ lives in
02Agat3    4:49|cross; they became fellow-sufferers with their Lord, and likewise will
02Agat3    4:56|firmly established the whole body with limbs and joints
02Agat3    4:58|And it mingled with its rays, because it receives
02Agat3    4:60|the stain of the soul with the body
02Agat3    4:75|will easily receive blessing, for with the true laborers you will
02Agat3    5:1|order to make you familiar with his divinity
02Agat3    5:11|protégé,” “tutee”) had been martyred with thirty-two companions
02Agat3    5:14|these places and adorned them with burning lamps of gold and
02Agat3    5:14|lamps of gold and silver, with kindled lanterns, and blazing candelabras
02Agat3    6:1|cedar wood firmly held together with iron nails
02Agat3    6:4|then he sealed the boxes with the seal of Christ
02Agat3    6:5|embroidered fabrics made of silk with golden threads
02Agat3    6:10|benevolent providence and are provided with leaders, chief priests, overseeing bishops
02Agat3    7:1|body was covered all over with thick bristles like a hog
02Agat3    7:8|command and they went along with him to help with the
02Agat3    7:8|along with him to help with the work
02Agat3    8:5|King Trdat himself with his sister Xosroviduxt and Queen
02Agat3    8:5|for each of the saints with their own hands
02Agat3    8:8|thoughtless battle he had fought with the saint in his own
02Agat3    8:11|the south of the city with her two companions in martyrdom
02Agat3    8:12|Similarly, the blessed Rhipsime with her thirty-two companions they
02Agat3    8:20|Then Gregory with the king and all the
02Agat3    8:20|revealed by the fiery column with its golden base. They honorably
02Agat3    8:20|They honorably enclosed the place with a high wall and with
02Agat3    8:20|with a high wall and with doors and locks secured it
02Agat3    8:21|and souls of the people with preaching, seasoning them with the
02Agat3    8:21|people with preaching, seasoning them with the salt of divinity. They
02Agat3    9:2|and then the blessed Gregory with great prayers and pleas, through
02Agat3    9:3|standing there among the people with the appearance of a pig
02Agat3    9:3|fell off his body along with the tusk-like teeth and
02Agat3    9:5|up in their limbs, those with dropsy, those possessed, those with
02Agat3    9:5|with dropsy, those possessed, those with scurvy, or with gout
02Agat3    9:5|possessed, those with scurvy, or with gout
02Agat3    10:1|Then Gregory took counsel with the king, the [naxarars] lords, and
02Agat3    10:3|king, by sovereign edict and with the consent of all, entrusted
02Agat3    10:3|all, entrusted the blessed Gregory with the work of destroying and
02Agat3    10:4|The king himself, with all the troops, left the
02Agat3    10:6|a brigade of infantry armed with lances and javelins, and rushed
02Agat3    10:6|rushed forth like men armed with spears and flags. With a
02Agat3    10:6|armed with spears and flags. With a great cry they fled
02Agat3    10:6|they fell upon and fought with those who had arrived. From
02Agat3    10:6|they barely frightened the people with their new faith
02Agat3    10:14|the temples’ estates and servants with the pagan priests and their
02Agat3    10:17|He merely enclosed certain areas with walls and set up the
02Agat3    10:19|First was Trdat, the king, with all his House
02Agat3    10:21|did he fill all places with the holy Gospel of the
02Agat3    11:3|They dedicated that village, with all its estates and borders
02Agat3    11:4|his evangelical skills of preaching. With the devoted aid of the
02Agat3    11:9|they made the mountains reverberate with their great roaring
02Agat3    11:13|holy Church of God, along with the sites themselves
02Agat3    12:2|The king, with his grand authority, gave an
02Agat3    12:3|Gregory there, too, was acting with the consent of all, generally
02Agat3    12:3|of all, generally filling everyone with the advantages of preaching, he
02Agat3    12:3|was convincing everyone, not merely with words, but also with miracles
02Agat3    12:3|merely with words, but also with miracles, signs, and various types
02Agat3    12:6|the message of Apostolic preaching with works of labor. This was
02Agat3    12:6|taught wisdom, to familiarize them with the glad tidings of the
02Agat3    12:9|the accompanying royal courtiers along with the grandee nobility and all
02Agat3    13:1|King Tiridates together with his wife, the [tikin] queen Ashxe’n
02Agat3    13:2|from all sides, in accordance with the order, people came to
02Agat3    13:5|The king deliberated with all of them, urging them
02Agat3    13:6|so that he illuminate us with baptism and renew us, as
02Agat3    14:1|the king quickly, piously, and with great delight assembled by him
02Agat3    14:2|aspet, prince of the principality with the right of crowning the
02Agat3    14:6|that an edict be written, with this import
02Agat3    14:10|teach us foolish one’s wisdom - with how great a love they
02Agat3    14:10|became a pig and pastured with the wild beasts
02Agat3    14:14|you greetings - I king Tiridates with all the army of Greater
02Agat3    15:1|for the journey, taking along with them gifts: gold, silver, horses
02Agat3    15:2|royal carriage, which was covered with gold and pulled by white
02Agat3    15:3|the princes gathered around him with carriages and horses, troops, banners
02Agat3    15:3|horses, troops, banners, each prince with his own brigade, and then
02Agat3    15:3|every city they were received with much honor and organized hospitality
02Agat3    15:5|all the classes of servitors with their angelic religion
02Agat3    15:6|chief priest. Leontius received it with great joy and all the
02Agat3    15:7|martyr-like battles, glorifying him with candles, psalms, and spiritual songs
02Agat3    15:8|who had arrived, receiving them with great care, according to their
02Agat3    15:12|With great honor and a letter
02Agat3    15:12|clerics sent off saint Gregory with the princes
02Agat3    15:13|They exchanged greetings and, with the grace of our Lord
02Agat3    15:14|took brigades of them along with him. Gregory was greatly exalted
02Agat3    15:16|After this Gregor took with him the multitude of those
02Agat3    15:16|troops of nobles. Taking leave with gifts of gratitude, Gregory and
02Agat3    15:16|all his people set out, with the grace of God. Thus
02Agat3    16:1|temple to Vahagn, a temple with a large treasury, full of
02Agat3    16:4|from Greek territory, he brought with him some relics of the
02Agat3    16:6|through yet another small valley with water in it, the white
02Agat3    17:1|and the princes who were with him to come with hammers
02Agat3    17:1|were with him to come with hammers and destroy the buildings
02Agat3    17:7|people there who were associated with the pagan priesthood were destroyed
02Agat3    17:11|the grandee [naxarars] lords who were with him and had accompanied him
02Agat3    17:14|places and filled the area with priests and the construction of
02Agat3    17:15|Gregory himself left that place, with the grand splendor of the
02Agat3    18:3|around to fill every place with churches, priests, servitors, and all
02Agat3    18:3|service, and to illuminate many with baptism
02Agat3    18:4|at the place called Ditsavan, with all the grandees and the
02Agat3    18:4|They went and circulated around with Gregory and found healing from
02Agat3    18:5|them the word of Life. With all the servitors of the
02Agat3    18:5|of the Gospel who were with him from Sebastia whom no
02Agat3    18:7|The king with all the troops went before
02Agat3    18:7|Gregory filled all of them with the greeting of Christ’s Gospel
02Agat3    18:7|greeting of Christ’s Gospel. And, with much delight and joy, they
02Agat3    18:10|has been narrated to us, with unbounded joy we have thanked
02Agat3    18:11|also be glorified and crowned with their crowns
02Agat3    18:12|kingdom give rest to those with burdens and those who have
02Agat3    18:16|you angered by your denial, with tears you will placate
02Agat3    18:19|of the numberless waves; and with constant joy for this reason
02Agat3    18:19|joy for this reason, and with unceasing mouth and unresting voice
02Agat3    19:1|arrived in Armenia illuminated, and with visible gifts of divine grace
02Agat3    19:2|himself to unceasing instruction, and with the assistance of the pious
02Agat3    19:2|king and all the army with the mass of the common
02Agat3    19:4|With his companions that he had
02Agat3    19:8|The entire country was converted with all their hearts and were
02Agat3    20:8|great joy, in white garments, with psalms and blessings [cf. Eph. 5.19] and lighted
02Agat3    20:8|burning candles and blazing torches, with great rejoicing and happiness, illuminated
02Agat3    20:8|of the saints [cf. Acts 26.18] were flowering with sweet odor in Christ [cf. Eph. 5.2; Phil. 4.18]. So
02Agat3    20:9|sacrifice and communicated them all with the blessed sacrament, distributing to
02Agat3    21:5|Meanwhile, he also filled everyone with spiritual blessing through deeper instruction
02Agat3    22:1|these savage and wild natives with their beast-like mentalities. He
02Agat3    22:4|were divided into two groups with one group learning Syriac and
02Agat3    22:5|these residents of the land with their savage, empty, beast-like
02Agat3    22:5|like minds, suddenly became acquainted with the prophets, familiar with the
02Agat3    22:5|acquainted with the prophets, familiar with the apostles, and heirs to
02Agat3    22:7|designated priests, and fortified them with the stamp of Christ (baptism
02Agat3    22:7|so that all became filled with the Holy Spirit
02Agat3    22:9|everyone and clothed every soul with divine vestments and spiritual armaments
02Agat3    23:2|their training and nourishing them with spiritual care and piety
02Agat3    23:10|was there no being drunk with wine but growth in the
02Agat3    23:10|a preparation of their hearts with spiritual songs to the glory
02Agat3    23:12|was continuous in illuminating teaching with a view to progressive election
02Agat3    23:15|With these same spiritual practices he
02Agat3    24:1|went around strengthening his pupils with the spirit of truth. He
02Agat3    24:2|With unceasing mouth, he spread the
02Agat3    24:7|fulfilled among those who speak with God, of which blessed Paul
02Agat3    24:10|distractions and concern oneself solely with the service of God
02Agat3    25:1|law to the Hebrew camp with all the ranks of the
02Agat3    25:1|or like the outstanding Paul with the entire group of the
02Agat3    25:1|entire group of the apostles, with the gospel of Christ that
02Agat3    25:5|king Trdat made this covenant with all the people who were
02Agat3    25:5|might have this firm pact with him: to obey ardently and
02Agat3    25:5|to believe in the Creator with all their heart
02Agat3    25:7|greatly implored Gregory to remain with him continuously and to travel
02Agat3    25:7|continuously and to travel around with him, but he did not
02Agat3    25:8|Now while the king along with the people were longing for
02Agat3    25:10|many different types of austerities with all diligence according to the
02Agat3    25:11|like-minded people, he associated with them and instructed them in
02Agat3    25:13|glorious and honorable senior nobles with edicts to quickly bring Gregory’s
02Agat3    26:3|The king took them along with him and went forth looking
02Agat3    26:5|to stay and circulate around with him, and since he loved
02Agat3    26:11|For he was well acquainted with Greek secular literature, having previously
02Agat3    26:14|prayers and supplications to God with arms outstretched, and ever-flowing
02Agat3    26:16|With great solicitude he assisted the
02Agat3    26:17|great archbishop, the blessed Gregory, with his holy son Aristakes and
02Agat3    26:17|their prominent assistants, circulated around with all his students and strengthened
02Agat3    27:2|Mediterranean, and made this vow with all of them that they
02Agat3    27:2|believe in the Christian truth. With one divine message they should
02Agat3    27:11|he took the crown marked with Christ’s sign and put it
02Agat3    28:2|to the Lord of All. With rejoicing and great joy, he
02Agat3    28:3|He made preparations to take with him the great archbishop Gregory
02Agat3    28:4|area. In addition, Trdat took with him the great prince of
02Agat3    28:6|With great joy the travelers passed
02Agat3    28:7|They were met with many exalted receptions and honors
02Agat3    28:9|went out before their guests with great love and honor. They
02Agat3    28:14|Gregory, whom he had brought with him, saying: “This is the
02Agat3    28:15|be blessed by him. And with many splendid honors he exalted
02Agat3    28:16|Similarly, with great happiness he showed love
02Agat3    28:16|furthermore, he made an alliance with him, holding their faith in
02Agat3    28:21|after this, they were exalted with solicitude and great splendor by
02Agat3    28:21|honorable princes of the city. With very great offerings and noteworthy
02Agat3    28:21|noteworthy gifts they were honored with affection
02Agat3    28:22|garbed in robes of purple, with the blessed kat’oghikos receiving the
02Agat3    28:22|mounted the royal carriage, decorated with gold, and with great pomp
02Agat3    28:22|carriage, decorated with gold, and with great pomp and splendor they
02Agat3    29:3|the faith and was crowned with blessing by the assembly, leaving
02Agat3    29:4|Then the blessed Aristakes returned with glorious faith and with the
02Agat3    29:4|returned with glorious faith and with the confirmed Nicene canons which
02Agat3    29:5|of the country of Armenia. With the united support of King
02Agat3    29:6|Then after such deeds, with even more profound teaching blessed
02Agat3    29:7|the ignorant and those occupied with worldly affairs, in order to
02Agat3    29:9|Day and night, with fasting and prayers and ardent
02Agat3    29:11|And thus, with the king and all his
02Agat3    30:3|sheet and write on it with the pen of an experienced
02Agat3    30:5|all, came and completed this with his gracious command: “Go to
02Agat3    30:5|So, this blessed one freely, with hopeful concern and profitably, demonstrated
02Agat3    30:6|deeds that we ourselves saw with our own eyes and were
02Agat3    31:4|presence of the Father and with the Father; and in the
02Agat3    31:4|essence of the same, and with him created all creatures
02Agat3    31:8|his invisible powers he proceeds with penetrating light. He is near
02Agat3    31:13|our humanity, and the immortal with this mortal, in order to
02Agat3    31:14|For there is nothing impossible with him. In everything he is
03Buz3    2:1|land of Armenia was illuminated with agreeable affection and pious faith
03Buz3    2:1|Aristakes was a co-bishop with his father during the entire
03Buz3    3:6|Vrtanes performed there, in accordance with his constant custom, a mass
03Buz3    3:7|and [k’ahanayapet] aschief-priest”), together with the kings, grandees, naxarars and
03Buz3    3:10|priest Vrtanes was going about with a few attendants to perform
03Buz3    4:1|became each other’s enemies and, with great rancour stirred up a
03Buz3    4:1|stirred up a fight, warring with one another without justice
03Buz3    4:5|and make them achieve reconciliation with each other
03Buz3    4:6|to them, dispatched the bishop with great insults, and took and
03Buz3    4:7|enraged they promptly commenced warring with each other
03Buz3    4:8|With great anger and wrath, the
03Buz3    4:8|of Armenia, a great general with his troops, to kill and
03Buz3    4:10|of the Manawazean, namely Manawazakert with all of its borders and
03Buz3    4:11|came the bishop of Basen with all of its borders. He
03Buz3    5:6|there, he rennovated the churches with luminous orders, resembling his grandfather
03Buz3    5:10|beseeched God and did penance with great tribulation
03Buz3    5:12|evening, he did not couple with his wife again. Later his
03Buz3    5:13|With his boyish virtue, after coupling
03Buz3    5:13|his boyish virtue, after coupling with his wife that one night
03Buz3    5:24|and establishment of many churches, with great triumph and power. And
03Buz3    5:28|and will conquer the unworthy with much patience
03Buz3    5:30|of this from the angel, with great consolation he thanked the
03Buz3    6:1|miraculous and amazing before everyone with his severe, unbearable ascetical conduct
03Buz3    6:1|unbearable ascetical conduct, keeping fasts, with his clean life, sleepless vigils
03Buz3    6:2|With the grace of God he
03Buz3    6:2|and exhorting everyone to goodness, with day and evening fasts and
03Buz3    6:2|inspiring everyone near and far with spiritual zeal, supplications and perfect
03Buz3    6:9|wanted to win their hearts with a myriad of goodly words
03Buz3    6:10|He has come with such words to deprive us
03Buz3    6:11|and fill up our land with booty
03Buz3    6:16|lands assembled there and commemorated with joy the feast in honor
03Buz3    7:0|of Armenia. How Sanesan perished with his troops
03Buz3    7:1|Chghbs and Baghaschs and Egersuans, with a multitude of other rabble
03Buz3    7:3|or the infantry troops armed with spears, and indeed, they themselves
03Buz3    7:7|aged archbishop of Armenia Vrtanes with him, they went to the
03Buz3    7:12|leaving anyone alive, and returned with a multitude of captives
03Buz3    7:13|Sanesan, king of the Mazkutk with his main brigade [bun gndawn], an inestimable
03Buz3    7:16|peoples, filling the rocky plain with the corpses of the dead
03Buz3    7:19|been slain. The country stank with the stench of the dead
03Buz3    7:20|that the slain be covered with rocks so that the country
03Buz3    8:0|planting of forests, the wars with the Persians, and the extermination
03Buz3    8:2|Janjanak, and Jrabashxik, and [Tslu glux] mountain with all of its small districts
03Buz3    8:5|they filled up the plain with another oak forest, which they
03Buz3    8:5|While Xosrov was involved with planting the forests, unexpectedly bad
03Buz3    8:10|troops from the land and with the muster of troops of
03Buz3    8:11|went before the Iranian troops with the multitude of Armenian troops
03Buz3    8:12|made a plan of unity with the princes of the Iranian
03Buz3    8:15|on the ground beseeching God with many entreaties and unrestrained tears
03Buz3    8:16|and came before them, together with general Vach’e and with all
03Buz3    8:16|together with general Vach’e and with all his senior grandee naxarars
03Buz3    8:18|seashore, and they had come with countless elephants and troops
03Buz3    8:24|Iranians did not stop warring with king Xosrov. He made a
03Buz3    8:24|the king and circulate around with him, and that none of
03Buz3    8:24|none of them should go with the royal troops
03Buz3    8:27|tuns of the nobility together with the royal troops and entrusted
03Buz3    9:3|authority of Armenia. He warred with the king of Armenia with
03Buz3    9:3|with the king of Armenia with the power of the kingdom
03Buz3    9:4|following of his honest servants with many troops against the enemy
03Buz3    9:5|sword, and killing the bdeashx with his brothers and sons
03Buz3    9:8|service to the king constantly with the land and all its
03Buz3    10:2|He came with the desire of seeing the
03Buz3    10:2|ark built by Noah and with great fervor he beseeched God
03Buz3    10:3|Yakob and those who were with him became weary and thirsty
03Buz3    10:4|forth, and he and those with him drank. To this day
03Buz3    10:9|With great joy Yakob arose and
03Buz3    10:9|great joy Yakob arose and with great thanksgiving he worshipped the
03Buz3    10:10|favored gift, Yakob and those with him turned back and went
03Buz3    10:15|But with the blessed man in question
03Buz3    10:15|and his companions were filled with spiritual consolation, knowing that they
03Buz3    10:15|that they would be received with reverence and that they were
03Buz3    10:15|and that they were waiting with great expectations (for their return
03Buz3    10:15|return) from a long journey with good news
03Buz3    10:17|it came out before Yakob with immeasurable incalculable joy and delight
03Buz3    10:18|a man who had spoken with God
03Buz3    10:26|Now Yakob departed with great sorrow and in accordance
03Buz3    10:26|great sorrow and in accordance with his Lord’s commandment he shook
03Buz3    10:27|Yakob and those with him reached the mountain of
03Buz3    10:30|from which he and those with him drank
03Buz3    10:35|And in accordance with the word which had been
03Buz3    10:43|his feet and exalted him with great honor and great gifts
03Buz3    10:45|Iranian king, his bones along with those of another folk of
03Buz3    11:0|Iranians and the Armenians fought with each other, the fall of
03Buz3    11:3|He arose and did battle with the Iranian troops and there
03Buz3    11:5|the troops who were taken with heart-rending sorrow, tearful laments
03Buz3    11:9|souls which are bound together with fervent, sincere love not be
03Buz3    11:10|were still living, they labored with just labor for these things
03Buz3    11:11|this must be exalted together with those who sacrificed themselves for
03Buz3    11:12|them but revere them worthily with the martyrs. Let us stipulate
03Buz3    11:22|land of Armenia assembled and with great service, with psalms and
03Buz3    11:22|assembled and with great service, with psalms and spiritual songs, with
03Buz3    11:22|with psalms and spiritual songs, with lamps, candles, fragrant incenses, and
03Buz3    11:22|spiritual vardapet accompanied Vrtanes’ body with sorrowful weeping to the village
03Buz3    12:2|With him the venerable, blessed lad
03Buz3    12:3|In accordance with custom, king Tiran assembled the
03Buz3    12:5|of these lords to go with the great hazarapet Vagharsh to
03Buz3    12:7|Gregory. Then they returned thence with great rejoicing and arrived in
03Buz3    12:11|angelic conduct, and implemented everything with God-given grace
03Buz3    12:14|With a soul clean and radiant
03Buz3    12:14|not occupy himself at all with mundane things. Rather, he was
03Buz3    12:14|and threatened the invisible enemy with victory
03Buz3    12:16|grace-giving Spirit filled him with knowledge with which, like a
03Buz3    12:16|Spirit filled him with knowledge with which, like a fountain, he
03Buz3    12:19|patriarch Yusik continually reprimanded them with experienced words, with modesty, according
03Buz3    12:19|reprimanded them with experienced words, with modesty, according to Christ’s counsel
03Buz3    12:20|seniority of old age, and with great bravery he implemented advisory
03Buz3    12:24|With words of priestly authority Yusik
03Buz3    13:8|accepted the faith not knowledgably with hope and faith, as is
03Buz3    13:8|were to some extent familiar with Greek or Syriac education partially
03Buz3    13:9|and night and drenched them with learning like clouds pouring down
03Buz3    13:10|For their minds were occupied with useless, vain matters, like little
03Buz3    13:10|matters, like little boys prepossessed with their childish toys, and they
03Buz3    13:10|important things. Similarly, the Armenians with their weak minds were attached
03Buz3    13:17|humanity. Rather, like the Jews, with their blinded and benighted minds
03Buz3    13:26|and conduct matters in accordance with their wishes
03Buz3    13:29|of their arrogance, in accordance with the previous vision of their
03Buz3    14:7|the first Armenian king acquainted with the faith in Christ
03Buz3    14:10|were entrusted to Daniel together with the districts they were located
03Buz3    14:19|His power with God was such that whatever
03Buz3    14:31|descended to acquaint His creations with His Father. Although they did
03Buz3    14:33|messengers who came to you with the intention of inviting you
03Buz3    14:34|You became communicants with the plot of the Lord
03Buz3    14:37|through their blood, counseled you with many miracles and in His
03Buz3    14:41|the evils of their comrades, with their entreaties again did they
03Buz3    14:45|and conduct of the Jews with their killings and dispossessions. Just
03Buz3    14:49|Lord will not be satisfied with you, will not look upon
03Buz3    14:53|people whose hands are stained with the blood of the Lord’s
03Buz3    14:57|of it, he became inflamed with wrath, in the bitterness of
03Buz3    14:58|Tiran’s soul was so bitter with rage, he was so furious
03Buz3    14:60|to exhalt it placing it with the bones of the blessed
03Buz3    14:61|not to honor his bones with the others, but that they
03Buz3    14:61|himself commanded and cover it with soil
03Buz3    14:62|us, earthlings, to be covered with the soil
03Buz3    14:63|of Aghjnik and Greater Copk. With them went clerics of the
03Buz3    14:65|to the ground, in accordance with his command given in the
03Buz3    16:2|honorable men. He sent them with gifts and hrovartaks to fetch
03Buz3    17:3|mardpetutiwn, who was named Hayr. With him they mustered awags of
03Buz3    17:3|other naxarars. They accompanied Shahak with very grand honor to the
03Buz3    17:4|they returned to the king with honor
03Buz3    17:10|was no turbulence or agitation with anyone. They had dwelled in
03Buz3    18:9|his arm, and rushed out with their weapons aloft, ready to
03Buz3    18:11|Tayk, remaining there many years with their families, leaving their other
03Buz3    19:5|With great impiety they were ridiculing
03Buz3    19:5|located there and drank wine with whores, harlots, bards [gusans], and jesters
03Buz3    19:7|The other people who were with them in the temple making
03Buz3    19:7|temple making merry and sitting with them, up and fled from
03Buz3    19:13|wife. However, he had relations with a concubine from the district
03Buz3    20:0|was lost and ruined along with him
03Buz3    20:6|handsomer. Nothing could be compared with it
03Buz3    20:7|the horse’s existence to Varaz with whom he had become friendly
03Buz3    20:9|the prince in Atrpatakan together with deeds [hrovartak] and gifts, entrusting it
03Buz3    20:11|Armenia, Tiran, is so filled with envy, jealousy, malevolence, enmity, hatred
03Buz3    20:14|With such and similar words did
03Buz3    20:18|king of Armenia treacherously speaking with him about peace, and requesting
03Buz3    20:19|Varaz be summoned to him, with great delight
03Buz3    20:20|before he arrived, Tiran reasoned with his own servants, the eunuch
03Buz3    20:20|who is coming to us, with hunts, banquets, and all sorts
03Buz3    20:24|Shapuh Varaz arrived with [3000] men, was met by the
03Buz3    20:28|No one was with the king, neither brigade nor
03Buz3    20:29|the Iranian general had arrived with a dense brigade - he had
03Buz3    20:29|had some [3000] arms-bearing men with him - Tiran felt no distrust
03Buz3    20:32|and the king and those with him became quite drunk, a
03Buz3    20:33|restrained his feet and hands with iron fetters and looted whatever
03Buz3    20:34|taking the bound king Tiran with him
03Buz3    21:0|of Iran came to Armenia with many troops but was defeated
03Buz3    21:2|Those assembled spoke with their comrades, saying: “What is
03Buz3    21:4|the emperor heard about this, with great alacrity and preparation he
03Buz3    21:5|he remembered the treaty sealed with an oath and confirmed which
03Buz3    21:7|took all of his troops with the main baggage, all in
03Buz3    21:7|all in a great caravan, with a multitude of elephants, unlimited
03Buz3    21:7|multitude of elephants, unlimited supplies, with the main tents [mashkapachens], all the
03Buz3    21:15|of queens and the women with her their possessions and goods
03Buz3    21:17|Then the emperor, elevated with great pomp, appeared in the
03Buz3    21:18|of the land, exalting them with great gifts and great honors
03Buz3    21:23|Varaz’ skin be flayed, stuffed with straw, and the body hanged
03Buz3    21:26|prison house and spoke affectionately with him saying that he would
03Buz3    21:28|women, all the other captives, with treasures, presents, and goods
03Buz3    21:29|With great preparation, the king of
03Buz3    21:33|him in great honor, and with them, all that had been
03Buz4    1:0|the land of the Armenians with his father and all the
03Buz4    1:1|the king of Iran, Nerseh, with the two of them affectionately
03Buz4    1:2|and belongings back to Armenia with great glory
03Buz4    1:3|the country of Armenia together with his father and entire family
03Buz4    2:2|they had split and broken with communication and from all Armenian
03Buz4    2:7|the hazarapetutiwn, the office concerned with looking after the land and
03Buz4    2:8|to the Mamikonean [azg], the [aghanazgik], [aghanadroshk] banners, with the symbol of an eagle
03Buz4    2:8|symbol of an eagle, emblazoned with a bird, the fearless, brave
03Buz4    3:10|He dealt with his comrades in accordance with
03Buz4    3:10|with his comrades in accordance with the commandment - to love one’s
03Buz4    3:10|according to the Lord’s commandments, with justice, purity, and serving his
03Buz4    3:11|He never tired, with a zeal for God in
03Buz4    3:11|was accomplished in everything, burning with the holy Spirit
03Buz4    3:12|shared his clothing and food with them
03Buz4    3:14|wearing his military dress adorned with the attractive ornaments on his
03Buz4    3:14|his robe, of tall height, with his attractive hairstyle, bearing aloft
03Buz4    3:14|the royal sword of steel with its golden sheath, with his
03Buz4    3:14|steel with its golden sheath, with his belt of costly gems
03Buz4    3:14|belt of costly gems decorated with pearls, those at the atean
03Buz4    3:18|was making up falsehoods, together with the king grew weak from
03Buz4    3:21|tribulations and sins in accordance with my unworthiness, awaiting the eternal
03Buz4    3:23|toward himself the royal sword with the belt which Nerses bore
03Buz4    3:27|when they saw him adorned with Christian beauty, many rejoiced that
03Buz4    3:30|With the expectation he had, he
03Buz4    3:30|had, he had been crucified with Christ, buried with Him, with
03Buz4    3:30|been crucified with Christ, buried with Him, with the love of
03Buz4    3:30|with Christ, buried with Him, with the love of faith he
03Buz4    3:30|for sins, and awaited resurrection with the hope of justice
03Buz4    4:3|With the unanimous consent of the
03Buz4    4:4|dignitaries were organized and dispatched with many presents, very great gifts
03Buz4    4:7|He received them with affection and great exaltation, and
03Buz4    4:7|great exaltation, and in accordance with canonical custom, the great archbishop
03Buz4    4:7|of blessed bishops, in accordance with Apostolic custom to ordain the
03Buz4    4:9|chief archbishop and the priests with him entered, including a chief
03Buz4    4:15|With very great pomp they put
03Buz4    4:16|With remarkable spiritual glory they reached
03Buz4    4:17|There they met with great happiness and filled with
03Buz4    4:17|with great happiness and filled with the blessing of greeting, they
03Buz4    4:20|offering them generously, nourishing them with the spiritual field
03Buz4    4:21|He was so filled with graces that he worked very
03Buz4    4:22|that person by inspiring him with awe; as for the obedient
03Buz4    4:22|were open, he convinced them with preaching
03Buz4    4:24|He consoled the believers with the hope of eternal good
03Buz4    4:26|the side of justice, and with the rain of his doctrine
03Buz4    4:26|the profitable and just deeds, with blessing
03Buz4    4:27|of Life, he irrigated it with his rain. The reaping mshak
03Buz4    4:28|powers, and was extremely concerned with the orders of clemency, First
03Buz4    4:28|others the example of benevolence, with doctrinal words exhorting everyone, and
03Buz4    4:30|up and shared their belongings with their poor, doing this happily
03Buz4    4:38|was fitting that everyone generally with mercy and piety take them
03Buz4    4:40|lamentation for the departed. Rather, with the hope of the Lord’s
03Buz4    4:40|receive eternal recompense in accordance with their deeds
03Buz4    4:41|and especially to avoid marriage with relatives or admixture between tohm
03Buz4    4:41|of the same azg, relations with sisters-in-law (daughters-in
03Buz4    4:43|swearing of false oaths, killing with bloodshed, the obscenity of bestiality
03Buz4    4:44|and not to harrass them with unworthy and especially exorbitant taxes
03Buz4    4:50|while the poor were always with him, joyfully. His tachar and
03Buz4    4:51|the wanting and needy sat with him at table and were
03Buz4    4:52|With his own hands he washed
03Buz4    4:52|all, annointing, bandaging the wounds, with his hands he divided the
03Buz4    4:54|You must atone your sins with mercy, and your impieties with
03Buz4    4:54|with mercy, and your impieties with kindness and offerings to the
03Buz4    4:55|great protomartyr and protodeacon Stephen with his comrades, for whom the
03Buz4    4:62|Or, with what enthusiasm the Achaeans served
03Buz4    4:68|With the Holy Spirit which dwelled
03Buz4    4:68|a loving mother, inspiring everyone with spiritual love; the grandees, the
03Buz4    4:69|the superintendency of the land with all trusteeship without any laziness
03Buz4    5:0|was sent by king Arshak with lords to Valens, emperor of
03Buz4    5:0|to the country of Armenia with gifts
03Buz4    5:1|the grandees of Armenia went with him to renew the oath
03Buz4    5:4|them, he elaborately exalted them with very splendid glory
03Buz4    5:7|a collaborator and co-creator with the Father in everything, that
03Buz4    5:7|through Him, that He was with the Father from the very
03Buz4    5:7|the very beginning, He was with Him and bears the type
03Buz4    5:7|reasonable, talking, wise (being) and with free will
03Buz4    5:9|as we can convince you with countless testimonies, then we can
03Buz4    5:11|will also honor your son with this holy baptism, which gives
03Buz4    5:12|come to Orthodoxy and confess with us together as an Orthodox
03Buz4    5:15|created creatures, then created Man with his incredible and visible abilities
03Buz4    5:17|to reconcile his parent father with beings having his anthropomorphic image
03Buz4    5:20|the dead and glorified everything with his first resurrection, so that
03Buz4    5:20|so that He created us with an unchangeable spirit and an
03Buz4    5:20|unthinkable and rational forces hoped with us for this unchangeable
03Buz4    5:24|in him to establish peace with his cross and bloodeverything
03Buz4    5:32|do not eat, become adults with disrespect and under swearing
03Buz4    5:36|the power of creation, then with holiness, vigilance and decency, preserving
03Buz4    5:37|stomach and cover the kidneys with fat, from this, various iniquities
03Buz4    5:41|the whole universe are filled with His light. For everyone, it
03Buz4    5:42|personifies him. They worship him with the true spirit, purifying their
03Buz4    5:45|not hesitate,” and again says, “With the joy of Your face
03Buz4    5:46|glorious coming to see God with immortality, like those who endure
03Buz4    5:48|would not die without being with us
03Buz4    5:50|and (Christ) will honor you with many other benefits and will
03Buz4    5:59|king was entirely silent sitting with legs crossed, chin in hand
03Buz4    5:61|of Armenia, be firmly bound with iron shackles, thrown in prison
03Buz4    5:67|words, wished to kill him with a sinister death. But the
03Buz4    5:74|Those who came with this man told us that
03Buz4    5:82|When none of them agreed with this, he exiled them all
03Buz4    5:87|the end of the prayers with a pilgrimage ask God that
03Buz4    5:88|emperor dispatched them loading them with much treasure. He blinded them
03Buz4    5:88|treasure. He blinded them all with bribes and sent them with
03Buz4    5:88|with bribes and sent them with much treasure of gold and
03Buz4    6:1|foreign lands, he was inflamed with even greater anger at Saint
03Buz4    6:4|to the specified place and with him seventy people, half of
03Buz4    6:6|Of those who were exiled with them, two were his people
03Buz4    6:6|the seventy others who were with them were recruited from everywhere
03Buz4    6:10|the thorn bush to dissolve with fire He ordered the air
03Buz4    6:10|himself, becoming a stone, wandered with them through the arid desert
03Buz4    6:10|the future, he foreshadowed Moses with a rod, pierced a rock
03Buz4    6:10|he himself fed the people with a small amount of bread
03Buz4    6:11|in order to mix flesh with flesh and blood with blood
03Buz4    6:11|flesh with flesh and blood with blood, and reunite the deity
03Buz4    6:11|blood, and reunite the deity with our soul and us with
03Buz4    6:11|with our soul and us with the Holy Spirit, and finally
03Buz4    6:11|have not even thanked him with words, how can you think
03Buz4    6:12|not so, we will ask with faith, and food will be
03Buz4    6:16|us, he can honor us with death in his name, giving
03Buz4    6:24|name and to honor us with the greatest rewards
03Buz4    6:25|his love for humanity repays with good
03Buz4    7:5|teacher of Christ’s teaching, for with his philosophical art he always
03Buz4    8:0|invited to a dispute and with God’s help defeated opponents in
03Buz4    8:1|the impious emperor Valens fought with great bitterness against the truth
03Buz4    8:5|the Bishop of Caesarea, Eusebius, with the announcement that a discussion
03Buz4    8:8|church (Christ), which he acquired with his blood
03Buz4    8:9|to Archpriest Basil, in which, with due respect, he very persistently
03Buz4    8:19|immediately got up and, together with the persons inviting him, went
03Buz4    8:20|When they consulted with each other about what was
03Buz4    8:20|take one of the priests with him
03Buz4    8:21|bring one of my priests with me
03Buz4    8:22|Eusebius should bring several comrades with him to the meeting
03Buz4    8:23|emperor took Bishop Eusebius and with him the blessed Archpriest Basil
03Buz4    8:24|standing behind Bishop Eusebius, filled with the Holy Spirit, cited: excerpts
03Buz4    8:24|minions of two opponents, together with the king, silenced and ashamed
03Buz4    8:25|about the truth, you won with the help of this hired
03Buz4    8:29|With that, the meeting was dissolved
03Buz4    8:30|imprison Eusebius and many others with him, and continued to oppress
03Buz4    9:8|to bring what they have with a joyful heart
03Buz4    9:10|sake of your Lord, agree with joy to plunder your property
03Buz4    10:6|even fallen asleep, he saw with open eyes that the chapel
03Buz4    10:11|to curb Valent, who interferes with the mshaks (workers), so that
03Buz4    10:15|all this, saw this vision with open eyes, was amazed, did
03Buz4    11:0|had been sent previously along with the patriarch Nerses. And how
03Buz4    11:5|this to Vardan and those with him
03Buz4    11:6|of Greater Armenia presenting him with the emperor’s hrovartak and with
03Buz4    11:6|with the emperor’s hrovartak and with it a document of displeasure
03Buz4    11:11|We too have many rocks with which to knock out your
03Buz4    11:14|They filled up with much loot and diverse sorts
03Buz4    11:14|visiting upon those areas violence with great, intense emnity
03Buz4    12:2|blessed Nerses also entrusted him with superintendency of the poor. In
03Buz4    12:6|the people prayed for him with fasting. Xad led them in
03Buz4    12:7|he had acted in accordance with divine wisdom, so to the
03Buz4    12:13|many depositaries took reserves filled with deposits and fled there; they
03Buz4    12:22|deceive the blessed bishop Xad with honors and through greed for
03Buz4    12:22|steeds from the royal horses, with royal ornaments and silk worked
03Buz4    12:22|royal ornaments and silk worked with gold, to deceptively placate him
03Buz4    13:2|requesting his return was favored with him again
03Buz4    13:3|bishops of all the districts with their people, all the naxarars
03Buz4    13:4|had been returned from captivity with him
03Buz4    13:7|their dismal sorrow was replaced with happiness
03Buz4    13:8|the Bakaser areas, and thence with great gladness they returned
03Buz4    13:10|he had wanted, in accordance with his wishes. He found him
03Buz4    13:11|and mourned and wept, lamenting with excess and with very deep
03Buz4    13:11|wept, lamenting with excess and with very deep sighs. He was
03Buz4    13:11|since it had been built with impiety, wickedness, ravishment, and many
03Buz4    13:12|to the king and spoke with him, saying: “Why have you
03Buz4    13:19|we shall enter into atonement with you. Who knows, maybe the
03Buz4    13:20|I myself will rebuild it with justice, and keep it flourishing
03Buz4    13:22|who builds his house, not with justice, and constructs the upper
03Buz4    13:22|constructs the upper story not with right,” andThey will lament
03Buz4    13:28|archbishop Nerses began to speak with the king, saying: “Because the
03Buz4    13:29|of clean grain, grows together with it and is spared so
03Buz4    13:32|the grain, He will take with Him to the Kingdom while
03Buz4    13:35|requested that Nerses be reconciled with him, and he made a
03Buz4    14:0|die he was done away with by Shawasp Arcruni
03Buz4    14:16|every place is glorified together with His Father and the Holy
03Buz4    14:17|river, in a valley dense with forests of wild-plum trees
03Buz4    14:22|He hit the eunuch Hayr with an arrow from behind that
03Buz4    15:0|court priest Mrjiwnik killed her with a fatal poison in the
03Buz4    15:10|did they agitate king Arshak with such words until they had
03Buz4    15:13|to try to summon Gnel with a great oath, treacherously, so
03Buz4    15:16|With a great vow and much
03Buz4    15:17|Gnel travelled with great speed throughout the entire
03Buz4    15:17|speed throughout the entire night with all of his organization, to
03Buz4    15:25|spearmen, sabre-bearers, axemen, armed with bayonets, and infantrymen bearing shields
03Buz4    15:30|head and proceeded to grunt with his face covered, as though
03Buz4    15:34|Christ Who now is speaking with you through us, so that
03Buz4    15:38|words of divine wisdom; rather, with the behavior of a beast
03Buz4    15:43|and will end your life with a bitter death, in great
03Buz4    15:49|man, tore her clothes and with her hair disheveled and her
03Buz4    15:51|this because of Gnel’s wife with whom he was greatly in
03Buz4    15:60|saying: “Because Tirit was seized with undeserving love for Gnel’s wife
03Buz4    15:66|about this, he was seized with fear of the king, and
03Buz4    15:67|banak to pursue, catch up with, and kill him on the
03Buz4    15:68|the fugitive Tirit, caught up with him in the forests of
03Buz4    15:71|the woman was not reconciled with him, he sent to the
03Buz4    15:75|and sought to kill her with drugs
03Buz4    15:77|unexampled, unheard of - mixing poison with the potion of Life
03Buz4    15:78|They mixed poison with the Lord’s holy and divine
03Buz4    15:83|advising or reproaching, but agreeing with whatever the king did
03Buz4    16:1|of Armenia, and exalted him with much honor, great glory, many
03Buz4    16:2|clothing of the same color with identical ornaments
03Buz4    16:5|but rather, he dishonored him with insults, saying in the Iranian
03Buz4    16:11|Vasak, honored him in accordance with his worth, and exalted him
03Buz4    16:12|the king of Armenia was with the king of Iran and
03Buz4    16:12|violate that affection, might unite with the Byzantine emperor, or somehow
03Buz4    16:13|to the oath of alliance with him
03Buz4    16:19|your faith, you treacherously plotted with him, making him flee. You
03Buz4    16:22|had vowed should be bound with an iron chain, sealed with
03Buz4    16:22|with an iron chain, sealed with his ring, and kept carefully
03Buz4    17:1|Christian faith. He oppressed them with taxes, diverse sorrows and blows
03Buz4    18:1|of Armenia, and presented him with the hrovartak
03Buz4    18:5|received and heard the message with affection and believed what had
03Buz4    18:7|younger brother, Vasak, was not with the king
03Buz4    18:9|wife also aroused the king with similar words and made him
03Buz4    18:10|who had treacherously, fraudulently, and with a great oath summoned her
03Buz4    18:15|washing his head, many men with swords reached him, and stabbed
03Buz4    20:0|king of Armenia, Arshak, allied with the king of Iran and
03Buz4    20:1|tried no severity in dealing with him, for there was still
03Buz4    20:4|come and help him fight with your brigade
03Buz4    20:6|king of Armenia, heard this, with great joy he wanted to
03Buz4    20:9|not miss their mark, men with sabres and battle-axes who
03Buz4    20:9|the entire cavalry wearing armor, with helmets, banners, with notable multi
03Buz4    20:9|wearing armor, with helmets, banners, with notable multi-sounding trumpets
03Buz4    20:10|King Arshak with a multitude of naxarars went
03Buz4    20:15|the Armenian troops grew restless with waiting and did not want
03Buz4    20:20|went against the army together with all the military forces of
03Buz4    20:22|how much they loaded up with treasures or countless great articles
03Buz4    20:23|king of Armenia remained there with his troops until Shapuh, king
03Buz4    20:23|Shapuh, king of Iran, arrived with countless, immeasurable Iranian troops
03Buz4    20:26|been able to do this with their help, but now the
03Buz4    20:34|Arshak of Armenia to go with him to Asorestan so that
03Buz4    20:34|he might exalt him there with very glorious honor and by
03Buz4    20:36|and his mind was wracked with suspicions
03Buz4    20:41|accepted, blinded by the gold with which they had been bribed
03Buz4    20:53|the king of Armenia, Arshak, with his grandees
03Buz4    20:58|the king of Armenia bearing with them the promise of a
03Buz4    21:1|desisted from hostility. He spoke with true entreaty, affectionately beseeching king
03Buz4    21:1|to be reconciled and united with him through an oath of
03Buz4    21:3|gifts, approach him, be associated with him, or even hear his
03Buz4    21:5|he himself fervently did battle with the Byzantine emperors
03Buz4    21:12|There were [60000] cavalrymen, well-armed, with spears, who were united - of
03Buz4    21:13|With them sparapet Vasak advanced and
03Buz4    22:0|after this there was warfare with the Iranians in three parts
03Buz4    22:1|as sand on the seashore, with an inestimable number of elephants
03Buz4    22:7|should advance to meet up with the Iranian troops
03Buz4    22:8|known as Ereweal. He clashed with them in war
03Buz4    22:13|Then Bagos with his entire brigade attacked the
03Buz4    22:21|They loaded up with many treasures, weapons, ornaments, much
03Buz4    23:0|Arshak of Armenia, fell in with the king of the Iranians
03Buz4    23:3|Then he made a vow with Shapuh, king of Iran that
03Buz4    23:4|his life and death along with theirs, in word and deed
03Buz4    23:8|organized and prepared. He went with them, hurrying to meet the
03Buz4    23:11|left the captives and fled with Meruzhan
03Buz4    24:3|while Arshak, king of Armenia, with his troops were located near
03Buz4    24:3|come from there - the spies, with Meruzhan as their leader, came
03Buz4    24:4|Shapuh, the king of Iran, with countless troops entered these districts
03Buz4    24:4|these districts and spread about with his multitudes like a flood
03Buz4    24:11|they were unable to fight with the strongholds. However, the secure
03Buz4    24:17|who were united in war with one mind and one heart
03Buz4    24:19|The sparapet Vasak with [60000] troops advanced, turning about, leaving
03Buz4    24:19|somewhere in the Marats country with attendants
03Buz4    24:21|Vasak and the brigade with him fell upon the banak
03Buz4    24:25|For they, in accordance with their pagan faith note: “We
03Buz4    24:25|will come to our land with the kings’ bones”. Vasak retrieved
03Buz4    24:28|Meruzhan had survived, fleeing along with the Iranian king
03Buz4    25:1|then mustered troops, surrounding himself with a host as incalculable as
03Buz4    25:3|king of Iran was coming with all of his troops to
03Buz4    25:4|went against the Iranian banak with [200000] troops and fell upon them
03Buz4    25:7|the borders of their country with great caution
03Buz4    26:0|who came to do battle with [400000] troops, but was conquered by
03Buz4    26:1|against king Arshak of Armenia, with [400000] troops
03Buz4    27:0|the Iranian general Andikan came with [400000] men to loot the country
03Buz4    27:0|and how the sparapet Vasak with [120000] Armenian troops went in advance
03Buz4    27:2|of Armenia, came before him with [120000] troops. They struck and killed
03Buz4    28:0|was sent by king Shapuh with [800000] troops to attack the country
03Buz4    28:0|how Vasak came before him with [11000] men, struck and destroyed him
03Buz4    28:1|Hazarawuxt came with the Iranian troops to burn
03Buz4    28:3|Vasak came up before him with [11000] troops, struck at, killed, and
03Buz4    29:0|the king of Iran, came with [900000] axe-bearers against king Arshak
03Buz4    29:2|of the Kawosakan tohm came with [900000] troops, sent by king Shapuh
03Buz4    29:3|Armenia were organized and prepared. With Vasak as their general, they
03Buz4    30:0|from the king of Iran with [400000] troops and battled with the
03Buz4    30:0|Iran with [400000] troops and battled with the king of Armenia; and
03Buz4    30:1|came Vahrich son of Vahrich with [400000] Iranian troops sent by king
03Buz4    30:2|But then general Vasak, with [40,000] troops rose against him. He
03Buz4    31:0|Shapuh. He came to Armenia with [100000] troops, but departed the country
03Buz4    31:1|before whom he had boasted, with [900000] troops
03Buz4    32:0|by king Shapuh of Iran with many troops against king Arshak
03Buz4    32:1|the seashore - well-armed men with spears in hand, many troops
03Buz4    32:4|General Vasak arose before them with [70000] troops. He struck and killed
03Buz4    33:2|Vasak, came up before them with [30000] troops, struck and killed Suren
03Buz4    34:0|country of Armenia to fight with his innumerable troops; and how
03Buz4    34:1|country of Armenia. He arrived with an immeasurable host and countless
03Buz4    34:2|struck and killed Apakan Vsemakan with the troops, not sparing a
03Buz4    35:0|nuirakapet Zik, who was sent with many troops to make war
03Buz4    36:0|defeated and killed him together with his forces
03Buz4    36:1|left king Shapuh of Iran with [600000] troops to war against king
03Buz4    36:2|entered the entrenchment on foot with [10000] very select men bearing swords
03Buz4    37:0|Iranian king against the Armenians with [900000] men, and how the Armenians
03Buz4    37:1|Armenia, to fight the Armenians with [900000] troops
03Buz4    38:0|who came to do battle with the Armenian king with [400000] troops
03Buz4    38:0|battle with the Armenian king with [400000] troops, sent by the king
03Buz4    38:3|all of the Armenian naxarars with him, he came up in
03Buz4    39:1|Iranian naxarar Boyekan reached Atrpatakan with [400000] troops. They wanted to raid
03Buz4    39:2|But Vasak came before him with his Hayastan brigade, and struck
03Buz4    39:4|Only Meruzhan, who had come with them, fled
03Buz4    40:0|Iranian Vachakan came to Armenia with [80000] troops wanting to loot the
03Buz4    40:1|invaded the country of Armenia with [800000] troops
03Buz4    40:2|fortress of Dariwnk, and went with the Armenian troops to fall
03Buz4    40:3|their guide, survived and fled, with a few others
03Buz4    41:0|the country of the Armenians with [350000] men and how Vasak and
03Buz4    41:2|the Armenian troops before him. With great ferocity they fought each
03Buz4    42:2|with [600000] thousand troops which filled up
03Buz4    43:0|the country of the Armenians with [900000] was killed by Vasak and
03Buz4    43:1|reached the borders of Atrpatakan with [900000] troops
03Buz4    44:0|how he had been filled with demons since his birth, how
03Buz4    44:10|the mother looked and saw with her own eyes that white
03Buz4    44:10|lamenting and demanding those lads with whom he used to have
03Buz4    45:0|by Shapuh the Iranian king with [400000] men; and how he too
03Buz4    45:2|Armenia. They came and fought with king Arshak of Armenia
03Buz4    45:3|Arshak to enter battle along with them
03Buz4    45:4|So Vasak the general, with all the grandees and naxarars
03Buz4    46:0|against the land of Armenia with [500000] soldiers; and how the Armenian
03Buz4    46:1|against the land of Armenia with [500000] troops and wanted to enter
03Buz4    47:0|the Mages handerjapet who came with [180000] men to fight with the
03Buz4    47:0|came with [180000] men to fight with the king of the Armenians
03Buz4    47:1|the Mogats (Mages) anderjapet arrived with [180000] troops to war against king
03Buz4    47:4|There the two brigades clashed with each other. The Iranian troops
03Buz4    48:0|the Iranian hambarakapet who came with [900000] men to do battle with
03Buz4    48:0|with [900000] men to do battle with the troops of the Armenian
03Buz4    48:1|came the Iranian king’s steward [hambarakapet] with [900000] troops to the district of
03Buz4    48:2|place, he wanted to fight with Arshak, king of Armenia
03Buz4    48:3|came the general of Armenia with [10000] select armed men. He laid
03Buz4    49:0|How Mrhikan came from Iran with [400000] men to fight with the
03Buz4    49:0|Iran with [400000] men to fight with the Armenian king, and how
03Buz4    49:1|the Iranians named Mrhikan came with [400000] troops to war against king
03Buz4    49:2|But the Armenian troops, together with their general Vasak were defiant
03Buz4    50:1|country of Armenia did battle with the king of Iran, and
03Buz4    50:7|Saghamut, lord of Anjit and with him the prince of Greater
03Buz4    50:12|He complied with Shapuh’s wishes and apostasized the
03Buz4    50:13|He complied with the king’s wishes and furthermore
03Buz4    51:2|one place and began speaking with Nerses, saying: “You yourself know
03Buz4    51:2|the sweat from our brows with sword, sabre, dart, and lance
03Buz4    51:4|If king Arshak would fight with Shapuh, let him fight with
03Buz4    51:4|with Shapuh, let him fight with Vasak and with Andovk, his
03Buz4    51:4|him fight with Vasak and with Andovk, his father-in-law
03Buz4    51:6|Now the blessed Nerses spoke with them as was necessary, saying
03Buz4    52:1|Then with great entreaties, gifts and hrovartaks
03Buz4    52:1|Iran, summoned Arshak to him with affection so that thereafter they
03Buz4    53:1|If we are in agreement with each other, come so we
03Buz4    53:3|from him a reliable vow with an oath, so that after
03Buz4    53:4|In accordance with the reliable vowing procedure of
03Buz4    53:4|to him salt, to seal with a signet-ring bearing a
03Buz4    53:7|of Armenia, arose and taking with him the general sparapet of
03Buz4    54:1|astrologers, and magicians and spoke with them, saying: “Many times, I
03Buz4    54:2|made a covenant of peace with him and he vowed to
03Buz4    54:3|but he repaid my goodness with wickedness
03Buz4    54:7|their Christian faith, I bound with chains, and it remains in
03Buz4    54:10|Armenia has been waging war with the Aryans, and we have
03Buz4    54:11|in peace to his land with very great exaltation
03Buz4    54:13|you, how does he speak with you, what intonation, how does
03Buz4    54:16|of the tent be spread with the earth brought from Armenia
03Buz4    54:17|him to the area spread with the soil from Armenia. Listen
03Buz4    54:18|Now, should he speak with a rough manner while walking
03Buz4    54:18|Armenia, he will address you with the same voice, will renew
03Buz4    54:18|same fight, war and hostility with you
03Buz4    54:21|of his tent be spread with soil brought from Armenia and
03Buz4    54:21|half the floor be left with the soil of his own
03Buz4    54:22|by the hand he strolled with him back and forth
03Buz4    54:23|that you have been warring with me
03Buz4    54:26|servant in your hand. Do with me what you will. Kill
03Buz4    54:27|Shapuh, taking Arshak’s hand, strolled with him, excusing him, but going
03Buz4    54:30|bowed, grabbed Shapuh’s feet and with great expiation apologized for what
03Buz4    54:33|the Armenian king would sit with him on the same couch
03Buz4    54:38|Why? I will kill you with a fox’s death
03Buz4    54:39|Vasak, I was a giant with one foot on one mountain
03Buz4    54:42|taught you a lesson. But with our eyes open, we fell
03Buz4    54:44|skin be removed and filled with hay, and taken to that
03Buz4    55:1|to the land of Armenia with [5,000,000] troops and to dig up
03Buz4    55:3|land of Armenia, she took with her [11000] select armed azat warriors
03Buz4    55:3|select armed azat warriors and with them she went and entered
03Buz4    55:10|While they were still talking with the Byzantine emperor and convincing
03Buz4    55:14|your son Pap is coming with an inperial brigade to help
03Buz4    55:26|Artaragers fortress. They took this, with the tikin
03Buz4    55:33|the country of Iran, together with his people
03Buz4    55:35|of Armenia, and filling them with many provisions, they left fortress
03Buz4    55:43|Jewish households and then departed with all of the captives
03Buz4    55:45|Then, taking the tikin Paranjem, with treasures and a multitude of
03Buz4    56:10|the earth, and provided us with reason, word and life
03Buz4    56:13|be educated and to study with your servant, the holy and
03Buz4    56:18|And he, with great joy, offered his neck
03Buz4    57:1|to the country of Armenia with all the troops under his
03Buz4    57:7|caught his eye he took with him, one by one, to
03Buz4    57:8|Thus, he spent many days with the women
03Buz4    57:10|of whom there was war with Nerseh, king of Iran
03Buz4    57:12|killed by the fortress-keepers with whom they had been left
03Buz4    57:13|land as princes for them, with many troops. Authority over the
03Buz4    58:11|a dayeak of hers stood with an apron called anakiwghs tied
03Buz5    1:1|surviving azatagund people and went with them to the Byzantine emperor
03Buz5    1:3|a certain count Ade along with [600000] troops to take king Pap
