Table of Contents  |  Headwords: Alphabetical - Frequency  |  Wordforms: Alphabetical - Frequency  |  About Headwords Alphabetical [ <<  >> ] ancestry   5 anchor   1 anchorite   2 ancient   57 and   29409 anderdzapet   7 andrer   1 aneestor   1 aner   1 Headword and 29409 occurrence(s) Wordforms Alphabetical [ <<  >> ] ancient   42 anciently   1 ancients   14 ancyra   1 and   29409 andekan   5 andekans   1 anderjapet   7 andikan   6 01Kor1    1:1 | History of the Life and Death of our Venerable and 01Kor1    1:1 | and Death of our Venerable and Blessed Vardapet Mashtots, Written in 01Kor1    1:2 | alphabet of the Azkanazian nation and of the land of Armenia 01Kor1    1:2 | Armenia - when, in what time, and through what kind of man 01Kor1    1:2 | well as the luminous learning and angelic, virtuous piety of the 01Kor1    1:3 | And while I was striving to 01Kor1    1:4 | the youngest among his pupils, and the task beyond my capacities 01Kor1    1:5 | And we ask them all that 01Kor1    1:5 | our tasks by their prayers, and to commit us to the 01Kor1    1:5 | that we may sail successfully and unerringly over the boundless waves 01Kor1    2:2 | them worthy of the splendid and high reward in endless eternity 01Kor1    2:3 | in general shine with spiritual and earthly luster 01Kor1    2:4 | And in the Mosaic story manifest 01Kor1    2:4 | the nobility of blessed men and the firmness of their true 01Kor1    2:4 | faith, the beauty of godly and god-fearing life, and the 01Kor1    2:4 | godly and god-fearing life, and the radiance of a marvelous 01Kor1    2:7 | through his suddenly-found faith, and drawing nigh unto God, has 01Kor1    2:7 | God, has become an oracle and ally of God and has 01Kor1    2:7 | oracle and ally of God and has inherited the promise of 01Kor1    2:8 | have come to know God, and whose nobility all the divine 01Kor1    2:11 | the tribulations of such persons and their martyrdom without resistance, which 01Kor1    2:12 | in the course of encounters and wars, in the manner of 01Kor1    2:12 | as those of Nimrod, Samson, and David 01Kor1    2:13 | that of Joseph, in Egypt, and Daniel, in Babylon 01Kor1    2:16 | And this is not all, he 01Kor1    2:16 | declared Daniel to be magnificent and the Holy Mother of the 01Kor1    2:17 | loudly proclaimed before the angels and men, revealing not only their 01Kor1    2:18 | Abraham as an intimate servant, and after the promise he had 01Kor1    2:20 | A perfect and upright man; one that fears 01Kor1    2:20 | man; one that fears God and turns away from evil.” Moreover 01Kor1    2:21 | And thus, through divine tradition, there 01Kor1    2:21 | no one can completely record. And He has caused to blossom 01Kor1    2:23 | him there was no guile, and the greatness of the faith 01Kor1    2:24 | pouring of a little ointment and states that the memory of 01Kor1    2:25 | woman that it was great, and the generosity of those who 01Kor1    2:27 | been bestowed for his faith and for that of all the 01Kor1    2:27 | everything, concerning us in Christ, and the savor of His knowledge 01Kor1    2:28 | the charge of God’s elect?” And the blessed apostles had received 01Kor1    2:29 | seen in the Holy Gospel, and a few others are found 01Kor1    2:29 | Acts, written by blessed Luke, and there are others who are 01Kor1    2:30 | epistles concerning his fellow apostles and co-workers, making them participants 01Kor1    2:30 | them participants in his joy, and at the end of his 01Kor1    2:30 | inquiring concerning them by name, and quotes the gospel in praise 01Kor1    2:31 | Christian hospitality of his hosts, and pleadingly applies to God, asking 01Kor1    2:32 | And he declares in all the 01Kor1    2:33 | And he has declared all this 01Kor1    2:33 | he says: “Follow after charity and desire spiritual gifts 01Kor1    2:34 | exhorts by rousing their envy, and even permits them to be 01Kor1    2:35 | exhorts them to resemble him and the Lord. Again, he strives 01Kor1    2:36 | Jesus,” says he, “the author and perfecter of our faith,” and 01Kor1    2:36 | and perfecter of our faith,” and again, “remember them which have 01Kor1    2:36 | of God; whose faith follow.” And finally 01Kor1    2:38 | an example of suffering, affliction and patience. Ye have heard of 01Kor1    2:38 | of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of 01Kor1    2:39 | Himself, some from the angels, and some from others, not for 01Kor1    2:41 | apostles indicating how they honored and praised one another for their 01Kor1    2:41 | another for their true faith and evangelical life and have been 01Kor1    2:41 | true faith and evangelical life and have been similarly treated to 01Kor1    2:42 | And thus we have from them 01Kor1    2:43 | father shall be duly completed and their sweet command shall be 01Kor1    3:2 | been tutored in Greek literature, and coming to the court of 01Kor1    3:3 | well versed in secular laws, and was esteemed by his men 01Kor1    3:4 | soon was enlightened, gaining insight and profundity in matters related to 01Kor1    3:4 | related to the divine commands, and adorning himself with every preparation 01Kor1    4:1 | And subsequently, in compliance with the 01Kor1    4:1 | was divested of princely passions, and taking the exalted cross went 01Kor1    4:2 | And in obedience to the commands 01Kor1    4:2 | the crusading legion of Christ, and soon entered the monastic order 01Kor1    4:3 | solitude, mountain-dwelling, hunger, thirst, and living on herbs, in dark 01Kor1    4:4 | vigil, a night’s pleasant rest and much needed sleep. And he 01Kor1    4:4 | rest and much needed sleep. And he did all this not 01Kor1    4:5 | And having found a few persons 01Kor1    4:6 | And thus, bearing with a courageous 01Kor1    4:6 | temptations that came upon him, and growing in radiance, he became 01Kor1    4:6 | in radiance, he became known and beloved of God and men 01Kor1    4:6 | known and beloved of God and men 01Kor1    5:1 | one went to the disorderly and uncultivated regions of Goghtan 01Kor1    5:2 | name was Shabit, a gracious and hospitable man, who devoutly served 01Kor1    5:3 | And the blessed one at once 01Kor1    5:3 | to preach in the district, and capturing them all away from 01Kor1    5:3 | away from their native traditions and satanic idolatry, turned them to 01Kor1    5:4 | And as he implanted in them 01Kor1    5:4 | in various aspects took flight and fell in the regions of 01Kor1    5:5 | to God with upraised hands and ceaseless tears, remembering the words 01Kor1    5:6 | I am sorrowful and constant in my heartache for 01Kor1    5:6 | my heartache for my brethren and my kin.” He was thus 01Kor1    5:6 | kin.” He was thus surrounded and ensnared with sad worries and 01Kor1    5:6 | and ensnared with sad worries and engulfed by waves of apprehension 01Kor1    6:1 | And after being occupied with the 01Kor1    6:1 | for many days; he rose and came to the Holy Catholicos 01Kor1    6:1 | Armenia - whose name was Sahak, and whom he found predisposed and 01Kor1    6:1 | and whom he found predisposed and sharing in the same concern 01Kor1    6:2 | Cordially they came together, and with earnest prayers early every 01Kor1    6:2 | the salvation brought by Christ. And they did these many days 01Kor1    6:4 | They conducted much inquiry and exploration, and much toil. Later 01Kor1    6:4 | conducted much inquiry and exploration, and much toil. Later they disclosed 01Kor1    6:6 | And when the King told them 01Kor1    6:7 | it, he hastened to Daniel, and first became familiar, through Daniel 01Kor1    6:8 | the King rejoiced with Sahak and Mashtots 01Kor1    6:10 | And when many of them had 01Kor1    6:10 | the noble rank of teacher, and taught for two years with 01Kor1    6:11 | proved to have been buried and then resurrected from other languages 01Kor1    6:12 | more in the same anxieties and for some time were engaged 01Kor1    7:1 | by authority of the King and the consent of Saint Sahak 01Kor1    7:1 | year of King Vramshapuh’s reign, and came to the region of 01Kor1    7:1 | of which was called Edessa, and the other, Amida 01Kor1    7:2 | of whom was called Babilas, and the other, Akakios. And they 01Kor1    7:2 | Babilas, and the other, Akakios. And they, clergy and nobles of 01Kor1    7:2 | other, Akakios. And they, clergy and nobles of the city, received 01Kor1    7:2 | the visitors with due honors and solicitude, in keeping with the 01Kor1    7:3 | in the city of Edessa, and the other to the Greek 01Kor1    8:1 | pleadings, his life of austerity, and his anxieties, remembering the word 01Kor1    8:1 | of the prophet: “In retiring and rest shalt thou live 01Kor1    8:2 | order to serve his nation. And God the All-Bountiful finally 01Kor1    8:2 | became the father of new and wonderful offspring - letters for the 01Kor1    8:2 | letters for the Armenian language, and then and there quickly designed 01Kor1    8:2 | the Armenian language, and then and there quickly designed, named, determined 01Kor1    8:2 | designed, named, determined, their order and devised the syllabification 01Kor1    8:3 | great honors by the Bishop and the Church 01Kor1    8:4 | variations of the letters, thin and heavy strokes, long and short 01Kor1    8:4 | thin and heavy strokes, long and short, the single letters as 01Kor1    8:4 | from the district of Ekeghiats’, and Hovsep from the district of 01Kor1    8:5 | And thus, began the translation of 01Kor1    8:5 | seek wisdom: “To know wisdom and instruction, to perceive the words 01Kor1    9:1 | the Bishop of the city and taking leave of them together 01Kor1    9:2 | Whereupon from the holy bishops and all the churches there rose 01Kor1    9:2 | hymns of praise, glorifying God and offering encouragement to the students 01Kor1    9:3 | And taking with him letters of 01Kor1    9:3 | him letters of good tidings and God’s gracious gift, he set 01Kor1    9:3 | group. Safely passing many hostelries, and with profound joy, he arrived 01Kor1    9:5 | had become abject God-forsakers and were bowing down before their 01Kor1    9:6 | were to be the recipients, and in anticipation of the joy 01Kor1    9:7 | between a very modest man and Moses the magnificent, who had 01Kor1    9:9 | And thus, as the unforgettable one 01Kor1    9:9 | city, they informed the King and the holy Bishop 01Kor1    9:10 | And they, followed by the entire 01Kor1    9:10 | entire assemblage of noble courtiers and a throng, came outside the 01Kor1    9:10 | throng, came outside the city and met the blessed one on 01Kor1    9:11 | and after warm greetings amidst sounds 01Kor1    9:11 | greetings amidst sounds of joy and the singing of hymns and 01Kor1    9:11 | and the singing of hymns and doxologies, returned to the city 01Kor1    9:11 | doxologies, returned to the city. And the days passed in festive 01Kor1    10:1 | because of their devilish, satanic, and fiendish character, but also because 01Kor1    10:1 | of their very crude, corrupt, and harsh language 01Kor1    10:2 | many generations, intelligible, eloquent, educated, and informed of godly wisdom. Thus 01Kor1    10:2 | became immersed in the laws and commandments, to the extent of 01Kor1    11:1 | And from then on continuing with 01Kor1    11:1 | art - to translate, to write, and to teach 01Kor1    11:2 | eyes the Lord’s lofty commands and God’s lofty Commandments which were 01Kor1    11:3 | a great roll,” said He, “ and write in it with a 01Kor1    11:3 | it with a scribe’s pen.” And elsewhere: “Now go, write it 01Kor1    11:3 | write it on a tablet, and inscribe it in a book 01Kor1    11:4 | for the generation to come,” and that “The Lord shall count 01Kor1    11:5 | Go ye therefore and teach all nations,” and that 01Kor1    11:5 | therefore and teach all nations,” and that “this gospel shall be 01Kor1    11:5 | work, through hopeful endeavor, manifest and fruitful as the gospel 01Kor1    11:6 | At that time our blessed and wonderful land of Armenia became 01Kor1    11:7 | warming joy existed there thenceforth, and what a pleasant scene for 01Kor1    11:8 | the eternity which had preceded, and those that had come later 01Kor1    11:8 | had come later, the beginning and the end and all the 01Kor1    11:8 | the beginning and the end and all the divine traditions 01Kor1    12:1 | And as they became certain that 01Kor1    12:1 | so as to instruct, educate, and train for preaching illiterate men 01Kor1    12:2 | On their part they arose and came in large numbers from 01Kor1    12:2 | large numbers from all parts and districts of Armenia to the 01Kor1    12:3 | at the seat of kings and patriarchs, there gushed forth for 01Kor1    12:3 | the words of the Prophet: “ And there shall spring a fountain 01Kor1    12:4 | And truly the two pillars of 01Kor1    12:4 | by sending to different parts and districts of Armenia their apostles 01Kor1    12:5 | their own labors as examples and guide rules, bidding them to 01Kor1    12:6 | And by their God-given wisdom 01Kor1    12:8 | he strove to instruct everyone and to impart the knowledge of 01Kor1    13:2 | And he took leave of them 01Kor1    13:2 | from the Khordzenakan, Khordzean district, and that of the second, Mushegh 01Kor1    13:4 | And expounding the doctrine in his 01Kor1    13:4 | the message of Christ’s gospel, and in all the towns of 01Kor1    13:5 | followed in his father’s footsteps, and rendered much service to the 01Kor1    14:2 | task, enabling him to visit and to familiarize himself with all 01Kor1    14:3 | And so as to teach he 01Kor1    14:3 | from the more brutal, barbaric, and fiendish regions and cared for 01Kor1    14:3 | brutal, barbaric, and fiendish regions and cared for them and instructed 01Kor1    14:3 | regions and cared for them and instructed as a teacher, educated 01Kor1    14:3 | instructed as a teacher, educated and advised them so well as 01Kor1    14:3 | Ananias, a saintly, distinguished man, and a father for the seminarians 01Kor1    14:4 | brave Vasak Siuni, a wise and ingenious, far-sighted man, endowed 01Kor1    14:5 | a son to his father, and duly serving the gospel, carried 01Kor1    15:1 | care of the barbarian regions, and by the grace of God 01Kor1    15:2 | He wrote, arranged, and put it in order, and 01Kor1    15:2 | and put it in order, and taking a few of his 01Kor1    15:2 | in the regions of Georgia. And he went and presented himself 01Kor1    15:2 | of Georgia. And he went and presented himself to King Bakur 01Kor1    15:2 | presented himself to King Bakur, and the bishop of the land 01Kor1    15:3 | skill at their disposal, advised and urged them, and they consented 01Kor1    15:3 | disposal, advised and urged them, and they consented to do what 01Kor1    15:4 | And he found a Georgian translator 01Kor1    15:4 | name of Jagha, a literate and devout man. The Georgian king 01Kor1    15:4 | be gathered from various parts and districts of his realm and 01Kor1    15:4 | and districts of his realm and brought to the vardapet 01Kor1    15:5 | through the forge of education, and with spiritual love and energy 01Kor1    15:5 | education, and with spiritual love and energy he removed from them 01Kor1    15:5 | of the worship of spirits and false idols, and he separated 01Kor1    15:5 | of spirits and false idols, and he separated and purged them 01Kor1    15:5 | false idols, and he separated and purged them from their native 01Kor1    15:5 | them from their native traditions, and made them lose their recollection 01Kor1    15:6 | I forgot my people and my father’s house.” And thus 01Kor1    15:6 | people and my father’s house.” And thus, they who had been 01Kor1    15:6 | from among so many distinct and dissimilar tongues, he bound together 01Kor1    15:6 | transforming them into one nation and glorifiers of one God 01Kor1    15:7 | among whom was a saintly and devout man by the name 01Kor1    15:8 | And when he had organized the 01Kor1    15:8 | them he returned to Armenia, and meeting Sahak, the Catholicos of 01Kor1    15:8 | recounted all that had transpired and together they glorified God and 01Kor1    15:8 | and together they glorified God and the exalted Christ 01Kor1    16:1 | And then he came back to 01Kor1    16:1 | the places he had organized and the districts in Armenia that 01Kor1    16:1 | in order to revitalize, renovate, and confirm 01Kor1    16:2 | And when he had filled every 01Kor1    16:3 | And he hastened and went with 01Kor1    16:3 | And he hastened and went with many pupils to 01Kor1    16:3 | the region of the Greeks, and owing to the renown for 01Kor1    16:4 | his journey a very sincere and amicable reception from the bishops 01Kor1    16:4 | amicable reception from the bishops and princes and provincials of the 01Kor1    16:4 | from the bishops and princes and provincials of the land, especially 01Kor1    16:6 | And he took the group of 01Kor1    16:6 | of his pupils to Melitene and left them in the care 01Kor1    16:6 | city whose name was Akakios, and he named as their supervisor 01Kor1    16:6 | one called Leontius, a loyal and pious man 01Kor1    16:7 | And then the blessed one taking 01Kor1    16:7 | Derjan, whose name was Gint, and a few of his pupils 01Kor1    16:7 | few of his pupils there, and boarding a public transport and 01Kor1    16:7 | and boarding a public transport and receiving much courtesy, arrived at 01Kor1    16:8 | was immediately informed of him, and he entered into the presence 01Kor1    16:8 | throne, the God ordained monarchs and to the Patriarch and saintly 01Kor1    16:8 | monarchs and to the Patriarch and saintly Catholicos of the royal 01Kor1    16:8 | city, whose name was Atticus, and was well received 01Kor1    16:9 | to the Church, the court, and the excellent nobles of the 01Kor1    16:10 | And after the passage of Easter 01Kor1    16:10 | the nature of his needs, and obtained unassailable authorization, along with 01Kor1    16:10 | the Borboritons, evil doing men, and the preservation of the Church 01Kor1    16:11 | personages of the imperial purple and to His Holiness the Catholicos 01Kor1    16:11 | to His Holiness the Catholicos, and having been bid god-speed 01Kor1    16:11 | god-speed by the Church and the foremost princes of the 01Kor1    16:11 | city, they boarded the litters and carriages provided by the court 01Kor1    16:11 | carriages provided by the court, and with much pomp and circumstance 01Kor1    16:11 | court, and with much pomp and circumstance took the royal road 01Kor1    16:11 | circumstance took the royal road. And they were met at every 01Kor1    16:11 | were met at every city, and were treated as high dignitaries 01Kor1    16:12 | And having received many gifts, they 01Kor1    16:12 | visited the sparapet of Armenia, and presented themselves armed with the 01Kor1    16:13 | And when he received the sacred 01Kor1    16:14 | to have many youths gathered and to have provisions made for 01Kor1    16:15 | undertook to examine the uncouth and stubborn sect of the Borboritons 01Kor1    16:16 | And when he found no other 01Kor1    16:17 | And when even then they remained 01Kor1    16:17 | scourged, branded smeared in soot, and subjected to various indignities, they 01Kor1    16:18 | to his educational task, organized and completed it. And having acquired 01Kor1    16:18 | task, organized and completed it. And having acquired many a noble 01Kor1    16:18 | his knowledge of the doctrine and was filled with all goodness 01Kor1    16:19 | Then there came and visited them an elderly man 01Kor1    16:19 | man, an Aghuanian named Benjamin. And he Mesrop inquired and examined 01Kor1    16:19 | Benjamin. And he Mesrop inquired and examined the barbaric diction of 01Kor1    16:19 | diction of the Aghuanian language, and then through his usual God 01Kor1    16:19 | grace of Christ, successfully organized and put in order 01Kor1    16:20 | the princes of the land, and all the churches. He appointed 01Kor1    16:21 | and the second Danan, as overseers 01Kor1    16:21 | whom he commended to God and placed them there 01Kor1    16:22 | And along with many pupils he 01Kor1    16:22 | the regions of Greater Armenia, and arriving at Nor Kaghak, Vagharshapat 01Kor1    16:22 | to the saintly bishop, Sahak, and to the Armenian King whose 01Kor1    16:22 | King whose name was Artashes, and to the nobles 01Kor1    16:23 | and related to them the things 01Kor1    16:23 | of God in those regions, and remained there a few days 01Kor1    17:1 | And then he bid farewell to 01Kor1    17:1 | the region of the Aghuanians and arrived in their country, and 01Kor1    17:1 | and arrived in their country, and upon reaching the royal regions 01Kor1    17:2 | and their King, whose name was 01Kor1    17:3 | And then they inquired and he 01Kor1    17:3 | And then they inquired and he explained the reason for 01Kor1    17:3 | the reason for his coming. And they, the two associates, the 01Kor1    17:3 | the two associates, the King and the Bishop, expressed their readiness 01Kor1    17:3 | readiness to adopt the letters and ordered that a large number 01Kor1    17:3 | youths be gathered from districts and places in the realm and 01Kor1    17:3 | and places in the realm and to open schools in suitable 01Kor1    17:4 | And when this order was actually 01Kor1    17:4 | this order was actually fulfilled and bore results, Bishop Jeremiah soon 01Kor1    17:4 | one instant, the barbaric, slothful, and brutal men become well acquainted 01Kor1    17:4 | well acquainted with the prophets and the apostles, becoming heirs to 01Kor1    17:5 | and in no way ignorant of 01Kor1    17:5 | Aghuanians promptly commanded the satanic and devil worshipping nation to withdraw 01Kor1    17:5 | devil worshipping nation to withdraw and to free itself from the 01Kor1    17:5 | itself from the old superstitions and to submit to the sweet 01Kor1    17:6 | And when they had accomplished it 01Kor1    17:6 | when they had accomplished it and had done all that was 01Kor1    17:6 | done all that was needed and that which he wanted, he 01Kor1    17:7 | the Aghuanian King, the Bishop, and the Church 01Kor1    17:8 | And he named a few of 01Kor1    17:9 | And committing them and himself to 01Kor1    17:9 | And committing them and himself to God’s providential mercy 01Kor1    18:1 | God-loving piety welcomed him and placed himself along with his 01Kor1    18:2 | After enjoying the richness and essence of his doctrine, he 01Kor1    18:3 | Ardzyugh [Arch’d, 411-435] became king of Georgia and caused learning to progress and 01Kor1    18:3 | and caused learning to progress and flourish, and he visited all 01Kor1    18:3 | learning to progress and flourish, and he visited all the pupils 01Kor1    18:3 | he visited all the pupils and exhorted them to remain in 01Kor1    18:4 | entire district at his disposal, and the dissemination of his doctrine 01Kor1    18:5 | And leaving them in the care 01Kor1    18:5 | he warmly greeted Saint Sahak and all those whom he saw 01Kor1    18:5 | all those whom he saw, and related to them also of 01Kor1    19:1 | their attention to the improvement and refinement of the literature of 01Kor1    19:1 | as before, began to write and to translate 01Kor1    19:2 | And it so happened that they 01Kor1    19:2 | was Hovsep, as mentioned above, and the second, named Eznik, from 01Kor1    19:2 | for the purpose of translating and writing down the traditions of 01Kor1    19:3 | destination, carried out their orders and sent the translations to the 01Kor1    19:3 | the Greeks where they studied and became proficient translators from the 01Kor1    19:4 | one of which was Ghevondes, and the second, was I, Koriun 01Kor1    19:4 | the second, was I, Koriun. And as they approached Constantinople, they 01Kor1    19:4 | approached Constantinople, they joined Eznik, and as most intimate companions, together 01Kor1    19:5 | of the God-given book and many subsequent traditions of the 01Kor1    19:5 | with the canons of Nicaea and Ephesus, and placed before the 01Kor1    19:5 | canons of Nicaea and Ephesus, and placed before the fathers the 01Kor1    19:6 | Armenian all the ecclesiastical books and the wisdom of the church 01Kor1    19:7 | copies with the authentic copies, and they translated many commentaries of 01Kor1    19:8 | And thus the fathers passed their 01Kor1    19:8 | fathers passed their time, day and night, with the reading of 01Kor1    19:8 | with the reading of books, and thus served as good examples 01Kor1    19:9 | laws shalt thou meditate day and night,” and the second which 01Kor1    19:9 | thou meditate day and night,” and the second which similarly commands 01Kor1    19:9 | the second which similarly commands: “ And give attendance to reading, exhortation 01Kor1    19:9 | give attendance to reading, exhortation, and to doctrine. Neglect not the 01Kor1    19:10 | thou shalt save both thyself and them that hear thee 01Kor1    20:1 | to prepare diverse, easily understood and gracious sermons, full of the 01Kor1    20:1 | sermons, full of the light and essence of the prophetic books 01Kor1    20:1 | essence of the prophetic books and illustrations of true evangelical faith 01Kor1    20:2 | He then created and organized many examples and allusions 01Kor1    20:2 | created and organized many examples and allusions from ephemeral things of 01Kor1    20:2 | related to after-life, resurrection, and hope, so as to make 01Kor1    20:2 | them intelligible even to fools and to those distracted by secular 01Kor1    20:2 | things, to revive, to awaken; and to convince them of the 01Kor1    21:1 | And thus, all over Armenia, Georgia 01Kor1    21:1 | thus, all over Armenia, Georgia, and Aghuania, throughout his lifetime, in 01Kor1    21:1 | throughout his lifetime, in summer and winter, night and day, fearless 01Kor1    21:1 | in summer and winter, night and day, fearless 01Kor1    21:2 | and without hesitation, he bore, with 01Kor1    21:2 | he bore, with his evangelical and upright life, the name of 01Kor1    21:2 | of all, before kings, princes, and all the pagans, and with 01Kor1    21:2 | princes, and all the pagans, and with no contradiction from opponents 01Kor1    21:2 | with no contradiction from opponents. And he adorned every man spiritually 01Kor1    21:3 | and he saved many who had 01Kor1    21:3 | many who had been imprisoned and in chains, by wresting them 01Kor1    21:4 | and he tore up many inequitable 01Kor1    21:4 | tore up many inequitable contracts and through the doctrine of consolation 01Kor1    21:4 | many who were in mourning and in despair, expectation and hope 01Kor1    21:4 | mourning and in despair, expectation and hope in the appearance of 01Kor1    21:4 | the glory of Almighty God and our Savior Jesus Christ, and 01Kor1    21:4 | and our Savior Jesus Christ, and in general he changed them 01Kor1    22:1 | And again he established many and 01Kor1    22:1 | And again he established many and countries groups of monks in 01Kor1    22:1 | lowlands, in mountains, in caves, and in cloisters 01Kor1    22:2 | to retire into the mountains and to live in caves. They 01Kor1    22:2 | They secluded themselves in caverns and ended the day by receiving 01Kor1    22:3 | And thus, they subjected themselves to 01Kor1    22:4 | were filled with the spirit and their hearts were ever ready 01Kor1    22:5 | books. There the master instructed and exhorted the chosen to go 01Kor1    22:6 | service. There they prayed tearfully and beseeched God, the lover of 01Kor1    22:7 | And thus, he performed his spiritual 01Kor1    22:8 | And he without hesitation hurried with 01Kor1    22:8 | happened to be the problem, and through the power of God 01Kor1    22:8 | power of God solved it, and with ceaseless speech, he caused 01Kor1    22:9 | And he did this throughout his 01Kor1    22:9 | throughout his lifetime for himself and for the world. For all 01Kor1    22:10 | For Jesus began to work and to teach.” He often took 01Kor1    22:10 | often took His disciples aside, and made His all-powerful person 01Kor1    22:10 | Tabor He pronounced the Beatitudes and offered on the same mountain 01Kor1    22:11 | And, again, during the feast of 01Kor1    22:12 | example for all who obey, and for that reason said, “watch 01Kor1    22:12 | for that reason said, “watch and pray that ye enter not 01Kor1    22:13 | And if earthen man is deficient 01Kor1    22:14 | spirit comes to their aid and intercedes for them “with groanings 01Kor1    22:15 | that “Jesus began to work and to teach,” it should be 01Kor1    22:15 | be understood that He worked and taught and not as though 01Kor1    22:15 | that He worked and taught and not as though He made 01Kor1    22:16 | And the intercession of the saints 01Kor1    22:16 | the intercession of the saints and the intercession of the Holy 01Kor1    22:16 | the purpose of teaching us, and is to be understood as 01Kor1    22:17 | it to their imperfect selves, and then transmitted it to their 01Kor1    22:17 | of Christ, sometimes in private, and sometimes by gathering the people 01Kor1    22:18 | interests, to withdraw one’s self and to engage only in the 01Kor1    22:18 | prophets who in the mountains and deserts and in caverns had 01Kor1    22:18 | in the mountains and deserts and in caverns had devoted themselves 01Kor1    22:19 | had assumed this honored tradition, and similarly admonished all who came 01Kor1    22:20 | And it was thus that they 01Kor1    23:1 | of Armenia the false books and inane traditions of a man 01Kor1    23:2 | the church had informed Sahak and Mashtots, the faithful glorifiers of 01Kor1    23:3 | and the latter, in the interest 01Kor1    23:3 | the interest of truth, destroyed and sent them beyond their borders 01Kor1    24:1 | in the number of years and gracious with the goodness of 01Kor1    24:1 | in the district of Bagrevand and village of Blrots’ats’ 01Kor1    24:3 | hand commit I my spirit,” and as the blessed Stephan said 01Kor1    24:5 | a saintly and devout man, who with the 01Kor1    24:6 | raised him with psalms, doxologies, and hymns, and going day and 01Kor1    24:6 | with psalms, doxologies, and hymns, and going day and night for 01Kor1    24:6 | and hymns, and going day and night for several days, arrived 01Kor1    24:7 | And there, at the altar of 01Kor1    24:7 | the sarcophagus of the saints, and sealed it with the seal 01Kor1    24:7 | with the seal of Christ, and after performing the customary rites 01Kor1    25:1 | was immersed in sad, tearful, and heartfelt lamentations, and deep mourning 01Kor1    25:1 | sad, tearful, and heartfelt lamentations, and deep mourning 01Kor1    25:3 | of God, faultlessly, his evangelism and administration of the Holy Church 01Kor1    25:3 | administration of the Holy Church and strove even more and exhorted 01Kor1    25:3 | Church and strove even more and exhorted everyone to be undaunted 01Kor1    25:4 | And day and night, with fasting 01Kor1    25:4 | And day and night, with fasting and praying 01Kor1    25:4 | day and night, with fasting and praying and with supplications, and 01Kor1    25:4 | night, with fasting and praying and with supplications, and in loud 01Kor1    25:4 | and praying and with supplications, and in loud voice admonished everyone 01Kor1    25:4 | of the God-ordained commandments, and performed some of the most 01Kor1    26:1 | And while he thus revived the 01Kor1    26:1 | those who were near him, and sent many messages of advice 01Kor1    26:1 | sent many messages of advice and exhortation to all the provinces 01Kor1    26:3 | And after an illness of a 01Kor1    26:3 | legion, freed from his pains and regaining consciousness, he arose and 01Kor1    26:3 | and regaining consciousness, he arose and sat in the midst of 01Kor1    26:3 | midst of those around him, and with hands upraised to heaven 01Kor1    26:3 | God’s grace those who remained, and asked assistance of them 01Kor1    26:4 | And the names of the principal 01Kor1    26:5 | in chief of Greater Armenia, and that of the second, Hmayeak 01Kor1    26:5 | of the Mamikonian clan, excellent and pious men, heedful to the 01Kor1    26:6 | And as the hands of the 01Kor1    26:6 | everyone with his own eyes, and was not related by acquaintances 01Kor1    26:7 | And he passed on to the 01Kor1    26:7 | on to the saints, love and unity as a legacy, blessed 01Kor1    26:7 | blessed them that were far and near, and went to his 01Kor1    26:7 | that were far and near, and went to his rest, offering 01Kor1    26:8 | Vahan and Hmayeak, along with the populace 01Kor1    26:8 | made all arrangements, with psalms and doxologies and spiritual joy, with 01Kor1    26:8 | arrangements, with psalms and doxologies and spiritual joy, with burning candles 01Kor1    26:8 | spiritual joy, with burning candles and flaming torches, sweet-smelling incense 01Kor1    26:8 | flaming torches, sweet-smelling incense, and brilliant candlesticks 01Kor1    26:9 | crucifixes, went up to Oshakan and laid him there in the 01Kor1    26:9 | the place of the Martyrs and performed the funeral rites. Then 01Kor1    26:9 | rites. Then the vision disappeared, and they all returned to their 01Kor1    26:10 | with finely hewn, sculptured stones, and inside the church built the 01Kor1    26:11 | of the life-giving body and blood of Christ, he prepared 01Kor1    26:11 | decorated with shining gold, silver, and precious stones. And together with 01Kor1    26:11 | gold, silver, and precious stones. And together with the assembled monks 01Kor1    26:12 | And for the glory of God 01Kor1    26:12 | pupils named Tadik, a temperate and pious man, along with brethren 01Kor1    27:1 | The principals, administrators, and vicars had been named by 01Kor1    27:1 | Hovsep, chief of the council, and the second, another pupil named 01Kor1    27:2 | victoriously withstood for Christ many and varied torments and sorrows in 01Kor1    27:2 | Christ many and varied torments and sorrows in chains at Ctesiphon 01Kor1    27:3 | and thereby inherited the designation of 01Kor1    27:3 | inherited the designation of confessor, and returned to his administrative task 01Kor1    28:1 | And the fathers went to their 01Kor1    28:1 | hearers of their gracious teaching, and were their co-workers as 01Kor1    28:2 | work by leaving out much and by gathering from all best 01Kor1    28:4 | And we related this not for 01Kor1    28:4 | for their most luminous faith and life, but as an inspiring 01Kor1    28:4 | example to their spiritual sons and to all who, through them 01Kor1    29:1 | And thus the blessed one’s years 01Kor1    29:1 | of faith were forty-five, and the period from the creation 01Kor1    29:2 | king Krman [Bahrain IV] reigned six years and Yazdigird, twenty-one years, and 01Kor1    29:2 | and Yazdigird, twenty-one years, and Vram eighteen years, and the 01Kor1    29:2 | years, and Vram eighteen years, and the Saint died in the 01Kor1    29:3 | year of Vram’s son Yazdigird [II], and the Armenian alphabet was created 02Agat1    1:0 | The life and history of Saint Gregory 02Agat1    1:2 | of Stahr. Artashir had come and united the troops of the 02Agat1    1:2 | Persians who had abandoned, rejected, and disrespected the lordship of the 02Agat1    1:2 | the lordship of the Parthians, and enthusiastically accepted the rule of 02Agat1    1:5 | not managed to do anything and because of the way things 02Agat1    1:5 | had gone, he turned back and unhappily came to his own 02Agat1    1:6 | the Armenians, began gathering brigades and constituting an army 02Agat1    1:7 | assembled troops from the Aghuans and Iberians (Georgians). He opened the 02Agat1    1:7 | the Gate of the Alans and the Choray pass, bringing in 02Agat1    1:7 | to raid the Persian areas and to invade the Asorestan areas 02Agat1    1:8 | entire country, wrecking flourishing cities and desirable [awans] hamlets, and leaving the 02Agat1    1:8 | flourishing cities and desirable [awans] hamlets, and leaving the entire cultivated country 02Agat1    1:8 | the entire cultivated country empty and ruined 02Agat1    1:9 | to completely wipe out, seize, and demolish everything from top to 02Agat1    1:11 | the multitude of his forces and the bravery of the troops 02Agat1    1:12 | a vast multitude of vigorous and courageous organized men and horsemen 02Agat1    1:12 | vigorous and courageous organized men and horsemen from the Aghuank, Lpink 02Agat1    1:12 | from the Aghuank, Lpink, Chighpk, and Kaspk, and others from those 02Agat1    1:12 | Aghuank, Lpink, Chighpk, and Kaspk, and others from those parts, arriving 02Agat1    1:13 | kinfolk, had submitted to serving and supporting the rising kingship of 02Agat1    1:13 | kingship of the Stahrite Sasanian and had united with him Artashir 02Agat1    1:14 | aid their own Arsacid clansmen and to oppose his Artashir’s kingship 02Agat1    1:14 | emissaries to the brave folk and martial warriors there in the 02Agat1    1:14 | there in the Kushan areas and in the Kushans’ own native 02Agat1    1:15 | despite these actions the clans, and the azgapetk, the naxarars and 02Agat1    1:15 | and the azgapetk, the naxarars and nahapetk of the Parthians paid 02Agat1    1:15 | they had united with, accepted, and submitted to the lordship of 02Agat1    1:15 | of their own Arsacid clan and its brotherhood 02Agat1    1:17 | with great force, he arose and went before them in military 02Agat1    1:18 | he was unable to withstand, and fled before them. Xosrov and 02Agat1    1:18 | and fled before them. Xosrov and his allies pursued and destroyed 02Agat1    1:18 | Xosrov and his allies pursued and destroyed all the troops of 02Agat1    1:18 | the Persians, covering the plains and roads with their scattered corpses 02Agat1    1:18 | roads with their scattered corpses, and delivering devastating and incredible blows 02Agat1    1:18 | scattered corpses, and delivering devastating and incredible blows 02Agat1    1:19 | destruction triumphantly, with much booty, and joyfully elated. He went to 02Agat1    1:19 | with great joy, good renown, and much booty 02Agat1    1:21 | Arsacid clan with white bulls and white rams, white horses and 02Agat1    1:21 | and white rams, white horses and white mules, with gold and 02Agat1    1:21 | and white mules, with gold and silver ornaments, with fringed and 02Agat1    1:21 | and silver ornaments, with fringed and tasseled silks 02Agat1    1:22 | with gold crowns and silver items for making sacrifice 02Agat1    1:22 | sacrifice, precious vessels of gold and silver studded with gems, and 02Agat1    1:22 | and silver studded with gems, and beautifully adorned brilliant raiment 02Agat1    1:23 | the loot he had amassed and gifted the most magnificent items 02Agat1    1:24 | him, he gave them gifts and dismissed them 02Agat1    2:1 | same he had summoned previously and many more, and spread about 02Agat1    2:1 | summoned previously and many more, and spread about raiding the Asorestan 02Agat1    2:3 | And so for eleven years, one 02Agat1    2:3 | after the next, they looted and wrecked all the confines of 02Agat1    2:3 | the country under the kingship and rule of the Persians 02Agat1    2:4 | upon him, he became upset and was plunged into anxiety, doubt 02Agat1    2:4 | was plunged into anxiety, doubt, and hesitation 02Agat1    2:5 | kings, lieutenants [kusakals], lords, generals, chiefs [pets], and princes of his realm. They 02Agat1    2:5 | realm. They entered into deliberations and King Ardashir beseeched all of 02Agat1    2:5 | them to find some solutions, and he offered various gifts 02Agat1    2:7 | confer various kinds of honors and gifts 02Agat1    2:9 | Ardashir began talking to him and note: “If you just resolve 02Agat1    2:10 | a crown on your head and making you prominent and glorious 02Agat1    2:10 | head and making you prominent and glorious in my realm. And 02Agat1    2:10 | and glorious in my realm. And I will designate you as 02Agat1    2:11 | clan while my true [harazat] brother and I will leave you today 02Agat1    2:12 | organized with their families, women, and children, and all their belongings 02Agat1    2:12 | their families, women, and children, and all their belongings 02Agat1    2:13 | out, watching the roads, arising and departing as though emigrating to 02Agat1    2:15 | began speaking with him falsely and deceitfully, demonstrating the believability of 02Agat1    2:17 | he regarded him as trustworthy and believed him 02Agat1    2:18 | diadem,” [pativ] of a royal kind and seated him on the second 02Agat1    2:18 | cold days of blustery winds and ice 02Agat1    2:19 | The king arose and left those areas when the 02Agat1    2:19 | spring. The royal retinue came and descended into the district of 02Agat1    2:22 | remembered the promises of gifts, and he longed for his native 02Agat1    2:22 | his native land called Pahlaw. And then he hatched an evil 02Agat1    2:22 | hatched an evil scheme. He and his brother took the king 02Agat1    2:23 | swords partly unsheathed. Then, suddenly and unexpectedly, they raised their weapons 02Agat1    2:23 | unexpectedly, they raised their weapons and struck the king dead. He 02Agat1    2:24 | had each mounted his horse and fled 02Agat1    2:25 | this, they split into brigades and went in pursuit 02Agat1    2:26 | Some hurried by land and reached the head of the 02Agat1    2:27 | swollen with blocks of ice and mounds of melting snow in 02Agat1    2:29 | road, the naxarars stopped them, and surrounded them. They hurled the 02Agat1    2:30 | And then they turned back sighing 02Agat1    2:30 | turned back sighing, crying out, and lamenting, and the entire country 02Agat1    2:30 | sighing, crying out, and lamenting, and the entire country gathered and 02Agat1    2:30 | and the entire country gathered and mourned the king 02Agat1    2:32 | the naxarars began to kill and destroy, not sparing even the 02Agat1    2:33 | were spirited away by someone and saved by means of their 02Agat1    2:33 | fleeing to the Persian areas, and the other, to the Greek 02Agat1    3:1 | all this, he was delighted and rejoiced. On that day he 02Agat1    3:1 | he celebrated a great feast and carried out many vows to 02Agat1    3:2 | King Ardashir assembled troops and advanced, raiding throughout the areas 02Agat1    3:2 | He led into captivity people and animals, the elderly and infants 02Agat1    3:2 | people and animals, the elderly and infants, youths and children alike 02Agat1    3:2 | the elderly and infants, youths and children alike 02Agat1    3:3 | It happened that someone took and saved from that raid one 02Agat1    3:3 | who was taken by dayeaks and escaped to the court of 02Agat1    3:4 | places after his own name and putting to flight the Greek 02Agat1    3:6 | led to their Persian country, and he seized that Armenian land 02Agat1    3:7 | Now Trdat Trdate’s (Tiridates) went and was nourished and educated by 02Agat1    3:7 | Tiridates) went and was nourished and educated by a certain count 02Agat1    3:8 | the Byzantine areas, was nourished and educated in the city of 02Agat1    3:9 | in the fear of Christ and, additionally, he was schooled in 02Agat1    3:9 | with the scriptures of God and the fear of the Lord 02Agat1    3:10 | by his father, Gregory arose and went to Trdat (Trdatios) to 02Agat1    3:11 | He hid his identify and other facts about himself concerning 02Agat1    3:11 | he had come from, how, and why. He obediently gave himself 02Agat1    3:11 | gave himself into Trdat’s service and worked for him 02Agat1    3:13 | faith, he began to scold and threaten him with various punishments 02Agat1    3:14 | Gregory with torments in prison and in fetters so that he 02Agat1    3:14 | abandon the worship of Christ and, obediently, turn to the vain 02Agat1    3:14 | obediently, turn to the vain and loathsome worship of the gods 02Agat1    4:1 | of the Goths mustered troops and, with numerous brigades of soldiers 02Agat1    4:2 | such numbers, waste our troops, and bring danger and crisis to 02Agat1    4:2 | our troops, and bring danger and crisis to our lands 02Agat1    4:3 | from my own forces here, and you as an individual should 02Agat1    4:4 | shall be subject to you and we shall obey you. Thus 02Agat1    4:4 | you. Thus, without shedding blood and causing destruction, prosperity will embrace 02Agat1    4:6 | single combat. He was depressed and terrified because he did not 02Agat1    4:7 | the king commanded that edicts and emissaries should be sent to 02Agat1    4:7 | be sent to the princes and troops of his realm wherever 02Agat1    4:8 | The princes, troops, and naxarars quickly arrived by him 02Agat1    4:9 | which was under his command and hastened to the place of 02Agat1    4:9 | of battle near the king, and Trdat was with him 02Agat1    4:10 | amidst the ditches of vineyards and the paths of storehouses. However 02Agat1    4:13 | climbed over the wall, descended, and threw back among the troops 02Agat1    4:14 | also took the forage’s guards and many guard dogs, and lowered 02Agat1    4:14 | guards and many guard dogs, and lowered them down among the 02Agat1    4:15 | himself again ascended the wall and descended 02Agat1    4:16 | of the city were opened and all the troops entered. Licinius 02Agat1    4:16 | chiefs [sparapetkn], commanders of the troops, and princes 02Agat1    4:18 | matter. His name is Tiridates, and he is from the clan 02Agat1    4:20 | Then he gave a command and they brought Tiridates into the 02Agat1    4:20 | Tiridates into the king’s presence and told him everything in order 02Agat1    4:22 | Tiridates with the imperial adornment and place on him the royal 02Agat1    4:23 | knew the truth about him, and an order went out to 02Agat1    4:24 | a brigade of many troops and, to the sound of the 02Agat1    4:25 | man dressed like the emperor, and the Goth king whipped the 02Agat1    4:25 | the flanks of their horses and reached each other. It was 02Agat1    4:26 | the king greatly exalted Tiridates and gave him very grand gifts 02Agat1    4:26 | on his head exalting, adorning, and beautifying him with purple and 02Agat1    4:26 | and beautifying him with purple and imperial ornaments 02Agat1    4:27 | Byzantine emperor assembled many troops and gave them to him to 02Agat1    4:27 | to him to aid him, and then sent him to his 02Agat1    4:29 | they had conquered that land and put it into subjection 02Agat1    4:30 | He killed many of them and put many others to flight 02Agat1    4:30 | lordship, making it his own, and strengthened its borders 02Agat1    5:2 | this unworthy deed, they descended and encamped by the banks of 02Agat1    5:3 | had entered a tent there and were eating and had drunk 02Agat1    5:3 | tent there and were eating and had drunk well of the 02Agat1    5:3 | ordered Gregory to place wreaths and thick tree branches as gifts 02Agat1    5:5 | especially since you, a stranger and a foreigner, came and attached 02Agat1    5:5 | stranger and a foreigner, came and attached yourself to us 02Agat1    5:6 | And the king ordered that Gregory 02Agat1    5:7 | morning he gave an order and they brought Gregory before the 02Agat1    5:9 | was satisfied with your labors and intended to reward you. Why 02Agat1    5:10 | Gregory replied and note: “It is commanded by 02Agat1    5:10 | bodily lords’ [Eph. 6.5], as is right and as you have borne witness 02Agat1    5:11 | to anyone else the honor and worship due to God. For 02Agat1    5:11 | is the creator of heaven and of the angels, who glorify 02Agat1    5:11 | angels, who glorify his majesty, and of earth and of men 02Agat1    5:11 | his majesty, and of earth and of men 02Agat1    5:12 | have been fashioned by him and whose duty it is to 02Agat1    5:12 | it is to worship him and do his will; as also 02Agat1    5:12 | in them, in the sea and on land 02Agat1    5:13 | which you have rendered me and to which I am witness 02Agat1    5:14 | shall increase affliction upon you; and instead of honor, dishonor; and 02Agat1    5:14 | and instead of honor, dishonor; and instead of elevation to high 02Agat1    5:14 | elevation to high rank, prison and bonds and death which removes 02Agat1    5:14 | high rank, prison and bonds and death which removes all hope 02Agat1    5:14 | offer worship to the gods, and especially to this great lady 02Agat1    5:15 | the glory of our race and our savior; her all kings 02Agat1    5:15 | benefactor of all human nature, and the offspring of the great 02Agat1    5:15 | the offspring of the great and noble Aramazd 02Agat1    5:18 | creation are all creatures visible and invisible 02Agat1    5:19 | his kingdom passes not away [cf. Dan. 7.27], and his blessings do not fail 02Agat1    5:20 | And instead of the dishonor which 02Agat1    5:21 | And as for your saying ’instead 02Agat1    5:21 | shall cast you into prison and bonds,’ I would be 02Agat1    5:21 | example of my Lord’s bonds. And with him I would be 02Agat1    5:21 | him I would be happy and rejoice in the day of 02Agat1    5:22 | And by depriving me of your 02Agat1    5:22 | the father of the faith, and of all the just who 02Agat1    5:23 | And as for your threatening me 02Agat1    5:23 | all those called, the fathers and the just, the prophets and 02Agat1    5:23 | and the just, the prophets and the apostles, the martyrs and 02Agat1    5:23 | and the apostles, the martyrs and all the elect 02Agat1    5:24 | hope of all who serve and love God is strengthened 02Agat1    5:25 | worship gods that are mute and lifeless, the work of men’s 02Agat1    5:27 | the demons by impious magic and by assuming various deceiving forms 02Agat1    5:27 | that time to build temples and set up images and worship 02Agat1    5:27 | temples and set up images and worship them 02Agat1    5:29 | are worshiping objects of wood and stone and gold and silver 02Agat1    5:29 | objects of wood and stone and gold and silver, which God 02Agat1    5:29 | wood and stone and gold and silver, which God has established 02Agat1    5:29 | has established for the service and needs and glory of mankind 02Agat1    5:29 | for the service and needs and glory of mankind 02Agat1    5:30 | may I in all obedience [cf. I Tim. 2.11] and all sincerity and fear worship 02Agat1    5:30 | all obedience [cf. I Tim. 2.11] and all sincerity and fear worship God the creator 02Agat1    5:30 | fear worship God the creator and the Son the establisher and 02Agat1    5:30 | and the Son the establisher and the Spirit the disposer of 02Agat1    5:30 | all creatures, who made everything and can destroy and renew again 02Agat1    5:30 | made everything and can destroy and renew again by his mercy 02Agat1    5:32 | the Son of God died and rose and by his resurrection 02Agat1    5:32 | of God died and rose and by his resurrection showed us 02Agat1    5:32 | impiety, demanding it with impartial and rigorous judgment from all alike 02Agat1    5:33 | that you are seeking death and recompense for yourself in the 02Agat1    5:35 | or what are your hope and our hopelessness. Come then and 02Agat1    5:35 | and our hopelessness. Come then and kindly explain all this to 02Agat1    5:36 | yourself said ’they are men’ and you brought them down to 02Agat1    5:36 | them down to mortal nature. And the terrible insult which you 02Agat1    5:37 | whom he made this world and fashioned it [cf. Jn. 1.3]; he is the 02Agat1    5:37 | the judge of the living and the dead [cf. II Tim. 4.1], Lord and recompenser 02Agat1    5:37 | living and the dead [cf. II Tim. 4.1], Lord and recompenser of bounty to the 02Agat1    5:37 | of bounty to the bountiful and of evil to the evil 02Agat1    5:38 | said, is truly the lord and guardian of the tombs. For 02Agat1    5:38 | tombs. For he died willingly and entered a tomb, which guards 02Agat1    5:38 | the bones of all men; and by his resurrection he demonstrated 02Agat1    5:38 | by his resurrection he demonstrated and revealed the resurrection of the 02Agat1    5:39 | For he himself is resurrection and life [cf. Jn. 11.25], the raiser and renewer 02Agat1    5:39 | resurrection and life [cf. Jn. 11.25], the raiser and renewer of all flesh [cf. I Cor. 15.52; Phil. 3.21], and 02Agat1    5:39 | and renewer of all flesh [cf. I Cor. 15.52; Phil. 3.21], and he keeps the breath of 02Agat1    5:40 | clothed in the same flesh. And then he will reveal each 02Agat1    5:41 | who are bound in sin; and he will break the chains 02Agat1    5:42 | reveal the grace of mercy and to save those who hope 02Agat1    5:43 | And the unfailing joy is this 02Agat1    5:43 | when he will make immortal and raise to his own divinity 02Agat1    5:43 | his own divinity his beloved and called and invited and those 02Agat1    5:43 | divinity his beloved and called and invited and those who kept 02Agat1    5:43 | beloved and called and invited and those who kept the commandments 02Agat1    5:44 | And the coming is this, when 02Agat1    5:45 | And the angels are those who 02Agat1    5:45 | the servants of his majesty and divinity and of the eternal 02Agat1    5:45 | of his majesty and divinity and of the eternal kingdom 02Agat1    5:46 | Our hope expects and awaits this. And your hopelessness 02Agat1    5:46 | hope expects and awaits this. And your hopelessness is this, that 02Agat1    5:47 | is no wisdom in you. And you have been found to 02Agat1    5:47 | your cheeks into a bridle and bit, you who will not 02Agat1    5:48 | by the hands of men, and have been created by aberrant 02Agat1    5:48 | have been created by aberrant and dreaming thoughts 02Agat1    5:50 | For ’they have a mouth and do not speak. They have 02Agat1    5:50 | not speak. They have eyes and see not 02Agat1    5:51 | They have hands and feel not. They have feet 02Agat1    5:51 | feel not. They have feet and move not. There is no 02Agat1    5:52 | them will become like them, and also all those who hope 02Agat1    6:1 | The king began to speak and note: “How often have I 02Agat1    6:1 | have I given you warning and commands not to repeat in 02Agat1    6:1 | which you have pieced together and learned up and which it 02Agat1    6:1 | pieced together and learned up and which it is unfitting for 02Agat1    6:2 | come to the right path and worship the gods 02Agat1    6:3 | by calling someone else creator. And those who are truly creator 02Agat1    6:3 | creator you insult, calling lifeless and mute the great Anahit, who 02Agat1    6:3 | great Anahit, who gives life and fertility to our land of 02Agat1    6:4 | and with her the great and 02Agat1    6:4 | and with her the great and noble Aramazd, the creator of 02Agat1    6:4 | Aramazd, the creator of heaven and earth, and with him the 02Agat1    6:4 | creator of heaven and earth, and with him the other gods 02Agat1    6:4 | with him the other gods. And you have gone so far 02Agat1    6:4 | daring to call us horses and mules 02Agat1    6:5 | shall cast you into torments and I shall place a bridle 02Agat1    6:6 | part in speaking with you and honoring you, yet you replied 02Agat1    6:7 | his hands bound behind him, and a muzzle put in his 02Agat1    6:7 | muzzle put in his mouth; and he had a block of 02Agat1    6:7 | salt hung on his back and a noose placed round his 02Agat1    6:8 | and cords put round and tightened 02Agat1    6:8 | and cords put round and tightened on him; and he 02Agat1    6:8 | round and tightened on him; and he had him bound and 02Agat1    6:8 | and he had him bound and raised up by machines to 02Agat1    6:9 | And he remained thus, tightly bound 02Agat1    6:10 | And after the seventh day he 02Agat1    6:10 | the seventh day he commanded and they released him from this 02Agat1    6:10 | released him from this torture and binding, and they brought him 02Agat1    6:10 | from this torture and binding, and they brought him before the 02Agat1    6:11 | could you suffer, resist, endure, and last until today 02Agat1    6:12 | or mule’ you took on and carried such a great load 02Agat1    6:12 | carried such a great load and were stationary under your burden 02Agat1    6:14 | agree to worship the gods, and if you repeat ’such insults 02Agat1    6:14 | the deities, then still worse and crueler sufferings will come upon 02Agat1    6:15 | have been made by men and set up as images by 02Agat1    6:16 | Some are of wood and some of stone, some are 02Agat1    6:16 | stone, some are of bronze and some of silver and some 02Agat1    6:16 | bronze and some of silver and some of gold. They have 02Agat1    6:17 | And you yourself bear me witness 02Agat1    6:18 | Lord, whose creation are heaven and earth, and in the co 02Agat1    6:18 | creation are heaven and earth, and in the co-worker the 02Agat1    6:18 | the co-worker the Son, and in the Spirit, the intercessor 02Agat1    6:20 | And I hope that he may 02Agat1    6:20 | of the gifts of humility and calm, which passes not away 02Agat1    6:20 | passes not away for ever and ever. He raises the humble 02Agat1    6:20 | his benevolence to that inexhaustible and unending recompense 02Agat1    6:21 | to the infinite, timeless, and unending day of election, in 02Agat1    6:21 | rest to all his laborers and reward them in his majesty 02Agat1    6:23 | And of those who worship wooden 02Agat1    6:23 | over all the wooden field, and it will consume sinners, and 02Agat1    6:23 | and it will consume sinners, and will not be extinguished’ 02Agat1    6:24 | who worship images of silver and gold, he speaks thus: ’Their 02Agat1    6:24 | he speaks thus: ’Their silver and their gold will not be 02Agat1    6:25 | impose on them heavy loads [cf. Lk. 11.46] and also on all resisters and 02Agat1    6:25 | and also on all resisters and sinners who may be impious 02Agat1    7:1 | upside-down from one foot and that while he was upside 02Agat1    7:1 | should bum dung beneath him and he should be flogged with 02Agat1    7:2 | according to the king’s command. And he remained suspended thus for 02Agat1    7:5 | and you have given us the 02Agat1    7:5 | delight. You made us immortal and free of pain and prepared 02Agat1    7:5 | immortal and free of pain and prepared for us the joyful 02Agat1    7:6 | give life without your command and benevolent will 02Agat1    7:7 | and your will and word and 02Agat1    7:7 | and your will and word and benevolence are the 02Agat1    7:7 | and your will and word and benevolence are the only-begotten 02Agat1    7:7 | the offspring of your divinity, and the holy Spirit who proceeds 02Agat1    7:7 | Spirit who proceeds from you and fills all the world, who 02Agat1    7:7 | world, who is with you and with your only- begotten in 02Agat1    7:8 | had observed your commandment, Lord, and had kept the command which 02Agat1    7:9 | We sowed and increased, as you commanded us 02Agat1    7:10 | as after the holy marriage and birth of a son to 02Agat1    7:10 | to the destiny of joy and immortality 02Agat1    7:11 | us from the delightful garden and from our earthly condition to 02Agat1    7:12 | And you would have brought in 02Agat1    7:15 | the image of our form and I have set him up 02Agat1    7:16 | of debauchery [cf. II Macc. 6.21] entered the world and threw men from life and 02Agat1    7:16 | and threw men from life and repose [cf. Wis. 2.24], which you in your 02Agat1    7:19 | races [cf. II Pet. 1.19]. But by these irrational and lawless men they were hated 02Agat1    7:19 | lawless men they were hated and persecuted 02Agat1    7:20 | the mysteries of your illumination, and they preached your will and 02Agat1    7:20 | and they preached your will and the coming of your Son 02Agat1    7:20 | world, who was to come and remove the burden of the 02Agat1    7:21 | to death with torture, torments and all sorts of trials and 02Agat1    7:21 | and all sorts of trials and tribulations; they led a bitter 02Agat1    7:21 | their tormentors. But their tormentors and enemies weakened and fell 02Agat1    7:21 | their tormentors and enemies weakened and fell 02Agat1    7:22 | my heart will not fear; and in the struggle which faces 02Agat1    7:23 | sent by you to come and be born of the holy 02Agat1    7:25 | Eve’s giving birth, Cain’s curse and sweat and toil and agitation 02Agat1    7:25 | birth, Cain’s curse and sweat and toil and agitation and troubles 02Agat1    7:25 | curse and sweat and toil and agitation and troubles entered the 02Agat1    7:25 | sweat and toil and agitation and troubles entered the world; so 02Agat1    7:25 | Son from the virgin, rest and life and blessings will enter 02Agat1    7:25 | the virgin, rest and life and blessings will enter the world 02Agat1    7:27 | the virgin in the flesh and became man and was incorporate 02Agat1    7:27 | the flesh and became man and was incorporate like us, yet 02Agat1    7:27 | like us, yet he is and remains in the glory of 02Agat1    7:28 | is the same, who was and is and remains forever with 02Agat1    7:28 | same, who was and is and remains forever with the Father 02Agat1    7:28 | remains forever with the Father and with the holy Spirit 02Agat1    7:29 | the will of his begetter. And he fulfilled his will 02Agat1    7:30 | the indignity of affliction, death and torments, with his death and 02Agat1    7:30 | and torments, with his death and burial 02Agat1    7:31 | his divinity the image-makers and image-lovers and image-worshippers 02Agat1    7:31 | image-makers and image-lovers and image-worshippers 02Agat1    7:32 | And because men were accustomed to 02Agat1    7:32 | were accustomed to worship lifeless and dead images, he himself became 02Agat1    7:32 | on the cross. He died and breathed his last, in order 02Agat1    7:33 | cross appear as a hook, and he made his body food 02Agat1    7:34 | And instead of carved pieces of 02Agat1    7:34 | worshipping wood, by this familiar and accustomed object might be persuaded 02Agat1    7:34 | worship the cross of wood and the image and bodily form 02Agat1    7:34 | of wood and the image and bodily form upon it 02Agat1    7:35 | man who does not hear, and like a mute, for he 02Agat1    7:36 | ’I shall make you mute and shall bind your tongue in 02Agat1    7:37 | And you will become like a 02Agat1    7:39 | if climbing a high summit; and he showed his speechless lifelessness 02Agat1    7:40 | him on a high place and rejoiced, worshiped, and submitted 02Agat1    7:40 | high place and rejoiced, worshiped, and submitted 02Agat1    7:41 | And because men were accustomed to 02Agat1    7:41 | the sacrifice of your Son and note: ’I have sacrificed the 02Agat1    7:42 | And you increased their joy by 02Agat1    7:42 | the crucifixion of your Son. And you satisfied the whole world 02Agat1    7:42 | flesh, which is sufficient food and life for all your worshippers 02Agat1    7:43 | unending destruction by irrevocable judgments; and their cities you have established 02Agat1    7:44 | And because men ate and drank 02Agat1    7:44 | And because men ate and drank the blood of idolatrous 02Agat1    7:44 | might replace the wooden sculptures, and he himself the impure images 02Agat1    7:45 | and his blood the blood of 02Agat1    7:46 | For he came and redeemed us [cf. Gal. 3.13] with his blood 02Agat1    7:46 | to servitude by his divinity, and freed us from slavery to 02Agat1    7:46 | blood [cf. I Cor. 6.19; 7.23], who have been saved and freed by his blood and 02Agat1    7:46 | and freed by his blood and flesh 02Agat1    7:48 | into eternal torments, with soul and body into the inextinguishable fire 02Agat1    7:48 | body into the inextinguishable fire and the undying worm 02Agat1    7:49 | power to endure the affliction and pain of my torment, and 02Agat1    7:49 | and pain of my torment, and have mercy on me as 02Agat1    7:49 | whole world lives, the just and the sinners, through your sweet 02Agat1    7:50 | to rise over the evil and the good, and you bring 02Agat1    7:50 | the evil and the good, and you bring rain on the 02Agat1    7:50 | bring rain on the just and on sinners’ [Matt. 5.45]. For you restrain 02Agat1    7:50 | For you restrain your anger and demonstrate your mercy to all 02Agat1    7:51 | gave me, to know you and do your will 02Agat1    7:53 | take our sins upon himself and therewith bring upon himself the 02Agat1    7:53 | cross, that he might fulfill and grant the grace of rewards 02Agat1    7:54 | And so, benevolent Lord, who note 02Agat1    7:55 | your divinity may be revealed; and that this too may be 02Agat1    7:56 | the sins of our fathers and the fire-worship of our 02Agat1    7:56 | fire-worship of our ancestors and the lawlessness of our forefathers 02Agat1    7:57 | And you permitted us to know 02Agat1    7:57 | know your nature as creator and God, lest we be lost 02Agat1    7:58 | lest your indignation destroy us, and lest your wrath be aroused 02Agat1    7:59 | the truth of your name and to die, and once again 02Agat1    7:59 | your name and to die, and once again be renewed in 02Agat1    7:60 | of face in his presence and receive the crown of victory 02Agat1    7:61 | For you only will exist and remain forever, while every material 02Agat1    7:61 | remain forever, while every material and transitory creature at your word 02Agat1    7:62 | But you alone are eternal, and you gather mankind like grain 02Agat1    7:62 | in barns [cf. Matt. 3.12; 13.30; Lk. 3.17] in their time and again renew them 02Agat1    7:63 | bones, you make them blossom and give new wings to your 02Agat1    7:64 | Lord of the day and establisher of darkness, creator of 02Agat1    7:64 | light, yours is the daytime and yours the evening; you have 02Agat1    7:65 | of the years’ seasons, months and periods, to complete the periods 02Agat1    7:66 | begotten, the inextinguishable, unfailing, inexhaustible and uninterrupted light, who will be 02Agat1    7:67 | where there are no days and no evenings, no weeks and 02Agat1    7:67 | and no evenings, no weeks and no months, no years and 02Agat1    7:67 | and no months, no years and no hours and no periods 02Agat1    7:67 | no years and no hours and no periods of time, no 02Agat1    7:67 | time, no changing of years and no flowing of time. But 02Agat1    7:67 | But he alone is Lord and his name is unique 02Agat1    7:68 | whose blessings have no variation and whose rewards have no diminution 02Agat1    7:69 | Only-begotten as example, supports and carries the example of the 02Agat1    7:69 | resurrection, in order to show and indicate to all earthly creatures 02Agat1    7:70 | East he moves toward youth, and again by your will he 02Agat1    7:70 | old age. He is shrouded and buried, as a prediction of 02Agat1    7:70 | resurrection of the buried dead, and he brings the comfort of 02Agat1    7:71 | of your Son from heaven and alludes to the renewal of 02Agat1    7:71 | universe; he teaches the perdition and decay of sinners and the 02Agat1    7:71 | perdition and decay of sinners and the rising of the just 02Agat1    7:71 | the kingdom at the coming, and shows again the vengeance made 02Agat1    7:73 | be abolished, which you established and prepared for the day of 02Agat1    7:73 | everyone through your Only-begotten and your holy Spirit; for yours 02Agat1    7:73 | holy Spirit; for yours is, and to you is fitting, glory 02Agat1    7:73 | is fitting, glory for ever and ever 02Agat1    7:74 | those who hope in you and fulfill the will of those 02Agat1    7:74 | keep my hope [cf. II Tim. 4.7] in you and the great fear which you 02Agat1    7:74 | the impious who oppose you. And give me, Lord, endurance to 02Agat1    7:75 | lovingly care for your creatures and feed them all with your 02Agat1    7:77 | the whole world by fire and his anger 02Agat1    7:78 | forces of the enemy. Remove and scatter the fog of evil 02Agat1    7:78 | scatter the fog of evil and heathen idolatry by your sweet 02Agat1    7:79 | are able to forgive sins and expiate the transgressions and lawlessness 02Agat1    7:79 | sins and expiate the transgressions and lawlessness of your creatures, that 02Agat1    7:79 | they may worship you alone and do your will 02Agat1    7:80 | and become glorifiers of your divinity 02Agat1    7:80 | become glorifiers of your divinity, and be saved from your judgment 02Agat1    7:80 | be saved from your judgment and rejoice in your ineffable blessings 02Agat1    7:81 | into existence non-existent things and to bring into being creatures 02Agat1    7:82 | but had mercy and sent your only-begotten Son 02Agat1    7:82 | only-begotten Son, who came and brought back creatures to your 02Agat1    7:82 | back creatures to your divinity, and ordered the Gospel to be 02Agat1    7:83 | For yours alone is glory and to you is worship from 02Agat1    7:83 | alone are worthy of glory and honor 02Agat1    7:84 | your creatures in your benevolence and grace towards this land of 02Agat1    7:84 | that they may know you and your only-begotten Son, our 02Agat1    7:85 | and who put on the flesh 02Agat1    7:85 | the flesh of our humanity, and who depicted and imprinted himself 02Agat1    7:85 | our humanity, and who depicted and imprinted himself on the creatures 02Agat1    7:85 | might put on human flesh and by its relation to theirs 02Agat1    7:86 | endure to see your face and live [cf. Ex. 33.20]. Therefore, he became in 02Agat1    7:87 | the benevolence of the Father, and in him receive the grace 02Agat1    7:88 | that they may know you and the benefits of your benevolent 02Agat1    7:89 | to die for your truth [cf. Acts 21.13], and to be renewed again at 02Agat1    7:90 | For you came and died on behalf of your 02Agat1    7:90 | on behalf of your creatures and joined’ our mortal nature to 02Agat1    7:93 | who were pleasing before you and we may offer ourselves as 02Agat1    7:93 | we may lose our lives and again find them [cf. Matt. 10.39] on the 02Agat1    7:94 | who have loved your divinity and your only-begotten Son, our 02Agat1    7:95 | He was the true lamb [cf. Jn. 1.36] and offered himself to you as 02Agat1    7:95 | he might be a reconciler and intercessor between you the creator 02Agat1    7:95 | intercessor between you the creator and the creatures 02Agat1    7:98 | So, benevolent Lord, who came and was humbled and took the 02Agat1    7:98 | who came and was humbled and took the form of mankind 02Agat1    7:98 | took the form of mankind [cf. Phil. 2.8] and gave yourself to every endurance 02Agat1    7:98 | gave yourself to every endurance, and did not turn yourself from 02Agat1    7:99 | and offered your cheek to those 02Agat1    7:99 | cheek to those striking you [cf. Lam. 3.30; Lk. 6.29] and drank bitter vinegar and gall 02Agat1    7:99 | you [cf. Lam. 3.30; Lk. 6.29] and drank bitter vinegar and gall for us (many references 02Agat1    7:99 | submit to your easy yoke [cf. Matt. 11.30] and be saved from eternal torments 02Agat1    7:100 | And as for those who remain 02Agat1    7:100 | miss your paths of truth, and may they be invited to 02Agat1    7:100 | invited to your royal table and may they enjoy your long 02Agat1    7:101 | be slaughtered like a lamb [cf. Acts 8.32], and you made them rejoice in 02Agat1    7:101 | for the salvation of all. And you gave as drink the 02Agat1    7:102 | of the earth may remember and turn and come to you 02Agat1    7:102 | earth may remember and turn and come to you [cf. Ps. 21.28], and that 02Agat1    7:102 | turn and come to you [cf. Ps. 21.28], and that all may worship before 02Agat1    7:103 | up again, to revive them and make them worthy of your 02Agat1    7:103 | blood they have been saved and freed from the power of 02Agat1    7:104 | For they are your servants and will become your worshippers, lest 02Agat1    7:105 | Make us sons of light and sons of the daytime [cf. I Thess. 5.5], that 02Agat1    7:106 | ones through your own sufferings and humility; you showed torment by 02Agat1    7:107 | can we number our tribulations and sufferings? For you, Lord, humbled 02Agat1    7:107 | For you, Lord, humbled yourself and accepted everything, and you removed 02Agat1    7:107 | humbled yourself and accepted everything, and you removed the afflictions and 02Agat1    7:107 | and you removed the afflictions and torments of the whole universe 02Agat1    8:1 | said while hanging thus suspended. And the scribes of the tribunal 02Agat1    8:1 | no heed to the gallows and disregarded the blows of the 02Agat1    8:2 | And he said many more things 02Agat1    8:2 | he was hanging upside down, and they wrote them down and 02Agat1    8:2 | and they wrote them down and brought them before the king 02Agat1    8:3 | Then he gave a command and they brought him down 02Agat1    8:4 | saying: “What is your opinion and what decision have you made 02Agat1    8:5 | He replied and note: “I am anxious to 02Agat1    8:5 | anxious to leave this body [cf. II Cor. 5.8] and receive eternal life. But command 02Agat1    8:6 | The king replied and note: “I shall not give 02Agat1    8:6 | you to receive death quickly and have respite from tortures, which 02Agat1    8:7 | prevent you from dying quickly, and shall rather torture you at 02Agat1    8:7 | rather torture you at length and exact retribution from you for 02Agat1    8:7 | your insults to the gods and your obstinacy in being unwilling 02Agat1    8:8 | blocks of wood be brought and fixed to his shins and 02Agat1    8:8 | and fixed to his shins and feet and tightened with strong 02Agat1    8:8 | to his shins and feet and tightened with strong cords until 02Agat1    8:8 | the tips of his toes. And he note: “Do you feel 02Agat1    8:9 | And he replied and note: “I 02Agat1    8:9 | And he replied and note: “I have been given 02Agat1    8:9 | creation, who is the architect and creator of everything visible and 02Agat1    8:9 | and creator of everything visible and invisible 02Agat1    8:10 | And he commanded, and they lost 02Agat1    8:10 | And he commanded, and they lost him 02Agat1    8:11 | And he commanded iron nails to 02Agat1    8:11 | iron nails to be brought and driven through the soles of 02Agat1    8:11 | took him by the hand and made him run this way 02Agat1    8:11 | made him run this way and that. And the blood ran 02Agat1    8:11 | run this way and that. And the blood ran out from 02Agat1    8:11 | ran out from his feet and watered the earth in great 02Agat1    8:12 | And again, he said to him 02Agat1    8:13 | ’it is sown in weakness and rises up in power; it 02Agat1    8:13 | it is sown in dishonor, and rises up in glory’ 02Agat1    8:14 | their seeds" [Ps. 125.6a] - that is toil and torment which come upon us 02Agat1    8:15 | ripe fruit of its maturity, and likewise it brings the joy 02Agat1    8:18 | He began to question him and note: “Is this happiness 02Agat1    8:20 | The king answered and note: “You indeed have labored 02Agat1    8:21 | And he ordered salt and borax 02Agat1    8:21 | And he ordered salt and borax and rough vinegar to 02Agat1    8:21 | he ordered salt and borax and rough vinegar to be brought 02Agat1    8:21 | rough vinegar to be brought, and for him to be turned 02Agat1    8:21 | placed in a carpenter’s vice, and a reed tube to be 02Agat1    8:21 | be put in his nose, and this liquid to be poured 02Agat1    8:22 | After that he commanded and they brought a large sack 02Agat1    8:22 | a large sack of sheepskin and filled it with cinders from 02Agat1    8:22 | that his brain was affected and he would be thus tormented 02Agat1    8:23 | fixed this over his head and tied the mouth of the 02Agat1    8:23 | the sack round his neck. And he remained thus for six 02Agat1    8:24 | After that he commanded and they led him before the 02Agat1    8:24 | led him before the king and removed the sack from his 02Agat1    8:25 | The king began to speak, and note: “Whence come you? Perhaps 02Agat1    8:26 | Gregory replied and note: “Yes, I indeed come 02Agat1    9:1 | bound with cords of wineskins and him to be hung upside 02Agat1    9:1 | to be hung upside down. And he had a funnel placed 02Agat1    9:1 | funnel placed in his bottom and had water poured from a 02Agat1    9:2 | Then he gave a command and they brought him down. And 02Agat1    9:2 | and they brought him down. And he began to question him 02Agat1    9:2 | gods who are the life and prosperity of the whole earth 02Agat1    9:3 | Gregory replied and note: “I worship the Lord 02Agat1    9:3 | God, for he is creator and life and prosperity 02Agat1    9:3 | he is creator and life and prosperity 02Agat1    9:4 | and the Son, fashioner and equal 02Agat1    9:4 | and the Son, fashioner and equal in power and deed 02Agat1    9:4 | fashioner and equal in power and deed; and his Spirit, who 02Agat1    9:4 | equal in power and deed; and his Spirit, who filled the 02Agat1    9:5 | But the hammered idols, sculpted and polished and worked [cf. Wis. 13.11; Is. 41.7], I never 02Agat1    9:5 | hammered idols, sculpted and polished and worked [cf. Wis. 13.11; Is. 41.7], I never held to 02Agat1    9:5 | never held to be gods - and may I never so hold 02Agat1    9:6 | The king replied and note: “In return for daring 02Agat1    9:6 | to call the gods hammered and polished, let him pay retribution 02Agat1    9:8 | And he began to say to 02Agat1    9:9 | save me from every tribulation [cf. I Tim. 4.8], and cast into torment you who 02Agat1    9:9 | who do not know him and wish to frighten others still 02Agat1    9:9 | to frighten others still more and separate them from the service 02Agat1    9:10 | The king replied and note: “Where is your God 02Agat1    9:11 | He gave a command and they brought iron “thistles” in 02Agat1    9:11 | iron “thistles” in many baskets and cast them thickly on the 02Agat1    9:11 | the ground. They stripped Gregory and threw him naked onto the 02Agat1    9:12 | They dragged and buried and rolled him in 02Agat1    9:12 | They dragged and buried and rolled him in the “thistles 02Agat1    9:14 | counted your pains as nothing and you still speak. For long 02Agat1    9:15 | Gregory replied and note: “My ability to endure 02Agat1    9:15 | the grace of my Lord and of my well-disposed will 02Agat1    9:16 | For he gives strength and power to endure and bear 02Agat1    9:16 | strength and power to endure and bear afflictions and testings, that 02Agat1    9:16 | to endure and bear afflictions and testings, that the lawless may 02Agat1    9:16 | be ashamed in their inanity and impiety and rebellion [cf. Ps. 24.4] - who will 02Agat1    9:16 | in their inanity and impiety and rebellion [cf. Ps. 24.4] - who will become like 02Agat1    9:16 | who will become like you and will stand in shame at 02Agat1    9:16 | at the day of visitation and reproach 02Agat1    10:1 | And he commanded iron leggings to 02Agat1    10:1 | be put on his knees, and that he be struck with 02Agat1    10:1 | be struck with heavy hammers and be suspended on the gibbet 02Agat1    10:2 | And he stayed hanging thus for 02Agat1    10:3 | And on the fourth day the 02Agat1    10:3 | the king gave a command, and they brought him down from 02Agat1    10:3 | him down from the gibbet and led him before him 02Agat1    10:4 | The king began to speak and note: “See, Gregory, that your 02Agat1    10:5 | Gregory replied and note: “See, your hopes are 02Agat1    10:5 | See, your hopes are vain and they could not persuade me 02Agat1    10:6 | least afraid of your torments and I considered as nothing your 02Agat1    10:6 | through you against the truth, and I submitted my body to 02Agat1    10:7 | nonetheless the body grows old and is dissolved [cf. II Cor. 5.1]. The architect [cf. Heb. 11.10] will 02Agat1    10:7 | dissolved [cf. II Cor. 5.1]. The architect [cf. Heb. 11.10] will come and find the sons of men 02Agat1    10:7 | find the sons of men, and will renew this same that 02Agat1    10:8 | holiness, in sweetness, in gentleness, and in piety [cf. Tit. 2.12] - he will renew 02Agat1    10:8 | piety [cf. Tit. 2.12] - he will renew, adorn and vivify these same souls with 02Agat1    10:9 | he finds living in lawlessness and impiety, hating God and worshipping 02Agat1    10:9 | lawlessness and impiety, hating God and worshipping idols, although their bodies 02Agat1    10:9 | yet with that same soul and body he will cast them 02Agat1    10:9 | inextinguishable fire [cf. Mk. 9.43], into eternal torments - and especially those who are like 02Agat1    10:10 | was angry at the speech and note: “I have no interest 02Agat1    10:12 | be melted in iron cauldrons, and while it was still hot 02Agat1    10:13 | And his flesh was completely burned 02Agat1    10:13 | withstood it with great fortitude. And to whatever they asked he 02Agat1    10:14 | And the king was amazed at 02Agat1    10:14 | amazed at his incredible fortitude and endurance and at his persistence 02Agat1    10:14 | his incredible fortitude and endurance and at his persistence, and note 02Agat1    10:14 | endurance and at his persistence, and note: “How does there remain 02Agat1    10:14 | in you after so long and after these cruel tortures with 02Agat1    10:15 | Gregory replied and note: “Did I not tell 02Agat1    10:15 | those who are without him and who fight against him like 02Agat1    10:17 | his protection towards his creatures and his loved ones, to keep 02Agat1    11:1 | him in a gentler fashion and to reply and promise him 02Agat1    11:1 | gentler fashion and to reply and promise him life and honors 02Agat1    11:1 | reply and promise him life and honors, to which he would 02Agat1    11:1 | increase the tortures still more and break his endurance 02Agat1    11:2 | of Artavan the High Constable, and he began to speak and 02Agat1    11:2 | and he began to speak and give information about him as 02Agat1    11:2 | does not wish to live and see the light 02Agat1    11:3 | has been living among us and we did not recognize him 02Agat1    11:3 | who killed your father Khosrov and plundered this land of Armenia 02Agat1    11:3 | plundered this land of Armenia and brought this country to destruction 02Agat1    11:3 | brought this country to destruction and captivity. So, it is not 02Agat1    11:4 | After so many interrogations and torments, beatings and imprisonments, bindings 02Agat1    11:4 | many interrogations and torments, beatings and imprisonments, bindings and hangings, bitter 02Agat1    11:4 | torments, beatings and imprisonments, bindings and hangings, bitter afflictions and every 02Agat1    11:4 | bindings and hangings, bitter afflictions and every torture that they had 02Agat1    11:5 | him to be bound hand and foot and neck and to 02Agat1    11:5 | be bound hand and foot and neck and to be taken 02Agat1    11:5 | hand and foot and neck and to be taken and shut 02Agat1    11:5 | neck and to be taken and shut up in a dungeon 02Agat1    11:6 | of the city of Artashat and let down into the bottommost 02Agat1    11:7 | And he was in that pit 02Agat1    11:9 | of his reign, was destroying and ruining the country of the 02Agat1    11:9 | country of the Persian kingdom and the land of Asorestan - wrecking 02Agat1    11:9 | land of Asorestan - wrecking it and subjecting it to incredible blows 02Agat1    11:10 | destroyed the dykes of rivers and arrogantly dried up the currents 02Agat1    11:11 | of great strength, solid bones, and a large frame. He was 02Agat1    11:11 | large frame. He was brave and an incredible warrior, tall and 02Agat1    11:11 | and an incredible warrior, tall and broad of stature. Throughout his 02Agat1    11:11 | entire life he made war and was triumphant 02Agat1    11:12 | a great renown for bravery, and the grand splendor of his 02Agat1    11:12 | world. He struck at enemies and sought vengeance for his ancestors 02Agat1    11:12 | booty from the Syrian areas and acquired an unbelievable amount of 02Agat1    11:13 | to the sword Persian troops and took an incredible quantity of 02Agat1    11:13 | of the Greek cavalry forces and gave the captured camps of 02Agat1    11:13 | the troops of the Huns, and seized Persian areas 02Agat1    11:16 | slime, the snakes inhabiting it, and the depth 02Agat1    12:2 | the grandees, princes, [naxarars] lords, officials, and others under my authority and 02Agat1    12:2 | and others under my authority and to those who are located 02Agat1    12:2 | hamlets, shens, cultivated areas, villages, and farms [agaraks], to the [azats] gentry and 02Agat1    12:2 | and farms [agaraks], to the [azats] gentry and [shinakans] peasantry 02Agat1    12:3 | of the gods, may greeting and prosperity come to you and 02Agat1    12:3 | and prosperity come to you and to the entire land of 02Agat1    12:3 | protection from our demigod Parthians, and from the glory of our 02Agat1    12:3 | the glory of our kings and brave ancestors 02Agat1    12:4 | of the gods with buildings and sacrifices of victims, and noteworthy 02Agat1    12:4 | buildings and sacrifices of victims, and noteworthy gifts of offerings, and 02Agat1    12:4 | and noteworthy gifts of offerings, and differing sorts of gifts and 02Agat1    12:4 | and differing sorts of gifts and presents 02Agat1    12:5 | and with the choicest of fruits 02Agat1    12:5 | their worship, how they worshipped and exalted the noteworthy, magnificent, and 02Agat1    12:5 | and exalted the noteworthy, magnificent, and uncreated gods with wealth and 02Agat1    12:5 | and uncreated gods with wealth and adornments 02Agat1    12:6 | as compensation from them peaceful and populous prosperity, abundance, fertility, and 02Agat1    12:6 | and populous prosperity, abundance, fertility, and how they enjoyed every sort 02Agat1    12:6 | every sort of goodness, splendor, and peace 02Agat1    12:8 | own activities to root out and remove such people so that 02Agat1    12:9 | Such people would destroy themselves and bring disastrous ruin on the 02Agat1    12:10 | command that you perform worship, and glorify the gods and they 02Agat1    12:10 | worship, and glorify the gods and they in return will deliver 02Agat1    12:10 | return will deliver prosperity, abundance, and peace. Just as every householder 02Agat1    12:10 | cares for his own tun and his family, so do we 02Agat1    12:11 | all you naxarars, grandees [metsamets], azats, and workers [gortsakalq], and those beloved of 02Agat1    12:11 | naxarars, grandees [metsamets], azats, and workers [gortsakalq], and those beloved of our Arsacid 02Agat1    12:11 | provided for, nourished, cared for, and advanced, thinking to benefit our 02Agat1    12:12 | them be bound hand, foot, and neck and brought to the 02Agat1    12:12 | bound hand, foot, and neck and brought to the royal court 02Agat1    12:12 | tun, sustinence, livelihood [keanq], their goods and belongings and [gandq] valuables 02Agat1    12:12 | livelihood [keanq], their goods and belongings and [gandq] valuables 02Agat1    12:13 | the aid of the gods and our kings all of you 02Agat1    12:16 | yet another edict be written and promulgated throughout the lands and 02Agat1    12:16 | and promulgated throughout the lands and districts of his realm. It 02Agat1    12:17 | of the gods that victory and peace were granted to us 02Agat1    12:17 | the days of our ancestors, and that it was by the 02Agat1    12:17 | that all peoples were conquered and kept in obedience 02Agat1    12:18 | in their anger they rejected and removed us from our great 02Agat1    12:19 | immediately should be exposed. Gifts and honors will be bestowed upon 02Agat1    12:20 | such Christians, or hide them and it be found out, then 02Agat1    12:20 | among those condemned to death, and brought to the court to 02Agat1    12:21 | have tortured him with harsh and severe punishments. Afterwards, I had 02Agat1    12:22 | Because of my love for and awe of the gods, I 02Agat1    12:22 | this same level of awe and fear of death. May you 02Agat1    12:22 | the protection of the gods, and from us find goodness 02Agat1    12:23 | Be well, and we ourselves are well 02Agat1    13:1 | beauty of the woman’s face and mascaraed eyebrows with appropriate colors 02Agat1    13:2 | portrait-painters came to Rome and found a convent of virgins 02Agat1    13:2 | the mountains, practised vegetarianism, abstinence, and modesty. These saintly women of 02Agat1    13:2 | God on High with glory and blessing, day and night, constantly 02Agat1    13:2 | with glory and blessing, day and night, constantly and worthily 02Agat1    13:2 | blessing, day and night, constantly and worthily 02Agat1    13:3 | of their head was Gayane, and her protégé (san, “tutee”) was 02Agat1    13:3 | of someone from a pious and royal line 02Agat1    13:4 | of Rhipsime, they were astounded and transported by her wonderful looks 02Agat1    13:6 | urgency, Emperor Diocletian sent emissaries and heralds throughout all lands, so 02Agat1    13:6 | gifts to the grand wedding and come with great joy to 02Agat1    13:7 | become a vessel of evil [cf. Jer. 51.34], and that just as in the 02Agat1    13:8 | enemy aroused the king’s vanity and arrogance so that he stirred 02Agat1    13:8 | of vain gods of gold and silver, wood and stone, and 02Agat1    13:8 | of gold and silver, wood and stone, and their impure cult 02Agat1    13:8 | and silver, wood and stone, and their impure cult 02Agat1    13:11 | But the blessed and chaste Gayane, with the saintly 02Agat1    13:11 | Gayane, with the saintly Rhipsime and their other companions, remembered the 02Agat1    13:11 | into which they had entered, and lamented amongst themselves [cf. I Macc. 2.7] over the 02Agat1    13:11 | amongst themselves [cf. I Macc. 2.7] over the impure and impious emperor’s command to have 02Agat1    13:12 | And in their supplication they prayed 02Agat1    13:12 | your word, who made heaven and earth and all their order 02Agat1    13:12 | who made heaven and earth and all their order, who fashioned 02Agat1    13:12 | as dust from the earth [cf. Gen. 2.1,7] and rendered him wise and made 02Agat1    13:12 | earth [cf. Gen. 2.1,7] and rendered him wise and made him increase over the 02Agat1    13:12 | him increase over the earth [cf. Gen. 1.28], and were helpful to those who 02Agat1    13:13 | we may overcome the traps and deceits of Satan [cf. II Tim. 2.26]. And let 02Agat1    13:13 | traps and deceits of Satan [cf. II Tim. 2.26]. And let your name, Lord, be 02Agat1    13:13 | your name, Lord, be glorious, and the horn of your church 02Agat1    13:14 | And let there be no lack 02Agat1    13:16 | only-begotten Son, who came and filled the whole world with 02Agat1    13:16 | whole world with your Spirit and wisdom in order to inscribe 02Agat1    13:17 | And we heard him say ’Although 02Agat1    13:18 | our faith to their impious and swinish ways 02Agat1    13:19 | the voracious floods of error and deceit [cf. Ps. 17.5] shake the foundations of 02Agat1    13:19 | Jesus Christ [cf. I Pet. 2.6] through his incarnation and by his death on the 02Agat1    13:19 | of his blood, his resurrection and ascension into heaven, his sitting 02Agat1    13:20 | was built on the sand, and which was toppled by the 02Agat1    13:20 | by the buffetings of afflictions and various trials [cf. Matt. 7.26]. But confirm us 02Agat1    13:20 | of the gospel of peace [cf. Eph. 6.15], and lead us according to your 02Agat1    13:20 | us according to your will, and make us worthy of the 02Agat1    13:20 | the face of your glory. And preserve us under your wings 02Agat1    13:21 | And give us to drink the 02Agat1    13:22 | Then Gayane and her protégé Rhipsime and their 02Agat1    13:22 | Gayane and her protégé Rhipsime and their group of chaste companions 02Agat1    13:22 | swinish, sin-stained, pernicious, impious and devilish men; so that they 02Agat1    13:22 | of the hope of life and the light of resurrection, saved 02Agat1    13:23 | and gaining a place on the 02Agat1    13:26 | their bodies from earthly torments and calumny, but to be able 02Agat1    13:26 | the impious ways of impure and filthy men. Because they had 02Agat1    13:26 | prepared their bodies for prison and bonds and punishment and death 02Agat1    13:26 | bodies for prison and bonds and punishment and death and incredible 02Agat1    13:26 | prison and bonds and punishment and death and incredible afflictions for 02Agat1    13:26 | bonds and punishment and death and incredible afflictions for the sake 02Agat1    13:27 | of their birth, their possessions and property and close relations and 02Agat1    13:27 | birth, their possessions and property and close relations and families for 02Agat1    13:27 | and property and close relations and families for the sake of 02Agat1    13:29 | Thereafter, they came and entered the wine press of 02Agat1    13:29 | exchange for their daily food and provisions 02Agat1    14:1 | were sent to various places and investigations were conducted, so that 02Agat1    14:4 | Diocletian to our beloved brother and colleague Trdat, greeting 02Agat1    14:5 | is derided by their religion and our rule is despised by 02Agat1    14:5 | rule is despised by them, and there is no respect in 02Agat1    14:6 | For they worship some dead and crucified man, and adore a 02Agat1    14:6 | some dead and crucified man, and adore a cross, and worship 02Agat1    14:6 | man, and adore a cross, and worship the bones of those 02Agat1    14:6 | of those put to death, and they consider their own death 02Agat1    14:6 | their God to be glory and honor 02Agat1    14:7 | just laws because they embittered and angered our forefathers, our fathers 02Agat1    14:7 | angered our forefathers, our fathers and predecessors. Our swords have been 02Agat1    14:7 | Our swords have been blunted and they have not feared death 02Agat1    14:8 | astray after some crucified Jew, and they teach dishonor for kings 02Agat1    14:8 | they teach dishonor for kings and complete disrespect for the images 02Agat1    14:9 | the luminaries, the sun, moon and stars, and hold them to 02Agat1    14:9 | the sun, moon and stars, and hold them to be creatures 02Agat1    14:10 | And they teach complete disrespect for 02Agat1    14:10 | images of the divine gods, and dissuade the whole world from 02Agat1    14:10 | lifetime women from their husbands and men from their wives 02Agat1    14:11 | become inflamed all the more and has spread only wider 02Agat1    14:12 | sect has even more flourished and spread 02Agat1    14:13 | chanced to see a young and beautiful girl among the following 02Agat1    14:13 | the following of their sect, and I wished to take her 02Agat1    14:14 | even more as stained, impure and abominable, and with their governess 02Agat1    14:14 | as stained, impure and abominable, and with their governess they have 02Agat1    14:15 | may be in your parts. And take vengeance of death on 02Agat1    14:15 | whoever may be with her and their governess. And send back 02Agat1    14:15 | with her and their governess. And send back to me that 02Agat1    15:2 | dispatched emissaries everywhere to find and quickly bring forth the fugitive 02Agat1    15:2 | women wherever they might be. And King Trdat promised very great 02Agat1    15:3 | those blessed martyrs had come and hidden themselves at the royal 02Agat1    15:5 | not right for the truth and virtue of the martyrs to 02Agat1    15:5 | on candlesticks ornamented in gold and with golden torches one should 02Agat1    15:5 | plenty, of the righteous faith, and kindle the glorious light [cf. Matt. 5.15; Mk. 4.21; Lk. 8.16, 11.33]. As 02Agat1    15:5 | asked in their earlier prayer, and as the Lord said to 02Agat1    15:5 | will see your good works and will glorify your Father in 02Agat1    15:7 | to share his own nature. And if there be anyone who 02Agat1    15:7 | finds him, he joyfully buys and treasures him like a precious 02Agat1    15:7 | of honor, the royal crown [cf. II Tim. 4.8], and is exalted to royal rank 02Agat1    15:10 | the passes of the roads and avenues in all districts. Scouts 02Agat1    15:12 | renown of the modest Rhipsime and her remarkable beauty became publicly 02Agat1    15:13 | glimpse her beauty, a great and disorderly crowd gathered. [Naxarars] lords and 02Agat1    15:13 | and disorderly crowd gathered. [Naxarars] lords and grandees of the nobility all 02Agat1    15:14 | The [azats] gentry and the rough and tumble mob 02Agat1    15:14 | The [azats] gentry and the rough and tumble mob jostled each other 02Agat1    15:14 | on by the debauched lust and lewdness of their pagan customs 02Agat1    15:15 | evil intentions of these stupid and depraved men, with loud bewailing 02Agat1    15:15 | men, with loud bewailing, tears, and hands upraised to Heaven in 02Agat1    15:15 | impious corruption of the wicked and lewd pagans. The women prayed 02Agat1    15:15 | that same victory in battle and illumination of faith. Covering their 02Agat1    15:16 | came into the king’s presence and informed him 02Agat1    15:19 | court, beautiful, soft, shining garments and distinguished ornaments, so that she 02Agat1    15:19 | that she would adorn herself and with splendor and honor enter 02Agat1    15:19 | adorn herself and with splendor and honor enter the city and 02Agat1    15:19 | and honor enter the city and go into the king’s presence 02Agat1    15:20 | child, that you have left and abandoned the honor and splendor 02Agat1    15:20 | left and abandoned the honor and splendor of the golden throne 02Agat1    15:20 | golden throne of your fathers and the royal purple, and have 02Agat1    15:20 | fathers and the royal purple, and have yearned for the unfading 02Agat1    15:20 | Christ, who is creator, vivifier and renewer, and keeps the promised 02Agat1    15:20 | is creator, vivifier and renewer, and keeps the promised, ineffable blessings 02Agat1    15:21 | And you, my child, have despised 02Agat1    15:22 | from our youth until today and to this very hour in 02Agat1    15:23 | this crowd of evil men and heard her governess, she was 02Agat1    15:23 | out with a loud voice and stretched out her arms in 02Agat1    15:23 | the form of a cross. And in a loud voice she 02Agat1    15:24 | creatures through your only-begotten and beloved Son, and formed the 02Agat1    15:24 | only-begotten and beloved Son, and formed the order of the 02Agat1    15:24 | the order of the visible and invisible creatures through your holy 02Agat1    15:24 | everything from nothing into being [cf. II Macc. 7.28; Rom. 4.17]; and at your command move all 02Agat1    15:24 | your command move all visible and invisible powers which are in 02Agat1    15:24 | powers which are in heaven and earth, in the sea and 02Agat1    15:24 | and earth, in the sea and on dry land 02Agat1    15:25 | the flooding waters the impious and impure men of the eighth 02Agat1    15:25 | men of the eighth generation, and saved your beloved Noah who 02Agat1    15:25 | the command of your word [cf. Gen. 6.22ff.], and rescued him from the flood 02Agat1    15:26 | cross, on which you hung and shed your blood for the 02Agat1    15:27 | the impious races of Canaanites and who saved your handmaid Sarah 02Agat1    15:27 | the stain of shameful outrage and death [cf. Gen. 