03Buz5    1:6|he requested of Him. Furthermore, with his wisdom he would be
03Buz5    1:7|For he could grace them with his wise advice, and, as
03Buz5    1:8|So king Pap himself with the nobility of Armenia went
03Buz5    1:9|With great effort, they were barely
03Buz5    1:9|to persuade him to go with them to the court banak
03Buz5    1:10|But this time, with great entreaties, they took him
03Buz5    1:10|entreaties, they took him along with them to the court banak
03Buz5    1:11|He led with wisdom, always shared their cares
03Buz5    1:11|shared their cares, eliminating sorrows with his prayers. For everyone, he
03Buz5    1:13|prepared and armed for warfare, with banners fluttering and emblems waving
03Buz5    1:16|a brigade and then advanced with the Armenian brigade. They went
03Buz5    1:20|Iran, the Iranians were fighting with that fortress, but could not
03Buz5    1:24|and had them flayed, stuffed with hay, and hanged on the
03Buz5    1:27|the conduct of the kingdom with the most goodly religion, as
03Buz5    2:1|of one will. Organizing them with horses, stipends and weapons, he
03Buz5    2:1|and weapons, he took them with him and went to the
03Buz5    2:2|Iran, organized and prepared, and with the entire organization of his
03Buz5    2:3|Mushegh, fell upon the banak with [40000] troops, and put his sword
03Buz5    2:5|the queen-of-queens along with other women
03Buz5    2:6|men, be flayed and stuffed with hay. He had this brought
03Buz5    2:11|while feasting and making merry with his troops, he note: “May
03Buz5    2:13|the Armenian troops filled up with an unlimited amount of loot
03Buz5    2:13|Armenian troops who had remained with king Pap, a share for
03Buz5    2:13|the Byzantine generals who were with the king of Armenia, and
03Buz5    3:2|the general of Armenia, bearing with him a hrovartak which contained
03Buz5    4:1|all his forces and troops. With all his troops he went
03Buz5    4:2|He himself remained there with a few people but he
03Buz5    4:6|Aghuania, Urhnayr, happened to be with the Iranian king
03Buz5    4:7|to me that I go with my brigade as a champion
03Buz5    4:7|go against the Armenian princes with my brigade
03Buz5    4:10|the king of Aghuania, Urhnayr, with great boasting has requested fighting
03Buz5    4:11|Urhnayr, king of Aghuania, along with them, the Aghuanian king spoke
03Buz5    4:16|Pap was persuaded. He took with him the great chief-priest
03Buz5    4:19|of king Shapuh of Iran, with palanquins and camp soldiers? And
03Buz5    4:20|The great archbishop Nerses intercedsd with king Pap on behalf of
03Buz5    4:27|priest of Armenia, blessed him with many blessings
03Buz5    4:30|He mounted his horse with his brigade taking the Armenian
03Buz5    4:38|his hands the whole universe with its inhabitants like locusts, he
03Buz5    4:38|was his counselor and together with the father administers all judgments
03Buz5    4:41|say: you have done justly with us in everything, O Lord
03Buz5    4:47|shame. Let them be ashamed with all their might, and let
03Buz5    4:50|so be it done, and with what rod you want to
03Buz5    4:54|to king Pap who was with him. Until evening, till sunset
03Buz5    4:58|Armenia, struck the Iranian troops with incredible blows. Then he encountered
03Buz5    4:59|He caught up with Urhnayr, the king of Aghuania
03Buz5    4:59|Aghuania, who was fleeing and with the shaft of his spear
03Buz5    4:60|to the land of Aghuania, with eight cavalrymen
03Buz5    4:62|Similarly, in accordance with each one’s level, all the
03Buz5    4:63|They filled up with much loot of treasures, of
03Buz5    4:63|treasures, of weapons and ornaments, with gold, silver, and much equippage
03Buz5    4:63|gold, silver, and much equippage, with the horses, mules and camels
03Buz5    4:64|to the great king Pap with slanderous accusations about general Mushegh
03Buz5    4:69|Nerses, and we were favored with much peace through Mushegh. So
03Buz5    4:70|Then Pap favored general Mushegh with many gifts, honors, and villages
03Buz5    5:2|the king of Iran, Shapuh, with all of his troops is
03Buz5    5:3|organized the troops which were with him, and headed toward the
03Buz5    5:7|king Shapuh of Iran came with all his troops to the
03Buz5    5:10|their brave king Arsak, saying, with regard to the slain person
03Buz5    5:13|troops. They themselves were surrounded with shields, resembling a secure city
03Buz5    5:18|Iran fled from that battle, with a few retainers. The Armenians
03Buz5    5:18|returned to their king Pap, with great renown, good booty and
03Buz5    5:24|that Arshak was not even with them. Out of love for
03Buz5    5:26|regard him as their king, with them in the brigade, at
03Buz5    6:2|With him were [30000] very choice, well
03Buz5    6:3|Terent and Mushegh with all the troops with them
03Buz5    6:3|Mushegh with all the troops with them went back to king
03Buz5    6:5|grandee naxarars who were there with him, such as Gnel, lord
03Buz5    6:7|to put Pap at rest with words, so that he will
03Buz5    6:14|there were shield-bearing men with axes; and all the openings
03Buz5    6:17|was a large, personable man with big bones. Despite this, the
03Buz5    6:19|shield-bearing troops took him, with his hands bound, into the
03Buz5    6:19|which would pollute your crown with blood
03Buz5    7:2|period the Iranians stopped warring with the Armenians, since the Arsacid
03Buz5    7:3|of Armenia. They even took with them the eunuch of king
03Buz5    7:12|one day that I am with him, order that he be
03Buz5    7:12|wine, and make him happy with musicians. Just for one day
03Buz5    7:16|reliable pustipan, and a hrovartak with the court seal to allow
03Buz5    7:17|Drastamat went with the pustipan and the court
03Buz5    7:18|him and made him happy with [gusans] (minstrels
03Buz5    12:1|He struck the Artsakh country with great warfare. He took many
03Buz5    13:1|the Aghuanian country, striking them with unbelievable blows
03Buz5    16:1|Aghjnik country, striking the country with great blows, for they too
03Buz5    20:1|he was very zealous and with just labor tried always loyally
03Buz5    22:0|and how he was filled with demons and was unrighteous
03Buz5    22:2|healed. He behaved in accordance with the dews and through sorcery
03Buz5    22:2|Everyone could see the dews with their own eyes
03Buz5    22:6|the woman, and commited abomination with them. Sometimes he copulated with
03Buz5    22:6|with them. Sometimes he copulated with animals
03Buz5    23:2|his deeds. He always spoke with him to make him think
03Buz5    23:4|but rather, he resisted him with great emnity and awaited his
03Buz5    24:1|Pap was always at odds with the great chief priest because
03Buz5    24:14|I received my portion along with the chosen, and am pleased
03Buz5    24:14|the chosen, and am pleased with my inheritance
03Buz5    24:23|They buried the saint with psalms, blessings, lit candles, great
03Buz5    25:1|the mountains, each one saw with open eyes during the daytime
03Buz5    26:1|from childhood and ate grass with the hermits
03Buz5    26:3|him, pulled him and explained with signs that he cured
03Buz5    26:4|big lion splintered his paw with a reed; a lion came
03Buz5    26:5|head, tied the lion’s paw with it and cured it
03Buz5    27:3|lived in caves, constantly stayed with the animals of the desert
03Buz5    28:4|wine, so he often argued with many
03Buz5    28:7|son) you renewed your creations with a second birth and visited
03Buz5    28:9|of his only begotten son, with whom you created the world
03Buz5    28:9|your being, which endures everything with a powerful word, who, being
03Buz5    28:13|from the lack of faith with which he is possessed, so
03Buz5    28:16|pulpit at the altar and with open eyes saw the greatest
03Buz5    28:18|confused, fell to the ground, with numb lips, exhausted and breathless
03Buz5    28:23|the pit to take communion with others
03Buz5    31:2|He began to act with jealousy regarding the canons established
03Buz5    31:9|a wife he had taken with the blessing of the nuptial
03Buz5    31:10|would merely bury the deceased with tears, fitting psalms, blessings, lamps
03Buz5    31:16|father-bishops grew in accordance with their worth in all the
03Buz5    31:23|In accordance with the size of the land
03Buz5    32:1|to have unity and friendship with the Iranian king
03Buz5    32:4|not to destroy the covenant with the Byzantine empire. However, Pap
03Buz5    32:4|the enmity which he had with the Byzantine emperor
03Buz5    32:8|was done grandly, in accordance with his worth, as was the
03Buz5    32:10|inside walls of the tent with shields in hand, and battle
03Buz5    32:12|he was eating, the troops with the battle-axes stood behind
03Buz5    32:14|the diverse crowd of gusans. With an eye gesture, the order
03Buz5    32:15|stood behind Pap bearing shields with gold bosses, raised their battle
03Buz5    34:2|He came with much pomp, entered the country
03Buz5    34:3|a youth, full of bravery, with powerful hands, a brave heart
03Buz5    34:3|brave heart, but light-minded, with a child’s capricious cunning
03Buz5    34:7|He also consulted with the Byzantine princes, and through
03Buz5    34:7|Byzantine princes, and through them with the emperor that they should
03Buz5    34:7|constructed one in every district with a city, and two where
03Buz5    34:7|Armenian azats should be provided with imperial stipends as well as
03Buz5    35:1|manipulate the king in accordance with their wishes. With their words
03Buz5    35:1|in accordance with their wishes. With their words they led him
03Buz5    35:5|hate him. In his dealings with you, he had always acted
03Buz5    35:6|back to Shapuh in palanquins with care
03Buz5    35:9|up the country of Armenia with cities and make it a
03Buz5    35:11|were constantly provoking the king with such words secretly, until Varazdat
03Buz5    35:11|words secretly, until Varazdat agreed with their wishes, to kill the
03Buz5    35:18|is out of his mind with drink, I will arise on
03Buz5    35:23|sweat that I wiped away with the blade
03Buz5    37:5|king of Iran was warring with the great Arsacid king of
03Buz5    37:6|along. Manuel also went there with his brother Koms
03Buz5    37:17|from his childhood onward labored with his life for you. He
03Buz5    37:24|gone and come many times, with the messages becoming increasingly severe
03Buz5    37:26|battle armed, arranged, and prepared, with Varazdat himself more prepared than
03Buz5    37:27|went to the same place with his brigade. The place where
03Buz5    37:29|on a steady horse covered with horse armor. Varazdat regarded him
03Buz5    37:30|Nonetheless, with death on his mind, he
03Buz5    37:34|sons, Hmayeak and Artashes, each with spear in hand, attacked the
03Buz5    37:47|the shield-bearers who were with him: “Get down and cover
03Buz5    37:47|Get down and cover him with your shields
03Buz5    37:48|there guarding him in accordance with the order given
03Buz5    37:54|to king Varazdat, Mushegh’s killer, with his son into the presence
03Buz5    37:55|Manuel judged the impious Bat with great examination
03Buz5    37:59|king Pap’s wife, tikin Zarmanduxt, with her Arsacid sons, keeping them
03Buz5    37:60|led the land of Armenia with great wisdom and much success
03Buz5    37:62|support him. They took counsel with the tikin; he wanted to
03Buz5    38:0|the sparapet of Armenia, together with the entire land gave his
03Buz5    38:0|he was exalted by him with great gifts; and how, because
03Buz5    38:1|many of the Armenian naxarars with him to the king of
03Buz5    38:2|Garjoyl and those with him arrived at the court
03Buz5    38:3|saw them, he received them with delight, honoring them with great
03Buz5    38:3|them with delight, honoring them with great exaltation. He gave Garjoyl
03Buz5    38:4|the country of Armenia along with Garjoyl one of his wealthy
03Buz5    38:6|a patiw for the head with a gold and silver gargmanak
03Buz5    38:6|eagle held to the crown with an ashxarawand clasp; an apizak
03Buz5    38:8|bringing along the Iranian Suren with [10000] troops
03Buz5    38:10|affection of the Iranian king, with great delight they exalted Suren
03Buz5    38:14|Manuel was very intimate with the king of Iran, beloved
03Buz5    38:15|all the glory of seniority with which the Iranian king glorified
03Buz5    38:15|him from his favored position with the Iranian king, in order
03Buz5    38:16|treachery and advanced his work with hypocrisy
03Buz5    38:17|pretended to enter into intimacy with general Manuel, trying first to
03Buz5    38:17|of subordination, to please him with intimacy. Then he gave himself
03Buz5    38:17|king of Iran to Suren with an order to seize and
03Buz5    38:17|here, or to bind you with great care, foot, hand, and
03Buz5    38:21|while Suren was peacefully encamped with his banak in unconcerned peace
03Buz5    39:0|Armenia, and how he perished with his troops, defeated by Manuel
03Buz5    39:1|Iranian king dispatched Gumand Shapuh with [48000] troops to go to Armenia
03Buz5    39:2|Gumand Shapuh, and again emerged with great triumph
03Buz5    40:1|to the country of Armenia with [180000] troops to war with sparapet
03Buz5    40:1|Armenia with [180000] troops to war with sparapet Manuel and with the
03Buz5    40:1|war with sparapet Manuel and with the entire Armenian brigade
03Buz5    41:0|Armenia by the Iranian king with numerous troops, and who perished
03Buz5    41:1|the Iranian king sent Mrhkan with [400000] troops against the country of
03Buz5    43:0|Meruzhan Arcruni came against Manuel with many Iranian troops and was
03Buz5    43:1|of Armenia. Meruzhan was still with the king of Iran
03Buz5    43:4|Meruzhan with the entire multitude of the
03Buz5    43:4|in the Korchek district, then with his own personal brigade of
03Buz5    43:13|Meruzhan was on the road with his brigade, he encountered travellers
03Buz5    43:19|Arcruni is coming against you with a large brigade
03Buz5    43:20|righteous judge, to assist them with a visitation
03Buz5    43:21|They accompanied the Arsacid tikin, with the youths Arshak and Vagharshak
03Buz5    43:22|youth Artawazd, to go along with the women. But Artawazd refused
03Buz5    43:23|fashion of children, in accordance with the religion and rule of
03Buz5    43:23|youth Artawazd’s head was shaven with a long braid left free
03Buz5    43:24|when Artawazd refused to go with the women, Manuel raised his
03Buz5    43:25|So Artawazd went with the women while Manuel was
03Buz5    43:26|They gathered in one place with emblems and banners fluttering free
03Buz5    43:26|awan. Meruzhan came before them with his brigade
03Buz5    43:28|as Manuel saw their brigade, with his own brigade he fell
03Buz5    43:30|sparapet Manuel began to speak with his comrade-in-arms, Babik
03Buz5    43:36|when they struck each other with the spears since both of
03Buz5    43:36|pinned Meruzhan to the ground with his spear by thrusting it
03Buz5    43:40|a handsome, robust, beardless youth. With emblem on spear, he attacked
03Buz5    43:41|encounter, he struck the man with an arrow. The arrow passed
03Buz5    43:42|of them. And Artawazd returned with a great renown and much
03Buz5    43:45|banak. They took Meruzhan’s head with them. Samuel, Vahan’s son, did
03Buz5    43:45|did not happen to be with Manuel then, since he returned
03Buz5    43:49|bearer, whom Artawazd had felled with an arrow. Everyone was amazed
03Buz5    43:50|perished and that the brigade with him had been lost, they
03Buz5    44:1|and all the Armenian banak with the grandee nobility of naxarars
03Buz5    44:6|general of Armenia, became sick with a fatal illness. He called
03Buz5    44:10|and worship the Lord God with sanctity and loyalty. Die courageously
03Buz5    44:13|bore all of my wounds with great bravery. Why was I
03Buz5    44:18|Thus far I have lived with the expectation of piety. Do
03Buz5    44:18|God’s commandments. Be more concerned with righteousness and mercy
03Buz5    44:24|With his own hands he distributed
03Buz5    44:25|and shinakans alike mourned excessively with great weeping and lamentation
03Buz5    44:27|With their mouths open, everyone wailed
03Buz6    1:0|Armenia was divided in two, with half the Armenian people being
03Buz6    1:2|With great delight the Iranian king
03Buz6    1:3|forces at his disposal along with king Xosrov and gave him
03Buz6    2:1|village. He was a man with a wicked, severe and jealous
03Buz6    2:4|They decorated their clothing with various ribbons, and strutted about
03Buz6    2:5|himself wore ornate clothing adorned with ribbons and embroidery, a sable
03Buz6    5:2|Similarly, the advisor Zort was with them, for there were in
03Buz6    6:2|life this man wandered about with great piety
03Buz6    6:3|district and acted in accordance with the Holy Spirit. Until the
03Buz6    7:2|He behaved with sanctity and righteousness, as though
03Buz6    7:2|Holy Spirit. He travelled around with great power for many years
03Buz6    8:2|in grass in summertime and with woven material in wintertime
03Buz6    8:3|not replace piety for God with greed. He did unworthy and
03Buz6    8:23|they finally agreed to pray with him
03Buz6    8:28|and went to the bishop with that question
03Buz6    11:1|pious man acting in accordance with God’s wishes. He led his
03Buz6    11:1|wishes. He led his people with complete honesty and throughout his
03Buz6    11:1|conducted the episcopacy in accordance with God’s will
03Buz6    15:2|sensitivity, and propriety, beseeching God with fasts and prayers every hour
03Buz6    16:2|With patience did they do such
03Buz6    16:6|the Spirit of God. Those with him, resembling him, performed very
03Buz6    16:8|Gind filled all the retreats with cenobites and all the shens
03Buz6    16:8|cenobites and all the shens with monasteries. He set up many
03Buz6    16:8|living in the land, conforming with divine religion
03Buz6    16:11|The blessed Mushe was always with him. Others circulated around other
04Yegh1    1:3|Therefore, piety was freely practiced with head held high in Armenia
04Yegh1    1:3|filled him like a quiver with poisonous arrows
04Yegh1    1:7|the commander of the East, with many treasures
04Yegh1    1:12|and possessions and tormented everyone with great dishonor
04Yegh1    2:30|of the Kushans to us with the help of the gods
04Yegh1    2:33|each one’s land obediently and with loyal intentions in order to
04Yegh1    2:33|to fulfill their military service with sincere faith
04Yegh1    2:34|They brought with them the divine holy testaments
04Yegh1    2:34|them the divine holy testaments, with many ministers and priests
04Yegh1    2:38|Setting out from their lands with all this goodwill and commended
04Yegh1    2:39|accomplished. And behold he acted with them just as the ministers
04Yegh1    2:43|presence others in their stead with the same equipage
04Yegh1    2:45|their pact which they had with him, and that the Khaylndurk
04Yegh1    2:45|increased the sacrifices of fire with white bulls and hairy goats
04Yegh1    2:45|greatest of the chief-magi with crowns and distinctions
04Yegh1    2:49|of the Armenian princes debated with him and note: “Valiant king
04Yegh2    1:10|And if this is so with bodily matters, how much the
04Yegh2    1:13|the man who will fight with God
04Yegh2    1:14|against the holy churchnot with the intention of denouncing, but
04Yegh2    1:17|deceitfully introduced Christianity and said with raging mind: “Question, examine, see
04Yegh2    1:21|Then, with voices raised, with psalms, and
04Yegh2    1:21|Then, with voices raised, with psalms, and spiritual songs, and
04Yegh2    1:22|And the Lord prospered them with signs and miracles, for many
04Yegh2    1:23|wound his own evil mind with hidden arrows and he saw
04Yegh2    2:27|He deceived some of them with gold and silver, and many
04Yegh2    2:27|gold and silver, and many with other liberal giftssome with
04Yegh2    2:27|with other liberal giftssome with estates and large villages, some
04Yegh2    2:27|estates and large villages, some with honors and great principalities
04Yegh2    2:29|humbled himself before all, speaking with them on the pretext of
04Yegh2    2:35|desert and lived in hiding with all his troops
04Yegh2    2:37|said to his impious ministers: “With what shall we repay the
04Yegh2    2:44|But the soldiers in unison, with noble minds, bravely and forcefully
04Yegh2    2:44|did we ever mingle cowardice with our noble valor. These inflictions
04Yegh2    2:45|increased until the king himself with his own eyes saw their
04Yegh2    2:45|treatment, but he immediately affirmed with an oath: “I shall not
04Yegh2    2:50|one of them; he conversed with them in a friendly and
04Yegh2    2:50|and gentle way in accordance with his former manner so that
04Yegh2    3:51|the merrymaking in the palace with ever more wine
04Yegh2    3:56|set pay and afflicted them with hunger and thirst. They ordered
04Yegh2    3:62|who had nourished his brothers with their mothers’ milk, these he
04Yegh2    3:64|the whole land of Armenia with soothing hypocrisy as if for
04Yegh2    3:75|did not act in accordance with royal dignity but raided like
04Yegh2    4:76|write a letter in keeping with their perverse religion
04Yegh2    4:91|like that has been mixed with a creation of the evil
04Yegh2    4:98|But why are you infatuated with their error
04Yegh2    6:128|holy clergy of the church, with one accord and in unison
04Yegh2    6:128|city of Artashat, in concert with the greatest princes and all
04Yegh2    6:129|the Aryans and non-Aryans, with very peace-loving intentionsmay
04Yegh2    6:134|the world is densely filled with it
04Yegh2    6:136|not appear sublime from comparison with the depravity of others, but
04Yegh2    7:154|if anyone would have intercourse with his own parent
04Yegh2    7:167|fine earth and kneads it with the moisture of water, while
04Yegh2    7:171|being and essence is mixed with the three other parts. The
04Yegh2    7:174|arranges and orders their mixtures with a view to the nature
04Yegh2    8:177|of the great prophet Moses. With him God spoke in the
04Yegh2    8:177|to him that this earth with its earthly beings and heaven
04Yegh2    8:177|its earthly beings and heaven with the heavenly beings were the
04Yegh2    8:183|do not be greatly tormented with me, nor I less so
04Yegh2    8:183|me, nor I less so with you. But let me and
04Yegh2    8:183|you and all your host with your valiant king so study
04Yegh2    8:185|revolt. Coming to our world, with treacherous words and a false
04Yegh2    8:193|transgression increased, he inflicted all with death; but where there was
04Yegh2    8:194|us all, whom you blaspheme with your impudent and unbridled mouth
04Yegh2    8:196|the unquenchable fire of hell with all your companionsthe first
04Yegh2    9:203|the honor of immortality, as with the incorporeal angels, but all
04Yegh2    9:203|on the entire human nature, with body, soul, and spirit, and
04Yegh2    9:204|was nourished as an infant with milk, grew up and reached
04Yegh2    9:208|to come a second time with fearsome power to raise the
04Yegh2    9:210|bodies stand before you; do with them whatever you will
04Yegh2    9:211|If you leave us with this same faith, we shall
04Yegh2    9:216|he may willingly endow us with his own immortality; we shall
04Yegh2    9:217|of our faith is not with a man that we may
04Yegh2    9:217|like children, but is indissolubly with Godfrom whom it is
04Yegh2    9:218|the greatest to the smallest. With a solemn oath they bore
04Yegh2    9:222|But the malicious chief-magus with the great hazarapet breathed calumny
04Yegh2    10:249|sun, the great god who with his rays illuminates the whole
04Yegh2    10:249|illuminates the whole universe and with his warmth gives life to
04Yegh2    10:249|bends his knee to him with me, confessing him as god
04Yegh2    10:250|to their aid, and approaching with joyful faces and modest words
04Yegh2    11:272|shall send an infinite army with elephants; your wives and children
04Yegh2    12:276|attempts, they offered great promises with the prospect of money to
04Yegh2    12:278|and he was greatly concerned with saving the lives of these
04Yegh2    12:283|of the Lord saw this, with great hope they prayed and
04Yegh2    12:285|his impiety; lead us back with peaceful minds to the holy
04Yegh2    12:286|souls made this indissoluble covenant with God that they would remain
04Yegh2    12:287|to the sun, honoring him with sacrifices and with all the
04Yegh2    12:287|honoring him with sacrifices and with all the rites of the
04Yegh2    12:290|He showered them with earthly gifts and restored to
04Yegh2    12:291|With unbounded liberality he bestowed on
04Yegh2    12:292|seven hundred teachers he sent with them, and over them he
04Yegh2    12:294|And thus, with éclat and honor he sent
04Yegh3    1:3|smitten in their souls, and with bitter tears, came and reproached
04Yegh3    1:4|note: “What will you do with your Holy Testaments or where
04Yegh3    1:11|and dust? You were nourished with the living flesh and immortal
04Yegh3    1:11|will you now be blackened with the smoke of sacrifices and
04Yegh3    1:14|was they who were threatened with the unquenchable fire; why have
04Yegh3    1:14|you been burned and seared with them? For them the undying
04Yegh3    1:20|angels above have become angered with you, and from earth the
04Yegh3    2:30|With them the embittered audience also
04Yegh3    2:32|With the sad news in his
04Yegh3    2:32|news in his mouth and with his collar rent, he reached
04Yegh3    2:36|Let a wife strive with her husband, and a servant
04Yegh3    2:38|mustered armed and helmeted, girt with a sword and shield in
04Yegh3    2:39|Now the Armenian troops with all their auxiliaries and the
04Yegh3    2:41|himself and the magi arrived with a great force in order
04Yegh3    2:42|holy priest Ḷevond, in concert with his leading supporters and many
04Yegh3    3:65|all Tachkastan had been disturbed with them
04Yegh3    3:66|But what I have seen with my own eyes seems to
04Yegh3    3:69|should they unexpectedly join forces with soldiers, who would be able
04Yegh3    3:70|what he sees for sure with his own eyes
04Yegh3    3:74|that you were in agreement with them and it was at
04Yegh3    3:75|leave them alone in accordance with his former edict and to
04Yegh3    4:86|he began to deceive some with money and others with blandishing
04Yegh3    4:86|some with money and others with blandishing words. By threatening all
04Yegh3    4:87|lascivious dancing. He amused some with music and pagan songs, and
04Yegh3    4:89|and animated for their union. With shrewd wisdom they divided the
04Yegh3    5:102|hands that we may deal with them according to our will
04Yegh3    5:103|the ground and were blessed with the Gospel by the bishops
04Yegh3    5:109|he was for joining them with an oath to remain firm
04Yegh3    5:118|of faith in Christ’s command; with one belt of truth men
04Yegh3    6:126|First the great city Artashat with its villages. They took the
04Yegh3    6:126|secure Oḷakan, and its villages with it; Arpaneal, the town of
04Yegh3    6:126|of Van, and its villages with it; Greal and Kapoyt, Orotn
04Yegh3    6:127|All of these places with each one’s villages and farms
04Yegh3    6:127|captivity the men and women with their possessions and belongings, their
04Yegh3    6:133|the great miracle and themselves with their own hands set fire
04Yegh3    6:135|stars in heaven appeared shining with greater brilliance than was their
04Yegh3    6:137|the hazarapet of Albania arrived with the holy bishop of that
04Yegh3    6:138|all this, they have brought with them another three hundred magi
04Yegh3    6:139|opposes, he will be punished with death; and the wife and
04Yegh3    6:141|their purpose was to deal with them (the Persians) deceitfully for
04Yegh3    6:141|holy covenant of their church. With the power of God, they
04Yegh3    6:143|Emperor Theodosius: “The bishop Joseph, with many of my cobishops and
04Yegh3    6:143|the marzpan and Nershapuh Rmbosean, with the sparapet and all the
04Yegh3    6:143|all your troops, you who with your peaceful benevolence rule over
04Yegh3    7:152|pact of the Armenians, who with all their strength were opposing
04Yegh3    7:153|better to preserve the pact with the heathen for the sake
04Yegh3    7:154|and contracted a firm pact with him that he would not
04Yegh3    7:154|not support the Armenian forces with troops, arms, or any form
04Yegh3    7:157|immediately assembled in one spot with the troops from each one’s
04Yegh3    7:159|Nershapuh Rmbosean, and charged him with defending the country near the
04Yegh3    7:160|to Vardan, the Armenian general, with orders to cross the Georgian
04Yegh3    7:161|had not abandoned his covenant with the heathen
04Yegh3    7:162|He chose and took with him those whom he knew
04Yegh3    7:163|The prince of the Bagratunik with his forces
04Yegh3    7:164|The prince of the Khorkhorunik with his forces
04Yegh3    7:165|The prince of the Apahunik with his forces
04Yegh3    7:166|The prince of the Vahevunik with his forces
04Yegh3    7:167|The prince of the Palunik with his forces
04Yegh3    7:168|The prince of the Gabeleank with his forces
04Yegh3    7:169|The prince of Urts with his forces
04Yegh3    7:171|With deceitful cunning he lay in
04Yegh3    7:171|strongholds of his own land with the fictitious excuse that he
04Yegh3    8:178|general was advancing on him with a small number of troops
04Yegh3    8:179|After crossing with all his troops, he drew
04Yegh3    8:180|Vardan and all the troops with him saw the host of
04Yegh3    8:181|those who judge us; fight with those who fight against us
04Yegh3    8:181|those who fight against us; with your arms and shield help
04Yegh3    8:183|vainglory for profitless exploits or with an avaricious greed for acquiring
04Yegh3    8:187|aides-de-camp he killed with him
04Yegh3    8:191|the back of his horse with his armor. Saved from the
04Yegh3    8:193|Then they attacked with no little ardor the fortresses
04Yegh3    8:198|barbarian nations who were allied with the Huns in order to
04Yegh3    8:198|to come to an understanding with them and make a pact
04Yegh3    8:199|to the spot and saw with their own eyes the victory
04Yegh3    8:200|to enter into a pact with an oath in accordance with
04Yegh3    8:200|with an oath in accordance with the ritual of their own
04Yegh3    8:200|to keep a firm alliance with them
04Yegh3    9:201|Aragatsotn; the province of Artashat with Artashat itself and all the
04Yegh3    9:204|frontier. But they still keep with you the covenant of unity
04Yegh3    9:205|Of those with him, a few have fled
04Yegh3    9:206|from that place to return with all speed to Armenia, bearing
04Yegh3    9:209|and also of their alliance with the Huns
04Yegh3    9:214|Vasak) and all the troops with him into such straits that
04Yegh3    9:215|of all the clergy deplored with bitter tears the cruel tribulations
04Yegh3    9:216|Kalots making supplications to God with fasting and prayers, and to
04Yegh3    9:216|commemoration might be indissolubly linked with the divine and immortal feast
04Yegh3    9:218|before the nobles, they conversed with him and indicated all the
04Yegh3    9:219|one had made an agreement with him he had made false
04Yegh3    9:221|Vasak had previously reached Persia with the sad news of the
04Yegh3    9:222|the unity of the bishops with the nobles. But of this
04Yegh3    9:223|the East humiliated and not with head held high
04Yegh3    10:229|single religion of magism? Especially with regard to the Christian religion
04Yegh3    10:230|one can find any fault with their select religion. But I
04Yegh3    10:230|equal and on a par with our Mazdean religion, just as
04Yegh3    10:231|and were blessed by him with liberal gifts; they freely traveled
04Yegh3    10:246|he let the priests deal with them according to their rites
04Yegh3    10:248|He humbled himself and spoke with them in a friendly way
04Yegh3    11:252|his sincerity for Armenia; and with an oath he subscribed to
04Yegh3    11:252|a covenant in their presence, with the approbation of all his
04Yegh3    11:255|to help the Christians, either with military assistance or in any
04Yegh3    11:256|carry out everything in accordance with his previous intentions
04Yegh3    11:262|nature, and by uniting it with his indivisible divinity received into
04Yegh3    11:264|complete what we have begun with valor and not with cowardice
04Yegh3    11:264|begun with valor and not with cowardice
04Yegh3    11:266|Heaven with its angels and earth with
04Yegh3    11:266|with its angels and earth with its inhabitants bear us witness
04Yegh3    11:271|bitterness, in whom lurked Satan with all his power, and who
04Yegh3    11:272|from every land and sent with him many companies of elephants
04Yegh4    1:4|beside him. One is filled with even more bitterness over the
04Yegh4    1:12|respected him and presented him with the greatest worldly gifts
04Yegh4    1:19|the deed of adoption and with his own hands broke the
04Yegh4    1:20|and caused many to rebel with him
04Yegh4    1:21|evil, and Satan filled him with every deceit
04Yegh4    1:23|He fought against the wise with cunning and against the knowledgeable
04Yegh4    1:23|cunning and against the knowledgeable with craftopenly against the innocent
04Yegh4    2:40|broke the union of Georgia with Armenia; he did not allow
04Yegh4    2:45|to the emperor’s capital secretly with great caution, so that he
04Yegh4    2:49|He acted likewise with the garrisons in all regions
04Yegh4    2:50|army except from those Huns with whom they had a treaty
04Yegh4    3:54|Accomplishing all this in accordance with the king’s order, he wrote
04Yegh4    3:56|summoned Vasak to his presence with all the princes of his
04Yegh4    3:59|disturbance and confusion to Armenia, with the result that he split
04Yegh4    3:65|and likewise concerning the infantry with shields
04Yegh4    3:71|He entrusted all the troops with their commanders to one of
04Yegh5    1:2|Men who were armed with the love of God for
04Yegh5    1:2|they could only remain united with God and if only, they
04Yegh5    1:3|they recognized exile as familiarity with God
04Yegh5    1:4|So, did we observe with our own eyes at that
04Yegh5    1:4|the land of Armenia fought with similar heroism
04Yegh5    1:6|others of those still united with him were vacillating, he took
04Yegh5    1:6|the royal estates, in union with the nobles who had not
04Yegh5    1:8|they all reached the battlefield with each one’s troops and in
04Yegh5    1:9|all the royal officials, each with his troops
04Yegh5    1:11|Yoseph and the priest Ḷevond, with many other priests and even
04Yegh5    1:12|had no hesitation in coming with the others to war; since
04Yegh5    1:22|our lives in this battle with a holy death, let us
04Yegh5    1:22|death, let us accept it with joyful heartsprovided only we
04Yegh5    1:22|we do not mingle cowardice with valor and bravery
04Yegh5    1:23|secret thoughts we remained united with him
04Yegh5    2:26|Lord himself has helped us with his great power in two
04Yegh5    2:27|his natural custom on speaking with us
04Yegh5    2:28|now struggles to do so with bow and lance and sword
04Yegh5    2:38|in their anger threatened us with the sword, wishing to inflict
04Yegh5    2:40|not to look on us with saddened countenance
04Yegh5    2:42|we see the benevolent Lord with us in the lead. Our
04Yegh5    2:46|With liberal pay he contented them
04Yegh5    2:47|In accordance with military practice he continually repeated
04Yegh5    3:52|the Persian general set out with his whole heathen host, marched
04Yegh5    3:53|erected a rampart, surrounded it with a wooden palisade, and vigilantly
04Yegh5    3:56|He opposed the Persians with two thousand men, slew the
04Yegh5    3:58|recourse to subterfuge in accordance with his former duplicity. He went
04Yegh5    3:58|former duplicity. He went around with the false priests whom we
04Yegh5    3:58|on an official royal mission; with an oath he confirmed that
04Yegh5    3:65|offering in return to God with his own hands the gifts
04Yegh5    3:66|to share Christ’s death; for with whom we die, with the
04Yegh5    3:66|for with whom we die, with the same we shall also
04Yegh5    3:74|zeal he slew eight hundred with his own hands and offered
04Yegh5    3:75|and horses himself, meeting you with his mighty power and holy
04Yegh5    3:75|so that you may journey with him and share his city
04Yegh5    4:77|the great mountain of flesh with a stone, quite unfearful of
04Yegh5    4:83|each one’s age in accordance with their faith were praised by
04Yegh5    4:86|slacken or be dispirited, but with firm heart and constant faith
04Yegh5    4:89|the love of Christ sees with the eyes of the Spirit
04Yegh5    4:89|shines more brilliantly over everyone. With crystal purity it attracts the
04Yegh5    4:89|attracts the contemplation of those with unsullied and holy sight; penetrating
04Yegh5    4:92|earth, we see it filled with all kinds of corruption and
04Yegh5    4:93|hunger and thirst in accordance with our natural needs
04Yegh5    4:96|evils not committed among them? With their wealth is mingled the
04Yegh5    4:96|the possessions of the poor, with their pure marriages foul lewdness
04Yegh5    5:103|have seen the heavenly light with open eyes, let not the
04Yegh5    5:104|you who received the light with faith are sons and not
04Yegh5    5:105|you too will again appear with them today in opposition to
04Yegh5    5:105|to the invisible enemy; armed with breastplates you will oppose the
04Yegh5    5:107|for battle, wish to attack with you and smite the enemies
04Yegh5    5:109|they had gained double vision: with the eyes of faith they
04Yegh5    5:109|stoning of the prophets, and with the eyes of the body
04Yegh5    5:112|spoke that night; he ended with a blessing, sayingAmen
04Yegh5    5:113|Holy Communion and were clothed with light as on the Lord’s
04Yegh5    5:114|With much joy and great happiness
04Yegh5    5:114|martyrs. May God be pleased with our willing sacrifice and not
04Yegh5    5:115|nobles from Armenia who were with him. He questioned them to
04Yegh5    5:124|each elephant, and surrounded himself with the elite of his warriors
04Yegh5    6:127|advanced, questioned the nobles, and with their unanimous advice disposed his
04Yegh5    6:128|to the prince of Artsrunik, with the great prince of Mokk
04Yegh5    6:129|he entrusted to Khoren Khorkhoruni, with Entsayin and Nerseh Kajberuni in
04Yegh5    6:130|Tachat Gntuni to support him with many brave warriors to both
04Yegh5    6:131|command of the fourth division, with the valiant Arshavir and his
04Yegh5    6:133|and both sides were filled with passion and enflamed with wrath
04Yegh5    6:133|filled with passion and enflamed with wrath, they rushed on each
04Yegh5    6:133|they rushed on each other with the force of wild animals
04Yegh5    6:139|As the two sides collided with a crash, many wounded fell
04Yegh5    6:140|wing of the Armenian force. With great vigor he attacked the
04Yegh5    6:145|troops and surrounded him (Vardan) with the troops of the front
04Yegh5    6:146|Now the stalwart Vardan with his valiant companions worked no
04Yegh5    7:157|the Mamikoneans, the valiant Vardan with [133] men
04Yegh5    7:158|the Khorkhorunik, the resolute Khoren, with [19] men
04Yegh5    7:159|the Palunik, the brave Artak with [57] men
04Yegh5    7:160|the Gntunik, the wonderful Tachat with [19] men
04Yegh5    7:161|the Dimaksean, the wise Hmayeak with [22] men
04Yegh5    7:162|the Kajberunik, the splendid Nerseh, with [7] men
04Yegh5    7:163|the Gnunik, the young Vahan with [3] men
04Yegh5    7:164|the Entsayink, the just Arsen with [7] men
04Yegh5    7:165|Sruandzit, the forward-looking Garegin with two blood brothers and [18] men
04Yegh5    7:166|These [287] heroes with the nine great nobles were
04Yegh5    8:175|He sealed sworn declarations with the royal imprint and with
04Yegh5    8:175|with the royal imprint and with his own witness and that
04Yegh6    1:1|detachment of the Armenian army with the holy priests had taken
04Yegh6    1:6|night Bak left the fortress with seven hundred men, without them
04Yegh6    1:9|and our blood be mingled with the blood of the fallen
04Yegh6    1:11|the blessed Yovsep and Ḷevond with their numerous companionsalso offered
04Yegh6    1:14|to each one’s own place with orders for the recovery and
04Yegh6    2:27|But had they not seen with open eyes the joyous hope
04Yegh6    2:27|have been able to act with such great virtue
04Yegh6    2:28|nobilitybrothers, sons, and daughters with all their friends in fortified
04Yegh6    2:29|They all endured with great patience their many tribulations
04Yegh6    2:36|He parleyed with them in an appealing and
04Yegh6    2:37|those who had gone down with him
04Yegh6    2:40|went out on the attack with the help of the garrison
04Yegh6    2:45|the Armenian general Vardan, fighting with uncompromising bravery, was heroically martyred
04Yegh6    2:49|pact which they had made with Armenia and confirmed with a
04Yegh6    2:49|made with Armenia and confirmed with a solemn oath
04Yegh6    3:52|to the king their unity with the Armenian army
04Yegh6    3:57|Armenia and who had cooperated with the general in that war
04Yegh6    3:58|He despatched Mushkan Nisalavurt with all the surviving troops to
04Yegh6    3:58|destroyed because of their pact with the Armenians
04Yegh6    3:59|destruction of the Pass: only with difficulty over a long time
04Yegh6    3:60|So, he ordered Vasak, with the leading Christians, to be
04Yegh6    3:61|marzpan Atrormizd arrived in Armenia with goodwill and in peace
04Yegh6    3:72|the country to be subdued with goodwill. So, the governor himself
04Yegh6    3:72|assembled gatherings, and began restoration with firm promises
04Yegh6    4:90|presence, not in bonds but with feet and hands untied
04Yegh6    4:95|companions urging that others join with him in the pact to
04Yegh6    4:96|these letters had been authenticated with Vasak’s ring
04Yegh6    4:99|him before the great tribunal with that very message which he
04Yegh6    4:99|he had given him sealed with his own ring
04Yegh6    4:100|an accusation against him, indicating with his companions in arms that
04Yegh6    5:105|how he had made friends with Heran the Hun in concert
04Yegh6    5:105|Heran the Hun in concert with the king of Balas; this
04Yegh6    5:106|found to be in collusion with the king’s enemies
04Yegh6    5:110|enter into a false covenant with their friends
04Yegh6    5:111|cruel willas is clear with this Vasak
04Yegh6    5:112|did conceal all his treachery with his Christianity
04Yegh6    5:114|You entrusted him with the land of Georgia. Ask
04Yegh6    5:114|if its people are satisfied with him
04Yegh6    5:120|that he has diverted you with false hopes
04Yegh6    6:128|of pure hammered gold set with pearls and precious stones, earrings
04Yegh6    6:130|dressed up in his finery with a numerous entourage, they began
04Yegh6    6:140|Armenian nobles and holy bishops with the priests, although they were
04Yegh6    7:151|prisoners, who accepted their torments with great joy and appeared just
04Yegh6    7:163|his enemies were not satisfied with his unbearable afflictions
04Yegh7    1:2|blessed prisoners he made march with him
04Yegh7    1:8|an army to oppose him with force
04Yegh7    1:10|so hard that, overcoming them with a small number of troops
04Yegh7    1:14|the gods have become angry with us because you have kept
04Yegh7    1:17|He gave a command with regard to the two who
04Yegh7    1:19|to justice, to interrogate them with terrible tortures, and to put
04Yegh7    2:29|way oppressed or troubled. Rather, with great patience they endured this
04Yegh7    2:29|they endured this austerity and with unceasing psalms performed the daily
04Yegh7    2:29|a while in joyful gratitude, with the hard ground as their
04Yegh7    2:47|slow, for even we pleaded with him about your misery
04Yegh7    3:52|Likewise, with garments and glory and untainted
04Yegh7    3:55|heavenly power so that conformably with his immortality we too in
04Yegh7    3:55|may be able to suffer with him and share in his
04Yegh7    3:57|taking any of his servants with him
04Yegh7    3:63|indeed shone out and illuminated with wisdom the invisible creatureshas
04Yegh7    3:72|his prayers and they remained with him until the third watch
04Yegh7    3:74|suddenly the building was filled with light. A luminous staircase appeared
04Yegh7    4:87|without being asked you give with your abundant and generous liberality
04Yegh7    4:91|future which they had endured with much anguish; that through that
04Yegh7    5:101|had been in holy bonds with them; having lived among peasants
04Yegh7    5:106|But the holy bishop with all the saints insisted, and
04Yegh7    5:119|the great Armenian general came with his numerous holy companions; he
04Yegh7    5:120|I too receive a portion with the blessed ones
04Yegh7    5:125|succor, so that in accordance with the promise of my words
04Yegh7    5:125|also may truly be accomplished with regard to me, and in
04Yegh7    6:126|food of joy. Fill us with the Holy Spirit, that we
04Yegh7    6:129|their leave of the saints with flowing tears; in mournful joy
04Yegh7    6:130|the many intercessors we have with him, the flame of your
04Yegh7    6:131|and support you, so that with them you may become worthy
04Yegh7    6:132|So, they spoke with them, and spent the whole
04Yegh7    6:135|and who had been entrusted with guarding them was now sitting
04Yegh7    6:136|Denshapuh, who had been charged with the tortures of the saints
04Yegh7    6:137|executioners, his mind was afflicted with great terror that perchance he
04Yegh7    6:142|and had verified his solidarity with the saintsthat he could
04Yegh7    6:142|not be severed from agreement with themhe did not dare
04Yegh7    6:147|we enter into a debate with him, as he is the
04Yegh7    6:148|But if we condemn him with other criminals, then the report
04Yegh7    7:151|Treat him honorably in accordance with his former rank, and let
04Yegh7    7:160|acted against him in accordance with the king’s advice
04Yegh7    7:163|So, these two with their retainers took the saints
04Yegh7    7:166|served in the day-guards with the instruments of torture. He
04Yegh7    8:176|preparations, Denshapuh began to speak with them, saying: “The king sent
04Yegh7    8:179|Behold, you have seen with your own eyes how an
04Yegh7    8:182|sent back to your country with munificent gifts
04Yegh7    8:186|kings and to respect them with all our strength, not as
04Yegh7    8:194|love of Christ, but slew with harsh blows the worshipers of
04Yegh7    8:197|are benevolent and deal patiently with men, so that they may
04Yegh7    8:198|which illuminates the whole universe with its rays and provides nourishment
04Yegh7    8:199|Therefore, we are long-suffering with regard to your ignorance, because
04Yegh7    8:200|taint us against our will with your blood
04Yegh7    9:205|one, let them be equal with each other and alike. Let
04Yegh7    9:205|royal servants not be encumbered with the expense of providing for
04Yegh7    9:207|in flux cannot provide anyone with a stable life
04Yegh7    9:214|the areas of dry land with all their uses
04Yegh7    9:215|although he would honor them with the name of ’God,’
04Yegh7    9:217|wish to drag everyone down with you
04Yegh7    9:219|With the eyes of the body
04Yegh7    10:232|off the blessed one’s head with a sword and threw his
04Yegh7    10:234|my arrival was greatly satisfied with him; and I saw myself
04Yegh7    10:234|him; and I saw myself with my own eyes how he
04Yegh7    10:235|earlier one, whom you saw with your own eyes
04Yegh7    10:236|to cut your lives short with many tortures
04Yegh7    10:239|all without false wisdom, and with impartial instruction lead everyone to
04Yegh7    10:245|I am continuing this debate with you for so long, but
04Yegh7    11:253|outside: injustice, rapine, foul lewdness with aggressive licentiousness; on the inside
04Yegh7    11:260|are diseased in your bodies with an incurable disease. Yet you
04Yegh7    11:267|us, judge us in accordance with your evil will
04Yegh7    12:280|will have to suffer vengeance with your king at the incorruptible
04Yegh7    12:291|created things do not agree with you, because it is mingled
04Yegh7    12:292|into a debate and critique with you concerning the nature of
04Yegh7    12:295|I questioned them with words and not the rod
04Yegh7    12:300|wood. Our eyes are bleary with tears from the acridity of
04Yegh7    13:306|I beat them a little with the rod, made them throw
04Yegh7    13:308|because he had disputed patiently with them
04Yegh7    13:309|sitting in the tribunal girt with a sword to instill awe
04Yegh7    13:315|strength in his body, even with his own eyes he saw
04Yegh7    13:317|his servants, you are crowned with Stephen
04Yegh7    14:334|we mentioned above remained there with the guards as one of
04Yegh7    14:341|do? How shall we deal with the inexplicable sect of the
04Yegh7    15:356|the iron chains he placed with each one’s bones, for the
04Yegh8    1:3|He tortured them with the bastinado, but they persisted
04Yegh8    1:8|of superior station. We came with those who nourished and instructed
04Yegh8    1:21|regular order and in accordance with your laws. The kings give
04Yegh8    2:41|not cultivate the royal land with half our bodies
04Yegh8    2:50|who so desired could share with the holy prisoners in distant
04Yegh8    3:53|the inhabitants of the land with the holy martyrs
04Yegh8    3:55|twelfth year of their condemnation with the result that all unanimously
04Yegh8    3:58|of Avarayr was gloriously bedecked with flowersnot by the rain
04Yegh8    3:65|With these thoughts in mind, the
04Yegh8    3:72|mouth of the dead; speak with us in open blessing that
04Yegh8    3:75|We believe with infallible hope that just as
04Yegh8    4:76|press of the crowd, and with three virtuous brethren lived out
04Yegh8    4:77|his life of virtue, only with difficulty could he describe it
04Yegh8    4:79|any living person to compare with him. And if you wished
04Yegh8    4:80|With tireless voice he was assiduous
04Yegh8    4:80|he was assiduous at worship; with unceasing prayers he was always
04Yegh8    4:80|prayers he was always conversing with God on high
04Yegh9    1:1|Love of Christ Gave Themselves with Ready Willingness to Imprisonment by
04Yegh9    1:8|the Dimaksean: Tatul and Satoy, with two other companions
04Yegh9    2:28|we not end our lives with the previous martyrs
04Yegh9    2:30|an affection for them as with ones loved by God
04Yegh9    2:31|With wordy supplications he tried to
04Yegh9    2:33|was for them spiritual food with which they encouraged themselves and
04Yegh9    2:35|the age of study, yet with many psalms in their mouths
04Yegh9    2:43|that they march to war with the royal army
04Yegh9    2:47|to see them, spoke affably with them, and promised to restore
04Yegh9    2:47|each one’s principality in accordance with his hereditary rank and to
04Yegh9    2:50|While they were occupied with this struggle, the king of
04Yegh9    3:53|was divided into two, nonetheless with one half he ferociously attacked
04Yegh9    3:55|troops of the Massagetae. Uniting with the eleven kings of the
04Yegh9    3:60|and warred for a year with the Albanian king
04Yegh9    3:66|this, he was greatly afflicted with remorse and regret and placed
04Yegh9    3:68|king, and there he settled with the monks
04Yegh9    3:74|I am personally acquainted with five hundred, not only older
04Yegh9    4:76|younger, yet they were clothed with a single virtuous faith
04Yegh9    4:81|to serve them in accordance with their noble rank, but they
04Yegh9    4:87|With their own eyes they saw
04Yegh9    4:87|the ravaging of their property; with their own ears they heard
04Yegh9    4:88|shoes and on foot, begging with tireless entreaties that they might
04Yegh9    4:93|at spiritual warfare. Waging war with the gravest sins, they struck
04Yegh9    4:99|With their own fingers they toiled
04Yegh9    5:107|they were adorned and consoled with heavenly love
05Parp1    1:0|that venerable man Agat’angeghos, commenced with the death of Artewan caused
05Parp1    1:3|the History of Armenia ends with that event
05Parp1    2:2|fled to a foreign land with Xosrov’s son (Trdat), to save
05Parp1    2:3|Gregory came to him filled with the desire for voluntary service
05Parp1    4:0|lord of the Mamikoneans who, with his alert mind was aware
05Parp1    4:2|down and arranged in order with great care
05Parp1    4:6|and lived in a retreat with some select men, practising great
05Parp1    4:7|deeds. Let the matter rest with this much, that finding fault
05Parp1    4:7|this much, that finding fault with the body, (Aghan) brought himself
05Parp1    4:7|from morning to evening always with untiring spiritual exertions. Never in
05Parp1    5:0|their sorrow, and are delighted with their profits
05Parp1    5:1|the Judgement). Rather, (such historians) with watchful piety have navigated precisely
05Parp1    5:4|things which did not happen, with a vain inflation of words
05Parp1    5:4|Rather everything should be revealed with sober caution
05Parp1    5:6|the great and deep rapids with learned accuracy and, with the
05Parp1    5:6|rapids with learned accuracy and, with the intercession of the saints
05Parp2    6:3|sadness he had uneasy doubts with himself. First, he observed that
05Parp2    6:5|After much stormy consultations with his loved ones, the distraught
05Parp2    6:5|but now they threaten us with war and a man must
05Parp2    6:7|go into poverty and live with strong longings, rather than appreciate
05Parp2    6:7|infidels in disgrace and always with mental anguish through the unknown
05Parp2    7:1|The fields were densely covered with game, those with snouts, those
05Parp2    7:1|densely covered with game, those with snouts, those chewing their cud
05Parp2    7:1|their cud, and many others with them
05Parp2    7:4|moist and plump and covered with fat, their bodies over
05Parp2    7:9|diadem and crown, and women with gold thread into (royal) clothing
05Parp2    7:10|With the mixing with waters, a
05Parp2    7:10|With the mixing with waters, a twin sweetness offers
05Parp2    7:12|diverse large and small fish with different appearances and flavors. (The
05Parp2    7:14|hunters’ nets, brigades of naxarars with the sons of the azats
05Parp2    7:14|wild goats filling the air with the sound of the bold
05Parp2    7:14|exploits of powerful men. Others with swords drawn as though for
05Parp2    7:15|of the naxarars’ small sons, with their tutors and servants, hunted
05Parp2    7:15|Thus, did each person, heavy with his game, depart rejoicing
05Parp2    7:17|man reached his mansion, loaded with all sorts of good things
05Parp2    8:1|were found unworthy) in accordance with the words of that holy
05Parp2    9:1|a secret oath and counsel with the Byzantine emperor, and is
05Parp2    9:1|and is always discussing peace with him by means of hrovartaks
05Parp2    9:4|king Shapuh heard this (complaint) with great delight and eagerness. He
05Parp2    9:5|not want to confront him with his accusers. Rather, (Shapuh) quickly
05Parp2    10:0|most provident God favored (Armenia) with a truthful man named Mashtoc
05Parp2    10:2|numerous caves in the desert, with great virtue, practising strict asceticism
05Parp2    10:2|virtue, practising strict asceticism together with many other prayer-loving brothers
05Parp2    10:4|long time. God strengthened him with the spirit of His mercy
05Parp2    10:5|of the land of Armenia. With many stipends, (obliged) to travel
05Parp2    10:5|to travel distant roads, and with long study (did these students
05Parp2    10:17|Mashtoc’, were only slightly familiar with Greek syllabification. Among them were
05Parp2    10:20|not able to unerringly deal with modifications without the guidance of
05Parp2    10:20|was quite competent, having studied with many learned Byzantines. He was
05Parp2    10:23|the honorable priests who were with him lacked the strength to
05Parp2    11:0|of the land of Armenia, with the venerable Mashtoc’, all the
05Parp2    11:0|of Armenia, Vrhamshapuh and, together with the king, they began to
05Parp2    11:1|Rather (the literate class) labored with the difficult, useless and arrogant
05Parp2    11:3|all this effort be accomplished with your virtuous knowledge
05Parp2    11:8|With willing enthusiasm he gave himself
05Parp2    11:8|God Who had graced him with such superb knowledge. Tirelessly working
05Parp2    11:8|by the blessed Apostles, (filled) with the same Spirit
05Parp2    11:9|of writers swelled, and, vying with each other, they embellished the
05Parp2    11:11|of the saints became majestic with offerings of the testaments which
05Parp2    11:12|entire country of Armenia filled with the knowledge of the Lord
05Parp2    12:5|fond of each other, and with this mutual affection unite, talk
05Parp2    12:5|mutual affection unite, talk peace with the Byzantine emperor, gladly submit
05Parp2    12:6|many times (in the past), with the addition (of the Armenians
05Parp2    12:6|and they will trouble us with warfare
05Parp2    12:7|they share faith and religion with the Byzantines
05Parp2    12:8|the Armenians) will serve us with constant fear and trepidation, nor
05Parp2    12:9|Iranians) will constantly be talking with each other and will become
05Parp2    12:9|through intermarriage they will communicate with each other while those (Armenians
05Parp2    13:0|luster after women, and reigned with much debauchery
05Parp2    13:3|unbelievable calamity and do away with such a lewd monarch who
05Parp2    13:4|also know that it is with bitter hearts that you speak
05Parp2    13:10|enter (Sahak’s) room and spoke with him beseechingly
05Parp2    13:12|urgently beseeching him to join with them
05Parp2    13:13|princes to grow even strongerwith great lamentation (Sahak) raised his
05Parp2    13:14|Savior, our Lord Jesus Christ, with tears and entreaties for some
05Parp2    13:14|the other limbs ache along with it. And if one limb
05Parp2    13:14|all the other limbs rejoice with it.’