20]; who had mercy on 02Agat1    15:27 | mercy on your servant Isaac and rescued your handmaid Rebecca from 02Agat1    15:27 | holy name. You taught, instructed and gave your words to our 02Agat1    15:28 | And you note: ’My name has 02Agat1    15:28 | has been called over you’ [Gen. 48.16; cf. Acts 15.17] and: ’You are the temple of 02Agat1    15:28 | the temple of my divinity’ [cf. I Cor. 3.16; 6.19]. And you note: ’Make my name 02Agat1    15:28 | name holy in your hearts’ [cf. Matt. 6.9; Lk. 1.49, 11.2; I Pet. 3.15]. And you taught us to ask 02Agat1    15:28 | taught us to ask you and say: ’Holy be your name’ 02Agat1    15:28 | name which is upon us, and the temple of your name 02Agat1    15:28 | For although we are weak and unworthy, yet do you, Lord 02Agat1    15:29 | Benevolent and sweet one, who cast us 02Agat1    15:29 | power; for yours is victory [cf. I Chr. 29.11] and your name will conquer; keep 02Agat1    15:29 | conquer; keep us in hope and chastity, that thereby we may 02Agat1    15:29 | who stand in your fear and keep your commandments 02Agat1    15:31 | if you saved the beasts and animals in the ark, how 02Agat1    15:32 | you cared for the reptiles and birds, how much more will 02Agat1    16:1 | place, the multitude of people and the press of the crowd 02Agat1    16:1 | convey her to the court, and [naxarars] lords and the grandee nobility 02Agat1    16:1 | to the court, and [naxarars] lords and the grandee nobility were there 02Agat1    16:1 | pay her homage, collect her, and accompany her to court. For 02Agat1    16:1 | her to marry King Trdat and to become the queen of 02Agat1    16:2 | hands to heaven with tearful and piteous cries, begging the benevolent 02Agat1    16:2 | the impurity of this lawless and unworthy marriage 02Agat1    16:3 | a cry, they loudly wept and note: “Heaven forbid that riches 02Agat1    16:3 | torments oppress us, or torture and persecution imperil us, no matter 02Agat1    16:4 | whose blessings are all immutable and pass not away 02Agat1    16:6 | purity, for him we wait and his love we await with 02Agat1    16:7 | which terrified the whole throng, and a voice which said to 02Agat1    16:7 | because I am with you [Matt. 28.20], and I have preserved you in 02Agat1    16:7 | you in all your journeys and led you safely in purity 02Agat1    16:7 | led you safely in purity and have brought you to this 02Agat1    16:8 | were truly ’thrown’ with Gayane and your friends from death to 02Agat1    16:8 | that place which my Father and I have prepared for you 02Agat1    16:8 | of inscrutable joy, for you and for those who will be 02Agat1    16:9 | And so it thundered for a 02Agat1    16:9 | people were dazed from it and in awe. Many horses, frightened 02Agat1    16:9 | their riders to the ground, and many of the riders were 02Agat1    16:9 | riders were trampled under foot and perished 02Agat1    16:10 | people, as they mobbed here and there, trampled one another and 02Agat1    16:10 | and there, trampled one another and perished. Many were broken and 02Agat1    16:10 | and perished. Many were broken and there was the sound of 02Agat1    16:10 | was the sound of clamor and lamenting at the unbelievable evils 02Agat1    16:10 | lamenting at the unbelievable evils and fears that had descended upon 02Agat1    16:10 | descended upon people. Many died, and such an amount of blood 02Agat1    16:11 | down all that was said and read the accounts in the 02Agat1    16:12 | not want to come voluntarily and in splendid honor, let them 02Agat1    16:12 | bring her to my palace and bring her into the royal 02Agat1    16:13 | lifting her, now dragging her. And she cried out and note 02Agat1    16:13 | her. And she cried out and note: “Lord Jesus Christ, help 02Agat1    16:13 | Lord Jesus Christ, help me.” And the whole crowd followed her 02Agat1    16:14 | her to the king’s palace and led her to the royal 02Agat1    16:16 | who parted the Red Sea, and brought your people across 02Agat1    16:17 | into streams of fertile waters and gave drink to your thirsty 02Agat1    16:18 | unfathomable depths of the sea and made him experience your power 02Agat1    16:18 | out from our human state and brought him back again to 02Agat1    16:18 | back again to life whole and unharmed, for not one hair 02Agat1    16:19 | beasts, from their fearful teeth, and rendered him who had been 02Agat1    16:20 | You also saved alive and unharmed by fire the three 02Agat1    16:21 | You made the fierce and lawless Babylonian king pasture on 02Agat1    16:21 | into the form of animals and made his habitat with the 02Agat1    16:21 | the beasts of the desert and his pasturage with wild asses 02Agat1    16:22 | her from a double death, and destroyed her lawless enemies with 02Agat1    16:22 | enemies with an opprobrious death, and graciously set a glorious crown 02Agat1    16:23 | ’You are the same, and your years do not pass 02Agat1    17:2 | palace, others in the streets, and others inside the city, all 02Agat1    17:2 | all together struck up songs [cf. III Macc. 6.23] and dancing. Some filled the citadel 02Agat1    17:3 | preserved so carefully be lost [cf. II Tim. 1.12], and he heard her prayers and 02Agat1    17:3 | and he heard her prayers and fortified her like Jael and 02Agat1    17:3 | and fortified her like Jael and like Deborah [cf. Judges 4]. He strengthened her 02Agat1    17:4 | The king entered the room and seized her, in order to 02Agat1    17:5 | Spirit, battled like a beast and fought like a man. They 02Agat1    17:5 | starting with the third hour and continuing until the tenth hour 02Agat1    17:5 | he had displayed such strength and stamina, that everyone was astonished 02Agat1    17:5 | deeds of manly valor there. And now he - so renowned in 02Agat1    17:5 | renowned in everything - was defeated and worsted by a single girl 02Agat1    17:5 | single girl, by the will and power of Christ 02Agat1    17:6 | he had been defeated, tired, and weakened, went out and, putting 02Agat1    17:6 | tired, and weakened, went out and, putting a collar around her 02Agat1    17:6 | to Rhipsime through the door and to say: “Do his will 02Agat1    17:6 | his will so that you and I shall live 02Agat1    17:7 | to speak with her protégé, and coming close spoke through the 02Agat1    17:7 | save you from this profanation, and may he be your support 02Agat1    17:7 | of the life of God and inherit transitory life, which is 02Agat1    17:7 | life, which is nothing today and is lost tomorrow 02Agat1    17:8 | was giving, they brought rocks and struck her mouth with them 02Agat1    17:8 | until her teeth fell out, and they tried to force her 02Agat1    17:9 | she persisted all the more and note: “Be of good cheer 02Agat1    17:9 | of good cheer [cf. Matt. 9.22], stand firm [cf. Gal. 5.1], and now you will see Christ 02Agat1    17:12 | Remember your and my persecutions together 02Agat1    17:18 | own ears today, which encouraged and strengthened you and us also 02Agat1    17:18 | which encouraged and strengthened you and us also; the same will 02Agat1    17:18 | us worthy of the crown and the rest which it promised 02Agat1    17:18 | the rest which it promised, and will strengthen you and us 02Agat1    17:18 | promised, and will strengthen you and us, so that we may 02Agat1    17:19 | But our Lord and King and God, who for 02Agat1    17:19 | But our Lord and King and God, who for our sake 02Agat1    17:20 | Lord who glorifies the humbled, and may he keep us his 02Agat1    17:20 | right hand has preserved us, and will preserve us for eternity 02Agat1    17:21 | may he arouse his hosts and come and rescue us [cf. Ps. 79.3-4]; and 02Agat1    17:21 | arouse his hosts and come and rescue us [cf. Ps. 79.3-4]; and we shall 02Agat1    17:21 | and come and rescue us [cf. Ps. 79.3-4]; and we shall invoke the name 02Agat1    17:21 | reveal his face to us and we shall live [cf. Ps. 79.20]. For he 02Agat1    17:21 | he is God our savior, and for his sake we shall 02Agat1    17:22 | order to raise us up, and who shed his own blood 02Agat1    17:22 | the cross; for our lives and salvation he was wounded to 02Agat1    17:23 | Recall him and invoke his name in your 02Agat1    17:23 | has come to help you, and will strengthen your arms like 02Agat1    17:23 | the young David against bears and lions, who struck and broke 02Agat1    17:23 | bears and lions, who struck and broke them like kids 02Agat1    17:25 | were raised before the holy and glorious altar of God as 02Agat1    17:25 | who today in his mercy and benevolence appeared in a revelation 02Agat1    17:25 | the same will grant you and us to see him face 02Agat1    17:27 | of the court who heard and understood everything which had been 02Agat1    17:29 | Although they frequently struck her and hit her face with stones 02Agat1    17:29 | hit her face with stones, and knocked her teeth out, and 02Agat1    17:29 | and knocked her teeth out, and broke her jaws, still she 02Agat1    17:30 | first watch of the evening, and she defeated him 02Agat1    17:31 | Spirit. She hit, chased, exhausted, and defeated the king, who fell 02Agat1    17:32 | robe, tossed aside his crown and left him covered with shame 02Agat1    17:36 | their former retreat had been, and told the glad tidings to 02Agat1    17:37 | she knelt down in prayer and note: “Lord of all, who 02Agat1    17:37 | hope we had in you, and you have saved us from 02Agat1    17:38 | none other do we know, and we invoke your name all 02Agat1    17:39 | For you are the creator, and everything is from you and 02Agat1    17:39 | and everything is from you and through your only-begotten Son 02Agat1    17:39 | nothing at all was made [cf. Jn. 1.3]. And ’your good Spirit will lead 02Agat1    17:39 | bring us to the eternal and heavenly blessings 02Agat1    17:41 | of the sons of men, and he considers all their deeds 02Agat1    17:42 | we are from your people and from the flock of your 02Agat1    17:43 | your beloved only-begotten Son and to the number of those 02Agat1    17:43 | the day of the revelation and coming of our Lord Jesus 02Agat1    17:45 | Because I had regard for and faith in your saying: ’Woe 02Agat1    17:45 | you when they will insult and persecute you and will make 02Agat1    17:45 | will insult and persecute you and will make every wicked and 02Agat1    17:45 | and will make every wicked and false accusation against you for 02Agat1    17:45 | you for my sake; rejoice and be glad!’ 02Agat1    17:46 | Truly, Lord, we rejoiced and were glad at this struggle 02Agat1    17:46 | your victorious power has won, and given us the victory 02Agat1    17:47 | days that cast us low, and for these months in which 02Agat1    17:48 | down, Lord, on your inheritance and on the works of your 02Agat1    17:48 | the works of your hands, and lead us to your celestial 02Agat1    17:48 | all the just, the saints and those who loved your name 02Agat1    18:2 | bound her hands behind her and tried to cut out her 02Agat1    18:3 | She willingly opened her mouth and stuck out her tongue, offering 02Agat1    18:4 | clothing which was around her. And they fixed four stakes in 02Agat1    18:4 | ground, two for her feet and two for her hands, and 02Agat1    18:4 | and two for her hands, and tied her to them. And 02Agat1    18:4 | and tied her to them. And they applied the torches to 02Agat1    18:4 | for a long time, burning and roasting her flesh with their 02Agat1    18:5 | And they thrust stones into her 02Agat1    18:5 | into her entrails, eviscerating her. And while she was still alive 02Agat1    18:6 | All who dare to despise and insult the king’s commands will 02Agat1    18:7 | And there were other saints, men 02Agat1    18:7 | there were other saints, men and women, who had come with 02Agat1    18:7 | came there at that time and who sought to wrap and 02Agat1    18:7 | and who sought to wrap and bury their bodies, they put 02Agat1    18:7 | they put to the sword and killed thirty-two 02Agat1    18:8 | You inclined your benign ear and we invoked you 02Agat1    18:9 | the apple of an eye and saved us under the shadow 02Agat1    18:9 | the multitude of these iniquities [cf. Deut. 32.10-11; 16.8-9; Ps. 60.5]. And behold we die for your 02Agat1    18:11 | And there was one killed in 02Agat1    18:11 | me. For I was ill and could not run to follow 02Agat1    18:11 | companions. But do you, benevolent and sweet Lord, receive and join 02Agat1    18:11 | benevolent and sweet Lord, receive and join my soul to the 02Agat1    18:11 | your holy martyrs, my companions and sisters, with your handmaid and 02Agat1    18:11 | and sisters, with your handmaid and our mother and leader, Gayane 02Agat1    18:11 | your handmaid and our mother and leader, Gayane, and Rhipsime our 02Agat1    18:11 | our mother and leader, Gayane, and Rhipsime our child who loved 02Agat1    18:12 | And speaking thus she died 02Agat1    18:13 | They dragged out their bodies and threw them as food for 02Agat1    18:13 | the dogs of the city and beasts of the land and 02Agat1    18:13 | and beasts of the land and birds of the sky 02Agat1    19:1 | he picked up the horse and its armor and his own 02Agat1    19:1 | the horse and its armor and his own armor, and fastening 02Agat1    19:1 | armor and his own armor, and fastening them to his back 02Agat1    19:1 | was such a powerful soldier and strong of body, by the 02Agat1    19:2 | the sight of his love; and saddened at the death of 02Agat1    19:3 | pleasures of this earthly life and do not tremble at death 02Agat1    19:4 | is broken for that amazing and unforgettable girl, who will never 02Agat1    19:5 | the land of the Greeks and Romans, and our Parthian territory 02Agat1    19:5 | of the Greeks and Romans, and our Parthian territory, for that 02Agat1    19:5 | for that is our homeland, and Asorestan and Tadjikistan and Azerbaijan 02Agat1    19:5 | is our homeland, and Asorestan and Tadjikistan and Azerbaijan. Why should 02Agat1    19:5 | homeland, and Asorestan and Tadjikistan and Azerbaijan. Why should I enumerate 02Agat1    19:6 | I have come in peace, and many which I have plundered 02Agat1    19:9 | he heard, was overwhelmed, frenzied and stupefied for love, nor did 02Agat1    19:10 | to bestow great dignities, promotion and honor on anyone who could 02Agat1    19:11 | all your enemies, O king, and those who dishonor the gods 02Agat1    19:11 | those who dishonor the gods and the commands of your majesty 02Agat1    19:11 | lives that witch who corrupted and destroyed the beautiful girl, and 02Agat1    19:11 | and destroyed the beautiful girl, and two more companions of hers 02Agat1    19:12 | down into the same despondency, and fell down and sat on 02Agat1    19:12 | same despondency, and fell down and sat on the ground, weeping 02Agat1    19:12 | sat on the ground, weeping and mourning 02Agat1    19:13 | have her tongue pulled out and then be put to death 02Agat1    19:14 | And her advice had displeased the 02Agat1    19:17 | And while they were setting these 02Agat1    19:17 | behalf of your great name, and for honoring our earthly nature 02Agat1    19:17 | become worthy of your divinity, and for making me share in 02Agat1    19:17 | of your holy martyrs, Rhipsime and her companions 02Agat1    19:18 | So now I am anxious and impatient to join those who 02Agat1    19:18 | those who have loved you; and I am happy to follow 02Agat1    19:18 | happy to follow my daughter and my child Rhipsime and my 02Agat1    19:18 | daughter and my child Rhipsime and my sisters and companions 02Agat1    19:18 | child Rhipsime and my sisters and companions 02Agat1    19:19 | lamb for the slaughter. Arise and do not abandon us for 02Agat1    19:19 | sake’ [Ps. 43.23-24]. Give us your victory, and the evil one and his 02Agat1    19:19 | victory, and the evil one and his co-workers will be 02Agat1    19:20 | Then they came forward and tore the clothes from their 02Agat1    19:20 | the clothes from their limbs and bound each one to four 02Agat1    19:21 | the skin of their soles and put in tubes, and by 02Agat1    19:21 | soles and put in tubes, and by blowing they flayed the 02Agat1    19:21 | breasts. They pierced their gullets and pulled out their tongues 02Agat1    19:22 | into their entrails, eviscerating them. And because they were still alive 02Agat1    19:23 | the land of the Romans and had arrived together in this 02Agat1    19:24 | with the saintly ladies Gayane and Rhipsime, with those who were 02Agat1    19:25 | of thirty-three fellow martyrs. And on the twenty eighth of 02Agat1    19:25 | along with her, were martyred and received the crown of victory 02Agat1    20:1 | king remained in deep sorrow and profound sadness due to his 02Agat1    20:1 | distributed the beaters, the nets and traps were put in place 02Agat1    20:1 | traps were put in place, and then he went to hunt 02Agat1    20:2 | king had mounted his cart and wanted to leave the city 02Agat1    20:2 | unclean spirit attacked the king and threw him out of the 02Agat1    20:3 | king began to go crazy and to eat his own flesh 02Agat1    20:3 | to resemble a wild pig and, like one of them, he 02Agat1    20:3 | one of them, he went and dwelled with them 02Agat1    20:4 | He went into the reeds and ate reeds in full senselessness 02Agat1    20:5 | retinue wanted to stop him and take him back into the 02Agat1    20:5 | because of Trdat’s natural strength, and two, because of the power 02Agat1    20:7 | the king’s household, including slaves and servants, were struck with torments 02Agat1    20:7 | servants, were struck with torments and there was deep mourning because 02Agat1    20:9 | Afterwards she came and spoke to people, describing the 02Agat1    20:9 | to people, describing the vision and saying: “A vision appeared to 02Agat1    20:9 | the form of light came and told me that ’Nothing will 02Agat1    20:9 | to the city of Artashat and bring from there the prisoner 02Agat1    20:9 | prisoner Grigoris. He will come and teach you how to cure 02Agat1    20:11 | into the incredibly deep pit. And you are saying that he 02Agat1    20:12 | the injuries suffered by people and by the king would increase 02Agat1    20:12 | even more with various torments and death 02Agat1    20:13 | went back with great fear and concern, and revealed the angel’s 02Agat1    20:13 | with great fear and concern, and revealed the angel’s words 02Agat1    20:18 | Now they were astonished and all replied: “Who knows if 02Agat1    20:19 | the details of the vision and what had happened 02Agat1    20:20 | Then they brought long and thick ropes which they tied 02Agat1    20:20 | ropes which they tied together and lowered down 02Agat1    20:22 | his feet, moved the rope, and grabbed hold of it 02Agat1    20:23 | that his body had darkened and was black as coal. Then 02Agat1    20:23 | Then they brought forth clothing and dressed him and delightedly took 02Agat1    20:23 | forth clothing and dressed him and delightedly took him from the 02Agat1    20:23 | from the city of Artashat and went to the city of 02Agat1    20:24 | the herd of pigs naked and disgraced and, led by the 02Agat1    20:24 | of pigs naked and disgraced and, led by the demon, came 02Agat1    20:26 | Gregory was coming with Otay and many other people from the 02Agat1    20:26 | the lords rushed forward, frenzied and eating their own flesh, infested 02Agat1    20:26 | own flesh, infested with demons and foaming at the mouth 02Agat1    20:27 | Then Gregory immediately kneeled and prayed and the lords returned 02Agat1    20:27 | Gregory immediately kneeled and prayed and the lords returned to their 02Agat1    20:28 | cover their bodies with clothing and hide their shame 02Agat1    20:29 | The king and the naxarars came forward and 02Agat1    20:29 | and the naxarars came forward and took hold of the blessed 02Agat1    20:30 | Then he came forward and raised them from the ground 02Agat1    20:30 | am a man like you, and have a body like yours 02Agat1    20:30 | creator who created the heavens and the earth, the moon and 02Agat1    20:30 | and the earth, the moon and stars, the sea and the 02Agat1    20:30 | moon and stars, the sea and the land. He is able 02Agat1    20:35 | Gregory hastened to gather and assemble the bodies from the 02Agat1    20:36 | And they saw that their bodies 02Agat1    20:36 | of God. For nine days and nine nights had passed since 02Agat1    20:36 | there out in the open and yet no wild beast, no 02Agat1    20:36 | which were present there outside and near the city - had approached 02Agat1    20:36 | no bird had damaged them. And their bodies did not smell 02Agat1    20:38 | And so Gregory wrapped them in 02Agat1    20:38 | wrapped them in these shrouds and went to the wine press 02Agat1    20:38 | which had been their dwelling, and made it his own residence 02Agat1    20:39 | entire night for their salvation and begged that they might be 02Agat1    20:39 | that they might be converted and find a way to repentance 02Agat1    20:40 | day the king, the [naxarars] lords, and the grandee nobility together with 02Agat1    20:40 | great mob of people, came and knelt before saint Gregory and 02Agat1    20:40 | and knelt before saint Gregory and before the holy bones of 02Agat1    20:40 | holy bones of God’s martyrs and note: “Forgive us all our 02Agat1    20:40 | which we perpetrated on you, and beseech God on our behalf 02Agat1    21:1 | call ’your God’ is God and creator, who in his almighty 02Agat1    21:1 | is the almighty, all-creative and all-loving God 02Agat1    21:6 | And the holy Spirit will grant 02Agat1    21:6 | the pledge of his love [cf. II Cor. 1.22], and awaken your hearts to the 02Agat1    21:6 | But only if you turn and walk according to his desires 02Agat1    21:8 | are estranged from his care and from his benevolent love. But 02Agat1    21:8 | him are near to him [cf. Ps. 84.10], and his providence surrounds them and 02Agat1    21:8 | and his providence surrounds them and guards them 02Agat1    21:9 | into our hands were tortured and killed, and we judged them 02Agat1    21:9 | hands were tortured and killed, and we judged them according to 02Agat1    21:10 | repose of death for men, and at his second and glorious 02Agat1    21:10 | men, and at his second and glorious coming he will reveal 02Agat1    21:10 | glorious coming he will reveal [cf. Acts 3.20] and give blessings to his beloved 02Agat1    21:10 | give blessings to his beloved and to those who recognize him 02Agat1    21:10 | to those who recognize him and do his will 02Agat1    21:12 | And he saved the holy and 02Agat1    21:12 | And he saved the holy and blessed Rhipsime and her companions 02Agat1    21:12 | the holy and blessed Rhipsime and her companions from your impurity 02Agat1    21:12 | her companions from your impurity and impiety 02Agat1    21:13 | which from the beginning beguiled and deceived men [cf. Eph. 4.14], made them travelers 02Agat1    21:14 | Or see my unworthiness, and how by his benevolence he 02Agat1    21:14 | benevolence he made me worthy and prepared me to suffer for 02Agat1    21:14 | for his great name’s sake. And he gave me endurance, to 02Agat1    21:14 | said [cf. Acts 26.18; Col. 1.12] - whom you could recognize and at whose words you could 02Agat1    21:15 | And truly we have attained gloriously 02Agat1    21:15 | we may enjoy his will and his teaching 02Agat1    21:16 | the throne of his grace and you will obtain mercy from 02Agat1    21:16 | your souls with living water [cf. Heb. 10.22], and you will become worthy to 02Agat1    21:17 | how the Lord preserved her and saved her from your hands 02Agat1    21:18 | And you yourself know the measure 02Agat1    21:18 | the measure of the strength and firmness of your own bones 02Agat1    21:19 | And as for me, you know 02Agat1    21:19 | have been in the dark and incredibly deep pit, dwelling amidst 02Agat1    21:21 | Nevertheless, turn now and recognize the Lord [cf. Heb. 8.11], that he 02Agat1    21:21 | may have mercy on you and give you life. Call upon 02Agat1    21:21 | intercessors; for they are alive and are not dead. Recognize God 02Agat1    21:21 | worship of images of stone and wood, silver and gold and 02Agat1    21:21 | of stone and wood, silver and gold and bronze, which are 02Agat1    21:21 | and wood, silver and gold and bronze, which are false and 02Agat1    21:21 | and bronze, which are false and vain 02Agat1    21:22 | that a fog of thick and murky darkness has settled over 02Agat1    21:23 | not cease to pray night and day on your behalf that 02Agat1    21:24 | towards his creatures is inscrutable and ineffable; he is long suffering 02Agat1    21:24 | suffering in forgiving, pardoning, nourishing and caring because of his great 02Agat1    21:26 | and they went according to their 02Agat1    21:27 | you to his own glory and incorruptibility [cf. II Tim. 1.10], for you to become 02Agat1    21:28 | the Trinity, God with all and above all, who exists for 02Agat1    21:28 | kingdom is an eternal kingdom, and of his rule there is 02Agat1    21:29 | made their death a faithful and firm seal of the truth 02Agat1    21:29 | They are alive with God and intercede for those who commemorate 02Agat1    21:32 | his own descent to humility, and to elevate the humble by 02Agat1    21:34 | And he preserved our breath in 02Agat1    21:34 | us afflictions of bodily sufferings and terrible pains. We were tormented 02Agat1    21:35 | that swarmed around my body and wrapped themselves around me and 02Agat1    21:35 | and wrapped themselves around me and crawled over my limbs? But 02Agat1    21:36 | And of what I was previously 02Agat1    21:36 | your words of healing labor and profit for souls and bodies 02Agat1    21:36 | labor and profit for souls and bodies. We have been made 02Agat1    21:36 | the doctor of your souls and bodies to offer you help 02Agat1    21:37 | the message of the gospel and the commands of the creator 02Agat1    21:37 | all, you will be delivered and cleansed from your minor punishment 02Agat1    21:37 | cleansed from your minor punishment and you will enjoy eternal life 02Agat1    21:37 | life. Hear the divine word, and you will receive in your 02Agat1    21:38 | from the worship of stones and wood, will you be able 02Agat1    21:38 | offer intercession on your behalf; and our words and discourses and 02Agat1    21:38 | your behalf; and our words and discourses and effort and labor 02Agat1    21:38 | and our words and discourses and effort and labor will be 02Agat1    21:38 | words and discourses and effort and labor will be sown as 02Agat1    21:38 | you enjoy on earth long and happy lives, and make you 02Agat1    21:38 | earth long and happy lives, and make you heirs in heaven 02Agat1    21:39 | life, then he will strike and kill you with vengeful and 02Agat1    21:39 | and kill you with vengeful and cruel blows, and he will 02Agat1    21:39 | with vengeful and cruel blows, and he will judge you by 02Agat1    21:39 | by means of foreign enemies, and also taking revenge on you 02Agat1    22:1 | their hands to their collars and tore their garments [cf. I Macc. 4.39]. The king 02Agat1    22:1 | tore their garments [cf. I Macc. 4.39]. The king and the princes and the rest 02Agat1    22:1 | The king and the princes and the rest of the multitude 02Agat1    22:1 | populace fell to the ground and rolled in ashes and said 02Agat1    22:1 | ground and rolled in ashes and said together as with one 02Agat1    22:2 | God is benevolent, long-suffering and very merciful [cf. Ps. 85.15; 102.8; 144.8]. He is kind 02Agat1    22:2 | all those who invoke him [cf. Ps. 144.18] and he forgives those who beseech 02Agat1    22:3 | Then they note: “Inform us and confirm our minds that we 02Agat1    22:3 | know, if he will turn and accept our repentance and if 02Agat1    22:3 | turn and accept our repentance and if there is still opportunity 02Agat1    22:4 | which we did to you, and will you give us true 02Agat1    22:4 | you give us true teaching, and not hold rancor against us 02Agat1    22:5 | And all the populace raised a 02Agat1    22:5 | the populace raised a cry and the king wept too, and 02Agat1    22:5 | and the king wept too, and they all fell and rolled 02Agat1    22:5 | too, and they all fell and rolled before him [cf. III Macc. 5.28]. For they 02Agat1    22:6 | the demons pounced on them and made them mad, so that 02Agat1    22:7 | spoken before him, he wept and said to them: “You yourselves 02Agat1    22:7 | of snakes for fifteen years and survive unscathed and continue to 02Agat1    22:7 | fifteen years and survive unscathed and continue to live among them 02Agat1    22:8 | thing’s character. For those harmful and poisonous animals which were in 02Agat1    22:9 | preserved us for your benefit and revealed the power of his 02Agat1    22:9 | order that by preserving us and bringing us to the task 02Agat1    22:9 | the task of your education and your benefit, the benevolence of 02Agat1    22:11 | was poured on your land and who became worthy of divine 02Agat1    22:11 | became worthy of divine grace and were sacrificed, therefore you have 02Agat1    22:11 | therefore you have been visited and this land of Armenia has 02Agat1    22:14 | of God continually encouraged me and said- just as I see 02Agat1    22:14 | Lord God has preserved you and considered you worthy of his 02Agat1    22:14 | of his labor, that you and the other laborers may enter 02Agat1    22:14 | the other laborers may enter and receive as reward the incorruptible 02Agat1    22:15 | of God I emerged safe and sound 02Agat1    22:17 | he saved me from death- and in your eyes I was 02Agat1    22:17 | you yourselves bear me witness. And you who were dead in 02Agat1    22:18 | to the path of truth, and away from the vanity of 02Agat1    22:18 | or bronze, which are nothing and of no use to anyone 02Agat1    22:18 | living God who created heaven and earth and the sea and 02Agat1    22:18 | who created heaven and earth and the sea and everything that 02Agat1    22:18 | and earth and the sea and everything that is in them 02Agat1    22:18 | everything that is in them, and to his word, the only 02Agat1    22:18 | word, the only-begotten Son, and to the living and vivifying 02Agat1    22:18 | Son, and to the living and vivifying Spirit, the purifier and 02Agat1    22:18 | and vivifying Spirit, the purifier and expiator of those who worship 02Agat1    22:18 | expiator of those who worship and adore him 02Agat1    22:19 | end in the same body and in the glory of the 02Agat1    22:19 | the glory of the Father; and about the blessings to be 02Agat1    22:19 | about the blessings to be and the future judgment 02Agat1    22:20 | And how for the present we 02Agat1    22:20 | will; how to find repentance and therewith the forgiveness of sins 02Agat1    22:20 | expiate sins committed in ignorance, and according to the will of 02Agat1    22:20 | from evil, do good works, and attain the promised blessings; how 02Agat1    22:21 | shall narrate, with unwearying tongue and tireless mouth, that the Lord 02Agat1    22:21 | benevolence may receive your repentance and that you may be made 02Agat1    22:22 | shall begin from the beginning and start by showing you the 02Agat1    22:22 | you desire to attend sincerely and believe 02Agat1    22:23 | tell you of the one and only benevolent one, and then 02Agat1    22:23 | one and only benevolent one, and then of all the things 02Agat1    22:24 | discourse about him in suitable and appropriate terms, since we are 02Agat1    22:25 | he is incomprehensible, infinite, uncircumscribed, and inscrutable; he cannot be approached 02Agat1    22:25 | to all through his care and providential mercy and benevolent grace 02Agat1    22:25 | his care and providential mercy and benevolent grace. He has never 02Agat1    22:25 | creatures, nor by the spiritual and fiery angels 02Agat1    22:27 | worthy to know his creation, and who with reverent will obeyed 02Agat1    22:27 | who with reverent will obeyed and fulfilled his commandments were called 02Agat1    22:27 | prophets, tellers of the eternal and divine life, in the first 02Agat1    22:27 | was chosen for his piety and called the father of all 02Agat1    22:28 | the just faith of all, and by the boast of being 02Agat1    22:28 | him were called the first and special people 02Agat1    22:29 | they set out his will and his right order of heavenly 02Agat1    22:29 | the tenor of their prophetic and divine words, that all believers 02Agat1    22:30 | Now among the saintly and pious bands of prophets there 02Agat1    22:30 | made worthy of divine grace, and began teaching about the time 02Agat1    22:30 | first creation; by his prophecy and description of the world he 02Agat1    22:31 | benevolent God, of the beginning and the end, of this transitory 02Agat1    22:31 | end, of this transitory one and the eternal everlasting one 02Agat1    22:32 | you to listen, to receive and to believe, to break away 02Agat1    22:32 | break away from your satanic and evil deeds and to become 02Agat1    22:32 | your satanic and evil deeds and to become heirs of divine 02Agat1    22:33 | in order with detailed indications. And do you attend and sincerely 02Agat1    22:33 | indications. And do you attend and sincerely pay heed 02Agat3    1:1 | ourselves with our common profit and advantage, that your punishments may 02Agat3    1:1 | that has fallen upon you, and that you may gain conversion 02Agat3    1:4 | put these martyrs to rest and build chapels over them, temples 02Agat3    1:4 | continually from God, first, reconciliation and peace for the world and 02Agat3    1:4 | and peace for the world and mercy with faith, hope and 02Agat3    1:4 | and mercy with faith, hope and love, and also life and 02Agat3    1:4 | with faith, hope and love, and also life and the kingdom 02Agat3    1:4 | and love, and also life and the kingdom of God 02Agat3    1:5 | that by their prayer and intercession to God you may 02Agat3    1:5 | servitude to deeds of darkness and gain the glorious light of 02Agat3    1:5 | come upon you as punishment, and through them you may be 02Agat3    1:6 | through their repentance, confession, humility and obedient faith. Thus through abstemious 02Agat3    1:6 | may implant in your hearts and grasp in your minds the 02Agat3    1:6 | the bath of holy baptism and attain the portion of the 02Agat3    1:6 | saints, the grace of light and the glory of the cross 02Agat3    1:6 | been found is God’s wisdom and power and salvation’ 02Agat3    1:6 | is God’s wisdom and power and salvation’ 02Agat3    1:7 | adoption, wash away your sins and forgive your debts, and grant 02Agat3    1:7 | sins and forgive your debts, and grant you a share of 02Agat3    1:8 | blessing of the holy Spirit, and that you may become worthy 02Agat3    1:9 | from the stain of Satan and he be trodden under your 02Agat3    1:10 | that you may enter and share in the wedding feast 02Agat3    1:10 | lamb, the Son of God, and drink his blood 02Agat3    1:11 | and that you may become partakers 02Agat3    1:11 | in the torments of God, and share his glory [cf. Rom. 8.17], and become 02Agat3    1:11 | God, and share his glory [cf. Rom. 8.17], and become one spirit and sharers 02Agat3    1:11 | glory [cf. Rom. 8.17], and become one spirit and sharers with him through his 02Agat3    1:11 | with him through his body and blood 02Agat3    1:12 | And these martyrs through his mercy 02Agat3    1:12 | for you a strong fortress and mighty tower [cf. Ps. 60.4], your advocates by 02Agat3    1:12 | the shedding of their blood, and by their martyrdom they will 02Agat3    1:12 | They will bring you profit and show you the victorious power 02Agat3    1:13 | And because it is now evening 02Agat3    1:13 | it is now evening, go and rest and sleep in peace 02Agat3    1:13 | now evening, go and rest and sleep in peace. In the 02Agat3    1:14 | in the kingdom of heaven. And by the intercession of these 02Agat3    1:15 | For his are glory and power and honor for ever 02Agat3    1:15 | his are glory and power and honor for ever and ever 02Agat3    1:15 | power and honor for ever and ever. Amen 02Agat3    2:1 | the crowd. But the king and the nobles never parted from 02Agat3    2:1 | because they were in torments and fear. Day and night, they 02Agat3    2:1 | in torments and fear. Day and night, they stayed with him 02Agat3    2:1 | were dressed in hair-shirts, and sat on ashes, and fasted 02Agat3    2:1 | shirts, and sat on ashes, and fasted for sixty-six days 02Agat3    2:2 | And in this way for sixty 02Agat3    2:2 | five days blessed Gregory tirelessly and unceasingly, day and night, never 02Agat3    2:2 | Gregory tirelessly and unceasingly, day and night, never ceased from reasoning 02Agat3    2:2 | ceased from reasoning, advising, teaching, and confirming them 02Agat3    2:3 | themselves to him as patients, and he like a skilled physician 02Agat3    2:4 | He informed and enlightened them about every-thing 02Agat3    2:4 | about every-thing, abbreviating nothing and speaking neither superficially nor hastily 02Agat3    2:4 | made them all acquainted with and aware of the virtuous deeds 02Agat3    2:4 | virtuous deeds of each one and their inspired sayings 02Agat3    2:5 | of each one’s godly life and spiritual labor and witness and 02Agat3    2:5 | godly life and spiritual labor and witness and their sayings inspired 02Agat3    2:5 | and spiritual labor and witness and their sayings inspired by God 02Agat3    2:5 | their sayings inspired by God. And he expounded all the words 02Agat3    2:5 | holy Spirit in proper order and explained their interpretation by the 02Agat3    2:6 | of men, jostling each other and sitting as at a banquet 02Agat3    2:6 | afar in order to see and hear the amazing miracles of 02Agat3    2:7 | Men, women and children had gathered from each 02Agat3    2:7 | the power of the creator, and they submitted and believed 02Agat3    2:7 | the creator, and they submitted and believed 02Agat3    2:9 | The king and the nobles accepted everything and 02Agat3    2:9 | and the nobles accepted everything and hastened to do whatever he 02Agat3    3:1 | dawn of morning, the nobles and king and princes and the 02Agat3    3:1 | morning, the nobles and king and princes and the common people 02Agat3    3:1 | nobles and king and princes and the common people, with the 02Agat3    3:1 | with the crowd of women and young children, approached and fell 02Agat3    3:1 | women and young children, approached and fell down in flocks before 02Agat3    3:1 | flocks before saint Gregory, beseeching and begging for healing from the 02Agat3    3:2 | whole body had become hairy, and on his limbs, bristles had 02Agat3    3:2 | those of great wild boars. And the nails of his hands 02Agat3    3:2 | the nails of his hands and feet had hardened like the 02Agat3    3:3 | the honor of his throne, and he roamed about in the 02Agat3    3:4 | forth from the dungeon-pit and reached the place of the 02Agat3    3:5 | And the king, in swinish form 02Agat3    3:5 | voice, he called out, grunted and slobbered and foamed at the 02Agat3    3:5 | called out, grunted and slobbered and foamed at the mouth in 02Agat3    3:5 | in his snout like face, and in the likeness of a 02Agat3    3:6 | might come to their senses and comprehend the message of God’s 02Agat3    3:7 | And they had just enough healing 02Agat3    3:7 | be able to hear, comprehend and speak freely 02Agat3    3:8 | And all through the sixty-six 02Agat3    3:9 | When they began to wallow and fall before him and to 02Agat3    3:9 | wallow and fall before him and to ask for healing - because 02Agat3    3:9 | for the ability to speak and hear - then after their supplications 02Agat3    3:9 | after their supplications he replied and said to them: “I too 02Agat3    3:9 | you will seek your advantage. And do you sincerely request healing 02Agat3    3:10 | But hasten and build chapels in order to 02Agat3    3:10 | the torments of your punishment, and that you may be saved 02Agat3    3:10 | be saved from the terrible and bitter judgments that have been 02Agat3    3:10 | judgments that have been promised and prepared for the future, and 02Agat3    3:10 | and prepared for the future, and that you may become worthy 02Agat3    3:11 | command as he might wish and whatever he might wish to 02Agat3    4:1 | condescended to his holy martyrs and raised them up to the 02Agat3    4:1 | up to the incomparable, ineffable and inaccessible height of the kingdom 02Agat3    4:2 | intends to bestow on you, and there appeared to me a 02Agat3    4:2 | to me a divine, wonderful, and ineffable vision, the details of 02Agat3    4:3 | night when you were tired and sleeping from the severity of 02Agat3    4:3 | the severity of the labor and vigil, I was still awake 02Agat3    4:3 | vigil, I was still awake and was contemplating the unexpected and 02Agat3    4:3 | and was contemplating the unexpected and inscrutable miracles of God’s mercy 02Agat3    4:3 | God’s mercy in visiting you and casting you into the furnace 02Agat3    4:4 | love for their beloved creator, and what would be the ineffable 02Agat3    4:6 | And the cube-shaped vault of 02Agat3    4:6 | firmament of heaven was opened, and a man descended in the 02Agat3    4:6 | light. He called my name and note: ’Gregory.’ And I 02Agat3    4:6 | name and note: ’Gregory.’ And I looked up and saw 02Agat3    4:6 | ’ And I looked up and saw his form, and terror 02Agat3    4:6 | up and saw his form, and terror struck I fell to 02Agat3    4:7 | said to me: ’Look up and see the wonders that I 02Agat3    4:8 | And I looked up and saw 02Agat3    4:8 | And I looked up and saw the firmament of heaven 02Agat3    4:8 | the firmament of heaven opened, and the waters above it divided 02Agat3    4:8 | the firmament, for like valleys and mountain-tops they were divided 02Agat3    4:8 | mountain-tops they were divided and their infinite expanses were piled 02Agat3    4:9 | And the light flowed from above 02Agat3    4:9 | above down to the earth, and with the light numberless hosts 02Agat3    4:9 | winged creatures in human appearance and with wings like fire 02Agat3    4:10 | And in the likeness of minute 02Agat3    4:10 | everything below with their light, and as the light streamed forward 02Agat3    4:11 | And there was an awesome vision 02Agat3    4:11 | vision of a man, tall and fearful, who governed the front 02Agat3    4:11 | fearful, who governed the front and the rear guards and, descending 02Agat3    4:11 | front and the rear guards and, descending from above, advanced as 02Agat3    4:11 | from above, advanced as leader. And in his hand was a 02Agat3    4:11 | a great hammer of gold, and they all followed him 02Agat3    4:12 | of a fleet-winged eagle. And he descended and came down 02Agat3    4:12 | winged eagle. And he descended and came down near to the 02Agat3    4:12 | the middle of the city. And he struck the wide expanse 02Agat3    4:12 | expanse of the solid ground, and great and immeasurable rumblings sounded 02Agat3    4:12 | the solid ground, and great and immeasurable rumblings sounded in the 02Agat3    4:12 | in the depths of hell. And the whole earth as far 02Agat3    4:13 | And I saw in the middle 02Agat3    4:13 | as great as a hill, and on it an exceedingly tall 02Agat3    4:13 | exceedingly tall column of fire, and on top of that a 02Agat3    4:13 | that a capital of cloud, and on top of that again 02Agat3    4:14 | And I looked up and saw 02Agat3    4:14 | And I looked up and saw three other bases: one 02Agat3    4:14 | martyred with her two companions, and one in the place where 02Agat3    4:14 | with her thirty-two companions, and one in the place of 02Agat3    4:15 | And these bases were red, the 02Agat3    4:15 | red, the color of blood, and the columns were of cloud 02Agat3    4:15 | the columns were of cloud and the capitals of fire. And 02Agat3    4:15 | and the capitals of fire. And on top of the three 02Agat3    4:15 | likeness of the Lord’s cross. And the crosses of these columns 02Agat3    4:16 | And from the four columns, above 02Agat3    4:16 | vaults fitted into each other. And above this I saw a 02Agat3    4:16 | a canopy of cloud, wonderfully and divinely constructed in the form 02Agat3    4:18 | edifice I saw a wonderful and divine throne of fire with 02Agat3    4:18 | the rays of the cross and joined to the same. And 02Agat3    4:18 | and joined to the same. And the column made of light 02Agat3    4:19 | And there gushed forth an abundant 02Agat3    4:19 | flowing over all the plains and filling them completely as far 02Agat3    4:20 | made a vast bluish sea, and the plains appeared altogether the 02Agat3    4:21 | And I saw a numberless multitude 02Agat3    4:21 | numberless multitude of fiery altars, and a column on each altar 02Agat3    4:21 | a column on each altar, and a cross on each column 02Agat3    4:21 | a cross on each column. And they shone out in infinite 02Agat3    4:22 | And I saw numberless herds of 02Agat3    4:22 | the water turned into sheep, and their color became white and 02Agat3    4:22 | and their color became white and their fleeces sparkled like shining 02Agat3    4:23 | suddenly the flocks gave birth and multiplied and their offspring filled 02Agat3    4:23 | flocks gave birth and multiplied and their offspring filled the land 02Agat3    4:23 | their offspring filled the land. And the lambs that were born 02Agat3    4:24 | suddenly still more offspring multiplied, and half of them crossed to 02Agat3    4:25 | And these lambs became brown wolves 02Agat3    4:25 | these lambs became brown wolves and attacked the flocks and began 02Agat3    4:25 | wolves and attacked the flocks and began to slaughter them, and 02Agat3    4:25 | and began to slaughter them, and there was shedding of blood 02Agat3    4:26 | that the flocks grew wings and flew up and joined the 02Agat3    4:26 | grew wings and flew up and joined the shining hosts 02Agat3    4:27 | And there arose a torrent of 02Agat3    4:29 | And the man, who had earlier 02Agat3    4:29 | had earlier called my name and showed me this, said to 02Agat3    4:30 | And I note: ’How, Lord?’ 02Agat3    4:31 | And he said to me: ’This 02Agat3    4:33 | the rain of God’s mercy and pity [cf. Lk. 1.78] is descending 02Agat3    4:34 | of heaven have been opened and the waters above have been 02Agat3    4:35 | since they have gone up and made paths for others 02Agat3    4:37 | And the hosts of light greatly 02Agat3    4:37 | multitudes of angels will mingle and live with mankind 02Agat3    4:38 | And the fearsome and splendid man 02Agat3    4:38 | And the fearsome and splendid man, who in the 02Agat3    4:38 | golden hammer in his hand and struck the depths of hell 02Agat3    4:38 | ’who looks on the earth and makes it shake; he approaches 02Agat3    4:38 | shake; he approaches the hills, and they smoke’ 02Agat3    4:39 | of the Godhead has flattened and destroyed and over-thrown error 02Agat3    4:39 | Godhead has flattened and destroyed and over-thrown error from the 02Agat3    4:40 | And the echoing earth was the 02Agat3    4:40 | was the voice of servitude and obedience 02Agat3    4:41 | golden base of the pillar, and its fiery column and capital 02Agat3    4:41 | pillar, and its fiery column and capital of cloud and the 02Agat3    4:41 | column and capital of cloud and the shining cross above it 02Agat3    4:42 | and the capital of cloud is 02Agat3    4:44 | And that place will be a 02Agat3    4:44 | be a temple of God and a house of prayer [cf. Matt. 21.13] for 02Agat3    4:44 | requests of all the faithful, and a throne of the high 02Agat3    4:45 | And the three bases which were 02Agat3    4:45 | of blood, represent the torments and afflictions which came upon the 02Agat3    4:45 | which came upon the martyrs and their endurance unto death. For 02Agat3    4:46 | And the columns appeared of cloud 02Agat3    4:47 | And the capital was fiery because 02Agat3    4:48 | And the crosses represent the sufferings 02Agat3    4:48 | the sufferings of the Lord and died for him. For they 02Agat3    4:48 | For they lived in God and were crucified with Christ, and 02Agat3    4:48 | and were crucified with Christ, and Christ lives in their bones 02Agat3    4:48 | sweet odor of his knowledge, and to spread abroad their virtue 02Agat3    4:49 | they killed their earthly bodies and hung from the Lord’s cross 02Agat3    4:49 | fellow-sufferers with their Lord, and likewise will share in his 02Agat3    4:49 | will share in his glory and power 02Agat3    4:52 | the Catholic church is greater and higher than all the heights 02Agat3    4:53 | And the arches that were linked 02Agat3    4:53 | the columns are the equality and unity of the Catholic church 02Agat3    4:54 | And the canopy above represents the 02Agat3    4:55 | And because the martyrs appeared to 02Agat3    4:55 | ’that their death is temporary and their life eternal and glorious 02Agat3    4:55 | temporary and their life eternal and glorious in the glory of 02Agat3    4:56 | And what you see above the 02Agat3    4:56 | head of the holy church [cf. Col. 1.18] and the worker of all blessings 02Agat3    4:56 | the worker of all blessings. And in him is held together 02Agat3    4:56 | held together the whole edifice, and it increases the glory of 02Agat3    4:56 | the whole body with limbs and joints 02Agat3    4:57 | And the light which surrounded the 02Agat3    4:58 | And it mingled with its rays 02Agat3    4:58 | it receives from the Son and tells of him to his 02Agat3    4:59 | And it was united to the 02Agat3    4:60 | And the light shone from the 02Agat3    4:60 | midst of the four columns and caused an abundant torrent to 02Agat3    4:60 | Catholic church amid the martyrs and the priesthood as the fountain 02Agat3    4:61 | And it spread out and filled 02Agat3    4:61 | And it spread out and filled many places because it 02Agat3    4:62 | And the fact that all the 02Agat3    4:62 | the common abode of angels and men 02Agat3    4:63 | And the multitudes of fiery altars 02Agat3    4:64 | And they appeared fiery for this 02Agat3    4:65 | And the columns by each altar 02Agat3    4:66 | And the crosses above them signify 02Agat3    4:67 | And they were as many as 02Agat3    4:68 | And the herds of many black 02Agat3    4:68 | will flow for the forgiveness and expiation of many sinners 02Agat3    4:69 | And their white wool which shone 02Agat3    4:69 | their white wool which shone and sparkled signifies that the baptized 02Agat3    4:69 | will be clothed in light and become worthy of the promised 02Agat3    4:70 | And the fact that the flocks 02Agat3    4:70 | that the flocks gave birth and multiplied and filled the land 02Agat3    4:70 | flocks gave birth and multiplied and filled the land signifies that 02Agat3    4:70 | increased for a long time, and new, renewed offspring will be 02Agat3    4:70 | renewed offspring will be born and baptism will be increased 02Agat3    4:71 | And the fact that half of 02Agat3    4:71 | flocks went through the waters and turned back to the same 02Agat3    4:71 | holy covenant of the Godhead, and many will abandon the holy 02Agat3    4:72 | And from lambs they will become 02Agat3    4:72 | who depart from the truth and the priestly covenant will become 02Agat3    4:72 | priestly covenant will become wolves and will cause the shedding of 02Agat3    4:72 | that is of the covenant and of the priesthood, and will 02Agat3    4:72 | covenant and of the priesthood, and will cause confusion for the 02Agat3    4:73 | the priests, will receive wings and rise to the kingdom of 02Agat3    4:75 | And you,” said the man to 02Agat3    4:76 | had its base of gold, and build the holy martyrs’ chapels 02Agat3    4:77 | the tormented may be healed and the gospel be preached ever 02Agat3    4:78 | this there was an earthquake, and as day dawned the vision 02Agat3    5:1 | creator of all, the maker and fashioner of all, God the 02Agat3    5:1 | the all-wise, the almighty and omnipotent Lord of all, the 02Agat3    5:2 | us the path to life and the way to salvation whereby 02Agat3    5:2 | for me to inform you and fulfill among you his will 02Agat3    5:4 | let us build the chapels and put the martyrs to rest 02Agat3    5:7 | made their preparations in joy, and in haste and in great 02Agat3    5:7 | in joy, and in haste and in great fear 02Agat3    5:8 | took up the architect’s line and set out the foundations for 02Agat3    5:9 | whole crowd lent his help, and following the well-laid-out 02Agat3    5:10 | to their weaker feminine strength. And thus, they all worked together 02Agat3    5:10 | all worked together in faith and great fear, lest anyone fail 02Agat3    5:12 | area, where Gayane, her guardian, and two companions had been martyred 02Agat3    5:13 | And the other chapel they buil 02Agat3    5:14 | They built and arranged these places and adorned 02Agat3    5:14 | built and arranged these places and adorned them with burning lamps 02Agat3    5:14 | with burning lamps of gold and silver, with kindled lanterns, and 02Agat3    5:14 | and silver, with kindled lanterns, and blazing candelabras 02Agat3    6:1 | And he ordered that a repository 02Agat3    6:2 | did as Gregory had ordered and prepared the coffins and then 02Agat3    6:2 | ordered and prepared the coffins and then, as they had been 02Agat3    6:3 | He took them and, all alone, went inside. Nor 02Agat3    6:3 | have not yet been healed and not yet been cleansed by 02Agat3    6:4 | He went in by himself and, one by one, he took 02Agat3    6:4 | of each of the saints and placed them, wrapped in their 02Agat3    6:4 | in their clothing, in boxes. And then he sealed the boxes 02Agat3    6:5 | nobility, the grandees, [naxarars] lords, [azats] gentry, and all the troops brought sweet 02Agat3    6:5 | troops brought sweet-smelling oil and precious incense, multicolored embroidered fabrics 02Agat3    6:6 | The king’s wife and the royal princesses, the noble 02Agat3    6:6 | royal princesses, the noble women and the daughters of the grandees 02Agat3    6:6 | saints brocades of purple, gold, and sky-blue and others white 02Agat3    6:6 | purple, gold, and sky-blue and others white as snow 02Agat3    6:7 | they quickly piled up gold and silver outside the door of 02Agat3    6:10 | you are granted a shepherd and teacher by God’s benevolent providence 02Agat3    6:10 | teacher by God’s benevolent providence and are provided with leaders, chief 02Agat3    6:10 | leaders, chief priests, overseeing bishops and presbyters of the ecclesiastical order 02Agat3    6:11 | But now come and let us put each of 02Agat3    7:1 | The claws of his hands and feet were like those of 02Agat3    7:1 | tusks like a huge boar, and his body was covered all 02Agat3    7:2 | the people, covering his face and head, wearing a hairshirt he 02Agat3    7:2 | a hairshirt he had donned - and presenting quite a sight to 02Agat3    7:3 | King Trdat approached and begged saint Gregory that at 02Agat3    7:3 | that at least his hands and feet might be healed so 02Agat3    7:4 | knees to God, the benevolent and kind Lord of all, by 02Agat3    7:4 | raising his arms to heaven, and begging for healing for all 02Agat3    7:4 | healing for all the people and for the king. Then he 02Agat3    7:4 | he turned to the king and, by the grace of Christ 02Agat3    7:4 | grace of Christ, his feet and hands were healed 02Agat3    7:5 | The claws of his hands and feet fell off so that 02Agat3    7:6 | he commanded him to do. And Gregory gave him measurements for 02Agat3    7:6 | for each to repose in, and arrange these inside the resting 02Agat3    7:7 | employment of his wife Ashxen and then of his true [harazat] sister 02Agat3    7:8 | And Gregory gave the command and 02Agat3    7:8 | And Gregory gave the command and they went along with him 02Agat3    8:1 | The king took axe and spade and dug out places 02Agat3    8:1 | king took axe and spade and dug out places of rest 02Agat3    8:2 | the two women Queen Ashxe’n and the king’s sister Xosroviduxt, put 02Agat3    8:2 | been excavated into their garments and removed it 02Agat3    8:3 | repose readied for the holy and glorious altar of Christ 02Agat3    8:4 | there for the blessed Gayane and her two companions 02Agat3    8:5 | himself with his sister Xosroviduxt and Queen Ashxe’n, prepared places of 02Agat3    8:6 | Then the king came and requested leave from saint Gregory 02Agat3    8:7 | put them on his shoulders and carried them back to the 02Agat3    8:8 | of God she defeated him and wrought such astounding deeds 02Agat3    8:10 | three blessed chapels, they adorned and decorated them. Then they brought 02Agat3    8:10 | decorated them. Then they brought and emplaced each of the martyrs 02Agat3    8:15 | And this was done according to 02Agat3    8:16 | And in the center of the 02Agat3    8:19 | Now come and let us honorably enclose the 02Agat3    8:19 | honorably enclose the place designated and commanded us for the Lord’s 02Agat3    8:20 | Then Gregory with the king and all the people went to 02Agat3    8:20 | place with a high wall and with doors and locks secured 02Agat3    8:20 | high wall and with doors and locks secured it. They erected 02Agat3    8:20 | go to that spot, kneel, and worship God, the almighty creator 02Agat3    8:21 | And in this way did Gregory 02Agat3    8:21 | did Gregory illuminate the hearts and souls of the people with 02Agat3    8:21 | had been made by hand, and turned instead to the worship 02Agat3    8:22 | they willingly turned to fasting and prayers, to fear of God 02Agat3    8:22 | prayers, to fear of God and love for and attention to 02Agat3    8:22 | of God and love for and attention to God’s teachings 02Agat3    9:2 | they all kneeled to God, and then the blessed Gregory with 02Agat3    9:2 | blessed Gregory with great prayers and pleas, through his strong asceticism 02Agat3    9:2 | pleas, through his strong asceticism and in tears, begged for the 02Agat3    9:3 | of a pig, suddenly trembled and the pig-like skin fell 02Agat3    9:3 | with the tusk-like teeth and snout-like face. The thick 02Agat3    9:4 | returned to its own form and the skin of his body 02Agat3    9:7 | And thus opened the fountain of 02Agat3    9:8 | Thereafter there was heartfelt joy and such panoramas that pleased the 02Agat3    9:9 | suddenly became cognizant of them. And this was not only about 02Agat3    9:9 | but also about earlier tidings and what followed, about the beginning 02Agat3    9:9 | about the beginning of Christianity and its developments, and all the 02Agat3    9:9 | of Christianity and its developments, and all the divine traditions 02Agat3    9:10 | things, there were more students and they were more open and 02Agat3    9:10 | and they were more open and eager to assemble to study 02Agat3    9:11 | From all parts and districts of the land of 02Agat3    9:11 | this source of the grace and knowledge of Christ 02Agat3    10:1 | with the king, the [naxarars] lords, and the troops and came to 02Agat3    10:1 | the [naxarars] lords, and the troops and came to an agreement about 02Agat3    10:1 | agreed to pull down, wreck, and obliterate the scandal of paganism 02Agat3    10:2 | boast is in the Cross and our praise is to the 02Agat3    10:3 | the king, by sovereign edict and with the consent of all 02Agat3    10:3 | with the work of destroying and eliminating the former ancestral gods 02Agat3    10:3 | his forefathers - falsely called gods - and consigning them to oblivion 02Agat3    10:4 | left the city of Vagharshapat and went to the city of 02Agat3    10:5 | instruction. They set to work and demolished, burned, wrecked, and ruined 02Agat3    10:5 | work and demolished, burned, wrecked, and ruined it 02Agat3    10:6 | of a multitude of cavalry and a brigade of infantry armed 02Agat3    10:6 | of infantry armed with lances and javelins, and rushed forth like 02Agat3    10:6 | armed with lances and javelins, and rushed forth like men armed 02Agat3    10:6 | like men armed with spears and flags. With a great cry 02Agat3    10:6 | Anahit where they fell upon and fought with those who had 02Agat3    10:6 | the people below useless arrows and rocks. However, they barely frightened 02Agat3    10:7 | sign of the Lord’s cross and went to the door of 02Agat3    10:7 | temple shook from its foundation and collapsed. Catching fire suddenly from 02Agat3    10:7 | parts of the temple burned and smoke rose to the clouds 02Agat3    10:8 | collars, striking their foreheads, shrieking and crying loudly: “Woe to us 02Agat3    10:8 | flee from the whole world. And from this place too - through 02Agat3    10:8 | place too - through this imprisoned and dead man - he has forced 02Agat3    10:11 | made us beat the air and has separated us from the 02Agat3    10:12 | black bridge of demons vanished and quit that place like smoke 02Agat3    10:13 | come there demolished the foundations and wrecked what remained and gave 02Agat3    10:13 | foundations and wrecked what remained and gave to the poor, the 02Agat3    10:13 | to the poor, the suffering, and the needy, a portion of 02Agat3    10:14 | Church’s needs the temples’ estates and servants with the pagan priests 02Agat3    10:14 | servants with the pagan priests and their lands and borders 02Agat3    10:14 | pagan priests and their lands and borders 02Agat3    10:15 | religion among all of them and set them all on the 02Agat3    10:16 | all the cities, villages, hamlets, and estates of the Armenians he 02Agat3    10:17 | enclosed certain areas with walls and set up the sign of 02Agat3    10:18 | Similarly, at the entrances and exits of roads, in streets 02Agat3    10:18 | of roads, in streets, squares, and intersections, he erected the same 02Agat3    10:18 | same sign as a guard and a refuge for all to 02Agat3    10:19 | sons of the Arsacid clan and trained them in doctrine. First 02Agat3    10:21 | holy Gospel of the Lord and cautioned all of them to 02Agat3    10:21 | paths of life in innocence, and then put it into their 02Agat3    10:21 | worship the Lord their God and serve only Him 02Agat3    11:1 | God, Gregory took the king and departed, so that the word 02Agat3    11:2 | whiteness. First, they destroyed that and smashed his image, then they 02Agat3    11:2 | all the treasures of gold and silver and gave a portion 02Agat3    11:2 | treasures of gold and silver and gave a portion to the 02Agat3    11:3 | village, with all its estates and borders to the name of 02Agat3    11:4 | Gregory took over the district and brought all of them to 02Agat3    11:5 | of life germinated among them and all were educated in piety 02Agat3    11:7 | to the Church the town and all its fortifications 02Agat3    11:9 | of worship of the great and native temples of the kings 02Agat3    11:9 | the demons gathered to fight, and they made the mountains reverberate 02Agat3    11:10 | they were put to flight and, as they fled, the high 02Agat3    11:10 | fled, the high walls fell and were levelled 02Agat3    11:11 | the converted troops, saint Gregory, and the king, broke into pieces 02Agat3    11:11 | of the female goddess Anahit and completely destroyed and looted the 02Agat3    11:11 | goddess Anahit and completely destroyed and looted the place, taking the 02Agat3    11:11 | the place, taking the gold and silver as booty 02Agat3    11:12 | side of the Gayl River and destroyed the temple of Nane 02Agat3    11:13 | two temples were gathered up and placed in service to the 02Agat3    12:1 | The people were consciously converted and confirmed in the faith 02Agat3    12:2 | who were possessed by Satan and the demons - to abandon and 02Agat3    12:2 | and the demons - to abandon and free themselves from the vain 02Agat3    12:2 | the vain old superstitious cults and to become obedient to the 02Agat3    12:3 | solely relying on the awe and power of the king. Gregory 02Agat3    12:3 | but also with miracles, signs, and various types of healings, to 02Agat3    12:5 | every place where Gregory preached and also preached, confessing his impieties 02Agat3    12:5 | also preached, confessing his impieties and telling about all the miracles 02Agat3    12:5 | God had visited upon him and the mercy of his healing 02Agat3    12:6 | of a foul, demonic, satanic, and monstrous nature. He taught those 02Agat3    12:6 | regions to change their gross and rough pagan ways to the 02Agat3    12:6 | glad tidings of the Gospel and to confirm them in the 02Agat3    12:8 | they levelled to its foundations and the treasures accumulated there were 02Agat3    12:8 | there were taken as booty, and distributed among the poor. The 02Agat3    12:9 | along with the grandee nobility and all the azatagund brigade of 02Agat3    13:1 | his wife, the [tikin] queen Ashxe’n and his sister Xosroviduxt, gave an 02Agat3    13:4 | all the troops, the grandees and governors [kusakalq], rulers of districts, dignitaries 02Agat3    13:4 | chiefs, princes, [naxarars] lords, [azats] gentry, judges and officers 02Agat3    13:6 | he illuminate us with baptism and renew us, as a teacher 02Agat3    13:7 | as an intermediary between God and humankind is so profound that 02Agat3    13:7 | Instead, let them search for and find someone who is worthy 02Agat3    13:8 | of God speaking to him and saying: “Without delay you must 02Agat3    14:1 | Then the king quickly, piously, and with great delight assembled by 02Agat3    14:1 | by him the chief naxarars and the governors of the lands 02Agat3    14:4 | of the district of Zarawand and Her; fifteenth, the prince of 02Agat3    14:5 | governors, holders of regions, thousanders, and ten thousanders in the land 02Agat3    14:5 | Torgom, whom King Trdat assembled and sent to the Cappadocian areas 02Agat3    14:6 | And the king commanded that an 02Agat3    14:7 | of sin, wrapped in mist and fog [cf. Ez. 34.12], rendered stupid [cf. Mk. 8.17], unable to 02Agat3    14:7 | righteousness [cf. Mai. 4.2]; therefore, we were blinded and immersed in darkness 02Agat3    14:8 | But when the sweetness and benevolence of God our creator 02Agat3    14:8 | our creator appeared [cf. Tit. 3.4] to admonish and illuminate us his creatures, he 02Agat3    14:8 | living light [cf. Wis. 7.26] into our hearts and vivified our mortality by sending 02Agat3    14:8 | mortality by sending his holy and beloved martyrs to these regions 02Agat3    14:9 | They came here and revealed to our foolishness their 02Agat3    14:9 | our foolishness their fortitude, bravery and virtue 02Agat3    14:10 | God wrought such amazing miracles and inflicted such severe punishments on 02Agat3    14:10 | king even became a pig and pastured with the wild beasts 02Agat3    14:11 | intercession of these martyrs’ prayers, and through the martyred Gregory healed 02Agat3    14:12 | was even more a martyr and an even greater champion, therefore 02Agat3    14:13 | Through him God has destroyed and abolished our former vain habits 02Agat3    14:13 | habits of worshiping ancestral idols, and he has taught us all 02Agat3    14:13 | taught us all his testimonies and commandments for us to follow 02Agat3    14:13 | same Gregory as our shepherd and overseer and truthful teacher 02Agat3    14:13 | as our shepherd and overseer and truthful teacher 02Agat3    14:14 | the support of your acceptable and holy prayers, O Leontius Archbishop 02Agat3    14:14 | O Leontius Archbishop of Caesarea and all the priestly clergy of 02Agat3    14:14 | church there, by God’s mercy and through your prayers we send 02Agat3    14:14 | the army of Greater Armenia, and queen Ashkhen and princess Khosrovidukht 02Agat3    14:14 | Greater Armenia, and queen Ashkhen and princess Khosrovidukht 02Agat3    14:16 | And we have had sent to 02Agat3    14:16 | holy confessor of Christ, Gregory. And we have written this edict 02Agat3    14:16 | for us Gregory as overseer and teacher and leader in God’s 02Agat3    14:16 | Gregory as overseer and teacher and leader in God’s paths and 02Agat3    14:16 | and leader in God’s paths and shepherd and doctor, according to 02Agat3    14:16 | in God’s paths and shepherd and doctor, according to the providential 02Agat3    14:16 | providential tradition of the spiritual and divine grace of Christ, just 02Agat3    14:17 | And so, pray that God may 02Agat3    14:17 | us worthy of his mercy and that we may walk righteously 02Agat3    14:17 | walk righteously in his paths, and that your love and greeting 02Agat3    14:17 | paths, and that your love and greeting may give us peace 02Agat3    15:1 | of the Armenian delegation organized and prepared for the journey, taking 02Agat3    15:1 | of many colors, as decorations and for honorable service in the 02Agat3    15:2 | which was covered with gold and pulled by white mules 02Agat3    15:3 | gathered around him with carriages and horses, troops, banners, each prince 02Agat3    15:3 | prince with his own brigade, and then departed from the city 02Agat3    15:3 | were received with much honor and organized hospitality 02Agat3    15:4 | There was much rejoicing, delight, and feasting when they heard about 02Agat3    15:4 | about the turn to salvation, and about their useful journey for 02Agat3    15:5 | And thus honored on their journey 02Agat3    15:5 | saw the blessed katoghikos Leontius, and all the brigades of blessed 02Agat3    15:5 | the brigades of blessed clerics and all the classes of servitors 02Agat3    15:6 | They greeted them and informed them of what wonders 02Agat3    15:6 | what wonders God had wrought, and gave the king’s letter to 02Agat3    15:6 | received it with great joy and all the citizens rejoiced 02Agat3    15:7 | held a feast of celebration and honored saint Gregory for his 02Agat3    15:7 | Gregory for his meritorious virtue and persistence in his martyr-like 02Agat3    15:7 | glorifying him with candles, psalms, and spiritual songs 02Agat3    15:10 | on to him great honor and glory: the honor of the 02Agat3    15:10 | the humility of Christ’s priesthood, and the loftiness of the episcopacy 02Agat3    15:11 | might receive authority in heaven and on earth to receive the 02Agat3    15:11 | of the kingdom, to bind and loose on earth 02Agat3    15:12 | With great honor and a letter the Caesarean clerics 02Agat3    15:13 | They exchanged greetings and, with the grace of our 02Agat3    15:14 | exalted by the bishops, princes, and people of that land 02Agat3    15:15 | to be blessed by him. And they said to one another 02Agat3    15:15 | who, for Christ, endured torments and, being found to be a 02Agat3    15:16 | with gifts of gratitude, Gregory and all his people set out 02Agat3    15:16 | of Armenia, in health, success, and spiritual joy 02Agat3    16:1 | large treasury, full of gold and silver and many gifts presented 02Agat3    16:1 | full of gold and silver and many gifts presented by the 02Agat3    16:1 | faces the great Taurus Mountains, and called Yashtishat after the frequent 02Agat3    16:2 | the goddess born of gold, and the altar was named, after 02Agat3    16:2 | of the Golden-mother goddess; and third was the temple named 02Agat3    16:4 | the blessed John the Baptist, and of Athenagenes, the holy martyr 02Agat3    16:5 | located, to destroy the altars and to construct martyria for them 02Agat3    16:6 | stadia from the Euphrates River and wanted to cross through yet 02Agat3    16:6 | relics of the saints - stopped and the drivers were unable to 02Agat3    16:7 | the Lord appeared to Gregory and note: “It has pleased the 02Agat3    16:8 | And so the multitude of troops 02Agat3    16:8 | all together built a chapel and transferred the saints’ relics there 02Agat3    17:1 | chapel, Gregory ordered the troops and the princes who were with 02Agat3    17:1 | him to come with hammers and destroy the buildings of the 02Agat3    17:3 | And so Gregory took the sign 02Agat3    17:3 | sign of the Lord’s cross and, ascending from the valley, went 02Agat3    17:5 | The wind strengthened and rose as high as the 02Agat3    17:5 | mountain where it levelled, overturned, and demolished all the structures of 02Agat3    17:8 | Lord God who made heaven and earth 02Agat3    17:9 | the folk of the land, and converted them to piety 02Agat3    17:10 | the foundations of a church and erected an altar to the 02Agat3    17:11 | name of the Holy Trinity and a baptismal font, first baptizing 02Agat3    17:11 | lords who were with him and had accompanied him to the 02Agat3    17:12 | twenty days he stayed there and baptized more than one hundred 02Agat3    17:12 | baptized more than one hundred and ninety thousand people. He raised 02Agat3    17:12 | saints which he had built, and offered the liturgy of salvation 02Agat3    17:12 | there the life-giving body and blood of Christ 02Agat3    17:14 | designated priests in different places and filled the area with priests 02Agat3    17:14 | filled the area with priests and the construction of churches 02Agat3    17:15 | of the cross of Christ, and half the relics of the 02Agat3    17:16 | He circulated throughout every place and all districts. In hamlets and 02Agat3    17:16 | and all districts. In hamlets and estates, he built churches, baptized 02Agat3    17:16 | estates, he built churches, baptized, and designated priests 02Agat3    18:2 | his troops, his queen [tikin], Ashxen, and his sister, Xosroviduxt, and went 02Agat3    18:2 | Ashxen, and his sister, Xosroviduxt, and went to the city of 02Agat3    18:2 | Ditsavan in the Parthian language, and remained there awaiting him for 02Agat3    18:3 | place with churches, priests, servitors, and all the ranks of divine 02Agat3    18:3 | the ranks of divine service, and to illuminate many with baptism 02Agat3    18:4 | Ditsavan, with all the grandees and the troops and the mass 02Agat3    18:4 | the grandees and the troops and the mass of common folk 02Agat3    18:4 | from various places. They went and circulated around with Gregory and 02Agat3    18:4 | and circulated around with Gregory and found healing from him and 02Agat3    18:4 | and found healing from him and also fulfillment of each one’s 02Agat3    18:5 | And Gregory through his teaching that 02Agat3    18:7 | the greeting of Christ’s Gospel. And, with much delight and joy 02Agat3    18:7 | Gospel. And, with much delight and joy, they returned to the 02Agat3    18:9 | you who have been beaten and admonished, tormented and calmed, tortured 02Agat3    18:9 | been beaten and admonished, tormented and calmed, tortured and subdued, lost 02Agat3    18:9 | admonished, tormented and calmed, tortured and subdued, lost and found [cf. Lk. 15.4], gone 02Agat3    18:9 | calmed, tortured and subdued, lost and found [cf. Lk. 15.4], gone astray and converted 02Agat3    18:9 | lost and found [cf. Lk. 15.4], gone astray and converted, noticed and beloved by 02Agat3    18:9 | gone astray and converted, noticed and beloved by the Lord, to 02Agat3    18:9 | Tiridates king of Greater Armenia and queen Ashkhen and princess Khosrovidukht 02Agat3    18:9 | Greater Armenia and queen Ashkhen and princess Khosrovidukht and all the 02Agat3    18:9 | queen Ashkhen and princess Khosrovidukht and all the populace of Greater 02Agat3    18:9 | of Greater Armenia - Leontius Archbishop and Metropolitan of great Caesarea and 02Agat3    18:9 | and Metropolitan of great Caesarea and all the priestly clergy of 02Agat3    18:9 | holy church, bishops, priests, deacons and people, greetings in the Lord 02Agat3    18:11 | And may you, reflecting on the 02Agat3    18:11 | the outcome of their labor and imitating their faith [cf. Heb. 13.7], also be 02Agat3    18:11 | their faith [cf. Heb. 13.7], also be glorified and crowned with their crowns 02Agat3    18:12 | For the creator of everything and of all worlds, who wishes 02Agat3    18:12 | the toil of vain works, and in his kingdom give rest 02Agat3    18:12 | rest to those with burdens and those who have labored. ’For 02Agat3    18:12 | ’For his yoke is sweet and his load is light.’ 02Agat3    18:12 | he takes under his protection and instructs, in order that he 02Agat3    18:13 | And because you did not previously 02Agat3    18:13 | this unworthy scourge upon you and awoke you as if from 02Agat3    18:14 | And because you did not understand 02Agat3    18:15 | And the man whom in your 02Agat3    18:17 | whom you closed your eyes and considered as darkness [cf. Matt. 13.15] has shone 02Agat3    18:17 | as darkness [cf. Matt. 13.15] has shone forth and opened and illuminated your vision 02Agat3    18:17 | has shone forth and opened and illuminated your vision; he has 02Agat3    18:17 | pagan darkness that enveloped you and put on you raiments of 02Agat3    18:18 | you as teacher of wisdom and has been bestowed upon you 02Agat3    18:19 | man who is so marvelous, and when we heard of the 02Agat3    18:19 | waters of the numberless waves; and with constant joy for this 02Agat3    18:19 | constant joy for this reason, and with unceasing mouth and unresting 02Agat3    18:19 | reason, and with unceasing mouth and unresting voice we blessed our 02Agat3    18:19 | benevolent, the worker of miracles and dispenser of gifts. And we 02Agat3    18:19 | miracles and dispenser of gifts. And we offered thanksgiving to God 02Agat3    18:20 | in the salvation granted you, and especially when you gather in 02Agat3    18:21 | And may the testimony between our 02Agat3    18:22 | of the renewal of baptism and of the saving cross and 02Agat3    18:22 | and of the saving cross and of the life-giving body 02Agat3    18:22 | of the life-giving body and expiatory blood of Christ, and 02Agat3    18:22 | and expiatory blood of Christ, and through the blessing of the 02Agat3    18:22 | Thus, you will be raised and, making constant prayer, will be 02Agat3    18:23 | Be well in Christ, and may you continually enjoy the 02Agat3    19:1 | the consolation of the letter; and also, because the travelers had 02Agat3    19:1 | had arrived in Armenia illuminated, and with visible gifts of divine 02Agat3    19:1 | their fervor of divine love and were even more firmly established 02Agat3    19:2 | set himself to unceasing instruction, and with the assistance of the 02Agat3    19:2 | Trdat set forth his skill and continuously gave admonition. Thus, ever 02Agat3    19:2 | to God’s commands, the king and all the army with the 02Agat3    19:2 | undertaking to fulfill his request and execute his orders 02Agat3    19:3 | And he commanded the royal camp 02Agat3    19:3 | spend a month in fasting and prayer 02Agat3    19:4 | on himself his customary fasting and prayer, vigils, tearful supplications, austerities 02Agat3    19:5 | much effort to find blessing and grace for the whole land 02Agat3    19:5 | God to produce a new and wonderful birth in fatherly fashion 02Agat3    19:5 | fatherly fashion, by his holy and liberal right hand; to give 02Agat3    19:5 | everyone by baptism from water and the womb of the Spirit 02Agat3    19:5 | the Spirit [cf. Jn. 3.5], to perfect, purify and seal one people of the 02Agat3    19:6 | There Gregory laid the foundations and built a church, and it 02Agat3    19:6 | foundations and built a church, and it was there, in the 02Agat3    19:7 | foundations for churches, erected altars, and designated priests 02Agat3    19:8 | converted with all their hearts and were diligent in fasting and 02Agat3    19:8 | and were diligent in fasting and in the service and fear 02Agat3    19:8 | fasting and in the service and fear of God 02Agat3    20:1 | Ashxen, the great princess [oriordn] Xosroviduxt, and all the grandees, and all 02Agat3    20:1 | Xosroviduxt, and all the grandees, and all the people of the 02Agat3    20:1 | the people of the retinue, and early in the day, at 02Agat3    20:1 | banks of the Euphrates River and baptized all of them, in 02Agat3    20:1 | the name of the Father and the Son, and the Holy 02Agat3    20:1 | the Father and the Son, and the Holy Spirit 02Agat3    20:2 | When all the people and the king descended to the 02Agat3    20:2 | waters of the river stopped and turned around 02Agat3    20:3 | form of a luminous column and came and rested over the 02Agat3    20:3 | a luminous column and came and rested over the waters in 02Agat3    20:3 | so brightly that it obscured and reduced the sun’s rays 02Agat3    20:5 | All were astounded and raised blessings to the glory 02Agat3    20:6 | sign disappeared in the evening, and the people returned to the 02Agat3    20:7 | day more than one hundred and fifty thousand from the royal 02Agat3    20:8 | in white garments, with psalms and blessings [cf. Eph. 5.19] and lighted lamps and 02Agat3    20:8 | garments, with psalms and blessings [cf. Eph. 5.19] and lighted lamps and burning candles 02Agat3    20:8 | and blessings [cf. Eph. 5.19] and lighted lamps and burning candles and blazing torches 02Agat3    20:8 | lighted lamps and burning candles and blazing torches, with great rejoicing 02Agat3    20:8 | blazing torches, with great rejoicing and happiness, illuminated and become like 02Agat3    20:8 | great rejoicing and happiness, illuminated and become like the angels. They 02Agat3    20:8 | heritage of the holy gospel [cf. Eph. 1.18], and being joined to the rank 02Agat3    20:8 | Christ [cf. Eph. 5.2; Phil. 4.18]. So, they went forth and returned to the Lord’s house 02Agat3    20:9 | he offered the blessed sacrifice and communicated them all with the 02Agat3    20:9 | to all the holy body and precious blood of Christ the 02Agat3    20:9 | Savior of all, who vivifies and gives life to all men 02Agat3    20:9 | to all men, the creator and fashioner of all creatures; and 02Agat3    20:9 | and fashioner of all creatures; and he liberally administered to all 02Agat3    21:2 | And during those seven days he 02Agat3    21:2 | the royal retinue, men, women, and children 02Agat3    21:3 | bringer of the new fruits and of Hyurnkal, Vanatur, which previously 02Agat3    21:4 | that they now should gather and celebrate in that hamlet and 02Agat3    21:4 | and celebrate in that hamlet and on the same day a 02Agat3    21:4 | a feast for the great and blessed John the Baptist and 02Agat3    21:4 | and blessed John the Baptist and for the holy martyr of 02Agat3    21:6 | cities, hamlets, cultivated areas, villages, and estates 02Agat3    21:7 | four fields in every estate and seven fields in every hamlet 02Agat3    21:8 | Gregory established priests everywhere, and ordered that the people only 02Agat3    21:8 | Lord God, creator of heaven and earth. He increased the servitors 02Agat3    21:8 | altar of the Lord everywhere and established priests for each altar 02Agat3    21:9 | the people of the Lord and ordered them to be faithful 02Agat3    21:9 | be faithful in their leadership and to illuminate and oversee the 02Agat3    21:9 | their leadership and to illuminate and oversee the flock of Christ 02Agat3    22:1 | king that from every district and from every region, a multitude 02Agat3    22:1 | purpose of educating these savage and wild natives with their beast 02Agat3    22:1 | beast-like mentalities. He took and cast them into the furnace 02Agat3    22:1 | into the furnace of instruction, and through the heat of spiritual 02Agat3    22:1 | love melted away the disease and rust of the putrid demons 02Agat3    22:1 | rust of the putrid demons and vain cults 02Agat3    22:2 | I have forgotten the people and the house of my faith 02Agat3    22:3 | Armenians, from all the lands and districts of his realm, King 02Agat3    22:3 | to the art of writing, and that trustworthy vardapets be put 02Agat3    22:3 | of the impure pagan priests and their children should be gathered 02Agat3    22:3 | in groups at suitable places and that adequate stipends be established 02Agat3    22:4 | with one group learning Syriac and the other, Greek 02Agat3    22:5 | And so, in the twinkling of 02Agat3    22:5 | prophets, familiar with the apostles, and heirs to the gospel. They 02Agat3    22:6 | had first seen the vision and erected the holy cross, where 02Agat3    22:6 | of God had been buried, and where he had erected in 02Agat3    22:6 | him in an earlier vision, and where he had built a 02Agat3    22:7 | had destroyed the temples earlier, and also in the city of 02Agat3    22:7 | in the city of Artashat, and everywhere. In the lands and 02Agat3    22:7 | and everywhere. In the lands and districts generally, he also labored 02Agat3    22:7 | he also labored this way and increased the churches and designated 02Agat3    22:7 | way and increased the churches and designated priests, and fortified them 02Agat3    22:7 | the churches and designated priests, and fortified them with the stamp 02Agat3    22:8 | end to end, Gregory labored and spread the work of preaching 02Agat3    22:8 | spread the work of preaching and the gospel. He did this 02Agat3    22:9 | days of his life, summer and winter, day and night, fearlessly 02Agat3    22:9 | life, summer and winter, day and night, fearlessly, without hesitation always 02Agat3    22:9 | the gospel before kings, princes, and all the pagans, without resistance 02Agat3    22:9 | savior of all, before everyone and clothed every soul with divine 02Agat3    22:9 | every soul with divine vestments and spiritual armaments 02Agat3    22:10 | Gregory saved many prisoners and captives and others who were 02Agat3    22:10 | saved many prisoners and captives and others who were oppressed by 02Agat3    22:11 | glory of the great God and the savior of all, Jesus 02Agat3    22:11 | many in mourning or ignorance. And he turned everyone to the 02Agat3    23:1 | groups of monks in cultivated and uncultivated places, in the populous 02Agat3    23:1 | the populous plains, in caves and retreats in the mountains 02Agat3    23:2 | children of the pagan priests and raised them in his own 02Agat3    23:2 | them in his own sight and under his own care, seeing 02Agat3    23:2 | care, seeing to their training and nourishing them with spiritual care 02Agat3    23:2 | nourishing them with spiritual care and piety 02Agat3    23:4 | become bishops of various areas and to increase the preaching 02Agat3    23:8 | mountains, in solitude. In grottos and caves, they made herbs their 02Agat3    23:9 | Christ, then I am strong,” and “ It would be better to 02Agat3    23:10 | but growth in the spirit and a preparation of their hearts 02Agat3    23:10 | spiritual songs to the glory and praise of God 02Agat3    23:14 | benevolent God prayers of supplication and desirous petitions and conciliatory requests 02Agat3    23:14 | of supplication and desirous petitions and conciliatory requests on behalf of 02Agat3    23:15 | Euphrates river, dwelling in grottoes and caverns in the ground and 02Agat3    23:15 | and caverns in the ground and on the summits of mountains 02Agat3    23:15 | the same life of fortitude and devotion to God 02Agat3    24:1 | And when from time to time 02Agat3    24:2 | mouth, he spread the abundant and fertile rivers of his teaching 02Agat3    24:2 | all his days, for himself and for the country 02Agat3    24:3 | concerning the Lord, the one and only wise God; for scripture 02Agat3    24:3 | says: “Jesus began to do and to teach 02Agat3    24:4 | often took his pupils aside and in his perfect person served 02Agat3    24:6 | Therefore, he note: “Be awake and pray, lest you enter into 02Agat3    24:8 | that “Jesus began to do and to teach” [Acts 1.1], then “to do 02Agat3    24:8 | acted in order to teach and not that he might be 02Agat3    24:8 | that he might be rewarded. And his intercession was for the 02Agat3    24:8 | we intercede for each other; and the intercession of the Only 02Agat3    24:8 | divine is one in honor and not multiple 02Agat3    24:9 | the teaching of the truth, and first they provided profit for 02Agat3    24:9 | for their own weak selves, and then they provided an example 02Agat3    24:9 | to the disciples; sometimes alone and sometimes gathered in groups they 02Agat3    24:10 | oneself from all worldly distractions and concern oneself solely with the 02Agat3    24:11 | past, who in the mountains and deserts, in grottoes and caves 02Agat3    24:11 | mountains and deserts, in grottoes and caves in the rock [cf. Heb. 11.38] pursued 02Agat3    24:13 | the honor of these traditions and enjoined the same honor to 02Agat3    24:14 | Proceeding thus he filled, comforted and fortified everyone in the enjoyment 02Agat3    24:14 | of all the divine treasure. And on many occasions, he was 02Agat3    24:14 | prompt in performing such tasks and continued to persevere therein 02Agat3    25:1 | of Armenia was blessed, envied and truly admired. Like Moses, who 02Agat3    25:1 | so too did he come and appear and speak Armenian to 02Agat3    25:1 | did he come and appear and speak Armenian to the Armenians 02Agat3    25:2 | he went through every province and chose for himself a spot 02Agat3    25:2 | for repose in desert places and there he dwelt, illuminating everyone 02Agat3    25:4 | priests or deacons or readers and the others who were in 02Agat3    25:5 | And king Trdat made this covenant 02Agat3    25:5 | under his rule, both great and small, that all might have 02Agat3    25:5 | with him: to obey ardently and frankly the divine commandments without 02Agat3    25:5 | the divine commandments without doubting, and to believe in the Creator 02Agat3    25:6 | They all agreed to this and straightaway hastened to fulfill the 02Agat3    25:7 | to remain with him continuously and to travel around with him 02Agat3    25:7 | prevent pride from rising up and trampling him down. He had 02Agat3    25:8 | Gregory to reside among them and lamenting his absence, they heard 02Agat3    25:8 | the military - had been married and had sired two sons 02Agat3    25:10 | hermits, living in the mountains and who had undertaken many different 02Agat3    25:10 | life in the mountains, hunger and thirst, a vegetarian life, being 02Agat3    25:10 | without light, wearing a hairshirt, and sleeping on the ground. He 02Agat3    25:10 | the pleasant repose of night and the need for sleep standing 02Agat3    25:11 | people, he associated with them and instructed them in the same 02Agat3    25:12 | And thus he willingly and bravely 02Agat3    25:12 | And thus he willingly and bravely endured all the trials 02Agat3    25:12 | this way he was illuminated and became radiant, growing renowned and 02Agat3    25:12 | and became radiant, growing renowned and pleasing before God and all 02Agat3    25:12 | renowned and pleasing before God and all men 02Agat3    25:13 | delay - he sent three glorious and honorable senior nobles with edicts 02Agat3    25:14 | And those who were sent by 02Agat3    26:1 | the land of the Cappadocians and found Vrtanes in the city 02Agat3    26:1 | in the city of Caesarea, and the blessed Aristakes dwelling in 02Agat3    26:2 | And so, the messengers sent them 02Agat3    26:3 | took them along with him and went forth looking for saint 02Agat3    26:5 | had not agreed to stay and circulate around with him, and 02Agat3    26:5 | and circulate around with him, and since he loved the solitary 02Agat3    26:5 | he would, in exchange, ordain and give to the king as 02Agat3    26:6 | And Gregory ordained him to the 02Agat3    26:7 | his father in his teachings, and after Gregory, Aristakes occupied his 02Agat3    26:7 | Aristakes occupied his patrimonial position and sat on the throne of 02Agat3    26:8 | he had put in order and the districts where he had 02Agat3    26:8 | the people, to strengthen, renew, and confirm everyone in the faith 02Agat3    26:9 | in Christ, being God-fearing and informed of the divine orders 02Agat3    26:9 | informed of the divine orders, and serving as an example of 02Agat3    26:9 | land through his respect for and acceptance of the religious law 02Agat3    26:12 | whereby he was then illuminated, and he was completely devoted to 02Agat3    26:12 | requirements of the divine commandments, and in great willingness accommodated himself 02Agat3    26:12 | willingness accommodated himself to them, and according to the rule of 02Agat3    26:13 | he stripped off pagan vices and accepted the sign of the 02Agat3    26:13 | the demands of the commandments and following the crusading band of 02Agat3    26:14 | He imposed upon himself fasts and vigils and unceasing prayers and 02Agat3    26:14 | upon himself fasts and vigils and unceasing prayers and supplications to 02Agat3    26:14 | and vigils and unceasing prayers and supplications to God with arms 02Agat3    26:14 | to God with arms outstretched, and ever-flowing tears for his 02Agat3    26:16 | the gospel, showing willing help and happily serving according to the 02Agat3    26:16 | serving according to the gospel. And thus, leading a reformed and 02Agat3    26:16 | And thus, leading a reformed and sober and religious life, in 02Agat3    26:16 | leading a reformed and sober and religious life, in all rectitude 02Agat3    26:16 | religious life, in all rectitude and in every good work he 02Agat3    26:17 | with his holy son Aristakes and all their prominent assistants, circulated 02Agat3    26:17 | around with all his students and strengthened the people to remain 02Agat3    27:1 | the country of the Spaniards and Gauls. He believed in God 02Agat3    27:1 | in God, creator of heaven and earth, and in the Word 02Agat3    27:1 | creator of heaven and earth, and in the Word, his only 02Agat3    27:1 | Word, his only-begotten Son, and the Holy Spirit of his 02Agat3    27:2 | vast Ocean sea the Mediterranean, and made this vow with all 02Agat3    27:3 | the divine cross: the foul and impious kings Diocletian and Marcianus 02Agat3    27:3 | foul and impious kings Diocletian and Marcianus, Maximianus, Lucinus, and Maxentius 02Agat3    27:3 | Diocletian and Marcianus, Maximianus, Lucinus, and Maxentius, as well as all 02Agat3    27:4 | He rebuilt the destroyed churches and restored the overthrown altars in 02Agat3    27:4 | built chapels for the martyrs, and multiplied the glory of the 02Agat3    27:4 | commemorations of the blessed martyrs, and increased the honor of the 02Agat3    27:4 | the inhabitants of the earth and removing scandals, that no one 02Agat3    27:5 | impure temples of the demons and obliterated them altogether, turning their 02Agat3    27:6 | Honors and gifts he bestowed on those 02Agat3    27:6 | who kept to true piety and never abandoned its security 02Agat3    27:8 | And the firm order of the 02Agat3    27:8 | pursued the hosts of darkness and overcame them all by his 02Agat3    27:9 | of the truth he honored and treated as his friends 02Agat3    27:10 | this fashion he became powerful and strengthened his rule over mankind 02Agat3    27:11 | crown marked with Christ’s sign and put it on his head 02Agat3    27:11 | his head. So, the blessed and most wonderful of all kings 02Agat3    27:12 | And he, the pious and all 02Agat3    27:12 | And he, the pious and all-victorious, who established his 02Agat3    27:12 | established his kingdom in faith and confirmed the true faith in 02Agat3    28:1 | the kingdom of the Arsacids, and Trdat, king of Greater Armenia 02Agat3    28:2 | Lord of All. With rejoicing and great joy, he thanked Him 02Agat3    28:3 | his son, the bishop Aristakes, and the other bishop, Aghbianos 02Agat3    28:4 | borderlord of the Aruastan area; and fourth, the borderlord of the 02Agat3    28:4 | dom, the shahap of Shahapivan; and the prince who was [spasqapetutyun] master 02Agat3    28:5 | in the district of Ayrarat and crossed the border into the 02Agat3    28:7 | met with many exalted receptions and honors in every city and 02Agat3    28:7 | and honors in every city and from all the princes 02Agat3    28:8 | They hurried along by land and by sea until they reached 02Agat3    28:8 | the country of the Dalmatians, and Rome the city of the 02Agat3    28:9 | honorable occupant of the throne, and by the great Patriarch, the 02Agat3    28:9 | their guests with great love and honor. They rejoiced upon meeting 02Agat3    28:10 | Constantine asked King Trdat “How and in what manner did these 02Agat3    28:11 | he stood before the emperor and told him of all the 02Agat3    28:13 | And he told about the heroic 02Agat3    28:13 | endurance of the brave martyrs, and what deeds were done, and 02Agat3    28:13 | and what deeds were done, and what was their strength 02Agat3    28:14 | came to know God’s benevolence [cf. Tit. 3.4] and the long-suffering endurance of 02Agat3    28:15 | the emperor Constantine was amazed, and humbled himself and fell before 02Agat3    28:15 | was amazed, and humbled himself and fell before Gregory to be 02Agat3    28:15 | to be blessed by him. And with many splendid honors he 02Agat3    28:16 | of his recognition of God. And furthermore, he made an alliance 02Agat3    28:16 | so that they might constantly and forever keep faithful love between 02Agat3    28:16 | faithful love between their kingdoms, and that he might confirm the 02Agat3    28:16 | the Armenian king ever more and more in faith in the 02Agat3    28:17 | about the martyrs of God and how and in what way 02Agat3    28:17 | martyrs of God and how and in what way they had 02Agat3    28:18 | pleasing their life had been and how they were of noble 02Agat3    28:19 | And he told of the powerful 02Agat3    28:19 | he told of the powerful and victorious deeds given him by 02Agat3    28:20 | his creatures may know him and become his praisers in truth 02Agat3    28:21 | they were exalted with solicitude and great splendor by the court 02Agat3    28:21 | by the court, church officials, and the honorable princes of the 02Agat3    28:21 | city. With very great offerings and noteworthy gifts they were honored 02Agat3    28:22 | the farewell from the Church and the prominent princes of the 02Agat3    28:22 | royal carriage, decorated with gold, and with great pomp and splendor 02Agat3    28:22 | gold, and with great pomp and splendor they embarked on their 02Agat3    28:23 | they were most splendidly treated and exalted as befits royalty, until 02Agat3    28:24 | church of God - gold, silver, and costly furnishings - and put them 02Agat3    28:24 | gold, silver, and costly furnishings - and put them in the chapels 02Agat3    28:25 | And the churches they had built 02Agat3    29:2 | Then the great king Trdat and the blessed katoghikos Gregory prepared 02Agat3    29:2 | the blessed katoghikos Gregory prepared and dispatched Aristakes, who arrived at 02Agat3    29:2 | acceptable traditions of the faith and the orders of illumination were 02Agat3    29:3 | the great emperor Constantine entered and confessed the faith and was 02Agat3    29:3 | entered and confessed the faith and was crowned with blessing by 02Agat3    29:3 | earth a name for righteousness and establishing for himself