05Parp2    13:17|and vardapet (st. Gregory) who with sighs and ceaseless entreaties, morning
05Parp2    13:18|men, women, old, and youngwith entreaties and tears make peace
05Parp2    13:18|entreaties and tears make peace with all-powerful God for Whose
05Parp2    13:18|who make requests loyally and with complete faith that, ’wherever two
05Parp2    13:19|the petitions are made untiringly, with fervent sighs and sincere hope
05Parp2    13:20|me, that I should join with you, God forbid that I
05Parp2    13:23|make bold to do it with the hope of saving (him
05Parp2    13:28|the elements. They are ill with one disease, but are not
05Parp2    13:28|disease, but are not infected with all diseases as the impious
05Parp2    13:29|we plot to destroy someone with a few failings by betraying
05Parp2    13:31|and many others of counsel with many tears and entreaties before
05Parp2    13:33|words and refused to ally with us, know that just as
05Parp2    14:1|the district’s priests. Having allied with the Armenian naxarars, and having
05Parp2    14:1|Armenian naxarars, and having broken with the counsel of the blessed
05Parp2    14:4|Armenia, Sahak, was to come with him
05Parp2    14:9|get (Sahak] also to unite with the other naxarars of Armenia
05Parp2    14:9|his kat’oghikosate and land, covered with many honors and in great
05Parp2    14:12|With such words did (Suren] try
05Parp2    14:12|they wanted to do away with the kingdom
05Parp2    14:16|the king of the Aryans with all of the nobility of
05Parp2    14:17|not joined in giving testimony with the naxarars of Armenia
05Parp2    14:19|Artashes. This happened in accordance with the word of the venerable
05Parp2    15:3|they were always shamelessly doing with enthusiastic boldness
05Parp2    15:4|the holy man of God, with an enraged heart said the
05Parp2    15:9|to the land of Armenia with people from his district who
05Parp2    15:9|his district who had come with him from Syria practising their
05Parp2    15:9|their dissolute religion, in accordance with their custom, with mistresses. And
05Parp2    15:9|in accordance with their custom, with mistresses. And they did not
05Parp2    15:9|did not live in accordance with the holy and pure religion
05Parp2    15:10|of the people became disgusted with the behavior of the people
05Parp2    15:10|the people who had come with the kat’oghikos Brk’isho which in
05Parp2    15:14|and conducted himself in accordance with Brk’isho’s faith. After a short
05Parp2    16:1|blessed man of God, Sahak. With mournful entreaties and copious tears
05Parp2    16:2|the evils visited upon him with good and showed in every
05Parp2    16:5|an Apostle) not be mixed with the erroneous teaching (of the
05Parp2    16:10|and having its wounds dressed with oil and wine and placed
05Parp2    16:11|of Armenia which I see with my mind’s eye through strength
05Parp2    17:13|the Lord, which was covered with very thin linen of a
05Parp2    17:15|was an altar table bejeweled with precious, colorful gems
05Parp2    17:20|blue in color and covered with a thick brown cloth
05Parp2    17:25|crowds of young males along with some females, all clothed in
05Parp2    17:29|holy altar, which was studded with colorful gems, and sang Holy
05Parp2    17:30|Then the holy altar ascended with them higher than the firmament
05Parp2    17:33|as I became more enraptured with amazement by his dazzling appearance
05Parp2    17:37|from you and consoled you with this vision, which He showed
05Parp2    17:43|a cloud, He who ascended with clouds will come to raise
05Parp2    17:43|to raise up the just with Himself, to a place of
05Parp2    17:46|was the golden altar studded with precious gems, signifying the consubstantiality
05Parp2    17:46|consubstantiality of the Trinity beset with the lives and labors of
05Parp2    17:48|the love of the poor, with which the first just men
05Parp2    17:49|command of lovenot only with the poor, but also with
05Parp2    17:49|with the poor, but also with their companions, brothers, and with
05Parp2    17:49|with their companions, brothers, and with allwith which peace on
05Parp2    17:49|companions, brothers, and with allwith which peace on earth is
05Parp2    17:50|size of the other three, with less fruit that was less
05Parp2    17:50|that was less meaty, and with less yield unlike the abundant
05Parp2    17:51|of omniscient God, who forgives with long-suffering and compensates impartially
05Parp2    17:55|and its covering with the thick brown cloth indicates
05Parp2    17:57|soon have its peace, together with the priesthood of the line
05Parp2    17:61|line will accede again, together with a patriarch from the line
05Parp2    17:62|to be trampled, but rather with the globe appearing clearly and
05Parp2    17:65|Rejoice with joyful delight that the crowds
05Parp2    17:65|the Creatormen of power, with whom other crowds of good
05Parp2    17:72|of eternity and thus remain with the Lord at all times
05Parp2    18:1|or talk about such matters with the holy man
05Parp2    18:2|world and occupied himself solely with prayers and doctrine. There were
05Parp2    18:7|the saints and adorned (them) with precious and costly vessels. They
05Parp2    18:7|district established at that place (with enthusiastic popular support) yearly assemblies
05Parp2    18:7|from time to time and with the voluntary support of the
05Parp2    18:8|from the saint’s relics. And with joyous hearts they would return
05Parp2    19:1|the venerable one was made with very great distinctions, and all
05Parp2    19:1|a feast in his honor with the most diligent respect
05Parp2    19:3|land of Armenia was graced with the worship of orthodox religion
05Parp3    20:2|at his son-in-law with heavy resentment. He sought to
05Parp3    20:4|the impious idea of uniting with the devil, and, apostasizing the
05Parp3    20:4|bore many very great sorrows) with tireless prayers and perpetual requests
05Parp3    20:6|day and night, saying: “Look with your mind’s eye, and behold
05Parp3    20:6|obedient and disobedient, to shiver with fear. (See) too the clearly
05Parp3    20:7|or the usefulness of fire (with which all are fed, and
05Parp3    20:14|it from such a one, with many entreaties and protracted pleading
05Parp3    20:16|urged on by the devil with whom he had allied, and
05Parp3    20:16|and will be completely ruined, with their Houses and belongings, and
05Parp3    20:18|God’s righteous judgement requited him with a verdict befitting his deeds
05Parp3    20:20|him for a long time with severe, unbelievable torments and afflictions
05Parp3    20:21|sixteenth psalm: “They were satiated with their mealof pork, as
05Parp3    21:0|of Yazkert, and began speaking with him alone
05Parp3    21:5|Armenia which is useful, and with (Armenia) is Iberia and Aghbania
05Parp3    21:6|present greatness of your kingdom with the good folk and grandeur
05Parp3    21:9|faith and they become familiar with it and able to acknowledge
05Parp3    21:13|Now since this man, with firm affection, gave himself over
05Parp3    22:0|whichdid not concern themselves with these matters
05Parp3    22:1|should we be found indifferent with regard to this great trust
05Parp3    23:4|and many senior monks together with lord Aghan of the Arcrunid
05Parp3    23:6|All of these senior tanuters, with senior sepuhs, pious bishops, senior
05Parp3    24:1|to serve you not only with material expenses. Rather we will
05Parp3    25:0|in the letter; then, together with all the naxarars of Armenia
05Parp3    25:2|words of the letter. Seized with rage (Yazkert) asked the mages
05Parp3    25:2|who write to their lord with such bold audacity
05Parp3    25:3|be bold to acquaint them with your lordship and their status
05Parp3    25:7|of them had been summoned with such urgency, they knew at
05Parp3    25:8|a pact, and confirmed it with many vows sworn on the
05Parp3    25:10|However, with the intercession of the holy
05Parp3    25:10|the holy Gospels, they confirmed with each other to unitedly and
05Parp3    26:1|that all the court nobility with the prominent mages should come
05Parp3    26:10|For we are satisfied with the work and benefit(s
05Parp3    26:10|dispatch you to your land with honor and very great glory
05Parp3    26:11|I shall wipe you out, with your women, children, and azg
05Parp3    26:12|of Armenia, stepped forward fearlessly with bold intent and responded to
05Parp3    26:13|the others to familiarize you with each one’s labor and service
05Parp3    26:14|transform myself into many individuals, with more strength and enthusiasm than
05Parp3    26:20|a few days to consult with each other and to make
05Parp3    26:21|in your presence hastily or with uncritical minds about something which
05Parp3    27:2|and his son acquainted us with through the renewed birth of
05Parp3    27:2|go to dwell in exile with wife and children convinced of
05Parp3    27:7|by the Mamikonean azg and with their participation
05Parp3    27:9|Do not look upon us with astonishment. See first the specter
05Parp3    27:13|Lord God, will heal us with you
05Parp3    27:19|and urged him yet more, with tireless entreaties to sit and
05Parp3    27:19|sit and speak in private with their sparapet, the lord of
05Parp3    27:20|liked Artak (and treated him) with special honor
05Parp3    27:21|ordersto attempt to plead with and persuade (Vardan) with the
05Parp3    27:21|plead with and persuade (Vardan) with the utmost speedArtak the
05Parp3    27:21|Mokk’, did just that, (speaking with Vardan) as he was charged
05Parp3    27:21|was charged, sometimes alone, sometimes with the Armenian nobility. (The nobles
05Parp3    27:24|to bring and present him with proverbs from the Bible, appropriate
05Parp3    27:25|he was extremely well acquainted with doctrinal writings, having been taught
05Parp3    27:30|belongings and flee into exile with our women and children, we
05Parp3    27:32|and from those who ally with him for whatever damage, captivity
05Parp3    27:34|the holy Gospel before them, with tears streaming down his face
05Parp3    28:2|offered their gods diverse gifts with great delight
05Parp3    28:4|They were, moreover, all supplied with many and diverse sorts of
05Parp3    28:4|villages and fields in accordance with what suited each one. After
05Parp3    28:5|study the ridiculous (Zoroastrian) teaching with its grumbled, mumbled words which
05Parp3    28:6|the multitude of mages along with them
05Parp3    28:9|if we served your ancestors with all enthusiasm and willingness, doing
05Parp3    28:12|for me to acquaint you with the events one by one
05Parp3    28:13|have resolved to satisfy you with upright labor. Wherever I have
05Parp3    28:14|of renown or praise, hereafter with God’s help, I will endeavor
05Parp3    28:14|endeavor to do a deed with such strength and power that
05Parp3    28:18|others in time, in accordance with God’s permission, about requirements for
05Parp3    28:19|Siwnik’, Babik and Amirnerseh along with the other Armenian naxarars. (Yazkert
05Parp3    29:0|Armenian tanuters and the sepuhs with them reached the land of
05Parp3    29:1|singing louder than the clerics with heavenly delight. But on this
05Parp3    29:2|were constantly grieving and streaming with tears. As a result, the
05Parp3    29:3|and their drink was mixed with tears [Psalms 101, 10]. For no one wanted
05Parp3    29:3|wanted to sit at table with them, neither woman, child, azat
05Parp3    29:7|The blessed bishops with the honorable priests and Church
05Parp3    29:9|their licentious faces were tormented with ashes
05Parp3    30:1|of you, so that being with you I might repent and
05Parp3    30:4|of the land, then together with you for the name of
05Parp3    30:7|name of apostasy and mix with the flock of Christ, and
05Parp3    30:8|it as nothing. Rather, together with those of their court and
05Parp3    30:8|court and family who agreed with them, they hurriedly decided to
05Parp3    30:10|lord of the Mamikoneans, together with his brothers, court and entire
05Parp3    30:10|frightened. All who were concerned with their personal salvation realized that
05Parp3    30:12|prince of Siwnik’, held counsel with all the tanuters of Armenia
05Parp3    30:12|general, to turn him back with their entreaties. For without him
05Parp3    30:13|wrote a letter, signed it with his seal-ring, and ordered
05Parp3    30:13|letters and to seal them with their rings. He also had
05Parp3    30:13|the following men, entrusted them with all the letters and the
05Parp3    30:14|They caught up with (Vardan) and those with him
05Parp3    30:14|up with (Vardan) and those with him at the aforementioned village
05Parp3    30:15|occurred among all the Armenians with the concurrence of prince Vasak
05Parp3    30:16|They also presented him with the letters of Vasak, lord
05Parp3    30:16|and sepuhs, as well as with a summarized message of all
05Parp3    30:16|their words: “You, chief [du awagik], together with your brothers and believing family
05Parp3    30:16|have thought to save themselves with you, have escaped. But all
05Parp3    30:16|of us will be ruined with eternal destruction
05Parp3    30:18|of your blood and mingled with your azg. Let us, too
05Parp3    30:19|of their comrades, (Vardan) replied with the sentiments shared by all
05Parp3    30:22|of the sword. Anyone familiar with our azg would know that
05Parp3    30:22|this tohm has always fought with its life more for the
05Parp3    31:0|of Armenia, had said this, with the support of his venerable
05Parp3    31:1|Armenia, Vardan, but celebrated (mass) with priests in their homes. Others
05Parp3    31:1|their homes. Others celebrated mass with a host of clerics at
05Parp3    31:2|situation for awhile concerning himself with the needs of his comrades
05Parp3    31:3|Vardan regarded the situation not with a view to advancing his
05Parp3    31:4|he was not much concerned with this. Although he spoke about
05Parp3    32:0|the Armenian naxarars had brought with them from court to be
05Parp3    32:6|All of them, in accordance with the Biblical injunction, hurried with
05Parp3    32:6|with the Biblical injunction, hurried with Vardan to see Vasak, prince
05Parp3    32:7|forced to agree to unite with them
05Parp3    32:8|azat and non-azat troops, with Vasak, prince of Siwnik’, and
05Parp3    32:8|had not sealed the oath with their rings previously, did so
05Parp3    32:10|Mary and enduring all torments with Your body which You created
05Parp3    32:13|the garment of holy baptism with which you clothed us when
05Parp3    32:13|baptismal font—(as people), who with dissolute impiety have fallen into
05Parp3    32:14|of the impediments of evil with which the enemy has pierced
05Parp3    32:15|right hands the ring engraved with Your Cross, by which all
05Parp3    32:17|alliance, may he go outside with Judas, who was spurned and
05Parp3    32:19|written down and sealed, first with the ring of Vasak, prince
05Parp3    32:19|prince of Siwnik’, and then with the rings of all the
05Parp3    32:20|Doing all this as described, with great delight and singing spiritual
05Parp3    32:20|God. Full of emotion and with long, tireless genuflections they prayed
05Parp3    32:21|the fire, they extinguished it with water. According to the false
05Parp3    33:1|azats who shared the covenant with the Armenians had to quickly
05Parp3    33:2|to go and engage them with a brigade
05Parp3    34:0|of the Mamikoneans, took along with him the following tanuters of
05Parp3    34:0|meet the hour of martyrdom with fervent love: Xorhen Xorxorhuni, Arshawir
05Parp3    34:1|them and sent them along with (Vardan). But many of the
05Parp3    34:1|sworn alliance, (Vasak) kept there with him
05Parp3    34:2|lord of the Mamikoneans, together with his comrades and the other
05Parp3    34:2|the other force of men with him, said farewell to Vasak
05Parp3    34:2|and to the remaining nobles with him, and went to battle
05Parp3    34:4|of the people who were with him did the same thing
05Parp3    34:4|him did the same thing with fervent love. Inspired with love
05Parp3    34:4|thing with fervent love. Inspired with love, they all departed
05Parp3    34:7|whom I have kept here with me, and I have dispersed
05Parp3    35:1|were. He began to speak with (his men), joyously encouraging them
05Parp3    35:3|few or many (soldiers) but with God’s will
05Parp3    35:4|of all in the brigade with them. (When he saw) how
05Parp3    35:6|Vardan, arranged his own brigade with competent cavalry, opposite them. He
05Parp3    35:8|With the fronts thus deployed, and
05Parp3    35:9|the battle. However, through unfamiliarity with the place, they fell into
05Parp3    35:9|fell into the mud together with the horses, and began to
05Parp3    35:10|in the marsh. Then Kamsarakan, with only one boot on, and
05Parp3    35:10|one boot on, and covered with mud, together with all (his
05Parp3    35:10|and covered with mud, together with all (his) troops, removed the
05Parp3    35:11|lord of the Mamikoneans, Vardan, with his comrades and all of
05Parp3    35:16|from On High favored them with victory, and (Vardan’s men) returned
05Parp3    35:17|to convince them to ally with them by sending a brigade
05Parp3    35:17|to help, and confirmed it with an oath
05Parp3    36:0|With God’s aid, as all of
05Parp3    36:0|Vardan, and the entire brigade with him. He gave them gloomy
05Parp3    36:1|The Armenian nobles who are with him have also rebelled and
05Parp3    36:3|people abandoned themselves to Satan with the oath-breaking Vasak: the
05Parp3    36:4|and by the other naxarars with him, the venerable sparapet of
05Parp3    36:4|the Mamikoneans, and the troops with him could not but be
05Parp3    36:6|the day of our martyrdom with desire. Should we be worthy
05Parp3    36:6|while the satellites of Satan with great remorse will be shamed
05Parp3    36:7|of Armenia. There, in accordance with their custom, they remained and
05Parp3    36:9|Vardan, and not be lost with him
05Parp3    37:1|of the Savior’s resurrection, and with joyful happiness, they celebrated this
05Parp3    37:3|to celebrate the Easter holiday with their families: “Many brigades (of
05Parp3    37:5|For none will be crowned with his comrades, if he does
05Parp3    37:5|each one range himself now, with the mortals, or with the
05Parp3    37:5|now, with the mortals, or with the immortals
05Parp3    37:8|of the Amatunik’ azg together with the nobility with himsome
05Parp3    37:8|azg together with the nobility with himsome [300] cavalryto go
05Parp3    37:9|Arhanjar and the brigade with him departed and was so
05Parp3    37:9|the Savior had aided them with
05Parp3    37:12|sparapet of Armenia and those with him heard this, they strived
05Parp3    37:12|they wanted to quickly meet with the hour of their martyrdom
05Parp3    38:3|held worship and were filled with prayers. They modestly rejoiced in
05Parp3    38:4|to say the evening prayers with wakeful entreaties
05Parp3    38:5|the multitude of troops (sometimes with laments from the psalm-book
05Parp3    38:5|from the psalm-book, sometimes with words of doctrine) to take
05Parp3    38:7|everyone the entire night through with tireless Apostolic doctrine, and copious
05Parp3    38:7|Apostolic doctrine, and copious wisdom, with interpretations of the proverbs and
05Parp3    38:8|blessed man was sleeping. Together with others of his students, the
05Parp3    38:15|the grandee nobility of Armenia with many other words of spiritual
05Parp3    38:16|They counseled and fortified them with spiritual words all night, until
05Parp3    38:16|became, as it were, armed with fearless strength by the holy
05Parp3    38:20|everyone and make them happy with an eternal, endless and immortal
05Parp3    38:22|desired and drink of it with eagerness, crying out the Biblical
05Parp3    38:23|perform mass, so that armed with the holy Spirit (the troops
05Parp3    39:0|and the mardpet Mihrshapuh together with the prince of Arsharunik’, Arshawir
05Parp3    39:1|appointed the venerable Maxaz Xoren, with the venerable T’at’ul, lord of
05Parp3    39:1|readied the left wing himself, with his own brigade and with
05Parp3    39:1|with his own brigade and with the prince of Arhawegheank’, P’ap’ag
05Parp3    39:2|rather only to exhort them with words, for their own salvation
05Parp3    39:4|Vying with one another, those who sought
05Parp3    39:7|Armenians) whom they caught up with; others they restricted in some
05Parp3    39:9|summons and were martyred there with the holy Vardan were as
05Parp3    39:11|the number of those martyred with the senior naxarars at the
05Parp3    39:12|down from strongholds and killed with the sword or trampled by
05Parp3    40:2|the hrovartak Mushkan Niwsalawurt together with the brigade should be summoned
05Parp3    40:3|but rather to subdue them with affection, and to permit everyone
05Parp3    40:4|in Armenia, and entrusted him with implementing everything written in the
05Parp3    41:2|Those travelling with him went before the emperor
05Parp3    41:2|He agreed to aid them with a brigade. But while this
05Parp3    41:4|to aggrevate a peaceful situation with warfare, and to remove a
05Parp3    41:5|war be resolved easily or with extreme confusion
05Parp3    41:6|With these words, they changed the
05Parp3    41:6|which the delegation) was concerned with and the reason that it
05Parp3    41:8|drink the cup of martyrdon with their comrades
05Parp3    41:10|strongholds of Parxar mountain. (Iranians) with the speed of fugitives caught
05Parp3    41:10|speed of fugitives caught up with each one’s horse
05Parp3    41:13|had happened, they were overcome with great mourning, having no hope
05Parp3    42:7|on the day when Yazkert with all the court nobility ridiculed
05Parp3    42:8|to the king of Iran with elaborate preparation and much equippage
05Parp3    42:12|Vasak and the multitude going with the impious one, set off
05Parp3    42:15|worthy in it, and stay with him until you depart. As
05Parp3    42:16|him, rather, they received him with joyful affection
05Parp3    42:17|who now spoke at length with Vasak the prince of Siwnik’
05Parp3    42:18|of God, Ghewond, (Vasak) travelled with them for a long time
05Parp3    42:19|the holy men to dine with him at their halting place
05Parp3    42:24|Lord God has not spoken with me
05Parp3    43:0|grandees at court received him with respect and pomp
05Parp3    43:1|which he had treacherously sworn with saint Vardan and with all
05Parp3    43:1|sworn with saint Vardan and with all the princes of the
05Parp3    43:3|had extinguished the Artashat fire: “With what boldness and under whose
05Parp3    43:4|unity, demonstrating their fearless bravery with accurate speech and contempt, ridiculing
05Parp3    43:5|replace the fear of God with fear of a man
05Parp3    43:7|the fire and extinguished it with waterit in no way
05Parp3    43:7|your fairness to become enraged with us and to put us
05Parp3    43:9|would be kept affectionately and with much pomp, entrusted to it
05Parp3    44:0|other blessed priests who were with them at the questioning: the
05Parp3    44:1|With what fearless audacity could you
05Parp3    44:1|have enveloped your wretched selves with numerous crimes deserving the death
05Parp3    44:2|You killed the mages. With your witchcraft you destroyed the
05Parp3    44:2|military commanders and other Aryans with whom he fought remember his
05Parp3    44:2|godlike lord saw this bravery with his own eyes in Marvirhot
05Parp3    44:5|the priestly order in accordance with our faith and with the
05Parp3    44:5|accordance with our faith and with the God-given command of
05Parp3    44:6|Then he acquainted them with each of the holy men
05Parp3    44:7|Armenia, nonetheless, they were unfamiliar with the names of the holy
05Parp3    44:11|commanded to respond to us with such words and threats do
05Parp3    44:11|we are happy and delighted with what we have done. We
05Parp3    44:14|and wood. It is otherwise with the glass bead from which
05Parp3    44:14|can spring from argil mixed with silver, when this material is
05Parp3    44:15|fire of stone, if covered with stones will go out. The
05Parp3    44:15|of wood, will grow stronger with more wood. Thus, it is
05Parp3    44:17|Now if (the fire) deals with its brother and parent in
05Parp3    44:18|you believe this, why then with blind intellects do you term
05Parp3    44:19|alone, some of it mixed with wine, you drink without feeling
05Parp3    44:22|praised (his words) as if with one tongue, in loud voices
05Parp3    44:26|time, thought over and shared with all of us, all the
05Parp3    44:27|which today (Ghewond), in accordance with his God-given knowledge, beautifully
05Parp3    44:28|With the disease of bitterness added
05Parp3    44:29|Blessed are those who, with their mind’s eye, are just
05Parp3    44:29|weaken. You are the ones with just such a disease. Do
05Parp3    44:30|the mouths of the saints with chains, until their mouths filled
05Parp3    44:30|their mouths filled and overflowed with blood
05Parp3    44:31|Apostles, they left the atean with joyous faces, since for the
05Parp3    45:5|Vasak, he decked himself out with all the honors he had
05Parp3    45:5|the palace of the court with great pomp. For, short of
05Parp3    45:7|the entire palace was filled with Aryans and non-Aryans, the
05Parp3    45:9|The king asked them: “With what audacity, thinking or imagining
05Parp3    45:15|revealed to us, and furthered with force, that you had ordered
05Parp3    45:16|make us) accept the faith. With our lips atremble we exalted
05Parp3    45:16|false (religion), wanting to cover with deception for a moment (our
05Parp3    45:16|land and to quit it with our wives and children, departing
05Parp3    45:17|today are well and here with you know this and can
05Parp3    45:19|Book of our faith, sealed with his own ring, the very
05Parp3    45:21|entire land of Armenia are with me, all the officials are
05Parp3    45:22|Having written all of this with an oath, Vasak, the lord
05Parp3    45:23|the seal, and is here with us
05Parp3    45:27|he sent Vardan and us with a brigade to fight in
05Parp3    46:2|oath. Then you sent him with an army to Aghbania (Aghuania
05Parp3    46:3|a servant as our Vardan, with all the strength of the
05Parp3    46:3|him back. And so, you with your own hand killed such
05Parp3    46:8|the man enjoyed some merit with the Iranians, and attempted to
05Parp3    46:10|should be seized from him with insults. The guards beat and
05Parp3    46:12|started beating his own face with his hand in hostile derision
05Parp3    46:13|other worthy people who cooperated with him. They have inherited eternal
05Parp3    48:2|and Abraham be taken along with him. He had them constantly
05Parp3    48:2|He had them constantly oppressed with wicked torments, heavy shackles, and
05Parp3    48:2|into the Christians who were with him in the caravan
05Parp3    48:4|the enemy did not battle with the Iranians face to face
05Parp3    48:5|they defeated the Iranian troops with severe blows
05Parp3    48:7|the minds of the gods with gifts and worthy sacrifices. Thus
05Parp3    48:8|hazarapet, Mihrnerseh, they began speaking with the king, saying
05Parp3    48:11|first those priests who were with him, the blessed presbyter Samuel
05Parp3    49:1|the order and were filled with joy. But before the saint’s
05Parp3    49:1|from the holy man’s bones with tortures. Then, in accordance with
05Parp3    49:1|with tortures. Then, in accordance with the king’s order, they killed
05Parp3    49:1|killed him by beheading him with a sword
05Parp3    50:1|they were being held bound with the Armenian naxarars. (Yazkert) ordered
05Parp3    50:3|will go to their deaths with great joy for (such a
05Parp3    50:5|they strive in person and with their wealth to obtain but
05Parp3    50:7|which were made for them with great labor—(ornaments) having a
05Parp3    50:9|bonds to their own land. With regard to the other nobles
05Parp3    50:11|had arrived. They began speaking with the Armenian naxarars with whom
05Parp3    50:11|speaking with the Armenian naxarars with whom they were bound, saying
05Parp3    50:12|You, with the mercy of Christ, will
05Parp3    50:12|be freed from bondage; we, with the power of the holy
05Parp3    51:4|prolonged the joy of comfort, with the power of the holy
05Parp3    51:5|the bound naxarars, in accordance with each one’s rank, to pass
05Parp3    51:6|safely, and that your compact with Him is fulfilled
05Parp3    51:7|His holy Spirit that we, with intrepid encouragement, be worthy of
05Parp3    51:8|With the intercession of the kind
05Parp3    51:9|your bones be placed there with those of your fathers. May
05Parp3    51:14|hands to heaven, thanking God with great gladness, saying: “We thank
05Parp3    51:18|remaining in the flesh stay with you and are strengthened by
05Parp3    51:19|Preserve them with Your almighty right hand, surround
05Parp3    51:19|almighty right hand, surround them with the security of Your holy
05Parp3    51:19|Your holy Spirit, comfort them with the gladness of Your word
05Parp3    51:20|health, and always comfort you with His holy Spirit
05Parp3    51:21|you, and will keep you with the hope of His aid
05Parp3    51:24|doctrine and consolation in accordance with the command of the blessed
05Parp3    51:24|naxarars and the others gathered with them. They entrusted all of
05Parp3    51:25|among the blessed Apostles, filled with the grace of the Holy
05Parp3    52:0|of the listeners were transported with delight, finding the inspired doctrine
05Parp3    52:1|For in accordance with the eternal, unchanging divine instruction
05Parp3    52:1|of cockcrow. (The executioners) had with them a multitude of blacksmiths
05Parp3    52:1|them a multitude of blacksmiths with the tools of their trade
05Parp3    52:1|they were unable to cut with files, they smashed at with
05Parp3    52:1|with files, they smashed at with hammers, placing the iron poles
05Parp3    52:2|heavy than all ordinary iron with which they bound those people
05Parp3    52:2|mages had had them dealt with in this fashion as though
05Parp3    52:3|of blacksmiths who had come with Vehdenshapuh, they all became sad
05Parp3    52:4|glory, and are insatiably covered with gold and precious gems and
05Parp3    52:5|when they see others (adorned) with another material, they feel envy
05Parp3    52:6|beautiful, luxurious, and venerable chains with pride and joy on their
05Parp3    52:7|on anvils and broke them with hammers. But they barely freed
05Parp3    52:7|and those bound Armenian naxarars with them spent the time praying
05Parp3    53:0|Then Vehdenshapuh and those assistants with him ordered that the noteworthy
05Parp3    53:0|summoned). They were then charged with the royal order
05Parp3    53:4|cemetary. The Word of God with the angels, opened (the tomb
05Parp3    53:6|taking refuge in divine hope, with fearless braveryin the presence
05Parp3    53:7|the blessed priests of God with joyful hearts and happy faces
05Parp3    53:7|saying: “May God bless you with power, give you lasting patience
05Parp3    53:7|travelling to and settle us with you in the eternal shelter
05Parp3    53:11|naxarars) who had come along with them voluntarily from the land
05Parp3    53:13|These men and those with them were taken to Vehdenshapuh
05Parp3    53:14|He also ordered, in accordance with the earlier command, that they
05Parp3    54:1|was on very intimate terms with the venerable priests of God
05Parp3    54:3|might rest. He did this with prompt alertness, and Vehdenshapuh, pleased
05Parp3    54:3|prompt alertness, and Vehdenshapuh, pleased with all the services of the
05Parp3    54:4|Thus, having boldly found favor with the great prince, the Xuzhik
05Parp3    54:6|was committed to the same. With their protection I have lived
05Parp3    54:8|delighting Vehdenshapuh for the moment with false statements, so that what
05Parp3    54:9|Vehdenshapuh, he felt his meeting with the Xuzhik was (a favor
05Parp3    54:9|or night, but kept him with him in great honor and
05Parp3    54:12|of the fires, enthusiastically remain with me to watch the destruction
05Parp3    54:13|these words from the ambarapet, with great adoration he thanked Vehdenshapuh
05Parp3    54:13|martyrs were to die, along with them. Such would be the
05Parp3    54:15|granted his prayers to narrate with a perpetually joyful heart to
05Parp3    55:0|what he planned to do with the blessed priests, saying instead
05Parp3    55:2|people in their party know, (with the exception of the venerable
05Parp3    55:6|was done by you and with your counsel
05Parp3    55:12|and to the others seated with him: “Do not ask me
05Parp3    55:18|to live or die together with the same faith we now
05Parp3    55:19|God, than for our lives with apostasy
05Parp3    55:22|Vehdenshapuh and the loyal men with him became enraged, and (Vehdenshapuh
05Parp3    56:2|to your homes well and with honor
05Parp3    56:3|Vehdenshapuh and the loyal men with him further commanded the blessed
05Parp3    56:3|have, and to acquaint you with the true god
05Parp3    56:6|God, Ghewond, began to speak with saint Sahak alone, saying: “We
05Parp3    56:8|lost? God forbid! I counter with the words: ’What you preach
05Parp3    56:13|heard this they were transported with rage, and wanted to say
05Parp3    56:13|other false and futile words with the blessed champions, thinking that
05Parp3    56:14|have agreed to familiarize you with what was said and to
05Parp3    56:14|not want to associate myself with either you or the obscene
05Parp3    56:15|such men could put up with it? On the contrary, (such
05Parp3    56:15|merely serves to acquaint you with the foolishness of your position
05Parp3    57:0|struck the holy bishop Sahak with his sword, striking him on
05Parp3    57:1|thank you Christ, for sharing with us many times your life
05Parp3    57:3|blessed kat’oghikos Yovsep’ be beheaded with a sword. When the executioners
05Parp3    57:3|you.” He was thus killed with the sword
05Parp3    57:7|the blessed Ghewond pulled him with little breath remaining where the
05Parp3    57:7|they beheaded the blessed one with a sword. At the time
05Parp3    57:7|of his death, (Ghewond) said with a joyful sound; “I thank
05Parp3    57:7|I thank You Christ, Who, with much kindness aided and kept
05Parp3    57:8|executioners) cut off his head with a sword. In a failing
05Parp3    57:11|the other princes who were with him quit that place. Having
05Parp3    57:11|they left them there armed with weapons. First and foremost, among
05Parp3    57:13|In accordance with the command of Denshapuh and
05Parp3    57:16|up from the ground. Thus, with their legs bent and their
05Parp3    57:19|because their hearts were smiten with terror, they were unable to
05Parp3    57:23|nights. When Denshapuh and those with him saw the color of
05Parp3    57:24|they could not come up with any strategems, but could only
05Parp3    57:26|saints’ bones. Thus, he took with him ten other companions whose
05Parp3    57:29|With joyous hearts, they worshipped the
05Parp3    57:33|the saints’ bones, in accordance with the words of the blessed
05Parp3    57:34|generously reward him in accordance with his labors, with the joy
05Parp3    57:34|in accordance with his labors, with the joy of his name
05Parp3    57:35|had accompanied and encouraged him with hope
05Parp3    57:37|guards to flee in alarm with shame, he terrified the hearts
05Parp3    57:38|With such words of glory and
05Parp3    57:38|his good deeds, became honored with the great heavenly treasure of
05Parp3    57:39|of the months. Relating them with insatiable delight, they cheered them
05Parp3    57:40|he tirelessly repeated them together with psalms
05Parp3    57:41|Kamsarakan, and wrote it down with enthusiastic concern. For although we
05Parp3    58:0|King Yazkert entered Hyrcania with the entire mass of the
05Parp3    58:0|and the troops who were with him. They then permitted residents
05Parp3    58:0|were in Niwshapuh in accordance with Denshapuh’s order, to free the
05Parp3    58:0|fortress) and others who were with them to serve their needs
05Parp3    58:2|we, too, can go there with them and not return. We
05Parp3    58:5|Asorestan to do mshakut’iwn along with the royal mshaks, and remain
05Parp3    58:11|men, they went before them with joy and honored them as
05Parp3    58:12|land of Apar. Each individual, with delight and great enthusiasm, beseeched
05Parp3    58:13|captive Armenian champions, in accordance with the needs of each. The
05Parp3    58:15|Now with the guarantee of the believers
05Parp3    59:1|that he should be favored with the sons of the venerable
05Parp3    59:5|fitting that I adore you with a new type of reverence
05Parp4    60:1|but they were at odds with each other. Going against each
05Parp4    60:2|note: “Let them remain there with the cavalry and do whatever
05Parp4    60:4|benefactor, and from Whom they with patience awaited yet other benefits
05Parp4    60:5|naxarars and gradually became familiar with them, he received them as
05Parp4    60:7|which the priests who were with them were secretly keeping. As
05Parp4    61:0|their own eyes, complacently and with conceit sought for the mote
05Parp4    61:1|Having heard this, I tremble with horror. For, after observing the
05Parp4    61:1|various torments they underwent voluntarily with the hopes of a portion
05Parp4    61:2|Apostles, we who are filled with myriads of evils, who have
05Parp4    61:4|captive naxararswhom we heard with our own earsindeed resembled
05Parp4    61:4|resembled celestial beings on earth, with the bodies of angels
05Parp4    61:5|prayers in their hearts, and with the aid of the Almighty
05Parp4    61:5|each battle uninjured, victorious, and with renown
05Parp4    61:7|were in bondage in Hrew. With much modest virtue they urged
05Parp4    61:8|ladle; instead of clothing woven with gold, they now wore coarse
05Parp4    61:9|They did not annoint themselves with oil. They did not arrange
05Parp4    61:9|the hair on their heads with the comb. And (those traits
05Parp4    61:10|and all who were united with him, as well as the
05Parp4    62:1|He was a man filled with much learning, especially in the
05Parp4    62:1|especially in the Greek language, with (the knowledge of) rhetorical speaking
05Parp4    62:2|men who had been martyred with Vardan, be they from the
05Parp4    62:6|a boy and was staying with his dayeaks in Tayk’
05Parp4    63:0|through apostasy and not ruling with piety as worthy folk
05Parp4    63:4|martyred Mamikoneans who were endowed (with abilities) not through the gifts
05Parp4    63:4|gifts of man but rather with the aid of heavenly providence
05Parp4    63:4|aid of heavenly providence, and with the intercession of the holy
05Parp4    63:6|family adorned all the houses with them
05Parp4    63:7|counsel and train in accordance with their wisdom and art
05Parp4    63:10|once he was thoroughly acquainted with (Vahan), revered and praised him
05Parp4    63:11|about honoring (Vahan) in accordance with his wisdom and bravery, nonetheless
05Parp4    63:11|they had frequently troubled them with resistance and battle, he delayed
05Parp4    63:14|considered it better to die with forbearance in the Christian faith
05Parp4    63:15|In accordance with the word of the Bible
05Parp4    63:16|foreign (place), sometimes in connection with helping to rebel
05Parp4    64:2|your will. He deceives some with gifts, and others, with sweet
05Parp4    64:2|some with gifts, and others, with sweet words, and turns them
05Parp4    64:3|calls them to himself, and, with pretexts, gets them to abandon
05Parp4    64:4|He himself communicates with the emperor and subordinates himself
05Parp4    64:4|the grandees at his court with precious gifts
05Parp4    64:8|as that of an angel. With great care the pagans reverentially
05Parp4    64:10|the Mihran tun) to him with each of Maxaz’ accusations
05Parp4    64:16|because God, out of pleasure with the blessed man, had made
05Parp4    64:18|will dispatch you to Armenia with such honor that no Armenian
05Parp4    64:20|kat’oghikos of Armenia, Giwt, filled with the power of the holy
05Parp4    64:22|from me. For, having lived with the cares of the world
05Parp4    64:22|privations, I (will) occupy myself with prayer
05Parp4    64:25|Indeed, if you truly persist with those words, then you were
05Parp4    64:29|of Giwt, he was transported with rage, and wanted to give
05Parp4    64:35|Armenia, Giwt, remained at court. With much boldness he was honored
05Parp4    64:37|was, thusly honored by all, with joyous splendor (Giwt) said farewell
05Parp4    64:38|Having lived with greater glory than before in
05Parp4    64:39|With a blessing, he left the
05Parp4    65:0|saw Vahan Mamikonean so filled with such noticeable growth in goodness
05Parp4    65:12|he had indeed brought something with him. When (Peroz) heard from
05Parp4    65:15|no servant to be found with me who cooks for me
05Parp4    65:16|gold, enough to provide me with an ample and large stipend
05Parp4    65:16|time), and ten others along with me? Nor are any of
05Parp4    65:20|to the land of Armenia with exaltation and great splendor
05Parp4    65:22|With this concern ever raging his
05Parp4    65:22|he familiarized his intimate friends with his worry, and was looking
05Parp4    66:0|in a state of confusion with such mental anguish, suddenly there
05Parp4    66:3|of Iberia’s king, they rejoiced with delighted hearts
05Parp4    66:7|aid us, and we, together with the Iberians, may perhaps be
05Parp4    66:11|unable and dare not unite with the plan you have thought
05Parp4    66:14|do not tire me out with your vain and useless plans
05Parp4    66:16|encouraged and strengthened and filled with the grace of the holy
05Parp4    66:18|my turn has been made with my entire heart. May He
05Parp4    66:18|allow me to see him with my own eyes and rejoice
05Parp4    66:20|called Bjni, and had been with them in the army, an
05Parp4    67:2|the deception and the marzpan with doubts accurately learning about the
05Parp4    67:3|the hazarapet, and others allied with them each mounted their horses
05Parp4    67:4|and the hazarapet were travelling with informed guides, they did not
05Parp4    67:5|were unable to catch up with them. However, they seized the
05Parp4    67:5|Maxaz, whom they took along with them. Having arrived at Duin
05Parp4    67:7|had sworn the oath along with the Armenian naxarars, but then
05Parp4    67:10|and all of the people with him. Taking a brigade from
05Parp4    68:5|at the ostan, to encourage with hope those who went out
05Parp4    68:6|brother Arhastom, and a brigade with them numbering [400] men in all
05Parp4    68:9|and all the military troops with them, as well as the
05Parp4    68:9|faith and who provided them with his soul’s true and just
05Parp4    68:10|remaining there at the ostan with them. They went quickly, with
05Parp4    68:10|with them. They went quickly, with joyous enthusiasm
05Parp4    68:17|for the Armenians who are with you, which, when you and
05Parp4    68:17|which, when you and those with you hear it, you will
05Parp4    68:20|ridiculing you when I spoke with the messengers. No one sent
05Parp4    68:20|one sent me to you with a message. Rather, I came
05Parp4    68:20|bad matter. You will meet with evil and be lost
05Parp4    68:23|united in this thought: “If, with God’s aid we are strengthened
05Parp4    69:0|the next day, in accordance with their daily custom, they hastened
05Parp4    69:3|With the [400] men so arranged, they
05Parp4    69:7|in the companies, in accordance with God’s command (for the selection
05Parp4    69:8|With help from On High, (the
05Parp4    69:11|venerable Arshawir Kamsarakan, who killed with his spear the very first
05Parp4    69:12|took the Katsac’ brigade, together with other rebellious Armenian folk, as
05Parp4    69:12|as the brigade which was with him, and, changing direction through
05Parp4    69:15|enemy. Then the two brothers, with but few men, attacked that
05Parp4    69:16|and martial man, struck him with his spear and killed him
05Parp4    69:20|Nerseh, lord of Shirak, together with his beloved brother, Hrahat
05Parp4    69:26|from me and girded me with gladness
05Parp4    69:28|after that they themselves rejoiced with delight
05Parp4    69:29|power which had favored them with the name of great triumph
05Parp4    69:29|Christ, they kissed each other with a greeting of joy, and
05Parp4    70:0|Georgia), so that in accordance with his promise, he would provide
05Parp4    70:0|promise, he would provide them with Huns (as auxiliaries
05Parp4    70:1|Wasting time with words, he delayed acting on
05Parp4    70:6|his own benefit, but rather with exhortation I will remind everyone
05Parp4    70:10|Others, who were in communication with the wrong side, among the
05Parp4    70:11|an Eruanduni named Nerseh, allied with other men dedicated to the
05Parp4    70:12|prince of Mokk’, named Yohan, with many cavalrymen
05Parp4    70:13|half were unprepared, nonetheless, encouraged with aid from On High, they
05Parp4    70:13|prince of Mokk’ piercing him with his spear, and assisted by
05Parp4    70:19|Nerseh Eruanduni and the men with them arrived (at their destination
05Parp4    71:2|of Armenia, made haste. Taking with him the blessed patriarch of
05Parp4    71:5|and all the Armenian troops with ardent hearts, beseeched God for
05Parp4    71:8|infidels. For, since God is with you, he will make your
05Parp4    71:12|aspet Sahak, the marzpan, along with many cavalrymen. In the right
05Parp4    71:12|Gnuni, and P’apak Paluni, each with his cavalry, and others besides
05Parp4    71:13|also prepared other senior men with select cavalry and Vren Vanandac’i
05Parp4    71:14|did not have time. Clashing with the section on the right
05Parp4    71:15|aspet, attacked the p’ushtipanac’ saghar with his spear. Both of them
05Parp4    71:15|of them wounded each other with their spears, and approaching each
05Parp4    71:18|the Cross over himself, and, with the two Kamsarakans, attacked the
05Parp4    71:18|put (the Iranians) to flight. With that wing, they entered into
05Parp4    71:19|Only Vin Xorhean with two other powerful comrades-in
05Parp4    71:22|honorable kat’oghikos of Armenia, Yohan, with a good name, much glory
05Parp4    71:22|went before the victorious brigade with a joyful heart, giving them
05Parp4    71:23|see that God is reconciled with you. For though victory has
05Parp4    71:23|always strengthen you, and be with you, and never leave you
05Parp4    72:0|were returning from the battle with strengthened, joyful hearts (since the
05Parp4    72:0|by divine influence in accordance with the will of the blessed
05Parp4    72:1|of Armenia had filled up with such good news, everyone hurried
05Parp4    72:2|the walls of Jericho fell with a crash
05Parp4    72:4|the country of Armenia together with his servants, money, and equippage
05Parp4    72:5|lips. The Omniscient was pleased with my plan and oath, and
05Parp4    72:8|And with thanks they gave praise, saying
05Parp4    73:6|tanuters and sepuhs of Armenia, with all the troops of Armenia
05Parp4    73:6|they had sworn an oath with king Vaxt’ang of Iberia, on
05Parp4    73:8|the fourth, and (Vaxt’ang) continued with his excuses. Then the sixth
05Parp4    73:9|armed like men (in accordance with the trick of Alexander of
05Parp4    73:10|the Armenians are really allied with you. But if we see
05Parp4    73:12|it had made an oath with the king of Iberia attempted
05Parp4    73:16|on the Gospel, secretly communicated with each of their friends in
05Parp4    73:16|our plans and thoughts are with you. We know that we
05Parp4    73:18|cause many others to flee with us
05Parp4    73:19|They swore a vow with the Iranians, and confirmed these
05Parp4    73:20|at that time also spoke with Vahan, Armenia’s general, and with
05Parp4    73:20|with Vahan, Armenia’s general, and with the other senior tanuters and
05Parp4    73:20|good that we are fighting with the Iranian troops today. For
05Parp4    73:21|was still delaying and deceiving with duplicitous words
05Parp4    74:1|he himself organized the center with the two sons of the
05Parp4    74:2|for his face was illuminated with the glory of God. Many
05Parp4    74:4|the general of Armenia, together with the two Kamsarakan brothers attacked
05Parp4    74:5|soldier of the Iranian brigade with his spear and sent him
05Parp4    74:7|of the blessed Vasak Mamikonean, with a reliable oath
05Parp4    74:9|did not favor them then with martyrdom in accordance with their
05Parp4    74:9|then with martyrdom in accordance with their diligent and eager request
05Parp4    74:9|and eager request, in accordance with his secret and inscrutable providence
05Parp4    74:9|oath-keeping comrades who were with him (who fervently desired the
05Parp4    74:11|who were found worthy, along with the blessed aspet Sahak and
05Parp4    74:12|useless Iberian (Georgian) troops together with their king Vaxt’ang, they were
05Parp4    74:14|He threatened him with severe words and then had
05Parp4    74:14|Armenia, he took (Hrahat) along with him
05Parp4    75:0|The two Kamsarakans were always with him, inseparable and united
05Parp4    75:1|Mihran came after them with a brigade and tried to
05Parp4    75:2|at a village named Mkarhinch’ with [100] men, more or less
05Parp4    75:3|Mihran had encamped near him with so many thousands, and the
05Parp4    75:4|graced the brave Vahan Mamikonean with His great power, that Mihran
05Parp4    75:5|the king and reconcile him with you, and will try to
05Parp4    75:6|should look upon all people with just eyes, as a king
05Parp4    75:6|a king; he should look with justice and listen with justice
05Parp4    75:6|look with justice and listen with justice, as befits a king
05Parp4    75:7|a land, wants to see with another’s eyes and hear with
05Parp4    75:7|with another’s eyes and hear with another’s earsno one can
05Parp4    75:13|have already fought two battles with Aryan men, and the third
05Parp4    75:13|be the one I fight with you. During those two battles
05Parp4    75:13|two battles, you (Iranians) fought with such prominent and brave men
05Parp4    75:14|about. It was accomplished not with many cavalrymen, but with [100] men
05Parp4    75:14|not with many cavalrymen, but with [100] men, or even less than
05Parp4    75:15|was that we were troubled with discord and treachery
05Parp4    75:16|and rewarded the good fighters with honor, then I could show
05Parp4    75:17|from bad tohms, in accordance with their baseness, have eradicated bravery
05Parp4    75:21|The more I concerned myself with doing good things, and the
05Parp4    75:25|I was daily plagued with fear that I might die
05Parp4    75:25|fear that I might die with this sin and be eternally
05Parp4    75:28|You should keep the highborn with the highborn, and the ignoble
05Parp4    75:28|the highborn, and the ignoble with the ignoble. Should you ’subdue’
05Parp4    75:29|the authority of the land with filthy sins, and not looking
05Parp4    76:0|general, Vahan Mamikonean, were communicating with each other in this fashion
05Parp4    76:1|Mihran, hurried to court with all his multitude, taking along
05Parp4    76:2|Following behind with great diligence but sadly was
05Parp4    76:2|Nerseh, the lord of Shirak, with some select men (who had
05Parp4    76:2|to them, and went along with him
05Parp4    76:5|sadness that the saints shared with those grieving, as well as
05Parp4    76:5|in a loud voice mixed with tears, saying
05Parp4    76:6|may see my beloved brother with me, and healthy. For everything
05Parp4    76:7|God. But he did this with his heart, not his mouth
05Parp4    76:9|Aryans, and the other nobility with him saw the fearless and
05Parp4    76:14|letters whenever (Gdihon) himself was with the Iranian awags at camp
05Parp4    76:14|through apostasy he would die with a bad name
05Parp4    76:16|the inextinguishable (fires of) Gehenna with material goods. Especially since the
05Parp4    76:17|be taken from me together with the glory and very great
05Parp4    77:0|district of Ayrarat and, together with the oath-keeping naxarars and
05Parp4    77:0|troops of Armenia who were with him, fulfilled the vow of
05Parp4    77:1|After first concerning themselves with maintaining the poor, they then
05Parp4    77:1|they then glorified God themselves, with great rejoicing
05Parp4    77:5|what district. But in accordance with his virtue, he treated us
05Parp4    77:6|water, brought yet another cleric with him, offered us the food
05Parp4    77:8|glorified God. Leaving the cleric with us, he left us and
05Parp4    77:9|The next evening he returned with pack animal(s) and yet
05Parp4    77:9|dwelled. They concealed us there with them for many days, and
05Parp4    77:12|send here a strong brigade with a dependable military commander and
05Parp4    77:14|to the men and women with proof and were believed). For
05Parp4    77:14|For the women (in accordance with the fickle and infirm nature
05Parp4    77:15|of men of poor judgement with feeble minds
05Parp4    77:19|from his face struck me with awe
05Parp4    77:20|taken from me and mingle with other hosts, whose troops had
05Parp4    77:22|the prophets who were occupied with idle affairs, and who, confounded
05Parp4    77:24|Mushegh, and they dispatched (him) with a brigade of many select
05Parp4    77:24|many select men to go with those false and fraudulent men
05Parp4    77:26|Mamikoneans, Mushegh, and the brigade with him to insanity, leading them
05Parp4    78:0|naked paupers, suddenly Zarmihr Hazarawuxt with a multitudinous, enormous force of
05Parp4    78:1|Armenia, was at the ostan with but few naxarars and only
05Parp4    78:2|When you go against them with such a select multitude, even
05Parp4    78:3|Hazarawuxt and the other awag’s with him heard these words, they
05Parp4    78:3|Vahan Mamikonean, and the troops with him at the time
05Parp4    78:5|and the other Armenian naxarars with him and the rhamik cavalrymen
05Parp4    78:5|which filled the entire plain with the Iranian brigade billowing like
05Parp4    78:5|in flight. Rather, in accordance with the competency of their force
05Parp4    78:13|the Mamikoneans, and the cavalrymen with him arrived. Because they had
05Parp4    78:13|battle they turned and fled with the other fugitives
05Parp4    79:1|naxarars of Armenia who were with him, together with each (person’s
05Parp4    79:1|who were with him, together with each (person’s) dayeaks and beloved
05Parp4    79:6|the other naxarars who were with him turned back unhappily because
05Parp4    79:9|be kept in sanctity and with every caution, in accordance with
05Parp4    79:9|with every caution, in accordance with the faith (laws) of the
05Parp4    79:11|Shapuh of the Mihran tohm with a brigade there in the
05Parp4    80:0|he left (in Armenia) Shapuh with the Iranian cavalry, a brigade
05Parp4    80:0|Gdihon, the lord of Siwnik’, with a brigade drawn from the
05Parp4    80:1|assembled others who were united with the king of kings
05Parp4    80:2|from the many who allied with him in the land of
05Parp4    80:4|and in sanctity in accordance with their Christian faith
05Parp4    80:6|or loathesome actsin accordance with our faith they will be
05Parp4    81:1|Indeed, Vahan Mamikonean with his troops ceaselessly took the
05Parp4    81:2|and the men who were with him went to encamp in
05Parp4    81:3|there are extremely few men with him
05Parp4    81:4|all the multitude (of troops) with him suddenly went against the
05Parp4    81:5|find some way of dealing with him, all our business will
05Parp4    81:7|the appointed hour. They were with a few men, and were
05Parp4    81:11|So Xurs attacked the Iranian with his lance and killed him
05Parp4    81:12|They fell upon the Iranians with only the few men who
05Parp4    81:12|the few men who were with them, and, strengthened by God’s
05Parp4    81:15|border of Hashteank’ in accordance with his previous plan. Reaching the
05Parp4    82:2|what is the man doing with so few men that every
05Parp4    82:5|me, in but five days, with my brigade alone I would
05Parp4    82:5|would defeat him and those with him
05Parp4    82:6|by the men who are with Vahan Mamikonean.” For when the
05Parp4    82:7|permit (Gdihon) or the men with him (to accompany his troops
05Parp4    82:8|Vahan Mamikonean, and the troops with him were sleeping peacefully at
05Parp4    82:8|earth. And God Himself was with him in everything he did
05Parp4    82:9|Then, surrounding the battle-site with Erezites holding shields, they violently
05Parp4    82:9|shields, they violently let loose with a tumultuous downpour of arrows
05Parp4    82:10|troops in the encampment mingled with one another and the Iranians
05Parp4    83:1|roaring like a wild beast with an enraged heart
05Parp4    83:5|God has frequently glorified us with the victory and we are
05Parp4    83:5|grant us and crown us with that which is above all
05Parp4    83:14|the entire Iranian army, attacking with the few good oath-keeping
05Parp4    83:14|oath-keeping men who remained with him
05Parp4    83:15|Vahan, and the few men with him, quickly sent to Gdihon
05Parp4    83:17|Armenia’s general, Vahan Mamikonean, with the few like-minded people
05Parp4    83:17|the few like-minded people with him, attacked assisted by the
05Parp4    83:18|Vahan himself, together with his brave oath-keepers, like
05Parp4    83:18|side. He and the men with him killed many powerful warriors
05Parp4    83:18|Siwnik’, whom they mortally pierced with a lance through the armpit
05Parp4    83:18|a lance through the armpit. With a frightful sound they rent
05Parp4    83:19|Vahan and the other Armenians with arrows, but rather with the
05Parp4    83:19|Armenians with arrows, but rather with the notch of a single
05Parp4    83:23|After Armenia’s general, Vahan Mamikonean with his colleagues had completed this
05Parp4    83:23|completed this deed of bravery (with the power of God), he
05Parp4    83:24|God had so inspired them with fear and dread of Armenia’s
05Parp4    83:24|the Mamikonean and the men with him, they would be unable
05Parp4    83:25|and strengthened men who were with Armenia’s general, Vahan, and who
05Parp4    84:3|and conquered him, the men with him, and the select brigade
05Parp4    84:3|well as the men here with me. He attacked three and
05Parp4    84:3|three and four thousand men with only thirty men, crushed the
05Parp4    84:3|and caused such massive damage. With what assurance can we (who
05Parp4    84:4|I fear that in accordance with (Vahan’s) brilliance, he will send
05Parp4    84:7|Thereafter, with the force of the brigade
05Parp4    84:8|time (an instance when) someone with ten men attacked [3000] select cavalrymen
05Parp4    85:9|him order us killed here with his own sword, instead of
05Parp4    85:9|the Hepthalites destroy the Aryans with their swords. For from such
05Parp4    85:11|So, with a huge multitude of Aryans
05Parp4    85:12|saying: ’You have an oath with mesworn, written, and sealed
05Parp4    85:12|that you will not fight with me. We stipulated a boundary
05Parp4    85:15|replied to the Hepthalite, saying: ’With the multitude of this brigade
05Parp4    85:15|of the soldiers) to fight with and defeat you, and with
05Parp4    85:15|with and defeat you, and with the other half I will
05Parp4    86:0|brigade that you now see with me, even before this wicked
05Parp4    86:2|seen him and the men with him accomplish in earlier times
05Parp4    86:2|but also (we then had with us) the brigade of the
05Parp4    86:2|the prince of Siwnik’, Gdihon, with the choice cavalrymen of his
05Parp4    86:3|a flock of partridges, Vahan with only thirty men attacked (us
05Parp4    86:4|brave man) and the comrades with him, especially the three brothers
05Parp4    86:6|in extreme sanctity in accordance with the rules of the Christian
05Parp4    86:7|proper and useful, and offered with his mercy in accordance with
05Parp4    86:7|with his mercy in accordance with the rationality of the seekers
05Parp4    86:8|reached the city of Vagharshapat with the rational, loyal, oath-keeping
05Parp4    86:8|of Armenia, Vahan Mamikonean, rennovated with glorious splendor since the structure
05Parp4    87:0|he was horrified and wracked with doubts, and immediately left for
05Parp4    87:4|force aloneas he wished, with no regard for anyone and
05Parp4    87:6|want you) to achieve reconciliation with the peoples who resist and
05Parp4    87:7|the useless (people); to consult with the wise; to love those
05Parp4    87:7|good, and rewarding the meritorious with recompense suiting their labors
05Parp4    88:6|even though Vahan was there with all of his forces. Despite
05Parp4    88:7|They dealt with your rule in such a
05Parp4    88:8|what great damage (Vahan) inflicted with only a few men
05Parp4    88:9|the way Vahan fatigued us with very few men (sometimes only
05Parp4    88:9|he fearlessly resist in battle with so few men, and come
05Parp4    88:11|For (Vahan) with thirty men fearlessly attacked [3,000] (of
05Parp4    88:12|so much as diligent mshaks with good sharp sickles and scythes
05Parp4    88:12|way did they attack Mihran with so many men and completely
05Parp4    88:13|had thought that only Gdihon with ten men of his brigade
05Parp4    88:15|Vahan and the other folk with him were today peacefully in
05Parp4    88:16|For when the Armenians with such folk, are ours, the
05Parp4    88:18|mild, intelligent and constructive person, with many select men
05Parp4    88:19|and do whatever is necessary with all mildness and affection, according
05Parp4    88:20|be careful to first assemble with you the cavalrymen of Atrpatakan
05Parp4    88:21|the present he and those with him have not accomplished such
05Parp4    88:22|work which he and those with him made bold to do
05Parp4    88:22|of human nature (in accordance with his proud and willful personality
05Parp4    88:22|and those men who allied with him, to bear the ridicule
05Parp4    89:1|noble folk who (formerly were) with the Aryans. Now come and
05Parp4    89:4|it is impossible to deal with them in writing or by
05Parp4    89:4|by speaking face-to-face with the one who is lord
05Parp4    89:4|lord of the Aryans, and with you (a member) of the
05Parp4    89:5|conceded to us in writing with the king’s seal, then we
05Parp4    89:6|words which I presently speak with you are not my own
05Parp4    89:11|of the land to see with his own eyes, hear with
05Parp4    89:11|with his own eyes, hear with his own ears, know and
05Parp4    89:11|own ears, know and speak with his own mouth, and not
05Parp4    89:11|his own mouth, and not with the eyes and ears of
05Parp4    89:11|talk about what is necessary with another’s mouth
05Parp4    89:14|But the king who sees with his own healthy eyes and
05Parp4    89:14|own healthy eyes and hears with unbiased hearing and speaks fairly
05Parp4    89:14|unbiased hearing and speaks fairly with his servants, will envivify his
05Parp4    89:14|they will not be satisfied with their labor but will increase
05Parp4    89:18|which I will personally speak with him; otherwise, should I not
05Parp4    90:1|Along with Nixor’s messengers, Vahan Mamikonean sent
05Parp4    90:3|to him from Vahan Mamikonean, with a happy heart he rejoiced
05Parp4    90:4|a diner and received them with much thanks and great affection
05Parp4    90:4|and great affection, always recalling with each cup the brave Vahan
05Parp4    90:5|Armenian naxarars and other men with them who were sent by
05Parp4    90:11|a letter to Vahan Mamikonean with the following import
05Parp4    90:13|wishexalt you and those with you and send you back
05Parp4    90:14|sent them to Vahan Mamikonean, with his own messengers. With much
05Parp4    90:14|Mamikonean, with his own messengers. With much urging, he charged them
05Parp4    90:15|denying cheaters who had allied with the Iranians saw how the
05Parp4    90:15|as useless, they filled up with shame and sank into the
05Parp4    90:16|of Armenia and the others with them saw that, they indicated
05Parp4    90:16|their opprobrium to each other with their eyes
05Parp4    90:17|and the other oath-keepers with him glorified, with glory given
05Parp4    90:17|oath-keepers with him glorified, with glory given by Christ, will
05Parp4    90:18|they went to Vahan Mamikonean with Nixor’s messengers
05Parp4    91:0|Armenia’s general, Vahan Mamikonean, departed with all the oath-keeping naxarars
05Parp4    91:0|went to him willingly and with a joyful heart
05Parp4    91:1|he and all the brigades with him stopped. He sent to
05Parp4    91:2|tohms come here and stay with my folk, until I come
05Parp4    91:4|he left the eight (Iranians) with his loyal men, ordering them
05Parp4    91:4|and to be careful. Then, with an organized brigade, he went
05Parp4    91:5|ordered the troops who were with him to arm as if
05Parp4    91:7|doing is not in accord with Aryan custom and is a
05Parp4    91:7|to enter the Aryans’ (camp) with the trumpets sounding; and no
05Parp4    91:10|the other naxarar oath-keepers with him, he embraced him for
05Parp4    91:10|the naxarars who had come with Vahan Mamikonean, welcoming them with
05Parp4    91:10|with Vahan Mamikonean, welcoming them with great affection, and likewise all
05Parp4    91:11|giving thanks and received them with great rejoicing
05Parp4    91:13|completely full of the men with Vahan Mamikonean and the other
05Parp4    91:13|Iranian folk, Nixor began speaking with Vahan Mamikonean, as follows
05Parp4    91:16|For you displayed bravery with but few men, always fighting
05Parp4    91:16|always fighting against many men with a few, causing such great
05Parp4    91:18|countless multitude of fighting folk with so few men, and at
05Parp4    91:21|rather than live many hours with blows
05Parp4    91:25|you and the men united with you, regarding their lives as
05Parp4    91:28|the bad things between us, with my intercession I will arrange
05Parp4    92:0|the oath-keeping Armenian naxarars with him, and replied: “It is
05Parp4    92:4|and self-indulgencehaving servants with uncritical minds, his inability to
05Parp4    92:7|joyfully dispatch them, favoring them with position, honor, others’ houses, lives
05Parp4    92:7|house. They insult the fire with their excess waste
05Parp4    92:8|bravery but through false traffic with ashes; and they hurry to
05Parp4    92:9|land of Armenia, while people with affected dignity strut about. You
05Parp4    92:12|a countless multitude of troops with a paltry number of men
05Parp4    92:15|and brigades, to assemble together with all their cavalry. And we
05Parp4    92:15|cavalry. And we (will fight) with the few men whom you
05Parp4    92:17|to burden your quick mind with verbosity, nonetheless it is impossible
05Parp4    92:18|grant them in writing and with the king’s seal
05Parp4    92:19|your natural servants. Accept us with affection, and we shall happily
05Parp4    93:0|such words from Vahan Mamikonean, with a greatly rejoicing heart he
05Parp4    93:3|Vahan should come and rejoice with him with all the oath
05Parp4    93:3|come and rejoice with him with all the oath-keeping naxarars
05Parp4    93:4|After rejoicing that day with a great dinner, and bidding
05Parp4    93:7|ordered all who had come with Vahan Mamikonean, naxarars and rhamiks
05Parp4    93:8|for anything having to do with wise words, and do not
05Parp4    93:9|beloved oath-keepers, but filled with shame and ignominy the duplicitous
05Parp4    93:13|With regard to them the words
05Parp4    93:17|of assistance of saint Gregory with all of his ascetic comrades
05Parp4    93:17|Iranians and others to look with awe and rejoicing at Vahan
05Parp4    93:19|and the oath-keeping naxarars with me (want) what we demanded
05Parp4    93:19|yesterday and today I discussed with you face to face, and
05Parp4    93:20|essential to us; confirm it with the king’s seal. It is
05Parp4    94:1|himself and those who agree with him. Now quickly send the
05Parp4    94:3|Nixor and Vahan Mamikonean rejoiced with each other for a few
05Parp4    94:8|gave provisions to the poor with compassion, in accordance with custom
05Parp4    94:8|poor with compassion, in accordance with custom; then they themselves rejoiced
05Parp4    94:8|rejoiced according to God’s pleasure, with delighted hearts
05Parp4    95:0|all the oath-keeping naxarars with him went to king Vagharsh
05Parp4    95:3|the great palace was filled with a huge number of folk
05Parp4    95:4|King Vagharsh began speaking with Vahan Mamikonean, as follows: “We
05Parp4    95:8|alive today and, like you, with us
05Parp4    95:18|are loath to eat bread with them or even to go
05Parp4    95:18|them so that in accordance with the command of our faith
05Parp4    95:20|wishes, and settles the matter with it
05Parp4    95:21|merit, subordination, benefit, honesty, worthily with godlike undepriving intentions. These words
05Parp4    95:22|for us in writing and with the seal as are the
05Parp4    95:22|us as from serving folk. With your intelligent and all-seeing
05Parp4    95:24|to the ears of everyone with agreeable sweetness
05Parp4    96:5|of Armenia who were united with the sparapet of Armenia, Vahan
05Parp4    96:5|the sparapet of Armenia, Vahan, with what was necessary and proper
05Parp4    96:7|of Armenia, are you satisfied with us, did we receive you
05Parp4    96:9|For you pardoned crimes, exalted with throne and honor, became a
05Parp4    97:1|oath-keeping naxarars of Armenia with him arrived in the land
05Parp4    97:1|Armenia, Yohan, came before them with the revered symbol of the
05Parp4    97:2|and the other Armenian naxarars with him and the entire multitude
05Parp4    97:2|the troops, he greeted them with the kiss of blessing and
05Parp4    97:2|kiss of blessing and said with a joyous heart
05Parp4    97:3|the souls of the faithful with the water of oath-keeping
05Parp4    97:3|the bridegroom and adorned you with ornaments as a bride in
05Parp4    97:4|With the intercession of His saints
05Parp4    97:4|grant that you be adorned with that ornament given to the
05Parp4    97:6|In accordance with their custom Vahan, the sparapet
05Parp4    97:6|the oath-keeping Armenian naxarars with him, remained there for some
05Parp4    97:6|virgins. First, they concerned themselves with the needs of sustaining the
05Parp4    97:7|other multitude came every day with great rejoicing, with psalms, and
05Parp4    97:7|every day with great rejoicing, with psalms, and homilies of the
05Parp4    97:7|holy Church. They rejoiced happily with the general of Armenia Vahan
05Parp4    97:7|lord of the Mamikoneans, and with each other
05Parp4    97:8|Vahan lord of the Mamikoneans, with the entire Armenian multitude left
05Parp4    98:3|court nobility and his friends with the man’s wisdom. He also
05Parp4    98:7|there are few to compare with him
05Parp4    98:9|a glancekeeping the good with the good and the despicable
05Parp4    98:10|the land, he will travel with wife, sons, court, dear ones
05Parp4    98:14|Andekan’s words, they were pleased with them. All who heard were
05Parp4    98:14|who heard were surprised and with great praise they considered Andekan
05Parp4    99:0|Then with the unity of all the
05Parp4    99:7|venerable one thanked God and with a heart breaking with joy
05Parp4    99:7|and with a heart breaking with joy he had the psalm
05Parp4    100:7|the enemy of justice together with the works of the man
05Parp4    100:10|But today, with joy in my heart, happiness
05Parp4    100:10|I cry out to God with old David who dedicated his
05Parp4    100:11|sons of the church shining with splendor of honor from Christ
05Parp4    100:13|God but then fled. Clothed with shame, his supporters hid beneath
05Parp4    100:18|beheadedlend him a hand with pity: Tell Solomonhe is
05Parp4    100:20|the heavenly bread; now call with you the lame, the blind
05Parp4    100:20|the horns of the altar with Adonijah and Joab, for it
05Parp4    100:22|by the Jewish people drank with debauchery as the book of
05Parp4    100:24|not have them leave Jerusalem with Shimei, or above all to
05Parp4    100:26|on stone preaches to those with hearts of stone and to
05Parp4    100:26|Jerusalem, and is in bondage with her childrenbut the Jerusalem
05Parp4    100:28|the streets and gather everyone with ailing souls and broken by
05Parp4    100:36|the wedding without bearing oil with the foolish virgins, for perhaps
05Parp4    100:38|and may you be clothed with the longed-for adornments of
05Parp4    100:38|for adornments of heaven [2 Corinthians 5:2], and with such a delighting crownluminous
05Parp4    100:39|Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, with whom the Father and the
06Khor1    1:7|So having received your request with pleasure, I shall labor to
06Khor1    3:3|of archives who were occupied with similar efforts are worthy of
06Khor1    3:3|negligent toward scholarship and unconcerned with the life of reason
06Khor1    3:7|used among us for books with innumerable accounts of villages and
06Khor1    3:10|task and to present us with this request - to write the
06Khor1    3:10|useful work, to deal accurately with the kings and the princely
06Khor1    3:12|Nonetheless I shall begin, though with an effort, provided that one
06Khor1    4:2|the Spirit and in disagreement with each other - Berossus I mean
06Khor1    4:3|following about him, in agreement with the others: “The all-merciful
06Khor1    4:5|to Noah and credit him with infinite periods of time, although
06Khor1    4:5|of time, although they agree with the saying of Holy Scripture
06Khor1    4:6|limitless numbers of these proposals with a view to attaining the
06Khor1    4:7|and we shall now begin with what we consider reliable
06Khor1    4:9|two of the inscriptions dealing with two future events, as Josephus
06Khor1    4:14|call upon God, and that with hope
06Khor1    4:17|who was the most intimate with God was killed by his
06Khor1    4:28|from the toil of hands,” with which we work filthiness
06Khor1    4:30|But Scripture honored him with the name of son as
06Khor1    5:4|We shall begin our exposition with these, as far as possible
06Khor1    5:4|stories, and on our part with absolutely no falsification
06Khor1    6:1|sometimes agree and sometimes disagree with Moses, and concerning the unwritten
06Khor1    6:5|Flood they concur and agree with Moses. Similarly, when after the
06Khor1    6:15|covenant when their sister Astḷik, with Zrvan’s wives, decided to persuade
06Khor1    6:24|his youngest sons, called Tarban, with thirty brothers and fifteen sisters
06Khor1    7:2|as the Egyptians, in agreement with Moses, enumerate Hephaistos, the sun
06Khor1    7:5|Shepherds to Hephaistos, in agreement with the Hebrews - that is, from
06Khor1    8:6|his brother Arshak the Great with worthy gifts, asking him to
06Khor1    9:2|of Armenia, may you flourish with perpetual victory
06Khor1    9:6|son he may bring it with despatch. And the pleasure we
06Khor1    9:8|hands of Mar Abas Catina, with great alacrity he ordered the
06Khor1    9:11|this book, he says, deals with Zrvan, Titan, and Yapetost’ē; and
06Khor1    9:13|in the palace, in safekeeping, with great care; and a part
06Khor1    10:2|says, was handsome and personable, with curly hair, sparkling eyes, and
06Khor1    10:6|is in the northern regions, with his sons and daughters and
06Khor1    10:9|He himself hastened, he says, with the rest of his entourage
06Khor1    11:2|Hayk one of his sons with trustworthy men to bring him
06Khor1    11:4|Hayk sent back Bēl’s envoys with a firm response
06Khor1    11:6|his army against him, and with a mass of infantry arrived
06Khor1    11:7|Bēl is advancing against you with valiant immortals and warrior giants
06Khor1    11:10|Now Bēl with the overweening and imposing force
06Khor1    11:11|the prudent and intelligent giant, with curly hair and sparkling eyes
06Khor1    11:15|was standing calmly and patiently with a vast host to the
06Khor1    11:16|the front of the troop with a few chosen armed men
06Khor1    11:17|wore a helmet of iron with distinctive plumes and sheaves of
06Khor1    11:18|of him, Hayk set Aramaneak with two brothers on his right
06Khor1    11:18|on his right and Cadmos with the other two of his
06Khor1    11:18|for they were powerful men with the bow and the sword
06Khor1    11:26|But the hill where Bēl with his warriors fell Hayk called
06Khor1    11:27|embalmed the corpse of Bēl with drugs, he says, and ordered
06Khor1    12:7|his brothers, Khoṙ and Manavaz, with all their entourage, in the
06Khor1    12:17|was a glutton, he sent with all his entourage to a
06Khor1    12:24|Harmay in Armavir to live with his sons, he himself went
06Khor1    12:26|man, handsome, eloquent, and adroit with the bow
06Khor1    12:27|long and narrow ravines, and with a fearful roar descends to
06Khor1    12:28|the confines of his habitation with buildings. He called the land
06Khor1    13:7|wall he pierced his forehead with an iron nail and ordered
06Khor1    13:8|mind a memory of rancor with regard to his ancestor Bēl
06Khor1    14:2|We shall expound with but a brief mention whatever
06Khor1    14:2|same book, and his struggle with the people of Assyria, indicating
06Khor1    14:3|same Aram, once the war with the people of the east
06Khor1    14:3|the east was over, marched with the same force to Assyria
06Khor1    14:3|of giants, ruining his land with forty thousand-armed infantry and
06Khor1    14:8|the west against First Armenia with forty thousand infantry and two
06Khor1    14:12|Mshak of his own family with a thousand of his troops
06Khor1    14:14|his own name and fortified with low walls was called Mazhak
06Khor1    14:15|his own border he filled with inhabitants many uninhabited lands, which
06Khor1    14:21|when no one had troubled with such things; second, because they
06Khor1    15:4|messengers to the handsome Ara with gifts and offerings, requesting with
06Khor1    15:4|with gifts and offerings, requesting with many entreaties and the promise
06Khor1    15:4|his own land in peace with magnificent gifts
06Khor1    15:15|gods and greatly honored it with sacrifices, pretending to all that
06Khor1    16:4|looked up sheer to heaven, with a cave in the vertical
06Khor1    16:7|hard and massive stone, cemented with mortar and sand, of infinite
06Khor1    16:10|him to have been made with molten wax
06Khor1    16:12|she completed the marvelous city with strong walls and bronze gates
06Khor1    16:13|city many exquisite palaces, adorned with various stones and colors, of
06Khor1    16:14|charming baths for people’s needs, with admirable art
06Khor1    16:16|of the city she adorned with villas and with leafy trees
06Khor1    16:16|she adorned with villas and with leafy trees that produced varied
06Khor1    16:19|The summit she surrounded with a wall and erected there
06Khor1    16:20|have not heard from anyone with accuracy, so we are unwilling
06Khor1    16:21|one can scratch a line with an iron point - such is
06Khor1    16:22|rock, smoothing it like wax with a stylus, she inscribed many
06Khor1    16:23|places, she fixed the boundaries with the same writing
06Khor1    17:3|period of time, entrusted him with the whole government of her
06Khor1    17:9|Then when Zoroaster acted amiss with regard to the queen and
06Khor1    20:1|THE GENEALOGY OF OUR NATION WITH THOSE OF THE HEBREWS AND
06Khor1    20:86|by Teutamos to help Priam with the Ethiopian army and was
06Khor1    22:4|And now I shall rejoice with no little joy on reaching
06Khor1    22:6|was being governed nobly and with great stability
06Khor1    22:8|brave men who were expert with the lance, bow, and sword
06Khor1    23:22|settled him in our country with great honor. From him the
06Khor1    24:6|to our kings, were honored with the vitaxate of those regions
06Khor1    25:7|both for men and women, with the help of which the
06Khor1    25:8|were all skilled archers; those with clubs were armed with swords
06Khor1    25:8|those with clubs were armed with swords and lances; the unarmed
06Khor1    25:9|them assembled in one spot, with the shining rays of their
06Khor1    25:10|and prosperity, he fattened everyone with oil and honey
06Khor1    25:11|of Eruand. He was blond with grey-flecked hair, of ruddy
06Khor1    25:11|broad shouldered, strong legged and with noble feet, continent in eating
06Khor1    25:15|At first, he was allied with Azhdahak, who was a Mede
06Khor1    25:15|after Azhdahak had sought her with insistence
06Khor1    25:16|shall have a firm friendship with Tigran, or in this way
06Khor1    26:2|the Persian and the Armenian with his myriads
06Khor1    26:3|While he was troubled with these thoughts, he had a
06Khor1    27:3|hours he had never seen with his eyes or heard with
06Khor1    27:3|with his eyes or heard with his ears
06Khor1    27:4|Awaking with a start he did not
06Khor1    27:4|night, he summoned his counselors. With a sad face and his
06Khor1    27:5|for some hours. At last with a groan he began to
06Khor1    27:7|red, and she was seized with the pains of childbirth
06Khor1    27:10|surface of this pavilion adorned with beautiful and many-colored awnings
06Khor1    27:10|a wonderful spectacle, and I, with you, was honoring them with
06Khor1    27:10|with you, was honoring them with sacrifices and incense
06Khor1    27:11|was riding the dragon, flying with eagle’s wings, bearing down; he
06Khor1    27:12|myself and came to grips with the wonderful hero
06Khor1    27:13|both hacked each other’s body with lances, causing streams of blood
06Khor1    27:14|Thus, and later with other arms, we fought for
06Khor1    27:17|Who then, with the help of the gods
06Khor1    27:18|his counselors he honored them with his gratitude
06Khor1    28:2|tell you which of them, with the help of the gods
06Khor1    28:6|she has such extensive connections with the outside and abroad as
06Khor1    28:6|bid one of his friends, with presents and the promise of
06Khor1    28:6|of honors, to slay him with the sword or by means
06Khor1    28:8|money and sent him off with a letter in the following
06Khor1    30:5|these alternatives: either remain friendly with your brother and accept ignominious
06Khor1    30:6|make a proposal in accordance with the wishes of the Medo
06Khor1    30:12|He marched with all his host to the
06Khor1    30:13|Azhdahak to oppose the Armenian with no less a force
06Khor1    30:18|When the battle was joined, with his lance he split Azhdahak’s
06Khor1    30:18|back again, he brought out with his weapon half of his
06Khor1    31:2|he sent his sister Tigranuhi with royal pomp and a large
06Khor1    31:4|many princesses of Azhdahak’s seed with young men and a multitude
06Khor1    31:5|aforementioned Queen Anoysh he settled with her sons on the extensive
06Khor1    32:6|mother of dragons, and who with the willing help and encouragement
06Khor1    32:8|With our own ears we have
06Khor1    32:9|their song that he fought with dragons and overcame them; and
06Khor1    32:10|in Georgia they honored it with sacrifices
06Khor1    33:1|the participation of our Zarmayr with a small Ethiopian army, and
06Khor1    33:11|of the Assyrians helped Priam with a small Ethiopian army, was
06Khor1    34:3|a certain Hrudēn bound him with bronze links and led him
06Khor1    34:17|heads inherited each one’s territories with orderly authority
06Khor1    34:27|of the people were disgusted with him; and all uniting together
06Khor2    1:2|of our own country, beginning with the reign of Alexander down
06Khor2    1:5|bequeathing his empire to many with the stipulation that the empire
06Khor2    2:1|Arshak and his sons, war with the Macedonians, and friendship with
06Khor2    2:1|with the Macedonians, and friendship with the Romans
06Khor2    2:8|the Great,” who waged war with Demetrius and Demetrius’ son Antigon
06Khor2    2:8|had attacked him in Babylon with a Macedonian army, but in
06Khor2    2:10|Then Arshak returned with one hundred and twenty thousand
06Khor2    2:10|a narrow spot and perished with his army. And Arshak ruled
06Khor2    2:10|Histories of events, which deals with the division of the whole
06Khor2    3:7|of the war of Vaḷarshak with Pontus and with Phrygia, and
06Khor2    3:7|of Vaḷarshak with Pontus and with Phrygia, and of his victory
06Khor2    4:2|After Arshak’s war with the Macedonians and his capture
06Khor2    4:5|were faithfully keeping their alliance with the Macedonian empire
06Khor2    4:7|other by a high hill with a rocky summit, which is
06Khor2    5:2|days, they engaged in battle with an attack from our side
06Khor2    5:3|Armed in bronze and iron, with other chosen warriors, not many
06Khor2    5:5|bar his passage. Striking him with their lances they slew the
06Khor2    6:3|Two flat and wooded areas with mountains he arranged as hunting
06Khor2    6:3|arranged as hunting places. Koḷ with its hot climate he used
06Khor2    6:5|might appoint leaders and princes with proper institutions
06Khor2    6:6|And he dismissed them with wise men and overseers
06Khor2    6:8|northern lake, descends and mingles with the Metsamawr
06Khor2    7:4|person and his house, beginning with himself and the crown
06Khor2    7:14|king. A wonderful thing occurred with regard to their role and
06Khor2    7:14|that Vaḷarshak was very pleased with him and set him among
06Khor2    7:18|of palace guards, each one with ten thousand armed men from
06Khor2    7:19|in their place other companies with the royal name
06Khor2    8:15|who was deformed, tall, monstrous, with a squashed nose, deep-sunk
06Khor2    8:18|pieces at will, polish them with his nails, and form them
06Khor2    8:18|into tablet shapes, and likewise with his nails inscribe eagles and
06Khor2    8:25|He was appointed with a few men to guard
06Khor2    8:34|He begged with forceful words the Jew Shambat
06Khor2    8:35|to be restored, and cities with many inhabitants to be built
06Khor2    8:42|that they should all remain with him in Nisibis. Therefore, he
06Khor2    8:42|left them all the villages with a supplement from the special
06Khor2    8:43|called Arshak, did he keep with him for reasons of state
06Khor2    8:43|so that he impressed onlookers with the hope of brave deeds
06Khor2    8:44|that one son should live with the king as heir to
06Khor2    9:2|tipped lance, which was tempered with the blood of snakes, and
06Khor2    10:4|we have seen that archive with our own eyes
06Khor2    11:2|in him, Arshakan entrusted him with the first rank
06Khor2    11:3|was striking his own coins with his image. He established Arshakan
06Khor2    11:6|above. And he entrusted him with the government of the northern
06Khor2    12:6|two seas, filled the ocean with the multitude of his ships
06Khor2    12:9|The priests followed and stayed with them
06Khor2    13:9|In agreement with him speaks Evagaros: “The war
06Khor2    13:20|was Xerxes’ march against Hellas with an army, when he left
06Khor2    13:22|else there lived many kings with the one name - as is
06Khor2    14:5|and leaving a numerous army with him, he returned to our
06Khor2    14:12|away the office of aspet with the right of crowning
06Khor2    14:13|of Barshamin, he embellished it with ivory, crystal, and silver. He
06Khor2    15:2|general, arrived in Asia Minor with a large army and sent
06Khor2    15:5|But Pompey in his war with Mithridates met with strong resistance
06Khor2    15:5|his war with Mithridates met with strong resistance and terrible battles
06Khor2    16:4|He made a secret accord with Tigran and gave up to
06Khor2    17:3|the Euphrates, he was destroyed with all his army in a
06Khor2    17:3|his army in a battle with Tigran
06Khor2    18:2|angered and sent out Cassius with an immense army
06Khor2    18:6|be a more spacious city with magnificent buildings and named it
06Khor2    19:3|first rank. And being reconciled with Artashēs, he received from him
06Khor2    19:4|him against the Roman army with orders to make an accord
06Khor2    19:4|orders to make an accord with the inhabitants of Syria and
06Khor2    19:8|the Gnuni family, to Jerusalem with cavalry on the pretext of
06Khor2    19:9|the cup bearer in Jerusalem with all his forces but only
06Khor2    19:9|all his forces but only with five hundred cavalry
06Khor2    19:12|and taking P’asayelos, Herod’s brother, with him went to Barzap’ran at
06Khor2    19:14|and bit off his ears with his teeth, so that if
06Khor2    19:15|but he filled his wound with poisonous medicaments and killed him
06Khor2    19:16|by night he secretly fled with his family to the Idumaeans
06Khor2    19:17|But the Armenian army, with the help of the supporters
06Khor2    19:19|They led Hyrcanus in bonds with the prisoners to Tigran, and
06Khor2    20:2|support Bendidius, the Roman general, with an army, to wage war
06Khor2    21:2|in fury arrived in person with all the Roman forces. On
06Khor2    21:3|He hastened there with the passion of a sensuous
06Khor2    21:3|of a sensuous man, burning with desire for Cleopatra, the queen
06Khor2    22:3|the villages of those provinces with their special incomes and rents
06Khor2    22:4|valor and occupied his time with eating and drinking. He wandered
06Khor2    22:4|wild asses and swine. Unconcerned with wisdom, valor, or good repute
06Khor2    22:5|inhabitants of the Caucasus Mountain with the Albanians and Georgians. He
06Khor2    23:5|as a gift to Cleopatra with many valuables from the booty
06Khor2    24:4|resist the Romans. He parleyed with them for a peace treaty
06Khor2    24:13|’Why do we deceive ourselves with ancient tales and old wives’
06Khor2    25:8|the workers he had requested. With their help he filled in
06Khor2    25:8|stadia, and he paved them with white marble paving stones so
06Khor2    26:1|to the Romans, the war with Herod’s army and the murder
06Khor2    28:5|them all: Artashēs would reign with his descendants, as he had
06Khor2    28:7|distinguished them as three lines with the following titles: Karēn Pahlav
06Khor2    28:10|the text of the covenant with him, Abgar returned, not in
06Khor2    29:5|city Edessa and joined forces with Aretas, king of Petra, giving
06Khor2    29:7|was severely beaten and destroyed with the help of the brave
06Khor2    30:4|He received them with joy and honor, and replied
06Khor2    31:9|that time but honored him with a letter, which ran as
06Khor2    32:4|life to you and those with you
06Khor2    32:5|Abgar’s messenger, brought his letter with the Savior’s portrait from life
06Khor2    33:3|not renounced the Jewish faith with his other kinsmen but lived
06Khor2    33:10|Beginning with these words Thaddaeus preached the
06Khor2    33:11|and columns by covering them with reeds. And he did not
06Khor2    33:12|left him in his stead with the king
06Khor2    33:30|the gods. And we threatened with death those who spoke evil
06Khor2    33:31|a respite from the war with the Spaniards who revolted against
06Khor2    33:36|the latter may be removed with ignominy from the authority to
06Khor2    33:38|archive, as he had done with others
06Khor2    33:43|he was not a doctor with human skill but a disciple
06Khor2    34:3|of the apostle and those with him in the province of
06Khor2    34:7|a tiara of silk embroidered with gold, as he previously used
06Khor2    34:9|to cut off his feet with a sword
06Khor2    35:3|While he was occupied with this, by divine province the
06Khor2    35:8|This Helen, adorned with the faith like her husband
06Khor2    36:3|even more magnificently, fortifying it with a double wall and outwork
06Khor2    37:13|of the castle. He himself with his one wife and a
06Khor2    37:14|mountains and plains in disguise with the child and brought him
06Khor2    39:4|foot of the hill level with the river, until the water
06Khor2    39:5|The central fortress he strengthened with high walls and set in
06Khor2    39:5|of the wall bronze gates, with iron stairways from below up
06Khor2    41:2|the river and secured it with walls to keep inside the
06Khor2    42:2|which the same Eruand embellished with beautiful and charming constructions
06Khor2    42:3|center of the great valley with inhabitants and splendid buildings, shining
06Khor2    42:7|The river with its high banks resembled a
06Khor2    42:7|high banks resembled a mouth with matching lips
06Khor2    42:8|of the site that looked with unblinking eye, you might say
06Khor2    43:2|valor, the Aryan princes, pleased with him, requested the king to
06Khor2    44:4|who was descended from Azhdahak, with a force of infantry
06Khor2    45:2|Now Smbat with the young Artashēs hastened to
06Khor2    46:2|But Smbat with the young Artashēs advanced to
06Khor2    46:6|Argam, prince of the Muratsean, with many oaths saying that he
06Khor2    46:6|that he would leave him with whatever he had obtained from
06Khor2    46:10|The Georgian army with their king P’arsman, although they
06Khor2    46:10|they advanced to the assault with proud élan, quickly turned and
06Khor2    46:12|lives had made a pact with Eruand to kill Artashēs
06Khor2    46:18|tent whose walls were covered with curtains of skins and linen
06Khor2    46:22|had pursued Eruand at night with a small troop, guarded the
06Khor2    46:24|and struck off Eruand’s head with a saber, scattering his brains
06Khor2    46:25|his corpse to be buried with funerary columns
06Khor2    47:4|had promised, a crown decorated with sapphires, rings for both ears
06Khor2    47:5|the west - he entrusted him with control over the entire Armenian
06Khor2    48:9|Armenian frontier. Artashēs satisfied them with supplications and by paying double
06Khor2    49:2|of the city, the alliance with the Alans and the birth
06Khor2    49:4|Araxes and Metsamawr join; pleased with the hill he built there
06Khor2    49:5|The Araxes provided him with pine wood, so it was
06Khor2    50:1|and the alliance of Artashēs with them
06Khor2    50:2|time the Alans, having united with all the mountain peoples and
06Khor2    50:8|make a treaty and pact with that valiant nation, and to
06Khor2    50:11|a strap of red leather with golden rings and crossing the
06Khor2    50:11|the strap of red leather with golden rings he cast it
06Khor2    50:14|the strap of red leather with gold rings
06Khor2    51:2|his own father to quarrel with him on the pretext that
06Khor2    51:5|sent back his son Mazhan with a large force, ordering him
06Khor2    51:6|to give up his possessions with the exception of the concubine
06Khor2    51:7|But Artavazd was not satisfied with depriving them of the second
06Khor2    51:8|slaughtered all of Argam’s offspring with their father and all the
06Khor2    51:10|the cause of his war with Artavazd
06Khor2    52:3|the land of the Alans with an army to support the
06Khor2    53:1|of the descendants of Artashēs with Smbat and with each other
06Khor2    53:1|of Artashēs with Smbat and with each other
06Khor2    53:4|Artashēs sent Smbat against them with the entire Armenian army, and
06Khor2    53:14|Artavazd and Tiran with Smbat waged war on him
06Khor2    54:3|Artavazd hastened to oppose it with the armies of the east
06Khor2    54:4|of the battle Smbat arrived with the army of the south
06Khor2    55:3|down to meet him there with magnificent presents, and accepting the
06Khor2    55:3|defaulting he appeared before him with the tribute of the previous
06Khor2    57:6|they were honored by Artashēs with villages and estates and were
06Khor2    58:2|Sat’inik and who had come with her, were established as a
06Khor2    59:3|arts and sciences, being occupied with brigands and invasions. And so
06Khor2    60:3|emperor, and had made war with the eparch Rufus under the
06Khor2    60:9|Artashēs to go to Persia with his own supervisors. In his
06Khor2    60:13|around the body were threaded with gold; the crown on his
06Khor2    61:1|and sisters, and his death with its allegory
06Khor2    61:4|and took all the land with you, to what purpose shall
06Khor2    62:3|He lived in peace, occupied with hunting and amusements, as they
06Khor2    62:12|the east, and he left with him Druasp. The latter was
06Khor2    62:12|given the town of Tateawn with its estates and the great
06Khor2    63:3|she, a beautiful woman, lived with an ugly man, and that
06Khor2    63:3|of noble family she lived with a man of ignoble origin
06Khor2    63:6|When they had become merry with wine, Trdat saw a woman
06Khor2    63:8|Bakur, mad with jealousy, rose to pull him
06Khor2    63:11|horse and went to Sper with the concubine
06Khor2    64:4|in Athens. The latter passed with many troops into the Mediterranean
06Khor2    65:1|the surrounding of Nor K’aḷak’ with a wall, the war against
06Khor2    65:4|own name. He also surrounded with walls the strong town of
06Khor2    65:6|Now this Vaḷarsh surrounded it with a wall and strong ramparts
06Khor2    65:10|Vaḷarsh opposed them with a great force of warlike
06Khor2    65:13|death. Routing those powerful nations with sword and lance, he took
06Khor2    65:13|he set up a stele with an inscription in Greek so
06Khor2    67:6|noble Pahlav and honor you with a crown
06Khor2    69:6|its demise, they had relations with the Romans, sometimes in subjection
06Khor2    70:2|also called the Apostate, went with an army to Ctesiphon. When
06Khor2    70:2|company of the royal officers with Jovian and, having been converted
06Khor2    70:5|guarding of the illustrious lion with the service rendered by the
06Khor2    72:8|word thatyour kinsman Vehsachan with his branch of the Karēn
06Khor2    73:2|quickly arrived that Artashir himself with his united forces had caught
06Khor2    73:2|united forces had caught up with them and slaughtered all the
06Khor2    73:5|not aid him - nonetheless Khosrov with his army and other friends
06Khor2    73:5|had rallied to him and with the nations of the north
06Khor2    74:13|mother’s womb and was entrusted with the grace of his apostolate
06Khor2    75:2|youth had gone to study with Origen
06Khor2    75:6|compose his history accurately or with details and indicated neither the
06Khor2    76:6|from him the Armenian nobles, with the Arsacid family, took refuge
06Khor2    76:7|he sent his brother Florian with another army to Cilicia
06Khor2    77:2|the Greeks, and, making peace with Artashir, he divided our land
06Khor2    77:5|reestablished in the same place with their former revenues and emoluments
06Khor2    77:7|the images of his ancestors with those of the sun and
06Khor2    77:10|one of his own territories with Persian governors for twenty-six
06Khor2    78:2|the Armenian princes had fled with one of Khosrov’s sons and
06Khor2    78:4|Artashir, these too had fled with the families of the other
06Khor2    79:2|an ox, whereas he, Trdat with one hand held two wild
06Khor2    79:2|horn, twisted, and threw them with a crash
06Khor2    79:5|entering the palace of Licinius, with whom Trdat was living
06Khor2    79:6|Cams then reigned with his sons Carinus and Numerian
06Khor2    79:8|company of Trdat, was slaughtered with his army; those who survived
06Khor2    79:9|he did not gallop away with the fugitives. But he picked
06Khor2    80:3|out to return to Persia with his wife. But Euthalius caught
06Khor2    80:4|his sister and her husband with the child and returned to
06Khor2    80:6|Otherwise, with what hope or expectation did
06Khor2    80:8|Mariam with the younger child entered a
06Khor2    80:9|But the elder child remained with his tutors and later led
06Khor2    80:10|their father Gregory took service with Trdat to repay his father’s
06Khor2    80:11|when he returned to Armenia with Trdat, nor did they go
06Khor2    80:12|city of Sebaste occupied himself with collecting material for his teaching
06Khor2    81:6|the king’s summons but fled with his entourage and came to
06Khor2    81:9|the Aryans but sent him with all his entourage, as if
06Khor2    81:12|of fruits; it is adorned with beautiful plants, rich in saffron
06Khor2    81:15|He did not turn back with the Persian army but advanced
06Khor2    81:15|the Persian army but advanced with all his entourage to meet
06Khor2    81:15|his entourage to meet him with great presents. Trdat received him
06Khor2    81:15|but did not take him with him in his war against
06Khor2    82:2|and that he came here with a large army
06Khor2    82:4|the treasures in his fortress with great constancy. He was a
06Khor2    82:6|fathers. Therefore, he entrusted him with the command of the Armenian
06Khor2    82:11|his horse and killed it with their arrows; struck down it
06Khor2    82:13|furthermore, willingly being on foot, with his sword he scattered the
06Khor2    83:3|an Arsacid, to be vested with purple, and to be crowned
06Khor2    83:6|of his marriage became friendly with our King Trdat
06Khor2    83:9|presumption he himself was afflicted with elephantine leprosy over his whole
06Khor2    84:2|Constantine. Then Shapuh busied himself with plans and plotted evil against
06Khor2    84:2|time for his own arrival with the Aryans from the other
06Khor2    84:7|to him I shall give, with perpetual jurisdiction, villages and estates
06Khor2    84:9|the northern peoples, Mamgon came with all his entourage to the
06Khor2    84:9|have decided to ally myself with you because of the insults
06Khor2    84:10|rejoiced, and he received him with a sworn oath. But he
06Khor2    84:10|how he would keep faith with the oaths and treaties
06Khor2    84:13|Hastening with his men to the gate
06Khor2    84:15|informed the king. Trdat, delighted with the news, wrote an edict
06Khor2    84:15|the place of the rebel with the title Mamgonean after his
06Khor2    85:2|King Trdat with all the Armenians descended into
06Khor2    85:4|strap of sinew wound around with leather and forcefully throwing it
06Khor2    85:4|his arm to strike someone with his sword; he was, however
06Khor2    85:5|to dislodge the giant Trdat with his hand, he grasped his
06Khor2    85:5|and draw it to himself with a violent pull. He agilely
06Khor2    86:3|of Christ’s gospel. Hearing it with pleasure he repeated it to
06Khor2    86:3|repeated it to his nobles with praise
06Khor2    86:5|saying: “He summons the mist with his voice” [Job 38:34] and again: “He
06Khor2    86:7|Overcome with great fear, he begged in
06Khor2    86:14|and the mountain was filled with a sweet odor, and there
06Khor2    86:14|and it stood over it with twelve stars. At this everyone
06Khor2    86:16|the other provinces of Georgia with her pure tongue, traveling around
06Khor2    87:3|Then Trdat, with all his men and the
06Khor2    87:6|in command of the army with a view to making war
06Khor2    87:10|his brothers were not united with him, set out with all
06Khor2    87:10|united with him, set out with all his family and entourage
06Khor2    87:11|This Kamsar fought with fearsome bravery in the wars
06Khor2    87:11|by someone on the head with an axe, and a part
06Khor2    87:12|he returned to Armenia, taking with him Kamsar and all his
06Khor2    87:13|She found the saving wood with the five nails through Juda
06Khor2    88:2|his own stepsister, adorned him with the purple and the crown
06Khor2    88:3|But what divine Scripture said with regard to the Hebrews, reckoning
06Khor2    88:4|second to be a rebel with regard to his benefactor
06Khor2    88:9|He himself with his sons showed that the
06Khor2    89:4|from the city of Rome with the signature of Saint Silvester
06Khor2    89:5|Trdat, that taking Saint Gregory with him he should go to
06Khor2    89:6|of the alliance of Shapuh with the king of India and
06Khor2    89:6|the king of India and with the Khak’an of the east
06Khor2    89:6|later reigned for three years with success
06Khor2    89:8|indeed they so named him with affection and great enthusiasm
06Khor2    89:9|sent in their place Aristakēs with a copy of the true
06Khor2    90:2|Aristakēs traveled with Leontius the Great to the
06Khor2    90:2|anathematized and excommunicated from communion with the church, and in like
06Khor2    90:3|Then Aristakes returned with the orthodox creed and the
06Khor2    90:5|their kinsman Kamsar was baptized with his relatives by Gregory the
06Khor2    90:11|dressed blocks of stone cemented with iron clamps and lead. Inside
06Khor2    90:11|he built a shaded residence with towers and wonderful carvings in
06Khor2    91:3|illuminating the whole of Armenia with the light of divine knowledge
06Khor2    91:3|idolatry and filling all regions with bishops and teachers, in his
06Khor2    91:3|solitude and a secluded life with tranquility of mind to speak
06Khor2    92:5|has been composed in accordance with the accounts of various historians
06Khor2    92:6|to Christ he shone out with every virtue, increasing more and
06Khor2    92:11|their fury gave drink mixed with gall to our God
06Khor2    92:19|in his own salvation; and with his whole being he will
06Khor2    92:21|if this is the case with the saints of God and
06Khor2    92:24|the evil tongues and ignorance, with their useless vainglory and wild
06Khor3    1:2|death of Saint Trdat, dealing with very early and far-off
06Khor3    1:3|composing a third book dealing with events after Saint Trdat down
06Khor3    1:3|the patriarchate. We shall deal with this history in simple terms
06Khor3    3:2|With great energy the blessed Trdat
06Khor3    3:2|faith and moral life, especially with regard to those who inhabited
06Khor3    3:5|of age [cf. 3 Kings 2:12], he sent him with great confidence, in the company
06Khor3    3:6|model of integrity and behaved with the virtues of his fathers
06Khor3    3:7|blessed one by trampling him with their horses in the plain
06Khor3    3:9|the city of P’aytakaran and with the support of foreign nations
06Khor3    4:1|the bdeashkh Bakur from alliance with the Armenians, and the princes’
06Khor3    4:3|be independent. Abandoning his alliance with the Armenians, he assisted Ormizd
06Khor3    4:4|Emperor Constantius, son of Constantine, with presents and a letter, which
06Khor3    5:2|covenant of your father Constantine with our King Trdat and do
06Khor3    5:2|godless Persians, but help us with an army to make Khosrov
06Khor3    5:6|sent Antiochus, his palace prefect, with a strong army, and purple
06Khor3    5:9|an army to your support with the command to make Khosrov
06Khor3    6:5|He sent Manachihr with the southern army and that
06Khor3    6:5|Vahan, prince of the Amatunik’, with the eastern force and the
06Khor3    6:6|stature of a warrior - took with him Mihran and Bagarat with
06Khor3    6:6|with him Mihran and Bagarat with their armies, and in unison
06Khor3    6:6|their armies, and in unison with all the Greek forces marched
06Khor3    6:7|filled the city of P’aytakaran with Persian troops, fled with the
06Khor3    6:7|P’aytakaran with Persian troops, fled with the princes of the Aḷuank’
06Khor3    7:2|in the regions of Assyria with the Armenian southern force and
06Khor3    7:8|man, Jacob should be implored with penitence that the wrath of
06Khor3    8:2|reign of the Emperor Constantius, with the latter’s help Khosrov became
06Khor3    8:2|his wishes, he made peace with him, considering it sufficient to
06Khor3    8:4|good repute; he occupied himself with pleasure and hunting birds and
06Khor3    9:2|an incursion into our country with a great host, about twenty
06Khor3    9:3|eastern and western Armenian armies with the generals Bagarat the aspet
06Khor3    9:3|for our northern forces were with King Khosrov in the land
06Khor3    9:6|for when they struck him with a lance the felt turned
06Khor3    10:1|the war of the Armenians with the Persians
06Khor3    10:2|broke the peace he had with him and withheld from him
06Khor3    10:4|gathered all the Armenian princes with the army and the generals
06Khor3    10:7|by the valiant Arshavir Kamsarakan with all the Armenian forces, who
06Khor3    11:2|and sent him to Armenia with Vrt’anēs the Great
06Khor3    11:3|our land, making a treaty with the Persians and not war
06Khor3    11:5|as if he had seen with a prophetic eye that after
06Khor3    13:4|brought the impious Julian across with a host of cavalry, and
06Khor3    13:5|he, Julian not take him with him to Persia on the
06Khor3    13:6|him his third son Trdat with his wife and sons, and
06Khor3    13:7|the images of various demons with him. He ordered it to
06Khor3    14:4|beaten for a long time with thongs of ox hide, until
06Khor3    15:1|from Julian, and was slaughtered with his family
06Khor3    15:2|and who had followed Julian with his army at Tiran’s command
06Khor3    15:8|We would have been able with our innumerable forces to send
06Khor3    15:9|victory, that on our return with our invincible might we shall
06Khor3    15:10|who was called Hayr, and with an oath summoned Zawray to
06Khor3    17:2|the impious Julian, in accordance with his just deserts, was wounded
06Khor3    17:3|His army returned with Jovian as emperor, but he
06Khor3    17:7|for us by not coming with the emperor to the land
06Khor3    18:4|placed a lion on top with a book under its feet
06Khor3    19:6|The emperor Valentinian Augustus, with our colleague and coemperor the
06Khor3    19:8|to join with our forces and fight against
06Khor3    19:8|and fight against them; and with favorable letters from our generals
06Khor3    19:8|and the fugitives who are with him will be released
06Khor3    20:4|council of bishops in concert with the laity, by canonical regulation
06Khor3    21:4|that Theodosius should attack Armenia with a strong army
06Khor3    21:5|and despatched Nersēs the Great with splendid gifts
06Khor3    22:5|accepted and grandly equipped them with arms and finery, so they
06Khor3    22:6|for calumny. Approaching the king with his friend Vardan, the king’s
06Khor3    22:8|the consulate and much treasure with which he has bribed the
06Khor3    22:9|by the king’s sun, saying: “With my own ears I have
06Khor3    22:11|king to dwell in Ayrarat with one of his sons whom
06Khor3    22:11|of Hashteank’, Aḷiovit, and Aṙberan, with stipends and revenue from the
06Khor3    22:14|being measured by the measure with which he had measured, according
06Khor3    23:11|Then Arshak with his princes brought Gnel’s body
06Khor3    25:2|When Shapuh had made peace with the northern nations and was
06Khor3    25:3|and the latter’s friend Vardan with worthy presents to request a
06Khor3    25:4|King Arshak to accompany him with the entire Armenian army
06Khor3    25:8|Therefore the king denounced them with shaming and stinging words
06Khor3    25:10|same Vasak to pursue them with a numerous force and to
06Khor3    25:10|them wherever he caught up with them. Which, without any delay
06Khor3    26:3|The citizens opposed him with a force of levies, for
06Khor3    26:9|I wished, beginning with you, to enter all cities
06Khor3    27:4|the whole valley was filled with a sea of men; for
06Khor3    27:6|sent one of his generals with an Armenian force to capture
06Khor3    27:6|the Caucasus and joined forces with the Georgians
06Khor3    27:7|Persian general arrived in Armenia, with the help of the princes
06Khor3    28:4|had captured and note: “If with your support I take this
06Khor3    28:4|I shall free you all with your families
06Khor3    28:5|the city and to shoot with arrows those on the wall
06Khor3    28:7|pushed along by three men, with axes, double-edged hatchets, and
06Khor3    29:2|nations while peace was forged with the Greeks, according to the
06Khor3    29:4|But Arshak, coming with a Georgian force, gathered his
06Khor3    29:10|and the nobles obeyed him with the exception of the prince
06Khor3    29:12|tribute and Arshak’s son Pap with all the nobles’ sons as
06Khor3    29:13|and returned to the emperor with the hostages, taking with him
06Khor3    29:13|emperor with the hostages, taking with him Nersēs the Great with
06Khor3    29:13|with him Nersēs the Great with a letter of Arshak’s, which
06Khor3    29:16|hands, we have helped him with a small force
06Khor3    29:17|Arshak, did not myself come with it; rather I preserved fidelity
06Khor3    30:3|If you profess the faith with us, our father Macedonius will
06Khor3    30:4|sailors were unable to sail with the dingy and remained in
06Khor3    30:6|the Arian confession of faith with all the hostages, so Macedonius
06Khor3    31:2|pacts that he had made with the nobles and sought vengeance
06Khor3    31:5|that he had a quarrel with his uncle Nerseh. For this
06Khor3    31:6|he heard the sad news, with his sons Shavarsh and Gazavon
06Khor3    31:7|Arsharunik’ and has entrusted him with the entire task of over
06Khor3    31:9|With him Satan had no success
06Khor3    32:6|began to reprimand the king with reproachful words
06Khor3    33:4|him at Byzantium and kept with great honor until the true
06Khor3    33:4|the true faith was confirmed with regard to the blasphemies of
06Khor3    33:4|worthy of worship and praise with the Father and the Son
06Khor3    34:2|was a relative of Arshak’s, with a powerful force
06Khor3    34:8|all the magnates to come with P’aṙandzem
06Khor3    35:3|obey her husband’s summons, but with the treasures took refuge in
06Khor3    35:7|Taking them captive with the treasures and Queen P’aṙandzem
06Khor3    35:10|saying that he had come with the captives to urge them
06Khor3    36:7|any acquaintance or friendly relations with the Greeks. But in reality
06Khor3    37:2|the Persian forces should march with Mehrujan into Armenia for war
06Khor3    37:3|forces to march against us, with the exception of his palace
06Khor3    37:8|quickly dismounted from their horses with their lances and cut them
06Khor3    37:10|the infantry, surrounded Pap’s line with shields as with a wall
06Khor3    37:10|Pap’s line with shields as with a wall
06Khor3    37:11|The Greek troops were armed with weapons of gold and silver
06Khor3    37:12|The rippling of the dragons with fearsome open mouths swollen by
06Khor3    37:19|concert filled the entire plain with corpses of the enemy and
06Khor3    37:21|to make a quick escape with the fugitives. The Armenian general
06Khor3    37:21|general Smbat quickly caught up with him, slew his companions, and
06Khor3    38:2|deeds would be in accordance with the Christian faith; that the
06Khor3    38:2|extortion but would rule uprightly, with fatherly care for the princes
06Khor3    38:5|But because he was debauched with a shameful passion for which
06Khor3    38:5|the Great, he regarded him with an evil eye and hatched
06Khor3    39:3|that when he entered Thessalonica with his army, there had occurred
06Khor3    39:4|own ruin, he expelled Terentius with his army and began to
06Khor3    39:6|on Pap’s camp, slaughtering some with the sword and putting others
06Khor3    39:6|split his head in two with the sword and seized King
06Khor3    39:8|insolence was put to death with the axe. He had reigned
06Khor3    40:5|them one after the other with the sword; and coming to
06Khor3    40:5|to some fortress he shot with arrows seventeen men on the
06Khor3    40:15|did not even honor him with an audience, but had him
06Khor3    41:3|youths, he sent them off with governors appointed by himself, faithful
06Khor3    41:3|by himself, faithful men, and with an army
06Khor3    42:6|of Shapuh’s sector followed him with their wives and sons, abandoning
06Khor3    42:8|Now if you entrust me with the government of your part
06Khor3    42:12|from you, nonetheless in accordance with our royal solicitude we have
06Khor3    42:15|we have ordered their domains with the villages and estates to
06Khor3    43:2|who had been brought up with the king and were close
06Khor3    43:4|Khosrov. Arshak regarded him, Sahak with suspicion, as his wife continually
06Khor3    44:2|bestowed on him other towns with their farmlands from the inheritance
06Khor3    44:2|Persian sector who had remained with Arshak
06Khor3    44:3|They did not take refuge with anyone but entrenched themselves in
06Khor3    44:6|the Vanandats’ik’ engaged in robbery with great enthusiasm, and it seemed
06Khor3    45:1|Vahan, and Ashkhadar to Khosrov with Arshak’s treasures
06Khor3    45:3|of Arshak’s, quickly gave pursuit with a powerful force and sent
06Khor3    45:5|he ordered a box bound with iron to be constructed, that
06Khor3    45:7|While they were occupied with this, by chance there happened
06Khor3    45:7|to arrive Sahak the aspet with all of Khosrov’s force with
06Khor3    45:7|with all of Khosrov’s force with which he was pursuing the
06Khor3    45:8|Surēn and Vahan and Ashkhadar with the treasures, which he hastily
06Khor3    45:9|Persian sector who had remained with Arshak
06Khor3    46:2|military assistance to make war with each other, nonetheless they did
06Khor3    46:6|the battle. Arshak himself fled with a few men
06Khor3    46:9|Ekeḷeats’. There he fell ill with consumption, wasted away with fever
06Khor3    46:9|ill with consumption, wasted away with fever, and died. He had
06Khor3    47:4|Arsacid kingdom, this he extirpated with the help of the prince
06Khor3    47:6|in the land of Siunik’, with the help of its prince
06Khor3    48:1|those princes who had been with Arshak
06Khor3    48:6|have decided to serve you with similar fidelity if you confirm
06Khor3    48:9|into writing and confirm it with the seal of the cross
06Khor3    48:14|sent this pact in accordance with your request
06Khor3    48:16|we confiscated to the court, with the exception of those that
06Khor3    48:18|and kin, not in accordance with your earlier lineage, but in
06Khor3    48:18|earlier lineage, but in accordance with the rights that you draw
06Khor3    48:18|mother and mine, honoring you with the name of Arsacid
06Khor3    48:19|King Khosrov; he was favored with good fortune and glory, and
06Khor3    49:2|asked him to entrust him with the Greek sector of Armenia
06Khor3    49:5|virtue, and even surpassed them with regard to prayer
06Khor3    49:6|who always accompanied him about. With them he fulfilled the canon
06Khor3    50:2|Khosrov for his friendly relations with Arcadius and for his unbidden
06Khor3    50:2|Therefore, when he sent reproaches with threats, Khosrov burst into anger
06Khor3    50:3|straightaway he negotiated with Arcadius that if he would
06Khor3    50:3|he would break his treaty with Shapuh and give him military
06Khor3    50:4|sent his own son Artashir with a large army to Armenia
06Khor3    50:5|Arcadius refused to ally himself with Khosrov, and the latter found
06Khor3    50:7|father’s old age. Taking Khosrov with him he had him imprisoned
06Khor3    50:8|He also took with him Gazavon in bonds, being
06Khor3    50:9|Both of them with their soldiers, seven hundred strong
06Khor3    50:9|because his feet were bound with chains
06Khor3    51:1|to Ctesiphon, and his return with honors and gifts
06Khor3    51:7|fulfilled all his requests; first, with regard to his son-in
06Khor3    51:7|in-law Hamazasp, and second, with regard to the survivors of
06Khor3    51:10|the royal treasury, stamping it with his own image; and the
06Khor3    51:12|by his predecessors be copied with his own name and that
06Khor3    51:12|be given rank and honor, with authority over villages and estates
06Khor3    51:15|the penalty for their assassination with death
06Khor3    51:18|you will not honor them with their ancestral ranks. For this
06Khor3    51:21|He kept the same friendship with Armenia and with King Vṙamshapuh
06Khor3    51:21|same friendship with Armenia and with King Vṙamshapuh and with Sahak
06Khor3    51:21|and with King Vṙamshapuh and with Sahak the Great, and there
06Khor3    52:9|Taking Habel with him he went to Daniel
06Khor3    53:2|himself went down to Mesopotamia with his disciples to the same
06Khor3    53:3|The latter received him with joy, but after applying himself
06Khor3    53:5|Then Mesrop, with the aid of Bishop Babylos
06Khor3    53:9|prayer he fashioned our alphabet with Rufinus, who gave shape to
06Khor3    53:10|set to translating, wisely beginning with Proverbs. Completing the twenty-two
06Khor3    54:2|He kept the same friendship with our country and with our
06Khor3    54:2|friendship with our country and with our king Vṙamshapuh, but he
06Khor3    54:2|he did not entrust him with his own sector of Armenia
06Khor3    54:2|governors; he also made peace with Yazkert, king of Persia
06Khor3    54:3|selected children - intelligent, well spoken, with pleasing voices and long breath
06Khor3    54:4|through grace given from above with a certain Jaḷay, a translator
06Khor3    54:4|Greek and Armenian tongues, and with the help of their king
06Khor3    54:7|supervision of his bishop Anania. With their help he created letters
06Khor3    55:6|but his own son Shapuh with the malicious intention that thus
06Khor3    55:6|that thus by being continually with him, the princes might become
06Khor3    55:6|chase and that by marriage with foreigners they would become related
06Khor3    55:8|easily entered the country, bringing with him Hrahat and all the
06Khor3    55:12|hunting wild boars among reeds with fire, and Shapuh did not
06Khor3    55:19|The latter struck him with the stick, saying: “Learn your
06Khor3    55:20|and I have the right with your brothers to kiss the
06Khor3    55:22|a banquet Khosrov Gardmanats’i, drunk with wine in the presence of
06Khor3    55:22|a woman playing the lyre with skillful fingers
06Khor3    56:5|the Armenian princes gathered together with their armies and gave battle
06Khor3    56:6|in anarchy for three years with tumult and great confusion and
06Khor3    56:7|our land. He made peace with the Greeks and did not
06Khor3    57:2|the emperor Theodosius in Byzantium with a letter, which ran as
06Khor3    57:12|may help us by interceding with the great emperor like a
06Khor3    57:20|in the city of Melitene with the bishop Acacius most of
06Khor3    57:20|pupils whom he had brought with him, including their deacon Leontius
06Khor3    57:21|Gind, and escorted them off with great honor
06Khor3    57:23|And they returned with a letter as follows
06Khor3    57:28|Therefore we were pleased with our subjects for scorning such
06Khor3    57:28|that they should study it with all diligence and receive you
06Khor3    57:28|all diligence and receive you with honor as their true teacher
06Khor3    58:2|Having received the royal command, with even more ardent and enthusiastic
06Khor3    58:7|without force, to persecute them with tortures, that they might exact
06Khor3    59:2|course grow into a sea with the appearance of a marsh
06Khor3    59:5|founded the city. Surrounding it with a deep ditch, he set
06Khor3    59:6|like ships’ prows and passages with hollow compartments facing the mountain
06Khor3    59:10|He filled the city with arms and a garrison and
06Khor3    60:5|Having completely exterminated these heathens with the help of Giut, worthy
06Khor3    60:7|the knowledge of the truth with the reconversion of the prince
06Khor3    61:7|once been translated and made with them a new version
06Khor3    62:1|and his journey for study, with a simile from the celestial
06Khor3    62:4|With similar deliberate speed we entered
06Khor3    62:4|part of the world, filled with all kinds of fruit and
06Khor3    62:4|kinds of fruit and furnished with a natural wall by the
06Khor3    62:6|sat enveloping the infinite world with its five peaks, but Mark
06Khor3    62:6|its five peaks, but Mark with the preaching of the gospel
06Khor3    63:2|all the princes became disgusted with him
06Khor3    63:5|able to arrange a solution with the Greek emperor Theodosius, and
06Khor3    63:8|up the fallen one; but with pagans it would be for
06Khor3    63:8|and I refuse in accordance with the saying: ’Do not betray
06Khor3    63:9|fire worshipper. He is weak with women, but he does not
06Khor3    63:11|Because you would not agree with us that he should not
06Khor3    63:12|the king of Persia, Vṙam, with a certain Surmak of Artskē
06Khor3    63:12|Sahak the Great of sympathies with the Greeks
06Khor3    64:4|If only you now’ agree with your princes you will be
06Khor3    64:4|grandson Vardan over the Armenians with a rank and dignity equal
06Khor3    64:5|honor from you in accordance with your impure laws, although he
06Khor3    64:9|princes, he sent them off with a Persian Marzban whose name
06Khor3    64:12|The latter arrived with evil companions, bringing also with
06Khor3    64:12|with evil companions, bringing also with him women to keep house
06Khor3    65:3|Most of the bishops with the blessed Mesrop and all
06Khor3    65:3|of the church also sent with the same petition the priest
06Khor3    65:5|only in his own see with the authority only to give
06Khor3    65:7|as for an oration, and with a diffident expression and an
06Khor3    65:7|on their religion and finished with a marvelous exposition of the
06Khor3    65:10|entrust him and his sons with the royal governorship with equal
06Khor3    65:10|sons with the royal governorship with equal confidence, until God is
06Khor3    65:13|to our ears by anyone with accuracy and that we are
06Khor3    65:14|an old and sick man with no leisure from translating, and
06Khor3    65:14|you to be a man with compassion equal to ours, and
06Khor3    66:2|Brkisho’s way of life but with even greater avarice. He plundered
06Khor3    66:4|permission from the Persian king with the assistance of each one’s
06Khor3    66:5|Great did not cease nourishing with spiritual milk the young of
06Khor3    66:5|the young of the church, with Mesrop whom he established in
06Khor3    67:5|for fifty-one years, beginning with the third year of the
06Khor3    67:8|But his archdeacon Jeremiah, with his fellow pupils and the
06Khor3    67:11|everyone that he was adorned with the virtues of the angels
06Khor3    67:17|the Persians had entrusted him with the governorship of Armenia. He
06Khor3    67:17|Armenia. He took Mesrop’s body with a worthy escort to his
06Khor3    68:6|the return of your groom with his companion, you tended your
06Khor3    68:7|been released from this body with his companion and colleague
06Khor3    68:8|better for them to dwell with Christ and rest in Abraham’s
06Khor3    68:13|not remain to anoint Jehu with the spirit again [cf. 4 Kings 9:1-6], but Azayel
06Khor3    68:25|and reprimand them, console us with praise, and put a limit
06Khor3    68:27|my unfortunate young king, abandoned with his family through their wicked
06Khor3    68:27|has tasted death, cast down with dishonor from his throne? Or
06Khor3    68:27|instruction, who irrigated justice and with a flood banished iniquity? Or
06Khor3    68:28|sharing our grief? Who, suffering with us, will assist our account
06Khor3    68:36|of the land, depraved, likeminded with their slaves
07Seb1    7:1|and dreadful plan, in concert with the venomous and most important
07Seb1    7:3|called ’the Red’, in unison with his fully armed fellow warriors
07Seb1    8:0|Rebellion of Vardan. Khosrov’s battle with him and defeat
07Seb1    8:2|made haste to oppose him with [30,000] elite armed men. They were
07Seb1    8:3|the Persians, surrounding them as with thick darkness at noontime. A
07Seb1    8:3|and defeated the Persian army with a massacre. After pursuing the
07Seb1    8:5|himself was marching against him with a large army
07Seb1    8:7|also died in the battle with his seven sons
07Seb1    8:8|wish to engage in war with anyone, but made peace on
07Seb1    8:8|He also made a treaty with the Armenians, summoned Vahan to
07Seb1    8:10|to Persian rule in unison with all the Armenians. They killed
07Seb1    8:12|Greek king made an oath with the Armenians and confirmed the
07Seb1    8:14|Then Mihran Mihrewandak attacked them with [20,000] troops and many elephants. There
07Seb1    8:14|They defeated the Persian army with tremendous losses, put them to
07Seb1    8:14|all the elephants. Mihran escaped with a few men, and they
07Seb1    8:15|Ĕṙuan Khosrov, came in person with a host of fully armed
07Seb1    8:16|morning of the next day with great promptness they drew up
07Seb1    8:17|sword, and fled before them with great precipitation. Not knowing the
07Seb1    8:18|But the king with a few men escaped by
07Seb1    8:19|They seized all their camp with the royal treasures. They captured
07Seb1    8:19|great value, which was set with precious stones and pearls and
07Seb1    8:20|the king continually took around with him for assistance, which was
07Seb1    8:20|was extinguished in the river with the movpet-movpetan and a
07Seb1    9:9|Then came Golon Mihran with [20,000] fully armed troops and many
07Seb1    9:9|and many elephants. He had with him many auxiliaries from the
07Seb1    9:22|brigand Apruēz Khosrov, who consumed with fire the whole inner (land
07Seb1    9:24|those of the south, aroused with great passion, attacking each other
07Seb1    10:2|territory. The king presented him with the gifts promised to his
07Seb1    10:6|Then he sent letters with the news to the Persian
07Seb1    10:7|the messengers who had come with the news, and had read
07Seb1    10:8|of auxiliaries and royal guards, with orders to go to the
07Seb1    10:10|of Dvin besieged, attacking it with catapults, and were close to
07Seb1    10:14|him and all those imprisoned with him. They despatched a trusted
07Seb1    10:14|They despatched a trusted messenger with very fast horses, and wrote
07Seb1    10:18|it best to take refuge with the king of the Greeks
07Seb1    11:1|to king Maurice prominent men with gifts, and wrote as follows
07Seb1    11:1|me an army in support with which I may be able
07Seb1    11:3|in the east. He came with a large army and seized
07Seb1    11:6|and Nersēs stratelat from Syria with his army. They passed in
07Seb1    11:7|fully armed, elite warriors, burning with courage like fire, who did
07Seb1    11:8|in rapidity over the plains. With promptness and in all preparedness
07Seb1    11:14|and me; and be content with that until your kingdom is
07Seb1    11:15|In accordance with their tradition, salt was wrapped
07Seb1    11:15|was wrapped up and sealed with the missive
07Seb1    11:19|by hand, tempered steel lances, with darts, from their powerful bows
07Seb1    11:21|assail you on white horses with heavy lances, and will penetrate
07Seb1    11:22|There were with them that Vndoy and Vstam
07Seb1    11:24|and roads. Many they slew with their swords, and many they
07Seb1    11:26|kingdom. They plundered it all. With their swords they slashed in
07Seb1    11:26|pieces the many gilded cushions with sumptuous and varied decoration. They
07Seb1    11:26|loads. They were all filled with enormous booty
07Seb1    12:1|a day’s journey, encamped separately with the vast amount of their
07Seb1    12:2|adoption, crown him, honour him with purple (robes), defeat his enemies
07Seb1    12:4|I shall extricate from them with their own accumulated treasures, because
07Seb1    12:5|that traitor, because we saw with our own eyes that Musheł
07Seb1    12:7|comes and I shall signal with my hand to you, you
07Seb1    12:11|for his efforts. He took with him [2,000] fully armed men from
07Seb1    12:13|royal pavilion, he was faced with an order not to proceed
07Seb1    12:13|present himself to the king with a few men
07Seb1    12:14|to do this, but went with his forces close to the
07Seb1    12:14|the door of the tent with [50] men. His troops remained as
07Seb1    12:21|the presence of the king with seven men, fell on his
07Seb1    12:23|that you may depart hence with honour and respect, and not
07Seb1    12:25|him and took him along with them. Musheł threatened him with
07Seb1    12:25|with them. Musheł threatened him with an oath, that unless he
07Seb1    12:28|crowns and a diadem set with emeralds and pearls, a great
07Seb1    12:28|their adornment, and royal horses with their own royal equipage
07Seb1    12:29|these gifts, they sent them with a messenger bringing the news
07Seb1    12:29|king Khosrov; and they despatched with the gifts four hundred cavalry
07Seb1    12:32|gifts and sent a letter with profound thanks through a messenger
07Seb1    12:32|king to release them all with thanks
07Seb1    13:1|had many wives in accordance with the tradition of their magism
07Seb1    13:1|the treasury; she adorned it with gold and silver
07Seb1    13:2|With head held high she boldly
07Seb1    13:5|to go from Shirin’s monastery, with other Christians, to the door
07Seb1    14:2|the land to beseech Christ with fasts and prayers that that
07Seb1    14:3|populace gathered at that place; with fervent requests and tearful laments
07Seb1    14:3|dried up. The whole populace with sighing and lamentation followed it
07Seb1    15:2|authority. He received them all with honours and bestowed on them
07Seb1    15:2|their flight from the emperor, with even greater affection he wished
07Seb1    16:0|The auditor comes with a great treasure to attract
07Seb1    16:1|Armenia the auditor of Vaspurakan with much treasure and many honours
07Seb1    16:2|When Samuēl Vahewuni with other companions of his went
07Seb1    16:3|They had reckoned that: ’With this treasure we shall make
07Seb1    16:5|oath to them in accordance with their custom
07Seb1    16:6|Khorkhoṙuni and Samuēl Vahewuni fled with their own troops. Passing through
07Seb1    16:7|the Persian sector. Urging them with entreaties and sweet words, he
07Seb1    16:8|left them in that country with a few troops and departed
07Seb1    16:9|emperor hastily summoned Atat Khorkhoṙuni with his troops to the palace
07Seb1    17:3|The Greek army pursued them, with the general Heraclius and Hamazasp
07Seb1    17:5|and Varaz Nersēh they captured with some others. They brought them
07Seb1    17:6|be put to death. And with great cruelty he had him
07Seb1    17:7|of Thrace plundered the kingdom. With their enormous multitude of troops
07Seb1    18:2|into battalions and that, equipped with arms, they should all cross
07Seb1    18:4|Greek army and destroyed them with great slaughter, putting them to
07Seb1    18:4|front of them, defeated them with the sword, and they were
07Seb1    19:3|Yovhan united in communion with them; but Movsēs would not
07Seb1    19:3|not at all have contact with them. All the vessels of
07Seb1    20:2|route, but despatched Sahak Mamikonean with one thousand via Sebastea, and
07Seb1    20:2|via Sebastea, and Smbat Bagratuni with the other [1000] via the region
07Seb1    20:3|to that place in compliance with the king’s request. The king
07Seb1    20:3|and trustworthy messengers he promised with an oath to send him
07Seb1    20:3|promptly to his own country with great honour. He also promised
07Seb1    20:4|land of his own people with many gifts
07Seb1    20:7|Then royal messengers arrived with warrants, arrested Smbat with another
07Seb1    20:7|arrived with warrants, arrested Smbat with another seven men, and brought
07Seb1    20:9|middle he would raise it with his legs from the ground
07Seb1    20:11|the bear, hit its forehead with his fist, and slew it
07Seb1    20:12|bull fled away from him, with one bare foot
07Seb1    21:2|Then couriers arrived with letters summoning them all together
07Seb1    21:2|nobles and troops who went with each one’s contingent and banner
07Seb1    21:3|and others from the nobles with them
07Seb1    21:4|He joyfully received them, and with notable splendour favoured them with
07Seb1    21:4|with notable splendour favoured them with honours. He ordered the greatest
07Seb1    21:5|for in a friendly way with all willingness
07Seb1    22:2|Although he summoned him deceitfully with many entreaties, as if he
07Seb1    22:3|him; the emperor’s army was with him. There was a pitched
07Seb1    23:2|Stepanos Siwni had a dispute with his paternal uncle Sahak concerning
07Seb1    23:2|against him and sealed it with his own seal, that of
07Seb1    23:2|of his house, and also with the seals of other princes
07Seb1    24:1|and favoured him even more with honours and authority. He heaped
07Seb1    24:3|them in battle, smote them with the sword, and brought them
07Seb1    24:4|who had been taken captive with our own men; and furthermore
07Seb1    25:0|battle of the marzpan Smbat with the (people of) Gełum and
07Seb1    25:1|the east, he attacked Asorestan with a large and powerful army
07Seb1    25:2|came in front of him with a few men, and dismounting
07Seb1    25:2|speak some words of counsel with the king.’
07Seb1    25:4|Ispahan and joined Vstam, went with them. When they had reached
07Seb1    25:4|and Smbat, marzpan of Gurkan, with a large force
07Seb1    25:5|of the battle, those Armenians with them. Many died among the
07Seb1    25:5|among the Armenians who were with the marzpan Smbat
07Seb1    26:2|all the bodies. He had with him a leather bag over
07Seb1    26:3|Lord’s Cross. He signed himself with it, and taking it went
07Seb1    27:0|Another battle of Smbat with the enemy in Taparastan and
07Seb1    27:2|Then those with them requested an oath and
07Seb1    27:2|Smbat; and that Yovsēp’ was with them. Now Yovsēp’ held his
07Seb1    27:2|of it, he signed himself with it. He entrusted it to
07Seb1    27:3|king sent him a letter with much thanks, greatly honoured him
07Seb1    27:3|robes, gilded diadems, stockings set with precious stones and pearls. His
07Seb1    27:4|an order came summoning him with much honour to the royal
07Seb1    28:0|the Persian court, is honoured with the office of tanutēr which
07Seb1    28:0|Smbat is summoned to court with great splendour
07Seb1    28:1|had come, the messengers arrived with letters and summoned him with
07Seb1    28:1|with letters and summoned him with great splendour to the royal
07Seb1    28:2|Khosrov Shum, robed him splendidly with a hat and robe of
07Seb1    28:2|and robe of silk woven with gold, exalted him tremendously with
07Seb1    28:2|with gold, exalted him tremendously with a collar set with gems
07Seb1    28:2|tremendously with a collar set with gems, a necklace, and silver
07Seb1    28:4|Armenian nobles who joined him with each one’s contingent and banner
07Seb1    28:6|the province of Tos; and with [300] men took up quarters in
07Seb1    28:9|He mounted his horse, and with three men - whose names were
07Seb1    28:13|The latter moved against him with a large armed force. They
07Seb1    28:15|two battle-lines they fought with each other. They were not
07Seb1    28:17|flight. The others pursued them with cavalry attacks as far as
07Seb1    28:17|burnt down. Then he returned with a great victory and much
07Seb1    29:1|the auxiliaries to meet him with a fine horse from the
07Seb1    29:1|horse from the royal stable with royal equipage. So, he proceeded
07Seb1    29:1|royal equipage. So, he proceeded with great splendour and glory and
07Seb1    29:2|seeing him he welcomed him with joy, and stretched out his
07Seb1    29:4|through the Pass of Chor with many troops, they went to
07Seb1    30:0|the Greeks; his taking refuge with Khosrov and being honoured by
07Seb1    30:1|so, he went to him with seventy men. He splendidly honoured
07Seb1    30:1|him and those accompanying him with a worthy and appropriate reception
07Seb1    30:5|sent against them the Parsayenpet with an army. When the army
07Seb1    30:8|arrived, and Priscus set out with the greatest urgency
07Seb1    31:0|captures the city and returns with Theodosius, son of Maurice. The
07Seb1    31:4|sent a certain prince Bonos with an army against Antioch and
07Seb1    31:4|came, attacked Antioch and Jerusalem with the sword, and exterminated the
07Seb1    31:5|Then the general Heraclius with his army, who was in
07Seb1    31:5|Nersēs rebelled in Mesopotamia, and with his army seized control of
07Seb1    31:6|left there around the city; with the other part he himself
07Seb1    31:9|With great joy king Khosrov received
07Seb1    31:9|Dara. He kept (the youth) with him with royal honour. He
07Seb1    31:9|kept (the youth) with him with royal honour. He besieged Dara
07Seb1    32:1|Veh, whom he had sent with his army to Armenian territory
07Seb1    32:2|Persian army and destroyed them with great slaughter. They slew the
07Seb1    32:4|army assembled in Armenian territory, with Datoyean as their general. The
07Seb1    32:6|and fell upon their rear with scythes and sickles. They caused
07Seb1    32:7|captured it, and slaughtered many with the sword. Many jumped down
07Seb1    32:9|in fright, at first parleyed with them for peace. They proposed
07Seb1    32:10|and cut the horses’ girths with the sword
07Seb1    32:11|their quivers on them, piercing with their arrows all the men
07Seb1    32:12|abandon the fortress and depart with their baggage and all their
07Seb1    33:0|Khosrov sends Khoṙeam with a large force to Asorestan
07Seb1    33:0|force to Asorestan, and Ashtat with T’ēodos son of Maurice to
07Seb1    33:1|large and very powerful force with Khoṙeam, called Ĕṙazman, as their
07Seb1    33:2|Armenia, he sent Ashtat Yeztayar with a large army, and included
07Seb1    33:2|a large army, and included with him the caesar T’ēodos, the
07Seb1    33:4|and these too willingly submitted with all the cities and their
07Seb1    33:5|Greek army and crushed them with great slaughter. Many died in
07Seb1    33:8|Engaging battle, he smote them with the sword, and expelled them
07Seb1    33:9|them in the capital Ahmatan. With them was forcibly taken into
07Seb1    33:9|blessed and aged Catholicos Yovhan with all the vessels of the
07Seb1    34:3|became king he sent messengers with splendid treasures and letters to
07Seb1    34:6|and the countryside was filled with fresh green vegetation, they set
07Seb1    34:10|sent him to the east with a large army. Marching via
07Seb1    34:11|With rapid speed through very fast
07Seb1    34:11|messengers the king’s order arrived. With great urgency he urged his
07Seb1    34:13|was unable to pursue them with any speed, because it was
07Seb1    34:14|adopted the title of general, with his brother T’ēodos gathered the
07Seb1    34:17|Persians) and made close union with them. At that time the
07Seb1    34:17|Ṙazmiozan, that is Khoṙeam, parleyed with Jerusalem that they should willingly
07Seb1    34:20|city and burnt the city with fire
07Seb1    34:23|carried out the king’s command with great alacrity. They appointed a
07Seb1    35:3|Lord. Everything you have done with wisdom. Inscrutable indeed are his
07Seb1    35:6|not for the good but with the natural envy of their
07Seb1    35:7|For often they tried; with many bribes they sought permission
07Seb1    35:7|punished us, ’not in accordance with our deeds’, but through his
07Seb1    35:10|holiness and the saintly bishops with you, to read this letter
07Seb1    36:2|glory. So, let us all with united voice sing the angelic
07Seb1    36:5|thank God for the consolations with ’which he consoled you, so
07Seb1    36:6|’God is faithful’, who comforted with his fatherly pity all the
07Seb1    36:11|this image of the Gospel, with unceasing mouths and unresting tongues
07Seb1    36:15|their madness they cut down with axes through senseless wood-cutters
07Seb1    36:15|on high has filled (Jerusalem) with olive-trees and palm-trees
07Seb1    36:16|of peace and love be with you.’ Amen
07Seb1    37:2|St Gregory had sealed it with his ring; as had also
07Seb1    37:2|his ring; as had also with his ring the blessed Sahak
07Seb1    37:2|He (Komitas) too sealed it with his own ring, who was
07Seb1    37:2|to seal such a pearl with the third ring of three
07Seb1    38:1|At that time Khoṙeam marched with his army to Chalcedon and
07Seb1    38:2|He went to meet him with gifts, and gave magnificent presents
07Seb1    38:3|off at sea, and parleyed with them as follows: ’What do
07Seb1    38:4|who does not make peace with me? Does he wish to
07Seb1    38:5|will he not be sated with blood? Were not the Romans
07Seb1    38:7|to your king a letter with gifts, to seek from him
07Seb1    38:7|from him conciliation and peace with me.’ They received the
07Seb1    38:7|agreed to act in accordance with his request
07Seb1    38:8|prepare for a naval battle with Byzantium. Naval forces came out
07Seb1    38:8|shame. They had lost [4,000] men with their ships, and did not
07Seb1    38:11|king. My treasure which is with you, you spend; my servants
07Seb1    38:12|we shall look upon you with friendship
07Seb1    38:16|So Heraclius made preparations with his wife and the eunuchs
07Seb1    38:17|you may go, we are with you to stand and die
07Seb1    38:18|Heraclius marched on with [120,000] to go to the court
07Seb1    38:21|at the other Tigranakert. Shahēn with [30,000] troops arrived and camped behind
07Seb1    38:22|his rear. He struck promptly with force, and routed them. He
07Seb1    38:23|Shahr Varaz with his army, and Shahēn with
07Seb1    38:23|with his army, and Shahēn with his survivors, pursued him. But
07Seb1    38:25|elite horses, and attacked him with [20,000]. On reaching Ali he came
07Seb1    38:26|me. I have now arrived with such an army, and will
07Seb1    38:28|of their camp, and returning with a great victory reached the
07Seb1    38:31|he turned to attack them with great force. There was mist
07Seb1    39:0|reigns and makes a treaty with Heraclius, both of them keeping
07Seb1    39:2|Then he went to Atrpatakan with all the baggage and the
07Seb1    39:3|surviving nobles and addressed them with fearsome condemnations: ’Why did you
07Seb1    39:4|Then they swore an oath with each other; and going by
07Seb1    39:4|and secretly removed the horses with which Khosrov had come to
07Seb1    39:4|reached Khosrov, he was shaken with fear and terrified. He sought
07Seb1    39:4|Kawat came up and crossed with all his troops
07Seb1    39:7|Kawat began to take counsel with the nobles of his kingdom
07Seb1    39:7|necessary to make a treaty with the emperor and to give
07Seb1    39:8|him, salt-sealed and brought with the letter; and he sent
07Seb1    39:8|sent a certain prince Ṙashnan with magnificent presents to confirm this
07Seb1    39:8|presents to confirm this agreement with him
07Seb1    39:10|solemn covenant and confirmed peace with an oath. He despatched one
07Seb1    39:10|nobles, who was called Eustathius, with magnificent gifts. And he honoured
07Seb1    39:10|he honoured Ṙashnan, showered him with precious treasures, and sent him
07Seb1    39:11|Eustathius came with the gifts into the presence
07Seb1    39:11|him. Once more he confirmed with him the terms of peace
07Seb1    39:11|the letters. He sealed salt with Eustathius as previously, according to
07Seb1    39:12|They sent off Eustathius laden with treasures, and he departed
07Seb1    40:0|Khoṙeam, at the request and with the help of Heraclius, takes
07Seb1    40:1|and sent him to Armenia with (authority over) all his ancestral
07Seb1    40:2|was vacant, he took counsel with them all to find someone
07Seb1    40:6|pact between me and you with an oath, in writing and
07Seb1    40:6|an oath, in writing and with a seal.’ Then Khoṙeam
07Seb1    40:6|them and went in person with a few (soldiers) to the
07Seb1    40:8|confirmation of this in writing, with a seal and with salt
07Seb1    40:8|writing, with a seal and with salt.’ And he requested
07Seb1    40:10|the Lord’s Cross. Having searched with great diligence, finally he gave
07Seb1    40:10|them no few presents, and with great joy he sent them
07Seb1    40:10|joy he sent them off with honour
07Seb1    40:12|She agreed, saying: ’Come with a single man at midnight
07Seb1    40:12|Arising at midnight, he went with a single aide. But when
07Seb1    41:0|Kołb. The quarrel of Varaztirots’ with the princes of Atrpatakan; the
07Seb1    41:1|Cross, he gathered his army with ardent and happy heart. He
07Seb1    41:1|happy heart. He set out with all the royal retinue, honouring
07Seb1    41:1|it to the holy city, with all the vessels of the
07Seb1    41:4|flight to the capital city with all the vessels of the
07Seb1    41:5|Greek borders, and to communicate with the emperor. ’Otherwise, we shall
07Seb1    41:6|visited the king, and communicated with him
07Seb1    41:7|this gift, he returned home with great ceremony. Thereafter he resided
07Seb1    41:11|to him and note: ’Remain with me a little time, then
07Seb1    41:11|then I shall send you with great honour to your country
07Seb1    41:13|and I will not join with you in that plot.’
07Seb1    41:16|himself command of the army with the agreement and support of
07Seb1    41:17|the office for three years with great magnificence; then, discredited by
07Seb1    41:18|day and night in accordance with his noble wisdom he inflicted
07Seb1    42:3|battle, they parleyed for peace with him. Opening the gates of
07Seb1    42:6|engage in fornication. He note: ’With an oath God promised this
07Seb1    42:7|in battle, because God is with you.’
07Seb1    42:11|demand that possession from you with interest.’