righteousness in 02Agat3    29:4 | Aristakes returned with glorious faith and with the confirmed Nicene canons 02Agat3    29:4 | He put before the king and the blessed katoghikos the traditions 02Agat3    29:5 | And then saint Gregory made additions 02Agat3    29:6 | grace, composed from the power and matter of the prophetic writings 02Agat3    29:6 | writings, full of all subtleties, and arranged and ordered in the 02Agat3    29:6 | of all subtleties, and arranged and ordered in the truth of 02Agat3    29:7 | he set out many similes and examples from the transitory world 02Agat3    29:7 | that they might be intelligible and easily understood by the ignorant 02Agat3    29:7 | easily understood by the ignorant and those occupied with worldly affairs 02Agat3    29:7 | affairs, in order to awaken and arouse and urge them on 02Agat3    29:7 | order to awaken and arouse and urge them on firmly to 02Agat3    29:8 | he fulfilled his preaching journeys and the oversight of the holy 02Agat3    29:8 | holy church without any failure. And he made all the greater 02Agat3    29:9 | Day and night, with fasting and prayers 02Agat3    29:9 | Day and night, with fasting and prayers and ardent requests and 02Agat3    29:9 | night, with fasting and prayers and ardent requests and strong words 02Agat3    29:9 | and prayers and ardent requests and strong words he commended the 02Agat3    29:11 | And thus, with the king and 02Agat3    29:11 | And thus, with the king and all his pupils they spent 02Agat3    29:11 | spent all their time, day and night, in the reading of 02Agat3    29:11 | reading of the scriptures. Adorned and profited thereby, they were an 02Agat3    29:12 | law of the Lord day and night” [Ps. 1.2] and the second commands 02Agat3    29:12 | the Lord day and night” [Ps. 1.2] and the second commands the same 02Agat3    29:12 | in you. Think on this and be prompt in the same 02Agat3    29:12 | all. Take care for yourself and your teaching, and persevere in 02Agat3    29:12 | for yourself and your teaching, and persevere in the same. If 02Agat3    29:12 | this you will save yourself and those who hear you 02Agat3    29:13 | by year until his death. And immersed in Christ’s love he 02Agat3    30:2 | mirror [cf. I Cor. 13.12], at the divinely imposed and most elevated commandments given to 02Agat3    30:2 | write of everything that occurred and of the divine sayings handed 02Agat3    30:2 | the divine sayings handed down, and to preserve them for the 02Agat3    30:3 | other prophets: “Take a new and large sheet and write on 02Agat3    30:3 | a new and large sheet and write on it with the 02Agat3    30:3 | pen of an experienced scribe” [Is. 8.1] and elsewhere: “Write this vision on 02Agat3    30:3 | this vision on a tablet and establish it in writing, that 02Agat3    30:4 | be written for another race” [Ps. 101.19] and: “ The Lord will narrate in 02Agat3    30:5 | the savior of all, came and completed this with his gracious 02Agat3    30:5 | command: “Go to all races” [Matt. 28.19] and: “ Let this gospel be preached 02Agat3    30:5 | one freely, with hopeful concern and profitably, demonstrated his efforts according 02Agat3    30:6 | saw with our own eyes and were present at, and from 02Agat3    30:6 | eyes and were present at, and from the graceful teaching that 02Agat3    30:6 | graceful teaching that we heard and of which we were servants 02Agat3    30:7 | but leaving aside the details and gathering from famous and knowledgeable 02Agat3    30:7 | details and gathering from famous and knowledgeable men, we have set 02Agat3    30:8 | taken refuge in the easy and delightful and apostolic practice of 02Agat3    30:8 | in the easy and delightful and apostolic practice of Luke, who 02Agat3    30:8 | who passing over the many and various deeds of the saints 02Agat3    30:8 | the saints omitted the details and narrated only the most important 02Agat3    30:8 | narrated only the most important and most profitable points 02Agat3    30:9 | elect who through his glorious and vivifying cross have become famous 02Agat3    30:9 | vivifying cross have become famous and honored, but for an inspiring 02Agat3    30:9 | example to their spiritual offspring and those who in every race 02Agat3    30:10 | are born will rise up and tell their own sons, that 02Agat3    30:10 | place their hope in God and not forget God’s deeds, and 02Agat3    30:10 | and not forget God’s deeds, and may seek his commandments, lest 02Agat3    30:11 | You are our Lord God” [Jer. 3.22]. And he will say to them 02Agat3    31:1 | as we have been baptized, and we glorify as we have 02Agat3    31:2 | the name of the Father and of the Son and of 02Agat3    31:2 | Father and of the Son and of the holy Spirit, as 02Agat3    31:2 | to the disciples: “Go henceforth and make disciples of all the 02Agat3    31:2 | the name of the Father and of the Son and of 02Agat3    31:2 | Father and of the Son and of the holy Spirit 02Agat3    31:3 | in the Father, perfect God; and in the Son, complete God 02Agat3    31:3 | in the Son, complete God; and in the holy Spirit, powerful 02Agat3    31:4 | one God the Father, Lord and Creator of all; and in 02Agat3    31:4 | Lord and Creator of all; and in the only-begotten Son 02Agat3    31:4 | who is from the Father and in the presence of the 02Agat3    31:4 | the presence of the Father and with the Father; and in 02Agat3    31:4 | Father and with the Father; and in the holy Spirit, who 02Agat3    31:4 | the essence of the same, and with him created all creatures 02Agat3    31:6 | Three perfect persons, and one perfect will, ineffable, an 02Agat3    31:6 | one divinity of the Father and of the Son and of 02Agat3    31:6 | Father and of the Son and of the holy Spirit 02Agat3    31:7 | holy Spirit from the same and in them; in being, essence 02Agat3    31:8 | He is near to all and far from all. He is 02Agat3    31:8 | invisible to those who look, and inscrutable to those who examine 02Agat3    31:8 | inscrutable to those who examine, and his nature is ungraspable by 02Agat3    31:8 | the essence of his nature, and the heavens and earth are 02Agat3    31:8 | his nature, and the heavens and earth are full of his 02Agat3    31:9 | is not born but begets, and the Son does not beget 02Agat3    31:9 | not beget but is begotten, and the holy Spirit neither begets 02Agat3    31:10 | And we confess the Father without 02Agat3    31:10 | omnipotent creator of things visible and invisible, foreseeing and providing for 02Agat3    31:10 | things visible and invisible, foreseeing and providing for all things created 02Agat3    31:10 | providing for all things created and established 02Agat3    31:11 | And the Word, God the Son 02Agat3    31:11 | separation, without suffering, without intermediary; and the same born from the 02Agat3    31:12 | took flesh from the virgin and became a perfect man. He 02Agat3    31:12 | became complete in the flesh and became a true man 02Agat3    31:13 | He was humbled and joined his divinity to our 02Agat3    31:13 | his divinity to our humanity, and the immortal with this mortal 02Agat3    31:14 | what he wished also occurred; and as he wished, so he 02Agat3    31:14 | In everything he is powerful, and whatever he wishes he does 02Agat3    31:14 | put on our earthly nature and joined it to his unmingled 02Agat3    31:14 | it to his unmingled divinity and incorruptibility 02Agat3    31:15 | drank the cup of death and gave to us the cup 02Agat3    31:15 | us the cup of immortality. And he gave life to the 02Agat3    31:15 | he rose in the flesh and sat at the right hand 02Agat3    31:15 | right hand of his begetter, and the Only-begotten joined it 02Agat3    31:16 | glory to judge the living and the dead 02Agat3    31:17 | And the Father gave life to 02Agat3    31:18 | who spoke in the law and the prophets and the apostles 02Agat3    31:18 | the law and the prophets and the apostles, and descended to 02Agat3    31:18 | the prophets and the apostles, and descended to the river Jordan 02Agat3    31:19 | same essence as the Father and the Son; not created, not 02Agat3    31:19 | the work of the Father and of the Son and of 02Agat3    31:19 | Father and of the Son and of the holy Spirit, as 02Agat3    31:19 | of the world note: “I and the Father” [Jn. 10.30 etc.] and: ‘‘The spirit 02Agat3    31:19 | note: “I and the Father” [Jn. 10.30 etc.] and: ‘‘ The spirit of truth who 02Agat3    31:20 | He proceeds and is not divided; he flows 02Agat3    31:20 | not divided; he flows forth and is not exhausted 02Agat3    31:21 | three persons of the Trinity. And we hold this true faith 02Agat3    31:21 | faith from the holy scriptures and the law of the church 02Agat3    31:21 | for the road to God and for the teaching in the 02Agat3    31:22 | We believe and confess the universal holy Catholic 02Agat3    31:22 | the universal holy Catholic church, and we look for the resurrection 02Agat3    31:22 | the flesh from the dead and eternal life, and we glorify 02Agat3    31:22 | the dead and eternal life, and we glorify in unison and 02Agat3    31:22 | and we glorify in unison and together the holy Trinity, now 02Agat3    31:22 | together the holy Trinity, now and for endless ages. Amen, and 02Agat3    31:22 | and for endless ages. Amen, and may it so be 03Buz3    1:1 | the doctrine of St. Gregory and the latter’s death, and events 03Buz3    1:1 | Gregory and the latter’s death, and events transpiring from the period 03Buz3    1:1 | Trdat to the Christian faith and the latter’s death. Other writers 03Buz3    1:3 | history which is the beginning, and a part which is the 03Buz3    2:0 | chief-priest, Gregory the Illuminator and their tombs 03Buz3    2:1 | was illuminated with agreeable affection and pious faith by Gregory the 03Buz3    2:2 | Dwelling places and worthy tombs were prepared for 03Buz3    2:2 | called T’ordan in Daranaghik’ district; and the blessed Aristakes his son 03Buz3    2:2 | was taken from Copk district and buried in the T’il awan 03Buz3    3:0 | reign of Xosrov, Trdat’s son, and the chief-priest Vrtanes, Gregory’s 03Buz3    3:1 | Kotak ruled [A.D. 330-339], grandson of Xosrov, and son of the brave and 03Buz3    3:1 | and son of the brave and virtuous king [III, the Great, 303-330] Trdat 03Buz3    3:2 | Gregory’s senior son Vrtanes came and became the chief priest sitting 03Buz3    3:2 | in place of his father and brother 03Buz3    3:3 | land of Armenia there grew and multiplied peace and cultivation, population 03Buz3    3:3 | there grew and multiplied peace and cultivation, population, health, fertility, abundance 03Buz3    3:3 | goods, profitability, great divine worship and good, God-pleasing behavior 03Buz3    3:4 | The blessed Vrtanes illuminated and led the Armenians as had 03Buz3    3:4 | Armenians as had his father and his brother. Law and justice 03Buz3    3:4 | father and his brother. Law and justice flourished in that age 03Buz3    3:5 | country where the great, first, and mother church of Armenia was 03Buz3    3:6 | provided by the Lord’s crucifixion, and communion in memory of the 03Buz3    3:6 | son of God, whose body and blood brought life and freedom 03Buz3    3:6 | body and blood brought life and freedom 03Buz3    3:7 | of Armenia (translating [episkoposapet] as “archbishop,” and [k’ahanayapet] as “chief-priest”), together with 03Buz3    3:7 | with the kings, grandees, naxarars and lay multitude, to revere the 03Buz3    3:7 | divinity, becoming houses of prayer and places of pilgrimage for all 03Buz3    3:8 | principal church of the place and commemorate the memory of the 03Buz3    3:9 | of the Lord’s Apostolic students and in the martyriums of heros 03Buz3    3:9 | designated for observing their habits, and the brave deeds of their 03Buz3    3:11 | assembled together some [2000] of them, and planned amongst themselves to kill 03Buz3    3:13 | They came and surrounded the great wall of 03Buz3    3:14 | and while Vrtanes was inside performing 03Buz3    3:14 | wanted to shut him in and besiege him 03Buz3    3:15 | drawn back from their shoulders and miraculously bound there without any 03Buz3    3:16 | Thus tied, bound and defeated all of them belonging 03Buz3    3:16 | world-destroying evil-doing tohms and [azgs] of (pagan) priests fell to 03Buz3    3:16 | fell to the ground speechless and unable to move from the 03Buz3    3:17 | the mob was thus bound and massed on the church portico 03Buz3    3:17 | church portico, Vrtanes himself emerged and inquired 03Buz3    3:18 | come, where are you going, and what do you want 03Buz3    3:19 | began to speak the truth and confessed: “We came to destroy 03Buz3    3:19 | came to destroy this place and to kill you, daring to 03Buz3    3:20 | Lord God revealed His strength and showed us that He alone 03Buz3    3:20 | that He alone is God. And now we acknowledge and believe 03Buz3    3:20 | God. And now we acknowledge and believe that He alone is 03Buz3    3:21 | Thus, we are now bound and unable even to move from 03Buz3    3:22 | then spoke words of doctrine and confirmed them in the faith 03Buz3    3:23 | Then he offered prayers and asked God to heal and 03Buz3    3:23 | and asked God to heal and release them from the invisible 03Buz3    3:23 | them from the invisible bonds and the incredible confinement of torments 03Buz3    3:24 | they all fell before him and asked for the medicine of 03Buz3    3:25 | say nothing of their women and children. Thus, did he join 03Buz3    3:25 | join them to the faith and released them cleansed and believers 03Buz3    3:25 | faith and released them cleansed and believers 03Buz3    4:0 | the two clans [tohms] the Manawazean and the Orduni in the land 03Buz3    4:1 | Armenia. For two great naxarars and princes, holders of districts and 03Buz3    4:1 | and princes, holders of districts and lords of lands [gawarhakalk, ashxarhateark] became each 03Buz3    4:1 | lands [gawarhakalk, ashxarhateark] became each other’s enemies and, with great rancour stirred up 03Buz3    4:2 | prince of the Manawazean tohm and the nahapet of the Orduni 03Buz3    4:3 | each other in great warfare and many people were killed 03Buz3    4:4 | King Xosrov and the great archbishop Vrtanes sent 03Buz3    4:4 | archbishop Vrtanes sent the great and honorable bishop Aghbianos into their 03Buz3    4:4 | midst to speak of reconciliation and peace 03Buz3    4:5 | went amongst them to correct and subdue them and make them 03Buz3    4:5 | to correct and subdue them and make them achieve reconciliation with 03Buz3    4:6 | But they dishonored him and did not heed his intercession 03Buz3    4:6 | the bishop with great insults, and took and ruined the royal 03Buz3    4:6 | with great insults, and took and ruined the royal tun 03Buz3    4:8 | With great anger and wrath, the king sent against 03Buz3    4:8 | with his troops, to kill and destroy those two azgs 03Buz3    4:9 | The general Vach’e went and struck at those two azgs 03Buz3    4:9 | struck at those two azgs and did not leave a single 03Buz3    4:9 | Xosrov, the monarch of Armenia, and to the archbishop Vrtanes 03Buz3    4:10 | And the king gave to the 03Buz3    4:10 | for the Church the awan and the bun residential village of 03Buz3    4:10 | with all of its borders and the small district lying about 03Buz3    5:0 | Vrtanes, the elder named Grigoris and the second Yusik 03Buz3    5:1 | Vrtanes and Aristakes were sons of the 03Buz3    5:3 | prayers, his wife became pregnant and bore twin sons. Vrtanes named 03Buz3    5:3 | them after his father Gregory, and the other, Yusik. They were 03Buz3    5:3 | of the king of Armenia and they took care to give 03Buz3    5:4 | individual, full of spiritual accomplishments and knowledge of God, attained the 03Buz3    5:4 | in the areas of Aghuania and Iberia (Georgia 03Buz3    5:5 | of the land of Iberia and Aghuania, that is to say 03Buz3    5:9 | for the Lord God’s service and he regretted his marriage 03Buz3    5:10 | He wept and beseeched God and did penance 03Buz3    5:10 | He wept and beseeched God and did penance with great tribulation 03Buz3    5:11 | the benefit of the land and the profit of serving the 03Buz3    5:12 | they named the first Pap and the second Atanagines 03Buz3    5:16 | Christ as the only good and glorious thing, and ignored such 03Buz3    5:16 | only good and glorious thing, and ignored such things as the 03Buz3    5:16 | the king’s affection or honor and exaltation from him, or the 03Buz3    5:16 | law. He turned his back and rejected all of that, considering 03Buz3    5:16 | that, considering it foreign, loathesome and illusory 03Buz3    5:17 | having received his patrimonial intellect and the wisdom of an old 03Buz3    5:18 | for himself an ascetic life and from the age of twelve 03Buz3    5:19 | He resembled his fathers and followed the example of his 03Buz3    5:20 | his wife, his wife died, and Yusik was freed from his 03Buz3    5:21 | the issue of his marriage, and was praying to the Lord 03Buz3    5:21 | to him in a vision and note 03Buz3    5:23 | and they will be illuminators of 03Buz3    5:23 | of the land of Armenia [hayastan ashxarhis] and fountains of spiritual wisdom 03Buz3    5:24 | commandments will flow from them and the Lord will grant through 03Buz3    5:24 | grant through them much peace, and the construction and establishment of 03Buz3    5:24 | much peace, and the construction and establishment of many churches, with 03Buz3    5:24 | many churches, with great triumph and power. And many misguided folk 03Buz3    5:24 | with great triumph and power. And many misguided folk will be 03Buz3    5:25 | the faith, servants of Christ, and satellites of the Holy Spirit 03Buz3    5:26 | hands many fruit-bearing, profitable and useful plants will be planted 03Buz3    5:26 | planted in the spiritual garden and be blessed by God 03Buz3    5:27 | to be planted by them and be watered by the spiritual 03Buz3    5:27 | of knowledge, will be cursed and rejected, and their end will 03Buz3    5:27 | will be cursed and rejected, and their end will be in 03Buz3    5:28 | be subjected to the spite and envy of unworthy people. But 03Buz3    5:28 | the faith, as a rock, and will conquer the unworthy with 03Buz3    5:29 | silver cheaters, untrustworthy despicable liars and slanderers, such that very few 03Buz3    5:30 | of such a revealed answer. And every day of his life 03Buz3    6:0 | Vrtanes’, son Grigoris, his death and place of burial 03Buz3    6:1 | regards bishop Grigoris Vrtanes’ son and Yusik’s brother, he became the 03Buz3    6:1 | the kat’olikos of the Iberian and Aghuanian areas, occupying this office 03Buz3    6:1 | still a lad. He built and rennovated all the churches of 03Buz3    6:1 | truth of faith in Christ and appeared miraculous and amazing before 03Buz3    6:1 | in Christ and appeared miraculous and amazing before everyone with his 03Buz3    6:1 | his clean life, sleepless vigils and ceaseless fervent prayers to the 03Buz3    6:2 | perfectly conducted the Apostolic course and superindencency of the blessed Church 03Buz3    6:2 | blessed Church, taking care, encouraging and exhorting everyone to goodness, with 03Buz3    6:2 | everyone to goodness, with day and evening fasts and prayers, inspiring 03Buz3    6:2 | with day and evening fasts and prayers, inspiring everyone near and 03Buz3    6:2 | and prayers, inspiring everyone near and far with spiritual zeal, supplications 03Buz3    6:2 | far with spiritual zeal, supplications and perfect faith. Like a heroic 03Buz3    6:2 | a heroic warrior he trained and kept himself ready for all 03Buz3    6:2 | for all sorts of trials and sorrows, so that he be 03Buz3    6:3 | When Grigoris had reformed and rennovated all the churches in 03Buz3    6:4 | The Armenian kings and the Mazkutk kings were relatives 03Buz3    6:5 | Grigoris went and presented himself to the king 03Buz3    6:7 | At first, they listened and accepted this 03Buz3    6:8 | examine the faith of Christ and learned from Grigoris that God 03Buz3    6:8 | greed, depriving others, eating others [zaylots kerutiwn] and coveting other people’s goods. When 03Buz3    6:8 | grew angry at his words and note 03Buz3    6:10 | the bravery of the hunt and to destroy our lives. If 03Buz3    6:10 | we should listen to him and convert to the Christian faith 03Buz3    6:11 | eliminate him, go invade Armenia, and fill up our land with 03Buz3    6:12 | the words of his troops and changed his mind. Taking a 03Buz3    6:12 | him to the horse’s tail and let the horse run free 03Buz3    6:14 | of Haband, took his body and brought it to their district 03Buz3    6:16 | of those lands assembled there and commemorated with joy the feast 03Buz3    7:1 | all the troops of Honk’ and P’oxs, T’awaspars, Hechmataks, Izhmaxs, Gat’s 03Buz3    7:1 | P’oxs, T’awaspars, Hechmataks, Izhmaxs, Gat’s and Gghuars, Gugars, Shch’bs and Chghbs 03Buz3    7:1 | Gat’s and Gghuars, Gugars, Shch’bs and Chghbs and Baghaschs and Egersuans 03Buz3    7:1 | Gghuars, Gugars, Shch’bs and Chghbs and Baghaschs and Egersuans, with a 03Buz3    7:1 | Shch’bs and Chghbs and Baghaschs and Egersuans, with a multitude of 03Buz3    7:2 | border, the great Kur river, and came and filled up the 03Buz3    7:2 | great Kur river, and came and filled up the country of 03Buz3    7:3 | infantry troops armed with spears, and indeed, they themselves were unable 03Buz3    7:4 | came to some notable spot and held a review by brigade 03Buz3    7:4 | a review by brigade, banner, and battalion, they ordered that each 03Buz3    7:4 | carry a stone, bring it and place it to make a 03Buz3    7:4 | the number of the multitude and this would remain for the 03Buz3    7:6 | They came and covered the entire country of 03Buz3    7:6 | of Armenia. They demolished, enslaved and generally destroyed, spreading through the 03Buz3    7:6 | the small city of Satagh, and as far as Ganjak within 03Buz3    7:8 | There they began to fast and to beseech God to save 03Buz3    7:9 | But Sanesan held and tyrannized over the entire country 03Buz3    7:12 | organized a very large brigade, and fell upon the enemy army 03Buz3    7:12 | sword, not leaving anyone alive, and returned with a multitude of 03Buz3    7:13 | Then he collected the loot and descended into the plain of 03Buz3    7:13 | the Ayraratean district. He went and located Sanesan, king of the 03Buz3    7:14 | Vach’e took his brigade and suddenly attacked the city, and 03Buz3    7:14 | and suddenly attacked the city, and the Lord betrayed it into 03Buz3    7:15 | fortress thinking that the desert and rocky places would serve them 03Buz3    7:16 | Armenia were: Bagrat Bagratuni, Mehundak and Garegin Erheshtunik’, Vahan nahapet of 03Buz3    7:16 | nahapet of the Amatunik’ tohm, and Varaz Kaminakan. They struck and 03Buz3    7:16 | and Varaz Kaminakan. They struck and killed the troops of Alans 03Buz3    7:16 | troops of Alans, Mazkutk, Honk’ and other peoples, filling the rocky 03Buz3    7:16 | blood coursed like a river, and there was no counting the 03Buz3    7:17 | the land of the Baghaschs, and they brought the head of 03Buz3    7:19 | Then the king and the great archbishop of Armenia 03Buz3    7:20 | called up from the land and that the slain be covered 03Buz3    7:21 | saint Grigoris from king Sanesan and from his army. None of 03Buz3    8:0 | the wars with the Persians, and the extermination of the lordly 03Buz3    8:1 | who had labored for him and had been willing to exchange 03Buz3    8:2 | the sources of the Janjanak, and Jrabashxik, and [Tslu glux] mountain with all 03Buz3    8:2 | of the Janjanak, and Jrabashxik, and [Tslu glux] mountain with all of its 03Buz3    8:3 | oak trees of the forests and plant them in the district 03Buz3    8:3 | secure royal fortress called Garhni and extending to the plain of 03Buz3    8:5 | news reached him from Her and Zarawand district saying that the 03Buz3    8:6 | they built royal palaces, walling and shutting in both sites, nor 03Buz3    8:7 | that all kinds of game and wild beasts be gathered and 03Buz3    8:7 | and wild beasts be gathered and placed behind the walls so 03Buz3    8:7 | be places for diversionary hunting and pleasure in his kingdom 03Buz3    8:10 | irregular troops from the land and with the muster of troops 03Buz3    8:10 | go in advance of them and to strike at and block 03Buz3    8:10 | them and to strike at and block the enemy 03Buz3    8:12 | princes of the Iranian troops and wanted to betray his lord 03Buz3    8:13 | Databe took the Iranian troops and wanted to fall on the 03Buz3    8:14 | unbelievable destruction which had occurred, and the crime of betrayal of 03Buz3    8:15 | Then Xosrov, king of Armenia, and Vrtanes, the chief-priest, fell 03Buz3    8:15 | Vrtanes, the chief-priest, fell and rolled on the ground beseeching 03Buz3    8:15 | beseeching God with many entreaties and unrestrained tears to help them 03Buz3    8:16 | hurried to assemble troops, some [30,000] and came before them, together with 03Buz3    8:16 | them, together with general Vach’e and with all his senior grandee 03Buz3    8:18 | the sand by the seashore, and they had come with countless 03Buz3    8:18 | had come with countless elephants and troops 03Buz3    8:19 | But the Armenians went and attacked their army, placing their 03Buz3    8:19 | in God. They struck, killed, and destroyed and did not leave 03Buz3    8:19 | They struck, killed, and destroyed and did not leave a single 03Buz3    8:20 | seized much loot, many elephants and the entire strength of their 03Buz3    8:21 | The sparapet Vach’e and brave Vahan Amatuni arrested Databe 03Buz3    8:21 | before the great king Xosrov, and killed him by lapidation as 03Buz3    8:21 | would betray his land, brigade, and the troops of his lord 03Buz3    8:22 | Databe’s azg, wife and children were located there in 03Buz3    8:22 | crossed over to the island, and left neither male nor female 03Buz3    8:23 | azgatohm of that naxarardom eliminated, and their tun was seized for 03Buz3    8:24 | the naxarars, holders of lands and lords of lands, who were 03Buz3    8:24 | lands, who were ten-thousanders and thousanders would have to stay 03Buz3    8:24 | to stay near the king and circulate around with him, and 03Buz3    8:24 | and circulate around with him, and that none of them should 03Buz3    8:25 | the same act as Databe and revolt from him 03Buz3    8:26 | aged Vach’e, the natural sparapet and general of Greater Armenia and 03Buz3    8:26 | and general of Greater Armenia and in brave Vahan Amatuni 03Buz3    8:27 | together with the royal troops and entrusted the entire corps to 03Buz3    8:27 | the entire corps to them. And they constantly warred bravely on 03Buz3    8:27 | the Iranians to boldly invade and ruin the country of Armenia 03Buz3    8:28 | And the king remained in peace 03Buz3    8:28 | the king remained in peace and the land was in cultivation 03Buz3    8:28 | the land was in cultivation and peace for all the days 03Buz3    9:0 | killed by the Armenian troops, and how Vaghinak Siwni became bdesh 03Buz3    9:2 | to the king of Iran and betrayed the royal tun which 03Buz3    9:3 | sent troops to support him and Aghjnik was separated from the 03Buz3    9:4 | the prince of Hashtenk’, Dat, and the prince of Basen, Manak 03Buz3    9:5 | They went and conquered the Iranian troops, putting 03Buz3    9:5 | them all to the sword, and killing the bdeashx with his 03Buz3    9:5 | the bdeashx with his brothers and sons 03Buz3    9:6 | head of Bakur the bdeashx and one of his newborn daughters 03Buz3    9:7 | to his favorite Vaghinak Siwnik’, and also gave him the tun 03Buz3    9:7 | of Aghjnik’ making him bdeashx and inheritor of Bakur’s tun 03Buz3    9:8 | The heir increased and the bdeashx Vaghinak remained in 03Buz3    9:8 | king constantly with the land and all its might 03Buz3    9:9 | of Bakur the bdeashx fled and landed by Vach’e, the general 03Buz3    9:9 | Armenia, where he was concealed and spared in his tun 03Buz3    9:10 | Subsequently the child returned and seized his own tun. His 03Buz3    10:1 | by God, left his city and came to the mountains of 03Buz3    10:1 | man full of Christ’s graces and miracles were achieved by his 03Buz3    10:2 | saving ark built by Noah and with great fervor he beseeched 03Buz3    10:3 | ascending over the difficult, waterless and rocky parts of the Sararatean 03Buz3    10:3 | of the Sararatean mountain, Yakob and those who were with him 03Buz3    10:3 | were with him became weary and thirsty 03Buz3    10:4 | Yakob kneeled on the ground and prayed to the Lord, and 03Buz3    10:4 | and prayed to the Lord, and from the spot where he 03Buz3    10:4 | head a fountain gushed forth, and he and those with him 03Buz3    10:4 | fountain gushed forth, and he and those with him drank. To 03Buz3    10:6 | summit, he became very tired and slept. And an angel of 03Buz3    10:6 | became very tired and slept. And an angel of God came 03Buz3    10:6 | an angel of God came and spoke to him, saying: “Yakob 03Buz3    10:7 | And he replied: “I am here 03Buz3    10:8 | lord has accepted your entreaties and fulfilled your request. That which 03Buz3    10:9 | With great joy Yakob arose and with great thanksgiving he worshipped 03Buz3    10:10 | Taking the favored gift, Yakob and those with him turned back 03Buz3    10:10 | those with him turned back and went on their way 03Buz3    10:11 | And the great Moses did not 03Buz3    10:12 | God-written commandments from God and, holding them in his hands 03Buz3    10:14 | And already from the crushing of 03Buz3    10:15 | as it happened there; he and his companions were filled with 03Buz3    10:15 | would be received with reverence and that they were waiting with 03Buz3    10:17 | fathers’ deeds the entire city and the districts surrounding it came 03Buz3    10:17 | Yakob with immeasurable incalculable joy and delight 03Buz3    10:18 | of Christ, a heavenly angel, and surrounded him, embracing and kissing 03Buz3    10:18 | angel, and surrounded him, embracing and kissing his meritorious and beneficial 03Buz3    10:18 | embracing and kissing his meritorious and beneficial footprints, considering him their 03Buz3    10:18 | footprints, considering him their shepherd and as a man who had 03Buz3    10:19 | they were favors for themselves, and to this very day that 03Buz3    10:21 | that Manachirh was a wicked and unfeeling and crookedly unjust man 03Buz3    10:21 | was a wicked and unfeeling and crookedly unjust man who, from 03Buz3    10:22 | Yakob had come to teach and advise him so that, out 03Buz3    10:22 | his nature would become mild and he would put to one 03Buz3    10:22 | to one side his animalic and bestial frenzy 03Buz3    10:23 | bishop Yakob, he scorned, ridiculed and derided him 03Buz3    10:24 | And because of Manachirh’s savage behavior 03Buz3    10:24 | no offense brought before him, and ordered that they be hurled 03Buz3    10:24 | ordered that Yakob be ridiculed and chased out of his land 03Buz3    10:25 | And he note: “Do you see 03Buz3    10:25 | relieved them from their bonds, and they are still swimming in 03Buz3    10:26 | Yakob departed with great sorrow and in accordance with his Lord’s 03Buz3    10:27 | Yakob and those with him reached the 03Buz3    10:27 | the mountain of iron mines and lead mines which divided the 03Buz3    10:30 | prayed to the Lord, kneeled, and laid his head upon the 03Buz3    10:30 | his head upon the ground. And a fountain gushed forth from 03Buz3    10:30 | gushed forth from which he and those with him drank 03Buz3    10:31 | happened earlier on Sararat mountain, and so it was also that 03Buz3    10:32 | the top of Enjakisar mountain and cursed that land so that 03Buz3    10:34 | after his departure Manachirh’s wife and seven sons died in that 03Buz3    10:35 | And in accordance with the word 03Buz3    10:39 | cloth underneath his purple garments and robe, and that an angel 03Buz3    10:39 | his purple garments and robe, and that an angel was protecting 03Buz3    10:39 | that an angel was protecting and serving him 03Buz3    10:40 | believe it. But he insisted and note 03Buz3    10:42 | humility, his pious clerical garb. And he showed everyone that beneath 03Buz3    10:42 | hair-cloth for the love and fervent faith of Christ 03Buz3    10:43 | attendant angel, thanks to Yakob and he fell at his feet 03Buz3    10:43 | he fell at his feet and exalted him with great honor 03Buz3    10:43 | exalted him with great honor and great gifts 03Buz3    10:44 | And he placed Yakob’s chair above 03Buz3    10:45 | wars between the Byzantine kings and the Iranian king, his bones 03Buz3    11:0 | The great war the Iranians and the Armenians fought with each 03Buz3    11:0 | the death of king Xosrov, and the translation from this world 03Buz3    11:1 | intense war between the Iranians and Armenians, for the Iranians had 03Buz3    11:1 | for the Iranians had massed and arrived to take the land 03Buz3    11:2 | Then Vache, sparapet and general of Greater Armenia, assembled 03Buz3    11:3 | He arose and did battle with the Iranian 03Buz3    11:3 | battle with the Iranian troops and there was unbelievable destruction on 03Buz3    11:4 | great sparapet of Armenia, fell and there was incredible mourning throughout 03Buz3    11:5 | Archbishop Vrtanes assembled and consoled everyone, including king Xosrov 03Buz3    11:5 | everyone, including king Xosrov himself and all the troops who were 03Buz3    11:5 | laments, burdensome care, great sobbings and unbelievable mourning. Considering the departed 03Buz3    11:5 | unbelievable mourning. Considering the departed and the survivors, they mourned 03Buz3    11:7 | died for our land, churches and God-given faith, so that 03Buz3    11:9 | martyrs waged war for this and died chasing out and expelling 03Buz3    11:9 | this and died chasing out and expelling evil from our land 03Buz3    11:9 | faithlessness not enter this pious and God-loving land and that 03Buz3    11:9 | pious and God-loving land and that it not turn to 03Buz3    11:9 | serving the will of evil, and that many souls which are 03Buz3    11:10 | they held firmly their faithfulness and sacrificed their lives for the 03Buz3    11:10 | new baptisms in Christ’s name and for the army of the 03Buz3    11:13 | We shall celebrate the feast and be glad that through them 03Buz3    11:13 | God has found us agreeable and hereafter will grant us peace 03Buz3    11:14 | year on a specific day and he made a canon that 03Buz3    11:14 | of the saints were recited, and that the survivors of the 03Buz3    11:15 | fell in battle like Juda and Mattathias Maccabaei and their brothers 03Buz3    11:15 | like Juda and Mattathias Maccabaei and their brothers 03Buz3    11:17 | and in the presence of the 03Buz3    11:17 | father’s patiw on his head and put him in the sparapetutiwn 03Buz3    11:17 | of a very meritorious individual, and of a very meritorious azg 03Buz3    11:17 | of a very meritorious azg; and furthermore, there was no other 03Buz3    11:18 | Arshawir Kamsarakan, prince of Shirak and the district of Arsharunik, and 03Buz3    11:18 | and the district of Arsharunik, and Andovk, prince of Siwnik, since 03Buz3    11:19 | The great archbishop Vrtanes and the king ordered Arshawir and 03Buz3    11:19 | and the king ordered Arshawir and Andovk to raise the lad 03Buz3    11:19 | the position of his ancestors and of his father and accomplish 03Buz3    11:19 | ancestors and of his father and accomplish deeds of bravery for 03Buz3    11:19 | Christ, the Lord of all, and for the brave men of 03Buz3    11:19 | Arsakuni lords, for their tun and lives; and so that throughout 03Buz3    11:19 | for their tun and lives; and so that throughout the entire 03Buz3    11:19 | he would look after widows and orphans and succeed to the 03Buz3    11:19 | look after widows and orphans and succeed to the acts of 03Buz3    11:19 | of bravery of the sparapetutiwn and the renowned generalship 03Buz3    11:21 | assembled from all the lands and districts of Greater Armenia to 03Buz3    11:21 | of Greater Armenia to mourn and weep, and they transported Xosrov 03Buz3    11:21 | Armenia to mourn and weep, and they transported Xosrov to Ani 03Buz3    11:22 | entire land of Armenia assembled and with great service, with psalms 03Buz3    11:22 | with great service, with psalms and spiritual songs, with lamps, candles 03Buz3    11:22 | with lamps, candles, fragrant incenses, and royal wagons [arkunakan karhok], those who were 03Buz3    11:22 | orphaned of their natural lord and their spiritual vardapet accompanied Vrtanes’ 03Buz3    12:4 | prince of the Saharhunik azg, and Aba, prince of the Gnunik 03Buz3    12:5 | capital city of Cappadocia, Caesarea, and to have the lad Yusik 03Buz3    12:6 | the city of the Caesareans and had Yusik, son of Vrtanes 03Buz3    12:7 | returned thence with great rejoicing and arrived in the Ayrayratean land 03Buz3    12:9 | himself heard about this, he and the entire multitude of the 03Buz3    12:10 | they crossed the Taper bridge and entered the great city of 03Buz3    12:10 | Artashat, went to the church, and seated the amiable lad Yusik 03Buz3    12:11 | he inherited the Apostolic throne, and he, the son, became like 03Buz3    12:11 | himself to possess angelic conduct, and implemented everything with God-given 03Buz3    12:12 | He shepherded Christ’s rational flock and counseled according to the message 03Buz3    12:13 | a lad, he was robust and tall, was extremely handsome and 03Buz3    12:13 | and tall, was extremely handsome and attractive, to the point that 03Buz3    12:14 | With a soul clean and radiant he did not occupy 03Buz3    12:14 | from his boyhood onward scorned and threatened the invisible enemy with 03Buz3    12:16 | fountain, he irrigated the ears and souls of all listeners of 03Buz3    12:17 | the other grandee noble naxarars, and the entire land did not 03Buz3    12:18 | Especially the king and the princes wrought indiscriminate killings 03Buz3    12:18 | of innocent people in vain and carrying out many other sinful 03Buz3    12:18 | fact that Yusik ceaselessly advised and reminded them of God’s wishes 03Buz3    12:19 | modesty, according to Christ’s counsel, and to their faces he reprimanded 03Buz3    12:19 | their faces he reprimanded, reproached, and blamed, telling of God’s anger 03Buz3    12:19 | blamed, telling of God’s anger and the eternal torments of the 03Buz3    12:19 | the inextinguishable fires of judgement, and he protested 03Buz3    12:20 | the seniority of old age, and with great bravery he implemented 03Buz3    12:20 | bravery he implemented advisory work and the work of patrimonial virtue 03Buz3    12:21 | dignity of honorable old age, and reflected happy genius as a 03Buz3    12:21 | death, first, to save himself, and then, he wanted to accomplish 03Buz3    12:23 | of the knowledge of God and skill in reading Scripture. He 03Buz3    12:23 | in reading Scripture. He threatened and chastised, and prevented the king 03Buz3    12:23 | Scripture. He threatened and chastised, and prevented the king and the 03Buz3    12:23 | chastised, and prevented the king and the grandees from entering Church 03Buz3    12:24 | of priestly authority Yusik threatened and reproached them for impiety, adultery 03Buz3    12:24 | ravishment, hatred of the poor and numerous other sins such as 03Buz3    12:25 | transgressed the orders of Christ and broke the holy word of 03Buz3    12:27 | annual feast days, king Tiran and others of the nobility came 03Buz3    12:28 | dragged him into the church, and clubbed and crushed God’s chief 03Buz3    12:28 | into the church, and clubbed and crushed God’s chief-priest, the 03Buz3    12:29 | many days later, he died and was laid to rest near 03Buz3    12:29 | laid to rest near Gregory and his fathers 03Buz3    13:0 | after the death of Yusik, and how Yusik’s sons were unworthy 03Buz3    13:1 | the Torgomean language was leaderless, and was like a blind person 03Buz3    13:2 | ears which do not hear and hearts which do not understand 03Buz3    13:2 | hearts which do not understand and do not turn to atonement 03Buz3    13:3 | own road, they were ruined and fell, and there was no 03Buz3    13:3 | they were ruined and fell, and there was no one to 03Buz3    13:3 | be shamed by their acts and sins of frenzy, since they 03Buz3    13:4 | travelled the road of ruin, and by their own will fell 03Buz3    13:4 | became the sons of anger, and without God they travelled about 03Buz3    13:5 | which made its own protecting and guarding dogs depart, and by 03Buz3    13:5 | protecting and guarding dogs depart, and by its own will was 03Buz3    13:6 | wicked example from the king and started to behave like him 03Buz3    13:6 | started to behave like him, and to do as he did 03Buz3    13:7 | it were a human error, and not in fervent faith 03Buz3    13:8 | faith not knowledgably with hope and faith, as is necessary. Only 03Buz3    13:9 | the motley multitude of naxarars and shinakans - even if teachers sat 03Buz3    13:9 | even if teachers sat day and night and drenched them with 03Buz3    13:9 | teachers sat day and night and drenched them with learning like 03Buz3    13:10 | prepossessed with their childish toys, and they took no notice of 03Buz3    13:11 | their songs, legends, epic-tales, and were enthusiastic about learning them 03Buz3    13:11 | were enthusiastic about learning them, and believed in them, and persevered 03Buz3    13:11 | them, and believed in them, and persevered in them. Toward each 03Buz3    13:11 | each other they manifested spite and envy, hostility, grudges. They nibbled 03Buz3    13:11 | They nibbled at each other, and a man would betray his 03Buz3    13:11 | man would betray his comrade and his brother 03Buz3    13:12 | the same azg other members, and in-laws, their inlaws 03Buz3    13:13 | each other, possessing crooked behavior and stupid minds 03Buz3    13:14 | And, like committing adultery, during the 03Buz3    13:14 | of the deities of old. And some even personally performed the 03Buz3    13:15 | words, leaders were hated, persecuted and killed 03Buz3    13:17 | other peoples, to the believers and wise men, who thankfully accepted 03Buz3    13:17 | wise men, who thankfully accepted and enjoyed the grace of God’s 03Buz3    13:17 | the Jews, with their blinded and benighted minds, they were lame 03Buz3    13:19 | faced, hard-hearted, severe sons and their fathers have grieved me 03Buz3    13:20 | since they did not understand and they did not believe in 03Buz3    13:21 | from the forms of animals, and He became the cause of 03Buz3    13:22 | the period of this despicable and foolish reign, during the reign 03Buz3    13:23 | beat to death the principal and leader Yusik, and then did 03Buz3    13:23 | the principal and leader Yusik, and then did as they pleased 03Buz3    13:25 | Rather, their Lord quit them, and they pursued their hearts’ desires 03Buz3    13:26 | who would keep them company and conduct matters in accordance with 03Buz3    13:27 | period the king, the princes, and indeed the entire land consulted 03Buz3    13:27 | twin sons of Yusik, Pap and Atanagines were recognized as petulant 03Buz3    13:27 | Atanagines were recognized as petulant and undisciplined. They lacked the learning 03Buz3    13:27 | the learning of divine Scripture, and had no training in virtue 03Buz3    13:28 | people of their own age, and, boasting of their earthly noble 03Buz3    13:29 | result, they were not chosen and were rejected because of their 03Buz3    13:29 | previous vision of their father, and they did not attach themselves 03Buz3    13:30 | these were the only ones, and because of their behavior, they 03Buz3    14:0 | The life and deeds of that man of 03Buz3    14:0 | how he upbraided king Tiran, and how he was murdered by 03Buz3    14:2 | student of the great Gregory and was superintendent and head of 03Buz3    14:2 | great Gregory and was superintendent and head of the churches of 03Buz3    14:2 | was also superintendent, commanding overseer, and trustee of all the churches 03Buz3    14:2 | Iranian areas Daniel also preached and turned many souls from error 03Buz3    14:3 | in Taron where the first and greatest, the mother of all 03Buz3    14:4 | He held the first and principal place of honor. For 03Buz3    14:4 | first blessed church was built and the first altar in the 03Buz3    14:5 | chapel of John the Baptist and near the church, the Repository 03Buz3    14:6 | were honored by the patriarchs and kings, just as the church 03Buz3    14:6 | tombs of the patriarch Gregory and Aristakes 03Buz3    14:8 | the sites where the fathers and bishops of former times were 03Buz3    14:9 | well as the first bishop and laborer Gregory, and in the 03Buz3    14:9 | first bishop and laborer Gregory, and in the Ayraratean district, Christ’s 03Buz3    14:9 | Ayraratean district, Christ’s protomartyrs, Gayiane and Hripsime and their colleagues. So 03Buz3    14:9 | Christ’s protomartyrs, Gayiane and Hripsime and their colleagues. So too, even 03Buz3    14:10 | authority of the patriarchal throne, and the firm covenant of the 03Buz3    14:16 | He raised the dead and healed the sick, and accomplished 03Buz3    14:16 | dead and healed the sick, and accomplished other very great miracles 03Buz3    14:18 | a single garment of fur and a pair of sandals; he 03Buz3    14:18 | ate the roots of vegetables, and did not even use a 03Buz3    14:19 | whatever he requested, he received, and whatever he spoke of came 03Buz3    14:23 | cell, dug into the ground. And it was here that he 03Buz3    14:24 | one place, held a meeting, and took counsel. They convinced the 03Buz3    14:24 | make him their principal leader and seat him on the patriarchal 03Buz3    14:25 | prince of the Amatunik tohm, and Varaz, prince of the Dimaksen 03Buz3    14:26 | These naxarars came and found Daniel in the district 03Buz3    14:27 | They took and brought Daniel to king Tiran 03Buz3    14:28 | Tiran, he started to upbraid and reproach him 03Buz3    14:29 | He came forward and started to speak, saying: “Why 03Buz3    14:29 | you forgotten your creator, God, and the mercy, miracles, and counsel 03Buz3    14:29 | God, and the mercy, miracles, and counsel which he he showed 03Buz3    14:29 | he he showed your fathers and you? You have returned to 03Buz3    14:29 | the poor, adultery, treachery, dispossessing and killing each other 03Buz3    14:30 | Forsaken, you have fallen and strayed from the path of 03Buz3    14:30 | Who raised you from nothing and established you. In your error 03Buz3    14:31 | did not listen to Him and tortured Him to death, He 03Buz3    14:31 | to death, He endured it and never hid His power from 03Buz3    14:32 | Those whom He found worthy, and ready for His resurrection, He 03Buz3    14:32 | His resurrection, He chose, taught and dispatched as preachers and summoners 03Buz3    14:32 | taught and dispatched as preachers and summoners and inviters, to invite 03Buz3    14:32 | dispatched as preachers and summoners and inviters, to invite you to 03Buz3    14:33 | you killed those preachers, Apostles and messengers who came to you 03Buz3    14:34 | your fathers killed His Apostles and later, they tormented those resembling 03Buz3    14:35 | them you would become intelligent and recognize the Son of God 03Buz3    14:36 | you worked your wicked will and your customary murder toward them 03Buz3    14:37 | counseled you with many miracles and in His great mercy did 03Buz3    14:37 | He made you His relatives and communicants of His natural living 03Buz3    14:37 | natural living doctrine, correct laws, and the greatness of His beloved 03Buz3    14:38 | forgave you all your transgressions and made His dear ones your 03Buz3    14:39 | the Jewish people you withdrew, and began to work the same 03Buz3    14:40 | the sins of your fathers and your impious acts, you did 03Buz3    14:41 | should have remembered the labor and effort of your blessed fathers 03Buz3    14:41 | your blessed fathers, your conselors and vardapets who taught you, constantly 03Buz3    14:41 | you the word of God, and gave you rebirth and labored 03Buz3    14:41 | God, and gave you rebirth and labored to return you from 03Buz3    14:42 | have cared for their sons and students who, according to their 03Buz3    14:42 | through divine birth, your teachers and overseers in leading you to 03Buz3    14:42 | even were their physical sons and were in no way less 03Buz3    14:43 | But you abandoned God and repeated the evils of your 03Buz3    14:44 | did you kill their sons and heirs, their colleagues and those 03Buz3    14:44 | sons and heirs, their colleagues and those resembling them, who did 03Buz3    14:44 | patriarch, holder of the throne and diocese of the Apostle Thaddeus 03Buz3    14:44 | diocese of the Apostle Thaddeus and Gregory, who resembled him 03Buz3    14:45 | You followed the example and conduct of the Jews with 03Buz3    14:45 | the Jews with their killings and dispossessions. Just as they, being 03Buz3    14:45 | being unadvised, destroyed their apostles and prophets, so did you kill 03Buz3    14:46 | so much of your falseness and obscenities, the Lord will take 03Buz3    14:46 | Lord will take your kingdom and priesthood from you 03Buz3    14:47 | You will be dispersed and divided. Like Israel, your borders 03Buz3    14:47 | your borders will be dissolved, and you will be lordless, uncared 03Buz3    