07Seb1    42:12|commanded them not to fight with them, but to look to
07Seb1    42:13|tents, and bound their feet with cords. This was the fortification
07Seb1    42:19|and marched to do battle with them. Then they left the
07Seb1    42:20|of Dawit’, was also there with [3,000] fully-armed men; and prince
07Seb1    42:20|prince Grigor, lord of Siwnik’, with a thousand
07Seb1    42:21|killed. They also slew Musheł with his two nephews, and Grigor
07Seb1    42:21|and Grigor lord of Siwnik’ with one son. The others escaped
07Seb1    42:23|also fled and took refuge with the army of the south
07Seb1    42:29|they inflicted the whole land with raiding, and gathered very much
07Seb1    42:30|hands because they surrounded it with smoke. By means of the
07Seb1    42:32|Gogovit, and he attacked them with a few men. But he
07Seb1    42:33|on T’ēodoros, lord of Ṙshtunik’, with the rank of patrik
07Seb1    42:35|king Amr did not go with them. Being victorious in battle
07Seb1    42:35|and Khuzhastan. Then they penetrated with royal armies into the original
07Seb1    43:1|of Holies, they rebuilt it with base and construction as a
07Seb1    43:2|Jerusalem from end to end with blood and to exterminate all
07Seb1    43:5|seized them, they condemned them with fearful penalties until they revealed
07Seb1    44:0|The Ismaelite brigand in accordance with the prediction of the prophet
07Seb1    44:1|vindicated and returns to Armenia with the rank of general. The
07Seb1    44:1|submits again to the Greeks with the title of curopalates; his
07Seb1    44:3|had happened, he attacked him with his army in Constantinople
07Seb1    44:4|tongue and then killed her with her two sons. He installed
07Seb1    44:5|the field against them [40,000] armed with swords; and they joined battle
07Seb1    44:5|swords; and they joined battle with each other in the province
07Seb1    44:12|armed men he had brought with him, he secured his defence
07Seb1    44:13|He arose and went with a thousand men. When he
07Seb1    44:13|began to punish their leaders with the bastinado
07Seb1    44:14|the city and burned him with fire
07Seb1    44:17|all the princes into agreement with himself, went to the prince
07Seb1    44:18|many gifts, and promised him with an oath that he would
07Seb1    44:19|in a friendly way and with the honour due his princely
07Seb1    44:23|disguised himself, took three men with him, and on reaching the
07Seb1    44:23|people of Tayk’ received him with joy
07Seb1    44:25|Then the Greek general T’ēodoros, with (the support of) the princes
07Seb1    44:26|went and confirmed the oath with him that he would not
07Seb1    44:26|he had promised in accordance with the oath. For the aspet
07Seb1    44:27|and children to be sent with great èclat; and he had
07Seb1    44:27|taken to him silver cushions with other magnificent gifts
07Seb1    44:29|lord of Ṙshtunik’, to Armenia with great honour, and bestowed on
07Seb1    44:30|raids over that entire region with the sword, and took plunder
07Seb1    45:0|Another army of Ismaelites strikes with the sword from Ayrarat to
07Seb1    45:0|The emperor Constans makes peace with Muawiya. Building of the church
07Seb1    45:0|to make union of faith with the Romans. Church council concerning
07Seb1    45:2|of Armenia, T’ēodoros, attacked them with his army; falling on them
07Seb1    45:2|Ismaelites, and he crushed Ismael with a great slaughter. Two princes
07Seb1    45:4|the region of Ayrarat struck with the sword as far as
07Seb1    45:4|Khram; they slaughtered (its garrison) with the sword, and they took
07Seb1    45:5|of their army opposed him with ships and destroyed them on
07Seb1    45:7|Procopius that he should go with it to Damascus to meet
07Seb1    45:7|of the treaty in accordance with the army’s wishes. So, when
07Seb1    45:7|of the army, he went with them to Damascus, to Muawiya
07Seb1    45:9|trees, and surrounded his residence with a high wall, beautifully constructed
07Seb1    45:10|through his deceit to light with God, he travailed to raise
07Seb1    45:11|them.’ Then the king, with the patriarch, gave a command
07Seb1    45:11|effect a union of faith with Rome and should not scorn
07Seb1    45:13|the doctrine of the Trinity with the distinction according to Leo’s
07Seb1    45:13|of St. Gregory to conform with the Tome of Leo. They
07Seb1    46:0|bishops and Catholicos Nersēs wrote, with the nobles and the general
07Seb1    46:3|and Christ’s apostles to pray with supplications for your pious rule
07Seb1    46:6|subjects. Let them serve us with their body; but as for
07Seb1    46:12|Amatunik’. They had ready there with them the Book of Saint
07Seb1    46:17|three not say two natures with distinction like the latter? It
07Seb1    46:19|they might declare the truth with an oath. They responded, saying
07Seb1    46:20|the blessed Constantine. In agreement with that were (the councils) of
07Seb1    46:20|Constantinople and Ephesus. In conformity with these is the true faith
07Seb1    46:20|Chalcedon is not in agreement with them, as Your Benevolence has
07Seb1    46:21|down, which had been sealed with the ring of king Kawat
07Seb1    46:21|and they realized the conformity with it of the faith of
07Seb1    46:22|orthodox faith to be sealed with his own ring and deposited
07Seb1    46:23|days of heaven upon earth with great victory, ruling over the
07Seb1    46:25|it we offered obeisance and with great joy glorified Christ and
07Seb1    46:25|Word, and the word was with God, and the Word was
07Seb1    46:26|the eternal life which was with the Father and appeared to
07Seb1    46:27|of life’, and: ’Who was with the Father and appeared to
07Seb1    46:27|as indeed it must be with regard to the divinity; yet
07Seb1    46:27|is very humble and benevolent with regard to human nature
07Seb1    46:30|’It is he who came with fire and Spirit and blood
07Seb1    46:30|blood, Jesus Christ. Not only with water, but with blood and
07Seb1    46:30|Not only with water, but with blood and water. And it
07Seb1    46:33|But this is more filled with wonder and beneficence, a marvel
07Seb1    46:34|were enemies, we were reconciled with God through the death of
07Seb1    46:38|church in their respective churches with the apostolic exposition
07Seb1    46:40|joined and united this humanity with his own divinity, the immortal
07Seb1    46:40|his own divinity, the immortal with the mortal, so that he
07Seb1    46:42|the holy patriarch Gregory, together with the precepts of the blessed
07Seb1    46:44|Trdat made ready and took with him the holy bishop Grigorios
07Seb1    46:44|ranking of his palace, and with [70,000] men, elite leaders from all
07Seb1    46:45|the Lord Jesus Christ. And with an oath the two kings
07Seb1    46:47|pastors of orthodoxy in harmony with these, whose lives are well
07Seb1    46:52|day. He ascended into heaven, with the same body he sat
07Seb1    46:52|the Father. He will come with the same body and in
07Seb1    46:57|Saviour Jesus Christ, Diocletian reigned with his three colleagues over the
07Seb1    46:58|and he treated the Christians with great honour
07Seb1    46:64|Lord’s sacrament which we distribute with great discretion, it is as
07Seb1    46:66|Likewise, on the stone tables, with his own hand he wrote
07Seb1    46:69|carry out the apostle’s saying with reverence: ’Flee from fornication.’
07Seb1    46:70|the seraph dared to approach with his hands, but with tongs
07Seb1    46:70|approach with his hands, but with tongs; nor was the prophet
07Seb1    46:72|possessing a clean garment, or with fearless insolence to approach the
07Seb1    46:72|and cast out, in accordance with the saying: ’Stand away from
07Seb1    46:78|the eyes of the blind with spittle, and to walk on
07Seb1    46:79|condemn and anathematize in accordance with the blessed Cyril of Alexandria
07Seb1    46:80|and one Christ the same with the body God and at
07Seb1    47:0|of the Ismaelites in accordance with Daniel’s vision. Disturbances in Constantinople
07Seb1    47:10|king did not openly and with authority summon the Magistros, fearing
07Seb1    47:10|order to parley for peace with the Magistros and bring him
07Seb1    47:11|from him. Then he spoke with all the princes of the
07Seb1    48:2|escape. For they caught up with him near the boundaries of
07Seb1    48:4|longer wished to make peace with the king of the Greeks
07Seb1    48:5|Ismael. T’ēodoros, lord of Ṙshtunik’, with all the Armenian princes made
07Seb1    48:5|Armenian princes made a pact with death and contracted an alliance
07Seb1    48:5|death and contracted an alliance with hell, abandoning the divine covenant
07Seb1    48:6|the prince of Ismael spoke with them and note: ’Let this
07Seb1    48:6|Then you will pay (tribute) with an oath, as much as
07Seb1    48:9|the Armenians reached the king with regard to the defeats which
07Seb1    48:9|They note: ’They have united with the Ismaelites. They reassured us
07Seb1    48:10|army and went to Armenia with [100,000] (troops). When he reached Derjan
07Seb1    48:13|him the princes of Vanand with their army, the men of
07Seb1    48:13|presenting themselves were Musheł Mamikonean with his clansmen and certain other
07Seb1    48:13|Gnt’unik’, the Spandunik’, and others with them
07Seb1    48:16|There were with him as allies the Iberians
07Seb1    48:16|and Siwnik’, who in accordance with his order went to their
07Seb1    48:17|Then the Catholicos and Musheł with all the Armenian princes fell
07Seb1    48:17|fell on their faces, and with great supplications and tearful entreaties
07Seb1    48:18|He himself went to Ayrarat with [20,000] men. Coming to Dvin, he
07Seb1    48:18|the region of Sephakan Gund with [3,000] men. He likewise sent some
07Seb1    48:18|to separate them from union with T’ēodoros
07Seb1    49:0|he and other bishops communicate with the Romans out of fear
07Seb1    49:0|by the emperor to communicate with the Catholicos. Return of Constans
07Seb1    49:1|and travelled through those lands with the army in a military
07Seb1    49:1|military capacity. He firmly agreed with the council of Chalcedon and
07Seb1    49:6|Leo, and had refused communion with the Romans. The Catholicos had
07Seb1    49:6|The Catholicos had sealed it with his ring and with the
07Seb1    49:6|it with his ring and with the rings of all the
07Seb1    49:8|seat, nor did he communicate with us. He reckoned us and
07Seb1    49:10|reckon me unworthy of communicating with you, but not him.’
07Seb1    49:11|I do not merit communion with you. But if God were
07Seb1    49:11|would consider that (by communicating) with you I would enjoy (communion
07Seb1    49:11|you I would enjoy (communion) with Christ from the altar and
07Seb1    49:11|king note: ’Do you communicate with him?’ He note: ’As
07Seb1    49:11|him?’ He note: ’As with St. Gregory.’ The king
07Seb1    49:13|the faith, and sealed it with his own ring, and then
07Seb1    49:13|his own ring, and then with ours, and then with the
07Seb1    49:13|then with ours, and then with the rings of all the
07Seb1    49:13|princes. That document is now with him. Order a search made
07Seb1    49:14|Nersēs’) deceit, he reproached him with many words in his own
07Seb1    49:14|ordered (the bishop) to communicate with the Catholicos. When the bishop
07Seb1    49:16|With extreme urgency the king was
07Seb1    49:16|certain Morianos prince of Armenia with the Armenian army in their
07Seb1    49:17|left Dvin the Catholicos departed with him. Then he went and
07Seb1    49:17|Ṙshtunik’ and the other princes with him had swollen up against
07Seb1    49:20|in Damascus, and visited him with grand presents. The prince of
07Seb1    49:20|him robes of gold embroidered with gold and a banner of
07Seb1    49:20|Chor. Then he dismissed him with honour. He had made a
07Seb1    49:20|He had made a pact with him to bring that land
07Seb1    50:2|you. I shall provide you with as many soldiers as you
07Seb1    50:4|cities. They filled the ships with arms and artillery – [300] great ships
07Seb1    50:4|arms and artillery – [300] great ships with a thousand elite cavalry for
07Seb1    50:5|he himself took his troops with him and marched to Chalcedon
07Seb1    50:9|Fill their faces with indignity, and they will seek
07Seb1    50:10|arrived at Chalcedon from Alexandria with all the small ships and
07Seb1    50:11|Lord looked down from heaven with the violence of a fierce
07Seb1    50:15|to the sword. It parleyed with them in a threatening message
07Seb1    50:18|place and made a pact with each other that there should
07Seb1    51:4|had not submitted to them, with all the multitude of the
07Seb1    51:7|the T’etalk’. They joined battle with a great shock, and the
07Seb1    51:8|terrain of the Caucasus mountain. With the greatest difficulty they came
07Seb1    52:5|he made preparations for battle with the army of Ismael. Mawrianos
07Seb1    52:5|They defeated them, slew them with the sword, and put the
07Seb1    52:8|T’ēodoros, lord of Ṙshtunik’, with his relatives, departed with them
07Seb1    52:8|Ṙshtunik’, with his relatives, departed with them. They took them down
07Seb1    52:10|ancestral house, to carry out with fervent haste acts of bravery
07Seb1    52:10|acts of bravery in accordance with the abilities of his ancestors
07Seb1    52:11|the Armenian Catholicos Nersēs departed with the king, as I said
07Seb1    52:11|I said above, and went with him to Constantinople. He (Constans
07Seb1    52:11|Constantinople. He (Constans) received him with great honour; and they gave
07Seb1    52:14|four sons among the hostages with the Ismaelites, was therefore unable
07Seb1    52:14|go) to them in Syria with their wives
07Seb1    52:15|of the Greeks in unison with the prince and the army
07Seb1    52:15|and the princes of Siwnik’ with their country. These had previously
07Seb1    52:15|were then subdued and included with Armenia
07Seb1    52:16|of the princes who were with him. The king ordered them
07Seb1    52:18|They began to fight with each other and to kill
07Seb1    52:18|and to kill each other with enormous slaughter. The army in
07Seb1    52:19|they had installed, waged war with the army in the region
07Seb1    52:20|which was in Egypt united with the king of the Greeks
07Seb1    52:21|of Ismael and makes peace with all
07Seb1    52:22|of this history in accordance with the unintelligent thought of my
07Seb1    52:22|mind, and not in accordance with the worthy grace of knowledge
07Seb1    52:24|all evils upon them, and with my arrows I shall exterminate
08Ghev1    1:3|our wickedness, God became disgusted with us and lifted the scepter
08Ghev1    1:4|Arise with us and save us from
08Ghev1    1:9|as a swarm of locusts, with their incalculable number of camels
08Ghev1    1:11|the Ishmaelites, having loaded up with looted Byzantine treasures and after
08Ghev1    2:2|the Iranian troops, destroying them with the sword, and they struck
08Ghev1    2:2|struck and killed the shah. With that, the kingdom of the
08Ghev1    2:4|killed by the sword; others, with women and children, were made
08Ghev1    2:13|the land of the Armenians with a very large force
08Ghev1    3:1|because the enemy had attacked with the speed of winged snakes
08Ghev1    3:2|of them had gone along with Prince T’e’odoros. All they encountered
08Ghev1    3:5|Similarly, the multitude of captives with their sons and daughters were
08Ghev1    3:9|the troops of the Armenians with the lords (naxarars) and Prince
08Ghev1    3:14|pleasure, having abominably foul intercourse with the women. But all-seeing
08Ghev1    4:3|Bagratid clan, sending him along with his general
08Ghev1    4:4|prince, saying: “Arise and come with us to battle, bringing along
08Ghev1    4:5|ordering him to deal treacherously with his allies, and to unite
08Ghev1    4:5|his allies, and to unite with the enemy
08Ghev1    4:11|church of) St. Gregory, together with the princes and lords of
08Ghev1    4:14|the land of the Armenians with numerous gifts. There was great
08Ghev1    5:1|more acquainted than all others with piety toward God. He concerned
08Ghev1    5:1|toward God. He concerned himself with all manner of benevolent work
08Ghev1    5:1|adorned the churches of God with doctoral arts and groups of
08Ghev1    5:2|life-giving incarnation of Christ with its miraculous powers, which he
08Ghev1    5:4|came and destroyed the land with looting, subjecting numerous beautiful buildings
08Ghev1    5:6|many troops and sent along with them an extremely mighty man
08Ghev1    5:6|back to their own land with many gifts and valuable goods
08Ghev1    5:7|planned to molest the women with their loathsome and obscene intercourse
08Ghev1    5:10|Only Prince Smbat with a few men continued pursuing
08Ghev1    6:1|sent a force to Armenia with orders to capture Smbat, the
08Ghev1    6:2|he escaped by a hairsbreadth with a few men. The Byzantine
08Ghev1    7:13|prison all the people bound with ropes, cut off their hands
08Ghev1    7:14|which the blessed clerics offered with the purest of thoughts
08Ghev1    7:18|that those who were crucified with Christ would also be crowned
08Ghev1    7:18|would also be crowned along with Him. Those who had died
08Ghev1    7:18|Him. Those who had died with Him would be reborn with
08Ghev1    7:18|with Him would be reborn with Him and eternally inherit the
08Ghev1    7:19|Similarly, those who collaborated with Satan will inherit with him
08Ghev1    7:19|collaborated with Satan will inherit with him the many different bitter
08Ghev1    7:20|deeds, he went to Syria with much spoil. Meanwhile the inhabitants
08Ghev1    8:13|nonetheless they slaughtered many Arabs with their swords
08Ghev1    8:15|frozen over from the cold. With that multitude of troops on
08Ghev1    8:16|Ashot’s son, went in pursuit with his troops, wanting to kill
08Ghev1    8:17|Tikin Shushan came before him with many entreaties and was able
08Ghev1    8:17|to health, and outfitted them with goodly clothing
08Ghev1    8:19|The army troops, engorged with the enemy’s spoil, sent glad
08Ghev1    8:20|gratitude to Smbat, the lords with him, and their troops. He
08Ghev1    9:1|of the land who were with him to go in advance
08Ghev1    9:4|managed to meet and talk with you
08Ghev1    9:5|the covenant which God made with your father Ishmael to give
08Ghev1    9:5|that if you make peace with my people, they will service
08Ghev1    9:11|Sahak’s hand and began speaking with him as though with a
08Ghev1    9:11|speaking with him as though with a living person. He note
08Ghev1    9:15|the land of the Armenians with a large force, in the
08Ghev1    9:15|Thus, having held his reign with such conduct, ’Abd al-Malik
08Ghev1    10:1|Walid) resolved to do away with the families of Armenian lords
08Ghev1    10:3|general. Smbat, uniting his forces with the Byzantine general’s, came to
08Ghev1    10:3|this he assembled his forces with great preparation and went against
08Ghev1    10:5|grew stronger and slew many with the sword. They say that
08Ghev1    10:8|The lordswith their traditional naivetebelieved the
08Ghev1    10:16|In this period, with the land of the Armenians
08Ghev1    10:17|Curopalate Smbat and the lords with him arose and quit the
08Ghev1    10:20|a written oath in accordance with their custom. When they were
08Ghev1    10:24|than before and fortified it with gates and locks, and surrounded
08Ghev1    10:24|and locks, and surrounded it with a moat filled with water
08Ghev1    10:24|it with a moat filled with water to protect the fortress
08Ghev1    10:25|the Tachik troops were battling with the city, I crawled through
08Ghev1    11:1|With this multitude of troops, Muhammad
08Ghev1    11:2|the king of the Chinese, with this import: “Why do you
08Ghev1    11:2|all the other nations tremble with fear of us? In whom
08Ghev1    11:2|maidens amongst whom you strut with studied elegance
08Ghev1    11:5|Consulting with one another, they wrote a
08Ghev1    11:6|those soldiers who have come with you. Could it be that
08Ghev1    11:10|more than [40,000] cavalrymen. Chenbakur himself with a few men encamped a
08Ghev1    12:2|these towers at great expense with funds from his treasury. In
08Ghev1    12:2|and rebuild it once more with funds from their own treasury
08Ghev1    12:6|They did battle with each other for many days
08Ghev1    12:9|the land of the Huns, with his head bowed in disgrace
08Ghev1    13:15|the questions, says Ghevond, which, with many others besides, ’Umar, sovereign
08Ghev1    14:1|us to instruct our adversaries with kindliness, to see whether He
08Ghev1    14:2|us the duty of smiting with hard words, as with stones
08Ghev1    14:2|smiting with hard words, as with stones, those who manifest a
08Ghev1    14:3|letter thatwe have discussed with you more than once the
08Ghev1    14:4|us to discuss our doctrines with you, since our Lord and
08Ghev1    14:6|With regard to you, however, we
08Ghev1    14:12|that we have contended ourselves with these words and had faith
08Ghev1    14:24|blessed Jacob, and then he, with the same purpose, blessed Judah
08Ghev1    14:35|the marvellous works of God with the record, from time to
08Ghev1    14:40|after the other, in accordance with the Gospels
08Ghev1    14:41|He underwent all that with the object of proving that
08Ghev1    14:43|only did this people carry with them the Testament, but also
08Ghev1    14:44|the captives taking the Testament with them, you should hear what
08Ghev1    14:45|came back to Jerusalem, bringing with them the Testament, there was
08Ghev1    14:45|for when it was compared with the edition of Esdras, the
08Ghev1    14:45|was found completely in conformity with the former
08Ghev1    14:50|God did not speak with man a single time only
08Ghev1    14:57|then the truth that abides with us Christians. If this was
08Ghev1    14:59|meaning which has no connection with the word Paraclete
08Ghev1    14:67|God, and the resurrection, along with your pretended Prophet, and the
08Ghev1    14:71|baptism to them, just as with pagans, indeed, God has long
08Ghev1    14:73|to acquire a closer acquaintance with the traditions of the truth
08Ghev1    14:75|ancient books and replaced them with others composed by himself, according
08Ghev1    14:78|as you show such disdain with regard to the Gospels of
08Ghev1    14:78|word ’Father’, you replace it with ’Lord’, or sometimes with ’God’
08Ghev1    14:78|it with ’Lord’, or sometimes with ’God’
08Ghev1    14:80|under His command to communicate with you. When other pagans hear
08Ghev1    14:85|your own will as compared with (divine orders). Consequently, you take
08Ghev1    14:85|what is not in accordance with your views
08Ghev1    14:88|that human language can say with regard to the Word of
08Ghev1    14:93|to him Satan, was touched with compassion for mankind, for He
08Ghev1    14:96|the equality of the Word with God Himself? Listen to what
08Ghev1    14:98|that you will welcome such with pleasure. In this manner, I
08Ghev1    14:101|your power you were (endowed with princely gifts). For the beauty
08Ghev1    14:119|it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from
08Ghev1    14:119|uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth
08Ghev1    14:121|it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from
08Ghev1    14:121|uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth
08Ghev1    14:122|Emmanuel, which means, God is with us
08Ghev1    14:123|voluntarily went through in accordance with the previous indication of the
08Ghev1    14:125|of silver.” [Zechariah 11:12]. This prediction, along with all the others, was fulfilled
08Ghev1    14:127|man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and as one from
08Ghev1    14:128|that made us whole, and with his stripes we are healed
08Ghev1    14:130|And they made his grave with the wicked and with a
08Ghev1    14:130|grave with the wicked and with a rich man in his
08Ghev1    14:133|endeavor to dry them up with a little effort on the
08Ghev1    14:134|With regard to the Mosaic Code
08Ghev1    14:138|see if you are dealing with them properly. Jesus, as God
08Ghev1    14:142|The Father (who sent) is with me” [John 16:32]. Again, “I came from
08Ghev1    14:143|one passage which you quote with fidelity, though you put no
08Ghev1    14:145|only true God, and Moses with the other Prophets, and then
08Ghev1    14:146|This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased
08Ghev1    14:146|am well pleased” [Matt. 3:17], was seized with horror, not being able to
08Ghev1    14:147|Lord) replied to (the Adversary) with His full knowledge, acknowledging him
08Ghev1    14:151|the Evangelist begins his Gospel with these words: “In the beginning
08Ghev1    14:151|Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was
08Ghev1    14:151|He was in the beginning with God; all things were made
08Ghev1    14:152|who has sent me is with me” [John 16:32], “I am ascending to
08Ghev1    14:153|which He has in common with us. (Jesus) was sent in
08Ghev1    14:154|With regard to circumcision and the
08Ghev1    14:154|Lord Himself who, in accordance with the prediction of Jeremiah, changed
08Ghev1    14:154|will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and
08Ghev1    14:154|the covenant which I made with their fathers when I took
08Ghev1    14:155|What covenant did He make with their fathers in the land
08Ghev1    14:156|disciples. He did the same with the cup of wine. These
08Ghev1    14:169|All these beings, the sky with the sun, the moon and
08Ghev1    14:170|God), and honored by Him with resemblance to Him, cannot be
08Ghev1    14:175|the bush that God inflamed with divine fire at the time
08Ghev1    14:179|child that you are, occupied with things that are visible, you
08Ghev1    14:179|forever, and their reward is with the Lord. In the eyes
08Ghev1    14:182|the faithful of the Lord, with the purpose of converting them
08Ghev1    14:183|God, and mingled their blood with that of the animal. Yet
08Ghev1    14:185|we Christians sign our foreheads with the cross, as (sign) of
08Ghev1    14:188|of the Lord, and burned with love for the incarnate Lord
08Ghev1    14:191|to indulge in evil relations with women, according to their custom
08Ghev1    14:193|birds and the beasts flee with all haste and extreme aversion
08Ghev1    14:194|legislator to have an affair with your wives which he has
08Ghev1    14:194|the habit of having affair with women, as if it were
08Ghev1    14:197|it possible, about the shamelessness with which you remarry: before retaking
08Ghev1    14:197|execrable debauchery which you commit with your concubines? For you are
08Ghev1    14:197|concubines? For you are prodigal with them of all your fortune
08Ghev1    14:198|the serpent has intimate relations with the murines, the reptile of
08Ghev1    14:201|were lost after death. Filled with this thought, and struck by
08Ghev1    14:202|the cross, he was seized with horror, and in order to
08Ghev1    14:203|His human nature, in accord with what was said by the
08Ghev1    14:213|not expect to enjoy contact with women who remain forever virgin
08Ghev1    14:215|if it is not peopled with women
08Ghev1    14:218|but we can only respond with patience, for we count on
08Ghev1    14:220|As for us, we accept with eagerness all the sufferings and
08Ghev1    14:220|happiness of the future world with all those who have loved
08Ghev1    14:220|those who loved His name, with whom we may be worthy
08Ghev1    17:1|evils, and at showing dissatisfaction with the benevolence of (the former
08Ghev1    18:3|Arminiya [730-731], fell upon their camp with a small number of men
08Ghev1    18:5|When (the Khazars) clashed with the same (Arab) troops, (the
08Ghev1    18:5|which the Harashi brigade have with them to this day as
08Ghev1    18:6|Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik) with a multitude of troops to
08Ghev1    19:1|enraged, sent his brother Maslama with a large force against the
08Ghev1    19:2|the river, fortifying their encampment with a surrounding ditch. Thus did
08Ghev1    19:6|of the troops and clashed with the pursuers
08Ghev1    19:7|midst of their foe together with their gear. Then those hiding
08Ghev1    20:1|Sophia, which had been built with heavenly wisdom as a house
08Ghev1    20:2|With all these (promises) as his
08Ghev1    20:2|his firm intent, (Maslama) advanced with the multitude of his troops
08Ghev1    20:2|shores of the Pontic (Sea) with all his materiel
08Ghev1    20:3|dispatched an emissary to him with a letter full of contempt
08Ghev1    20:3|full of contempt and ridicule, with the following import: “Why this
08Ghev1    20:5|your country during your reign. With my own hand I have
08Ghev1    20:5|many of your cities, and with my own sword I have
08Ghev1    20:11|in confession, prolonging his prayers with fasting for three days
08Ghev1    20:12|a letter to General Maslama with the following import: “Why do
08Ghev1    20:13|God punish you) in accordance with the curses of the prophet
08Ghev1    20:14|you for those you slaughtered with your sword and those you
08Ghev1    20:18|those who have troubled us, with their heads bowed down in
08Ghev1    20:20|Maslama) took ship right away with all his gear, and approached
08Ghev1    20:21|the doors of the fortress with a chain, and did not
08Ghev1    20:21|out (to Maslama) in accordance with his deeds
08Ghev1    20:22|glorious sign of Christ’s Cross with them in steadfast faith
08Ghev1    20:23|while the people glorified Heaven with fragrant incense and glowing candles
08Ghev1    20:24|the waters of the sea with the symbol of the Cross
08Ghev1    20:31|to city, he was greeted with sighs and sobs, the beating
08Ghev1    20:32|And he, with his head bowed in great
08Ghev1    21:1|Marwan) spoke words of peace with them and summoned Ashot, Vasak’s
08Ghev1    21:1|of Hisham, and exalted him with many honors
08Ghev1    22:0|many troops including Prince Ashot with the lords and their cavalry
08Ghev1    22:0|their cavalry, and went off with them to raid the land
08Ghev1    22:2|and the booty and, together with Prince Ashot, Marwan returned from
08Ghev1    22:2|returned from the Hun areas with great triumph and much spoil
08Ghev1    23:1|prowess. Furthermore, he occupied himself with drunkenness and unbridled, lecherous sex
08Ghev1    23:3|giver (Muhammad) and deports himself with disgraceful behavior, he is worthy
08Ghev1    23:4|drunken stupor, and slew him with a sword. In his stead
08Ghev1    24:1|the men of his clan with his own forces. Many other
08Ghev1    24:5|had their faces scraped off with serrated knives and thus died
08Ghev1    24:6|were led into captivity along with a motley multitude. For this
08Ghev1    24:7|they have threshed the women with child of Gilead with threshing
08Ghev1    24:7|women with child of Gilead with threshing sledges of iron
08Ghev1    24:8|exile. Thus says the Lord.” [Amos I: 3-6], with slight variation
08Ghev1    25:3|how the battle was going with this rabble, over time, once
08Ghev1    25:3|flight. (His opponents) loaded up with much booty from Prince Ashot’s
08Ghev1    25:5|come to (the caliph’s) assistance with his [15,000] select cavalrymen
08Ghev1    25:9|executioner) took and bound him with wicked restraints and put him
08Ghev1    25:11|the country of the Armenians with very splendid honors
08Ghev1    26:0|plan and he did this with the malicious intent of removing
08Ghev1    26:2|by one and beseeched them with much conversation not to participate
08Ghev1    26:2|forces are few when compared with the brutality of the Ishmaelites
08Ghev1    26:4|of your troops will stay with you. We cannot tolerate the
08Ghev1    26:5|Therefore Prince Ashot unwillingly united with Grigor and the other lords
08Ghev1    26:6|in the fortresses of Tayk’ with all their families and belongings
08Ghev1    26:7|Paulician heretics) went and mingled with the rebels’ brigade. They had
08Ghev1    26:8|full year. Prince Ashot broke with them and went to the
08Ghev1    26:8|him and wanted to unite with the sons of Ishmael
08Ghev1    26:9|of) the lords who were with him went and informed that
08Ghev1    26:10|a crow. (Grigor) caught up with him at night and besieged
08Ghev1    26:14|upon him, a punishment commensurate with his actions. For his stomach
08Ghev1    26:15|had held authority for [17] years with honor more glorious than all
08Ghev1    26:15|old age. He was entombed with glory in his (clan’s) mausoleum
08Ghev1    27:1|the caliphate and was fighting with his own clan members, once
08Ghev1    27:6|to his troops. Surrounding himself with soldiers, he arose against (the
08Ghev1    27:9|grew (even) stronger and attacked with bestial ferocity, reaching Marwan’s camp
08Ghev1    28:1|Armenians, reducing everyone to bankruptcy with many afflictions and torments, to
08Ghev1    28:2|the churches mockingly, beating them with sticks so that they reveal
08Ghev1    28:3|the inhabitants of our land with bitter tax demands, imposing a
08Ghev1    28:8|was a tall, attractive man with a noble disposition, who knew
08Ghev1    29:0|the city called T’e’odupolis (Erzerum), with an enormous heavily armed mass
08Ghev1    29:1|which he removed and took with him
08Ghev1    29:2|city’s troops and Saracen population with their families. Many residents of
08Ghev1    29:3|And they too departed along with him. Receiving (the emperor’s) permission
08Ghev1    30:1|like individual named Sulaiman. (Allied) with him were the sons of
08Ghev1    30:1|on the Vaspurakan area, (people) with unworthy behavior, fruit of wicked
08Ghev1    30:2|applied themselves (to the problem) with only a few men and
08Ghev1    30:5|combat. He covered the ground with numerous corpses, seeking revenge for
08Ghev1    30:6|brother Gagik and the lords with them learned (what had happened
08Ghev1    30:6|were unable to catch up with the enemy. So they turned
08Ghev1    30:7|he killed Sulaiman and many with him
08Ghev1    31:0|seeking to establish marriage relations with his (House). By this, (Yazid
08Ghev1    31:1|Khatun. (The Khaqan) sent along with her many hand maidens, ladies
08Ghev1    31:7|the Khazar leader himself) united with the caliph and (even) sent
08Ghev1    32:2|the lords of the land with their cavalry. Then he arose
08Ghev1    32:7|the caliph eventually) became reconciled with them and ordered that they
08Ghev1    32:7|that they be sent (home) with honor to the country of
08Ghev1    33:2|tied our country of Armenia with the bonds of bankruptcy. The
08Ghev1    33:5|his replacement. This was because with deceitful machinations he was furthering
08Ghev1    33:7|country of the Armenians, along with him came many brigades from
08Ghev1    34:8|realm that taxes be gathered with added force and violence. Thus
08Ghev1    34:10|some of the Armenian lords with him and withdrew from submission
08Ghev1    34:10|he migrated to Artagers fortress with his House
08Ghev1    34:11|Reaching the district of Bagrewand with [260] men, he seized the tax
08Ghev1    34:11|Abu Mjur (Apumchur) and those with him and put them to
08Ghev1    34:14|nighttime (Mushegh) went against them with a few men, to the
08Ghev1    34:14|weak walls, which were constructed with stones, without mortar. The horses
08Ghev1    34:18|Mushegheans) turned back, heavily laden with the enemy’s spoils
08Ghev1    34:19|all the city’s broad streets with sobbing and lamentation
08Ghev1    34:22|of a monk who, filled with the spirit of fanaticism, began
08Ghev1    34:28|of the common folk allied with their brigades. They arose from
08Ghev1    34:29|They besieged it with walls and throughout the entire
08Ghev1    34:29|except to kill some people with rock-hurling machines
08Ghev1    34:30|Sahak, did not associate himself with this harmful and disastrous affair
08Ghev1    34:31|his treasury can supply them with unlimited materiel
08Ghev1    34:32|hand (against them). He quakes with fear at the sight of
08Ghev1    34:33|You are unfamiliar with all the power of the
08Ghev1    34:35|reject (submission), take to flight with all your comrades and their
08Ghev1    34:41|built, that city, securely fortified with impregnable defending walls, which was
08Ghev1    34:42|Then general (Amir), with great caution and extensive preparation
08Ghev1    34:45|loyal to the Ishmaelites. Therefore, with this in mind, they ignored
08Ghev1    34:46|from the Amatunik’ clan together with their troops
08Ghev1    34:47|sparapet from the Bagratunik’ clan with his forces, and they advanced
08Ghev1    34:50|against the village of Arche’sh with his troops
08Ghev1    34:51|Armenian lords. (Amir left Xlat’) with a multitudinous host and lay
08Ghev1    34:56|river which flows through it. With them were all the craftsmen
08Ghev1    34:60|brigades also arose against them with great preparation
08Ghev1    34:61|battle array. When they clashed with each other, initially the Armenian
08Ghev1    34:62|flight, and resisted (the Armenians) with a wild rage, inflicting wounds
08Ghev1    34:62|of the lords then fled with their cavalry and the commoners
08Ghev1    34:62|and the commoners who were with them. For many of them
08Ghev1    34:63|their final breaths they vied with each other, saying: “Let us
08Ghev1    34:64|us and have their way with us. Let us trade our
08Ghev1    34:66|to God). Then fortified anew with aid from On High, nothing
08Ghev1    34:67|had seen clerics and priests with gospels, candles, and incense at
08Ghev1    35:2|They treated with fanatical spite the priests, monks
08Ghev1    35:2|infidel troops had loaded up with this spoil from the land
08Ghev1    36:1|desired, crushing his own soul with the sickness of greed for
08Ghev1    36:2|a deep prison sealed off with an iron door
08Ghev1    37:5|to begin raiding Byzantine territory with his troops, the emperor quickly
08Ghev1    37:6|Advancing with many troops, they reached the
08Ghev1    37:7|Emperor Leo received his troops with great adulation and gave very
08Ghev1    38:0|Byzantines). We learned that along with his message, (the caliph) sent
08Ghev1    39:3|caliph. (The emperor) received him with great ceremony and delight, and
08Ghev1    39:4|called Bulghars, whence he returned with great victory
08Ghev1    39:5|mother the queen treated (Tachat) with great rancor. For that reason
08Ghev1    39:8|the country of the Byzantines with his entire House and extricated
08Ghev1    39:9|him back to his land with great grandeur
08Ghev1    39:13|Gates, (a city) well fortified with a wall which was built
08Ghev1    39:16|prince Tachat and the lords with him
08Ghev1    40:1|was disporting himself in accordance with his unworthy behavior, he designated
08Ghev1    40:11|Thus did they vie with each other while in prison
08Ghev1    40:12|prison. In prayer they united with God and anticipated inheriting eternal
08Ghev1    40:15|was attached (to this device) with his armpits on the forked
08Ghev1    40:15|was beaten on the back with a cudgel so severely that
08Ghev1    40:17|struts and also beat him with even greater ferocity
08Ghev1    40:18|the order to kill them with a sword. When the executioners
08Ghev1    40:20|be richly rewarded a hundredfold with glory, as the Lord note
08Ghev1    41:1|brother Atrpatakan and Armenia together with Iberia (Georgia) and Aghuania
08Ghev1    41:2|In accordance with his evil nature he designated
08Ghev1    41:6|Esayi [I] Eghipatrushets’i), [775-788] came and pleaded with (Ibn Ducas) to reduce the
08Ghev1    41:7|different parts of the land with the order to double the
08Ghev1    42:3|and brutal enemy pursued them with their troops, catching up in
08Ghev1    42:8|Esayi, had passed to Christ with blessed and orthodox faith [A.D. 788], and
08Ghev1    42:9|the clerics and terrified them with violent threats, saying: “Do not
08Ghev1    42:9|he will pay for it with his life
08Ghev1    42:10|gold and silver vessels, some with precious gems, and royal garments
09Draskh1    1:1|a little in small things with wonderfully moderate enthusiasm bequeathed to
09Draskh1    1:1|moderate enthusiasm bequeathed to us with reasonable excellence the sequence of
09Draskh1    1:3|Thus with their native intelligence they tried
09Draskh1    1:3|needs that men have, and with a true understanding of thoughts
09Draskh1    1:4|must say I undertook not with presumptuous pride in accord with
09Draskh1    1:4|with presumptuous pride in accord with my whim, but because I
09Draskh1    1:7|Now then, with the usual shallow aptitude of
09Draskh1    1:7|I shall precede to write with the swiftness of an energetic
09Draskh1    1:8|of the Fathers, in accordance with their earlier presentation, I shall
09Draskh1    1:19|who were all in conflict with one another
09Draskh1    1:20|from him, was properly laden with eminence and an abundance of
09Draskh1    1:22|pagan historians, and compare them with our genealogical list
09Draskh1    1:26|ark into which they brought with them representatives of all the
09Draskh1    1:26|the regeneration of the earth with the likeness of each specie
09Draskh1    1:26|each specie, and in accordance with the former benefaction from the
09Draskh1    1:26|God fill them as well with the blessings so that man
09Draskh1    2:1|shore in Armenia in accord with the order of the Lord
09Draskh1    2:1|order of the Lord together with his children, their wives and
09Draskh1    2:7|people after himself in accord with the law of seniority, as
09Draskh1    2:9|brief description might acquaint you with the affinities of our race
09Draskh1    2:11|I should not concern myself with (the history of) other kindred
09Draskh1    2:11|our own Togarmah, in agreement with what I have already said
09Draskh1    2:15|genealogies of our own Japheth with those of Sem, we derive
09Draskh1    2:17|only the parts that dealt with our people, he presented them
09Draskh1    3:2|immediately came to our land with his son Aramaneak, whom he
09Draskh1    3:2|sired in Babylon, and also with his daughters, grandchildren, slaves born
09Draskh1    3:3|that is Bel, pursued Hayk with his own forces, composed of
09Draskh1    3:3|each other in a glen with a great tumult which was
09Draskh1    3:3|manner they intimidated each other with great terror
09Draskh1    3:4|well-bent bow an arrow with three prongs that hit the
09Draskh1    3:5|civic transactions, and occupied himself with building the land. After a
09Draskh1    3:6|plain which was seemingly fortified with tall summits of dazzling whiteness
09Draskh1    3:8|residence. He built it magnificently with blocks of sandstone, and named
09Draskh1    3:25|He also died in war with Shamiram, and was survived by
09Draskh1    3:28|in the Trojan War along with the Aethiopian warriors, Perch, in
09Draskh1    4:2|to have been magnificently crowned with a diadem
09Draskh1    4:3|also drawn to himself along with the others our own valiant
09Draskh1    4:3|kingdom of Sardanapalus (Sardanapaghgh) together with these men, ruled over Assyria
09Draskh1    4:4|prods me to occupy myself with the composition of an encomium
09Draskh1    4:4|people, for henceforth I shall with great pride give the succession
09Draskh1    4:6|appeared to be handsome and with sparkles in his eyes
09Draskh1    4:8|he settled in our land with great honor and glory; the
09Draskh1    4:17|our people and endowed her with riches. He made all of
09Draskh1    4:20|in equipoise by treating everyone with equity, the evidence of his
09Draskh1    4:22|They compared his toils with those of the hero Herakles
09Draskh1    4:22|of Iberia, and was worshipped with [72] sacrifices
09Draskh1    4:26|Macedonian, because he was indignant with him
09Draskh1    5:2|willed his domain to many with the understanding that the empire
09Draskh1    5:7|Invincible in numerous contests with heroes, Arshak took possession of
09Draskh1    5:8|After numerous victorious contests with his enemies, the latter properly
09Draskh1    5:9|himself the splendor of royalty with all of its pomp. Subsequently
09Draskh1    5:11|which is called Mazaca (Mizhak), with the regions surrounding them
09Draskh1    5:14|First of all, in accordance with the principles mentioned, Vagharshak appointed
09Draskh1    5:14|summer quarters (of the king) with snow, and others who supplied
09Draskh1    5:14|others who supplied the winterquarters (with provisions), the legion of shielded
09Draskh1    5:25|With a large army Artashes marched
09Draskh1    5:30|west and filled the ocean with numerous boats to sail against
09Draskh1    5:30|so many nations, was slain with others by his own forces
09Draskh1    6:3|of Nek’tanib, and fortified it with extensive bastions. Having annexed the
09Draskh1    6:5|of the cavern monuments built with polished stones and houses with
09Draskh1    6:5|with polished stones and houses with firm foundation, which resembled the
09Draskh1    6:9|left him and found asylum with Caesar, who gave him the
09Draskh1    6:9|he enlarged and endowed it with magnificent buildings, and called it
09Draskh1    6:10|Tigran, who had been afflicted with an ailment, designated Barzap’ra, the
09Draskh1    6:10|Gnel of the Gnuni house with a large army to Palestine
09Draskh1    6:11|priest of the Jews, and with a great number of others
09Draskh1    6:17|deprived of their lords. Along with them he also seized our
09Draskh1    6:21|gave orders to torment him with all kinds of instruments of
09Draskh1    6:21|a cross and perish (together) with his family
09Draskh1    6:22|the will of the king with his entire family and was
09Draskh1    7:4|since he had been afflicted with unbearable agonies due to his
09Draskh1    7:5|nephew (brother’s son) of his with a large army. Upon reaching
09Draskh1    7:9|the sister into three houses with the following names: Kareni Pahlaw
09Draskh1    7:12|and to those who are with you
09Draskh1    7:13|the Savior to Abgar and with it he also carried the
09Draskh1    7:14|seventy, so that in accordance with the promise of our Lord
09Draskh1    8:2|put the blessed apostle and (with him) his own daughter Sanduxt
09Draskh1    8:6|they satisfied (their dietary needs) with herbs. The nudity of their
09Draskh1    8:6|of their bodies was covered with hair from heaven’s due, and
09Draskh1    8:6|the holy apostle had invested with the grace of his mission
09Draskh1    8:8|maturity, the first, in accordance with his disposition, military skill and
09Draskh1    8:9|became resplendant in our salvation. With the joyful procession of the
09Draskh1    8:10|our (spiritual) parent in accordance with the gospel, and a forefather
09Draskh1    8:11|patriarch like a living martyr with gracious and befitting veneration, and
09Draskh1    9:1|the Son was not consubstantial with the Father, not equal with
09Draskh1    9:1|with the Father, not equal with Him and not born of
09Draskh1    9:3|and rejected Arius from communion with the church in order to
09Draskh1    9:3|of) his bowels gushing out with his excrement
09Draskh1    9:4|Aristakes returned from there bringing with him the twenty chapters of
09Draskh1    9:5|the Mane caves in accordance with what is written, namely that
09Draskh1    10:8|the grave of Saint Grigor, with whom he had equally struggled
09Draskh1    10:9|At’anagines, he was secretly threatened with death by the inhabitants of
09Draskh1    11:4|Vrt’anes, and having readily complied with his wishes, gloriously crowned Tiran
09Draskh1    11:6|He was buried with his ancestors in the village
09Draskh1    11:11|rage and ordered Yusik beaten with clubs until he gave up
09Draskh1    11:13|the blessed Yusik was buried with his ancestors in the village
09Draskh1    12:1|Yusik, to Caesarea in accordance with the former practice so that
09Draskh1    12:1|appeared while Nerses was standing with the clergymen (participating) in the
09Draskh1    12:2|Thus adorned with light he returned and being
09Draskh1    12:6|austere ascetical behaviour, they decided with certain others to elevate him
09Draskh1    12:12|since it was altogether invested with nine ranks, and the chief
09Draskh1    12:15|requested, he returned to Armenia with great peace
09Draskh1    12:16|sent the great general Theodosius with a large army against King
09Draskh1    12:16|heeded Nerses’s words and taking with him the patriarch as well
09Draskh1    12:17|gave orders to banish him with his clerics to a distant
09Draskh1    12:17|the sea threw out fish with the ebbing tide and fed
09Draskh1    12:19|to their respective places. Together with them he also fetched Nerses
09Draskh1    12:19|the Great whom he kept with him until he had with
09Draskh1    12:19|with him until he had with his help converted the sacrilegious
09Draskh1    13:2|king of Armenia. Theodosius complied with his wishes and immediately sent
09Draskh1    13:2|immediately sent Pap to Armenia with the blessed Nerses. Upon their
09Draskh1    13:2|they found Mehruzhan the Apostate with numerous forces ruling as the
09Draskh1    13:3|arms toward heaven begged Christ with supplicatory prayers so that He
09Draskh1    13:4|the entire plain (of Dziraw) with the corpses of the enemy
09Draskh1    13:7|and a praiseworthy man endowed with virtue and religious instruction. Contrary
09Draskh1    13:7|that the patriarchate (of Armenia) with its independent status would not
09Draskh1    14:2|of total humility, and together with his students carried out his
09Draskh1    14:6|that time Mesrop returned, bringing with him the characters of our
09Draskh1    14:6|sober-minded, sagacious, intelligent children with soft voices, and founded schools
09Draskh1    14:9|the blessed Sahak ceaselessly occupied with translations
09Draskh1    14:10|of Vramshapuh. Yazkert immediately complied with the wishes of the blessed
09Draskh1    14:14|Great looked scornfully at him with a mind not to accept
09Draskh1    14:14|people that Sahak was filled with the divine grace, and that
09Draskh1    14:14|his life was entirely adorned with virtue, he received him with
09Draskh1    14:14|with virtue, he received him with great honor and favor, as
09Draskh1    14:16|licentiousness, which provided the naxarars with the excuse to bring accusations
09Draskh1    14:16|bind the king of Armenia with fetters, or dethrone him
09Draskh1    14:18|is prodigal, he is confirmed with holy baptism; he is a
09Draskh1    14:23|naxarars approached Sahak the Great with supplications, but he did not
09Draskh1    14:23|the children of the church with the spiritual milk
09Draskh1    14:26|everyone to be entirely adorned with the ornament of the celestial
09Draskh1    15:1|to an end and along with it the patriarchal throne was
09Draskh1    15:3|them killed the impious Shawasp with a lightning stroke of the
09Draskh1    15:4|patriarch Yovsep’ was in bondage with the blessed Ghewondians. Although he
09Draskh1    15:6|his faith in Christ and with his numerous companions became worthy
09Draskh1    15:7|a period of eight years. With him were also other blessed
09Draskh1    16:2|Yovhan Mandakuni who was endowed with all the spiritual qualities. He
09Draskh1    16:3|Vardan, ruled over the Armenians. With the advice of the blessed
09Draskh1    16:3|blessed patriarch Yovhannes Mandakuni and with the help of his prayers
09Draskh1    16:5|a man who heeded people with good advice, he entrusted our
09Draskh1    16:6|patriarch Yovhan Mandakuni was united with Christ, after having occupied the
09Draskh1    16:8|the Greeks who pleased God with his life and his devotion
09Draskh1    16:9|the kingdom of the Greeks. With a similar or perhaps even
09Draskh1    16:12|floor of the Holy Church with blood
09Draskh1    16:18|service of the Greeks together with the other naxarars
09Draskh1    16:21|Vardan wore out the Persians with heavy blows
09Draskh1    16:22|and built a holy martyrium with polished stones
09Draskh1    16:26|the art. Thus, being endowed with a calendar of the annual
09Draskh1    16:27|In accordance with former practice, this Movses ordained
09Draskh1    16:30|greatly disputed and admonished him with graceful words of advice familiar
09Draskh1    16:30|the true knowledge in accordance with the doctrine of the holy
09Draskh1    16:34|Christians took his body and with the order of priests chanting
09Draskh1    16:36|himself king, he took refuge with Maurice the emperor of the
09Draskh1    16:38|him to concede Mesopotamia along with Dara and Nisibis and the
09Draskh1    16:38|was called the Tanutirakan Gundn, with the exception of Ostan, [i.e.] the
09Draskh1    16:48|named the region of Tayk’ with her boundariesInner Armenia” ( =
09Draskh1    17:2|feat, Xosrov was greatly pleased with Smbat and lavished on him
09Draskh1    17:9|The king trustfully complied with his wishes. Thus, having received
09Draskh1    17:9|is a beautiful structure built with polished stones that are cemented
09Draskh1    17:9|polished stones that are cemented with lime mortar. For the former
09Draskh1    17:9|the blessed Vardan, was built with bricks and wood
09Draskh1    17:13|one to God and comprehending with a thorough understanding the true
09Draskh1    17:14|believers (living) in that province with painful curses so that they
09Draskh1    17:14|negotiations and establish marital ties with those who had gone astray
09Draskh1    17:15|Yovhan built a holy church with a superb structure and around
09Draskh1    17:18|accomplishments and the twin combats with Ep’t’aghe king of the K’ushans
09Draskh1    17:21|The latter marched with a great many forces to
09Draskh1    17:23|he also was seized along with the rest and taken to
09Draskh1    17:25|crowned his son instead and with numerous forces advanced on Asorestan
09Draskh1    17:26|annihilated all the male population with a horrible massacre and took
09Draskh1    17:27|a dark and small building, with a more wonderful befitting respectable
09Draskh1    17:30|of Vagharshapat and rebuilt it with proportioned and beautiful polished stones
09Draskh1    17:34|Thereupon, with the consent of T’eodoros the
09Draskh1    17:37|He gathered many monks and with his virtuous deeds and laborious
09Draskh1    18:5|Ezr to go and associate with the emperor and enter into
09Draskh1    18:5|emperor and enter into communion with him concerning the profession of
09Draskh1    18:7|departure he did not take with him Yovhan, the sacristan of
09Draskh1    18:7|the Divine Scriptures; he went with another person, his sister’s son
09Draskh1    18:9|But both Ezr and those with him, as if they were
09Draskh1    18:9|They were betrayed and deceived with those who adhere to the
09Draskh1    18:10|of the komopolis of Koghb with all of its salt (mines
09Draskh1    18:10|he returned to his place with great pomp
09Draskh1    18:12|mentioned earlier, did not go with the others to fulfill the
09Draskh1    18:19|Then Ezr ordered to box (with the fist) his chest and
09Draskh1    18:24|I also would not disagree with him concerning this, since I
09Draskh1    18:25|and more magnificent edifice built with polished stones and lime mortar
09Draskh1    19:1|went to the Emperor Heraclius with his family and bondsmen. He
09Draskh1    19:2|latter ruled for three years with wisdom, great distinction and much
09Draskh1    19:6|Treating with arrogance the nations that were
09Draskh1    19:6|sword which he always nourished with the blood of the wounded
09Draskh1    19:8|to become an heir along with the son of the azat
09Draskh1    19:8|believer to share his lot with the non-believer
09Draskh1    19:9|all the nations were struck with fear and capitulated in submission
09Draskh1    19:13|took. They inebriated their swords with the blood of the city
09Draskh1    19:19|the enemy forces, he laid with wonderful enthusiasm the foundations of
09Draskh1    19:24|Sin and crossing the sea with a large multitude proceeded in
09Draskh1    19:27|the Emperor to be reconciled with him, and succeeded in having
09Draskh1    19:30|spiritual orchards, severely wounded us with her sting
09Draskh1    19:33|take possession of the country. With the exception of Iberia, he
09Draskh1    19:35|the patriarch Nerses had pleaded with him
09Draskh1    19:39|you not receive communion either with me or your patriarch?” The
09Draskh1    19:39|person and sharing the sacraments with you
09Draskh1    19:40|will you receive the sacraments with your patriarch?” The bishop answered
09Draskh1    19:40|answered: “(I shall), as if with Saint Grigor. Nevertheless, he was
09Draskh1    19:40|my not sharing the sacraments with him
09Draskh1    19:41|who being of one mind with him signed a document anathematizing
09Draskh1    19:42|bishop also received the sacraments with them; he blessed the king
09Draskh1    19:45|the lord of Rshtunik’, however, with his family went to Asorestan
09Draskh1    19:45|his family went to Asorestan with the Ishmaelite army. He died
09Draskh1    19:47|magnificent church he had built with walls, within (the perimeter of
09Draskh1    19:47|own residence that was built with well-fastened polished stones
09Draskh1    19:48|Moreover, he populated the place with a great many serfs (erdumardac’
09Draskh1    19:48|many serfs (erdumardac’) in accordance with the standards of city dwellers
09Draskh1    20:1|he died and was buried with his ancestors
09Draskh1    20:2|the great patriarch Nerses together with the naxarars of Armenia asked
09Draskh1    20:3|Trustfully complying with their wishes, (the caliph) appointed
09Draskh1    20:5|in eternal life in company with the order of the apostles
09Draskh1    20:10|And then, encircling it with a wall built with well
09Draskh1    20:10|it with a wall built with well-fastened stones that were
09Draskh1    20:10|fastened stones that were cemented with lime mortar, he set it
09Draskh1    20:13|Grigor accepted him with joy and ordered the katholikos
09Draskh1    20:16|way of all nations devised with certainty the cycle of the
09Draskh1    20:16|Armenian era. He compared ours with certain more suitable systems so
09Draskh1    20:16|to have ours run parallel with (the calendar of the) Romans
09Draskh1    20:23|was killed and was buried with his ancestors. Thenceforth peace was
09Draskh1    20:28|and the azats of Armenia with bonds and plundered the property
09Draskh1    20:29|sent him to Damascus. Along with him he also sent the
09Draskh1    20:30|mentioned above; he tormented him with severe blows, fetters and imprisonment
09Draskh1    21:4|a great commander, was wandering with a large army around the
09Draskh1    21:4|of Vanand, the Kamsarakan together with the azats of Vanand caught
09Draskh1    21:4|azats of Vanand caught up with him and massacred his entire
09Draskh1    21:5|a large force and boasted with great bitterness that he was
09Draskh1    21:7|wrote a letter of supplication with implorations and beseeching prayers, especially
09Draskh1    21:8|With such words of persuasion he
09Draskh1    21:10|Sahak, he immediately dispatched emissaries with orders not to bury him
09Draskh1    21:13|sent it to Armenia together with the holy body of the
09Draskh1    21:14|would make us in life. With the help of his prayers
09Draskh1    21:17|shutting on them the gates with bricks, enclosed all the exits
09Draskh1    21:19|of the church, filled it with fire, and through incendiary material
09Draskh1    21:19|burned, and hot bricks mixed with smoke and fire fell from
09Draskh1    21:21|Christ, was adorned by Christ with the unfading crown in the
09Draskh1    22:1|in charge of Albania, agreed with him
09Draskh1    22:3|documents on matters of faith with divine commands, but they did
09Draskh1    22:5|and surrender to the Greeks with respect to their taxes and
09Draskh1    22:6|and sent his chief eunuch with orders to bring immediately Nerses
09Draskh1    22:6|to bring immediately Nerses along with the princess
09Draskh1    22:11|culture, he set in writing with great erudition all the regulations
09Draskh1    22:11|in the Church of Christ. With a beautiful style he enriched
09Draskh1    22:13|diligently and arduously armed himself with spiritual works through fasting, prayers
09Draskh1    22:14|he adorned his external appearance with clothes of fine quality. Moreover
09Draskh1    22:14|fine quality. Moreover, grinding gold with a file and mixing it
09Draskh1    22:14|a file and mixing it with sweet ointments, he sprinkled it
09Draskh1    22:16|inanimate stones of the church with beautiful ornaments. (And if stones
09Draskh1    22:17|for those who were entrusted with judicial duties
09Draskh1    22:20|brought to the royal city with great honors, the caliph sent
09Draskh1    22:21|fine stature all the more with elegant and splendid clothes and
09Draskh1    22:21|made out of ebony painted with gold, and thus, graceful and
09Draskh1    22:24|arousing the minds of men with the fear of God, and
09Draskh1    22:25|and immature minds of men with the fear of God by
09Draskh1    22:26|This is also seen with you, who are terrestial kings
09Draskh1    22:26|kings. You impress the multitude with awe by means of purple
09Draskh1    22:29|Touching with his own hands the cilice
09Draskh1    22:29|caliph was disgusted and struck with horror. He asked, “How could
09Draskh1    22:30|adorning him over seven times with beautiful royal garments, and also
09Draskh1    23:3|of wickedness vexed him, torn with anguish, he came out of
09Draskh1    23:3|of their midst in accord with what was written (in the
09Draskh1    23:4|saintly and chaste man, shining with virtue
09Draskh1    23:5|enemies from all quarters stopped with the help of his devout
09Draskh1    23:10|his faithful flock, a spring with copious waters (located) at the
09Draskh1    23:10|dried up. Numerous vineyards, orchards with shrubs and arable lands were
09Draskh1    23:14|were flocked together, he went with the holy cross to the
09Draskh1    23:14|the site and striking it with the staff that was in
09Draskh1    23:18|and died. He was buried with his ancestors
09Draskh1    23:21|of penury and wandering around with her suckling babe seeking alms
09Draskh1    23:22|the open air and suffer with your suckling babe all the
09Draskh1    23:22|could avoid by seeking shelter with anyone
09Draskh1    23:23|am nursing my son here with the expectation that he may
09Draskh1    23:25|After presiding with virtue for a period of
09Draskh1    23:25|he died and was buried with his ancestors
09Draskh1    24:4|In accord with his wicked thoughts, he had
09Draskh1    24:9|the Register of Life along with those of the martyrs
09Draskh1    24:12|two groups, the abbot went with half of the clerics of
09Draskh1    24:14|the wall of the cathedral with the other patriarchs
09Draskh1    24:15|and died. He was buried with his ancestors, while his image
09Draskh1    24:21|Kawakert and Horovmoc’ Marg together with their fields (agarak). Led astray
09Draskh1    24:23|of God, and binding him with fetters, had him beaten with
09Draskh1    24:23|with fetters, had him beaten with a club, so that out
09Draskh1    24:24|a thought to being beaten with rods. On the contrary, he
09Draskh1    24:25|he had three sacks filled with treasures, and setting these on
09Draskh1    25:1|a governor named Khalid (Hawl) with a small force. (After his
09Draskh1    25:3|Growing annoyed with the governor, and being envious
09Draskh1    25:4|to Sahak, lord of Siwnik’ (with the following message): “Why is
09Draskh1    25:9|who survived the sword together with them all dispersed going their
09Draskh1    25:15|household of the Katholikos uttered with malicious tongues evil slander concerning
09Draskh1    25:17|of the) katholikos. In accordance with his audacity, he thought of
09Draskh1    25:18|the prince, he checked Bagarat with a stroke of the spiritual
09Draskh1    25:19|of bishops, where they realized with certainty the deceit uttered by
09Draskh1    25:20|him return to her covered with the nuptial veil
09Draskh1    25:27|immediately had prince Bagarat bound with fetters and sent him to
09Draskh1    25:28|the Taurus mountain in accord with their seditious nature, gathered in
09Draskh1    25:31|latter) strict orders to bind with fetters and bring to him
09Draskh1    25:32|Muhammad, he should bring them with him
09Draskh1    25:33|in the district of Taron with all his forces, Bugha struck
09Draskh1    25:33|taken captive, immediately seized along with the rest of their kinsmen
09Draskh1    25:35|Then, having slain with the sword some of the
09Draskh1    25:35|the rest, and dragging them with ropes, brought them to the
09Draskh1    25:36|In accordance with the orders of the caliph
09Draskh1    25:37|Dawit’ to the caliph along with their kinsmen. Then he departed
09Draskh1    25:38|to resist the violent Bugha with his warriors, yet, his naxarars
09Draskh1    25:38|not of the same mind with him in this matter
09Draskh1    25:40|who immediately seized him together with all of his kinsmen, and
09Draskh1    25:40|sent them to the caliph with their wives and children
09Draskh1    25:42|covering the entire lower region with blood
09Draskh1    25:43|Bugha himself marched forth with the plundering troops, and reached
09Draskh1    25:44|and went to greet Bugha with numerous presents and gifts
09Draskh1    25:45|He was received by him with honor, and delivering himself in
09Draskh1    25:45|he should wish to go. With great wisdom he was able
09Draskh1    25:47|tied others by the neck with ropes and dragged them in
09Draskh1    25:47|ones whom he had brought with him from Vaspurakan, and separating
09Draskh1    25:49|and to embrace their faith, with wonderful passion and determination they
09Draskh1    25:50|now endure bear no comparison with the splendor, as yet unrevealed
09Draskh1    25:51|the blessed, who were bound with fetters, confined in prison, showered
09Draskh1    25:51|fetters, confined in prison, showered with blows and starved, so that
09Draskh1    25:53|and agonies, and confronted death with joy, because they were constantly
09Draskh1    25:56|And thus, with great perseverence they withstood many
09Draskh1    25:58|did not kill them along with the rest. For they still
09Draskh1    25:60|was their life, in accordance with the Scriptures, and deeming death
09Draskh1    25:63|comrades by entreating them vigorously with the following words
09Draskh1    25:64|Christ, we are in communion with the Living God
09Draskh1    25:66|me and those who are with me to the numbers of
09Draskh1    25:67|torments of the great struggle with much perseverence, and having surmounted
09Draskh1    25:71|Satan, they but covered themselves with the ashes of the furnace
09Draskh1    25:71|perhaps also incapable of coping with their worldly needs, they lost
09Draskh1    26:1|other lords of their land with orders to seize and bring
09Draskh1    26:5|When the troops caught up with the prince in their pursuit
09Draskh1    26:5|cut all of them down with his sword. He then went
09Draskh1    26:6|by the devil, bound him with fetters and sent him forth
09Draskh1    26:9|The tyrant Bugha carried away (with him) those that had been
09Draskh1    26:11|the fortress of Xachen, together with the rest of his kinsmen
09Draskh1    26:12|the land, whom he bound with fetters
09Draskh1    26:14|Albania and seized him together with his relatives. The remaining lords
09Draskh1    26:15|and he carried them away with him to the caliph
09Draskh1    26:16|He likewise brought with him to the royal court
09Draskh1    26:16|royal court the sparapet Smbat with the promise that in return
09Draskh1    26:17|caliph, they ranked him along with the rest of the prisoners
09Draskh1    26:19|terrified them day after day with threats of cruel torments and
09Draskh1    26:20|sparapet Smbat, however, arming himself with the truth, stood bravely against
09Draskh1    26:20|deemed it better to die with Christ rather than enjoy the
09Draskh1    26:23|death, he was not stained with the guilt of forsaking the
09Draskh1    26:24|Christians carried away his body with psalmody, songs of praise and
09Draskh1    27:3|who withstood the enemy troops with amazing fortitude, as well as
09Draskh1    27:4|of the evidence in accordance with the rules of rhetoric, yet
09Draskh1    27:5|shall attempt to present you with an introductory summary
09Draskh1    27:7|acts, and forming close friendships with everyone through the goodness of
09Draskh1    27:10|prince of Armenia in accordance with the orders of the caliph
09Draskh1    27:10|the caliph, and investing him with many robes as well as
09Draskh1    27:10|as royal insignia, entrusted him with the taxes (sak) of Armenia
09Draskh1    27:11|all of whom made treaties with him, as if with a
09Draskh1    27:11|treaties with him, as if with a true scion of royalty
09Draskh1    27:15|prayers to all merciful God with everlasting supplications and entreating solicitations
09Draskh1    27:17|against their will, they embraced with exaltation their paternal religion given
09Draskh1    27:17|of Christ not in secret with fear, but seemingly from the
09Draskh1    27:19|visited them and blessed them with good things
09Draskh1    28:1|court. Ruling over his principality with great might, the latter likewise
09Draskh1    28:4|always tried to conduct himself with all propriety
09Draskh1    28:5|the presiding prince, the latter with paternal care and thoughtful love
09Draskh1    28:6|He busied himself peacefully with building and made his ancestral
09Draskh1    28:7|he conducted himself in accordance with his own caprices, and did
09Draskh1    28:8|to the presiding prince Ashot with great wisdom, meekness and temperance
09Draskh1    28:8|heeding his words of advice with care, kept them in his
09Draskh1    28:8|lived in peace in accordance with all the manifestations of piety
09Draskh1    29:2|of great stature, tall, robust, with a cheerful countenance surmounted by
09Draskh1    29:5|Receiving this fitting request with friendly disposition, the caliph sent
09Draskh1    29:5|’Isa brought and presented together with royal robes, gifts, honors, swift
09Draskh1    29:6|blessings instead of the anointment with the chrism, and crowned him
09Draskh1    29:8|gom), and enriched the pastures with vineyards and orchards. In no
09Draskh1    29:12|Furthermore, he made an alliance with and paid a visit to
09Draskh1    29:14|his virtuous deeds in accordance with the glorification that he had
09Draskh1    29:16|districts, showed themselves in agreement with, and submissive to prince Grigor
09Draskh1    29:16|hearts they were at variance with him
09Draskh1    29:18|rear, instantly struck him down with sword, and threw him to
09Draskh1    29:23|man, who occupied himself entirely with the welfare of his paternal
09Draskh1    30:2|the understanding of his soul with a zeal no less than
09Draskh1    30:4|He also entrusted the patriarch with the entire contents of his
09Draskh1    30:6|where they covered the coffin with robes and veils interwoven and
09Draskh1    30:6|and veils interwoven and adorned with gold; and carefully selected detachments
09Draskh1    30:8|shedding tears and lamenting along with the multitudes of the ramiks
09Draskh1    30:10|of Vanand, Atrnerseh, in accordance with the demands of protocol, first
09Draskh1    30:10|of the sparapet’s sorrowful heart with words of consolation. Abas received
09Draskh1    30:13|who was greatly enraged with him because of the slander
09Draskh1    30:13|snares for the latter together with Smbat. He had him bound
09Draskh1    30:13|Smbat. He had him bound with iron chains and confined him
09Draskh1    30:14|forces, and filled the land with devastation through their struggle
09Draskh1    30:15|realm, and to do away with the torrent of his burning
09Draskh1    30:18|intervention of the great katholikos with disrespect in that he did
09Draskh1    30:19|Overwhelmed through this with deep sorrow and bitterness of
09Draskh1    30:23|did not fail to comply with his wishes. Sending the hostages
09Draskh1    30:23|back to his own land with great honors
09Draskh1    30:24|his return, Smbat was presented with a royal diadem at the
09Draskh1    30:24|prince of Atrpatakan and along with it he was given robes
09Draskh1    30:24|he was given robes wrought with gold, and swift steeds bedecked
09Draskh1    30:24|gold, and swift steeds bedecked with ornaments and shining armor forged
09Draskh1    30:24|ornaments and shining armor forged with gold
09Draskh1    30:25|returned to the holy church with the patriarch Georg, who pronounced
09Draskh1    30:25|on him, and investing him with gold-embroidered robes covered with
09Draskh1    30:25|with gold-embroidered robes covered with expressive designs, he placed on
09Draskh1    30:28|through divine permeation, shone forth with splendor on the island of
09Draskh1    30:28|he could discern and perceive with clarity of mind the correct
09Draskh1    30:33|your lordship, which I accepted with the love of the Spirit
09Draskh1    30:33|of the Spirit in accordance with my upbringing from childhood in
09Draskh1    30:33|realized that I was joined with you in the brotherhood of
09Draskh1    30:35|him, and he is honored with the high calling of God
09Draskh1    30:36|you have enjoined unto me with severity, arrogance, and ignorance beyond
09Draskh1    30:37|is so greatly in accord with the teachings of the Holy
09Draskh1    30:38|us and the Chalcedonians. Therefore, with supplication, penance and worship I
09Draskh1    30:38|the signed pronouncements regarding me with his holy hands
09Draskh1    30:40|iniquity; and have wearied themselves with searching
09Draskh1    30:43|I wrote what I wrote with many tears and a heart
09Draskh1    30:43|tears and a heart stricken with grief
09Draskh1    30:46|mine indignation and sound forth with the sword at my lips
09Draskh1    30:48|mouth and swallow me together with the army of Abiram (Abiron
09Draskh1    30:54|Who could come forth with an impudent face and be
09Draskh1    30:56|assailants, who formerly assembled together with Annas and Caiaphas on account
09Draskh1    30:56|and who have now gathered with regard to the anointed of
09Draskh1    30:56|and supplications. Sanctify the congregation with tears and laments, for God
09Draskh1    30:57|In accordance with this the holy Nicaean Fathers
09Draskh1    30:58|pallets spread on the ground. With excessive penance and groans they
09Draskh1    30:58|God looked at them and with enlightenment instructed them in what
09Draskh1    30:59|to assist in their work with prayers and ascetic practices. The
09Draskh1    30:62|Now, those were tongues with which the prophets were condemned
09Draskh1    30:62|were condemned, beaten, and smitten with the edge of the sword
09Draskh1    30:64|rage of Judas, who went with closed eyes in order not
09Draskh1    30:70|and subject themselves to rules with all their heart. Only after
09Draskh1    30:71|altar and the holy see with fire-wood cloak their souls
09Draskh1    30:72|to fight against God either with violent force or distorted mind
09Draskh1    30:73|But now, complying with my advice, place your trust
09Draskh1    30:74|receive an answer in accordance with his expectations, but rather much
09Draskh1    30:76|of one of them swarmed with worms before the eyes of
09Draskh1    30:77|bowels fell down forthwith together with the excrement. The traitor burned
09Draskh1    30:77|the excrement. The traitor burned with high fever and parching heat
09Draskh1    30:78|the feet of the patriarch, with excessive immolations and tears, and
09Draskh1    30:79|The patriarch received him with love and ungrudging heart, and
09Draskh1    30:79|love and ungrudging heart, and with perfection of faith, in accordance
09Draskh1    30:79|perfection of faith, in accordance with the wishes of the faithful
09Draskh1    30:80|engraved by me by letter with great awe as a memorial
09Draskh1    30:80|scourges as those who fell with Judas and reached their (deserved
09Draskh1    31:1|tried to establish peaceful relations with everyone in accordance with the
09Draskh1    31:1|relations with everyone in accordance with the words of Paul. First
09Draskh1    31:1|of Paul. First, in compliance with the alliance of his father
09Draskh1    31:1|Romans. He honored the latter with many gifts and worthy presents
09Draskh1    31:1|and worthy presents in accordance with his gentle temper
09Draskh1    31:2|beautiful weapons, ornaments, robes wrought with gold, goblets, and cups, and
09Draskh1    31:2|girdles of pure gold studded with gems. But a greater honor
09Draskh1    31:3|the firm friendship and agreement with the Emperor, he was greatly
09Draskh1    31:5|sent an envoy to Afshin with the (following) message
09Draskh1    31:6|the alliance I have made with the Emperor, this was for
09Draskh1    31:6|thought that) I might obtain with ease those items that you
09Draskh1    31:6|the Greeks, and present you with noteworthy garments, ornaments and vessels
09Draskh1    31:6|land, and enrich your treasury with the riches of the Greeks
09Draskh1    31:13|Putting them to the torture with chains and rods, and taking
09Draskh1    31:14|hands against him, he repressed with daring force, and subdued them
09Draskh1    32:2|well as the other martyria with solid foundations, which appeared to
09Draskh1    32:8|of the winepress crushed you with immense force in anger for
09Draskh1    32:10|at their splendid dining tables with food in their mouths, they
09Draskh1    32:11|and children left their parents with pain. Their homes became their
09Draskh1    32:12|nets upon His people and with invisible swords struck them in
09Draskh1    32:12|like smoke, covering us all with blinding darkness
09Draskh1    32:13|your hearts, you rejoiced together with your parents, brothers, families and
09Draskh1    32:13|found, and you are left with no hope or alternative other
09Draskh1    32:14|in this manner in accordance with His mercy and love
09Draskh1    32:15|For I agree with the Scriptures in regard to
09Draskh1    32:16|whereby he destroys the upright with the impious
09Draskh1    32:20|him by oath in accordance with your Christian faith and upright
09Draskh1    32:24|out of Segor and mingled with the Hagarites, from whom we
09Draskh1    33:4|tried to summon his forces with great haste upon receiving the
09Draskh1    33:5|the summons and assembled together with a large army
09Draskh1    33:6|as well as spearmen, armed with weapons and armour. Subsequently, observing
09Draskh1    33:7|forward to meet the ostikan, (with the hope) that he somehow
09Draskh1    33:7|At first Afshin received him with friendly disposition, and in accordance
09Draskh1    33:7|friendly disposition, and in accordance with his fellowship with the Anti
09Draskh1    33:7|in accordance with his fellowship with the Anti-Christ, attracting his
09Draskh1    33:10|mission, he ordered Georg bound with iron fetters and handcuffs
09Draskh1    33:12|troops and came to blows with the king
09Draskh1    33:13|of brave swordsmen and archers with well bent bows; a warrior
09Draskh1    33:14|not to break his alliance with him
09Draskh1    33:15|Being concerned with the establishment of peace in
09Draskh1    33:15|did not delay in complying with the wishes of Afshin and
09Draskh1    33:16|this, the ostikan departed, taking with him the great katholikos bound
09Draskh1    33:16|him the great katholikos bound with the same fetters
09Draskh1    33:18|Tortured in this manner together with the blessed men who were
09Draskh1    33:18|made his bed always moist with tears. He devoted his time
09Draskh1    33:19|and sent to his see with honor
09Draskh1    33:21|had taken the great katholikos with him. No sooner had he
09Draskh1    33:24|sheep return, it was filled with great joy. Solemn services were
09Draskh1    34:1|violating the terms of agreement with his uncle king Smbat, set
09Draskh1    34:2|his arrival he presented Afshin with many worthy gifts, and secretly
09Draskh1    34:2|secretly bribed his naxarars severally with the other prizes that he
09Draskh1    34:2|prizes that he had taken with him with the expectation of
09Draskh1    34:2|he had taken with him with the expectation of higher rank
09Draskh1    34:2|except for the praiseworthy ornaments with which he was endowed and
09Draskh1    34:5|that he had severed relations with the king, he begged him
09Draskh1    34:5|the king, he begged him with tearful eyes not to make
09Draskh1    34:6|his attitude; he summoned him with loving tenderness as a beloved
09Draskh1    34:7|above, he summoned the latter with fruitless and insidious intentions in
09Draskh1    34:7|them together, he bound them with iron fetters and confined them
09Draskh1    34:7|as prince of those regions with great power
09Draskh1    34:8|Although he was displeased with this, since it was contrary
09Draskh1    34:9|the naxarars were in accord with him, he decided to conquer
09Draskh1    34:16|nothing, the king went along with him
09Draskh1    34:19|In accordance with the time set by Gagik
09Draskh1    34:21|because his heart was affected with spite, conceived of other wicked
09Draskh1    34:23|lost his life there. Together with him there were other warriors
09Draskh1    34:26|contentment of himself, in accordance with the maxim thata (cheerful
09Draskh1    34:29|in his ancestral domain together with his brothers
09Draskh1    35:1|to wicked thoughts, he rose with a roar, and set out
09Draskh1    35:1|inundate the house of Togarmah with tumultuous flow, and to pour
09Draskh1    35:2|regions of Gugark’ and Virk’ with the intention of either subduing
09Draskh1    35:5|were known to him, Afshin with raging violence laid siege to
09Draskh1    35:8|Dvin only the queen together with her daughter- in-law, Hasan
09Draskh1    35:8|danger; rather they were treated with the utmost respect, so much
09Draskh1    35:13|untrustworthy and worthless. Only compliance with the above demands would give
09Draskh1    35:14|naxarars were not in accord with him, and finding no other
09Draskh1    35:14|of this, he unwillingly complied with Afshin’s wishes, and sent to
09Draskh1    36:1|which he used to carry with him prior to the establishment
09Draskh1    36:2|queen, whom he had treated with much respect. He summoned Shapuh
09Draskh1    36:2|the king, and treating him with consideration, gave him suitable gifts
09Draskh1    36:13|Smbat decorated the church with rare and beautiful ornaments, gold
09Draskh1    36:13|pure gold which was studded with gems
09Draskh1    36:14|the peace treaty and alliance with king Smbat. With great veneration
09Draskh1    36:14|and alliance with king Smbat. With great veneration he wisely submitted
09Draskh1    36:14|turned his eyes to him with utmost attentiveness and entrusted Smbat
09Draskh1    36:14|attentiveness and entrusted Smbat even with his life
09Draskh1    36:15|summoned him and treated him with kindness. Subsequently, he crowned Atrnerseh
09Draskh1    36:15|Subsequently, he crowned Atrnerseh king with great glory and proper ceremony
09Draskh1    36:16|always made concessions humbly, and with his gentle disposition he continued
09Draskh1    36:16|to maintain the same relationship with king Smbat in accordance with
09Draskh1    36:16|with king Smbat in accordance with their excellent, solemn understanding of
09Draskh1    37:1|his hopes in black magic with the expectation that he might
09Draskh1    37:2|mustered a small force, and with great haste took refuge in
09Draskh1    37:4|tried to bind (the king) with a treaty of friendship exempt
09Draskh1    37:4|his place his son Diwdad with the great eunuch, he made
09Draskh1    37:5|meet the ostikan. She brought with her gold, silver, and much
09Draskh1    37:6|the princess presented the ostikan with the gifts that she had
09Draskh1    37:6|gifts that she had brought with her, and falling on her
09Draskh1    37:9|The eunuch was very pleased with meeting the king, so much
09Draskh1    37:10|eunuch was of one mind with the king in word and
09Draskh1    37:13|inclined toward wickedness. He marched with a large force against Georg
09Draskh1    37:14|onslaught. The eunuch seized Georg with his brother whose name was
09Draskh1    37:14|was Arues, and brought them with him to the city of
09Draskh1    37:17|Afshin, deserted him, and taking with him the king’s son Ashot
09Draskh1    37:17|who was a hostage together with the wife of his brother
09Draskh1    37:18|Greatly pleased with the providence of God, and
09Draskh1    37:18|the providence of God, and with the deliverance of the captives
09Draskh1    37:20|of these matters, he roared with anger like a beast released
09Draskh1    37:20|eunuch. He threatened the king with a greater storm and a
09Draskh1    37:21|and summoned immediately brave warriors with steeds, arms and ornaments, and
09Draskh1    37:22|king, he was suddenly struck with an unbearable affliction. His abdomen
09Draskh1    37:24|same miserable distress, perished together with him
09Draskh1    38:1|tour of his own domain with a small army, and having
09Draskh1    38:5|Thereupon, Hasan with the help of the spear
09Draskh1    38:5|tramping of his feet, and with the roof Hasan himself fell
09Draskh1    38:11|go and resolve the matter, with the expectation that perhaps I
09Draskh1    38:17|his end, and afflicted us with deep grief
09Draskh1    39:1|nor make pacts of friendship with those whose rights had been
09Draskh1    39:2|a letter, and sent envoys with appropriate gifts to the Ishmaelite
09Draskh1    39:9|Axurean River, and decorating it with many valuable vessels, he conducted
09Draskh1    39:10|to bring it to completion with God’s will
09Draskh1    39:11|Armenia, and a humble man with a sense of equanimity in
09Draskh1    39:11|the abyss of eternal sadness. With consoling words I restored in
09Draskh1    40:1|as he had been formerly with his brother Afshin
09Draskh1    40:5|he could not catch up with him. Therefore, he marshalled his
09Draskh1    40:6|agree to a peaceful coexistence with Yusuf
09Draskh1    40:7|gratifying message, and being happy with it, Smbat responded to the
09Draskh1    40:10|season they treated each other with wonderful harmony and much friendship
09Draskh1    40:11|respect, in order to celebrate with him the day of the
09Draskh1    40:13|steeds, spirited and fierce, decorated with embellished ornaments, armor, golden reins
09Draskh1    40:13|which was a diadem studded with rows of pearls and other
09Draskh1    40:13|and other valuable gems, and with these also numerous other precious
09Draskh1    40:13|royal robes, which were embroidered with gold and beautifully braided veils
09Draskh1    40:14|like the wind, and adorned with ornaments, armor, and multicolored garments
09Draskh1    40:14|he provided a girdle studded with gems, and appointed him presiding
09Draskh1    40:15|cordially honored by the ostikan with robes suitable for a man
09Draskh1    40:15|received a mule richly adorned with gold-plated ornaments
09Draskh1    40:16|Yusuf, and having accepted them with much gratitude, reciprocated these equally
09Draskh1    40:16|much gratitude, reciprocated these equally with suitable beautiful and precious ornaments
09Draskh1    40:16|colorful outfits for officials dyed with the kirmiz, cups and musical
09Draskh1    40:19|awans and agaraks churches built with solid stones that were cemented
09Draskh1    40:19|solid stones that were cemented with lime mortar
09Draskh1    40:22|hisbeloved son”. His relations with Smbat were bound by an
09Draskh1    40:23|Smbat returned the favors tenfold with generous gifts, befitting one who
09Draskh1    41:3|king Smbat marched against him with a large force, and also
09Draskh1    41:3|large force, and also taking with him the king of Iberia
09Draskh1    41:6|in that region. He brought with him Constantine of Egrisi, and
09Draskh1    41:6|fortress of Ani, however, not with contempt, but, on the contrary
09Draskh1    41:6|contempt, but, on the contrary, with twice as many honors, he
09Draskh1    41:10|head a golden crown studded with pearls, and girdled his waist
09Draskh1    41:10|pearls, and girdled his waist with a golden belt set with
09Draskh1    41:10|with a golden belt set with gems
09Draskh1    41:11|He also equipped him with the proper things necessary for
09Draskh1    42:2|venerable secretaries to king Smbat with a strict decree, (demanding) that
09Draskh1    42:2|also venture to set forth with a large army in order
09Draskh1    42:3|this because of his pact with Yusuf, he was unable to
09Draskh1    42:5|as well as his subjects, with the intention of annihilating, destroying
09Draskh1    42:9|storm of wickedness, then God with His providential power would provide
09Draskh1    42:13|heeded his advicewas afflicted with the evil passion of Achitophel
09Draskh1    42:14|dealing he conducted secret negotiations with the king of Iberia, and
09Draskh1    42:14|part in the wicked scheme with them
09Draskh1    42:17|of the king in agreement with the Hawuni whom they had
09Draskh1    42:17|to the district of Shirak with a large army
09Draskh1    42:21|armor of truth, and protected with the girdle of fortitude. Death
09Draskh1    42:25|terms of peace, and took with him his oldest son as
09Draskh1    42:26|Thus, as if with the aid of Divine Providence
09Draskh1    43:4|Yusuf received him with joy, and gave him a
09Draskh1    43:6|idea of vanquishing the evil with kindness. He did not terminate
09Draskh1    43:7|Hagarite beast, then in compliance with the advice of king Smbat
09Draskh1    43:7|Persia, to the embittered ostikan with numerous gifts and prizes from
09Draskh1    43:7|as many horses, mules decked with ornaments and armor, and also
09Draskh1    43:8|Besides these, I also took with me an additional gift that
09Draskh1    43:8|come to terms of peace with him, before he poured his
09Draskh1    43:9|received me cordially, honored me with royal dignity and great respect
09Draskh1    43:9|thoughts were not in agreement with his present statements
09Draskh1    43:11|position. From there he returned with the invitation of the ostikan
09Draskh1    43:12|a few months, in accordance with his promise king Gagik came
09Draskh1    43:12|regulation demands, and presented Yusuf with gifts from his copious treasures
09Draskh1    43:13|by Yusuf, and also exalted with honors, and returned home to
09Draskh1    43:15|up a large army, and with irreconcilable mischief in his heart
09Draskh1    43:18|and defiles on the highways with manliness befitting their well-renowned
09Draskh1    43:25|Subsequently, arming himself with devious tricks, he sent (envoys
09Draskh1    43:26|and men, he immediately complied with his demands and paid approximately
09Draskh1    44:4|Joseph, who was generously endowed with grace, he might possibly win
09Draskh1    44:4|own house, or, in accordance with his dreams, he might store
09Draskh1    44:8|frequently paid the unjust exactions with the money that I had
09Draskh1    44:8|money that I had raised with the help of many (friends
09Draskh1    44:10|where I went to stay with the great prince Sahak, and
09Draskh1    45:6|acts of gallantry played havoc with the lines of the enemy
09Draskh1    45:7|their heels, and in accordance with their insidious plan left voluntarily
09Draskh1    45:8|he was forced to retreat with them, for the assaults of
09Draskh1    45:13|my heart will be tormented with agony and my stomach will
09Draskh1    45:14|away like a dust storm. With the fierceness of torrents, inundating
09Draskh1    45:18|some one who could grieve with me but there was none
09Draskh1    45:19|says: “And who shall sympathize with thee? Desolation, and destruction by
09Draskh1    45:20|Verily, in accordance with the foreboding prophet, our sons
09Draskh1    45:21|we were honored and blessed with the kindness of God’s will
09Draskh1    45:21|of this we were admonished with such misfortunes, and repaid for
09Draskh1    45:22|The prophet is in mourning with us when he says, “Judah
09Draskh1    45:24|Lord. They sharpened their tongues with insidiousness and impiety, and spoke
09Draskh1    45:25|around us. The flock, together with her pastors, was snatched away
09Draskh1    45:26|There were some with pure hands and unblemished hearts
09Draskh1    45:27|on. No one was left with the zeal of the Almighty
09Draskh1    46:1|my words into laments, and with a sad heart shall not
09Draskh1    46:1|through the air in accordance with Zacharias, and the double-edged
09Draskh1    46:1|the double-edged sword purified with the blood of the children
09Draskh1    46:2|our people, who were struck with famine, the sword as well
09Draskh1    46:6|king Smbat’s sister. In accordance with my earlier account, he had
09Draskh1    46:9|beloved people, and bemoan (them) with tears and lamentations. For it
09Draskh1    46:19|furnace. Also they were tormented with calamitous agonies and numerous sufferings
09Draskh1    46:20|Their nuptial chambers were filled with smoke. Thus, death prevailed, and
09Draskh1    47:2|on the island of Sewan with their wives and children and
09Draskh1    47:3|But when the cruel Hagarite with the effeminate tongue was made
09Draskh1    47:4|their sailors, they sailed together with their mother as well as
09Draskh1    47:4|property as they could carry with them, and quickly reached the
09Draskh1    47:9|he sent king Gagik together with his naxarars and a large
09Draskh1    47:11|the tyrannical conquerors in accordance with the prophesy: “deceivers shall rule
09Draskh1    47:13|Thereupon, everyone lamented with Jeremias and wished that their
09Draskh1    47:13|and every heart was afflicted with grief
09Draskh1    48:2|hearts, did penance in accordance with the canons and decided to
09Draskh1    48:3|having come to secret terms with him, waited for the right
09Draskh1    48:6|of king Smbat in compliance with the cunning prince’s entreaties, because
09Draskh1    48:7|Alexander, whose reign was filled with turmoil created by rebellious men
09Draskh1    48:8|his. Those whom he loved with friendship dissociated themselves from him
09Draskh1    48:9|to kill him in compliance with the intrigues of the Hagarite
09Draskh1    48:12|the stronghold. Thereafter, in compliance with the orders of the accursed
09Draskh1    48:12|caused) many people to perish with a horrible tumult which resembled
09Draskh1    48:13|deeply bent bows, hurled stones with slings, and always inflicted utter
09Draskh1    48:15|denied himself salvation. In accordance with the prophetic words of Joseph
09Draskh1    48:15|Like Eliezer he preferred death with valor to life with a
09Draskh1    48:15|death with valor to life with a stricken conscience
09Draskh1    48:17|the insidious ostikan, in league with the cunning satan, who had
09Draskh1    48:17|deceived Eve, presently also conversed with the prudent man with pleasant
09Draskh1    48:17|conversed with the prudent man with pleasant words. First, he clothed
09Draskh1    48:17|and tried to deceive him with fraudulent schemes, in order to
09Draskh1    48:18|Also as he was struck with the desire to amass riches
09Draskh1    48:18|to amass riches in accordance with his avarice, he suspected that
09Draskh1    48:21|the prudent Gagik was stricken with a sense of shame because
09Draskh1    48:21|For he who is afflicted with self-imposed blindness shall never
09Draskh1    49:1|to death, and blending death with life, confined him in prison
09Draskh1    49:1|prison and bound his feet with iron fetters. They had prepared
09Draskh1    49:1|hellish prison, where, in accordance with the words of Job, they
09Draskh1    49:4|The ostikan also brought with him king Smbat bound in
09Draskh1    49:9|poisonous breath of the serpent, with which the mouths of human
09Draskh1    49:10|the neck, tied his joints with very strong ropes, as if
09Draskh1    49:12|terrible torments, they decapitated him with a sword. He departed from
09Draskh1    49:13|had been immersed in death with Christ by being baptized, was
09Draskh1    49:13|also to share the cross with Him, and not lose the
09Draskh1    49:14|light gleaming like a lamp with a radiant glitter far above
09Draskh1    49:15|what we ourselves have witnessed with our own eyes
09Draskh1    50:2|as his pious wife together with her suckling babe, and the
09Draskh1    50:5|of them unanimously raised arms with valor in order to fall
09Draskh1    50:10|and having fortified the strongholds with guards, bulwarks and large amount
09Draskh1    50:10|War in his endeavors together with his legitimate brother Abas against
09Draskh1    50:14|to the region of Gugark’ with great speed, and also took
09Draskh1    50:15|ostikan, by exchanging the former with the latter
09Draskh1    50:16|forces against whom he fought with great bravery, and putting all
09Draskh1    50:19|they came to an agreement with him, and being of one
09Draskh1    50:19|and being of one mind with him, made Ashot king in
09Draskh1    51:1|that time, king Gagik together with his handsome and pious brother
09Draskh1    51:2|Bracing themselves bravely with fortitude, together with the spasalar
09Draskh1    51:2|themselves bravely with fortitude, together with the spasalar and payazat forces
09Draskh1    51:10|were confined in prison bound with fetters. They tortured the latter
09Draskh1    51:10|latter severely, and in accordance with the foreign Homeric custom asked
09Draskh1    51:13|affected the lives of others with horrors, so much so, that
09Draskh1    51:13|alive, they cut them open with a sword from the chest
09Draskh1    51:14|plants, pruned off their shoots with swords, axes, and sabres, crippled
09Draskh1    51:14|and feet of certain others with ropes
09Draskh1    51:15|their midriffs tore, and then, with the stroke of a double
09Draskh1    51:17|beat their flanks and abdomen with lashes made out of cattle
09Draskh1    51:20|ready for them robes decked with ornaments and valuable trimmings in
09Draskh1    51:21|of wonderful repose, aroused them with the very same divine fire
09Draskh1    51:26|an answer, but conversed only with God in their minds, while
09Draskh1    51:29|lest he might be killed with the rest
09Draskh1    51:31|as a reasonable sacrifice together with all the other immaculate offerings
09Draskh1    51:33|and swift steeds richly adorned with armor and decorations. Then, stretching
09Draskh1    51:33|them frequently, and flattered them with adulations, so that they might
09Draskh1    51:34|Notwithstanding these, with beautiful passion they clad themselves
09Draskh1    51:40|beheaded, and crowned by Christ with an unfading wreath
09Draskh1    51:41|his faith intact, armed himself with the same spirit, and was
09Draskh1    51:43|sons of the Heavenly Sion. With dauntless faith they surmounted the
09Draskh1    51:44|Thus, with divine wisdom they rejected everything
09Draskh1    51:45|heard the good tidings, and with joyful heart they trod upon
09Draskh1    51:46|they had begun their agony with valor, by the same token
09Draskh1    51:46|by the same token, filled with heavenly love, they completed the
09Draskh1    51:47|vain promises. They surrounded themselves with the labors of deathly sins
09Draskh1    51:47|deathly sins and inundated themselves with torrents of wickedness. Straying from
09Draskh1    51:47|their fear), they were treated with hostility and were abused by
09Draskh1    52:4|the face of our land with corpses. Generally taking great quantities
09Draskh1    52:7|unite in a common brotherhood with one spirit, and like David
09Draskh1    52:7|the forces of the enemy with the sword of the Lord
09Draskh1    52:9|and the servants, in accordance with Solomon, maneuvered to make their
09Draskh1    52:10|original naxarardoms, and in accord with their whims, created new payazats
09Draskh1    52:13|They tore down with their own hands all of
09Draskh1    52:13|brigands against us, in accordance with the words of Solomon: “Hatred
09Draskh1    52:14|With us the other prophesy also
09Draskh1    53:1|In accord with the severe disasters (brought on
09Draskh1    53:3|grazed joyfully in meadows covered with flowers, now, they are withered
09Draskh1    53:4|whereas now, they are filled with sadness
09Draskh1    53:23|point, I tremble and shudder with horror at the account I
09Draskh1    53:25|merciful women cooked their children with their own hands, and provided
09Draskh1    53:28|the agony of unbearable torments, with the expectation that possibly they
09Draskh1    53:29|pierced the posterior of others with pieces of sharp wood, and
09Draskh1    53:29|ashes taken from furnaces hot with fire down their bosoms and
09Draskh1    53:30|the privy parts of some with thongs, and suspended them from
09Draskh1    53:32|by tearing them to pieces with their teeth, as if they
09Draskh1    53:34|dwelling in Gugark’ and Iberia, with the wise king Atrnerseh, who
09Draskh1    54:3|Although we could not witness with our own eyes the visitation
09Draskh1    54:3|the wicked, we deplore it with deep personal grief, and mourn
09Draskh1    54:3|deep personal grief, and mourn with great sorrow
09Draskh1    54:4|received these tidings through hearsay with such personal grief, then how
09Draskh1    54:4|partook of the torments together with your flock, and were persecuted
09Draskh1    54:5|arms, ask the Lord God with all your heart to have
09Draskh1    54:6|of binding and absolving them with the Christ-given authority, with
09Draskh1    54:6|with the Christ-given authority, with which you were invested (to
09Draskh1    54:9|friendship, unity and peaceful coexistence with one another as well as
09Draskh1    54:9|one another as well as with the Armenian and Albanian princes
09Draskh1    54:10|and encyclicals, as well as with (the help of) bishops, priests
09Draskh1    54:12|to your aid in accordance with the demands of the times
09Draskh1    54:12|chief (prince) of Abasgia, together with the princes and the nobility
09Draskh1    54:12|might join our forces, and with the help of God and
09Draskh1    54:15|let your prayers, which shine with holiness, be with our Humility
09Draskh1    54:15|which shine with holiness, be with our Humility
09Draskh1    54:16|this, and having embraced it with the love of Christ, I
09Draskh1    54:16|peace, friendship and equable harmony with all the princes as well
09Draskh1    54:20|of Yusuf ’s insidious complicity with the devil, and noticed that
09Draskh1    54:20|threshold (of his realm), taking with him his family, his treasures
09Draskh1    54:22|could not sever his ties with Yusuf, for this reason they
09Draskh1    54:30|We ourselves, and the bishops with us, as well as the
09Draskh1    54:30|carnivorous devil, and in accord with his wild frenzy, brought on
09Draskh1    54:31|live many years in accordance with the righteous fruition of this
09Draskh1    54:34|directed our thoughts your way with joyful expectation. We are doing
09Draskh1    54:34|softly and gently, in accordance with what we were taught, namely
09Draskh1    54:34|Your ears, which are familiar with the voice of God, do
09Draskh1    54:36|For this reason, with the permission of your pious
09Draskh1    54:37|of righteousness rose against us with all of its might, and
09Draskh1    54:37|might, and like an adulterer with dissolute passion, it dared to
09Draskh1    54:37|subjugation and annihilation, and grinding with its teeth, devour the new
09Draskh1    54:40|they hewed down her gates with axes and burned down the
09Draskh1    54:43|confined in prison, and bound with fetters, or shut in unbearable
09Draskh1    54:43|or taken captive and sold with sadistic subtlety. Those that survived
09Draskh1    54:45|did not succeed in quenching with blood the thirst of the
09Draskh1    54:45|and it consumed the rest with blazing fire
09Draskh1    54:46|of our land were filled with the corpses of the dead
09Draskh1    54:47|and protector of the church with greater evil than that done
09Draskh1    54:48|a state of spiritual richness with the assistance of your imperial
09Draskh1    54:54|With tragic lamentations and tears she
09Draskh1    54:55|for some accepted the afflictions with fortitude
09Draskh1    54:56|a muddy cell, and chained with iron fetters. They tormented me
09Draskh1    54:56|iron fetters. They tormented me with racks, clubs and various other
09Draskh1    54:57|He returned me and those with me from captivity, like torrents
09Draskh1    54:59|as I deserved. In accordance with the order of the Lord
09Draskh1    54:60|all the people of Ashkenaz with the hope that you may
09Draskh1    54:64|In accordance with the prophetic instruction, you shall
09Draskh1    54:69|times to the faithful flock with fearless ministration, undistracted heart and
09Draskh1    54:71|not deprive me and those with me from prostrating ourselves before
09Draskh1    54:73|to provide my own people with a restful living quarter and
09Draskh1    54:74|With much assistance from you and
09Draskh1    54:79|and whose name is exalted with glory from one end of
09Draskh1    54:81|kindness, Him, who crowned you with a magnificently glittering diadem decked
09Draskh1    54:81|a magnificently glittering diadem decked with valuable gems. May your righteousness
09Draskh1    55:2|who was ruling as king with many honors and affectionate tokens
09Draskh1    55:4|his journey he was treated with much hospitality and given royal
09Draskh1    55:5|more than his gaherec’ princes with a proper throne, and unlike
09Draskh1    55:5|his equal, and exalted him with royal dignity
09Draskh1    55:6|valuable gold-broidered robes, byssus with golden borders, and a girdle
09Draskh1    55:6|borders, and a girdle studded with gems for his waist. He
09Draskh1    55:7|They also presented him with swift and spirited horses, which
09Draskh1    55:7|spirited horses, which were decked with beautiful armor and ornaments, as
09Draskh1    55:8|naxarars whom he had taken with him. Until their return they
09Draskh1    55:9|assume that I sought communion with the Chalcedonians
09Draskh1    55:10|the weak. Subsequently, in accordance with my own wishes, I went
09Draskh1    55:13|I approached the cave with reverence, and stood by the
09Draskh1    55:13|went down to the spring with the sweet waters, with which
09Draskh1    55:13|spring with the sweet waters, with which the blessed comforted themselves
09Draskh1    55:14|This place also was surrounded with walls of solid rock, and
09Draskh1    55:14|also, who am a wretch, with the help of the palms
09Draskh1    55:15|I took with me some of the blessed
09Draskh1    55:15|built earlier at my orders with monumental stones cemented with lime
09Draskh1    55:15|orders with monumental stones cemented with lime
09Draskh1    55:19|they glittered in luminous lustre with an unquenchable light and radiated
09Draskh1    55:21|the contrary, occupying their minds with vain thoughts and obscure ideas
09Draskh1    55:23|Dvin, he was completely occupied with wicked thoughts about how he
09Draskh1    55:23|he could sting king Gagik with his venom, or utterly destroy
09Draskh1    55:23|and annihilate the king together with all of his naxarars
09Draskh1    55:25|was enraged at this, and with great anger went about to
09Draskh1    55:28|in one body, and armed with weapons as well as armor
09Draskh1    55:29|forces could not catch up with them, nor could they follow
09Draskh1    55:32|mother of the sparapet, together with his two sisters, who were
09Draskh1    55:33|his family, he received him with honor, set a generous allowance
09Draskh1    55:38|prince of Mokk’ Grigor, together with his brother Gurgen many a
09Draskh1    55:38|his land, which is covered with deep valleys and steep crags
09Draskh1    56:1|domain of the Romans. Thereupon, with much gratitude and thoughtful promises
09Draskh1    56:2|and weapons, gold-covered stallions with golden reins. In addition to
09Draskh1    56:6|arouse sharp animosity between them, with such insidious snares in mind
09Draskh1    56:6|and gird up his loins with a sword, whereafter he sent
09Draskh1    56:8|of them had been invested with the royal honor, they turned
09Draskh1    56:9|Smbat. The latter received him with great honors, and intimacy, and
09Draskh1    57:6|the enemy forces surrounding them, with many tears and implorations they
09Draskh1    57:6|could pursue a thousand foes with one hand
09Draskh1    57:7|Then, crossing themselves with the sign of the cross
09Draskh1    57:7|arrayed their lines of battle with a huge outroar, and armed
09Draskh1    57:7|a huge outroar, and armed with the manly armor of horsemen
09Draskh1    57:7|by shields, and routed them. With only two hundred men they
09Draskh1    57:8|the sword, or shot them with arrows and struck them down
09Draskh1    57:8|arrows and struck them down with lances. On the other hand
09Draskh1    57:9|for Vasak, who took refuge with a few of his men
09Draskh1    57:10|annihilated them. Ashot himself together with his brother returned victoriously and
09Draskh1    57:10|brother returned victoriously and joyfully with much booty to the region
09Draskh1    58:3|army and routing the latter with only the clothes he had
09Draskh1    58:4|to intervene) between them, and with bitter tears uttered many scolding
09Draskh1    58:5|wicked envy and thus argued with each other at the rebukable
09Draskh1    58:7|often was forced to live with those who hated my greetings
09Draskh1    58:8|both beautiful and becoming, horses with golden reins, together with valuable
09Draskh1    58:8|horses with golden reins, together with valuable weapons and armor, and
09Draskh1    58:9|to the ostikan. Then taking with him also the forces of
09Draskh1    58:10|pleaded in favor of peace with the two sides individually, once
09Draskh1    58:12|by the sword in accordance with the words of the sage
09Draskh1    58:13|allow them to do battle with one another, and pleaded with
09Draskh1    58:13|with one another, and pleaded with them to use their brains
09Draskh1    59:2|the assistance of the king with a large army
09Draskh1    59:5|But Movses answered him with arrogance and rudeness
09Draskh1    59:6|composed of the choicest warriors, with bows, swords and spears. They
09Draskh1    59:6|where Movses was holding out with all of his forces. There
09Draskh1    59:6|they fell upon the foe with a great uproar and struck
09Draskh1    59:6|great uproar and struck them with horrifying terror
09Draskh1    59:8|of Siwnik’ near prince Smbat, with whose help he hoped to
09Draskh1    59:10|soldiery of Movses, caught up with him, and striking his steel
09Draskh1    59:10|and striking his steel helmet with his sword and piercing the
09Draskh1    59:11|had transpired accordingly in compliance with his wishes, the king went
09Draskh1    59:11|of Shirak, where he summoned with friendly disposition his brother Abas
09Draskh1    59:11|up as ’presiding prince’, together with the latter’s father-in-law
09Draskh1    59:13|for him, they suddenly attacked with the intention of putting him
09Draskh1    59:14|conspiracy, the king hastily took with him the son of his
09Draskh1    59:15|wanted to, they were struck with shame, and having looted the
09Draskh1    59:18|who at first received him with great honor, and assured him
09Draskh1    59:19|this reason, Ashot bound him with fetters of iron and confined
09Draskh1    60:1|crown that he had brought with him, and thus crowning him
09Draskh1    60:2|him greatly, and presented him with generous gifts. Moreover, he sent
09Draskh1    60:3|king Gagik, and threatened him with intimidating words of imminent destruction
09Draskh1    60:6|writing, and sealed their agreement with the sign given by Christ
09Draskh1    60:9|encountered one another in combat with the din of battle
09Draskh1    60:10|Vasak, suddenly galloped their horses with wicked intent, and attacking Vasak
09Draskh1    60:11|bearing his body buried him with their ancestors
09Draskh1    60:12|to Iberia, where he took with him Atrnerseh, the king of
09Draskh1    60:12|to exact vengeance on him. With immense wickedness they caused unnecessary
09Draskh1    60:13|to (the aid of) Gurgen with a multitude, yet, they could
09Draskh1    60:14|of their peltasts, and armed with bows as well as swords
09Draskh1    60:15|suddenly came to king Ashot with ill tidings from the province
09Draskh1    60:16|Iberia, put aside the task with which he had been occupied
09Draskh1    60:17|only approximately three hundred men, with whom he quickly arrived at
09Draskh1    60:18|of the land to migrate with all their families to the
09Draskh1    60:18|ordered the harvest prematurely reaped with scythes, and had given it
09Draskh1    60:19|of the valley of Tawush with the intention to ambush the
09Draskh1    60:21|an envoy to prince Sahak with the following words: “What wickedness
09Draskh1    60:23|I go to meet him with my sword and give an
09Draskh1    60:24|he marshalled the cavalry armed with weapons and ornaments
09Draskh1    60:27|having descended from the mound with only two hundred men, he
09Draskh1    60:32|Subsequently, struck with a vain fear of death
09Draskh1    60:32|others, as the case was with Vasak, and to be sure
09Draskh1    61:1|his ministers (naxarar) against him with a great force. Although Yusuf
09Draskh1    61:4|a treaty of peaceful coexistence with Ashot on the same terms
09Draskh1    61:8|in battle, and opened negotiations with the latter for terms of
09Draskh1    61:9|rank, to the ostikan Subuki with many gifts and prizes, and
09Draskh1    62:1|to prince Gurgen of Iberia with the promise of turning over
09Draskh1    62:2|Gurgen immediately complied with the wishes of Vasak, and
09Draskh1    62:8|Meanwhile, Gurgen persuaded the guards with many oaths that he would
09Draskh1    63:1|province of Uti, and admonished with harsh words those whom he
09Draskh1    63:2|and their domain deserted, filled with thorns, and bushes, or turned
09Draskh1    63:4|same mind, accepted the dispatch with friendship, and immediately both of
09Draskh1    63:5|of wicked thoughts, and agreeing with one another in all matters
09Draskh1    63:9|its fastness, so that unoccupied (with such concerns), he and his
09Draskh1    63:11|the assurance that he could with absolute confidence count on their
09Draskh1    63:11|king of Egrisi received Ashot with friendship, and bestowing on him
09Draskh1    63:11|bounteous gifts, gave his consent with all his heart, soul and
09Draskh1    63:12|and having gathered numerous forces with winged steeds, iron-studded armor
09Draskh1    63:12|over to him, so that with their help he might exact
09Draskh1    63:13|immediately reached his destination together with his cavalry forces, and thought
09Draskh1    63:13|by encouraging the numerous troops with him to fight like one
09Draskh1    63:14|rest of the rebellious brigands with him, summoned great numbers of
09Draskh1    63:15|could not engage in combat with the enemy, he led away
09Draskh1    63:15|had taken, because precipices covered with mulberry bushes surrounded the place
09Draskh1    63:18|of this, he was struck with great fear, and secretly affirming
09Draskh1    64:1|so far as it lies (with you), live at peace with
09Draskh1    64:1|with you), live at peace with all men
09Draskh1    64:2|in friendship and obedience. Together with his beloved brother Gurgen, as
09Draskh1    64:3|war, and fell upon them with great forces, until he had
09Draskh1    64:5|a peaceful haven. In accordance with the word of the sage
09Draskh1    64:7|sprinkled the entire lower region with the blood of those that
09Draskh1    64:11|release Yusuf, and sent him with a detachment of forces to
09Draskh1    64:11|protege, one who would concur with him, obey and fulfill his
09Draskh1    64:13|flee, and taking the refugees with him, he sheltered them in
09Draskh1    64:14|and his brother Gurgen along with the azat contingents and the
09Draskh1    64:15|great prince of Andzewac’ik’, Atom, with ingenious prudence, anticipation, and thoughtful
09Draskh1    64:15|and also guarded the refugees with his numerous armed men
09Draskh1    64:22|With suitable prudence he kept wicked
09Draskh1    64:22|out of his mind, and with some hesitation chose the second
09Draskh1    64:23|gave these to him together with bounteous gifts
09Draskh1    64:24|Having accepted these presents with much gratitude, Yusuf immediately marched
09Draskh1    65:2|able, by making a covenant with death, to acquire his paternal
09Draskh1    65:3|Sahak to come to him with the same purpose, so that
09Draskh1    65:4|out and came near Nasr with many gifts. Seemingly benumbed and
09Draskh1    65:4|lethargy, he made a treaty with hell ignoring the wisdom in
09Draskh1    65:5|plot, and having allied himself with both of them by word
09Draskh1    65:5|heart, asked them to come with him to the capital city
09Draskh1    65:7|latter, bound all of them with iron fetters, and confined them
09Draskh1    65:8|city of Dvin. He took with him Sahak the lord of
09Draskh1    65:8|the lord of Siwnik’ together with his brother Babgen
09Draskh1    65:9|in prison. Then, he bound with ropes both Sahak and Babgen
09Draskh1    65:10|imbibed to the dregs along with the heathens at the hands
09Draskh1    65:10|Hagarite’s stormy tempests, I wept with bitter distress, as is characteristic
09Draskh1    65:11|us. The clergy who were with me, struck with fear, waited
09Draskh1    65:11|who were with me, struck with fear, waited at the threshold
09Draskh1    65:12|bring upon us confusion along with the disreputable customs of the
09Draskh1    65:15|of their sins, but hastened with determination to take flight from
09Draskh1    65:17|a period of four days with firm hope
09Draskh1    65:20|had built a church constructed with solid polished stones, which was
09Draskh1    65:20|was richly ornamented and adorned with paintings. I had founded this
09Draskh1    65:22|that should he assure me with a solemn oath (of my
09Draskh1    65:22|solemn oath (of my safety), with my mind at ease I
09Draskh1    65:23|a solemn oath in accordance with the precepts of their Koran
09Draskh1    65:23|precepts of their Koran and with whatever terms of their religion
09Draskh1    66:2|come to terms of peace with the Christians, who are degenerates
09Draskh1    66:2|are degenerates, and in particular with the lawgiver of their aberrant
09Draskh1    66:3|means of your peace treaty with him? If you wish to
09Draskh1    66:8|me and the other clerics with me captive, put to the
09Draskh1    66:11|blessed bishop-in-residence, together with two particular priests, deacons and
09Draskh1    66:13|not fit to take flight, with no place to turn to
09Draskh1    66:13|in their cellars in accordance with what had been written, and
09Draskh1    66:17|the gates of the fortress with an impious and terrible uproar
09Draskh1    66:17|sides, and guarding their rear with the armed cavalry that had
09Draskh1    66:20|moved his angelic lips and with gentle words instructed them on
09Draskh1    66:20|He entreated the clerics together with the detachment of soldiers and
09Draskh1    66:22|befoul the robe of light with which you clad yourselves in
09Draskh1    66:23|ignited their minds as if with fire, and urged all of
09Draskh1    66:24|of all ages, in accordance with the sacramental tradition of the
09Draskh1    66:28|But the blessed bishop together with the rest of the clerics
09Draskh1    66:28|of the clerics occupied himself with daily prayers and supplications, so
09Draskh1    66:29|way, “Not to be bound with fetters of sin because of
09Draskh1    66:29|of their lives; to suffer with Christ His passion and imitate
09Draskh1    66:30|following manner, “Although people stricken with a fatal ailment suffer until
09Draskh1    66:32|whatsoever. On the contrary, armed with the mighty Spirit of their
09Draskh1    66:32|of their Lord, they fought with miraculous exertion and goodly war
09Draskh1    66:37|to God in daily vigils with extended arms, tears and implorations
09Draskh1    66:39|them. At first, they cut with their swords the sinews of
09Draskh1    66:39|would chop down a tree with the sharp strokes of an
09Draskh1    66:39|his head (from his body) with a sword
09Draskh1    66:41|in full armor, shielded themselves with the true faith, and became
09Draskh1    66:43|was in no way afflicted with grief, nor as a result
09Draskh1    66:45|order to take the heads with them to the ostikan, and
09Draskh1    66:47|certain heathens who were occupied with the cultivation of the soil
09Draskh1    66:49|one to come and mingle with them in order to be
09Draskh1    66:50|fruitful life, and was honored with the crown of Christ, and
09Draskh1    66:50|the blessed priests martyred together with the latter, Movses of the
09Draskh1    66:51|a sheep and was illuminated with the unapproachable and immortal light
09Draskh1    66:52|ineffable and luminous crown. Finally, with the deacon T’eodoros, about whom
09Draskh1    66:59|of sinners move us.” Along with the captives the Ishmaelite forces
09Draskh1    66:62|whom they had brought along with the captives as their porters
09Draskh1    66:63|judges, and questioned, they answered with a gleam of joy in
09Draskh1    66:63|do not desire to live with a guilty conscience
09Draskh1    66:65|Along with the captives they also had
09Draskh1    66:65|captives they also had brought with them the soldiers who had
09Draskh1    66:66|the sword. Thus, in accordance with what they deserved they died
09Draskh1    66:66|hope,” come to their fulfillment with them
09Draskh1    67:2|himself set out in compliance with the orders of the ostikan
09Draskh1    67:6|Bishr, Georg was suddenly seized with fear, for there were no
09Draskh1    67:6|no more than twenty men with him, whereas Bishr had about
09Draskh1    67:8|With unchecked fury the latter clad
09Draskh1    67:9|them, he brought their heads with him to the city of
09Draskh1    67:10|former, and having supplied them with horses and arms, he set
09Draskh1    67:11|he immediately launched eleven ships, with seventy of the azats and
09Draskh1    67:11|latter were brave men armed with well-bent bows, and well
09Draskh1    67:12|he also went on board with them, and they set sail
09Draskh1    67:14|armor and ornaments, and taking with him his spears as well
09Draskh1    67:14|enemy. Thus, having joined battle with the cavalry forces (of the
09Draskh1    67:14|enemy), he slashed Bishr’s steed with his sword, so that the
09Draskh1    67:16|the inhabitants of the fortress with numerous threats. At first I
09Draskh1    67:16|scion of royalty, and remained with him until the transition of
09Draskh1    67:18|For the patriarchal residence together with its villages and estates (gerdastan
09Draskh1    67:18|of the capital or struggle with spiritual cultivation to liberate the
09Draskh1    67:19|and looked after my welfare with a genuine feeling of spiritual
09Draskh1    67:19|faith, and unwavering hope. Together with his brother Gurgen he protected
09Draskh1    67:19|brother Gurgen he protected me with undeniable love, and tended to
09Draskh1    67:20|cheerful thoughts, and assured us with certainty that he would see
09Draskh1    67:21|the region of Siwnik’ together with cavalry detachments
09Draskh1    67:22|or to drive him away with a multitude of armed men
09Draskh1    67:23|of precaution by surrounding himself with many cavalry contingents and with
09Draskh1    67:23|with many cavalry contingents and with fortifications, he offered him conditions
09Draskh1    67:25|he had made, and struck with terror, they thought in their
09Draskh1    67:28|wicked tillers, who reap us with shadowy siege, for if in
09Draskh1    67:28|siege, for if in accordance with the course that the Creator
09Draskh1    68:1|a gift this useful treatise. With this, which is like a
09Draskh1    68:2|My heart shivered with terror, shuddered and trembled, for
09Draskh1    68:5|I bequeath this to you with sound judgement, lest the incomprehensibility
09Draskh1    68:5|want epics of certain others with branded conscience
09Draskh1    68:6|casting eyes on this treatise with a clear and open mind
09Draskh1    68:8|that you do not mingle with the base, enticing and vile
09Draskh1    68:10|to the housetop of iniquity with your disorderly conduct nor let
09Draskh1    68:10|nor let the diabolical storm with its sparkling flashes of sulphur
09Draskh1    68:10|and set you on fire with a destructive blaze. But leaving
09Draskh1    68:12|you by day or night with a diabolical confusion that deceived
09Draskh1    68:12|may rise in your hearts with divine love
09Draskh1    68:13|violator in order to reach with joy the haven of life
09Draskh1    68:14|the father steered the helm with skill and knowledge, what good
09Draskh1    68:16|tower like a mountain. But with the warmth of a devout
09Draskh1    68:16|hostile to the soul, and with a clear mind cast aside
09Draskh1    68:17|divide the songs of praise with six-winged instruments that move
09Draskh1    68:20|the day of scrutiny, but with wings that travel in clouds
09Draskh1    68:21|present, you shall acquaint yourselves with the splendor that is ready
10Tovma1    1:0|It is (only) with great effort that one can
10Tovma1    1:15|is written, that she palpitated with lasciviousness. But as has been
10Tovma1    1:15|throne of his ancestral kingdom with great power. He captured Babylon
10Tovma1    1:16|sons, Adramelēk’ and Sanasar came with a strong force to the
10Tovma1    1:19|patriarchs as ten in accordance with Divine Scripture, yet differ (from
10Tovma1    1:21|these zealous concerns were (merely) with a view to information from
10Tovma1    1:22|of those outside (the church) with Divine Scripture. Then we shall
10Tovma1    1:24|of its divinely planted trees? With inconceivable grace, glory, and honour
10Tovma1    1:24|honour he (God) crowned man with sovereign authority (over it) and
10Tovma1    1:24|to enjoy, also endowing him with a term of life whose
10Tovma1    1:27|seek out the lost one. With soft footsteps he indicated to
10Tovma1    1:27|bewailed his fall that perchance with His help he might be
10Tovma1    1:28|whom you gave (to be) with me, she gave me from
10Tovma1    1:31|So what shall we do with regard to these matters (save
10Tovma1    1:31|ship, he was laid low with multifarious evils. He became the
10Tovma1    1:31|sons a life of labour with death and childbearing in grief
10Tovma1    1:32|Here with many laments and groaning we
10Tovma1    1:33|son, for he would see with his own eyes his father’s
10Tovma1    1:39|because he filled his parents with incomprehensible bitterness and new mourning
10Tovma1    1:40|to be unaware, and answered with brazen face, when he asked
10Tovma1    1:41|did not turn in terror with tears to efface his sin
10Tovma1    1:41|the judgment of his punishment with his own mouth. Departing from
10Tovma1    1:41|the face of the Lord, with pointless effort he built a
10Tovma1    1:43|a command not to mingle with the cursed descendants of Cain
10Tovma1    1:47|Behold the Lord has come with myriads of angels to make
10Tovma1    1:50|command to make the ark with his sons
10Tovma1    1:55|before they come about; and with human voice he indicated his
10Tovma1    1:62|awesome God: “Enter your ark with your sons and the wives
10Tovma1    1:64|day Noah entered the ark with his sons, his wife, and
10Tovma1    1:65|Noah and the ship’s architect with his wife and sons and
10Tovma1    1:66|just one and took refuge with him believed in his words
10Tovma1    1:66|in his words and obeyed with fear his commandswhy should
10Tovma1    1:66|that they too enjoyed salvation with him, just as (God) saved
10Tovma1    1:66|God) saved the harlot Rahab with her relatives from the wrath
10Tovma1    1:73|apostles, he provided the church with many teachings from the ancient
10Tovma1    1:75|summitandGolgothain Hebrew, with a double name. Ham seized
10Tovma1    1:76|to Sem (was given) Asorestan with all its extent as far
10Tovma1    2:3|in a bronze vessel fastened with lead for safekeeping in the
10Tovma1    2:6|by the king, in accordance with his uncontrollable force and the
10Tovma1    2:6|the king said to Daniel with joyful heart as a boast
10Tovma1    2:7|Oh blind Babylonian with brains addled by mice and
10Tovma1    2:10|god and reigned in Babylon with mighty power. He worked apparent
10Tovma1    2:15|came to eastern Asia. Nebrot’ with his haughty host pursued him
10Tovma1    2:15|pursued him; he was killed with his army by Hayk, struck
10Tovma1    3:3|books of the ancients together with strict diligence, he ordered them
10Tovma1    3:5|the Indian Sea he ruled with great valour and bravery for
10Tovma1    3:6|Ninos. She also fortified Babylon with walls and put down the
10Tovma1    3:7|her lovers (and showering them) with expensive treasures and liberal honours
10Tovma1    3:10|said to have any connection with the Assyrians. He was perverse
10Tovma1    3:15|joyfully intending to gorge himself with food but found it bad
10Tovma1    3:18|These same things they affirmed with other abominable wickednesses
10Tovma1    3:19|there untrustworthy, he was expelled; with his wife he came to
10Tovma1    3:20|the feet of men. Even with attentive eyes only with difficulty
10Tovma1    3:20|Even with attentive eyes only with difficulty can anyone descry the
10Tovma1    3:21|eyes to take in, adorned with a strong light at night
10Tovma1    3:21|the daytime (it is covered with) a very dense cloud like
10Tovma1    3:22|After comparing (this) with other accounts I rejected (them
10Tovma1    3:22|robber: “Today you will be with me in paradise
10Tovma1    3:23|which in one day grows with incredible rapidity and then suddenly
10Tovma1    3:24|who torment those who approach with invisible powerwhich I do
10Tovma1    3:25|the group would be destroyed with a baneful disease. In frightened
10Tovma1    3:28|advised me to penetrate (there) with forty friends, one hundred young
10Tovma1    3:34|against each otheras happens with a wheel, when from the
10Tovma1    3:35|the heat of the sun, with the substance of fire beside
10Tovma1    3:35|such must also be understood with regard to the worshippers of
10Tovma1    3:36|God. But they became infatuated with their own thoughts, and their
10Tovma1    3:42|truth from foreign (sources). Away with that! But in accordance with
10Tovma1    3:42|with that! But in accordance with the Lord’s saying through Moses
10Tovma1    4:1|We continue our text with the order of the genealogy
10Tovma1    4:2|subjected it to tax, (ruling) with peaceful life for thirty-eight
10Tovma1    4:34|from paying taxes, honoured him with the authority of king, gave
10Tovma1    4:39|army against him, captured him with his allies, and established his
10Tovma1    4:40|being king; they killed him with the sword. He had reigned
10Tovma1    5:2|of Tigran to attack him with a massive army
10Tovma1    5:3|Cyrus the Persian marched up with his own mounted warriors to
10Tovma1    5:3|minded, very intelligent, and endowed with many noble qualities. But before
10Tovma1    5:3|regions of Nineveh and Tmorik’ with its fortress
10Tovma1    5:4|once but often, sending ambassadors with messages and presents. Xerxes was
10Tovma1    5:5|Sanasar and his colleagues went with gifts to Cyrus. Taking him
10Tovma1    5:5|him they returned to Tigran. With urgent speed they pressed the
10Tovma1    5:5|back onto its croup. Tigran with swift hand struck him in
10Tovma1    5:5|struck him in the heart with his lance, pulling out his
10Tovma1    5:8|and Arshēz, the latter’s son, (with orders) to reach there quickly
10Tovma1    5:9|Arshēz surrounded the Lydian king with his shield-bearing soldiers, and
10Tovma1    5:10|covered his horse all over with bronze armour from foot to
10Tovma1    5:12|to Babylon, taking the Lydian with him. He ordered his treasuries
10Tovma1    5:12|receiving as a gift Tmorik’ with its fortress and the river
10Tovma1    5:13|asking him to provide him with help
10Tovma1    5:14|intact his bonds of friendship with him, he sent this same
10Tovma1    5:14|Xerxes and Arshēz his son with [40,000] men. They went to meet
10Tovma1    6:20|against Alexander’s generals. Attacking them with Herculean valour, like a hero
10Tovma1    6:27|But although Asud was favoured with such splendour and the wealth
10Tovma1    6:32|him from Arshak, brought him with him to Armenia, and named
10Tovma1    6:36|them mentioned individually by name with his deeds of prowess
10Tovma1    6:37|and insignificant indicated in accordance with their ignobility. She had the
10Tovma1    6:37|in Greek on parchment, taken with gifts to Tigran king of
10Tovma1    6:38|literature wrote down and arranged with accuracy. Then they placed it
10Tovma1    6:39|who was martyred in Persia with the other holy bishops and
10Tovma1    6:39|Vahan Artsruni they were entrusted with the urgent task of critically
10Tovma1    6:42|Bagratunis and sparapet of Armenia, with his family and all his
10Tovma1    6:43|have Enanos in his company with any confidence, so he sent
10Tovma1    6:44|Jajuṙ received him with respect and ready provisions, and
10Tovma1    6:48|were presented to the Saviour with Abgar’s letters; and they heard
10Tovma1    6:51|With him there was also the
10Tovma1    6:52|occasion for us to linger with praises and (thereby) neglect the
10Tovma1    6:55|So, he made an alliance with Abgar, king of Armenia, and
10Tovma1    6:55|Abgar, king of Armenia, and with the great general Khuran Artsruni
10Tovma1    6:55|wise and valiant man, mighty with the bow and a well
10Tovma1    6:55|Herod himself escaped by flight with his squire Urelian. He took
10Tovma1    6:55|squire Urelian. He took refuge with his uncle, son of Hyrcanus
10Tovma1    6:56|although the alliance of Aretas with Abgar and Khuran provided a
10Tovma1    6:59|However, Khuran did not remain with Sanatruk but went to Greek
10Tovma1    6:59|many heroic exploits and victories with the soldiers that had accompanied
10Tovma1    6:59|from Armenia. Being very pleased with him, Tiberius honoured him with
10Tovma1    6:59|with him, Tiberius honoured him with purple (robes) and a baton
10Tovma1    6:61|will be crowned by Christ, with the queen Helena among all
10Tovma1    7:1|his brother Arshavir at Harran with Queen Helena. Then, when the
10Tovma1    7:1|Nerseh king of Syria, taking with them the written treaty of
10Tovma1    7:3|now) command your army along with their own. They may perhaps
10Tovma1    7:4|of Arshavir, had become friendly with Artashēs the king of Persia
10Tovma1    7:5|have heard from their confidants, with the help of Artashēs they
10Tovma1    7:7|to Atrpatakan, and was residing with a certain general and magus
10Tovma1    7:9|said, “Eruand will not advance with his army across the border
10Tovma1    7:14|extent that he supported him with the aid of an army
10Tovma1    7:15|Vach’ē and Arshavir then returned with Artashēs, who had taken Eruand’s
10Tovma1    8:2|the great mountain called Masik’ with its lofty summit covered in
10Tovma1    8:3|like a splendid king with honourable white hairs diverting himself
10Tovma1    8:3|shores he built vast estates, with bushy trees, wine-stocks, and
10Tovma1    8:5|palace he encircled the hill with a wall of roughly hewn
10Tovma1    8:5|walled in the steep rock with very strong constructions in order
10Tovma1    8:5|attackers. He set it out with delightful precision, bringing the wall
10Tovma1    8:6|he built a high tower with hollow centre; on top of