14:47 | will be lordless, uncared for, and not one of you will 03Buz3    14:48 | become sheep without a shepherd, and like a flock you will 03Buz3    14:48 | under the yoke of servitude, and that yoke will not be 03Buz3    14:49 | Just as Israel was torn and not repaired, so will you 03Buz3    14:49 | so will you be dispersed and destroyed. Others will enjoy your 03Buz3    14:49 | Others will enjoy your labors, and others will consume your strength 03Buz3    14:49 | will not look upon you, and will save you no more 03Buz3    14:52 | come to be your head and leader. How could I be 03Buz3    14:54 | for those who have fled and do not want to return 03Buz3    14:54 | do not see the Lord?” And he said more in this 03Buz3    14:55 | king Tiran, the princes, pets, and all the troops 03Buz3    14:57 | that Daniel be strangled then and there 03Buz3    14:60 | multitude of people who recognized and knew him took his body 03Buz3    14:60 | knew him took his body and wanted to exhalt it placing 03Buz3    14:61 | place which he himself commanded and cover it with soil 03Buz3    14:63 | of the district of Aghjnik and Greater Copk. With them went 03Buz3    14:64 | They went and took the body to the 03Buz3    15:0 | The sons of Yusik, and how they trampled the dignity 03Buz3    15:2 | ordination as deacons, both Pap and Atanagines 03Buz3    15:3 | ground, dressing in military style, and were destroyed 03Buz3    15:4 | as wives the king’s sisters, and were rejected from the inheritance 03Buz3    15:5 | This couple bore the marvelous and wonderful man Nerses, who subsequently 03Buz3    15:7 | of the authority of Gregory, and that he should hold the 03Buz3    16:1 | constructed the house of prayer and supplication as a repository for 03Buz3    16:2 | Andovk Siwnik, Arshawir Kamsarakan, great and principal nahapets, and ten other 03Buz3    16:2 | Kamsarakan, great and principal nahapets, and ten other honorable men. He 03Buz3    16:2 | He sent them with gifts and hrovartaks to fetch and accompany 03Buz3    16:2 | gifts and hrovartaks to fetch and accompany the blessed Parhen to 03Buz3    16:3 | And they returned thence to their 03Buz3    16:5 | impious king, submitted to him, and acted according to his wishes 03Buz3    16:6 | banak’s church took his body and committed his bones in an 03Buz3    17:0 | succeeded on the patriarchal throne, and how the country of Armenia 03Buz3    17:0 | of Armenia abandoned the Lord and His Commandments 03Buz3    17:3 | of the prince of Gardmanatsjor, and this party took along ten 03Buz3    17:4 | as katoghikos of Greater Armenia, and they returned to the king 03Buz3    17:6 | and directed the land after his 03Buz3    17:7 | generally the king, the naxarars and the princes - did not heed 03Buz3    17:7 | not heed his truthful advice, and, even though reprimanded, they openly 03Buz3    17:7 | even though reprimanded, they openly and boldly worked their sins, fearlessly 03Buz3    17:7 | of evils, forgetting the Lord and His commandments 03Buz3    17:8 | the grandees, impious toward others, and returned to the old former 03Buz3    17:9 | God grew angry at them and abandoned them and permitted enemies 03Buz3    17:9 | at them and abandoned them and permitted enemies to rise against 03Buz3    17:9 | permitted enemies to rise against and trample them 03Buz3    17:10 | Lord, God granted them peace and quieted the enemies who surrounded 03Buz3    17:10 | decreased battle in their boundaries, and until that time there was 03Buz3    17:11 | all sides of their borders. And none of the kings of 03Buz3    18:1 | enemy, but friend against friend and comrade against comrade were bent 03Buz3    18:1 | were bent on arousing treachery and betrayal in the realm of 03Buz3    18:1 | in the realm of Armenia, and they worked a myriad of 03Buz3    18:2 | for their spirit of abomination and error. Because of their impiety 03Buz3    18:2 | their impiety, first they destroyed and ruined each other 03Buz3    18:3 | There was one impious and diabolical man who surpassed all 03Buz3    18:3 | who surpassed all the rest, and who aggrevated king Tiran against 03Buz3    18:5 | who had worked no crime, and he disrupted the great lordship 03Buz3    18:6 | senior tohms - the Rheshtunik tohm and the Arcrunik tohm- - put to 03Buz3    18:6 | tohm- - put to the sword and almost entirely wiped out, without 03Buz3    18:6 | committing any crime or fault, and they even destroyed the women 03Buz3    18:9 | Now it happened that Artawazd and Vasak, men of the Mamikonean 03Buz3    18:9 | taking one under his arm, and rushed out with their weapons 03Buz3    18:9 | weapons aloft, ready to fight and die for those children 03Buz3    18:10 | they left their charge, Arshak, and quit the royal banak 03Buz3    18:12 | They raised those children, Shawasp and Tachat, married their daughters to 03Buz3    18:12 | married their daughters to them, and regenerated those azgs. And they 03Buz3    18:12 | them, and regenerated those azgs. And they did not participate in 03Buz3    19:0 | Yusik’s sons Pap and Atanagines and how they were 03Buz3    19:0 | Yusik’s sons Pap and Atanagines and how they were killed in 03Buz3    19:1 | The sons of Yusik, Pap and Atanagines led their lives in 03Buz3    19:1 | their lives in impiety, lewdness and God-hating 03Buz3    19:2 | a licentious way, in adultery, and ridiculed and scorned the order 03Buz3    19:2 | way, in adultery, and ridiculed and scorned the order of God 03Buz3    19:4 | Pap and Atanagenes, the two brothers, went 03Buz3    19:4 | Atanagenes, the two brothers, went and reached that village 03Buz3    19:5 | God. The two brothers went and entered the episcopate located there 03Buz3    19:5 | entered the episcopate located there and drank wine with whores, harlots 03Buz3    19:5 | wine with whores, harlots, bards [gusans], and jesters, and, scorning the blessed 03Buz3    19:5 | whores, harlots, bards [gusans], and jesters, and, scorning the blessed and sacred 03Buz3    19:5 | jesters, and, scorning the blessed and sacred places, they trampled on 03Buz3    19:6 | reclining in the episcopate eating and drinking, suddenly the angel of 03Buz3    19:7 | in the temple making merry and sitting with them, up and 03Buz3    19:7 | and sitting with them, up and fled from the temple, one 03Buz3    19:7 | fled from the temple, one and all 03Buz3    19:9 | did the two brothers, Pap and Atanagines, perish, felled inside the 03Buz3    19:10 | of the temple remained open, and no one dared to approach 03Buz3    19:10 | Finally, their bodies rotted, spoiled, and decomposed, and their bones came 03Buz3    19:10 | bodies rotted, spoiled, and decomposed, and their bones came apart and 03Buz3    19:10 | and their bones came apart and scattered 03Buz3    19:11 | people dared to enter, collect and remove their bones which had 03Buz3    19:11 | bones which had become withered and dry. They removed them to 03Buz3    20:0 | Regarding king Tiran, and how he was betrayed by 03Buz3    20:0 | Siwnik; how he was lost and how, in a period of 03Buz3    20:0 | of the Armenians was lost and ruined along with him 03Buz3    20:1 | the two kings of Armenia and Iran 03Buz3    20:3 | the chamberlain of king Tiran, and of the Siwnik azg 03Buz3    20:6 | tall, broader than any horse and handsomer. Nothing could be compared 03Buz3    20:9 | because he distrusted the man and feared that he could stir 03Buz3    20:9 | possessing the same color, markings, and appearance except for size, since 03Buz3    20:9 | of the same roan color and sent it to Varaz the 03Buz3    20:9 | in Atrpatakan together with deeds [hrovartak] and gifts, entrusting it to the 03Buz3    20:11 | the retention of the horse and tried to aggrevate matters, not 03Buz3    20:11 | enmity, hatred, ill-will, vacillation and audacity toward the king of 03Buz3    20:11 | toward the king of Iran and toward all the Iranian forces 03Buz3    20:11 | you. He found another horse and entrusted it to me, to 03Buz3    20:12 | Sasan, relying on the emperor and his troops 03Buz3    20:13 | lordship belonged to our fathers, and now to us. I shall 03Buz3    20:13 | honor [patiw] of my ancestral fathers, and return the former kingdom to 03Buz3    20:13 | my azg, to my tun and to myself personally.’ 03Buz3    20:14 | With such and similar words did the impious 03Buz3    20:14 | against his own natural lord, and plot to effect the king’s 03Buz3    20:15 | against the king of Armenia, and sent it to the king 03Buz3    20:16 | He so angered, inflamed and enraged the king of Iran 03Buz3    20:16 | possible - artificial slanders - of hunting and seizing the king of Armenia 03Buz3    20:17 | was moved to seek vengeance and to demand punishment from impious 03Buz3    20:18 | speaking with him about peace, and requesting permission to visit him 03Buz3    20:20 | befitting for us to divert and gladden the man who is 03Buz3    20:20 | to us, with hunts, banquets, and all sorts of pleasant things 03Buz3    20:22 | form, because of the bitterness and wickedness of that azg 03Buz3    20:24 | king in the Apahunik country, and greatly exalted by him 03Buz3    20:25 | who would lie to, betray, and kill his lord. For a 03Buz3    20:26 | within him, artificially veiling it, and waiting to work the treachery 03Buz3    20:27 | senior tanuters of the nobility and the royal troops each were 03Buz3    20:28 | the rhamikspas troops, the queen and the lad Arshak, the king’s 03Buz3    20:30 | bearing great gifts, honorable presents and very grand compliments 03Buz3    20:32 | When they were drinking wine and the king and those with 03Buz3    20:32 | drinking wine and the king and those with him became quite 03Buz3    20:33 | him, they restrained his feet and hands with iron fetters and 03Buz3    20:33 | and hands with iron fetters and looted whatever they found in 03Buz3    20:33 | the king’s treasures, goods, wife and son, whatever they found in 03Buz3    20:35 | Varaz note: “Go and find coal to heat iron 03Buz3    20:36 | They brought coal and blinded king Tiran’s eyes 03Buz3    20:38 | I recalled and now know that vengeance for 03Buz3    20:38 | that vengeance for the evils and sins I wrought has been 03Buz3    20:39 | left Acugh village travelling quickly and taking along king Tiran and 03Buz3    20:39 | and taking along king Tiran and all the captives, heading for 03Buz3    20:40 | news of all this destruction and unexpected misery reached the Armenians 03Buz3    20:41 | princes, officials, military commanders, chiefs [pets] and the entire ashxarhazhoghovk multitude assembled 03Buz3    20:42 | Although they assembled and organized a brigade, ready to 03Buz3    20:43 | the people, burned the land, and turned it into a ruin 03Buz3    20:44 | one place where they wept and mourned for their natural lord 03Buz3    20:44 | the loss of the land, and for the fact that they 03Buz3    21:0 | of Armenian assembled in unity and sent to the emperor of 03Buz3    21:0 | many troops but was defeated and escaped to Iran by a 03Buz3    21:1 | as well as generals, shinakans, and even rhamiks 03Buz3    21:2 | they extend their hand to, and obediently serve him, and that 03Buz3    21:2 | to, and obediently serve him, and that he would aid them 03Buz3    21:2 | that he would aid them and support them in exacting vengeance 03Buz3    21:3 | us console ourselves, save ourselves and our land, and seek vengeance 03Buz3    21:3 | save ourselves and our land, and seek vengeance for our natural 03Buz3    21:3 | had the gifts brought forth, and presented the message of the 03Buz3    21:4 | of the land came together and took counsel together to find 03Buz3    21:4 | counsel together to find aid and assistance for themselves 03Buz3    21:4 | about this, with great alacrity and preparation he undertook to expedite 03Buz3    21:4 | to expedite matters, to help and aid the land of Armenia 03Buz3    21:5 | treaty sealed with an oath and confirmed which had existed between 03Buz3    21:5 | existed between the emperor Constantine and king Trdat 03Buz3    21:6 | east to burn, ruin, destroy and make the borders of the 03Buz3    21:7 | main tents [mashkapachens], all the women and the queen of queens, and 03Buz3    21:7 | and the queen of queens, and arrived at the borders of 03Buz3    21:8 | Armenian naxarars took their families and fled to the Byzantine areas 03Buz3    21:9 | he too assembled his troops and came to the country of 03Buz3    21:10 | the Armenian army, namely Arshawir and Andovk, who had previously gone 03Buz3    21:12 | village called Osxay. They came and entered the army of the 03Buz3    21:12 | of the king of Iran, and observed and noted the number 03Buz3    21:12 | king of Iran, and observed and noted the number of their 03Buz3    21:13 | they returned to their camp and prepared their organization. The Byzantines 03Buz3    21:13 | their organization. The Byzantines came and attacked the army of the 03Buz3    21:13 | place, finding them negligently unconcerned and unsuspectingly at rest 03Buz3    21:14 | putting everything to the sword and sparing no one 03Buz3    21:15 | women, the [bambish] queen of queens and the women with her their 03Buz3    21:15 | women with her their possessions and goods into captivity - their women 03Buz3    21:15 | goods into captivity - their women and treasures, provisions and equippage 03Buz3    21:15 | their women and treasures, provisions and equippage 03Buz3    21:16 | to escape by a hairsbreadth and go free as a fugitive 03Buz3    21:16 | to a swift running pony. And he barely reached his own 03Buz3    21:17 | killed all the mature males, and took the rest as captives 03Buz3    21:18 | He left the princes Andovk and Arshawir as overseers of the 03Buz3    21:18 | exalting them with great gifts and great honors. The emperor entrusted 03Buz3    21:18 | emperor entrusted all the princes and their land to them, and 03Buz3    21:18 | and their land to them, and then departed for his own 03Buz3    21:19 | those remaining under his authority and set about investigating things 03Buz3    21:20 | He held counsel and conducted an inquiry again so 03Buz3    21:20 | so that they could see and reveal how this war had 03Buz3    21:21 | this occasion circumstances were disclosed and it was plainly revealed that 03Buz3    21:22 | honor be stripped from him, and that Varaz be subjected to 03Buz3    21:23 | be flayed, stuffed with straw, and the body hanged in the 03Buz3    21:24 | himself regretted what had happened and sent honorable princes to the 03Buz3    21:24 | to get the captives returned and to beseech him to speak 03Buz3    21:24 | him to speak of peace and reconciliation so that at least 03Buz3    21:24 | women be returned from captivity and he himself released from the 03Buz3    21:25 | from the country of Armenia and principally king Tiran, as well 03Buz3    21:25 | first you return their booty and then I will return yours 03Buz3    21:26 | shackles of the prison house and spoke affectionately with him saying 03Buz3    21:26 | him in his own land and return him in honor 03Buz3    21:27 | blindness it is useless, improper and indeed impossible for me to 03Buz3    21:28 | other captives, with treasures, presents, and goods 03Buz3    21:29 | king of Iran personally organized and dispatched Tiran from his land 03Buz3    21:30 | so that they would go and tell the emperor that he 03Buz3    21:30 | he had implemented his commands, and so that the emperor would 03Buz3    21:31 | commanded, returning the Armenian captives and king Tiran, he was pleased 03Buz3    21:33 | to him in great honor, and with them, all that had 03Buz4    1:0 | the Armenians with his father and all the captives 03Buz4    1:1 | When there was agreement and great peace between the king 03Buz4    1:1 | between the king of Byzantium and the king of Iran, Nerseh 03Buz4    1:2 | And Nerseh, king of Iran, enthroned 03Buz4    1:2 | Iran, enthroned Tiran’s son, Arshak, and sent him, his father, their 03Buz4    1:2 | all the captives, their treasures and belongings back to Armenia with 03Buz4    1:3 | the country of Asorestan, came and reached the country of Armenia 03Buz4    1:3 | Armenia together with his father and entire family. He assembled the 03Buz4    1:3 | dispersed folk of the country and reigned over them 03Buz4    1:5 | All the concealed, the fugitives and the missing of the country 03Buz4    1:5 | the country of Armenia assembled, and dwelled in great peace without 03Buz4    1:6 | of Armenia were ordered, organized and at peace between the two 03Buz4    1:6 | peace between the two kings, and thereafter each person dwelled in 03Buz4    2:0 | The restoration of the orders and customs in the land of 03Buz4    2:0 | of the Armenians, the regulation and renewal of the kingdom 03Buz4    2:1 | they had been his dayeaks and nourishers 03Buz4    2:2 | He went and found them in the strongholds 03Buz4    2:2 | of their land of Tayk and brought them back into confidence 03Buz4    2:2 | Tiran’s madness, they had split and broken with communication and from 03Buz4    2:2 | split and broken with communication and from all Armenian affairs 03Buz4    2:3 | in charge of military affairs; and the youngest was appointed to 03Buz4    2:5 | each one on all sides, and appointing border-guards for the 03Buz4    2:6 | the kingdom of Armenia renewed and clarified, as it had been 03Buz4    2:6 | the grandees on his gah, and each official according to his 03Buz4    2:7 | with looking after the land and keeping it cultivated, went to 03Buz4    2:8 | heaven, the Mamikoneans well-named and brave designated in the great 03Buz4    2:9 | Not counting the grandee nahapets and tanuters, those who were only 03Buz4    3:0 | Nerses, where he was from and how he was elected katoghikos 03Buz4    3:1 | tohms, the lords of brigades and banners, all the satrapal naxarars 03Buz4    3:1 | They had assembled to ponder and take counsel as to who 03Buz4    3:1 | sitting on the patriarchal throne and shepherding the rational flock of 03Buz4    3:6 | childhood he had been nourished and educated in the city of 03Buz4    3:6 | Cappadocia, Caesarea by faithful vardapets and was beloved by his classmates 03Buz4    3:7 | responsible for all the internal and external arrangements in the life 03Buz4    3:8 | tall man, of pleasing size and captivating beauty, so much so 03Buz4    3:8 | him found him desirable, amazing and venerable, and he displayed enviable 03Buz4    3:8 | him desirable, amazing and venerable, and he displayed enviable courage in 03Buz4    3:9 | of God in his heart and stringently upheld His commandments. He 03Buz4    3:9 | commandments. He was humane, pure and modest, very intelligent, unbiased, just 03Buz4    3:9 | poor, proper in married life, and perfect in the love of 03Buz4    3:10 | Lord’s commandments, with justice, purity, and serving his comrades 03Buz4    3:12 | He loved the poor and afflicted and kept a watchful 03Buz4    3:12 | loved the poor and afflicted and kept a watchful eye on 03Buz4    3:12 | that he shared his clothing and food with them 03Buz4    3:13 | he was a helper and superintendent to the oppressed and 03Buz4    3:13 | and superintendent to the oppressed and anguished, and he encouraged all 03Buz4    3:13 | to the oppressed and anguished, and he encouraged all the dispossessed 03Buz4    3:15 | protest, regarding himself as unworthy, and not wanting to consent 03Buz4    3:17 | himself worthy, he came forward and began speaking a little bit 03Buz4    3:17 | to accuse himself of impieties and sins which he in fact 03Buz4    3:18 | the multitude, upon hearing this and knowing that he was making 03Buz4    3:19 | your sins be upon us and upon our sons, and your 03Buz4    3:19 | us and upon our sons, and your impieties as well. Do 03Buz4    3:19 | us your great grandfather’s deeds and leadership 03Buz4    3:20 | the troops: “You are impious and obscene. I am unable to 03Buz4    3:21 | you will be my enemies and haters, and make me your 03Buz4    3:21 | be my enemies and haters, and make me your scourge. Leave 03Buz4    3:21 | pass my life of tribulations and sins in accordance with my 03Buz4    3:23 | in his animalic fury, seized and pulled toward himself the royal 03Buz4    3:23 | rules of the chamberlain-ship [senekapetutiwn], and removed it from him 03Buz4    3:24 | had no equal be sheared, and that the comely robe be 03Buz4    3:25 | He gave the order, and they summoned an aged bishop 03Buz4    3:25 | an aged bishop, named Pawstos, and had him ordain Nerses into 03Buz4    3:28 | who could be their leader and show them the path of 03Buz4    3:29 | was dressed in Christian clothing and he personified noble behavior 03Buz4    3:30 | he had died for sins, and awaited resurrection with the hope 03Buz4    3:31 | throne of the Apostle Thaddeus, and the inheritance of his physical 03Buz4    3:31 | him to such a calling, and placed the thought in everyone’s 03Buz4    3:32 | Nerses out of great piety and humility considered himself undeserving of 03Buz4    3:33 | force, unity of the assembly and the command of God. For 03Buz4    4:0 | How Nerses was taken and brought to Caesarea, and about 03Buz4    4:0 | taken and brought to Caesarea, and about God’s miracles 03Buz4    4:2 | of them elected him unanimously and it pleased them all to 03Buz4    4:3 | of the bishops, the king and the [ashxarhaxorh] participants, the following delegates 03Buz4    4:4 | Siwnik, Arshawir, prince of Shirak and Arsharunik, Noy, prince of the 03Buz4    4:4 | prince of the other Copk, and Pargew, prince of the Amatunik 03Buz4    4:4 | of these dignitaries were organized and dispatched with many presents, very 03Buz4    4:4 | many presents, very great gifts, and reliable hrovartaks to Eusebius, the 03Buz4    4:4 | to the country of Cappadocia and its capital city of Caesarea 03Buz4    4:5 | Cheerfully rejoicing they arrived and saw there the katoghikos of 03Buz4    4:5 | katoghikoi, the blessed, renowned, venerable, and marvellous Eusebius 03Buz4    4:6 | king Arshak’s hrovartak to him and brought the gifts before him 03Buz4    4:7 | He received them with affection and great exaltation, and in accordance 03Buz4    4:7 | with affection and great exaltation, and in accordance with canonical custom 03Buz4    4:8 | the altar, facing the priesthood and all the people 03Buz4    4:9 | And when Eusebius the chief archbishop 03Buz4    4:9 | when Eusebius the chief archbishop and the priests with him entered 03Buz4    4:9 | dove flew from the altar and perched on him, remaining there 03Buz4    4:10 | flew from the blessed Basil and perched on the head of 03Buz4    4:11 | When these miracles and signs from God occurred over 03Buz4    4:11 | man, all of the people and the great archbishop Eusebius were 03Buz4    4:12 | out: “You have pleased God, and the Spirit of God alighted 03Buz4    4:13 | Then they ordained and seated him upon the throne 03Buz4    4:13 | of the episcopate, revering him. And many said encomia to him 03Buz4    4:15 | great pomp they put Nerses and the grandee naxarars, the satraps 03Buz4    4:17 | they met with great happiness and filled with the blessing of 03Buz4    4:19 | For in his conduct and course he resembled his father 03Buz4    4:19 | restored the father’s Apostolic graces, and similarly showed the same concern 03Buz4    4:19 | his flock unharmed from visible and invisible enemies 03Buz4    4:20 | especially resembled the first trees and during the course of his 03Buz4    4:20 | he brought forth the same and similar ripe fruits for all 03Buz4    4:21 | sick wherever it was necessary, and putting those in error upon 03Buz4    4:23 | He rebuilt the ruined churches and erected the destroyed altars. Those 03Buz4    4:24 | the throne of Thaddeus flourish, and was a son like his 03Buz4    4:25 | as well as the words and deeds of such people. And 03Buz4    4:25 | and deeds of such people. And he battled even to the 03Buz4    4:26 | He encouraged and defended the side of justice 03Buz4    4:26 | defended the side of justice, and with the rain of his 03Buz4    4:26 | of his doctrine he nourished and made luxuriant the profitable and 03Buz4    4:26 | and made luxuriant the profitable and just deeds, with blessing 03Buz4    4:27 | co-worker of the seeders, and he stored the abundant results 03Buz4    4:27 | kingdom. He was a substitute and co-worker of his preceding 03Buz4    4:28 | held within himself unrelatable powers, and was extremely concerned with the 03Buz4    4:28 | with doctrinal words exhorting everyone, and opening the closed doors of 03Buz4    4:29 | hope, faith, purity, sweetness, meekness and freedom from revenge, He exhorted 03Buz4    4:29 | for providing for the poor, and gave hope that the merciful 03Buz4    4:30 | of Armenia willingly offered up and shared their belongings with their 03Buz4    4:30 | their poor, doing this happily and joyfully 03Buz4    4:31 | to the district of Taron and assembled all the bishops of 03Buz4    4:32 | the mother of the churches, and the site of synodical assemblies 03Buz4    4:33 | came to this consensual assembly, and held a beneficial consultation to 03Buz4    4:33 | lay orders of the Church and arrange the general canons of 03Buz4    4:34 | they arranged, organized, made canons and devised others and all the 03Buz4    4:34 | made canons and devised others and all the people of the 03Buz4    4:35 | Apostles. He advised all, exhorting, and guiding toward benevolence 03Buz4    4:36 | the lands, districts, areas, regions and corners in the boundaries of 03Buz4    4:36 | they should designate appropriate places and build poor-houses, that the 03Buz4    4:36 | that the diseased, lepers, crippled and all the afflicted be gathered 03Buz4    4:36 | set up for them leprosaria and hospitals, and stipends and provisions 03Buz4    4:36 | for them leprosaria and hospitals, and stipends and provisions for the 03Buz4    4:36 | leprosaria and hospitals, and stipends and provisions for the poor 03Buz4    4:37 | great archbishop Nerses so ordered and everyone at the blessed assembly 03Buz4    4:37 | remain in their own stations and not go forth in their 03Buz4    4:37 | in their tribulations to beg, and never go out of their 03Buz4    4:38 | that everyone generally with mercy and piety take them provisions and 03Buz4    4:38 | and piety take them provisions and that their needs be taken 03Buz4    4:39 | He built such institutions and arranged, organized and established many 03Buz4    4:39 | such institutions and arranged, organized and established many other charities, instructing 03Buz4    4:40 | consider the hope of resurrection and not think that human death 03Buz4    4:40 | the crime of excessive mourning and unlimited lamentation for the departed 03Buz4    4:40 | expect the renewal of resurrection and await the Lord’s coming when 03Buz4    4:41 | be treasonous toward their spouses, and especially to avoid marriage with 03Buz4    4:42 | rejecting the eating of carrion and blood, or approaching menstruating women 03Buz4    4:43 | faith in the second coming and resurrection, hopelessly weeping for the 03Buz4    4:44 | the king, all the grandees, and everyone who held authority over 03Buz4    4:44 | toward their servants, their juniors, and students, to love them like 03Buz4    4:44 | to love them like family and not to harrass them with 03Buz4    4:44 | to harrass them with unworthy and especially exorbitant taxes, more than 03Buz4    4:45 | the servants, to be faithful and obedient to their lords, for 03Buz4    4:46 | his day there was peace and rennovation in all of the 03Buz4    4:47 | the church orders blossomed and completely glistened, the orders of 03Buz4    4:47 | orders of holy worship grew, and the number of clerics increased 03Buz4    4:48 | in both the shens cultivated and the non-shen places, as 03Buz4    4:49 | Armenia, Nerses set up Greek and Syrian schools. He effected the 03Buz4    4:49 | schools. He effected the salvation and return from captivity of many 03Buz4    4:49 | from captivity of many oppressed and tormented captives; he freed half 03Buz4    4:49 | he freed by paying ransom. And thus, he returned each to 03Buz4    4:50 | He gave rest and provisions to widows, orphans, and 03Buz4    4:50 | and provisions to widows, orphans, and the indigent, while the poor 03Buz4    4:50 | with him, joyfully. His tachar and table was always frequented by 03Buz4    4:50 | frequented by the poor, foreigners, and guests 03Buz4    4:51 | deaf, the disabled, the wanting and needy sat with him at 03Buz4    4:51 | sat with him at table and were fed 03Buz4    4:52 | hands he divided the food, and spent all his belongings for 03Buz4    4:52 | needs. All the foreigners remained and rested under his shade 03Buz4    4:53 | others to do. Pure, sentient and alert, he made everyone ready 03Buz4    4:54 | Like the prophets and Apostles, he taught mercy, saying 03Buz4    4:54 | atone your sins with mercy, and your impieties with kindness and 03Buz4    4:54 | and your impieties with kindness and offerings to the poor 03Buz4    4:55 | poor, elected the great protomartyr and protodeacon Stephen with his comrades 03Buz4    4:55 | for whom the heavens opened and for this work was made 03Buz4    4:56 | the lament of the widows and how Peter the great Apostle 03Buz4    4:56 | who had departed this life and died 03Buz4    4:57 | told how when Jacob, Kephas and John, the true pillars saw 03Buz4    4:57 | was given the great grace, and that I was finding success 03Buz4    4:57 | gave me yet more liberty, and agreed that I and Barnabas 03Buz4    4:57 | liberty, and agreed that I and Barnabas should preach among the 03Buz4    4:59 | Similarly, and more so, did Nerses recall 03Buz4    4:59 | he must sell his goods and give to the poor, and 03Buz4    4:59 | and give to the poor, and find his treasure in heaven 03Buz4    4:59 | find his treasure in heaven. And then, that it is easier 03Buz4    4:60 | And: “ You made your friends through 03Buz4    4:61 | the people, saying: “Follow affection, and pursue the spiritual 03Buz4    4:62 | Macedonia, he inspired the listeners and encouraged them to do good 03Buz4    4:63 | And again, he strived that all 03Buz4    4:64 | the commander of the faith and the implementer.” “Remember your leaders 03Buz4    4:64 | the implementer.” “Remember your leaders and overseers for the Lord, who 03Buz4    4:64 | for you; see their course and resemble them in the faith 03Buz4    4:65 | And at the same time, he 03Buz4    4:65 | way.” “Jesus started to work and to teach 03Buz4    4:67 | Nerses preached these and similar things, at all times 03Buz4    4:67 | things, at all times. Day and night, he did not cease 03Buz4    4:67 | he did not cease preaching and protesting 03Buz4    4:68 | venerable archbishop, everyday was teaching and schooling everyone, like a very 03Buz4    4:68 | grandees, the clergy, the honorable and the dishonored, the rich, the 03Buz4    4:68 | rich, the poor, the azats and the shinakans 03Buz4    4:69 | And Nerses fulfilled the superintendency of 03Buz4    4:69 | the end of his life. And he had no equal ever 03Buz4    5:1 | regarding the treaty of peace and unity between the land of 03Buz4    5:1 | between the land of Armenia and the emperor of Byzantium, organized 03Buz4    5:1 | great katoghikos of Armenia, Nerses, and ten satraps of the grandees 03Buz4    5:1 | renew the oath of agreement and peace between the emperor and 03Buz4    5:1 | and peace between the emperor and themselves 03Buz4    5:2 | They went and reached the imperial palace of 03Buz4    5:5 | who had become severely ill, and the emperor pressured Armenia’s blessed 03Buz4    5:6 | Nerses came forth and note 03Buz4    5:7 | the only Son of God and His birth, from His nature 03Buz4    5:7 | His birth, from His nature and essence, birth from the Father 03Buz4    5:7 | essence, birth from the Father, and not a creation, descended from 03Buz4    5:7 | is from His nature, birth and Son, for both the Father 03Buz4    5:7 | Son, for both the Father and the Son from Born from 03Buz4    5:7 | beginning He was a collaborator and co-creator with the Father 03Buz4    5:7 | everything, that everything in heaven and on earth received being from 03Buz4    5:7 | beginning, He was with Him and bears the type and image 03Buz4    5:7 | Him and bears the type and image of His Parent; that 03Buz4    5:7 | the power of His Word and his natural power, governs, directs 03Buz4    5:7 | all creatures; Who first created and laid the foundation of the 03Buz4    5:7 | the foundation of the world, and spread the sky in the 03Buz4    5:7 | over it), Whose hands created and established all the heavenly spaces 03Buz4    5:7 | a reasonable, talking, wise (being) and with free will 03Buz4    5:8 | And when people, by their free 03Buz4    5:8 | did not recognize the Creator and His commandments, then the Son 03Buz4    5:8 | right side of the Father and was His Parent’s companion, when 03Buz4    5:8 | by his own will, died and rose again, and gave life 03Buz4    5:8 | will, died and rose again, and gave life to everyone in 03Buz4    5:8 | to everyone in general, ascended and sat on his natural throne 03Buz4    5:9 | And so, if you believe that 03Buz4    5:9 | that Christ is the Son and the birth of God, as 03Buz4    5:9 | testimonies, then we can wash and cleanse you from the false 03Buz4    5:9 | cleanse you from the false and defiling baptism of the pagan 03Buz4    5:10 | of the Creator of God and confess the birth of a 03Buz4    5:10 | according to its natural origin, and the taking of flesh from 03Buz4    5:10 | took place for our salvation and life, (confess) the death and 03Buz4    5:10 | and life, (confess) the death and burial of the same Son 03Buz4    5:10 | the same Son — Jesus Christ — and peace and harmony and the 03Buz4    5:10 | Son — Jesus Christ — and peace and harmony and the grace of 03Buz4    5:10 | Christ — and peace and harmony and the grace of the Holy 03Buz4    5:11 | these wonderful sacraments of absolution and renewal of life, then we 03Buz4    5:11 | which gives hope for bliss and cleanses from sins, and we 03Buz4    5:11 | bliss and cleanses from sins, and we will ask our Lord 03Buz4    5:11 | the sins of heretical unbelief and have mercy, for from time 03Buz4    5:11 | time immemorial there have been and there are diseases 03Buz4    5:12 | And I guarantee on behalf of 03Buz4    5:12 | your son before you sound and unharmed if you come to 03Buz4    5:12 | if you come to Orthodoxy and confess with us together as 03Buz4    5:13 | And if you do not become 03Buz4    5:13 | only Begotten, similar pairing, namesake and creator; he loved us for 03Buz4    5:13 | to the Most Holy Mariam and appeared from this woman as 03Buz4    5:13 | nature similar to his parent and by nature had the very 03Buz4    5:13 | very form of his father and by his will, acted for 03Buz4    5:14 | And because people voluntarily entered the 03Buz4    5:14 | people voluntarily entered the service, and therefore he became the master 03Buz4    5:15 | created Man with his incredible and visible abilities, and thus, having 03Buz4    5:15 | his incredible and visible abilities, and thus, having established everything in 03Buz4    5:15 | way, he united the beings ( and man) whom he created in 03Buz4    5:15 | he created in His image, and made him the master of 03Buz4    5:17 | And the Lord came to pity 03Buz4    5:17 | to pity the lost one, and He was born of a 03Buz4    5:17 | to establish peace in heaven and on earth and to reconcile 03Buz4    5:17 | in heaven and on earth and to reconcile his parent father 03Buz4    5:19 | What was Old has passed, and now everything has been renewed 03Buz4    5:19 | Christ) has taken human form and renewed everything for himself again 03Buz4    5:20 | firstborn of all the dead and glorified everything with his first 03Buz4    5:20 | us with an unchangeable spirit and an immortal body, so that 03Buz4    5:20 | flesh, so that all unthinkable and rational forces hoped with us 03Buz4    5:23 | He is the birth and appearance of an invisible God 03Buz4    5:23 | of the Only Begotten Father and creator of all beings. Hence 03Buz4    5:23 | Everything that is in heaven and in the country, both visible 03Buz4    5:23 | in the country, both visible and unimaginable, and states and powers 03Buz4    5:23 | country, both visible and unimaginable, and states and powers, and forces 03Buz4    5:23 | visible and unimaginable, and states and powers, and forces, was confirmed 03Buz4    5:23 | unimaginable, and states and powers, and forces, was confirmed by him 03Buz4    5:24 | And a little later he makes 03Buz4    5:24 | for him to live everywhere and do everything in him to 03Buz4    5:24 | establish peace with his cross and blood – everything that is in 03Buz4    5:24 | everything that is in heaven and on earth is through him 03Buz4    5:25 | of God, everything in heaven and on earth came together 03Buz4    5:26 | majesty of God created everything and made man the master of 03Buz4    5:26 | man the master of everything, and commanded, to multiply 03Buz4    5:27 | Then he appointed princes and appointed leaders 03Buz4    5:28 | And when once they broke the 03Buz4    5:29 | And only for the needs of 03Buz4    5:29 | he allowed some to rule, and some not to rule, so 03Buz4    5:29 | later they would recognize grace and, being without power, realize the 03Buz4    5:30 | And who does not strive for 03Buz4    5:30 | the health of the body and, or not to feel the 03Buz4    5:31 | And all people are not inherent 03Buz4    5:32 | eat, become adults with disrespect and under swearing 03Buz4    5:33 | Who loves illness and hates health, he lacks everything 03Buz4    5:34 | Part in idolatry and murder, part in prostitution and 03Buz4    5:34 | and murder, part in prostitution and various evils are bound, tied 03Buz4    5:34 | deceitfully fetter everything, both good and evil 03Buz4    5:35 | And on whom the righteous sun 03Buz4    5:35 | the light of his faith and dispels the black fog of 03Buz4    5:35 | the black fog of darkness and ignorance, they constantly despise lies 03Buz4    5:35 | ignorance, they constantly despise lies and delusions 03Buz4    5:36 | this first by their deeds and good example, and then teaching 03Buz4    5:36 | their deeds and good example, and then teaching others the same 03Buz4    5:36 | creation, then with holiness, vigilance and decency, preserving their worldly affairs 03Buz4    5:37 | of God of our creation, and in humility, trample everything passing 03Buz4    5:37 | wine that nourish the stomach and cover the kidneys with fat 03Buz4    5:38 | given to those who love and behave according to their will 03Buz4    5:39 | humane mercy, which all nations and tribes believe in the Lord 03Buz4    5:39 | born of the father, born and not created, who is the 03Buz4    5:39 | created, who is the essence and nature of his father 03Buz4    5:40 | have the eyes of thought and who are not blinded by 03Buz4    5:41 | The sky, the earth and the whole universe are filled 03Buz4    5:41 | All the secrets of hearts and thoughts penetrate into his ears 03Buz4    5:41 | thoughts penetrate into his ears, and he examines all the breath 03Buz4    5:41 | he examines all the breath and soul of the body 03Buz4    5:42 | body, height, in the image and image. They created mercy. In 03Buz4    5:42 | true spirit, purifying their hearts and bodies, building a temple for 03Buz4    5:42 | temple for the Holy Spirit, and are equally involved in our 03Buz4    5:42 | Daon, which the Lord gave and note: “Blessed are those who 03Buz4    5:42 | he who has seen me and My Father,” or “blessed are 03Buz4    5:43 | And thoughts that do not know 03Buz4    5:44 | And those who are illuminated by 03Buz4    5:45 | My heart told You, and my face was looking for 03Buz4    5:45 | that I would not hesitate,” and again says, “With the joy 03Buz4    5:46 | he will bring us immortality and the purity of his glory 03Buz4    5:46 | son of the father comes and appears, not according to patterns 03Buz4    5:46 | appears, not according to patterns and words, by the Holy Spirit 03Buz4    5:46 | those who have many merits and have a desire to show 03Buz4    5:46 | those who wait, will come and see the birth of God 03Buz4    5:49 | such covenants for the righteous and believers, eternally preserved in the 03Buz4    5:49 | eternally preserved in the rays and royal crowns, and for skeptics 03Buz4    5:49 | the rays and royal crowns, and for skeptics, those who are 03Buz4    5:50 | put our hand on him and say: according to your faith 03Buz4    5:50 | born of God, heals him, and he (your son) will rise 03Buz4    5:50 | son) will rise up healthy and unharmed and stand before you 03Buz4    5:50 | rise up healthy and unharmed and stand before you, and (Christ 03Buz4    5:50 | unharmed and stand before you, and ( Christ) will honor you with 03Buz4    5:50 | you with many other benefits and will bring you to the 03Buz4    5:51 | then what kind of absolution and healing can there be, or 03Buz4    5:51 | we stand before him, ask and pray for those who do 03Buz4    5:51 | because you do not believe and do not want to know 03Buz4    5:54 | are more desirable than gold and even many precious stones, sweeter 03Buz4    5:54 | precious stones, sweeter than honey and drops of honeycomb 03Buz4    5:55 | And those who give themselves to 03Buz4    5:56 | There is no language and no dialect where their voice 03Buz4    5:56 | goes all over the earth and their words go to the 03Buz4    5:57 | And for those who do not 03Buz4    5:57 | those who do not listen, and those who listen, the Lord 03Buz4    5:58 | Blessed Nerses said all this and then added: “The Lord, because 03Buz4    5:58 | Lord, because of His mercy and benevolence will hear you atone 03Buz4    5:58 | allow you that much time and be patient so that you 03Buz4    5:61 | The emperor became infuriated and commanded that the blessed archbishop 03Buz4    5:61 | iron shackles, thrown in prison and kept there while they noted 03Buz4    5:63 | it was necessary to mourn, and he gave an order and 03Buz4    5:63 | and he gave an order and brought Saint Nerses before him 03Buz4    5:65 | And St. Nerses replied “After I 03Buz4    5:66 | can revive him, your son and your whole family 03Buz4    5:67 | sinister death. But the elders and advisers of the palace came 03Buz4    5:67 | palace came to the king, and said to the emperor: “They 03Buz4    5:67 | for business from a foreign and distant country by a powerful 03Buz4    5:67 | war will begin between us and the great Armenian king, a 03Buz4    5:71 | death for the time being, and in the future, he would 03Buz4    5:71 | he would return from exile, and thus there would be no 03Buz4    5:71 | there would be no rebellion and war between the two kingdoms 03Buz4    5:72 | an envoy should be arrested, and this man is also a 03Buz4    5:72 | man is also a big and senior person and an important 03Buz4    5:72 | a big and senior person and an important one in his 03Buz4    5:72 | in their world this man and the king are close 03Buz4    5:73 | And they say that in the 03Buz4    5:74 | that this is a relative and close one to the king 03Buz4    5:74 | close one to the king, and their people love this person 03Buz4    5:75 | And the king answers them, “You 03Buz4    5:75 | had brought me to disrespect and reproach through him, it would 03Buz4    5:77 | And his king has sent him 03Buz4    5:77 | for love, but he came and ruined us, he is a 03Buz4    5:77 | us, he is a criminal and harmful right in front of 03Buz4    5:80 | all the Orthodox bishops, priests and deacons from the cities of 03Buz4    5:80 | They came from all places and made up a large assembly 03Buz4    5:81 | The king spoke to them and suggested that everyone accept the 03Buz4    5:81 | confession of the Arian sect, and then return to their regions 03Buz4    5:81 | then return to their regions and turn their peoples into the 03Buz4    5:82 | this, he exiled them all and sent them to foreign worlds 03Buz4    5:83 | And instead of them he appointed 03Buz4    5:83 | shepherds of the Arian faith, and sent non-bishops to all 03Buz4    5:84 | And a great movement arose in 03Buz4    5:84 | churches of the world, riots and sects arose. And greater events 03Buz4    5:84 | world, riots and sects arose. And greater events, movements and dangers 03Buz4    5:84 | arose. And greater events, movements and dangers have taken place all 03Buz4    5:85 | All true and Orthodox archimandrites were expelled from 03Buz4    5:85 | all nations fell into mourning and grief 03Buz4    5:86 | shepherds separated from their flocks, and the flocks scattered because they 03Buz4    5:86 | because they had no leader, and there were no places to 03Buz4    5:87 | of Satan, outside of cities and villages, they kill on the 03Buz4    5:87 | they kill on the ground, and did you pray under heaven 03Buz4    5:87 | did you pray under heaven and at the end of the 03Buz4    5:88 | blinded them all with bribes and sent them with much treasure 03Buz4    5:88 | with much treasure of gold and silver and precious gems to 03Buz4    5:88 | treasure of gold and silver and precious gems to king Arshak 03Buz4    5:90 | to the satraps of Armenia, and thus were they sent on 03Buz4    6:0 | exiled to a deserted island and how he ate, or how 03Buz4    6:1 | all parts of his empire and sent all the bishops away 03Buz4    6:2 | The royal nobles and advisers did not agree to 03Buz4    6:2 | did not agree to this and barely managed to save Nerses 03Buz4    6:3 | where there was no greenery and vegetation, there were no roots 03Buz4    6:3 | vegetation, there were no roots and nothing else that could be 03Buz4    6:3 | there were only stones, sand and rocks. And there was no 03Buz4    6:3 | only stones, sand and rocks. And there was no road there 03Buz4    6:3 | there was no road there and there was no shipping 03Buz4    6:4 | taken to the specified place and with him seventy people, half 03Buz4    6:4 | of bishops of other cities and the other half of clerics 03Buz4    6:5 | And he was glad that it 03Buz4    6:6 | Rustom, the other was Tyrannam, and the seventy others who were 03Buz4    6:6 | them were recruited from everywhere and drove them onto a ship 03Buz4    6:6 | drove them onto a ship and took them to the island 03Buz4    6:7 | vessel carrying them set off and, thanks to a fair wind 03Buz4    6:7 | lowered them to the shore and returned by itself 03Buz4    6:8 | no roots of any kind, and there was only one sand 03Buz4    6:9 | And when they stayed there for 03Buz4    6:9 | them began to experience torments and suffering from hunger and thirst 03Buz4    6:9 | torments and suffering from hunger and thirst, began to weaken and 03Buz4    6:9 | and thirst, began to weaken and languish 03Buz4    6:10 | Nerses began to encourage everyone and comfort them, saying: “Be firm 03Buz4    6:10 | saying: “Be firm, stand firm and do not be afraid, for 03Buz4    6:10 | the form of a ram, and accepted Isaac as a living 03Buz4    6:10 | land, saved Joseph from slavery and made him ruler, ordered the 03Buz4    6:10 | from above, gave the outraged and embittered people quails to eat 03Buz4    6:10 | embittered people quails to eat, and Christ himself, becoming a stone 03Buz4    6:10 | water to the thirsty people, and what was to happen in 03Buz4    6:10 | a rod, pierced a rock and expelled water for them, and 03Buz4    6:10 | and expelled water for them, and thus then saved their lives 03Buz4    6:10 | thus then saved their lives, and he himself fed the people 03Buz4    6:10 | of bread in the desert, and like the tree that gave 03Buz4    6:10 | also nailed to the cross and crucified 03Buz4    6:11 | and according to according to the 03Buz4    6:11 | also pierced in the side and oozed saving water for us 03Buz4    6:11 | could, having repented, wash ourselves and be cleansed, find life; he 03Buz4    6:11 | to mix flesh with flesh and blood with blood, and reunite 03Buz4    6:11 | flesh and blood with blood, and reunite the deity with our 03Buz4    6:11 | the deity with our soul and us with the Holy Spirit 03Buz4    6:11 | us with the Holy Spirit, and finally, to liken our being 03Buz4    6:11 | our being to the Deity. And so, the one who has 03Buz4    6:12 | we will ask with faith, and food will be given to 03Buz4    6:13 | is needed for the unbelievers and for the correction of the 03Buz4    6:13 | the Lord knows our needs and what is useful to us 03Buz4    6:13 | what is useful to us, and according to this He will 03Buz4    6:16 | And the Lord can keep us 03Buz4    6:16 | which man has no salvation, and the reason for it is 03Buz4    6:17 | send us a peaceful death and honor the kingdom 03Buz4    6:18 | Having said this and many more similar things, he 03Buz4    6:19 | And when they bowed to the 03Buz4    6:19 | to the ground three times and prayed, a strong wind rose 03Buz4    6:19 | wind rose in the sea and began to throw a large 03Buz4    6:20 | When they collected the firewood and piled it in a pile 03Buz4    6:21 | the firewood ignited by itself and began to burn. Then they 03Buz4    6:21 | fried the fish, sat down and began to eat 03Buz4    6:22 | When they had eaten and were full, and they needed 03Buz4    6:22 | had eaten and were full, and they needed water to drink 03Buz4    6:22 | the sand on the island, and there a spring of fresh 03Buz4    6:22 | of fresh water was clogged, and from there those who stayed 03Buz4    6:23 | received food from the sea, and Saint Nerses always comforted them 03Buz4    6:23 | Saint Nerses always comforted them and note: “So remember and keep 03Buz4    6:23 | them and note: “So remember and keep in mind the words 03Buz4    6:23 | all the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all this 03Buz4    6:23 | of God and his righteousness, and all this will be added 03Buz4    6:24 | give us an honorable name and to honor us with the 03Buz4    6:25 | incomparable number of benefits, benefits and miracles, and in his love 03Buz4    6:25 | of benefits, benefits and miracles, and in his love for humanity 03Buz4    6:26 | to lay down for us and even became food for us 03Buz4    6:26 | even became food for us and drink 03Buz4    6:27 | the Lord Jesus Christ, night and day they constantly served the 03Buz4    6:28 | brothers waited for the sunset and then rejoiced in the food 03Buz4    6:29 | And Saint Nerses on the seventh 03Buz4    7:0 | that were performed on Nerses and Basil, and how Bishop Eusebius 03Buz4    7:0 | performed on Nerses and Basil, and how Bishop Eusebius envied Basil 03Buz4    7:1 | And the Bishop of Caesarea, Eusebius 03Buz4    7:1 | hated him in his thoughts and began to consider him his 03Buz4    7:1 | to consider him his opponent and enemy 03Buz4    7:2 | form of a dove descended and sat first on the holy 03Buz4    7:2 | on the holy Archpriest Basil, and then, flying from him, sat 03Buz4    7:4 | in awe of this miracle, and everyone revered Saint Basil 03Buz4    7:5 | behaved decently, loved the poor and sufferers, and always fulfilled the 03Buz4    7:5 | loved the poor and sufferers, and always fulfilled the commandments of 03Buz4    7:5 | an inexhaustible source of wisdom and a devoted teacher of Christ’s 03Buz4    7:5 | forced them to be silent and firmly defended the true faith 03Buz4    7:6 | Christ, as a heavenly angel, and everyone testified that he was 03Buz4    7:7 | And he himself behaved very modestly 03Buz4    7:7 | he himself behaved very modestly and considered himself unworthy, although everyone 03Buz4    7:8 | And he of many of them 03Buz4    7:8 | errors to the true faith, and countless people were converted into 03Buz4    8:0 | Valens persecuted all Orthodox believers, and how he wished to arrange 03Buz4    8:0 | a dispute between true believers and Arian malicious sectarians, and how 03Buz4    8:0 | believers and Arian malicious sectarians, and how in a miraculous vision 03Buz4    8:0 | was invited to a dispute and with God’s help defeated opponents 03Buz4    8:0 | the presence of Bishop Eusebius, and how Eusebius died in prison 03Buz4    8:0 | how Eusebius died in prison, and Basil was released for freedom 03Buz4    8:2 | to subject them to torture and torment, and (in this sense 03Buz4    8:2 | them to torture and torment, and ( in this sense) wrote and 03Buz4    8:2 | and (in this sense) wrote and sent out a strict order 03Buz4    8:3 | fanatical Arian sect gathered together and said to the king: “Let 03Buz4    8:3 | arrange a dispute between us and them, king, and let it 03Buz4    8:3 | between us and them, king, and let it be known which 03Buz4    8:3 | that we won through violence and deception 03Buz4    8:4 | And King Valens, hearing this, rejoiced 03Buz4    8:4 | debates, whom he considered knowledgeable and learned, false bishops of the 03Buz4    8:5 | so that he would come and attend the discussion in order 03Buz4    8:6 | called all the clergy together and pondered how he should respond 03Buz4    8:8 | he has a powerful word, and he has a great gift 03Buz4    8:9 | discord that existed between them and hurry to come immediately, because 03Buz4    8:9 | immediately, because there were debates and discussion of issues concerning the 03Buz4    8:11 | and faithful and respectable people were 03Buz4    8:11 | and faithful and respectable people were sent to 03Buz4    8:12 | for him had just left and were still on the way 03Buz4    8:12 | were still on the way, and Saint Basil fell into a 03Buz4    8:12 | climbed into the garden, dirty and tore up the garden 03Buz4    8:13 | them out of the ground, and made great devastation there 03Buz4    8:15 | And they shouted to Vasily and 03Buz4    8:15 | And they shouted to Vasily and note: “If you, Vasily, do 03Buz4    8:15 | pigs out of the garden, and the ruin will not stop 03Buz4    8:16 | drove out the harmful pigs and put the damaged places in 03Buz4    8:17 | And Blessed Basil woke up, was 03Buz4    8:17 | was surprised by this vision and thought, what could it mean 03Buz4    8:17 | thought, what could it mean? And so the people sent by 03Buz4    8:17 | the breed of Caesarea arrived and handed him a letter 03Buz4    8:18 | He read it and rejoiced, for he realized that 03Buz4    8:18 | invited to defend the truth and answer (Arians 03Buz4    8:19 | Therefore, he immediately got up and, together with the persons inviting 03Buz4    8:21 | Eusebius went to the emperor and asked and note: “You have 03Buz4    8:21 | to the emperor and asked and note: “You have put forward 03Buz4    8:22 | emperor questioned the Arian bishop, and they agreed that Eusebius should 03Buz4    8:23 | the emperor took Bishop Eusebius and with him the blessed Archpriest 03Buz4    8:23 | him the blessed Archpriest Basil and two rivals from the opponents 03Buz4    8:23 | namely the Arian false bishops, and they entered into a discussion 03Buz4    8:23 | they entered into a discussion and dispute about the Son of 03Buz4    8:23 | God Jesus Christ, whether he and the Son were born from 03Buz4    8:24 | laws, the prophets, the apostles and from all Holy Scripture, explained 03Buz4    8:24 | from all Holy Scripture, explained and proved, and Satan’s minions of 03Buz4    8:24 | Holy Scripture, explained and proved, and Satan’s minions of two opponents 03Buz4    8:24 | together with the king, silenced and ashamed 03Buz4    8:25 | Valens looked at the bishop and saw that he was sweating 03Buz4    8:25 | was sweating. He started talking and said, “What is it, why 03Buz4    8:26 | Vasily answered the king and note: “I drove two pigs 03Buz4    8:26 | note: “I drove two pigs and one donkey along such a 03Buz4    8:26 | along such a long way, and you still ask why I 03Buz4    8:28 | And the Arians, standing up in 03Buz4    8:28 | king: “What are these disputes and this anxiety for? As a 03Buz4    8:29 | that, the meeting was dissolved and ended 03Buz4    8:30 | And ( King Valens) ordered to imprison 03Buz4    8:30 | Valens) ordered to imprison Eusebius and many others with him, and 03Buz4    8:30 | and many others with him, and continued to oppress Orthodox Christians 03Buz4    8:30 | continued to oppress Orthodox Christians, and imposed extortion and very heavy 03Buz4    8:30 | Orthodox Christians, and imposed extortion and very heavy penalties on all 03Buz4    8:32 | And regarding St. Basil, the inhabitants 03Buz4    8:33 | like that, the king relented and ordered Blessed Basil to be 03Buz4    9:0 | Basil was made a bishop and how God’s miracle was accomplished 03Buz4    9:0 | to bring all their treasures, and they all joyfully brought and 03Buz4    9:0 | and they all joyfully brought and gave to the church in 03Buz4    9:0 | how they made a vow and prayed for their bishops 03Buz4    9:1 | And all the bishops gathered from 03Buz4    9:1 | from the borders of Caesarea and elected Saint Basil Archbishop of 03Buz4    9:2 | a dove descended from heaven and sat on him, just like 03Buz4    9:3 | Everyone was amazed, and they began to offer thanks 03Buz4    9:3 | well as on his servants and saints 03Buz4    9:4 | And Basil sat on the Catholic 03Buz4    9:5 | And King Valens oppressed the Christian 03Buz4    9:5 | he should not have gold and silver, but should hand it 03Buz4    9:6 | And he began to collect under 03Buz4    9:6 | oath from all cities, troops and generals so that none of 03Buz4    9:6 | of gold or silver left, and if anyone had it, then 03Buz4    9:7 | And everyone gladly brought and gave 03Buz4    9:7 | And everyone gladly brought and gave to the treasury in 03Buz4    9:8 | of Caesarea to collect gold and silver. Blessed Basil began to 03Buz4    9:9 | hand it over to me, and I guarantee that our Lord 03Buz4    9:9 | against whom the king dares and fights, will kill him 03Buz4    9:10 | that does not become impoverished, and I will personally return your 03Buz4    9:11 | And all the people of the 03Buz4    9:11 | the city of Caesarea brought and gathered together in one place 03Buz4    9:11 | one place how much gold and silver each had; they brought 03Buz4    9:11 | called the king’s trusted princes and sealed the doors of the 03Buz4    9:12 | Patriarch Basil to be bound and thrown into prison again and 03Buz4    9:12 | and thrown into prison again and to oppress him, as well 03Buz4    9:13 | And all the people made a 03Buz4    9:13 | the people made a vow and prayed that this anger that 03Buz4    9:13 | out over them would pass and that the true pastors would 03Buz4    10:1 | King Valens ordered to search and find a skilled person who 03Buz4    10:3 | go as soon as possible and bring him to him immediately 03Buz4    10:3 | went right away, found him and took him 03Buz4    10:5 | there, the sophist stopped there and chose the interior of the 03Buz4    10:5 | place to spend the night, and high-ranking officials stayed in 03Buz4    10:6 | sat down on the bed and wanted to lie down. And 03Buz4    10:6 | and wanted to lie down. And before he had even fallen 03Buz4    10:6 | the chapel doors had opened and a great multitude of martyrs 03Buz4    10:7 | They bowed to each other, and Saint Thekla said to them 03Buz4    10:7 | to them: “Welcome, beloved friends and ascetics of Christ 03Buz4    10:8 | greetings, they set up chairs and sat down in order 03Buz4    10:9 | saints entered into a conversation and note: “Those saints of the 03Buz4    10:9 | in prison, some in exile, and others are subjected to violence 03Buz4    10:9 | subjected to violence, illegal extortion and torment 03Buz4    10:13 | choose two persons among us and send them to take the 03Buz4    10:14 | And one of them was called 03Buz4    10:14 | called Sargis, the other Theodore, and they were sent, having appointed 03Buz4    10:16 | dawn, high-ranking officials came and told the sophist: “Get up 03Buz4    10:17 | fact that he was ill and could not move from his 03Buz4    10:18 | he froze, fainted, barely breathed and could not answer them until 03Buz4    10:19 | left him in the chapel and went to the city, to 03Buz4    10:20 | And the sophist locked the chapel 03Buz4    10:20 | sophist locked the chapel doors and lay down in his place 03Buz4    10:20 | the chapel doors had opened, and the same martyrs had gathered 03Buz4    10:20 | the same martyrs had gathered and filled the chapel 03Buz4    10:21 | They joyfully greeted and greeted each other and, having 03Buz4    10:21 | greeted and greeted each other and, having arranged the chairs in 03Buz4    10:22 | Then Saints Sargis and Theodore came from the work 03Buz4    10:22 | which they had been sent, and entered the assembly of saints 03Buz4    10:23 | And many of the gathered martyrs 03Buz4    10:24 | the enemy of truth, Valens, and by this very hour we 03Buz4    10:25 | thanked our Lord Jesus Christ and, parting, each went to his 03Buz4    10:27 | dawn broke, the officials came and told the sophist: “Get up 03Buz4    10:31 | him a three-day deadline, and three days later the rumor 03Buz4    10:32 | punished or exiled were released, and what was stolen from them 03Buz4    10:34 | for that they would survive, and promised that I would personally 03Buz4    10:35 | would not listen to him and note: “Let these things enter 03Buz4    10:35 | Lord because he judged us and avenged the holy servants of 03Buz4    10:37 | And the archbishop took this silver 03Buz4    10:37 | the archbishop took this silver and ordered to make baptismal fonts 03Buz4    10:37 | baptismal fonts out of it, and these silver fonts still remain 03Buz4    11:0 | to the country of Armenia and to king Arshak from the 03Buz4    11:0 | along with the patriarch Nerses. And how the indignant king Arshak 03Buz4    11:2 | Vasak they were the dayeaks and nourishers of king Arshak 03Buz4    11:4 | an embassy to confirm affection and unity 03Buz4    11:5 | But emperor Vaghes detained and exiled the great chief-priest 03Buz4    11:5 | place king Arshak’s nephews, Gnel and Tirit. Vaghes also sent much 03Buz4    11:5 | Arshak, entrusting this to Vardan and those with him 03Buz4    11:6 | him with the emperor’s hrovartak and with it a document of 03Buz4    11:6 | it a document of displeasure and accusation 03Buz4    11:7 | had killed his only son, and therefore had been arrested. “And 03Buz4    11:7 | and therefore had been arrested. “ And so that you will not 03Buz4    11:7 | brother’s sons of Arshak, Gnel and Tirit 03Buz4    11:9 | Now when king Arshak heard and saw alI of this, he 03Buz4    11:9 | was ungrateful to the giver and to the bearers of the 03Buz4    11:10 | man such as Nerses, great and honorable, the head, vardapet, and 03Buz4    11:10 | and honorable, the head, vardapet, and leader of the land and 03Buz4    11:10 | and leader of the land and realm 03Buz4    11:11 | rocks fall upon the emperor and upon you, the bearers. We 03Buz4    11:11 | to knock out your teeth and his. How can I stand 03Buz4    11:12 | a force, to organize brigades, and to go and loot the 03Buz4    11:12 | organize brigades, and to go and loot the Cappadocian areas 03Buz4    11:13 | The general and sparapet Vasak immediately implemented the 03Buz4    11:13 | in one place some [260000] troops, and looted the Cappadocian areas as 03Buz4    11:14 | filled up with much loot and diverse sorts of greatness, visiting 03Buz4    12:0 | man he was, the signs and miracles he wrought, how he 03Buz4    12:0 | he stood up for truth, and ignored the great king Arshak 03Buz4    12:0 | great king Arshak of Armenia and how he reproved him for 03Buz4    12:1 | raised by the archbishop Nerses and nourished before him 03Buz4    12:3 | into the episcopate of Bagrawand and Arsharunik. He left him as 03Buz4    12:3 | him as his locum tenens and departed 03Buz4    12:4 | the loss of their shepherd and leader, who had left them 03Buz4    12:4 | them: in the different districts and regions and areas, the grandees 03Buz4    12:4 | the different districts and regions and areas, the grandees, holders of 03Buz4    12:4 | entire covenant of the priesthood, and the united assembly of the 03Buz4    12:5 | the entire land to pray and supplicate God that the holy 03Buz4    12:6 | And the entire period that he 03Buz4    12:6 | the requests of the land and returned the blessed Nerses to 03Buz4    12:7 | the blessed shepherd Xad reprimanded and reproached him many times, he 03Buz4    12:9 | the districts of his authority and had it preached in every 03Buz4    12:9 | might come to the dastakert and flourish 03Buz4    12:10 | or were afraid of anyone, and if they came to that 03Buz4    12:11 | And if someone was in debt 03Buz4    12:11 | in debt to someone else and the creditor came to that 03Buz4    12:11 | the creditor would be seized and expelled 03Buz4    12:12 | that place all the thieves and brigands, shedders of blood, killers 03Buz4    12:12 | shedders of blood, killers, liers and harmful seducers, stealers of treasures 03Buz4    12:12 | testifiers, false accusers, plunderers, ravishers and covetous people 03Buz4    12:13 | had worked many different crimes, and then fled there. Many women 03Buz4    12:13 | Many women left their men and fled there; many men abandoned 03Buz4    12:13 | many men abandoned their women and fled there; they took other 03Buz4    12:13 | there; they took other women and fled there; many servants seized 03Buz4    12:13 | the treasuries of their lords and fled there; many depositaries took 03Buz4    12:13 | took reserves filled with deposits and fled there; they plundered and 03Buz4    12:13 | and fled there; they plundered and ruined the entire country 03Buz4    12:14 | it, there was no lawsuit, and the court did not defend 03Buz4    12:15 | Consequently, everyone was sighing and lamenting, saying: “Rights have died 03Buz4    12:15 | lamenting, saying: “Rights have died, and as a result cannot be 03Buz4    12:15 | found. If they had existed and were lost, we would search 03Buz4    12:15 | search for them wherever possible and seek to find them 03Buz4    12:16 | that place became an awan and a city and became so 03Buz4    12:16 | an awan and a city and became so large that it 03Buz4    12:18 | at all. Everyone felt dispossession, and cries of sadness increased 03Buz4    12:19 | blessed bishop Xad often reproached and reprimanded him, especially when Arshak 03Buz4    12:20 | But Xad frequently chided and reprimanded king Arshak and all 03Buz4    12:20 | chided and reprimanded king Arshak and all the grandees and princes 03Buz4    12:20 | Arshak and all the grandees and princes 03Buz4    12:21 | I am a locum tenens, and have no authority to do 03Buz4    12:22 | blessed bishop Xad with honors and through greed for wealth. He 03Buz4    12:22 | royal horses, with royal ornaments and silk worked with gold, to 03Buz4    12:22 | gold, to deceptively placate him and win him over 03Buz4    12:24 | the land, arranging, advising, teaching and providing for the poor as 03Buz4    12:25 | were done by his hands, and he accomplished very many very 03Buz4    12:26 | as he aided the poor and emptied and spilled the new 03Buz4    12:26 | aided the poor and emptied and spilled the new vessels and 03Buz4    12:26 | and spilled the new vessels and store-rooms of wine belonging 03Buz4    12:26 | would go the next day and see them all filled, as 03Buz4    12:26 | he would serve the poor, and the vessels were always refilled 03Buz4    12:27 | man. He was wonderfully renowned and magnificent throughout all of Armenia 03Buz4    12:27 | Armenia. He circulated about advising and teaching the churches of Armenia 03Buz4    12:28 | However, once thieves came and stole oxen belonging to the 03Buz4    12:29 | the thieves’ eyes were blinded and they, without knowing it, gropingly 03Buz4    12:29 | without knowing it, gropingly came and brought all the oxen to 03Buz4    12:30 | blessed Xad himself went outside and saw them, thanking the Lord 03Buz4    12:31 | Bishop Xad prayed and healed the thieves’ eyes. He 03Buz4    12:31 | He ordered that they wash and he placed a meal before 03Buz4    12:31 | placed a meal before them, and greatly gladdened them 03Buz4    12:32 | the oxen they had stolen, and released them 03Buz4    12:33 | his affairs, working many signs and miracles. Xad had two daughters 03Buz4    13:0 | to the awan called Arshakawan, and how the entire multitude of 03Buz4    13:1 | who had been exiled returned and dwelled in their own cities 03Buz4    13:3 | their people, all the naxarars, and all the holders of districts 03Buz4    13:4 | him all of their sick and he healed them, for which 03Buz4    13:4 | for which they gave thanks and glory to God. All the 03Buz4    13:6 | so that the spiritual treasure and patriarch who had been established 03Buz4    13:6 | established for them, would return. And God fulfillled their requests, their 03Buz4    13:6 | their painful orphanhood he dispelled, and again consoled them through their 03Buz4    13:7 | All became joyful and their dismal sorrow was replaced 03Buz4    13:8 | far as the Bakaser areas, and thence with great gladness they 03Buz4    13:9 | And the morals of the land 03Buz4    13:9 | of the land, the orders and precepts of the churches began 03Buz4    13:9 | churches began to be renewed and to shine 03Buz4    13:10 | locum tenens the blessed Xad, and observed that he had stood 03Buz4    13:10 | he had stood for truth and propriety and travelled the path 03Buz4    13:10 | stood for truth and propriety and travelled the path of the 03Buz4    13:11 | him about all the impieities and the crooked path of wickedness 03Buz4    13:11 | had travelled, he was saddened and mourned and wept, lamenting with 03Buz4    13:11 | he was saddened and mourned and wept, lamenting with excess and 03Buz4    13:11 | and wept, lamenting with excess and with very deep sighs. He 03Buz4    13:11 | built with impiety, wickedness, ravishment, and many sins 03Buz4    13:12 | Nerses went to the king and spoke with him, saying: “Why 03Buz4    13:12 | have you forgotten the Lord and abandoned His commandments, the Creator 03Buz4    13:12 | nothing, the Father of orphans and the judge for widows, Who 03Buz4    13:12 | Who heeds all the downtrodden and accepts no contempt 03Buz4    13:13 | How and why did you dare to 03Buz4    13:14 | granting you your father’s throne and crown. But you have begun 03Buz4    13:14 | before the Lord your God and dare to openly boast as 03Buz4    13:14 | you relate your impudence, impiety and injustice so like that of 03Buz4    13:15 | The entire country is weeping and lamenting for those dispossessions and 03Buz4    13:15 | and lamenting for those dispossessions and ravishments by which you wanted 03Buz4    13:15 | not satiated by the great and extensive abundance of the realms 03Buz4    13:16 | heed what I tell you and do it to try to 03Buz4    13:16 | to try to preserve yourself and spare yourself from the wrath 03Buz4    13:17 | in a vision that destruction and demolition is about to come 03Buz4    13:18 | place Arshakawan, be completely demolished, and that the people whom you 03Buz4    13:18 | dispersed to their own places, and that each return what he 03Buz4    13:18 | the depths of wicked anger and be destroyed 03Buz4    13:19 | all the land to fast and supplicate for you and we 03Buz4    13:19 | fast and supplicate for you and we shall enter into atonement 03Buz4    13:20 | will rebuild it with justice, and keep it flourishing before you 03Buz4    13:21 | Now the king ridiculed and scoffed at the katoghikos’ words 03Buz4    13:22 | his house, not with justice, and constructs the upper story not 03Buz4    13:22 | upper story not with right,” and “ They will lament, saying, woe 03Buz4    13:22 | for if they be beautiful and very great houses, they will 03Buz4    13:22 | they will turn to ruin, and no human will dwell in 03Buz4    13:22 | animals, lairs for hyenas, rabbits, and foxes, nests for cranes and 03Buz4    13:22 | and foxes, nests for cranes and ravens, and fields for sowing 03Buz4    13:22 | nests for cranes and ravens, and fields for sowing. Thus, will 03Buz4    13:22 | of your hand be ruined, and not be rebuilt, and all 03Buz4    13:22 | ruined, and not be rebuilt, and all the impious inhabitants will 03Buz4    13:22 | for oxen, pasture for onagers, and foxes will enter and exit 03Buz4    13:22 | onagers, and foxes will enter and exit their floors. They will 03Buz4    13:23 | Nerses. He left the king and went and circulated throughout the 03Buz4    13:23 | left the king and went and circulated throughout the districts teaching 03Buz4    13:23 | the districts teaching, arranging, correcting and confirming the churches in all 03Buz4    13:25 | the inhabitants appearing on people and animals 03Buz4    13:26 | alive. For they all perished and were destroyed suddenly, and death 03Buz4    13:26 | perished and were destroyed suddenly, and death was general 03Buz4    13:28 | king, saying: “Because the righteous and the sinners are mixed together 03Buz4    13:29 | grain, grows together with it and is spared so that in 03Buz4    13:30 | dew, the rain, irrigation, warmth, and the bright light of the 03Buz4    13:31 | harvest of grain is reaped and gathered into the granaries of 03Buz4    13:31 | is thrown into eternal fire and burned. This reaping takes place 03Buz4    13:31 | Son of God will come and will order the heavenly mshaks 03Buz4    13:31 | have reposed in the grave and at that time come forth 03Buz4    13:33 | the tares from the grain, and prematurely gathered them without the 03Buz4    13:33 | gathered them without the grain. And so prematurely the fire came 03Buz4    13:33 | so prematurely the fire came and destroyed the weeds which were 03Buz4    13:34 | But beware lest you and this land be destroyed on 03Buz4    13:35 | Nerses be reconciled with him, and he made a vow that 03Buz4    14:0 | place of prayers in Ashtishat, and departed thence condemned by the 03Buz4    14:1 | was a man more wicked and morally foul, more impious and 03Buz4    14:1 | and morally foul, more impious and unjust than the previous mardpets 03Buz4    14:2 | the reign of king Tiran; and similarly, during the reign of 03Buz4    14:3 | Now he went and circulated about his mardpetutiwn, and 03Buz4    14:3 | and circulated about his mardpetutiwn, and Hayr mardpet descended into the 03Buz4    14:5 | And the principal of those districts 03Buz4    14:5 | Daranaghe, Ekegheats, Taron, Bznunik, Copk, and what was within and around 03Buz4    14:5 | Copk, and what was within and around them 03Buz4    14:6 | had built the first church and the tombs of the martyrs 03Buz4    14:7 | mardpet was crossing those places and wanted to go to the 03Buz4    14:7 | places of Ashtishat to pray and to receive a greeting from 03Buz4    14:8 | They prayed and greeted each other. Then the 03Buz4    14:9 | saints, strolling in the large and beautiful place 03Buz4    14:10 | those places, its lofty elevation and the view which stretched out 03Buz4    14:11 | the dining room, sat down and began eating and drinking 03Buz4    14:11 | sat down and began eating and drinking 03Buz4    14:12 | When he was good and drunk, he started speaking arrogantly 03Buz4    14:12 | drunk, he started speaking arrogantly and presumptuously. He insulted king Trdat 03Buz4    14:12 | presumptuously. He insulted king Trdat, and the dead and living Armenian 03Buz4    14:12 | king Trdat, and the dead and living Armenian kings of the 03Buz4    14:12 | of the Arsacid azg, race, and tohm 03Buz4    14:14 | Scorning and deriding the holy places, he 03Buz4    14:15 | And if I, Hayr mardpet, return 03Buz4    14:15 | here, remove the people here, and construct a royal chamber 03Buz4    14:16 | glorified together with His Father and the Holy Spirit. He commanded 03Buz4    14:16 | another. Now whoever greedily desires and covets what has been dedicated 03Buz4    14:17 | mardpet left the holy places, and descended to the banks of 03Buz4    14:18 | impious Hayr for his deeds and words 03Buz4    14:20 | was seated in a wagon and was travelling on the road 03Buz4    14:20 | on the road, Shawasp approached and began to tell the mardpet 03Buz4    14:21 | And he charmed the mardpet into 03Buz4    14:21 | getting out of the wagon, and mounting a steed. Then they 03Buz4    14:21 | Then they entered the forest and lay in wait 03Buz4    14:22 | Hayr fell to the ground and perished 03Buz4    15:0 | Tirit; how he was rebuked and upbraided by the man of 03Buz4    15:0 | wife named Oghimb, from Byzantium and how the court priest Mrjiwnik 03Buz4    15:1 | well known for her beauty and modesty 03Buz4    15:3 | renown for beauty spread about, and her reputation as a beauty 03Buz4    15:3 | reputation as a beauty grew and increased 03Buz4    15:5 | became passionately inflamed for her and so concealed his desire until 03Buz4    15:6 | Tirit had attained his wish and had seen Paranjem, he sought 03Buz4    15:7 | to think up treacherous strategems, and he hired many assistants and 03Buz4    15:7 | and he hired many assistants and supporters to carry forward his 03Buz4    15:8 | saying: “Gnel wants to rule, and to kill you. All the 03Buz4    15:8 | All the grandees, the naxarars and the azats like Gnel and 03Buz4    15:8 | and the azats like Gnel and all the naxarars of the 03Buz4    15:9 | Now they say, ’look and see what you do, king 03Buz4    15:11 | lad Gnel, frequently persecuted him, and was plotting treachery against him 03Buz4    15:12 | to summon the lad Gnel and to kill him 03Buz4    15:13 | plot would not be revealed and that Gnel would not flee 03Buz4    15:13 | that Gnel would not flee and survive. Rather Arshak hoped that 03Buz4    15:13 | place of his death deceived and charmed 03Buz4    15:14 | below the walled hunting preserve and above the arena 03Buz4    15:15 | the great nahapet who came and found the lad Gnel in 03Buz4    15:16 | With a great vow and much deception Vardan convinced the 03Buz4    15:16 | the lad Gnel, his wife and court to go to the 03Buz4    15:16 | you. He is well-disposed and kindly toward you, for despite 03Buz4    15:19 | had been designated by Gregory and Trdat in the awan of 03Buz4    15:20 | many bishops from different districts, and the great archbishop sent his 03Buz4    15:20 | archdeacon named Murik, to go and do what had to be 03Buz4    15:23 | battalion reached the royal banak, and when he entered, the king 03Buz4    15:24 | he be held outside, taken and killed 03Buz4    15:25 | bearers, axemen, armed with bayonets, and infantrymen bearing shields. They approached 03Buz4    15:25 | the lad Gnel, seized him and threw him from his horse 03Buz4    15:25 | horse, tied back his arms, and took him to the place 03Buz4    15:27 | saw that they had seized and bound him, she quickly rushed 03Buz4    15:27 | the people of the banak and where the great archbishop Nerses 03Buz4    15:28 | The woman reached the archbishop and screamed loudly the bad news 03Buz4    15:28 | her husband. She cried: “Hurry and come, they are still murdering 03Buz4    15:29 | Now Nerses interrupted the service and rushed to the royal tent 03Buz4    15:29 | rushed to the royal tent and passed through the door to 03Buz4    15:30 | his sable over his head and proceeded to grunt with his 03Buz4    15:31 | blessed Nerses shook the king and spoke, saying: “King, remember your 03Buz4    15:31 | descended from His natural heights and became a brother to us 03Buz4    15:31 | looking to the divine vardapet and love each other in piety 03Buz4    15:31 | love each other in piety, and so that we dare not 03Buz4    15:32 | your brother, co-servant, comrade and harazat, the Lord Who willingly 03Buz4    15:34 | ruined, fall from your kingdom, and wander about merely alive, but 03Buz4    15:35 | Now heed Christ and save yourself. Do not shed 03Buz4    15:35 | blood of your harazat brother and kill a righteous man in 03Buz4    15:36 | his face of the shirts and did not want to respond 03Buz4    15:36 | respond. Rather, he remained covered and wrapped up in one side 03Buz4    15:36 | one side of his chair, and did not even want to 03Buz4    15:37 | Erazmak, entered the royal tent and began to relate: “I have 03Buz4    15:37 | the horse arena, killed him, and buried him there 03Buz4    15:38 | voice of the skilled sorcerer, and not to take the medicine 03Buz4    15:38 | you have shut your ears and blocked your hearing so as 03Buz4    15:39 | their teeth in their mouths and smash the lions’ claws.’ 03Buz4    15:40 | as dishonored as spilled water, and will weaken when He strings 03Buz4    15:41 | And the destruction which the prophet 03Buz4    15:41 | drink, become drunk, be destroyed, and never be restored again 03Buz4    15:42 | will fall into the darkness and never again see the sun 03Buz4    15:43 | than your father Tiran was, and will end your life with 03Buz4    15:44 | the king, he left him and did not return to that 03Buz4    15:45 | close to the royal arena and executed him on the hill 03Buz4    15:45 | myrtle-grove where the fountains and the royal benches were 03Buz4    15:46 | everyone in the banak great and small, that all of them 03Buz4    15:46 | them without exception should go and mournfully lament the killing of 03Buz4    15:47 | king himself went to weep and sat there crying for the 03Buz4    15:48 | He went and sat near the corpse weeping 03Buz4    15:48 | sat near the corpse weeping and commanded that a great mourning 03Buz4    15:49 | slain man, tore her clothes and with her hair disheveled and 03Buz4    15:49 | and with her hair disheveled and her breasts bared, sobbed in 03Buz4    15:49 | the lamentation, screaming, piteously crying and making everyone weep 03Buz4    15:50 | the slain, lusted for her, and kept his eye on her 03Buz4    15:53 | he was. I loved you and therefore betrayed him to death 03Buz4    15:55 | protest, pulling out her hair and screaming as she mourned: “Listen 03Buz4    15:56 | tore her hair, screamed loudly and cried 03Buz4    15:57 | head of the professional mourners, and all the professional mourners began 03Buz4    15:57 | murder, the killing. They moaned and quavered tenderly over the slain 03Buz4    15:59 | realized what had happened, investigated, and was stunned, finally grasping the 03Buz4    15:60 | speak, striking his hands together and greatly regretting what he had 03Buz4    15:60 | plotted this evil, a grudge, and this senseless and unjust death 03Buz4    15:60 | a grudge, and this senseless and unjust death. And he involved 03Buz4    15:60 | this senseless and unjust death. And he involved us in the 03Buz4    15:60 | He had his brother destroyed, and made us inherit unbelievable evils 03Buz4    15:60 | made us inherit unbelievable evils and curses which will not go 03Buz4    15:61 | the king had definitely confirmed and authenticated the circumstances of the 03Buz4    15:61 | a while he was quiet and pretended to do nothing about 03Buz4    15:62 | place where he was killed, and after a goodly number of 03Buz4    15:66 | with fear of the king, and fled at night 03Buz4    15:67 | was informed of Tirit’s flight and ordered the azatagund of the 03Buz4    15:67 | to pursue, catch up with, and kill him on the spot 03Buz4    15:68 | of the district of Basen, and killed him there 03Buz4    15:70 | saying: “Physically, he is hairy, and his color is dark 03Buz4    15:72 | He loved her madly and this stirred the envy of 03Buz4    15:72 | had a grudge against Olympias and sought to kill her 03Buz4    15:73 | named Pap. They nourished him and he grew up 03Buz4    15:74 | When he reached puberty and became robust, they gave him 03Buz4    15:75 | continued in her great envy and grudge toward Olympias and sought 03Buz4    15:75 | envy and grudge toward Olympias and sought to kill her with 03Buz4    15:76 | especially in matters of food and drink, eating only the food 03Buz4    15:76 | offered by her own maids, and drinking only the wine they 03Buz4    15:78 | poison with the Lord’s holy and divine body, the bread of 03Buz4    15:78 | body, the bread of communion. And the presbyter named Mrjiwnik administered 03Buz4    15:78 | queen Olympias in the church, and killed her 03Buz4    15:82 | Only the bishops of Aghjnik and Korduk came and ordained Chunak 03Buz4    15:82 | of Aghjnik and Korduk came and ordained Chunak as katoghikos according 03Buz4    16:0 | by Shapuh, king of Persia, and how he was honored by 03Buz4    16:0 | he later broke his oath and fled; and how Shapuh slaughtered 03Buz4    16:0 | broke his oath and fled; and how Shapuh slaughtered seventy of 03Buz4    16:1 | summoned Arshak, king of Armenia, and exalted him with much honor 03Buz4    16:1 | glory, many treasures of gold and silver, and all the grandeur 03Buz4    16:1 | treasures of gold and silver, and all the grandeur of the 03Buz4    16:2 | a brother or a son, and Shapuh gave him the second 03Buz4    16:2 | they sat together on one and the same gah throne, wearing 03Buz4    16:3 | themselves during the merry-making and were indescribably happy together 03Buz4    16:5 | of the Armenian goats, come and sit on this bale of 03Buz4    16:6 | tohm, he became greatly irritated and angered. He drew the sword 03Buz4    16:6 | he had at his waist and beheaded the Iranian king’s stable 03Buz4    16:8 | did such a deed suddenly and fearlessly even though they were 03Buz4    16:9 | marvelling at his brave-heartedness and courageousness 03Buz4    16:10 | And he greatly rewarded him, making 03Buz4    16:10 | as he praised his bravery and love for his master 03Buz4    16:11 | in accordance with his worth, and exalted him every day so 03Buz4    16:11 | so that there was reconciliation and peace between them 03Buz4    16:12 | with the king of Iran and there was great affection and 03Buz4    16:12 | and there was great affection and peace between them, Shapuh, the 03Buz4    16:14 | requested a vow from him and intensely pressured him, saying: “Consent 03Buz4    16:14 | intensely pressured him, saying: “Consent and vow to me according to 03Buz4    16:15 | Under severe pressure and insistent force Arshak became harassed 03Buz4    16:15 | They brought the blessed Gospel and Shapuh, the king of Iran 03Buz4    16:15 | him, but keep his oath and preserve his treaty 03Buz4    16:16 | nahapet of the Mamikonean tohm and the senior brother of Vasak 03Buz4    16:18 | between Arshak king of Armenia and the king of Iran and 03Buz4    16:18 | and the king of Iran and flee. But Shapuh note: “If 03Buz4    16:19 | the Arsacid lordship over you, and sought for this 03Buz4    16:20 | And king Shapuh vowed by the 03Buz4    16:20 | vowed by the sun, water, and fire, that he would not 03Buz4    16:20 | that they all be taken and killed 03Buz4    16:21 | their leader, the presbyter Mari, and other priests and deacons more 03Buz4    16:21 | presbyter Mari, and other priests and deacons more than seventy men 03Buz4    16:21 | deacons more than seventy men and killed them all together in 03Buz4    16:22 | And Shapuh ordered that the blessed 03Buz4    16:22 | chain, sealed with his ring, and kept carefully 03Buz4    17:1 | When the presbyter Mari and the seventy others were killed 03Buz4    17:1 | them with taxes, diverse sorrows and blows 03Buz4    17:2 | a Christian shall be removed and put to the sword, so 03Buz4    17:3 | they destroyed myriads upon myriads and thousands upon thousands, for such 03Buz4    18:1 | to king Arshak of Armenia, and presented him with the hrovartak 03Buz4    18:2 | And he told him about Shapuh’s 03Buz4    18:2 | about Shapuh’s words of peace and reconciliation and the confirmation by 03Buz4    18:2 | words of peace and reconciliation and the confirmation by oaths 03Buz4    18:3 | And he presented the message: “The 03Buz4    18:3 | stand firm in the vow and do not transgress the oath 03Buz4    18:5 | Now king Arshak received and heard the message with affection 03Buz4    18:5 | heard the message with affection and believed what had been said 03Buz4    18:6 | so that he might go and rest from the fatigue of 03Buz4    18:6 | fatigue of the long journey. And Vardan went 03Buz4    18:8 | But subsequently Vasak arrived and stirred the king up against 03Buz4    18:8 | you to the Iranian king and wants to destroy you. If 03Buz4    18:8 | If you do not hurry and kill him immediately, you and 03Buz4    18:8 | and kill him immediately, you and the land of Armenia will 03Buz4    18:9 | the king with similar words and made him accept general Vasak’s 03Buz4    18:10 | Vardan who had treacherously, fraudulently, and with a great oath summoned 03Buz4    18:11 | assembled against Vardan to go and kill him, and his own 03Buz4    18:11 | to go and kill him, and his own brother Vasak went 03Buz4    18:12 | They went and found him in his district 03Buz4    18:13 | peace. So Vasak’s troops came and descended to the door of 03Buz4    18:15 | men with swords reached him, and stabbed him as he was 03Buz4    18:16 | to arise, since they struck and killed him from the side 03Buz4    18:17 | Vardan’s wife was pregnant, and the day of delivery had 03Buz4    18:18 | she jumped from her chair and as she ran, the baby 03Buz4    19:0 | Arshak, king of Armenia, senselessly and indisciminately moved to kill the 03Buz4    19:1 | or give him contrary counsel, and so Arshak went along according 03Buz4    19:1 | the naxarars, extirpated many azgs, and confiscated many tuns for the 03Buz4    19:2 | lords of districts, of Shirak and Arsharunik, and he made their 03Buz4    19:2 | districts, of Shirak and Arsharunik, and he made their districts ostan 03Buz4    19:3 | Armenia, the sparapet Vasak concealed and saved a tiny child from 03Buz4    19:5 | And he laid in store victuals 03Buz4    20:0 | How the war between Byzantium and Iran intensified; how the king 03Buz4    20:0 | with the king of Iran and put the Byzantines to the 03Buz4    20:0 | the Byzantines to the sword; and how, through the treachery of 03Buz4    20:1 | had fled from king Shapuh and dishonored him through his vow 03Buz4    20:1 | still intense warfare between himself and the emperor of Byzantium 03Buz4    20:4 | brother wants you to come and help him fight with your 03Buz4    20:6 | wanted to go to aid and assist Shapuh, king of Iran 03Buz4    20:7 | Vasak, to assemble a brigade and prepare troops 03Buz4    20:9 | their mark, men with sabres and battle-axes who were fearless 03Buz4    20:10 | through his principality, through Aghjnik, and came out into the Aruatsastan 03Buz4    20:11 | Armenians arrived at the place and time designated for the battle 03Buz4    20:12 | Byzantine troops had already arrived and encamped in a multitude as 03Buz4    20:14 | Armenia arrived before the Iranians and waited in place 03Buz4    20:15 | troops grew restless with waiting and did not want to wait 03Buz4    20:15 | attack the Byzantine king themselves and wage war without the Iranians 03Buz4    20:16 | the Armenian troops, self-willed and unbridled, moved forth. This was 03Buz4    20:16 | than anyone, was going back and forth unrestrained, unwilling to wait 03Buz4    20:17 | the Armenian troops moved forward and beseeched their king Arshak not 03Buz4    20:17 | they had come to do, and let them attack the Byzantines 03Buz4    20:17 | waiting in a foreign land and considered it better to die 03Buz4    20:18 | So, king Arshak allowed it, and went against the Byzantines in 03Buz4    20:19 | Vasak, the general and sparapet of Greater Armenia, arranged 03Buz4    20:19 | of Greater Armenia, arranged, organized and prepared all the Armenian troops 03Buz4    20:20 | He armed and at the appointed time went 03Buz4    20:22 | the Armenians took the loot and booty of the Byzantine troops 03Buz4    20:22 | booty of the Byzantine troops, and there was no estimating how 03Buz4    20:24 | troops, how they fought, won and resolved the battle, he was 03Buz4    20:24 | battle, he was very surprised. And Shapuh greatly honored king Arshak 03Buz4    20:24 | honored king Arshak of Armenia and all the Armenian grandees, as 03Buz4    20:25 | enemy, waging such a battle and winning it as well as 03Buz4    20:29 | of your gold, silver, silk, and pearls 03Buz4    20:30 | establish unshakable affection between ourselves and king Arshak of Armenia, such 03Buz4    20:31 | Armenia my daughter in marriage and a great tun, such a 03Buz4    20:32 | king. As for general Vasak and the other grandees and generals 03Buz4    20:32 | Vasak and the other grandees and generals, let us give them 03Buz4    20:32 | them the gold, silver, silk, and pearls 03Buz4    20:33 | The Iranian king’s grandees and counselors approved of this plan 03Buz4    20:33 | counselors approved of this plan and confirmed that it was fitting 03Buz4    20:34 | there with very glorious honor and by making him his son 03Buz4    20:35 | But king Arshak and all of his troops were 03Buz4    20:35 | longed for his own tun and his own customary place 03Buz4    20:36 | Armenia, he was very frightened and his mind was wracked with 03Buz4    20:38 | of king Arshak of Armenia, and Andovk suspected that as soon 03Buz4    20:40 | Vasak, the general of Armenia, and he similarly bribed all the 03Buz4    20:42 | him one of his inner and central counselors in this matter 03Buz4    20:42 | between Shapuh, king of Iran, and Arshak 03Buz4    20:43 | huge, inestimable amount of gold and told him to say, as 03Buz4    20:43 | Iran has planned to seize and kill you 03Buz4    20:44 | summon us to a council, and the nobility will confirm your 03Buz4    20:45 | to the king of Armenia and began to speak the words 03Buz4    20:45 | of Iran plans to seize and kill you 03Buz4    20:46 | was stunned by these words and note: “Is that the reward 03Buz4    20:47 | grandees summoned into his presence and all of his counselors, and 03Buz4    20:47 | and all of his counselors, and the sparapet Vasak and his 03Buz4    20:47 | counselors, and the sparapet Vasak and his father-in-law Andovk 03Buz4    20:47 | his father-in-law Andovk and, generally, all of the naxarars 03Buz4    20:49 | can do to save yourself and us 03Buz4    20:50 | him many gifts of gold and silver treasures 03Buz4    20:51 | The Armenians organized and prepared themselves, and king Arshak 03Buz4    20:51 | Armenians organized and prepared themselves, and king Arshak of Armenia thought 03Buz4    20:51 | then arose at night, mounted, and fled 03Buz4    20:52 | tents, pavilions, furniture, goods, equippage and banak, they departed stealthily. And 03Buz4    20:52 | and banak, they departed stealthily. And no one in the Iranian 03Buz4    20:53 | Iranian king, all the kings, and his grandee princes came to 03Buz4    20:54 | ordered his men to go and see what had occurred in 03Buz4    20:55 | They went and saw that the banak was 03Buz4    20:55 | that the banak was empty and without people, for the Armenians 03Buz4    20:55 | hangings, gahs, beds, furniture, baggage and equippage, and even their treasures 03Buz4    20:55 | beds, furniture, baggage and equippage, and even their treasures. They had 03Buz4    20:55 | only their weapons, borne aloft, and departed 03Buz4    20:56 | gone to the banak returned and related everything to Shapuh, the 03Buz4    20:58 | a vow of affectionate alliance and a reproach that the Armenians 03Buz4    20:58 | that they examine the slander and rebuke it 03Buz4    20:59 | Shapuh, the king of Iran, and they did not turn back 03Buz4    20:60 | From that day forth warfare and the agitation of battles stirred 03Buz4    20:60 | the king of Armenia, Arshak, and Shapuh, king of Iran. It 03Buz4    21:0 | between king Shapuh of Iran and Arshak, king of the Armenians 03Buz4    21:0 | Arshak, king of the Armenians, and how Arshak triumphed 03Buz4    21:1 | of Armenia to be reconciled and united with him through an 03Buz4    21:2 | agitated danger from the frequent and incessant wars waged by the 03Buz4    21:4 | was constantly sending Arshak gifts and emissaries 03Buz4    21:6 | between the emperors of Byzantium and king Shapuh of Iran. The 03Buz4    21:6 | The Byzantine emperor wrote, sealed, and sent the following peace treaty 03Buz4    21:7 | Conquer them if you can and place them in your service 03Buz4    21:8 | of Byzantium had become distressed, and in his sorrowful distress he 03Buz4    21:8 | it to the Iranian king, and thus got free of him 03Buz4    21:9 | between the emperor of Byzantium and the king of Iran, king 03Buz4    21:9 | king Shapuh organized his troops and went against king Arshak of 03Buz4    21:11 | organize all of his troops and go against the Iranian king 03Buz4    21:12 | Sparapet Vasak quickly assembled and reviewed all of the Armenian 03Buz4    21:12 | were united - of one heart and one mind 03Buz4    21:13 | With them sparapet Vasak advanced and struck the forces of the 03Buz4    21:14 | king escaped on a horse and fled 03Buz4    21:15 | The Armenians reached, enslaved, and burned the entire country of 03Buz4    21:15 | the entire country of Iran. And they held the site of 03Buz4    22:0 | day of the same month, and how in these three cases 03Buz4    22:1 | assembled his forces, as countless and immeasurable as sand on the 03Buz4    22:2 | three parts. He designated Andikan and Hazarawuxt the military commanders of 03Buz4    22:3 | the troops to go enter and invade the land of Armenia 03Buz4    22:4 | by king Arshak of Armenia and by his general, Vasak. They 03Buz4    22:8 | Sparapet Vasak came and found Hazarawuxt and the first 03Buz4    22:8 | Vasak came and found Hazarawuxt and the first of the Iranian 03Buz4    22:9 | troops who turned to flight and dispersed 03Buz4    22:10 | But general Vasak pursued and killed all the fugitive troops 03Buz4    22:10 | killed all the fugitive troops, and the Armenians got much loot 03Buz4    22:10 | the Armenians got much loot and elephants 03Buz4    22:11 | of the same month, Bagos and the troops under him located 03Buz4    22:12 | quickly informed of Bagos’ arrival and prepared to wage war against 03Buz4    22:13 | brigade attacked the Iranian front, and killed all of the Iranian 03Buz4    22:14 | upon a brigade of elephants, and noticed that one of the 03Buz4    22:14 | the elephants was greatly adorned and bore royal insignia 03Buz4    22:15 | horse, took out his sword and attacked the elephant. He went 03Buz4    22:15 | the elephant, raised the weapon and stuck it into the elephant’s 03Buz4    22:15 | the elephant fell upon Bagos, and both of them perished, since 03Buz4    22:17 | the same day - king Arshak and the troops under him found 03Buz4    22:17 | Shapuh himself who had come and encamped in the district of 03Buz4    22:18 | the Iranian banak at night and put them all to the 03Buz4    22:21 | ornaments, much loot, incalculable greatness, and were enriched beyond measure 03Buz4    23:0 | the king of the Iranians, and further aggrevated the conflict; and 03Buz4    23:0 | and further aggrevated the conflict; and