10Tovma1    8:7|and had the enclosure filled with thickly planted vineyards in order
10Tovma1    8:10|returned in great force and with royal magnificence to reign over
10Tovma1    8:17|to keep the land prosperous, with a large population
10Tovma1    8:19|and only served the king with adulation. When the king heard
10Tovma1    8:19|might imbue the king’s employees with the same subservience, since (Hamam
10Tovma1    8:19|since (Hamam) was also familiar with the books of the archives
10Tovma1    8:21|in Marand. He himself died with the other flatterers in the
10Tovma1    8:24|to Vałarsh his son Khosrov with the cooperation of the Persian
10Tovma1    9:2|Our king Khosrov was struck with dismay and attempted to revenge
10Tovma1    9:3|gave help to the Armenians with the army of Phrygia, nonetheless
10Tovma1    9:4|emperor Probus, who made peace with Artashir. Here I have no
10Tovma1    10:0|the kingdom of Greater Armenia with the help of the Greek
10Tovma1    10:1|equal in nature and glory with the Father and the Son
10Tovma1    10:1|perfect Divinity; and his baptism with a holy and pure confession
10Tovma1    10:1|hand of Gregory the Great, with all the nobility of Greater
10Tovma1    10:4|order to act the grandee with the famous and the infamous
10Tovma1    10:5|eminence Alexander of Macedon inscribed with no mean eulogies in the
10Tovma1    10:7|and embalming in great honour with royal pomp and fame, as
10Tovma1    10:8|good order in the country with the princes; nor did anyone
10Tovma1    10:10|only that they lived peaceably with regard to the king and
10Tovma1    10:13|rule; for their hand is with Shapuh king of kings.” The
10Tovma1    10:14|the Mamikonean generals, armed and with drawn swords Artavazd and Vasak
10Tovma1    10:14|the crowd, struck down many with their swords, snatched away Shavasp
10Tovma1    10:19|of Satan, was not satisfied with working evil among men, but
10Tovma1    10:21|and note: “Some white bears with fine hair are lurking in
10Tovma1    10:22|So, they entered the forest with him. Drawing back his wide
10Tovma1    10:22|his back through his spine with an energetic motion of his
10Tovma1    10:23|words of Saint Nersēs mingled with the living word of God
10Tovma1    10:29|But after many battles, with deceitful trickery Shapuh summoned Arshak
10Tovma1    10:33|her from the northern tower. With thankful endurance she received the
10Tovma1    10:41|the country and their wives, with terrible and cruel tortures at
10Tovma1    10:44|However, Mehuzhan was not content with carrying out the evils that
10Tovma1    10:44|Vahan Mamikonean he entered Armenia with fearless presumption, planning what he
10Tovma1    10:47|of Bagarat Bagratuni, opposed him with an army that included numerous
10Tovma1    10:47|included numerous Greek troops armed with shields and unfurled flags. The
10Tovma1    10:48|valiant Smbat came to grips with Mehuzhan. He hamstrung his armed
10Tovma1    11:1|Pap, son of Arshak, and with a Greek army installed Pap
10Tovma1    11:3|They removed the saint’s body with a large retinue of Armenian
10Tovma1    11:10|later Vałarshak died, having reigned with his brother over all Armenia
10Tovma1    11:12|Others of the senior nobility with all their strongly armed (followers
10Tovma1    11:17|deceitfully inconstant and craftily uncommitted: with the Christians he pretended to
10Tovma1    11:17|to be a Christian, and with the Persians one of theirs
10Tovma1    11:20|have been hated and inflicted with as many evils as possible
10Tovma1    11:22|all weeping and bitterly lamenting with inconsolable grief, Ałan fell on
10Tovma1    11:23|and malicious flatterers approach Artashir with some falsehood about us, and
10Tovma1    11:27|to himself the Armenian army with the nobles, he made king
10Tovma1    11:27|country but occupied himself exclusively with the pleasures of hunting and
10Tovma1    11:28|the Armenian nobles regarded him with derision and scorn. For example
10Tovma1    11:30|the river Euphrates. Shavasp remained with the emperor for four years
10Tovma1    11:32|king in Ctesiphon. Now Vardan with the holy teacher Mashtots’ had
10Tovma1    11:32|and to the archbishop Atticus with letters from Saint Sahak, taking
10Tovma1    11:32|letters from Saint Sahak, taking with them also the script and
10Tovma1    11:33|pious emperor Theodosius received them with the five letters and five
10Tovma1    11:34|On arriving at court with the nobles, Saint Sahak calmed
10Tovma1    11:34|and making a firm peace with the Greeks. At the request
10Tovma1    11:38|court Artashir and Saint Sahak with a host of Armenian nobles
10Tovma1    11:39|accomplish their wishes. Approaching Vṙam with Surmaka certain fanatical and
10Tovma1    11:39|began to calumniate Saint Sahak with all sorts of scandalmongering to
10Tovma1    11:41|of whom lived in accordance with the rule of canon law
10Tovma1    11:46|him. Falling at his feet with great lamentations, (they begged him
10Tovma1    11:53|Lord’s service day and night with indefatigable energy and liberal care
10Tovma1    11:54|a wonderful composition which begins with Adam and goes down to
10Tovma2    1:0|of tax gatherers made forays with terrible cruelties
10Tovma2    1:1|he returned to Armenia, bringing with him as marzpan Vndoy, a
10Tovma2    1:3|Many more were those martyred with heroic endurance than those who
10Tovma2    1:3|Shavasp Artsruni had reached Artashat with the marzpan, they built in
10Tovma2    1:4|and roaring in his soul with ferocious anger over the destruction
10Tovma2    1:5|they joined the great Vardan with their forces, bringing with them
10Tovma2    1:5|Vardan with their forces, bringing with them the troops from the
10Tovma2    1:5|than twelve hundred men; and with unexpected rapidity they suddenly attacked
10Tovma2    1:6|drawing his one-edged (sword) with force and rapidity he sliced
10Tovma2    1:8|site to the ground, built with the same stones the great
10Tovma2    1:8|estates; the city they defended with an encircling wall, and they
10Tovma2    1:14|There Vahan Artsruni, with splendid and outstanding bravery, fought
10Tovma2    1:14|bravery, fought side by side with Saint Vardan, pressing into the
10Tovma2    2:2|warning them not to associate with the Nestorians, and wrote in
10Tovma2    2:6|king, but merely sent messages with a warning threat
10Tovma2    2:10|them to rank and honour with splendid dignities, since like brave
10Tovma2    2:11|house, to accept that council with the (other) three holy councils
10Tovma2    2:12|Since we were continuously preoccupied with Persian raids we had to
10Tovma2    2:12|study of the Holy Scriptures with a view to choosing an
10Tovma2    2:14|to summon anyone from Armenia with a view to the unity
10Tovma2    2:18|bones were laid to rest with (those of) the other saints
10Tovma2    2:20|gospel, to demonstrate obedient service with true and sincere loyalty, and
10Tovma2    2:20|loyalty, and to revenge even with blood and violent martyrdom the
10Tovma2    2:21|the Persian general attacked Armenia with a massive army, to give
10Tovma2    2:22|Vahan was warned that Hazaravukht with a large number of elite
10Tovma2    2:23|there remained only thirty men with the brave Vahan: Mershapuh and
10Tovma2    2:25|reeds, so (the Armenians) struck with the sword and routed most
10Tovma2    2:25|The mouths of all, filled with joy, gave glory to God
10Tovma2    3:3|the emperor Maurice noble men with splendid gifts and presents and
10Tovma2    3:5|Coming to terms with him, the emperor Maurice sent
10Tovma2    3:8|abandon these (Romans) and unite with me. For if I am
10Tovma2    3:10|iron arrows and steel javelins with tempered shafts. They are mighty
10Tovma2    3:11|tomorrow envelop you in battle with brave warriors; they will crash
10Tovma2    3:11|like the clouds of heaven. With their mighty lances they will
10Tovma2    3:14|was dark, covering the ground with corpses. Many they captured and
10Tovma2    3:18|He sent messengers with lavish treasures and letters to
10Tovma2    3:18|please you to make peace with me and remove your sword
10Tovma2    3:20|also called Khoṙeam, discussed peace with Jerusalem. For they (its inhabitants
10Tovma2    3:27|meritorious guests, he received them with splendid presents, gave the general
10Tovma2    3:28|of the sea to converse with the Persian general: “What do
10Tovma2    3:28|as dry land, to fight with us thereon? God is able
10Tovma2    3:32|long will he remain unsated with blood? Were not the Romans
10Tovma2    3:34|your king gifts and messengers with letters to seek from him
10Tovma2    3:34|the land and a treaty with me.” They accepted his requests
10Tovma2    3:36|of the Persian army perished with their ships. On seeing such
10Tovma2    3:41|Otherwise, do not deceive yourself with vain hope. For that Christ
10Tovma2    3:44|the lake opposite the pyraeum with corpses. Humans and animals, men
10Tovma2    3:46|will penetrate and strike you with the sword and trample you
10Tovma2    3:46|the sword and trample you with their hooves
10Tovma2    3:47|you in darkness. Then heaven with terrible thundering will cast its
10Tovma2    3:47|warriors will assail you. Then with shame-filled eyes you will
10Tovma2    3:50|against Heraclius. He opposed them with a mighty force. And there
10Tovma2    3:53|of the king, burned them with fire, and seized the many
10Tovma2    3:55|He upbraided them with severe and terrible criticism and
10Tovma2    3:61|King Kavat also found fault with him and decreed a sentence
10Tovma2    3:61|came in, hacked at him with axes, and killed him in
10Tovma2    3:63|and made general peace both with the emperor and over the
10Tovma2    3:68|in writing, sealing an oath with salt according to their custom
10Tovma2    3:69|God. He searched for it with great diligence until they were
10Tovma2    3:69|many gifts and dismissed them with great honours
10Tovma2    3:70|gathered all his troops, and with eager and joyful heart went
10Tovma2    3:70|to meet the holy cross with the host of his army
10Tovma2    3:76|throne in fear, more concerned with self-preservation than issuing commands
10Tovma2    3:77|With him the Persian kingdom came
10Tovma2    4:2|leaving Egypt in its war with Bałak, king of Moab. And
10Tovma2    4:5|a sufficient age he dwelt with a certain wealthy man from
10Tovma2    4:7|of the Arians. Becoming acquainted with him and in the course
10Tovma2    4:12|earth, but they reject me with threats.” Now Ali was a
10Tovma2    4:12|for there are many men with us. Perhaps there may be
10Tovma2    4:13|and Mahmet and Ali fled with about forty men. They came
10Tovma2    4:15|The Jews joined with the Ismaelites, forming a large
10Tovma2    4:17|And if God was disgusted with their wicked deeds and gave
10Tovma2    4:20|the enemy, who slew them with their swords. Reaching the site
10Tovma2    4:21|Jerusalem, seeing the perilous situation with no hope of help, took
10Tovma2    4:21|holy cross of the Lord with other church ornaments and brought
10Tovma2    4:27|baptism (he prescribed) continual ablutions with water, and reckoned this was
10Tovma2    4:27|be continual and insatiable intercourse with women who remained virgins
10Tovma2    4:29|and I shall tell you with what laments the ancient writer
10Tovma2    4:30|the mighty God. And now with new and amazing wounds he
10Tovma2    4:30|King. He will slay you with heavy blows
10Tovma2    4:33|escape. For they caught up with him near the borders of
10Tovma2    4:34|of the Persian kingdom begin with Cyrus (and go down) to
10Tovma2    5:2|folly, smitten by passion and with cancerous mien, raging like a
10Tovma2    5:2|attack Armenia. And in accordance with the subtle treachery of their
10Tovma2    5:2|treachery of their wily race, with an amiable countenance he tried
10Tovma2    5:5|nobles as overseer of Armenia with responsibility for the royal taxes
10Tovma2    5:5|language and was also familiar with Hebrew literature
10Tovma2    5:6|approached the borders of Armenia with a numerous army, coming close
10Tovma2    5:6|his magnates to meet him with presents of gold, silver, and
10Tovma2    5:9|he (Apusēt’) greatly calumniated Ashot with letters of Muslims within Armenia
10Tovma2    5:9|They informed about his deeds with more falsehood than truth, to
10Tovma2    5:10|of Persia alarmed the king with charges that Ashot had insulted
10Tovma2    6:2|prince’s winter quarters, he camped with all his troops. Forming ranks
10Tovma2    6:3|drawn up and compared it with the paucity of his own
10Tovma2    6:3|and rapidly in person and with an army and arms
10Tovma2    6:4|had confirmed between each other with oaths on the holy gospel
10Tovma2    6:4|forces of the whole land with all the nobles of the
10Tovma2    6:5|there reported in haste, each with his own troops: Prince Ashot
10Tovma2    6:5|his brothers Gurgēn and Grigor with their forces; from the Artsruni
10Tovma2    6:5|the house of the Artsrunik’ with their troops
10Tovma2    6:6|Bagratunik’, the son of T’oṙnik with his troops
10Tovma2    6:7|family of the Amatunik’, Shapuh with eight relatives and their troops
10Tovma2    6:8|Gnunik’, Grigor son of Hazir with six more relatives and their
10Tovma2    6:9|family of the Ĕntrunik’, Artavazd with seven relatives and their troops
10Tovma2    6:11|of knightly rank gathered, each with their troops. Marching together, they
10Tovma2    6:13|as corpses to the ground with their horses than whom they
10Tovma2    6:13|horses than whom they slew with the sword
10Tovma2    6:16|of silver and gold, arms with decorated scabbards, the ornaments and
10Tovma2    6:18|opposed them and defeated them with the sword. The description surpasses
10Tovma2    6:20|of Vaspurakan, to remain there with many troops until all the
10Tovma2    6:24|of his knightly forces, each with his troops according to their
10Tovma2    6:25|for the battle. Bravely attacking with a valiant shout, he rushed
10Tovma2    6:26|The whole valley was filled with the corpses of the slain
10Tovma2    6:26|those killed. Ali himself, escaping with a few men, fled in
10Tovma2    6:30|wives of the slain, together with the common rabble, with unveiled
10Tovma2    6:30|together with the common rabble, with unveiled faces, bareheaded, and having
10Tovma2    6:33|waves of the sea tinged with purple blood. He uttered a
10Tovma2    6:35|Jesus Christ. He made covenants with the princes of the land
10Tovma2    6:36|were working; he attacked them with biting words, having as his
10Tovma2    6:38|he repeated the prophet’s reproaches with threats: “Your rebellious princes,” he
10Tovma2    6:40|incurable asp. They were drunk with the wine of folly; they
10Tovma2    6:40|of folly; they had eyes with which they would not see
10Tovma2    6:40|would not see, and ears with which they would not hear
10Tovma2    6:42|the Armenian reckoningthe caliph with his counsellors and all the
10Tovma2    6:43|a force of elite cavalry, with soldiers and generals, he entrusted
10Tovma2    6:46|the general left him, filled with the plans of his wicked
10Tovma2    6:48|himself and made all preparations, with the troops of his noble
10Tovma2    6:48|his noble entourage as well. With all the lords of his
10Tovma2    6:50|and to fulfill your commands with great despatch.” Many other agreeable
10Tovma2    6:51|intelligent and also pious, went with many gifts to meet Yovsep’
10Tovma2    6:51|establish a treaty and peace with her sons and the whole
10Tovma2    6:52|he sent back Ashot’s mother with great respect. He himself passed
10Tovma2    6:52|through the land of Vaspurakan with a minimum of damage, taking
10Tovma2    6:52|of damage, taking the hostages with him. Crossing the province of
10Tovma2    6:53|he sent messengers to Bagarat with written invitations to come to
10Tovma2    6:54|king and his army, went with innocent frankness and loyal intentions
10Tovma2    6:54|his military duty, in accordance with the divine command and the
10Tovma2    6:54|had deceived him, and took with him the holy covenants of
10Tovma2    6:54|of the divinely inspired Scriptures with a host of ministers of
10Tovma2    6:55|of Mush, in Tarōn, keeping with him the hostages from Vaspurakan
10Tovma2    6:56|of the captives they kept with them in the city to
10Tovma2    7:1|the weather became especially severe with fog and tempests. The thick
10Tovma2    7:2|wind blows, heating the ground with its warming strength and awakening
10Tovma2    7:3|in order to attack Armenia with sword, captivity, and terrible afflictions
10Tovma2    7:3|orders and would install themselves with their families in the fortresses
10Tovma2    7:5|They slaughtered the (emir’s) troops with the sword, released from prison
10Tovma2    7:6|the middle of his back with his lance, penetrating under his
10Tovma2    7:7|And I myself with my own eyes saw that
10Tovma2    7:10|means of their feet or with double-pronged hoes
10Tovma2    7:11|They hide their nakedness with clothes of wool. For footwear
10Tovma2    7:11|have pikes, which they carry with them continuously in readiness against
10Tovma2    7:12|shoes) wound around their feet with ring-like thongs, so they
10Tovma3    1:2|we were oppressed and tormented with various afflictions by the domination
10Tovma3    1:2|smitten. For the Armenian princes with their hosts of knights and
10Tovma3    1:10|caliph once more took counsel with the magnates of his kingdom
10Tovma3    1:15|carried out. By inflicting them with the bastinado and prison and
10Tovma3    1:16|So everyone, in accordance with the caliph’s command, gathered cavalry
10Tovma3    1:17|forward in orderthough not with joyful enthusiasm but unwillingly and
10Tovma3    1:19|courage, be men; attack Armenia with famine, sword, and captivity. Bring
10Tovma3    1:24|the Elamites and Arabiansadroit with both hands, who did not
10Tovma3    1:28|man Bugha, in whom Satan with his power had made his
10Tovma3    2:1|survivors into captivity (including) women with their children
10Tovma3    2:4|the rest of his host with him he crossed Apahunik’, like
10Tovma3    2:5|carrion-eating dogs. Slaughtering them with the sword, they filled the
10Tovma3    2:5|sword, they filled the land with blood
10Tovma3    2:6|captive, they led them off with them. Setting fire to villages
10Tovma3    2:7|the point of the sword with ropes round their necks. From
10Tovma3    2:7|had fled. On catching up with them, many they put to
10Tovma3    2:8|the defile of the valley, with shields on their backs, lance
10Tovma3    2:8|lance in hand, and armed with bows and arrows, attacked the
10Tovma3    2:8|and arrows, attacked the enemy. With help from God they defeated
10Tovma3    2:10|a shepherd, they hurled stones with slings. In the battle they
10Tovma3    2:12|Learned and familiar with Divine Scripture, wise and knowledgeable
10Tovma3    2:14|the arrows of his quiver with a sponge, he directed his
10Tovma3    2:14|soul, though he was armed with the protection of the Holy
10Tovma3    2:16|be in the caliph’s presence with the foremost princes and share
10Tovma3    2:18|But the holy one, armed with the Holy Spirit, remembered what
10Tovma3    2:19|So, opening his mouth with the word of God, he
10Tovma3    2:21|responses, and the great indignity with which he treated him and
10Tovma3    2:22|the holy one went out with the executioners to the arena
10Tovma3    2:22|that he might be able with unfaltering faith to overcome the
10Tovma3    2:29|other hand, gradually surrounded himself with his relatives, including some of
10Tovma3    2:31|the town of Lokoruat, keeping with them the mass of captives
10Tovma3    2:33|armed his troops for battle with the defenders of the castle
10Tovma3    2:34|horse, armed himself for battle with the prince, and led out
10Tovma3    2:36|for warfare fire and sulphur with naphtha; the fluid materials were
10Tovma3    2:36|They mixed finely (ground) sulphur with it and put this in
10Tovma3    2:36|throwing arm of the machines with fire beside it, ready to
10Tovma3    2:38|horses and riders they cover with armour: frontlets for the horses
10Tovma3    2:38|ring bells when they trample with their feet
10Tovma3    2:39|of the horses they reinforce with iron; each side of the
10Tovma3    2:39|the horse’s stomach they protect with plates affixed according to the
10Tovma3    2:40|on their backs, gird themselves with a sword, take a lance
10Tovma3    2:41|ornaments and belts are embroidered with gold and silver. The flapping
10Tovma3    2:43|of nobles in his company with their troops according to families
10Tovma3    2:44|entered the fortress of Nkan with him
10Tovma3    2:46|Then the prince took counsel with his relatives, Vahan and Musheł
10Tovma3    2:49|of the Incarnate Saviour, carrying with them the letter written in
10Tovma3    2:49|of Armenia, and in accordance with the command of the imperial
10Tovma3    2:52|of nobles and their sons with their valiant troops of the
10Tovma3    2:52|of Vaspurakan have all gone with him to the region of
10Tovma3    2:53|a warrior, and the troops with him are united; they will
10Tovma3    2:55|of a letter. Confirming it with an oath, he note: “Whatever
10Tovma3    2:56|prepare the stronghold in accordance with his orders. So he told
10Tovma3    2:60|wronged you and have dealt with you falsely, give now a
10Tovma3    2:65|honoured every one of you with appropriate care and love. That
10Tovma3    2:65|year by year to plunder. With joyful heart I reckoned as
10Tovma3    2:66|clasp them to my bosom with great tenderness as my own
10Tovma3    2:67|this now the reward, that with treacherous plotting you are aiming
10Tovma3    2:67|my children, to throw (me) with all my family into the
10Tovma3    2:68|But since they kept with firm resolve unity in the
10Tovma3    2:68|unity in the traitorous plot with regard to the tyrant of
10Tovma3    2:75|Since I have found favour with you, and you have honoured
10Tovma3    2:76|Then the general promised with an oath to give him
10Tovma3    2:78|Immediately and with unhesitant rapidity he ordered that
10Tovma3    2:79|armed men, axemen, and men with maces, so that he might
10Tovma3    3:1|the prince and the nobles with their families were in bonds
10Tovma3    3:2|of Vaspurakan, “might catch up with them, snatch them away from
10Tovma3    3:3|caliph) had his feet bound with double chains and had him
10Tovma3    4:1|from prison, were still girt with their swords, and had their
10Tovma3    4:2|into their hands. Attacking them with the sword, many they killed
10Tovma3    4:4|to be put to death with cruel torments
10Tovma3    4:5|a valiant death to life with remorse
10Tovma3    4:6|He spoke to them with cajoling words, but they would
10Tovma3    4:6|would not agree. He spoke with them in a severe fashion
10Tovma3    4:6|not afraid. He tormented them with the bastinado, but they were
10Tovma3    4:9|Muslim had entered the fortress with the prisoners; and at the
10Tovma3    4:11|and entering the holy church with all the believers, while you
10Tovma3    4:13|square. Striking the blessed one with the sword, they cut off
10Tovma3    4:20|and Arabs, who had come with him to wage war at
10Tovma3    4:20|war and strength of arms, with all vigilance and by royal
10Tovma3    4:22|Gurgēn and the Armenian troops with him. He had sent his
10Tovma3    4:23|before the general, she spoke with him politely in appropriate terms
10Tovma3    4:27|and Abuheshm, lord of El; with them was the army of
10Tovma3    4:28|would be honoured by them with gifts at the general’s orders
10Tovma3    4:30|they confirmed the same thing with oaths, that he should come
10Tovma3    4:30|and there are but few with us. Do you likewise come
10Tovma3    4:30|us. Do you likewise come with only a few men, more
10Tovma3    4:33|sun; the mountain was filled with a multitude of soldiers; and
10Tovma3    4:36|mountain seemed to be burning with fire. Or it was as
10Tovma3    4:37|to arm and equip themselves with swords and to prepare the
10Tovma3    4:43|to Apuheshm and the commanders with him to beg for peace
10Tovma3    4:44|hands to heaven, and praying with copious tears repeated the Thirty
10Tovma3    4:57|set their hands to battle with stones
10Tovma3    4:58|With a resolute assault they joined
10Tovma3    4:63|certain Ashkhē who had come with the royal army from Gard
10Tovma3    4:63|not join in the battle with them to be captured but
10Tovma3    4:63|be captured but remained aside with about two thousand men. When
10Tovma3    4:64|also incorporeal, heavenly hosts fighting with the Armenian army. For when
10Tovma3    5:6|readiness than the former (army), with a letter written and sealed
10Tovma3    5:6|and treacherous falsity in accordance with the cunning of the sons
10Tovma3    5:9|nor did he charge him with being a rebel. Rather he
10Tovma3    5:9|on his person, girded him with a sword, and set him
10Tovma3    5:10|With an escort in front and
10Tovma3    5:10|musical instruments echoing around them, with a host of armed soldiers
10Tovma3    5:11|of gall. It was sealed with the caliph’s ring as if
10Tovma3    5:12|into your control my army with my outstanding generals from all
10Tovma3    5:20|had wished and in accordance with the impious caliph’s order: the
10Tovma3    5:20|the races of Muslims began with fearless audacity to scatter and
10Tovma3    5:20|they had followed him (Bugha) with their families, and had set
10Tovma3    5:24|the caterpillar, and the grub with the grasshopperset upon the
10Tovma3    5:25|until the springtime. He kept with him many prisoners, having ruined
10Tovma3    6:5|the prince and his entourage with their families and others not
10Tovma3    6:5|that suddenly the trumpets sounded with a strident blast to inform
10Tovma3    6:6|All the magnates with a mass of common people
10Tovma3    6:7|authority; he had exerted himself with great effort and over a
10Tovma3    6:11|He sat with eyebrows frowning; he was puffed
10Tovma3    6:12|jeering terms full of presumption. With deceitful fraud he disguised his
10Tovma3    6:13|pious king, do you speak with us as if we were
10Tovma3    6:13|Before subjecting us to punishment with cruel tortures, by striking us
10Tovma3    6:13|cruel tortures, by striking us with your words as if with
10Tovma3    6:13|with your words as if with stones you have plunged our
10Tovma3    6:16|lines, and destroy our armies with the sword. Our kinsmen you
10Tovma3    6:16|kinsmen you used to beset with grave troubles, you ruined the
10Tovma3    6:18|see you, personable and handsome, with noble countenance, decorous and elegant
10Tovma3    6:18|in the tribunal before me with cheerful and joyful faces, like
10Tovma3    6:18|men, full of our kindness, with unrepenting audacity. But I, sparing
10Tovma3    6:21|holy patriarch Yovhannēs made answer with the great princes of Armenia
10Tovma3    6:22|bears witness to the truth with him as teacher, let alone
10Tovma3    6:28|Then the king was filled with anger; the colour of his
10Tovma3    6:30|will be on good terms with me and rule over your
10Tovma3    6:33|For: “This people serves me with (their) lips, but their hearts
10Tovma3    6:33|We accept the royal commands,” with the intention that outwardly they
10Tovma3    6:35|him Satan had taken root with all his hosts; through all
10Tovma3    6:35|snares he had cunningly bound with an indissoluble belt his thrice
10Tovma3    6:35|knowledge, as a convenient snare with poisonous arrows to be loosed
10Tovma3    6:38|let his memory not be with those who, although they erred
10Tovma3    6:39|their faces.” And in accordance with his perverse depravity he inherited
10Tovma3    6:41|great arena of spiritual warfarewith fearless audacity. In brief but
10Tovma3    6:44|priest Grigor to be united with them and complete the number
10Tovma3    6:46|his servants to bind them with double chains and to cast
10Tovma3    6:47|the saints realised that battle with the evil one was not
10Tovma3    6:47|themselves for a lasting confrontation. With ceaseless psalm singing they perpetually
10Tovma3    6:48|of righteousness and girding themselves with truth, shoeing their feet with
10Tovma3    6:48|with truth, shoeing their feet with the readiness of the gospel
10Tovma3    6:48|gospel of peace, girding themselves with the word of Christ as
10Tovma3    6:48|swords; putting on their backs with all their heart unsullied faith
10Tovma3    6:53|hands, as Paul himself, adorned with the grace of God, note
10Tovma3    6:53|of myself and of those with me
10Tovma3    6:57|the holy Lent, being crucified with Christ, up to the duty
10Tovma3    6:57|Pentecost; they sat at table with Christ like young men of
10Tovma3    6:59|me, Lord, when you come with your kingdom. He blessed them
10Tovma3    6:59|and the ascetic priest, and with a good confession, in the
10Tovma3    6:60|lord Gregory had fallen asleep with a good confession, they offered
10Tovma3    6:61|day of the saint’s death with great rejoicing in Christ Jesus
10Tovma3    7:7|the two do not act with a single piety, then there
10Tovma3    7:9|a bird does not fly with both wings, it cannot rise
10Tovma3    7:10|Son and Holy Spirit. “For with the heart we believe in
10Tovma3    7:10|we believe in righteousness, and with the mouth we confess salvation
10Tovma3    7:10|said, like those who honour with the lips and disdain in
10Tovma3    7:10|this people,” says (Scripture), “honour with their lips, and their hearts
10Tovma3    7:11|impossible that he who believes with the mouth could deny with
10Tovma3    7:11|with the mouth could deny with the lips, since: “A good
10Tovma3    7:14|I dwell amidst a people with impure lips
10Tovma3    7:15|are those who are impious with their lips towards the Son
10Tovma3    7:17|made the heart. So away with it
10Tovma3    7:20|the mouth are equally matched with confession of the faith, they
10Tovma3    7:21|be set together, or light with darkness, or health with sickness
10Tovma3    7:21|light with darkness, or health with sickness, likewise it is not
10Tovma3    7:23|few words of mine suffice with regard to (those) heretical errors
10Tovma3    7:24|again Paul: “If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus
10Tovma3    7:24|arose (you will live), since with the heart we believe in
10Tovma3    7:24|we believe in righteousness and with the mouth we confess salvation
10Tovma3    8:2|their heavy bodies it is with difficulty that they make their
10Tovma3    8:3|these same fishes and serpents with other creatures are its food
10Tovma3    8:4|then the dragon is afflicted with distress and anguish by the
10Tovma3    8:6|departed from the caliph’s presence with a numerous and mighty army
10Tovma3    8:8|in our tale of him with the evidence of the prophets’
10Tovma3    8:9|there. He dismissed the troops with their various generals who had
10Tovma3    8:10|entering the city, he had with him numerous prisoners and captives
10Tovma3    8:16|death, to execute them immediately with the sword
10Tovma3    8:17|to enter God’s presence. Rejoicing with delight and exultation, with joyous
10Tovma3    8:17|Rejoicing with delight and exultation, with joyous and cheerful hearts and
10Tovma3    8:18|Instead of a robe decorated with flowers and colours of many
10Tovma3    8:18|they (covered) their saintly bodies with their holy, rose-coloured, red
10Tovma3    8:18|ornament of royal crowns laced with gold, they put on the
10Tovma3    8:19|receive the sentence of martyrdom with firm faith that had no
10Tovma3    8:19|had no hesitation or doubt, with much endurance and thankful blessing
10Tovma3    8:19|wild beasts; they smote them with the sword like someone cutting
10Tovma3    8:19|wood in the deep forest with a hatchet, mercilessly dismembering (them
10Tovma3    8:24|the saints and shamed Satan with his associates
10Tovma3    8:26|precious bodies and covered them with an honourable burial to celebrate
10Tovma3    9:2|to afflict them (the Armenians) with even worse torments and to
10Tovma3    9:4|previously had in each clan with their troops. But all the
10Tovma3    9:5|he (Smbat) and his people with their possessions lived without worry
10Tovma3    9:8|of that city which, filled with evildoing, surpassed Sodom and Jericho
10Tovma3    9:10|a longbow and struck him with an arrow through the opening
10Tovma3    9:11|Immediately he surrounded the city with a wall of fire, the
10Tovma3    10:1|the lands of the East. With fearless audacity and arrogance, he
10Tovma3    10:5|Now when Bugha with his numerous army arrived close
10Tovma3    10:10|So they returned humiliated, covered with shame and ignominy, ridiculed and
10Tovma3    10:12|mountainous areas, intending to resist with force and courageous heartespecially
10Tovma3    10:13|the defiles. Only let us with united hearts take refuge in
10Tovma3    10:18|he had frequently waged war with them in previous battles, he
10Tovma3    10:19|to come to a land with royal solicitude to their obedient
10Tovma3    10:19|like brigands or ravage it with sword and captivity. If you
10Tovma3    10:19|from court as a governor with peaceful intentions you would have
10Tovma3    10:20|live, I shall oppose (you) with the power and force of
10Tovma3    10:20|but I shall meet you with arms and a bow and
10Tovma3    10:20|a bow and a sword, with valiant men and select horses
10Tovma3    10:21|foreigners and God was pleased with them, so too shall I
10Tovma3    10:21|so too shall I deal with you and your army
10Tovma3    10:24|who, grasping your power, play with you and all your haughty
10Tovma3    10:27|great perturbation and stood seized with astonishment. All his plans had
10Tovma3    10:27|what to do. After conferring with much deliberation, as a consequence
10Tovma3    10:29|to the north. He himself with the majority of his troops
10Tovma3    10:29|built strongholds, carefully surrounded them with walls, set up fortifications, piled
10Tovma3    10:30|ranks and filled the line with the various companies of select
10Tovma3    10:30|this; those who are occupied with warfare can number all the
10Tovma3    10:30|caliph’s treasury, which they brought with them loaded on camels
10Tovma3    10:32|They returned to their encampment with a great victory, rejoicing with
10Tovma3    10:32|with a great victory, rejoicing with unsullied joy. Then they settled
10Tovma3    10:33|men from their elite clashed with them; they turned the Muslims
10Tovma3    10:33|they returned to their general with a great victory and much
10Tovma3    10:35|he had entered his chamber with shame-filled visage. However, not
10Tovma3    10:35|gripped him, so many companies with drawn swords kept watch around
10Tovma3    10:36|hand, he began to converse with him: “Why do you slacken
10Tovma3    10:36|slacken your hand, mingle cowardice with their valour, and allow all
10Tovma3    10:38|By continuing to speak with the general, the commander removed
10Tovma3    10:40|to give up waging war with him (Apumusē) until, willingly or
10Tovma3    10:41|the summit of the mountain, with them many standards one (for
10Tovma3    10:41|for) each thousand elite men with noble mounts. Scarcely anywhere had
10Tovma3    10:42|who saw them was stricken with great fear
10Tovma3    10:44|Lord’s cross will shine forth with awesome rays, and whatever accompanies
10Tovma3    10:44|Then, putting aside all preoccupation with wordly illusions, he passed beyond
10Tovma3    10:44|inspired Scriptures and was familiar with and knowledgeable of eloquent precepts
10Tovma3    10:44|that begins: “My soul looks with the undisturbed eye of the
10Tovma3    10:49|letter from the court sealed with the caliph’s ring, in which
10Tovma3    10:52|down to guard their positions with great care and agreed with
10Tovma3    10:52|with great care and agreed with each other not to give
10Tovma3    10:54|of honourable and expensive garments with a decorated helmet and sword
10Tovma3    10:54|him taken to the caliph with great honour and consideration
10Tovma3    10:55|to meet him companies equipped with arms and select horses. He
10Tovma3    10:55|well as singers and rhapsodists with many musical instruments in front
10Tovma3    10:56|a friendly and peaceful fashion with splendid honour and gifts in
10Tovma3    10:56|honour and gifts in accordance with the caliph’s orders
10Tovma3    10:58|Apumusē went on his way with fearless courage, strengthened in his
10Tovma3    10:58|mind and determination in accordance with his steadfast valour
10Tovma3    11:4|him, and his calumniators cried with one voice before the tyrant
10Tovma3    11:5|to be fastened to stakes with their feet and hands bound
10Tovma3    11:5|brought, and they tortured them with the rods for a long
10Tovma3    11:5|have died. But they endured with great fortitude, thanking Christ the
10Tovma3    11:6|He interrogated him cruelly and with the authority of his position
10Tovma3    11:7|responded, full of faith and with a true confession in the
10Tovma3    11:7|body, to mingle my torments with his torments, that I should
10Tovma3    11:7|that I should be glorified with him? He is the Lord
10Tovma3    11:9|to the Son of God. With great fortitude and thanksgiving he
10Tovma3    11:10|they cut off his head with a sword and set it
10Tovma3    11:13|and responded to the tyrant with great audacity, hoping in the
10Tovma3    11:14|name than to enjoy (life) with you. By whatever death you
10Tovma3    11:16|Christ for the unconquerable power with which he had strengthened the
10Tovma3    11:17|in order to be crucified with Christ. They denied themselves, took
10Tovma3    11:17|gain eternal life. They died with Christ in order to reign
10Tovma3    11:17|Christ in order to reign with him
10Tovma3    11:18|of) wood by shooting him with arrows
10Tovma3    11:20|he ordered to be slain with the sword. The executioner took
10Tovma3    11:22|With the captives from the mountain
10Tovma3    11:22|into Armenia, had opposed him with the inhabitants of the mountain
10Tovma3    11:24|If you wish to live with me and enjoy the life
10Tovma3    11:25|But the saint, inspired with a noble resolution, said to
10Tovma3    11:27|So shall I mingle cowardice with my valour and capitulate through
10Tovma3    11:29|a resolute and fearless manner with great audacity, then he ordered
10Tovma3    11:29|to death immediately by beheading with the sword
10Tovma3    11:30|Yovnan gave up the ghost with a true confession in the
10Tovma3    11:33|short while he forgave them with an appearance of peaceful friendship
10Tovma3    11:33|peaceful friendship, until his affair with Apumusē had been carried through
10Tovma3    11:34|tent, his troops surrounded them with swords, shields, lances, and lit
10Tovma3    11:36|he had followed their wishes with all his strength and devotion
10Tovma3    12:2|For they fought and quarrelled with each other in their desire
10Tovma3    12:3|and our nourishment shall be with you.” So the land fell
10Tovma3    12:3|into confusion and was filled with turmoil. Wherever they went they
10Tovma3    12:4|on his brother, in accordance with another saying of Isaiah: “Man
10Tovma3    13:1|With especial pleasure I am happy
10Tovma3    13:2|avoid all reproach, especially since with my meagre erudition I am
10Tovma3    13:10|Gurgēn) was received by him with splendid honour
10Tovma3    13:11|East came to wage war with the prince in order to
10Tovma3    13:11|not once but many times. With forty men he attacked a
10Tovma3    13:16|forces that were waging war with your army, and caused no
10Tovma3    13:16|you be pleased, valiant general, with his brave deeds against the
10Tovma3    13:17|sparapet that Gurgēn should remain with the sparapet without fear and
10Tovma3    13:18|their forces in one spot with the foot soldiers and mass
10Tovma3    13:18|they appointed Apujap’r Artsruni, and with him Sahak Apumk’dēm, Apujap’r uncle
10Tovma3    13:19|of Berkri, and in unison with the citizens went out to
10Tovma3    13:22|fell upon him, striking him with their swords
10Tovma3    13:25|But Lord Apujap’r and those with him fought bravely against the
10Tovma3    13:27|them, filling the wide valley with the corpses of the slain
10Tovma3    13:30|to the land of Vaspurakan with the approval of the sparapet
10Tovma3    13:33|on the Muslims, slaughtering them with the sword and bow, and
10Tovma3    13:34|Bugha’s command to attack Gurgēn. With him were the citizens of
10Tovma3    13:35|Gurgēn was encamped there with four hundred men, unworried and
10Tovma3    13:37|pursued them and slaughtered them with such vigour that there were
10Tovma3    13:40|hard battles that he fought with victorious heroism, not only (were
10Tovma3    13:41|And the Lord omnipotent was with him wherever he wished
10Tovma3    13:47|the land of the Apkhaz. With their support and that of
10Tovma3    13:48|carry through his opposition, treated with him (Gurgēn) on terms of
10Tovma3    13:52|when Vahan suddenly attacked him with the intention of acquiring some
10Tovma3    13:52|The latter made a sortie with a few men, rushing down
10Tovma3    13:53|from behind, wounding him. But with rapid hand he drew his
10Tovma3    13:55|and beat down their garrisons with sword and bow, to the
10Tovma3    13:58|sight of him and distraught with great fear, for they saw
10Tovma3    14:1|been at court, in accordance with the septennial measure of time
10Tovma3    14:7|He clothed them with garments, set (in their hands
10Tovma3    14:7|a princely banner, girded them with a sword and belt adorned
10Tovma3    14:7|a sword and belt adorned with precious stones, (gave them) a
10Tovma3    14:7|blowing of trumpets. Heralds proclaimed with voices loud and clear that
10Tovma3    14:9|He ruled his country with princely authority. When he sat
10Tovma3    14:11|the other) Gurgēn had opposed with great energy the attacks of
10Tovma3    14:14|he was not unresponsive, and with wise courage abandoned the castles
10Tovma3    14:14|you confirm a permanent alliance with me in a peace agreement
10Tovma3    14:14|of what he had done with Ashot
10Tovma3    14:17|the consulate and decorate him with the insignia of the cross
10Tovma3    14:20|to him, insisting and intimidating with threats that he abandon the
10Tovma3    14:21|bonds and imprisonment, even death with valour for the name of
10Tovma3    14:21|name of Christ over life with remorse
10Tovma3    14:22|They bound Gurgēn with triple bonds and also put
10Tovma3    14:22|brought him to the prison with the captives. They frequenty addressed
10Tovma3    14:22|captives. They frequenty addressed him with various threats and persuasive words
10Tovma3    14:23|He also clad Solomon Bagratuni with the weapons of Satan and
10Tovma3    14:23|frequently sent him to him with the same intention. But (Gurgēn
10Tovma3    14:23|intention. But (Gurgēn) rejected him with smarting words as a servant
10Tovma3    14:24|a grey-haired man, shining with light, who said to Gurgēn
10Tovma3    14:26|the prison, he endured everything with praise for the name of
10Tovma3    14:26|of Christhunger and thirst, with great fortitude
10Tovma3    14:30|renewal, the churches to shine with ornamentation and splendid rituals; those
10Tovma3    14:42|he made haste to come with the bishops of the land
10Tovma3    14:44|the guise of a vagabond with brave courage, loved throughout all
10Tovma3    14:47|been seized, he marched rapidly with all speed from the regions
10Tovma3    14:47|four hundred men strong, armed with armour for men and horses
10Tovma3    14:48|said, I shall see you with arms and armoured cavalry drawn
10Tovma3    14:51|was carried out. He took with him Derenik and went to
10Tovma3    15:6|will be crowned by Christ with all the saints. Amen
10Tovma3    15:10|that he would entrust him with the castle of Noraberd and
10Tovma3    15:12|out his aims, and ruled with great authority over Andzavats’ik’
10Tovma3    15:15|to himself half of Andzavats’ik’ with the fortress of Noraberd (which
10Tovma3    15:22|The latter, with his habitual licentious and foul
10Tovma3    16:2|was included our valiant Ashot with his heroic strength who joined
10Tovma3    16:8|by some to be tainted with cowardice, though he thought such
10Tovma3    16:10|With an impetuous attack surpassing all
10Tovma3    16:13|However, Ashot escaped and with Vahan openly returned in peace
10Tovma3    17:1|entered the land of Andzavats’ik’ with a large force and encamped
10Tovma3    17:1|T’eodoros, abbot of Hogeats’ Vank’, with this message: “I have come
10Tovma3    17:6|nephew and some elite soldiers with arms and horse armour, two
10Tovma3    17:6|Ashot’s) camp, dealing mortal wounds with sword and bow so that
10Tovma3    17:7|dawn they plundered the camp with its baggage and the stores
10Tovma3    17:8|on that same day came with a numerous force and encamped
10Tovma3    17:9|wanted. Then Sahak and Smbat with the others were appeased and
10Tovma3    18:0|the strife of Prince Ashot with the Ut’maniks and his freeing
10Tovma3    18:1|Ashot went to wage war with the people who live on
10Tovma3    18:5|in haste to attack Ashot with seventeen thousand armed cavalry. Abandoning
10Tovma3    18:5|on the fortress, he turned with fearless courage to oppose him
10Tovma3    18:5|fearless courage to oppose him with the support of Gurgēn’s troops
10Tovma3    18:7|The emir Yisē with his numerous army advanced towards
10Tovma3    18:10|prince, and was in agreement with Vahan to aim at peace
10Tovma3    18:16|were mad for women, copulating with the daughters of Cain, and
10Tovma3    18:16|men who worked infamous deeds with men were consumed by fire
10Tovma3    18:16|were consumed by fire mixed with sulphur, enduring in themselves the
10Tovma3    18:17|Sodomites who paid the penalty with fire will be tortured again
10Tovma3    18:18|into unfathomable remorse and regret; with flowing tears he made the
10Tovma3    18:18|tax gatherer and the thief. With faith he looked to the
10Tovma3    18:20|whether they were effective, for with difficulty are scars cleaned away
10Tovma3    18:21|will not enjoy the wedding with the bridegroom
10Tovma3    18:23|They laid him to rest with his brothers in the monastery
10Tovma3    19:6|from obedience to his chief with the leaders of the city
10Tovma3    19:6|for a year in concert with all the princes of Armenia
10Tovma3    19:7|to know his sinister schemes, with one accord they wrote to
10Tovma3    19:10|armed and accoutred, generously loaded with gifts, and went to escort
10Tovma3    19:11|Ahmat’ and Aplbar, in concert with some more of the Muslims
10Tovma3    19:12|come out to do battle with me. Then together we shall
10Tovma3    19:13|However, with his superior wisdom Ashot did
10Tovma3    20:1|been firmly and indissolubly united with bonds of mutual love, some
10Tovma3    20:1|the blame on each other with secret insinuations
10Tovma3    20:4|as if to go hunting, with their near relatives and nobles
10Tovma3    20:5|time the curopalates followed Derenik with the same purpose of estranging
10Tovma3    20:5|knew what he was plotting with regard to the Armenian princes
10Tovma3    20:5|reported about Ashot the curopalates with regard to Derenikwhether falsely
10Tovma3    20:8|control of the whole country with its castles
10Tovma3    20:11|left the emir, there remained with him only Musheł, ruler of
10Tovma3    20:11|was a lively man embued with wisdom, splendid and famous among
10Tovma3    20:14|After this Ahmat’ advanced with his Kaysik troops and entered
10Tovma3    20:15|heavencame out to him with the most splendid ceremony, bearing
10Tovma3    20:18|great sparapet surrounded his tent with his armed troops bearing shields
10Tovma3    20:21|no more, but they travelled with their luggage and horses
10Tovma3    20:24|the trouble to come personally with great solicitude to free him
10Tovma3    20:29|for battle. So he plotted with deceitful cunning to carry out
10Tovma3    20:31|He followed the messengers with compassion for a relative, in
10Tovma3    20:32|of conspirators (arrived), and Hasan with them. They beat down the
10Tovma3    20:35|Musheł Bagratuni, and he hastened with the Catholicos and camped near
10Tovma3    20:36|By wise and judicious counsel, with sweet and gentle words, they
10Tovma3    20:37|Apumruan, that he was plotting with the curopalates (to do) what
10Tovma3    20:40|Armenians. But Derenik proposed peace with Hasan, promising to return the
10Tovma3    20:42|on him at night armed with drawn sword and accompanied by
10Tovma3    20:42|lit, and he bound him with iron bonds
10Tovma3    20:47|mountains and thundering like dragons, with even more fearful turbulence than
10Tovma3    20:49|out the course required. Only with assistants would I perhaps dare
10Tovma3    20:53|of the city, called Aplbers, with the help of the Persian
10Tovma3    20:57|and came face to face with the line of armed troops
10Tovma3    20:59|him, do you wound him with your lances as strongly as
10Tovma3    20:60|Immediately with drawn swords and lances they
10Tovma3    20:62|the slain (Derenik) they took with them in triumph
10Tovma3    20:64|And with regard to the valour of
10Tovma3    20:65|world note: “Do not travel with a fearless (man).” But particularly
10Tovma3    20:66|and laid it to rest with his fathers in the province
10Tovma3    20:69|the nobility was not happy with him and was restive. But
10Tovma3    20:69|since Gagik was greatly endowed with wisdom, he deferred to all
10Tovma3    20:69|of the country; he dealt with them wisely and with profound
10Tovma3    20:69|dealt with them wisely and with profound skill; and by honouring
10Tovma3    20:69|skill; and by honouring each with the respect due his rank
10Tovma3    22:1|the innermost depths clashed together with tremblings and shakings in the
10Tovma3    22:1|ramparts and swarming and teeming with commerce and all kinds of
10Tovma3    22:4|He was unable to escape with his companions, since they were
10Tovma3    22:5|in the time of Noah, with the bishop Grigor offered to
10Tovma3    22:7|stature; they were also endowed with no little intelligence in the
10Tovma3    22:7|concomitant growth of their minds. With lively and joyous enthusiasm they
10Tovma3    22:8|extent of their fraternal deference, with incomparable courtesy each regarded the
10Tovma3    22:8|rank of the ancestral principality with most of the other parts
10Tovma3    22:9|had) the area of Ṙshtunik’’ with the neighbouring provinces and as
10Tovma3    22:11|honours, and happily spent time with them in order to win
10Tovma3    22:13|and his brothers. Being acquainted with his tyrannical control over the
10Tovma3    22:15|So advance on your land with a powerful army, and let
10Tovma3    22:18|Brooking no delay, he came with troops of Awshin to attack
10Tovma3    22:20|by coercion. So talk peace with me, and remove the veil
10Tovma3    22:20|prince Ashot, mild and overflowing with all virtues, acquiesced in the
10Tovma3    22:21|on the spot (called) Karkineank’ with a numerous army. Gurgēn spoke
10Tovma3    22:22|Ashot had a smaller force with him, he did not withdraw
10Tovma3    22:24|indissolubly linked to each other with mutual confidence and trust like
10Tovma3    22:24|ambitions. They, having no suspicions with regard to Apumruan, came to
10Tovma3    22:25|son of Sherep’; and others with them. With their baggage and
10Tovma3    22:25|Sherep’; and others with them. With their baggage and families they
10Tovma3    22:26|paid due service in accordance with the fitting custom of subjects
10Tovma3    22:28|Yisē (son of) Sheh, who with great delight won them to
10Tovma3    23:0|of Smbat, king of Armenia, with the princes of Gēorgia, Albania
10Tovma3    23:2|of Armenia by royal decree with the homage of the Armenians
10Tovma3    23:10|the rabble of foot soldiers with them. They say that the
10Tovma3    24:2|Vahuni, and others conspired together with Gagik to murder Apumruan, whereby
10Tovma3    24:2|when Apumruan arrived at Vantosp with the fugitives after the king
10Tovma3    24:3|nobles struck him from behind with their swords and slew him
10Tovma3    24:4|ruled over their native principality with great vigour, living thenceforth without
10Tovma3    24:7|taken to Ashot in accordance with princely custom, raising Gagik to
10Tovma3    24:7|the Byzantine emperors banners inscribed with the cross
10Tovma3    24:8|He endowed Gurgēn his brother with the position of governor in
10Tovma3    24:8|position of governor in accordance with the highest rank of the
10Tovma3    25:0|How with deceitful friendship Awshin plotted evil
10Tovma3    25:1|Ceaselessly he moved around, contending with all lands, never resting. In
10Tovma3    25:4|land, and filled the country with great joy as if they
10Tovma3    25:4|wicked desires in this fashion. With haughty mien he suddenly entered
10Tovma3    25:6|our three valiant brothers arrived with a small band of nobles
10Tovma3    25:6|down more than a few with the sword
10Tovma3    25:7|rested, returned to the attack with bows and lances. Some they
10Tovma3    26:8|sword of the Lord, filled with wrath, fall on Awshin and
10Tovma3    26:8|that beastly man became bloated with pus and horrible swelling, and
10Tovma3    26:8|horrible swelling, and was filled with bloody corruption. First of all
10Tovma3    26:8|bones and flesh were infected with incurable ulcers, and in the
10Tovma3    26:9|all the soldiers and captains with the entire army perished; and
10Tovma3    26:10|on meeting him, who brought with him an infinity of evils
10Tovma3    26:13|did not quench his thirst with water save by the merest
10Tovma3    26:13|and he satisfied his hunger with austere herbs
10Tovma3    26:16|feet of Saint Mashtots’. Bedewed with the latter’s learned instruction and
10Tovma3    26:16|disposition. He considered himself one with the common people, was foreign
10Tovma3    27:2|silversmith had enclosed the wood with pure and unalloyed silver seven
10Tovma3    27:3|miserable and wicked wretch, afflicted with the scourge of avarice. Penetrating
10Tovma3    27:7|one’s position, and covered it with pure silver more splendidly than
10Tovma3    28:3|Armenia, Gēorgia, and Albania came with the Armenian army to attack
10Tovma3    28:3|attack the land of Apahunik’. With the princes were also the
10Tovma3    28:9|of the news caught up with the king, and they turned
10Tovma3    28:10|being indifferent, but rather overflowing with benevolence, Ashot made peace proposals
10Tovma3    28:19|prince of Siunik’, came bringing with him the tribute
10Tovma3    28:20|Then he returned with many gifts and unparalleled joy
10Tovma3    29:1|At this point not with ready willingness do I continue
10Tovma3    29:11|affliction, I have consoled myself with consummate and incomparable joy, by
10Tovma3    29:13|world, his leaving the country with its numerous provinces and impregnable
10Tovma3    29:13|of the sun and moon, with the splendour of the stars
10Tovma3    29:15|sins, raising moanings and groanings with unbecoming sighs and great laments
10Tovma3    29:16|He beat his face with stones, shed torrents of tears
10Tovma3    29:16|from welling eyes, tore out with his nails his newly blooming
10Tovma3    29:16|his newly blooming beard resplendent with gold and adorned with flowers
10Tovma3    29:16|resplendent with gold and adorned with flowers, and insatiably performed further
10Tovma3    29:18|his couch, mingling his laments with repeated moans and groans
10Tovma3    29:20|affable love for each other with no thoughts of evil. They
10Tovma3    29:28|of the church. Gagik fortified with walls the hill at Ostan
10Tovma3    29:28|God, Mary, and embellished it with very valuable vessels. In it
10Tovma3    29:29|Saint Gēorge. He adorned it with similar embellishment, with a silver
10Tovma3    29:29|adorned it with similar embellishment, with a silver censer, worked in
10Tovma3    29:29|in choice silver and emblazoned with the sign of Christ’s cross
10Tovma3    29:31|come in the Father’s glory with the angels to the apostles
10Tovma3    29:32|banqueting halls decorated in gold, with verandahs, improving what had earlier
10Tovma3    29:33|the summit of the rock with easy access and egress, cemented
10Tovma3    29:33|easy access and egress, cemented with sand and lime
10Tovma3    29:35|splendid place of pleasure, surrounding with palatial buildings a hill from
10Tovma3    29:37|military attacks, which he enclosed with ramparts. He established there a
10Tovma3    29:38|not only was he concerned with its prosperity but he was
10Tovma3    29:39|With rapid step he made his
10Tovma3    29:40|the holy cross of salvation with gold studded with precious stones
10Tovma3    29:40|of salvation with gold studded with precious stones, and set the
10Tovma3    29:40|and set the wondrous rood with pearls; he fitted it into
10Tovma3    29:46|of the Nestorians and Chalcedonians, with the other duophysites, who in
10Tovma3    29:46|not in unity by nature with the Word. But the holy
10Tovma3    29:48|would be adored and worshipped with divine worshipwhich is most
10Tovma3    29:53|the insolence of the Phrygians, with valiant faith did they press
10Tovma3    29:53|faith did they press on with the house of God
10Tovma3    29:54|tower of the holy Sion with the other holy (buildings) dedicated
10Tovma3    29:55|an eminence on the promontory with graceful elegance his construction of
10Tovma3    29:56|These he splendidly adorned with very valuable vessels worked in
10Tovma3    29:56|vessels worked in gold, signed with the cross, and set with
10Tovma3    29:56|with the cross, and set with pearls and precious stones
10Tovma3    29:61|plain of Yush, combined forces with the turbulent occupants of the
10Tovma3    29:62|especially as they were filled with Satanic mischief, they raised a
10Tovma3    29:63|priests of the new covenant with their swords, to kill old
10Tovma3    29:63|kill old men and women with the sword, to march young
10Tovma3    29:63|was in great anguish, filled with terror at these calamities
10Tovma3    29:66|With steadfast faith he rapidly advanced
10Tovma3    29:66|He left his fortified position with a small force, the garrison
10Tovma3    29:66|the surface of the plain with bodies of killed and wounded
10Tovma3    29:69|the province of Mardastan. Attacking with the sword, they took captives
10Tovma3    29:73|sad news, he pursued them with one thousand men, fully armed
10Tovma3    29:75|The next morning with weary horses they attacked the
10Tovma3    29:75|too weak to gallop, but with seemly defiance they boldly attacked
10Tovma3    29:76|they fell on (the Armenians) with flailing swords and mercilessly butchered
10Tovma3    29:77|number being able to escape with difficulty. On that day, in
10Tovma4    1:2|demonstrated many acts of valour with the assistance of God, who
10Tovma4    1:4|by the assistance of God, with great bravery took the fortress
10Tovma4    1:5|Atrpatakan, over which he ruled with great magnificence
10Tovma4    1:10|enjoyed profound peace in accordance with the grace given him from
10Tovma4    1:12|But his eyes were covered with grease, like the blinded Israel
10Tovma4    1:18|when winter arrived in accordance with the changing of the seasons
10Tovma4    1:20|deceitful and treacherous friend, pregnant with impiety, begetter of destruction, wicked
10Tovma4    1:20|hell, furnace of sin, ignited with the fire of envy by
10Tovma4    1:20|Vaspurakan to spend the night with him in accordance with his
10Tovma4    1:20|night with him in accordance with his customary friendliness. The prince
10Tovma4    1:25|by his accomplices, had taken with him some strong and athletic
10Tovma4    1:27|gallop away. Then, striking him with the lance, they took the
10Tovma4    1:31|prophet, the wonderful Zechariah, and with him go up to a
10Tovma4    1:32|become silent, the great leader with his princely splendour has today
10Tovma4    1:33|plains, bitterly filled the land with sighs, laments, and flowing tears
10Tovma4    1:36|like a heavy thundercloud filled with wrath, especially over his own
10Tovma4    1:37|to suckle their infant children with their accustomed milk, having time
10Tovma4    1:38|beautiful as the sun, resounded with the beating of breasts and
10Tovma4    1:38|of breasts and foreheads and with shrill wailings
10Tovma4    1:40|low the high-flying eagle with his resounding and fearsome cry
10Tovma4    1:43|off her noble veil adorned with pearls, dressed herself in black
10Tovma4    1:45|moon, reaching its full measure, with the morning star and all
10Tovma4    1:47|together and broke their hearts with cruel laments
10Tovma4    1:49|decorated cushions and delighted us with the cup of hospitality
10Tovma4    1:50|hand that continuously embellished us with splendid adornment? Woe and alas
10Tovma4    1:53|and we shall hasten on with the course of this history
10Tovma4    2:1|young age he shone out with wonderful eclat among his brothers
10Tovma4    2:1|his principality like a man with the help of her father
10Tovma4    2:3|departed this world to sleep with her ancestors, leaving her children
10Tovma4    2:7|Then Apumruan came forward with a plan, for he wished
10Tovma4    2:9|leisure, he (Apumruan) summoned Ashot with his brothers to the castle
10Tovma4    2:10|had them imprisoned and guarded with great circumspection
10Tovma4    2:11|him the castle of Agarak with the province called Chakhuk, in
10Tovma4    2:13|Gurgēn and take him around with him, then again he would
10Tovma4    2:13|released Gurgēn, but was perplexed with regard to him, not knowing
10Tovma4    3:4|possessions to grant anyone, nor with princely authority could he impose
10Tovma4    3:4|grace of sweet modesty coupled with brave valour shone out over
10Tovma4    3:4|filling the hearts of all with hope
10Tovma4    3:6|favourable, he took his conspirators with him, attacked (Apumruan), and put
10Tovma4    3:7|master of his own inheritance with the dignity of prince
10Tovma4    3:10|castle that was fortified around with the power of God. It
10Tovma4    3:11|was a tall tower built with strong stones bonded in lead
10Tovma4    3:11|on secure bases set up with inconceivable strength and hope in
10Tovma4    3:12|was a rational sword, blazing with the power of the heavenly
10Tovma4    3:13|the paths of their feet. With fearsome summoning voice, through messengers
10Tovma4    3:15|illustrious on his father’s throne with victorious glory
10Tovma4    3:20|Ap’shin came to Armenia with a numberless armed force and
10Tovma4    3:23|he turned to attack Ashot with many threats, resentful of his
10Tovma4    3:24|Ashot took counsel with his brothers and all the
10Tovma4    3:25|went to Ap’shin, risking death. With protestations of friendship they engaged
10Tovma4    3:26|Ashot in great honour and with many fine gifts. But since
10Tovma4    3:27|breaking the pact of friendship (with Ap’shin). The latter pursued him
10Tovma4    3:28|in the land of Vaspurakan with a numberless host
10Tovma4    3:29|But Prince Ashot with his brothers and all his
10Tovma4    3:30|set mortal traps, being familiar with the wiles of Satan
10Tovma4    3:31|was called Sap’i, as governors with many cavalry in the great
10Tovma4    3:32|sent a eunuch named Yiwsr with a large army to wage
10Tovma4    3:32|large army to wage battle with the prince
10Tovma4    3:34|the emir crossed into Atrpatakan with great haste, leaving the two
10Tovma4    3:37|There he met with vengeance for the evils he
10Tovma4    3:37|spare him, but smote him with a painful ulcer through a
10Tovma4    3:37|he too received his end with cruel suffering
10Tovma4    3:41|no possibility of waging battle with cavalry, Hasan gathered troops and
10Tovma4    3:44|of Sevan, where Prince Ashot with his brothers hastily preceded him
10Tovma4    3:48|When battle was joined, Smbat with his army fled from the
10Tovma4    3:49|Ashot, prince of Vaspurakan, intervened with a few troops, and with
10Tovma4    3:49|with a few troops, and with much help from on high
10Tovma4    4:3|In such manner with prudent intelligence did Gagik, prince
10Tovma4    4:3|we mentioned above in accordance with our descriptive style, in the
10Tovma4    4:4|occupying the castle for himself with haughty insolence, supposing himself to
10Tovma4    4:7|hearts were not straight, neither with regard to the prince nor
10Tovma4    4:8|Apuhamza was audaciously going around with his sons causing devastation in
10Tovma4    4:8|captured him, they brought him with his sons before him. And
10Tovma4    4:11|the land had been pacified, with compassionate and joyful heart the
10Tovma4    4:11|Jłmar. For he loved him with a very affectionate and joyous
10Tovma4    4:14|latter’s, and the latter’s contiguous with the former’s
10Tovma4    4:15|and the Lord Almighty was with him
10Tovma4    4:18|land was completely frozen over with a covering of snow
10Tovma4    4:19|and nobles of the land with all the inhabitants fled, escaping
10Tovma4    4:21|that time it was swarming with men of the tribe called
10Tovma4    4:22|Artsrunik’ had struggled against them with mighty efforts, but had been
10Tovma4    4:23|So the castle of Amiuk with its province remained a great
10Tovma4    4:26|observe), at much expense and with numerous artisans he embellished the
10Tovma4    4:27|He completely fortified it with impregnably strong walls from the
10Tovma4    4:29|Sałamas. They made sworn oaths with each other to take vengeance
10Tovma4    4:30|God would prosper the battle with victory
10Tovma4    4:32|in giving to the poor with liberal heart; he was magnanimous
10Tovma4    4:34|He set off in pursuit with a few troops, and came
10Tovma4    4:35|for help. And in accordance with Scripture: “God is found ready
10Tovma4    4:35|the surface of the plain with fallen bodies densely packed together
10Tovma4    4:36|and honoured the victorious T’adēos with many outstanding gifts
10Tovma4    4:37|be organising the battle?” Struck with fear, they beat a retreat
10Tovma4    4:42|tribute. Not a few envoys with messages passed between them, but
10Tovma4    4:44|he then suddenly sent messengers with letters arid many promises to
10Tovma4    4:44|promises to summon the prince with many entreaties to meet him
10Tovma4    4:45|other, he honoured the prince with great eclat
10Tovma4    4:47|found him refined and endowed with charming modesty like gold tested
10Tovma4    4:50|of each one’s lands, beginning with the Medes and Persians, Judaea
10Tovma4    4:51|had fought, and surrounded him with warriors to observe him. He
10Tovma4    4:53|Vaspurakan, had made an alliance with the Persian ruler Yusup’, in
10Tovma4    4:53|jealousy he raged against him with profoundly evil intent. Smbat himself
10Tovma4    4:55|greatly angered, and attacked Armenia with an enormous armed host. He
10Tovma4    4:58|gold, artfully made and set with pearls and valuable precious stones
10Tovma4    4:59|him in a robe embroidered with gold, a girdle and sword
10Tovma4    4:59|a girdle and sword shining with golden ornament, which surpasses the
10Tovma4    4:60|on a horse splendidly caparisoned with a golden harness, shining like
10Tovma4    4:61|the whole land of Armenia with its grand cities and all
10Tovma4    4:64|honoured by the (caliph’s) court with the dignity of wearing a
10Tovma4    4:66|court accompanied by numerous troops with orders to cross into Atrpatakan
10Tovma4    4:67|court, and honoured King Gagik with a second glory even greater
10Tovma4    4:67|name of the caliph and with letters filled with friendship to
10Tovma4    4:67|caliph and with letters filled with friendship to lend them his
10Tovma4    4:69|With the award of such a
10Tovma4    4:71|The monarch wept for him with great lament for forty days
10Tovma4    4:71|life; he lifted himself up with brave fortitude and perfect knowledge
10Tovma4    4:72|He offered masses and sacrifices with myriad treasures to provide for
10Tovma4    4:72|knowledge, and especially in accordance with the preaching of the saints
10Tovma4    4:73|to be observed continually and with unfailing commemoration for his brother
10Tovma4    4:74|raised your soul to life with mine
10Tovma4    4:75|king himself, armed and adorned with incomparable valour, ruled as monarch
10Tovma4    5:2|and Georgia, and having made (with him) a peace treaty, he
10Tovma4    5:3|existence, suddenly royal messengers arrived with orders that he should go
10Tovma4    5:4|He set off with a numberless host of troops
10Tovma4    6:3|if the fool is sated with bread, he will act likewise
10Tovma4    7:2|fictitious accounts; but having seen with my eyes, heard with my
10Tovma4    7:2|seen with my eyes, heard with my ears, and touched with
10Tovma4    7:2|with my ears, and touched with my hands, I recount for
10Tovma4    7:4|artisans in order to fortify with walls the summits of hills
10Tovma4    7:5|name, (Gagik) was especially pleased with two places and watched over
10Tovma4    7:6|It flourished with fruit-bearing trees, and was
10Tovma4    7:6|bearing trees, and was graced with many vineyards. Sweet springs flowed
10Tovma4    7:9|the side by the lake with massive stones, placing the foundation
10Tovma4    7:9|for gatherings which was decorated with gold and various colours, so
10Tovma4    8:2|have been described) by others with unerring indications. These we have
10Tovma4    8:2|visited in person and seen with our own eyes, travelling to
10Tovma4    8:3|captivity the land of Palestine with the high priest Hyrcanus, and
10Tovma4    8:5|amazingly constructed, fearsome and adorned with very high and broad-based
10Tovma4    8:5|had in them deep niches with pleasure seats, where the king
10Tovma4    8:5|king often took his ease with his sons and noble courtiers
10Tovma4    8:6|behold, solidly fixed, and strengthened with nails. In this way he
10Tovma4    8:8|king in his wise understanding, with many artisans took up the
10Tovma4    8:12|had domes like heaven, ornamented with gold and shining with light
10Tovma4    8:12|ornamented with gold and shining with light. If anyone wished to
10Tovma4    8:14|There are bands of men with drawn swords and wrestling matches
10Tovma4    8:14|and flocks of birds adorned with various plumage. If anyone wished
10Tovma4    8:14|and flocks of birds adorned with various plumage. If anyone wished
10Tovma4    8:15|been fitted that are inlaid with detailed ornament and amazing decoration
10Tovma4    8:17|He (Gagik) also walled with unassailable strength the summit of
10Tovma4    9:2|some onto others, and slaughtered with his wise sword thousands and
10Tovma4    9:3|captured and destroyed many provinces with their castles
10Tovma4    9:4|of the holy church, forming (with them) a temple of glory
10Tovma4    9:6|true likeness (the figures) beginning with Abraham and David down to
10Tovma4    9:7|detailed sections, depicting grapevines interlaced with vintagers, and wild beasts and
10Tovma4    9:7|whose forms reproduced their kinds with the various differences according to
10Tovma4    9:9|image of King Gagik, who with proud faith raises the church
10Tovma4    9:9|or a golden box filled with perfume; he stands in front
10Tovma4    9:11|church is set a gallery with a vaulted staircase going down
10Tovma4    9:11|public, where he may converse with God privately and undisturbed
10Tovma4    9:12|the wonderful holy of holies with elegant paintings and with silver
10Tovma4    9:12|holies with elegant paintings and with silver doors; it is filled
10Tovma4    9:12|silver doors; it is filled with gilt ornaments, with images encased
10Tovma4    9:12|is filled with gilt ornaments, with images encased in gold and
10Tovma4    9:12|stones and pearl ornaments, and with various notable and splendid vessels
10Tovma4    9:15|Embellishing the day of dedication with groups of bishops and princes
10Tovma4    9:15|a great and joyous festival with grandiose splendour to be remembered
10Tovma4    10:0|Concerning the great war with the Arab at the gates
10Tovma4    10:2|in warfare and military deeds, with haughty arrogance puffed himself up
10Tovma4    10:4|bonds) of related blood, came with a numerous force to seek
10Tovma4    10:6|in warfare, fell upon him with a few troops and put
10Tovma4    10:7|returned to the city victoriously with much booty
10Tovma4    10:10|prophetically named, for as if with pure wine it intoxicated and
10Tovma4    10:12|Then the king with calm heart and tranquil courage
10Tovma4    10:13|in suitable fashion. The armies, with drawn swords, straightaway came to
10Tovma4    10:14|of the hill of Gēn with groups of priests, held aloft
10Tovma4    10:17|city from end to end with the surrounding countryside. But the
10Tovma4    11:2|who were brave warriors armed with lances, and trampled them down
10Tovma4    11:2|Armenian horses. Setting on them with the sword, they slaughtered about
10Tovma4    12:1|womb he had filled him with the spirit of wisdom
10Tovma4    12:3|and believe good news, shone with a luminous colour
10Tovma4    12:8|decoration of coloured gems interwoven with pearls on the head, breast
10Tovma4    12:16|a sweet-smelling garden, filled with resplendent flowers
10Tovma4    12:17|he was a verdant plant with golden leaves, full of divinely
10Tovma4    13:1|the greatest and the least with famine, sword, and captivity
10Tovma4    13:2|had fallen into decline; and with difficulty did they control the
10Tovma4    13:10|men, and he adorned it with many monks and heavenly ranks
10Tovma4    13:14|his father. The Greeks, filled with divine love, had compassion for
10Tovma4    13:15|and moved into Greek territory with fourteen thousand men, not including
10Tovma4    13:18|and the habitations he burned with fire. The same he did
10Tovma4    13:22|receive the crown of martyrdom with many elect men in the
10Tovma4    13:23|of God, and was filled with wisdom and the Holy Spirit
10Tovma4    13:23|intelligence, and had filled him with the fear of God
10Tovma4    13:25|distinguished and of tall stature, with curly hair and fine appearance
10Tovma4    13:26|of the Lord. In accordance with her name she was devoted
10Tovma4    13:28|virgin Hṙip’simē, the scarf tinged with the holy blood, the arm
10Tovma4    13:28|of life-giving blood, mounted with gold and pearls, which the
10Tovma4    13:32|his life in peace, filled with wisdom and understanding
10Tovma4    13:37|peaceably, and strove for peace with everyone. He gave his property
10Tovma4    13:38|chose one, named Dawit’as with Jesse of Bethlehem, of whose
10Tovma4    13:38|David. And he blessed him with unsurpassable blessing forever and ever
10Tovma4    13:42|prayer and strict asceticism, warring with brave and valiant endurance against
10Tovma4    13:42|endurance against the devil; armed with weapons and armour, by hunger
10Tovma4    13:42|the artful enemy, in accordance with the apostolic saying of Paul
10Tovma4    13:42|We do not have combat with flesh and with blood, but
10Tovma4    13:42|have combat with flesh and with blood, but with principalities and
10Tovma4    13:42|flesh and with blood, but with principalities and powers and with
10Tovma4    13:42|with principalities and powers and with the governors of this dark
10Tovma4    13:42|of this dark (region) and with evil spirits under heaven
10Tovma4    13:46|virgin holy and brave, who with his lance protected the Lord’s
10Tovma4    13:47|He resembled Aaron with his robe and ephod decorated
10Tovma4    13:47|his robe and ephod decorated with twelve pearls, in accordance with
10Tovma4    13:47|with twelve pearls, in accordance with the number of the holy
10Tovma4    13:48|mother was nourished by angels with fire, and who through his
10Tovma4    13:60|and well praised: one, endowed with spiritual and wordly riches, succeeded
10Tovma4    13:60|and daughters he saw (endowed) with glory and honours
10Tovma4    13:61|good old age fell asleep with his father, and was buried
10Tovma4    13:63|to blow ever more strongly with bitterly cold air, and green
10Tovma4    13:65|were destroyed he renewed again with much effort
10Tovma4    13:67|by God’s grace and filled with wisdom. By various means he
10Tovma4    13:67|he survived and made peace with his implacable enemies, the race
10Tovma4    13:69|his goods or possessions, but with eager heart he gave his
10Tovma4    13:69|organising cavalry and providing them with stipends. Thus he made peace
10Tovma4    13:69|stipends. Thus he made peace with everyone, according to the saying
10Tovma4    13:70|ark. For the latter had with him chosen deer and other
10Tovma4    13:70|animals, while the former had with him nobles, free men and
10Tovma4    13:72|the Artsrunik’. He strengthened him with invincible power, like the impregnable
10Tovma4    13:72|knowledge he strove for peace with everyone, that perchance life might
10Tovma4    13:76|all impiety. He contented himself with the sweat of his face
10Tovma4    13:78|or the sweet-smelling rose with its multicoloured beauty that reveals
10Tovma4    13:80|Praise and ceaseless glorification with worship, now and always and
10Tovma4    13:81|and knowledgeable vardapet T’ovmay wrote with accuracy, beginning from Adam down
10Tovma4    13:81|descending order detail by detail with much labour in his true
10Tovma4    13:81|endured many efforts and labours with wars against the Muslims, and
10Tovma4    13:83|of the poor and endowed with divine gifts. (It was copied
10Tovma4    13:83|worthy vardapet, Lord Step’anos, dignified with the archi(episcopal) rank, who
10Tovma4    13:90|certain man, renowned and adorned with divine glory, noble and of
10Tovma4    13:94|have the time to confirm with his own hands Zak’aria on
10Tovma4    13:96|responsible for) many constructions. Filled with God’s Spirit, he built in
10Tovma4    13:96|the General, which he adorned with many furnishings. He also built
10Tovma4    13:97|chapel), finely worked and bound with mortar, bringing its stones from
10Tovma4    13:97|from the land of Khlat’ with much labour over the deep
10Tovma4    13:101|Numerous bishops, monks, and priests with large congregations, by prayer and
10Tovma4    13:103|to the Muslims, mixing milk with their blood. Many monasteries and
10Tovma4    13:103|monasteries and churches were beset with great distress and misery, because
10Tovma4    13:104|the holy patriarch Lord Zak’aria. With a good confession and orthodox
10Tovma4    13:107|noon, like a cloud gleaming with lightning, or like rays of
10Tovma4    13:108|With his two handsome full brothers
10Tovma4    13:110|With much affliction and pain, with
10Tovma4    13:110|With much affliction and pain, with ceaseless comings and goings, much
10Tovma4    13:112|merciful God, who is liberal with good gifts and brings peace
10Tovma4    13:114|to an advanced old age with many years of life, together
10Tovma4    13:114|many years of life, together with his brothers and their sons
11Asogh1    1:2|Being) honored us not only with reason, (decorating) us among rational
11Asogh1    1:2|but also adorned our appearance with its ugly image with his
11Asogh1    1:2|appearance with its ugly image with his divine image (so that
11Asogh1    1:2|divine image (so that we) with our tireless thought (could) reach
11Asogh1    1:6|With the help of the same
11Asogh1    1:7|With the help of the light
11Asogh1    1:8|past and foretell the future with the help of the grace
11Asogh1    2:7|of nature, and (in general) with his blamelessness he was pleasing
11Asogh1    3:1|son Smbat (reigned) for [24] years with the permission of the Greek
11Asogh1    3:1|of the whole state, generous with gifts, in the distribution of
11Asogh1    3:5|in this divine abode (imbued with) one faith, it devoted itself
11Asogh1    3:13|in the village of Shirakawan with a high dome and walls
11Asogh1    3:15|Then he started a war with Ahmad, who defeated him and
11Asogh1    3:15|forced him to take flight with great loss
11Asogh1    3:16|at the friendship of Smbat with the Greek emperor, and therefore
11Asogh1    3:16|of Kars, captured the nobles with their wives and children and
11Asogh1    3:18|Afshin, who (however) received him with great honors and released all
11Asogh1    3:18|released all the captured Armenians with him
11Asogh1    3:20|to settle down and abound (with all the benefits) as before
11Asogh1    4:2|wrote a letter, which, along with gifts, he sent to the
11Asogh1    4:2|to the Caliph of Babylon (with a request) - to free him
11Asogh1    4:5|to Dvin. Smbat overtakes him with great strength, and Yusuf in
11Asogh1    4:6|subjugated him under his rule (with the assistance of the Iberian
11Asogh1    4:6|Smbat, broke off friendly relations with him and began to harbor
11Asogh1    4:7|The wicked Saj with contempt broke away from the
11Asogh1    4:8|Smbat, (remembering his friendly alliance with Yusuf), involuntarily sends a large
11Asogh1    4:9|gathered a large army and with the greatest threats went to
11Asogh1    4:10|son of Shapuh’s brother Smbat, with all his troops, leaving (thus
11Asogh1    4:10|leaving (thus) King Smbat, looking with envy at the prosperity of
11Asogh1    4:11|having learned their insidious plan, with the Armenian rulers, accompanied by
11Asogh1    4:12|and, having started a battle with the Kua fortress, took it
11Asogh1    4:13|With the onset of the next
11Asogh1    4:13|Yusuf again went to Armenia with a larger army
11Asogh1    4:14|the Nig district by Smbat with the whole army and with
11Asogh1    4:14|with the whole army and with his two sons, Ashot and
11Asogh1    4:17|of the nobles who remained with him, taking a wand in
11Asogh1    4:17|Saj Yusuf, who, (taking) him with him, went on a campaign
11Asogh1    4:17|wives of the nobles settled with their treasures
11Asogh1    5:2|saving life, kindled their minds with divine fire, and directed them
11Asogh1    5:3|him from death, he thought with a promise of (earthly) greatness
11Asogh1    5:4|But Michael, with a cry and tears, turned
11Asogh1    5:5|their necks, kissed them and with flattering speeches urged them to
11Asogh1    5:6|But they, inflamed with divine love, boldly confessed the
11Asogh1    5:7|ordered them to be killed with a sword
11Asogh1    5:8|They, with tearful supplications to God, asked
11Asogh1    5:9|both of them were crowned with a bloody wreath
11Asogh1    5:10|They defeated the evil one with impeccable faith, cut off the
11Asogh1    5:11|this life they covered themselves with shame and died in poverty
11Asogh1    5:15|the Vaspurakan country to Assyria, (with the intention of staying there
11Asogh1    5:17|years in Armenia, devastated it with a sword, hunger and captivity
11Asogh1    7:2|victories to the surrounding countries with extraordinary vigor
11Asogh1    7:4|He came with countless hordes to the banks
11Asogh1    7:4|banks of the Kura River with the intention of devastating our
11Asogh1    7:5|ambassador to the Armenian king (with an order) not to consecrate
11Asogh1    7:5|hewn stones, (a church completed) with a magnificent dome, painted like
11Asogh1    7:9|horse; put on armor and, with a double-edged sword in
11Asogh1    7:9|river and began to strike with a powerful hand. He overturned
11Asogh1    7:9|hand. He overturned (enemy soldiers) with their half-dead horses, for
11Asogh1    7:10|The Armenian troops, with extraordinary speed, set off in
11Asogh1    7:12|Abkhaz ransomed their blinded prince with the price of gold and
11Asogh1    7:12|the price of gold and, with an oath, confirmed the vow
11Asogh1    7:12|confirmed the vow of peace with the Armenians that from now
11Asogh1    7:14|to live in harmony, imbued with Christian love, gathered
11Asogh1    7:15|Council of Chalcedon and brought with him the miraculous cross of
11Asogh1    7:16|cross. Even now we see with our own eyes how many
11Asogh1    7:18|the sophist Samuel, generously endowed with the understanding of sacred books
11Asogh1    7:19|of the Greeks") Yovhannes, adorned with all the virtues, and even
11Asogh1    7:19|the virtues, and even more with the charm of mercy; for
11Asogh1    7:19|mercy and virtue, when meeting with the poor, he gave everything
11Asogh1    7:20|mentioned principles: a magnificent monastery (with brothers), versed in the Scriptures
11Asogh1    7:20|where the service was celebrated with solemnity with a large choir
11Asogh1    7:20|service was celebrated with solemnity with a large choir of singers
11Asogh1    7:21|spent his nights in psalmody with outstretched hands, and his days
11Asogh1    7:22|Barsekh (Basil), who was everything with everyone, satisfying the needs of
11Asogh1    7:22|the duty of the abbot with an extraordinary mind and knowledge
11Asogh1    7:23|ascetics gathered around him, adorned with humility, doomed themselves to dry
11Asogh1    7:23|day and quenched their thirst with plain water only on Saturdays
11Asogh1    7:23|Sundays. I happened to be with these men during the Great
11Asogh1    7:23|in memory (of my stay with them) with the exact possible
11Asogh1    7:23|of my stay with them) with the exact possible designation of
11Asogh1    7:24|him: a well-maintained monastery, with numerous brothers from men, adorned
11Asogh1    7:24|numerous brothers from men, adorned with wisdom
11Asogh1    7:28|in uninhabited places they lived with animals, refusing food and (often
11Asogh1    7:31|that there is a dragon with deadly breath. But he, relying
11Asogh1    7:32|With the onset of morning, the
11Asogh1    7:34|divine law; Grigor, a priest with abundant speech in preaching the
11Asogh1    7:34|Barsech), nicknamed the Inspired One, with an apostolic gift in words
11Asogh1    7:36|I saw in my youth with my own eyes and reveled
11Asogh1    7:37|and (therefore) they are baptized with human death
11Asogh1    7:41|Emperor Constantine sent demeslikos Chmshkik with a large army near Karin
11Asogh1    8:3|was peaceful; he surpassed everyone with his meekness and mercy, for
11Asogh1    8:4|them from his cup filled with the royal drink and drank
11Asogh1    8:4|rest of the wine mixed with the pus from their ulcers
11Asogh1    8:11|He started a correspondence with the followers of the Council
11Asogh1    8:11|of the Council of Chalcedon, with whom he wanted to get
11Asogh1    8:13|Then the cathedral, with the consent of Shahanshah Ashot
11Asogh1    8:19|the patrick Kwir-Zhan, who with their power terrified all the
11Asogh1    8:21|in Constantinople and Kiwr-Zan with all his troops appeared on
11Asogh1    8:23|brother) Nikephoros, came to Apahunik with a large army, surrounded the
11Asogh1    8:24|killed Nikephoros in the palace with the treacherous assistance of the
11Asogh1    8:25|land of the Sebasteia, who, with the help of the Ruz
11Asogh1    8:26|The king with all the Armenian infantry remained
11Asogh1    8:26|who stood face to face with the king and marched against
11Asogh1    8:27|from a very young age, with his courageous exploits, amazed many
11Asogh1    8:27|reigned, voluntarily submitted to him, with the obligation to pay tribute
11Asogh1    9:3|church of hewn stone, bound with iron, with a dome painted
11Asogh1    9:3|hewn stone, bound with iron, with a dome painted like the
11Asogh1    9:3|dome painted like the sky, with three other churches of similar
11Asogh1    9:3|marvelously beautiful architecture, providing them with luxurious, with purple designs, gold
11Asogh1    9:3|architecture, providing them with luxurious, with purple designs, gold-woven and
11Asogh1    9:3|commandments of the prophets, along with the creations of all the
11Asogh1    9:4|the cross of Christ, who, with a weak word, but with
11Asogh1    9:4|with a weak word, but with great knowledge, explained the mind
11Asogh1    9:6|man equal to the first with extensive knowledge
11Asogh1    9:7|the Nig district (Ayrarat province), with the father of Jeremiah, an
11Asogh1    10:1|city and began a battle with the garrison, where Abutalhab (Abu
11Asogh1    10:1|of Hamtun, was located. [400] horsemen with drawn swords came out through
11Asogh1    11:0|construction of the Ani wall with the church; about the arrival
11Asogh1    11:2|it of stone and lime with stone towers: it was far
11Asogh1    11:2|entire space of the city, with a gate of cedar wood
11Asogh1    11:2|gate of cedar wood, reinforced with thick iron nails
11Asogh1    11:3|the same city of Ani with the assistance of the architect
11Asogh1    11:5|this Smbat started a war with his cousin (paternal) Mushegh, who
11Asogh1    11:6|this, the Tayk’s kouropalates David with all the Iberian troops went
11Asogh1    11:7|and they, having made peace with him, did not cause the
11Asogh1    12:2|from the dome of Shoghakat with lasso in [431=982]; as a result
11Asogh1    12:3|He waged war with the Goghtn Amir Abutlup and
11Asogh1    12:4|After that, Ablhaj with all his household wandered around
11Asogh1    13:1|Abutlup, the Amir of Gokhtn, with [905] Khazik infantrymen ... came to the
11Asogh1    13:2|went out to meet them with the whole army
11Asogh1    14:2|Bithynia, without ceasing to fight with King Basil for [4] years and
11Asogh1    14:2|and stain the whole country with blood
11Asogh1    14:3|Byzantium, Thrace and Macedonian troops with all the Western nations, sent
11Asogh1    14:8|devastated the district of Taron with a sword and captivity, plundering
11Asogh1    15:1|the kouropalates of Tayk David, with a proposal to pass to
11Asogh1    15:2|prince of princes Jojik, sent with Tornik to the war against
11Asogh1    15:4|western Greek army and, together with the Iberian troops, sent Bardas
11Asogh1    15:4|sent Bardas against the tyrant with two camps
11Asogh1    15:5|The tiran entered into battle with one of these camps and
11Asogh1    15:7|Amir of Baghdad, Ibn Xosrov, with whom he had previously been
11Asogh1    15:11|surprise, they seized him along with his nobles and presented him
11Asogh1    16:1|Ibn Xosrov with his wisdom, equal (wisdom) to
11Asogh1    16:1|By order, he took cities, with a word he drove the
11Asogh1    16:2|ordered them to be smeared with oil, set on fire and
11Asogh1    16:4|reminds him of Samson, who, with three hundred foxes, set fire
11Asogh1    16:8|the Lord, Ibn Xosrov (once) with burning wax candles himself personally
11Asogh1    16:8|wings of the doves, (smeared) with oil, he let them fly
11Asogh1    16:10|to mint a coin) silver with an admixture of copper and
11Asogh1    17:5|also in the city itself with the onset of twilight, so
11Asogh1    17:7|and eggs, he was content with only bread and vegetables on
11Asogh1    17:9|called Shirim, which he circled with a wide granite wall in
11Asogh1    17:10|famous throughout Armenia, as rector with his two brothers - Yovhannes and
11Asogh1    17:10|kindred both in soul and with the same faith in God
11Asogh1    17:11|Holy Trinity and glorified it with piety. They shone with the
11Asogh1    17:11|it with piety. They shone with the three virtues: deed, temperance
11Asogh1    18:1|tribute (required by him) along with large gifts, (forced him) to
11Asogh1    19:1|of) Rovid, was again inflamed with anger against the land of
11Asogh1    19:4|to the Amir of Aterpatakan with a promise to cede the
11Asogh1    19:7|right border of the country with the onset of morning, the
11Asogh1    19:7|to the left; he himself, with a (third) and larger detachment
11Asogh1    19:12|Khachik, concluded an oath agreement with him to live in peace
11Asogh1    20:1|them the opportunity to deal with) the organization of the country
11Asogh1    20:3|their faith. The latter, armed with cruelty, began to torture the
11Asogh1    20:5|happened in [435=986]. Other unremarkable priests with two bishops of Sebasteia and
11Asogh1    20:5|and Larissa, Sion and Yovhannes, with the efforts of the metropolitan
11Asogh1    20:7|that, the mentioned metropolitan, together with other metropolitans, began to write
11Asogh1    20:8|Reciprocal objections to them, filled with strong arguments, were written by
11Asogh1    21:1|message, although he was covered with shame, did not give up
11Asogh1    21:3|Sebasteiaia burned it, overlaying it with brushwood and straw
11Asogh1    21:4|Basil led both of them with his regiments of guards to
11Asogh1    21:5|the whole Sebasteia country, rebelled with a cruel war against the
11Asogh1    22:2|He went with a dense military force and
11Asogh1    22:3|these were impassable places covered with bushes
11Asogh1    22:4|Thus surrounding the king with all his army, they put
11Asogh1    22:5|The whole (Greek) cavalry, with all the belongings and palace
11Asogh1    23:3|of Baghdad, he released him with his entourage, (providing) with weapons
11Asogh1    23:3|him with his entourage, (providing) with weapons, clothes and horses. A
11Asogh1    23:5|Amir of Apahunik’s and Nprkert, with all the desert Arabians, expressed
11Asogh1    24:2|sent ambassadors to the latter with the (following) deceitful offer: “come
11Asogh1    24:3|the Arab troops that were with him. But when they met
11Asogh1    24:3|to the fortress of Geravs with an armed escort
11Asogh1    24:7|having concluded a peace treaty with King Basil, at night transferred
11Asogh1    24:8|side of the city, warships with torches moved to the fortress
11Asogh1    25:1|personally went to the seashore with all the Greek troops
11Asogh1    25:2|With the onset of the next
11Asogh1    26:4|there (at that time), who, with surprising consideration, drew up a
11Asogh1    26:5|Of those deposited along with Phokas Bardas, there were still
11Asogh1    27:6|king of Kars, young Abas, with his detachment, dressed in red
11Asogh1    28:1|the Armenian Smbat were crowned with success both inside and outside
11Asogh1    28:4|during matins, prayed in church with (other) people. He went out
11Asogh1    28:5|his eyes, then wrap him with straw and reeds and set
11Asogh1    28:7|king, having learned this, burned with anger, ordered the charred body
11Asogh1    28:8|With the dawn of the next
11Asogh1    28:9|Armenian troops to help Salar (with the order) to elevate his
11Asogh1    28:10|sister’s daughter as his wife. - With all these atrocities, he angered
11Asogh1    29:5|the church begun by Smbat, with high arches and a dome
11Asogh1    29:5|heavenly vault. She provided her with patterned gold-woven purple robes
11Asogh1    29:6|Gagik, David son of Gurgen with his brother Smbat owned (at
11Asogh1    29:6|conquering the Amir of Tiflis with his city
11Asogh1    29:9|destroyed part of his army with a sword, and drowned the
11Asogh1    29:11|died a terrible death, and with him his generation ceased
11Asogh1    31:8|image of God, he, adorned with humility, did not stop giving
11Asogh1    31:8|did not stop giving alms with a generous hand; he spent
11Asogh1    31:8|and observed the holy fasts with all strictness; he dressed according
11Asogh1    32:2|Prince of Taron, master Grigor, with an army against the Bulgars
11Asogh1    32:3|The emperor also left with Grigor the Hanjit prince Sahak
11Asogh1    32:3|of Habel, who repeatedly fought with the Bulkhaars. The Sebasteia army
11Asogh1    32:4|his son); but he died with all his army in the
11Asogh1    32:4|war, where Sahak, who was with him, was also taken prisoner
11Asogh1    33:2|them more than one battle with extraordinary courage, but finally the
11Asogh1    33:3|Thus, the war with the Bulgars dragged on for
11Asogh1    34:2|came out to meet him with a small detachment and, not
11Asogh1    34:7|personally came to that place with the troops. The Egyptians, informed
11Asogh1    35:3|voice (of God) could see with their own eyes and (learn
11Asogh1    35:4|smoke, rising, filled the air with itself
11Asogh1    35:6|The fortress of Balu with its buildings and the mountain
11Asogh1    36:2|the son of Nabopollasar surrounded with a wall in the course
11Asogh1    36:2|of [15] years and which now, with a change of place, at
11Asogh1    36:2|the environs of Syrian Antioch with the intention of devastating them
11Asogh1    36:4|and defeated the Greek army with arrows from hard bows, pointed
11Asogh1    36:5|Here Master Dalasanos perished with his brother and son; part
11Asogh1    36:5|and most of it, together with Patrick Chortuanel, the nephew (by
11Asogh1    37:0|Manazkert; parish of Mamlan; meeting with kouropalates David
11Asogh1    37:1|Bat, died in a battle with the desert Arabians, whose place
11Asogh1    37:2|and forced him to surrender with hunger and sword. He led
11Asogh1    37:2|go and filled the city with inhabitants from Armenians and Iberians
11Asogh1    37:3|ambassadors to David the kouropalates with a proposal to return the
11Asogh1    37:4|a large army and, together with Mamlan, the Amir of Atrpatakan
11Asogh1    38:2|Abumsar, having sent his brother with an army, occupied the city
11Asogh1    38:4|the Amir, who was pierced with a spear and killed at
11Asogh1    39:8|on them and exterminating them with the blade of the sword
11Asogh1    40:2|and Mars (Medes), he thought, with the help of the Amir
11Asogh1    40:3|within the limits of Her, with a huge horde and a
11Asogh1    40:10|to God, and all Christians with tearful prayers called on Him
11Asogh1    40:11|The kings with a generous hand distributed alms
11Asogh1    40:11|to the poor and, together with the patriarch, spent the nights
11Asogh1    40:16|arrogance, sent ambassadors to them (with a proposal): “Willingly or not
11Asogh1    40:19|forgetting about their kings and with one voice calling on the
11Asogh1    40:20|kind and seniority, like lions with a roar, they rushed at
11Asogh1    40:24|into the crowd of enemies) with extraordinary force, like a blow
11Asogh1    40:24|blow, cut the (enemy) rider with his horse in half
11Asogh1    40:25|in different directions and, meeting with the Tayk warriors, amazed, fell
11Asogh1    40:27|Then the terrified Mamlan with the remaining Persians hastened to
11Asogh1    40:29|took the enemy’s camp filled with great treasures, horses and rich
11Asogh1    40:31|Therefore, with great joy, each of them
11Asogh1    42:2|With meekness and peaceful disposition, he
11Asogh1    42:6|call (his flock to prayer) with a blow on the board
11Asogh1    42:8|Erez, whom (the emperor) honored with royal gifts, conferring on him
11Asogh1    42:12|of them on foot, armed with spears and shields, whom King
11Asogh1    42:14|of the Vanand Abas, adorned with the sign of military prowess
11Asogh1    42:15|The emperor, delighted with their arrival, gave them a
11Asogh1    42:15|reception and, having presented them with horses, mules, rich clothes and
11Asogh1    42:19|rest of the Tayk’s nobles with him to settle them in
11Asogh1    43:1|and attacked the Tayk’ country with all his army, took possession
11Asogh1    43:3|ordered the master, named Kanikl, with all the Greek troops to
11Asogh1    43:4|Then Kanikl entered into negotiations with Gurgen, saying that the emperor
11Asogh1    45:1|The ancestry, which, with the sons of Senekerim, the
11Asogh1    45:6|The emperor generously rewarded them with royal gifts, gold and silver
11Asogh1    46:2|it) from hewn stone, decorated with fine carvings, with windows letting
11Asogh1    46:2|stone, decorated with fine carvings, with windows letting in (big) light
11Asogh1    46:2|windows letting in (big) light, with three entrances, and completed it
11Asogh1    46:2|three entrances, and completed it with a marvelous dome like a
11Asogh1    47:0|the princes of Parisos ceases with the death (of its last
11Asogh1    47:1|until Senekerim and Grigor, ceased with the death of the latter
11Asogh1    47:2|Gagik, who was at enmity with each other, and the Amir
11Asogh1    48:2|illuminated all the sensual valley with the sensual sun, (bringing behind
11Asogh1    48:2|the zenith. The sages, filled with divine wisdom, calculated and divided
11Asogh1    48:7|so that when you unite with the hosts of the incorporeal
11Asogh1    48:7|incorporeal, I, having received forgiveness with you (from God), may be
12Last1    1:1|And the country was filled with impiety
12Last1    1:12|of his reign, came forth with a large army, and reached
12Last1    1:13|everyone was honored by him with generous gifts according to his
12Last1    1:14|the psalmist David was fulfilled with regard to them, thatIn
12Last1    1:16|God requited them in accordance with their deeds
12Last1    1:17|liverather they were met with premature death and were eliminated
12Last1    1:22|he went and concerned himself with (matters in) the western parts
12Last1    1:23|did not reconcile themselves one with the other, surrendered, going to
12Last1    1:24|stand” [Mark 3.14]. Such was the case with the country of the Bulgars
12Last1    2:1|Sargis who had been nourished with holiness in the bosom of
12Last1    2:2|they summoned (Sargis) in accordance with his merits, and seated him
12Last1    2:3|in a marvellous style, beginning with the first man and concluding
12Last1    2:3|the first man and concluding with the death of Gagik, about
12Last1    2:4|the horn of the Church with orthodox confession
12Last1    2:5|Those who look upon us with distrust (would be) humiliated by
12Last1    2:8|They fell into disagreement with each other regarding the division
12Last1    2:11|Now the princes who were with (Smbat) quickly took to flight
12Last1    2:11|to the gate of Ani with corpses
12Last1    2:17|emperor came to the East with a large army
12Last1    2:22|to scorch its beautiful estates with fire, and to loot its
12Last1    2:23|lake called Paghakac’is, and clashed with a frightful roar
12Last1    2:25|praiseworthy individual and slew him with swords, (an act) which caused
12Last1    2:26|Now Georgi went with his troops and secured himself
12Last1    2:26|of the land, commanding them with a wrathful order not to
12Last1    2:27|palaces which had been constructed with very great expense and with
12Last1    2:27|with very great expense and with the craft of architects, (creating
12Last1    2:30|fell, their white hairs stained with blood; the youths stabbed to
12Last1    2:30|the youths stabbed to death with swords, the countless incalculable eyes
12Last1    2:31|lesson befell them and those with them, deservedly
12Last1    2:33|that the mothers’ milk mingled with the babies’ blood. Yet others
12Last1    2:37|bless the waters in accordance with our (Armenian) canons, while the
12Last1    2:37|were to celebrate) in accordance with their canons
12Last1    3:5|know for sure, and saw with my own eyes, that those
12Last1    3:6|rebelled against him, and took with him almost all the Byzantines
12Last1    3:6|army from the Georgian Curopalate. With these troops (Basil) struck at
12Last1    3:6|relative, Nicephor) Phocas was infected with the same disease, and ruled
12Last1    3:7|Basil with only [4,000] men crossed the sea
12Last1    3:9|time was united in counsel with the rebels, and loyal to
12Last1    3:11|they followed after the emperor with their feet, nonetheless, in word
12Last1    3:11|and thought they were one with the rebels. (Basil) did as
12Last1    4:0|he was demanding three fortresses with their estates from him, (territories
12Last1    4:1|who went and deceived Georgi with convincing words. (Georgi) then consented
12Last1    4:4|camp at Salk’ora and went with his troops to the forward
12Last1    4:4|yet encamped or secured themselves with a rampart, he attempted the
12Last1    4:4|as an emissary, then he, with the troops, proceeded after the
12Last1    4:6|The survivors, together with their king, fled to the
12Last1    4:9|While (Basil) was occupied with this proposalsince the entire
12Last1    4:9|suddenly the sky became thick with clouds, and torrents of rain
12Last1    4:10|With the prolongation of the snowstorm
12Last1    4:11|mercy” [Isaiah 47.6]. Consequently, they were tormented with the bitter cold, not on
12Last1    4:11|been in Moses’ dayafflicted with hail and drizzling rainquite
12Last1    4:11|rainquite out of keeping with the nature of the area
12Last1    4:11|All-Mighty which was warring with them
12Last1    4:12|left, mounted their horses, together with the king, and crossed over
12Last1    4:12|had been left), filling up with booty of horses, mules, tents
12Last1    4:12|been unable to concern themselves with, being dazed by the cold
12Last1    4:13|son of the Abkhaz (king) with many gifts
12Last1    4:14|He himself grew ill with the pain of death. However
12Last1    5:2|some eight men who were with him. It is very worthy
12Last1    5:2|placed (the city of) Archesh with its estates under Byzantine control
12Last1    5:3|joy, (the emperor) honored them with very great gifts and princely
12Last1    5:3|bestowing upon each in accordance with his worth villages and awans
12Last1    5:4|parhekimanos), came to the East with numerous troops. Having arrived, he
12Last1    6:2|were more like incorporeal (beings). (With respect to dress), they were
12Last1    6:2|to dress), they were satisfied with a wrapping or jacket of
12Last1    6:2|to John (the Baptist), but (with this difference, namely) that he
12Last1    6:2|and wild honey, while they, with iron hoes in hand, fatiguingly
12Last1    6:3|mountain’s summit, they became conversants with the first prophet (Moses), and
12Last1    6:3|Moses), and were always speaking with God
12Last1    6:6|peoples under their sway. Instead, with a capricious order he wanted
12Last1    6:8|Now with great indignities the emperor took
12Last1    7:2|patrician, and subsequently exalting him with great and prominent honor
12Last1    7:4|The besiegers destroyed many places with the flame and even set
12Last1    7:4|kings of Armenia had provided with vessels suitable for a temple
12Last1    8:0|giving royal gifts in accordance with (his) authority. When he had
12Last1    8:0|a golden pool be filled with water for him to bathe
12Last1    8:1|entered that golden basin filled with warm water, attendants seized him
12Last1    9:0|and feet of iron mixed with crockery is the Byzantine kingdom
12Last1    9:1|queen had lusted after him with a prostitute’s diseased passion, and
12Last1    9:3|him Thessalonica, and entrusting him with the concerns of the Bulgars
12Last1    9:3|city of) Antioch, entrusting him with the concerns of Tachkastan and
12Last1    9:3|a sinklitos) and entrusting him with all the concerns and rights
12Last1    9:5|he had inflamed the queen with love for himself, and that
12Last1    9:5|been done, (Michael) in accordance with royal custom was obliged to
12Last1    9:5|was in Thessalonica frequently, probably with the witch. In any case
12Last1    9:6|the Arcrunik’ land had, together with its estates, long since been
12Last1    9:6|Kawasilas, came (against the city) with numerous troops, took it, and
12Last1    9:7|against the city, investing it with a rampart. The Byzantine troops
12Last1    9:8|His aid. (The Persians) killed with the sword some [24,000] men. This
12Last1    9:9|the Persians) had many captives with them, Xtrik ordered that the
12Last1    9:10|sent other troops who arrived with (siege) machinery. Putting the engines
12Last1    9:11|to (a description) of them. With our own eyes we saw
12Last1    9:12|the people) had grown frenzied with regard to their lord and
12Last1    9:15|she had done him, plotted with his relatives to send the
12Last1    9:19|withers before it grows up, with which the reaper does not
12Last1    10:0|In accordance with that apparition of the prophet
12Last1    10:2|man rebelled, and many united with him. With numerous troops he
12Last1    10:2|and many united with him. With numerous troops he came as
12Last1    10:2|of the royal city, and with the force of his bravery
12Last1    10:3|the emperor had arisen, fought with, and were defeated by him
12Last1    10:3|him, returning to the emperor with great dishonor. During the last
12Last1    10:3|from afar by Abisoghom, filled with impiety, (God) requited him with
12Last1    10:3|with impiety, (God) requited him with the verdict visited upon Abisoghom
12Last1    10:5|by the prophet, and received with that the soul of strength
12Last1    10:5|unbeatable giant, crushing his head with a jawbone, laying him flat
12Last1    10:6|attempt to rule his realm with brute force, but two times
12Last1    10:16|churches in them. (These churches) with their glowing structures, their gorgeous
12Last1    10:16|and candelabras whose light, mixing with the air, flickering here and
12Last1    10:19|tears: stripped of adornments, covered with dust, and a perching place
12Last1    10:20|great Constantine had fallen sick with the illness that killed him
12Last1    10:23|he found that document dealing with Armenia, and became concerned with
12Last1    10:23|with Armenia, and became concerned with acquiring the city of Ani
12Last1    10:24|one was his equaltogether with his relatives, sons and nephews
12Last1    10:24|thirty azats refused to unite with (Sargis). Instead they called to
12Last1    10:24|their king, then wisely and with strategems they brought him to
12Last1    10:25|descended to see him alone, with manly brave-heartedness, and, using
12Last1    10:25|go to them. Now Gagik with a few men went amidst
12Last1    10:26|like Saul, he was requited with a life more bitter than
12Last1    10:28|to travelers as a paradise with vegetation dense, green, leafy, fruit
12Last1    10:28|princes occupied their princely stations with beaming countenances, and their troops
12Last1    10:28|other musical instruments thrilled listeners with delight
12Last1    10:29|sat in the squares resplendent with their venerable white hair. Mothers
12Last1    10:30|was like thickening clouds laden with spiritual gifts which their by
12Last1    10:31|and in a crown adorned with pearls, capturing everyone’s attention and
12Last1    10:31|them. The white steed, adorned with golden ornaments, which went before
12Last1    10:32|retreats were crowded and filled with the clerical orders, to the
12Last1    10:35|time to mingle our sighs with Jeremiah’s laments: “Zion’s roads are
12Last1    10:37|inherited from your fathers, not with perishable things such as silver
12Last1    10:37|as silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ
12Last1    10:38|and which our Illuminator tended with fifteen years of his fatiguing
12Last1    10:40|of our Illuminator; and (Gagik) with great conditions and oaths entrusted
12Last1    10:40|conditions and oaths entrusted (Petros) with all the concerns of the
12Last1    10:41|he obliged (Gagik) to remain with him and demanded: “Give me
12Last1    10:42|given) in writing and stamped with a golden seal, and (the
12Last1    10:44|and the emperor satisfied (Petros) with treasures and authority. And thus
12Last1    10:45|Meanwhile Gagik remained with the emperor, inconsolable. (The emperor
12Last1    10:45|they had taken the city, with thanks and rewards. Furthermore, by
12Last1    10:46|he elevated the patriarch Petros with incomparable honor, subdued the land
12Last1    10:46|and then went in person with numerous troops against the city
12Last1    10:46|lord of (that) city warred with (Asit) and an inestimable number
12Last1    10:47|honor the patriarch in accordance with the previous dignity. Instead he
12Last1    10:47|our populous, shahastan city filling with joy the beholders who wanted
12Last1    10:48|itself had come, (Petros) together with a vast multitude, descended to
12Last1    11:0|were as fleet as eagles, with hooves as solid as rock
12Last1    11:1|and polluted twenty-four districts with sword, fire, and captive-taking
12Last1    11:3|righteous judge; yet He hastened with His mercy, since He is
12Last1    11:3|toward us: first requiting us with a deserved vengeance, then His
12Last1    11:4|We became infected with the disease of pharaoh and
12Last1    11:4|frightful wrath had passed, filled with impiety, he would say: “I
12Last1    11:4|hand performs a complete work with ten fingers, so it was
12Last1    11:4|there that the punishment, commencing with one finger, ended with ten
12Last1    11:4|commencing with one finger, ended with ten. Then he released Israel
12Last1    11:5|mercy and closed their road with a fog, and blocked the
12Last1    11:7|We should have calmed God with our uprightness, extinguished the blazing
12Last1    11:9|whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. And he answered
12Last1    11:9|to the words of Amos with which he insulted Israel, drinking
12Last1    11:9|Israel, drinking strained wine, perfumed with fragrant oils, relaxing on ivory
12Last1    11:10|should share their grief: “Weep with the weepers” [Romans 12.15]. But they behaved
12Last1    11:13|naked, disgraced, and trampled upon with insults by all passersby. (Armenia
12Last1    11:14|peoples arose, sullied many districts with murder, took much booty and
12Last1    11:15|And they invited them, saying with the prophet: “All you beasts
12Last1    11:19|people whom You received beginning with the coming of Your Only
12Last1    11:19|Only-Begotten (Son) and saved with the blood of Your anointed
12Last1    11:22|much prey and were satiated with food, and saved the left
12Last1    11:23|multitude of fugitives had assembled (with) an inestimable number of animals
12Last1    11:24|grabbed hold of were dispatched with the sword; some who had
12Last1    11:24|craggy places (the Seljuks) killed with arrows; many who had gone
12Last1    11:25|Brave men armed, and glowering with rage, assembled, while the cowards
12Last1    11:26|Everyone without exception was seized with trembling and dread. Because of
12Last1    11:26|the entire day, like hunters with nets, until they weakened and
12Last1    11:28|tongues had dried up, and with weak and soft voices they
12Last1    11:28|wounded, were scraping the ground with their feet and clawing at
12Last1    11:28|feet and clawing at it with their fingernails
12Last1    11:29|place of encampment was swarming with them
12Last1    11:30|mothers, and the mountains reverberated with the loudness of their crying
12Last1    11:31|than they, thumped the ground with their feet, and, weakened through
12Last1    11:31|crawling they could scarcely breath. With their piteous sounds and unceasing
12Last1    11:31|that, offending the very air with their bleating and weighing heavily
12Last1    11:32|fox packs frolic about, filled with meat
12Last1    11:33|Heaven like (mount) Hermon, but with the fat and blood of
12Last1    11:33|medium through which Moses spoke with God; no, you silenced many
12Last1    11:33|their prayers were always conversing with God
12Last1    11:36|move all to tears. Together with Jeremiah, I call upon (professional
12Last1    11:36|weeping-women to compose laments with me, for I write not
12Last1    12:0|city perched upon a mountain, with both sea and land laboring
12Last1    12:1|past, when it was crowned with a plentitude of good things
12Last1    12:1|a newly-wed woman who, with her captivating beauty and glittering
12Last1    12:3|like a precious gem shimmering with resplendent beauty among all other
12Last1    12:9|Zion are haughty and walk with outstretched necks” [Isaiah 3.16]. I consider arrogance
12Last1    12:10|foremost (women) should be charged with this (fault), and then one
12Last1    12:14|holy altars which they sullied with their filthy heels, and took
12Last1    12:17|the entire country was filled with the blood of the slain
12Last1    12:18|in a field, they reaped with their swords until they had
12Last1    12:19|clear: “They shall so deal with you for My name’s sake
12Last1    12:25|only about what we saw with our own eyes, and about
12Last1    13:2|to dissolution, so it was with these (men). While they should
12Last1    13:2|granter of victory, lord God, with firm unity, as victors in
12Last1    13:5|meat who had insulted Israel with great boasting, that merely a
12Last1    13:5|Ezekiel who laid low [180,000] Assyrians with prayers alone, with the aid
12Last1    13:5|low [180,000] Assyrians with prayers alone, with the aid of the angel
12Last1    13:5|the aid of the angel, with an invisible sword
12Last1    13:6|latter) urged each other on with loud cries. They trapped Liparit
12Last1    13:6|them, cutting (Liparit’s) horse’s sinews with a sword and taking (Liparit
12Last1    13:7|of them; some they killed with the sword, but many, since
12Last1    13:8|Laden with an extremely great quantity of
12Last1    13:8|they had completely done away with (the people). The entire country
12Last1    13:9|every country was filled up with an immeasurable amount of loot
12Last1    13:9|captives. (The Caliph) accepted him with thanks, and peaceably released him
12Last1    13:9|return to his own land with great gifts. Enough of this
12Last1    14:0|saw (Petros), he received him with great respect and honor, and
12Last1    14:0|commanded that (Petros) be honored with a generous stipend. However, he
12Last1    14:0|However, he kept him there with him for three years, fearing
12Last1    14:1|which he himself had constructed with numerous well-appointed embellishments and
12Last1    14:6|him a written document sealed with (the king’s) gold ring indicating
12Last1    15:0|Kars) had had no experience with evils (warfare) and so (the
12Last1    15:0|without suspicions therein, grown rich with much merchandise acquired by sea
12Last1    15:1|ranks of the priesthood together with great crowds of the people
12Last1    15:1|mass of the day, (singing) with joyous voices, the troops of
12Last1    15:2|to ornament himself or herself with many adornments, such that they
12Last1    15:3|suddenly the city became filled with sighs and lamentations. Priests were
12Last1    16:0|Tughril-Beg, [1055-1063]), advanced (toward us) with countless troops, elephants, carts, horses
12Last1    16:6|the reaper fill his embrace with sheaves, no more was the
12Last1    16:6|were the threshing-floors filled with grain, nor the cisterns full
12Last1    16:6|nor were the pantries overladen with vessels. All of this vanished
12Last1    16:7|the comforters, to saturate (them) with lamentations
12Last1    16:11|mercilessly as wild beasts, glowering with rage like avengers, and, searching
12Last1    16:14|ground, who sought their mothers with their baby sighs. But the
12Last1    16:15|country, which had been crowded with people, like a densely populated
12Last1    16:18|who, at all hazards, battled with them. By God’s mercy, the
12Last1    16:18|of their troops and many with him, turned the rest to
12Last1    16:19|led into captivity, and filled with plunder they turned back
12Last1    16:23|up by a severe wind, with enormous surges, and foamy billows
12Last1    16:25|to his own land heaped with contumely
12Last1    16:26|time that (the Sultan) came with innumerable troops and surrounded the
12Last1    16:26|grudge, and does not deal with us in accordance with our
12Last1    16:26|deal with us in accordance with our sins) caused a foolish
12Last1    16:28|With a few men (the Sultan
12Last1    16:29|the time the Sultan, occupied with one thing or another, finally
12Last1    16:29|were prepared). He came, boiling with anger, and commenced battling with
12Last1    16:29|with anger, and commenced battling with the city. Now the prince
12Last1    16:29|to aid them, disciplining himself with fasting and prayer. Armed with
12Last1    16:29|with fasting and prayer. Armed with this, he became yet stronger
12Last1    16:30|no evil, for Thou art with me” [Psalms 22.4], andI fear not
12Last1    16:31|As they come upon us with their carts and horses, let
12Last1    16:32|beseeched God night and day, with the Cross and the loud
12Last1    16:35|did he acquaint (the citizens with all the battle tactics, (for
12Last1    16:36|made a dumb beast speak with a prophetic tongue, (or if
12Last1    16:37|erected (war) machinery and fought with them
12Last1    16:40|they began to tremble, and with great sighing they beseeched God
12Last1    16:41|soldiers and came to battle with our people, for he was
12Last1    16:44|peacefully entered the city unharmed, with the aid of God. Now
12Last1    16:44|saw what had happened, burning with rage he ordered the (machine’s
12Last1    16:47|cubits. Then (the king) said with terrible impiety
12Last1    16:48|from my hands?” Compare this with the children’s stout-hearted faith
12Last1    16:48|when they were at trial with that beast replied even more
12Last1    16:50|an angel sprinkled the children with dew, and the fire neither
12Last1    16:51|of God, that I along with you bless Him Who is
12Last1    16:52|two days (the Sultan) departed with his army. He went away
12Last1    17:0|saw the validity of this with our own eyes, in the
12Last1    17:1|Rather, he was constantly preoccupied with eating and drinking. He elevated
12Last1    17:2|from afar, and occupied himself with them every day. Consequently the
12Last1    17:4|and wrote her an edict with the following import: “Either give
12Last1    17:5|he took (that man) along with him to Babylonia. This transpired
12Last1    17:18|resembled a new bride, adorned with all comeliness to satisfy the
12Last1    17:18|clustering together, singing angelic songs with open mouths
12Last1    17:19|before them, whose raiment shone with variegation resembling the hues of
12Last1    17:20|occupant, stripped of adornments, covered with dust and spiderwebs, and the
12Last1    17:22|the Lord’s altar is covered with dust and ash
12Last1    17:25|past, when they bowed down with us in our day of
12Last1    17:26|should work to appease God with our righteousness. Should that occur
12Last1    17:27|We need only have peace with God, and turn to Him
12Last1    17:27|God, and turn to Him with sincere hearts, having (our) good
12Last1    17:28|saying: “I shall not be with them,” and also: “Though you
12Last1    17:28|what has light in common with darkness
12Last1    18:0|death of Monomachus [D.1055], that lioness with a lion’s frenzy was roaring
12Last1    18:2|or those whose borders marched with ours cease coming and sullying
12Last1    18:3|suddenly fall on them, and with unheard of blows, put everyone
12Last1    18:11|Theodora established him as emperor with the approval of the city
12Last1    18:12|should have kept them happy with sweet words and generous gifts
12Last1    18:12|since he was uncivil, infected with Robovam’s disease, he kept some
12Last1    18:12|disease, he kept some princes (with him), considering them unfit to
12Last1    18:17|agriculturalists filled up their fields with plentiful seeds which, sprouting, dyed
12Last1    18:17|sprouting, dyed all the plains with rich green hues, and growing
12Last1    18:17|appeared at their tips. Then with their dense height they looked
12Last1    18:20|species, which filled the land with their sweet melodies, with their
12Last1    18:20|land with their sweet melodies, with their morning twitter and loud
12Last1    18:22|from north to south, now with its ferocious rolling boil spilled
12Last1    18:24|year which we recalled above with woe, troops came from Persia
12Last1    18:24|shepherd, are not content merely with eating their fill, but try
12Last1    18:24|alone, but craved our deaths with voracious appetites. It was impossible
12Last1    18:25|him as a gift together with the dastakerts (“estates”) surrounding it
12Last1    18:26|the judge who was concerned with (the government) of the East
12Last1    18:28|one of his principals together with the troops against (Iwane). But
12Last1    18:30|the residents) uninformed, in accordance with their own blood-thirsty customs
12Last1    18:30|and captives, they turned back with great triumph
12Last1    18:31|wickedness (Iwane), and thanked him with magnificent gifts for the success
12Last1    18:33|who would not be seized with trembling, whose eyes would not
12Last1    18:33|lanes and vineyards were choking with corpses
12Last1    18:34|the city were dyed red with the blood of the slain
12Last1    18:34|lived, unable to speak, breathing with difficulty. As for the severely
12Last1    18:35|Still His hand is raised, with a cup of pure wine
12Last1    18:36|infidels, filled full and satiated with loot, set fire to the
12Last1    18:38|place had enclosed the hill with a wall whose foundations they
12Last1    18:40|of bowstrings made everyone tremble with dread as if bound with
12Last1    18:40|with dread as if bound with chains. Since there was no
12Last1    18:41|seized, brought forward and beheaded with the sword
12Last1    18:43|Then the skin together with the nails was pulled up
12Last1    18:45|through. The mountains all resounded with the screams of the tortured
12Last1    18:47|and if you hear Me with joy, you shall enjoy the
12Last1    19:0|southern city like hail mixed with stones
12Last1    19:1|work and killed the mother with her child, and the son
12Last1    19:3|vineyards), and stabbed and killed with lances all (those concealed). The
12Last1    19:3|clusters of grapes were stained with their blood. Later on, the
12Last1    19:3|that those grapes (were filled with) human blood
12Last1    19:4|the Seljuks) dug them out with great skill
12Last1    19:5|they departed. They dealt similarly with the surrounding villages and awans
12Last1    19:5|awans, destroying all of them with fire, sword, and slavery until
12Last1    20:0|remain at peace, and together with himself avenge the blood of
12Last1    20:2|principals of the city united with him
12Last1    21:0|He judged us, in accordance with His righteous law. For the
12Last1    21:1|heavenly Father, to become familiar with Him. And He commanded that
12Last1    21:2|had been struck ten times with (the Lord’s) scepter): [Hebrews 12.7] “This is
12Last1    21:3|of the country was dyed with our blood. Tumors formed all
12Last1    21:4|and polluted them not only with ravaging diseases, but also with
12Last1    21:4|with ravaging diseases, but also with an awful stench
12Last1    21:5|here (in Armenia) whole houses with their inhabitants were wiped out
12Last1    21:5|Red Sea, which was dyed with the blood of their captives
12Last1    21:9|clarified wine, and anointing (themselves) with fragrant oils
12Last1    21:10|All evils commence with this, just as Moses condemned
12Last1    21:13|He advises us sweetly and with paternal counsel, but when we
12Last1    21:13|His counsel, He torments us with His lordly authority
12Last1    21:15|while the Byzantines were occupied with the clamor of kings (succession
12Last1    21:16|They crossed the desert places with such caution that no one
12Last1    21:19|God requites each in accordance with his deeds
12Last1    21:21|since the mountains were covered with heavy snow, they were obliged
12Last1    21:22|wickedly piercing and killing them with lances and arrows. Nor did
12Last1    21:25|He had covered the snow with numerous pavilions and was sitting
12Last1    21:25|sitting on (one of) them, with a shield before him speaking
12Last1    21:25|before him speaking harsh words with arrogant conceit. The prince of
12Last1    21:25|shot at (the Seljuk’s) throat with an arrow, and killed him
12Last1    21:27|there) similarly sallied forth, battled with them, freed many captives, filled
12Last1    21:27|freed many captives, filled up with booty, and then went back
12Last1    21:28|Baptist) which had been built with great labor by a certain
12Last1    22:0|selected priests who circulated around with him, (men who) wore coarse
12Last1    22:0|and who continuously were occupied with the singing of psalms
12Last1    22:1|Those who had grown haughty with conceit because of their authority
12Last1    22:3|Just as poison is mixed with ordinary food, and those who
12Last1    22:3|as fishermen conceal the fishhook with bait so that the fish
12Last1    22:4|and they dupe the innocent with sweet words. For their words
12Last1    22:11|The dregs of bitterness mixed with the life-giving water which
12Last1    22:11|brought health to the waters with the salt of truth, like
12Last1    22:13|whose heads had been tempered with oak embers
12Last1    22:14|bewitched the ears of many with his oratory. On such a
12Last1    22:15|our Lord Jesus Christ ransomed with His honored blood
12Last1    22:16|and glorified and crowned with the invincible Cross, erecting in
12Last1    22:16|the life-giver, in accordance with His truthful command: “Whosoever eats
12Last1    22:17|his adroit cunning, see how with serpent-like duplicity he schemed
12Last1    22:20|masses would help him. Then with his accomplices, subjecting (the sinner
12Last1    22:20|sin that you must die with him
12Last1    22:21|visitation from the beneficent Lord, with great sighing’s and tearful entreaties
12Last1    22:24|that he could vanquish truth with human assistance
12Last1    22:27|that wretched man to him with mild words, and requited him
12Last1    22:27|priesthood, and, branding (Yakobos’) face with the likeness of a fox
12Last1    22:27|the fold of those beasts with human faces, the impious T’ondrakeans
12Last1    22:27|the impious T’ondrakeans, and unites with them, shall bear the same
12Last1    22:31|open places, and he tarried with them. Having spent some time
12Last1    22:32|Bible, and does not unite with the Christians will be rejected
12Last1    23:1|He had studied with a certain churlish monk who
12Last1    23:2|death-bringing poison, (Hranoysh), dissatisfied with her own perdition, prepared many
12Last1    23:3|two were actual sisters, infected with that outrageous dissolute disease which
12Last1    23:7|fast of Lent, and remain with them until Easter day itself
12Last1    23:8|those women who indiscriminately copulated with him, those diseased prostitutes, thinking
12Last1    23:10|son, keep yourself from adultery with foreign women for whomever they
12Last1    23:10|they shall convince to remain with them through their honeyed words
12Last1    23:12|God Who had nourished him with His body and blood
12Last1    23:13|covenant, and withdrew from communion with the ascetic orders. The site
12Last1    23:13|clerics, which he had constructed with very great expense and labor
12Last1    23:13|of psalm-sayers and clerics with divine accompaniment sang sweet songs
12Last1    23:14|man went and joined up with those diabolical women. And they
12Last1    23:14|namely, Kashe and Aghiwsoy. Frenzied with diabolical rage, they ruined those
12Last1    23:15|which will strike all listeners with trepidation
12Last1    23:17|crown of the divine symbol with hammers, smashed it and threw
12Last1    23:17|and the earth was afflicted with trembling. In the darkness of
12Last1    23:20|who arrived at the spot with a great multitude. Gathering up
12Last1    23:21|and foul religion, and came with the crowd to the town
12Last1    23:21|that their faces be branded with the sign of a fox
12Last1    23:21|one in ignorance would commune with them, but rather that they
12Last1    23:23|Samuel and the other bishops with him, saying: “They robbed my
12Last1    23:28|they commenced encouraging each other with loud voices and exhortatory expressions
12Last1    23:29|waters, not (striking the water) with the mystery of the Cross
12Last1    23:29|raised to their shoulders, and with unwavering faith, they split asunder
12Last1    23:30|of the holy Spirit, ready with ringing songs, with the plectrum
12Last1    23:30|Spirit, ready with ringing songs, with the plectrum of David’s lyre
12Last1    23:31|miracle” [Psalms 97.1], etc. Praying to God with such songs, they made light
12Last1    23:38|For, suddenly, his body burned with feverlike unto Herodand
12Last1    23:38|and then, his body decayed with leprosy (syphilis
12Last1    23:39|piety. Rather, he remained inflamed with that same diabolic heresy until
12Last1    24:1|Some, fortified with towers, regarding their height as
12Last1    24:1|first structure which was built with great difficulty but easily demolished
12Last1    24:2|which David built and fortified with swords and shields against Damascus
12Last1    24:5|over. Many had witnessed them with their own eyes and had
12Last1    24:8|Now the (Seljuk) king came with many myriads of armed troops
12Last1    24:10|by fear, no one looked with concern upon his relatives or
12Last1    24:10|friends. Rather, each was seized with fright
12Last1    24:13|while the mothers drenched them with tears and blood. Father and
12Last1    24:14|one end to the other with bodies of the slain, and
12Last1    24:14|by the city became dyed with blood. Wild and domesticated beasts
12Last1    24:14|the bodies of the slain with the needed earth, no one
12Last1    24:16|unjust cities which are built with the blood of others, are
12Last1    24:16|and which fortify their homes with usury and injustice, having no
12Last1    24:17|returned to his own land with inestimable booty
12Last1    25:1|it as necessary to dispense with such a great event (even
12Last1    25:3|With arrogance and in great rage
12Last1    25:5|Now with an infelicitous plan (the emperor
12Last1    25:5|different road, while he himself with a great host travelled East
12Last1    25:7|those men he then had with him
12Last1    25:10|both sides had let loose with their insults, and clashed with
12Last1    25:10|with their insults, and clashed with one another in military order
12Last1    25:12|events) he had filled up with rage against the Armenian troops
12Last1    25:12|people and looked upon them with hatred. Yet, when he saw
12Last1    25:12|when he saw them fighting with dedication, when he saw the
12Last1    25:14|given him victory, was not with him. Nor did the Lord
12Last1    25:14|Lord come to our troops with weapon and shield, nor did
12Last1    25:16|he released him graciously and with much care
12Last1    25:18|princes dealt treacherously and spitefully with one another, and justice of
12Last1    25:19|Meanwhile the Lord became filled with rage and sent many (foreign
12Last1    25:19|filling up our entire land with blood and corpses and eliminating
12Last1    25:20|able to overturn many lands with the sword and captive-taking
12Last1    25:20|second (invasion) he overturned Ani with the stabbings of swords, and
12Last1    25:21|to return to his kingdom with affection and honor. He had
12Last1    25:21|honor. He had confirmed this with an oath so that there
12Last1    25:22|compact which he had made with God. (Alp-Arslan) elevated (Diogenes
12Last1    25:22|friend and made an oath with him thathereafter let there
12Last1    25:22|we shall do the same with respect to the Persian lordship
12Last1    25:23|And (Alp-Arslan) freed him with great honor. Subsequently when (Alp
12Last1    25:23|then did he fill up with wrath and rage. He wanted
12Last1    26:2|Events may be compared with the quickly-moving, beautiful, luminous
12Last1    26:9|for the foreigners were laid with stones which had (previously been
12Last1    26:9|which had (previously been) anointed with holy oil; the blessed sacrament
12Last1    26:15|we are now daily consumed with fear (of the Seljuks). Because
12Last1    26:15|to our crimes, but rather with kindness and mercy did He
12Last1    26:17|is better to approach You with torments and difficulties than to
12Last1    26:17|of the New Covenant (sealed) with the venerable blood of Christ
12Last1    26:21|Therefore, each morning dawned with them effecting yet another evil
12Last1    26:22|would have stamped this book with their proper and appropriate words
12Last1    26:23|of the Lord and tremble with dread at His strength; and