how he apostasized God and 03Buz4    23:0 | and how he apostasized God and thereafter became an obstacle for 03Buz4    23:1 | before Shapuh, king of Iran, and swore an oath that he 03Buz4    23:2 | he abandoned the Christian faith and confessed that he was not 03Buz4    23:2 | that he was not Christian. And he accepted the faith of 03Buz4    23:2 | the mages, worshipping the sun and the fire and confessing that 03Buz4    23:2 | the sun and the fire and confessing that whatever the king 03Buz4    23:3 | Iran that: “If Shapuh can and does conquer and hold the 03Buz4    23:3 | Shapuh can and does conquer and hold the land of Armenia 03Buz4    23:3 | hold the land of Armenia, and if I return to my 03Buz4    23:3 | I return to my land and my tun, I will first 03Buz4    23:4 | And he put his life and 03Buz4    23:4 | And he put his life and death along with theirs, in 03Buz4    23:4 | along with theirs, in word and deed 03Buz4    23:5 | than before to raid Armenia, and the malefactor Meruzhan was their 03Buz4    23:6 | country of Armenia was burned and pillaged: men were trampled by 03Buz4    23:6 | were impaled on wagons’ stakes, and they took and killed all 03Buz4    23:6 | wagons’ stakes, and they took and killed all the inhabitants of 03Buz4    23:7 | the Iranian troops were demolishing and digging up the central parts 03Buz4    23:8 | brave cavalrymen which he organized and prepared. He went with them 03Buz4    23:9 | Armenia, Vasak, had massed troops and was coming against them, they 03Buz4    23:9 | coming against them, they plundered and enslaved those remaining in the 03Buz4    23:9 | those remaining in the land and fled to their own land 03Buz4    23:11 | of Iran left the captives and fled with Meruzhan 03Buz4    23:12 | been taken in captivity, Vasak and the troops returned in peace 03Buz4    24:0 | Iran into further military actions; and how he became a leader 03Buz4    24:0 | into the land of Armenia; and how he captured the bones 03Buz4    24:0 | freed what had been captured and defeated the enemy 03Buz4    24:2 | Iranian king, Shapuh, massed troops and dispatched spies to observe Arshak 03Buz4    24:3 | And while Arshak, king of Armenia 03Buz4    24:3 | came through a different area and raided Armenia 03Buz4    24:4 | district of Mzur, through Daranaghe and Ekegheats. Shapuh, the king of 03Buz4    24:4 | countless troops entered these districts and spread about with his multitudes 03Buz4    24:5 | subjected the country to fire and pillage, putting many men to 03Buz4    24:5 | men to their swords. Women and children were thrown under the 03Buz4    24:6 | men were trampled by elephants and a countless number of tender 03Buz4    24:6 | captivity. They demolished many strongholds and secure fortresses 03Buz4    24:7 | They took and destroyed the great city of 03Buz4    24:7 | immediately led [40000] households into slavery, and then invaded Greater Copk 03Buz4    24:9 | They came and besieged the secure fortress of 03Buz4    24:9 | of the Armenian Arsacid kings, and many treasures had been stored 03Buz4    24:9 | many treasures had been stored and kept there from their ancestors 03Buz4    24:10 | So, the Iranians went and besieged that fortress. But when 03Buz4    24:10 | the place, they left off and departed 03Buz4    24:12 | climbed up, destroyed the walls, and had countless treasures lowered down 03Buz4    24:13 | Armenians, of the Arsacid braves, and took the bones of the 03Buz4    24:14 | So, they left that place and went on elsewhere raiding, advancing 03Buz4    24:15 | the side, destroyed the land, and now are coming against you 03Buz4    24:16 | When king Arshak of Armenia and his general, Vasak, heard this 03Buz4    24:17 | Vasak’s disposition were some [60000] select and martial men who were united 03Buz4    24:17 | in war with one mind and one heart to go and 03Buz4    24:17 | and one heart to go and fight for their sons and 03Buz4    24:17 | and fight for their sons and wives, to give their lives 03Buz4    24:17 | their lives for the land and for the districts of the 03Buz4    24:17 | the name of their God, and for their native Arsacid lords 03Buz4    24:18 | For many people and even the bones of the 03Buz4    24:18 | seized from their own places and transferred to a foreign land 03Buz4    24:20 | Then Vasak himself came and reached the interior of Armenia 03Buz4    24:21 | Vasak and the brigade with him fell 03Buz4    24:22 | And they put all of the 03Buz4    24:22 | to escape by a hairsbreadth and flee 03Buz4    24:23 | The Armenians pursued the survivors and chased them beyond their borders 03Buz4    24:23 | chased them beyond their borders, and retrieved from them much, countless 03Buz4    24:24 | the Iranians to the sword and retrieved from them the bones 03Buz4    24:25 | so that the glory, fortune and bravery of the kings of 03Buz4    24:27 | to rebuild all the pillaged and burned places and to see 03Buz4    24:27 | the pillaged and burned places and to see to the captives 03Buz4    24:29 | Thereafter king Arshak and general Vasak protected their land 03Buz4    25:0 | invaded the country of Iran and ruined the Atrpatakan country; how 03Buz4    25:0 | how he pulled apart, struck, and destroyed, and how he seized 03Buz4    25:0 | pulled apart, struck, and destroyed, and how he seized the camp 03Buz4    25:1 | as incalculable as the sand, and went against the land of 03Buz4    25:2 | Vasak took the Armenian brigade and summoned the Honk and the 03Buz4    25:2 | brigade and summoned the Honk and the Alans to come to 03Buz4    25:3 | The Armenians quickly reached Atrpatakan and found the banak of the 03Buz4    25:4 | the Iranian banak with [200000] troops and fell upon them 03Buz4    25:5 | hairsbreadth fleeing on a horse, and the Armenians took the loot 03Buz4    25:6 | the entire Atrpayakan country, demolishing, and digging up the country, destroying 03Buz4    25:6 | country, destroying to the foundations. And they took more captives from 03Buz4    26:2 | Vin arrived and spread about raiding in all 03Buz4    26:3 | troops, killing all of them and chasing the survivors as fugitives 03Buz4    26:4 | They killed them and turned back, holding the place 03Buz4    27:0 | the country of the Armenians; and how the sparapet Vasak with 03Buz4    27:0 | went in advance of him and destroyed the Iranian troops and 03Buz4    27:0 | and destroyed the Iranian troops and their commander 03Buz4    27:1 | prepared men, his select warriors, and [400000] troops to come, take, burn 03Buz4    27:1 | troops to come, take, burn and destroy the country of Armenia 03Buz4    27:1 | was their military commander, arrived and pillaged the country of Armenia 03Buz4    27:2 | him with [120000] troops. They struck and killed Andikan and his troops 03Buz4    27:2 | They struck and killed Andikan and his troops, taking their ornaments 03Buz4    27:2 | his troops, taking their ornaments, and not sparing a single one 03Buz4    27:2 | a single one of them. And Vasak himself, valliantly held the 03Buz4    28:0 | the country of the Armenians; and how Vasak came before him 03Buz4    28:0 | before him with [11000] men, struck and destroyed him and his troops 03Buz4    28:0 | men, struck and destroyed him and his troops in the boundaries 03Buz4    28:1 | Iranian troops to burn, pillage, and overturn the country of Armenia 03Buz4    28:2 | through the country of Armenia and all its boundaries 03Buz4    28:3 | with [11000] troops, struck at, killed, and chased the survivors to the 03Buz4    29:1 | the Armenians, arose, reached them, and slew Dmayund and his troops 03Buz4    29:1 | reached them, and slew Dmayund and his troops 03Buz4    29:2 | to the country of Armenia and make war 03Buz4    29:3 | country of Armenia were organized and prepared. With Vasak as their 03Buz4    29:4 | troops were defeated before them and turned to flight 03Buz4    29:5 | Vasak caught up, struck, destroyed and killed them such that no 03Buz4    30:0 | king of Iran with [400000] troops and battled with the king of 03Buz4    30:0 | with the king of Armenia; and how he and his entire 03Buz4    30:0 | of Armenia; and how he and his entire army fell into 03Buz4    30:0 | the hands of sparapet Vasak and his troops 03Buz4    30:1 | by king Shapuh to loot and destroy the country of the 03Buz4    30:2 | rose against him. He struck and killed his troops, killed Vahrich 03Buz4    30:2 | Vahrich, destroying the Iranian troops and leaving none of them alive 03Buz4    30:2 | leaving none of them alive. And he protected the borders of 03Buz4    31:4 | the Iranians filled up and spread throughout the entire country 03Buz4    31:4 | country of Armenia, looting, demolishing, and ruining the entire realm of 03Buz4    31:5 | general of Armenia, Vasak, organized and prepared, reached and fell upon 03Buz4    31:5 | Vasak, organized and prepared, reached and fell upon the royal brigade 03Buz4    32:0 | against king Arshak of Armenia; and how Vasak, the general of 03Buz4    32:0 | the general of Armenia, struck and killed him and his troops 03Buz4    32:0 | Armenia, struck and killed him and his troops 03Buz4    32:2 | And the Iranian king Shapuh sent 03Buz4    32:3 | napping; rather, they were organized and ready to wage war 03Buz4    32:4 | them with [70000] troops. He struck and killed all the Iranian troops 03Buz4    32:4 | his own relative Dehkan nahapet, and expelled before them all the 03Buz4    32:5 | Arcruni, who guided them, fled and survived 03Buz4    33:0 | Suren pahlaw came against Armenia and how he, like his predecessors 03Buz4    33:1 | of Iran, mustered troops, arranging and preparing many troops of select 03Buz4    33:1 | troops of select martial men, and countless elephants and entrusted them 03Buz4    33:1 | martial men, and countless elephants and entrusted them to Suren Pahlaw 03Buz4    33:2 | before them with [30000] troops, struck and killed Suren who was across 03Buz4    33:2 | who was across from him, and destroyed his troops. However, once 03Buz4    34:0 | fight with his innumerable troops; and how he failed like his 03Buz4    34:1 | arrived with an immeasurable host and countless troops, having Meruzhan as 03Buz4    34:2 | sent before him. Vasak struck and killed Apakan Vsemakan with the 03Buz4    35:0 | the impious Iraranian king Shapuh, and who failed like his predecessors 03Buz4    35:2 | the sands of the sea, and they came and reached the 03Buz4    35:2 | the sea, and they came and reached the country of Armenia 03Buz4    35:3 | general of Armenia, Vasak, arose and opposed him. He killed Zik 03Buz4    35:3 | opposed him. He killed Zik and destroyed half of the troops 03Buz4    36:0 | after Zik to wage war; and how sparapet Vasak defeated and 03Buz4    36:0 | and how sparapet Vasak defeated and killed him together with his 03Buz4    36:3 | They generally destroyed and killed the Iranian troops. They 03Buz4    36:3 | They arrested the Iranian Suren and led him before king Arshak 03Buz4    37:0 | against the Armenians with [900000] men, and how the Armenians again triumphed 03Buz4    37:0 | how the Armenians again triumphed and raised the standard of victory 03Buz4    37:3 | of Armenia, Vasak, organized, arranged and prepared all the brigades of 03Buz4    37:3 | all the brigades of troops and went against then in war 03Buz4    37:4 | before themselves as fugitives. Hrewshoghum and Meruzhan fled 03Buz4    38:0 | by the king of Iran; and how he too was defeated 03Buz4    38:1 | before king Shapuh of Iran, and came to the borders of 03Buz4    38:2 | too organized his own troops and entrusted them to his sparapet 03Buz4    38:3 | the Iranian troops. He struck and destroyed generally, and drove the 03Buz4    38:3 | He struck and destroyed generally, and drove the survivors as fugitives 03Buz4    38:3 | to the country of Iran. And the Armenians guarded their borders 03Buz4    39:0 | Concerning Boyakan and his [400000] troops who were defeated 03Buz4    39:0 | his [400000] troops who were defeated and destroyed by sparapet Vasak 03Buz4    39:2 | him with his Hayastan brigade, and struck all the Iranian troops 03Buz4    39:3 | used it as a target and shot it full of arrows 03Buz4    40:0 | wanting to loot the country; and how the sparapet of the 03Buz4    40:0 | Armenians Vasak completely destroyed him and his army 03Buz4    40:2 | the secure fortress of Dariwnk, and went with the Armenian troops 03Buz4    40:3 | He killed Vachakan and destroyed the Iranian banak. But 03Buz4    40:3 | come as their guide, survived and fled, with a few others 03Buz4    41:0 | of the Armenians with [350000] men and how Vasak and the army 03Buz4    41:0 | with [350000] men and how Vasak and the army destroyed them 03Buz4    42:0 | Concerning Maruchan and his [600000] troops; how they came 03Buz4    42:0 | from the country of Iran, and how general Vasak destroyed them 03Buz4    42:3 | troops of Armenia. He struck and killed the Iranian troops, including 03Buz4    43:0 | with [900000] was killed by Vasak and the army 03Buz4    43:3 | the notorious Meruzhan slipped away and survived 03Buz4    44:0 | they manifested themselves in him, and how, through them, he performed 03Buz4    44:1 | wife. King Arshak killed him and took Paranjem as his wife 03Buz4    44:2 | she was an impious person and did not fear God, she 03Buz4    44:2 | dews dwelled in the lad and manipulated him according to their 03Buz4    44:3 | Pap was nourished and grew up, and commited sins 03Buz4    44:3 | was nourished and grew up, and commited sins: adultery, the abomination 03Buz4    44:3 | the abomination of homosexuality, sodomy, and disgusting lewdness, but especially homosexuality 03Buz4    44:5 | his mother realized his homosexuality and was unable to endure the 03Buz4    44:6 | Pap had gotten into bed and requested men for abomination, his 03Buz4    44:6 | for abomination, his mother entered and sat there in front of 03Buz4    44:7 | the lad began to scream and lament, saying to his mother 03Buz4    44:7 | to his mother: “Get up and get out, or if you 03Buz4    44:7 | shall die, roast, be constricted, and burst 03Buz4    44:9 | Pap began to shout more and more and to multiply the 03Buz4    44:9 | to shout more and more and to multiply the laments 03Buz4    44:10 | Then the mother looked and saw with her own eyes 03Buz4    44:10 | the feet of the couch and were coiling around the lad 03Buz4    44:10 | was lying in bed lamenting and demanding those lads with whom 03Buz4    44:11 | Then the mother knew and recalled that at birth she 03Buz4    44:11 | her son to the dews and she realized that it was 03Buz4    44:11 | her son. She started crying and note: “Woe is me, my 03Buz4    44:11 | for you are in anguish and I did not know it 03Buz4    44:12 | She arose and left the place so that 03Buz4    44:13 | his life, while he reigned, and until his death 03Buz4    45:0 | the Iranian king with [400000] men; and how he too was put 03Buz4    45:0 | to flight by general Vasak and his army 03Buz4    45:2 | area of Armenia. They came and fought with king Arshak of 03Buz4    45:3 | Armenia assembled in one place and consulted, for they would never 03Buz4    45:4 | general, with all the grandees and naxarars of all of Greater 03Buz4    45:4 | of Greater Armenia, struck at and killed all the Iranian troops 03Buz4    46:0 | land of Armenia with [500000] soldiers; and how the Armenian army killed 03Buz4    46:1 | land of Armenia with [500000] troops and wanted to enter the land 03Buz4    46:2 | But the arranged and prepared brigade of troops of 03Buz4    46:2 | of the king of Armenia and Vasak, general of Armenia, came 03Buz4    46:2 | general of Armenia, came forth and struck the Iranian troops 03Buz4    46:3 | They struck and destroyed the Iranian troops and 03Buz4    46:3 | and destroyed the Iranian troops and killed Shapstan, the chief cup 03Buz4    46:4 | Only Meruzhan fled and survived 03Buz4    47:0 | the king of the Armenians, and how he was destroyed like 03Buz4    47:4 | The Iranian troops were defeated and went fleeing from the sight 03Buz4    47:4 | the sight of general Vasak and all the Armenian troops 03Buz4    47:5 | they killed the Mogats anderjapet, and exterminated the troops. However, only 03Buz4    48:0 | troops of the Armenian kingdom, and was slain at Saghamas by 03Buz4    48:3 | the area of the banak and at night fell upon the 03Buz4    48:4 | The Armenians fell upon them and did not spare anyone. Only 03Buz4    49:0 | fight with the Armenian king, and how he and his troops 03Buz4    49:0 | Armenian king, and how he and his troops were killed in 03Buz4    49:0 | in Maxazan by general Vasak and the Armenian brigade 03Buz4    49:2 | their general Vasak were defiant and attacked like ferocious lions. They 03Buz4    50:0 | The decline and collapse of the Armenian kingdom 03Buz4    50:0 | from the king of Armenia and went over to the Iranian 03Buz4    50:0 | how they quickly scattered here and there and how the Armenian 03Buz4    50:0 | quickly scattered here and there and how the Armenian kingdom was 03Buz4    50:1 | with the king of Iran, and after this both sides grew 03Buz4    50:1 | sides grew weary, defeated, forsaken, and exhausted 03Buz4    50:2 | And the naxarars began to leave 03Buz4    50:4 | against king Arshak of Armenia and to go before king Shapuh 03Buz4    50:4 | Noshirakan bdeashx, Mahkertan, Nihorakan, Dassentre, and all the naxararutiwn of Aghjnik 03Buz4    50:4 | all the naxararutiwn of Aghjnik, and the force and the tun 03Buz4    50:4 | of Aghjnik, and the force and the tun of of the 03Buz4    50:4 | Joray, they put in gates, and separated their land from the 03Buz4    50:5 | Then the following individuals and those near and about them 03Buz4    50:5 | following individuals and those near and about them all rebelled from 03Buz4    50:5 | from Arshak, king of Armenia, and went before king Shapuh of 03Buz4    50:6 | the secure district of Tmorik, and the secure land of Korduk 03Buz4    50:6 | the secure land of Korduk, and then the lord of the 03Buz4    50:7 | withdrew. Saghamut, lord of Anjit and with him the prince of 03Buz4    50:7 | abandoned the king of Armenia and went to the Byzantine emperor 03Buz4    50:9 | And the kingdom was greatly debased 03Buz4    50:11 | from king Arshak of Armenia and went before Shapuh, king of 03Buz4    50:12 | He complied with Shapuh’s wishes and apostasized the Christianity which he 03Buz4    50:12 | to worship the fire, water, and sun, and to apostasize the 03Buz4    50:12 | the fire, water, and sun, and to apostasize the Christianity into 03Buz4    50:13 | complied with the king’s wishes and furthermore increased the accusational aggrevation 03Buz4    50:13 | against king Arshak of Armenia and against his own tanuter Vasak 03Buz4    50:14 | He bestowed upon him barj and patiw which had been theirs 03Buz4    50:14 | which had been theirs ancestrally, and the king made him his 03Buz4    50:14 | exalted him among his troops and promised to give him very 03Buz4    51:0 | unanimity before their patriarch Nerses and complain to him; and how 03Buz4    51:0 | Nerses and complain to him; and how they withdrew from and 03Buz4    51:0 | and how they withdrew from and abandoned their king Arshak 03Buz4    51:1 | of the Armenian kingdom assembled and came to the great archbishop 03Buz4    51:1 | governors, lords of districts, officials, and the dasapets of the shinakans 03Buz4    51:2 | They assembled in one place and began speaking with Nerses, saying 03Buz4    51:2 | brows with sword, sabre, dart, and lance tips 03Buz4    51:3 | better that we leave Arshak and go to the king of 03Buz4    51:4 | let him fight with Vasak and with Andovk, his father-in 03Buz4    51:5 | need; we are leaving him and do not care 03Buz4    51:6 | was necessary, saying: “Think well and remember the Lord’s commandment about 03Buz4    51:7 | of very senior awan villages and treasures and of diverse dastakerts 03Buz4    51:7 | senior awan villages and treasures and of diverse dastakerts 03Buz4    51:8 | they supported all of you and removed you from the garbage 03Buz4    51:9 | Arshak is guilty before God and will have to pay interest 03Buz4    51:9 | his sins to his creator, and suffer vengeance, nonetheless because of 03Buz4    51:9 | nonetheless because of God’s abundant and unlimited love of humanity, He 03Buz4    51:9 | humanity, He has spared him, and because of him, you 03Buz4    51:10 | You, lo, want to go and serve the pagans, to lose 03Buz4    51:10 | you, to serve foreign lords, and you long for their godless 03Buz4    51:11 | you to love God, accept and consent to Him and not 03Buz4    51:11 | accept and consent to Him and not to reject your God 03Buz4    51:12 | souls, your land, your women and children 03Buz4    51:13 | and, what is principal, for your 03Buz4    51:13 | the name of Jesus Christ, and you said that the Lord 03Buz4    51:14 | the godless impieties of magianism and to follow their clerics, abandoning 03Buz4    51:14 | their clerics, abandoning our Creator and His commandments that one must 03Buz4    51:14 | will get angry at you and uproot you, and betray you 03Buz4    51:14 | at you and uproot you, and betray you to the hand 03Buz4    51:14 | slavishly serve them for eternity, and perhaps He will never remove 03Buz4    51:15 | And if you protest to the 03Buz4    51:15 | the service of pagan lords and godless, ignorant men, and so 03Buz4    51:15 | lords and godless, ignorant men, and so will be delivered over 03Buz4    51:15 | be delivered over to pagans and hard-hearted lords. Many many 03Buz4    51:15 | evils will arise before you and you will be unable to 03Buz4    51:16 | to each other, creating commotion and crowding and saying: “Come on 03Buz4    51:16 | other, creating commotion and crowding and saying: “Come on, let’s go 03Buz4    51:17 | And they all dispersed to their 03Buz4    52:1 | Then with great entreaties, gifts and hrovartaks, Shapuh, the king of 03Buz4    52:1 | could make peace, great friendship and affection between themselves 03Buz4    52:4 | And he sent him gifts of 03Buz4    53:0 | how Arshak went to him and was lost for good 03Buz4    53:1 | we may see each other, and henceforth let us be as 03Buz4    53:1 | let us be as father and son 03Buz4    53:4 | ring bearing a wild boar, and he sent this to Arshak 03Buz4    53:6 | country of Armenia saw this and heard about it, they pressured 03Buz4    53:6 | heard about it, they pressured and forced their king Arshak to 03Buz4    53:6 | their king Arshak to arise and go before Shapuh, the king 03Buz4    53:7 | the king of Armenia, arose and taking with him the general 03Buz4    53:7 | left the country of Armenia and went to the king of 03Buz4    53:8 | both of them, king Arshak and sparapet Vasak, into chains and 03Buz4    53:8 | and sparapet Vasak, into chains and kept them at liberty among 03Buz4    53:9 | King Shapuh summoned king Arshak and threatened him as a servant 03Buz4    53:9 | threatened him as a servant, and Arshak recognized that he had 03Buz4    53:9 | been acting guilty toward him and was worthy of death 03Buz4    53:10 | And once again they gave king 03Buz4    54:0 | again Shapuh consulted sorcerers, astrologers, and magicians to reveal the intentions 03Buz4    54:0 | in Anyush fortress as punishment, and how king Shapuh ordered that 03Buz4    54:1 | Iran summoned the sorcerers, astrologers, and magicians and spoke with them 03Buz4    54:1 | the sorcerers, astrologers, and magicians and spoke with them, saying: “Many 03Buz4    54:2 | covenant of peace with him and he vowed to me on 03Buz4    54:4 | church of city of Ctesiphon and thought that they had duplicitiously 03Buz4    54:4 | had duplicitiously made him swear and break the oath 03Buz4    54:6 | be executed in a ditch and their co-religionists I put 03Buz4    54:7 | faith, I bound with chains, and it remains in my treasury 03Buz4    54:9 | And now, lo, the words that 03Buz4    54:10 | waging war with the Aryans, and we have not triumphed for 03Buz4    54:10 | one year. He has arisen and come here on his own 03Buz4    54:11 | remain true to my oath and obedient, I would dispatch him 03Buz4    54:13 | next day all the magicians and astrologers assembled there and said 03Buz4    54:13 | magicians and astrologers assembled there and said to the king: “Now 03Buz4    54:14 | as one of my servants, and wants to be the ground 03Buz4    54:15 | do. Keep the Armenians here and send emissaries to the country 03Buz4    54:15 | equaling two loads of soil and a pitcher of water 03Buz4    54:17 | take him by the hand and lead him to the area 03Buz4    54:17 | Listen to what he says, and then you will know whether 03Buz4    54:17 | he will uphold your oath and treaty after you release him 03Buz4    54:18 | renew the same fight, war and hostility with you 03Buz4    54:19 | led by men to go and bring the soil and water 03Buz4    54:19 | go and bring the soil and water so that he might 03Buz4    54:21 | with soil brought from Armenia and that water be sprinkled on 03Buz4    54:21 | water be sprinkled on it, and half the floor be left 03Buz4    54:22 | Armenia be brought before him, and he ordered the other people 03Buz4    54:22 | he strolled with him back and forth 03Buz4    54:23 | marry you to my daughter and make you my son. But 03Buz4    54:23 | But you braced against me and by your own will, not 03Buz4    54:24 | King Arshak replied; “I sinned and transgressed against you for I 03Buz4    54:24 | you for I came, destroyed and vanquished your enemies, and I 03Buz4    54:24 | destroyed and vanquished your enemies, and I looked forward to receiving 03Buz4    54:24 | made me afraid of you, and they made me flee from 03Buz4    54:28 | soil, he became extremely arrogant and insolent, changing his tone. He 03Buz4    54:28 | I do not forgive you and your sons the vengeance of 03Buz4    54:28 | the vengeance of my ancestors, and the death of Parthian king 03Buz4    54:30 | took him by the hand and led him to the Iranian 03Buz4    54:30 | said, bowed, grabbed Shapuh’s feet and with great expiation apologized for 03Buz4    54:31 | took him by the hand and led him over to the 03Buz4    54:31 | put on the other soil and began to speak of atonement 03Buz4    54:33 | that the king of Iran and the king of Armenia would 03Buz4    54:34 | couches of the kings there, and arranged them all. The last 03Buz4    54:34 | them all. The last place and below all the others they 03Buz4    54:35 | they brought in king Arshak and seated him 03Buz4    54:36 | he remained seated there, proud and puffed up. Then he got 03Buz4    54:36 | he got on his feet and said to king Shapuh: “The 03Buz4    54:36 | belongs to me. Get up and let me sit there, for 03Buz4    54:37 | ordered that chains be brought and cast around the neck of 03Buz4    54:37 | around the neck of Arshak, and irons about his hands and 03Buz4    54:37 | and irons about his hands and feet, and that they should 03Buz4    54:37 | about his hands and feet, and that they should take him 03Buz4    54:37 | which is called Anyush fortress, and keep him bound there until 03Buz4    54:38 | should be brought before him, and he began to threaten him 03Buz4    54:38 | Now Vasak was personally small, and Shapuh, king of Iran said 03Buz4    54:38 | was you who obstructed things and so fatigued us. You are 03Buz4    54:39 | one foot on one mountain and the other foot on another 03Buz4    54:41 | And Vasak replied: “Of the two 03Buz4    54:41 | two mountains, one was you and the other was the Byzantine 03Buz4    54:42 | allowed it, I brought you and the Byzantine emperor to the 03Buz4    54:42 | father Nerses was upon us, and God had not forsaken us 03Buz4    54:42 | acted according to his word, and accepted his counsel, be aware 03Buz4    54:44 | that the skin be removed and filled with hay, and taken 03Buz4    54:44 | removed and filled with hay, and taken to that very Andmesh 03Buz4    55:0 | About the enslavement and devastation of the land of 03Buz4    55:0 | the ruin of Armenian cities, and the complete overturning of the 03Buz4    55:1 | land of Armenia with [5,000,000] troops and to dig up and demolish 03Buz4    55:1 | troops and to dig up and demolish it 03Buz4    55:3 | king of Iran had come and filled up the land of 03Buz4    55:3 | her [11000] select armed azat warriors and with them she went and 03Buz4    55:3 | and with them she went and entered the fortress of Artagers 03Buz4    55:4 | all the Iranian troops arrived and they invested the fortress, held 03Buz4    55:4 | they invested the fortress, held and besieged it 03Buz4    55:5 | on the outside pitched camp and waited 03Buz4    55:7 | They ruined and demolished the entire country. They 03Buz4    55:7 | booty from the entire country and arose into the surrounding districts 03Buz4    55:7 | arose into the surrounding districts and lands, taking people and animals 03Buz4    55:7 | districts and lands, taking people and animals captive and bringing them 03Buz4    55:7 | taking people and animals captive and bringing them to their own 03Buz4    55:7 | brought their victuals from elsewhere, and remained there besieging the fortress 03Buz4    55:10 | And the delegation went to its 03Buz4    55:10 | talking with the Byzantine emperor and convincing him to help them 03Buz4    55:11 | withstand, to uphold the fortress and not surrender it to the 03Buz4    55:13 | fortress through a secret door and give the tikin encouragement. The 03Buz4    55:14 | messengers who were constantly going and coming would tell her: “Hold 03Buz4    55:15 | Hold out a little longer and lo, help will arrive 03Buz4    55:16 | who were in the fortress, and it was punishment from the 03Buz4    55:17 | in the tachar were eating and drinking and merry-making. But 03Buz4    55:17 | tachar were eating and drinking and merry-making. But then suddenly 03Buz4    55:17 | died, the next hour, [200] died and it happened that [500] people died 03Buz4    55:17 | seats they were sitting on. And day after day they perished 03Buz4    55:18 | them were dead, some [11000] men and [6000] women - they did not last 03Buz4    55:19 | However tikin Paranjem and two waiting-maids remained alive 03Buz4    55:20 | mardpet secretly entered the fortress and greatly insulted the tikin as 03Buz4    55:21 | they were wanting in judgement and disgraceful and lost the land 03Buz4    55:21 | wanting in judgement and disgraceful and lost the land, besides. He 03Buz4    55:21 | already befallen you was just, and so is what will happen 03Buz4    55:23 | she opened the fortress gates and let the Iranian troops enter 03Buz4    55:24 | They came and seized the tikin and lowered 03Buz4    55:24 | came and seized the tikin and lowered her from the fortress 03Buz4    55:25 | Iranian troops entered the fortress and captured the treasures of the 03Buz4    55:25 | there. They started to gather and lower down all the treasures 03Buz4    55:26 | For nine days and nine nights they were continuously 03Buz4    55:27 | which they found stored there and they enslaved the entire city 03Buz4    55:28 | Palestinians by king Tigran Arshakuni, and [40000] households of Armenians 03Buz4    55:29 | wooden structures in the city, and they demolished the structures built 03Buz4    55:29 | They tore down the wall and all buildings in the entire 03Buz4    55:29 | city, right to their foundations, and they did not leave stone 03Buz4    55:29 | stone. They left it desolated and barren of all population 03Buz4    55:30 | they crossed the Taper bridge and proceeded to count the captives 03Buz4    55:31 | the ranks of the captives and go wherever you must 03Buz4    55:33 | So, saying he entered captivity, and went into slavery to the 03Buz4    55:34 | Vagharshapat city which they demolished and dug through, overthrowing it to 03Buz4    55:35 | entire city, for they overturned and demolished all of them. They 03Buz4    55:35 | killing all the mature males, and taking the women and children 03Buz4    55:35 | males, and taking the women and children into captivity. They seized 03Buz4    55:35 | of the king of Armenia, and filling them with many provisions 03Buz4    55:36 | the great city of Eruandashat and took thence [20000] Armenian households and 03Buz4    55:36 | and took thence [20000] Armenian households and [30000] Jewish households, then they levelled 03Buz4    55:36 | then they levelled the city and dug through it 03Buz4    55:37 | away from it [5000] Armenian households and [8000] Jewish households. They demolished the 03Buz4    55:38 | Aghiovit, leading off [14000] Jewish households and [10000] Armenian households, and destroying the 03Buz4    55:38 | Jewish households and [10000] Armenian households, and destroying the city to its 03Buz4    55:39 | it down to its foundations and leading from it [5000] Armenian households 03Buz4    55:39 | leading from it [5000] Armenian households and [18000] Jewish households 03Buz4    55:40 | king of Armenia, Tigran, captured and brought to the country of 03Buz4    55:40 | the time when he captured and brought to Armenia Hiwrkandos the 03Buz4    55:41 | And the great king Tigran brought 03Buz4    55:41 | brought all of this Jewry and settled it in the cities 03Buz4    55:42 | the Iranians destroyed the cities and enslaved the people living there 03Buz4    55:42 | entire country of Armenia captive and all the district they took 03Buz4    55:43 | They took Naxchawan and demolished it as well. They 03Buz4    55:43 | They took thence [2000] Armenian households and [16000] Jewish households and then departed 03Buz4    55:43 | Armenian households and [16000] Jewish households and then departed with all of 03Buz4    55:44 | the country of Armenia, ostikans and overseers to bring the survivors 03Buz4    55:45 | the tikin Paranjem, with treasures and a multitude of captives, they 03Buz4    55:46 | to Iran the tikin Paranjem, and all the captives of Armenia 03Buz4    55:46 | all the captives of Armenia, and placed the treasures and tikin 03Buz4    55:46 | Armenia, and placed the treasures and tikin Paranjem before the king 03Buz4    55:47 | of the land of Armenia, and the kingdom he ordered all 03Buz4    55:47 | of his troops, his grandees, and the lesser ones, and all 03Buz4    55:47 | grandees, and the lesser ones, and all the men in the 03Buz4    55:47 | where he ruled to assemble and to have the tikin of 03Buz4    55:48 | concourse a contrivance be placed, and that the woman be affixed 03Buz4    55:50 | took all the other captives and settled them, some in Asorestan 03Buz4    56:2 | King Shapuh of Iran looked and saw the priest Zuit, a 03Buz4    56:2 | the priest Zuit, a tall and attractive man, but a youth 03Buz4    56:4 | what you want to do, and do it. But as for 03Buz4    56:6 | ostikans of the court arose and inquired whether he would consent 03Buz4    56:7 | the contrary he was delighted and wanted to die for the 03Buz4    56:8 | Going forward, he kneeled and note 03Buz4    56:10 | Creator, who created the sky and the earth and the sea 03Buz4    56:10 | the sky and the earth and the sea out of nothing 03Buz4    56:10 | us out of the earth, and provided us with reason, word 03Buz4    56:10 | provided us with reason, word and life 03Buz4    56:11 | a man, appeared on earth and walked among people, and gave 03Buz4    56:11 | earth and walked among people, and gave your perfect wisdom to 03Buz4    56:12 | And through the holy teachers, whom 03Buz4    56:13 | And you have honored me, an 03Buz4    56:13 | the opportunity to be educated and to study with your servant 03Buz4    56:13 | with your servant, the holy and great high priest Nerses, and 03Buz4    56:13 | and great high priest Nerses, and to be ordained a priest 03Buz4    56:13 | ordained a priest by him, and to be ordained a priest 03Buz4    56:14 | glorifying the name of God, and I will turn my prayer 03Buz4    56:15 | Glory and power and authority to You 03Buz4    56:15 | Glory and power and authority to You and to 03Buz4    56:15 | power and authority to You and to Your beloved only-begotten 03Buz4    56:15 | only-begotten Son Jesus Christ and to your life-giving Holy 03Buz4    56:15 | Holy Spirit, from everlasting, now, and ever, and to the ages 03Buz4    56:15 | from everlasting, now, and ever, and to the ages of ages 03Buz4    56:17 | to talk for so long, and therefore they immediately took him 03Buz4    56:18 | And he, with great joy, offered 03Buz4    56:18 | great joy, offered his neck and died from a sword blow 03Buz4    57:0 | to the country of Armenia and the complete destruction of the 03Buz4    57:1 | Vahan, from the Mamikonean tohm, and Meruzhan, from the Arcrunik tohm 03Buz4    57:2 | reached the country of Armenia and began raiding. They took all 03Buz4    57:2 | They took all their captives and assembled them in one place 03Buz4    57:3 | naxarars left their women, children, and families and fled here and 03Buz4    57:3 | their women, children, and families and fled here and there 03Buz4    57:3 | and families and fled here and there 03Buz4    57:4 | had left when they fled, and brought them to king Shapuh 03Buz4    57:5 | males be trampled by elephants, and that all the women and 03Buz4    57:5 | and that all the women and children should be put under 03Buz4    57:6 | women of the fugitive azats and naxarars should be taken to 03Buz4    57:7 | azat women should be stripped and seated here and there in 03Buz4    57:7 | be stripped and seated here and there in the arena. Then 03Buz4    57:8 | a tent near the arena and he would go there to 03Buz4    57:9 | tohm, killed all the women, and Shapuh ordered that all the 03Buz4    57:9 | boys should be made eunuchs and sent to the country of 03Buz4    57:11 | very secure places of Armenia, and that fortress-keepers be designated 03Buz4    57:12 | azat women among the fortresses and left them there. For if 03Buz4    57:13 | And he left Zik and Karen 03Buz4    57:13 | And he left Zik and Karen in the land as 03Buz4    57:13 | remainders was entrusted to Vahan and Meruzhan. Then Shapuh himself went 03Buz4    58:0 | How Meruzhan and Vahan remained in the land 03Buz4    58:0 | the land of the Armenians and what great evils they wrought 03Buz4    58:0 | they wrought there; how Vahan and his wife were slain slain 03Buz4    58:1 | Vahan Mamikonean and Meruzhan Arcruni, two abominable and 03Buz4    58:1 | and Meruzhan Arcruni, two abominable and impious men, had rebelled from 03Buz4    58:1 | worship of the Christian God and agreed to worship the non 03Buz4    58:1 | Armenia, in all the districts and regions 03Buz4    58:2 | And they harassed many people whom 03Buz4    58:2 | they seized to abandon God and turn to the worship of 03Buz4    58:3 | Then Vahan and Meruzhan ordered that all the 03Buz4    58:3 | the fugitive naxarars had left and abandoned should be harassed in 03Buz4    58:7 | her husband Garegin left her and fled. The tikin of Rhshtunik 03Buz4    58:8 | The impious Vahan and Meruzhan ordered the fortress-keeper 03Buz4    58:8 | hanged from a lofty tower and killed 03Buz4    58:9 | her naked, tied her feet and suspended her upside down from 03Buz4    58:10 | She had a white body and a dazzling appearance, and remained 03Buz4    58:10 | body and a dazzling appearance, and remained hanging there, a wondrous 03Buz4    58:10 | high gleamed like white snow and many people came there every 03Buz4    58:12 | her pupil as they fell, and then went to her own 03Buz4    58:13 | The two men Vahan and Meruzhan were so wicked that 03Buz4    58:14 | built atrushans in many places and made people obedient to the 03Buz4    58:14 | on their own sephakan property and had their children and relatives’ 03Buz4    58:14 | property and had their children and relatives’ study Mazdaism 03Buz4    58:15 | Vahan’s sons, named Samuel, struck and killed his father, Vahan, and 03Buz4    58:15 | and killed his father, Vahan, and his mother, Ormizduxt who was 03Buz5    1:0 | to Armenia, took the land, and what he did and how 03Buz5    1:0 | land, and what he did and how he succeeded 03Buz5    1:1 | assembled the surviving azatagund people and went with them to the 03Buz5    1:2 | of the land of Armenia and an account of all the 03Buz5    1:2 | which had befallen the Armenians, and he requested from the Byzantine 03Buz5    1:3 | dispatched the stratelate named Terent and a certain count Ade along 03Buz5    1:4 | reached the borders of Armenia. And Mushegh was the general sparapet 03Buz5    1:5 | king, grandees, holders of districts and lords of districts 03Buz5    1:6 | assembled in one place and inquired about the blessed and 03Buz5    1:6 | and inquired about the blessed and great patriarch Nerses, for they 03Buz5    1:6 | he was able to pray and beseech God for the cultivation 03Buz5    1:6 | to save it from enemies, and that God gave him whatever 03Buz5    1:7 | them with his wise advice, and, as events would unfold, he 03Buz5    1:8 | the nobility of Armenia went and found the archbishop Nerses. Pap 03Buz5    1:8 | that he become the father and leader in beneficial advice for 03Buz5    1:8 | beneficial advice for the Armenians, and that he beseech God for 03Buz5    1:10 | their supervisor, advice-giver, arranger, and leader. He was always beseeching 03Buz5    1:12 | Then the sparapet Mushegh arranged and organized all the brigades of 03Buz5    1:12 | brigades of the Armenian troops, and held a review of all 03Buz5    1:13 | chief-priest Nerses, before Terent and Ade the Byzantine military commanders 03Buz5    1:13 | the Armenian troops, organized, prepared and armed for warfare, with banners 03Buz5    1:13 | for warfare, with banners fluttering and emblems waving 03Buz5    1:14 | of Armenia, was very grateful, and bestowed very great gifts on 03Buz5    1:15 | and archbishop Nerses blessed general Mushegh 03Buz5    1:15 | the Lord Christ bless you and your successors, and grant you 03Buz5    1:15 | bless you and your successors, and grant you the grace of 03Buz5    1:15 | of Armenia by your hand and the hand of your azg 03Buz5    1:16 | general of Armenia, Mushegh, organized and prepared a brigade and then 03Buz5    1:16 | organized and prepared a brigade and then advanced with the Armenian 03Buz5    1:16 | a vanguard before king Pap and the Byzantine troops of the 03Buz5    1:17 | Mushegh attacked like a wolf, and as the advance-guard reached 03Buz5    1:17 | the Iranian military commanders Karen and Zik. He put everyone of 03Buz5    1:18 | Atrpatakan, he seized the country and held it forcibly 03Buz5    1:19 | entered the country of Armenia and ruled over it. He took 03Buz5    1:20 | the treasure had been preserved and went to king Pap in 03Buz5    1:21 | troops which were at Erand and Baxish, divided among all of 03Buz5    1:24 | Iran. Mushegh had them arrested and had them flayed, stuffed with 03Buz5    1:24 | them flayed, stuffed with hay, and hanged on the walls 03Buz5    1:26 | places ruined by the enemy, and rennovated the churches. The kingdom 03Buz5    1:26 | churches. The kingdom gradually revived and affairs were gradually put in 03Buz5    1:27 | patriarch, directed, illuminated, advised, arranged, and built a resting-place for 03Buz5    1:28 | church worship, of bishops, priests and deacons, he rennovated the martyriums 03Buz5    1:28 | of the Church renewing, teaching, and facillitating 03Buz5    1:29 | of Armenia, arranged his brigade and went to the borders to 03Buz5    2:1 | choice men from the azats and his relatives some [40000] men who 03Buz5    2:1 | some [40000] men who were united and of one will. Organizing them 03Buz5    2:1 | Organizing them with horses, stipends and weapons, he took them with 03Buz5    2:1 | he took them with him and went to the borders of 03Buz5    2:2 | the king of Iran, organized and prepared, and with the entire 03Buz5    2:2 | of Iran, organized and prepared, and with the entire organization of 03Buz5    2:3 | upon the banak with [40000] troops, and put his sword to work 03Buz5    2:4 | barely escaped by a hairsbreadth and fled on a horse, though 03Buz5    2:4 | on a horse, though Mushegh and the Armenian troops put the 03Buz5    2:5 | treasures of the Iranian king, and seized the queen-of-queens 03Buz5    2:6 | the entire mashkawarzan, royal-pavilion, and he ordered that all the 03Buz5    2:6 | six hundred men, be flayed and stuffed with hay. He had 03Buz5    2:8 | prepared for all of them and then sent them all after 03Buz5    2:9 | go before the king well and unharmed 03Buz5    2:10 | by Mushegh’s benevolence, his bravery and freedom that he had not 03Buz5    2:11 | wine to drink, while feasting and making merry with his troops 03Buz5    2:12 | horse, engraved on a cup, and when rejoicing he would put 03Buz5    2:12 | put the cup before him and always recall in the same 03Buz5    2:13 | Mushegh and all the Armenian troops filled 03Buz5    2:13 | unlimited amount of loot, treasures and goods from the Iranian banak 03Buz5    2:13 | with the king of Armenia, and similarly, and a share for 03Buz5    2:13 | king of Armenia, and similarly, and a share for all the 03Buz5    3:0 | Concerning the mardpet Hayr and how king Pap ordered his 03Buz5    3:1 | had entered the fortress secretly and insulted the tikin as though 03Buz5    3:1 | whore, then he slipped out and fled. They told this entire 03Buz5    3:2 | fortress which was called Oghakan, and was located by the Euphrates 03Buz5    3:3 | This occurred during the winter, and the Euphrates river was frozen 03Buz5    3:5 | ordered the troops to seize, and totally strip him, and to 03Buz5    3:5 | seize, and totally strip him, and to tie his hands below 03Buz5    3:5 | him down to the river and to put him on the 03Buz5    3:5 | him on the frozen ice. And thus, did he perish 03Buz5    4:0 | between the Armenian king Pap and the Iranian forces 03Buz5    4:1 | muster of all his forces and troops. With all his troops 03Buz5    4:4 | troops which were at Erhand and Baxish assembled in one place 03Buz5    4:4 | Euphrates river. They were organized and prepared for battle 03Buz5    4:5 | assembled all the Armenian troops and organized them in readiness, more 03Buz5    4:6 | against the land of Armenia and against the Byzantine troops, the 03Buz5    4:7 | Urhnayr came forward and requested a favor from king 03Buz5    4:8 | King Shapuh consented, thanked him, and so ordered 03Buz5    4:10 | by means of a messenger, and he note: “Be aware and 03Buz5    4:10 | and he note: “Be aware and be ready, Mushegh, for the 03Buz5    4:11 | For we will bind them and take them to Aghuania and 03Buz5    4:11 | and take them to Aghuania and put them to work making 03Buz5    4:11 | making bricks, as stone-cutters, and masons [creating] what is useful for 03Buz5    4:11 | useful for our cities, mansions, and whatever else 03Buz5    4:12 | two brigades, of the Byzantines and the Iranians approached each other 03Buz5    4:12 | the Iranians approached each other and were preparing to clash, king 03Buz5    4:12 | Armenia himself armed, organized, prepared, and wanted to go into battle 03Buz5    4:13 | emperor sent us to come and protect you. Now, should something 03Buz5    4:13 | remain alive here, without you, and if we reach our emperor 03Buz5    4:14 | the archbishop of Armenia, Nerses, and both of you go up 03Buz5    4:14 | Npat mountain to a secure and safe place. Let the blessed 03Buz5    4:14 | blessed chief-archbishop Nerses pray and beseech the Lord that He 03Buz5    4:15 | the height you will look and see the detemined labors of 03Buz5    4:15 | of the battle, the bravery and cowardice, all of which will 03Buz5    4:16 | the great chief-priest Nerses and went up onto mount Npat 03Buz5    4:16 | mount Npat. All the Byzantine and Armenian troops were descending to 03Buz5    4:17 | came up bringing his emblems and weapon to the archbishop Nerses 03Buz5    4:17 | that Nerses would bless him, and he would descend to the 03Buz5    4:18 | Pap recalled the old stories and note: “I remember that Mushegh 03Buz5    4:19 | Shapuh of Iran, with palanquins and camp soldiers? And I have 03Buz5    4:19 | with palanquins and camp soldiers? And I have also heard that 03Buz5    4:24 | he will not deceive us, and then release him to the 03Buz5    4:25 | called Mushegh before the king, and he came and prostrated himself 03Buz5    4:25 | the king, and he came and prostrated himself for the king 03Buz5    4:26 | also held king Pap’s hand and swore: “I shall live and 03Buz5    4:26 | and swore: “I shall live and die for you as my 03Buz5    4:28 | ordered that his own steed and spear be offered to that 03Buz5    4:29 | Then Mushegh offered his emblem and weapon to Nerses for him 03Buz5    4:30 | right of the Byzantine troops, and he moved the right wing 03Buz5    4:31 | Now king Pap and archbishop Nerses were up on 03Buz5    4:31 | Lord to protect His covenant and His holy Church, which He 03Buz5    4:31 | received through His venerable blood, and that He not give over 03Buz5    4:32 | advance of the other brigades and was moving swiftly. The king 03Buz5    4:33 | You deceived and burned me. For I told 03Buz5    4:33 | had joined the Iranian troops and is doing very great harm 03Buz5    4:35 | archbishop Nerses, saying: “Keep praying and beseech the Lord since they 03Buz5    4:36 | will take pity on you and on the country; if you 03Buz5    4:36 | deeds, he will accept you and will not let you out 03Buz5    4:37 | And who am I that you 03Buz5    4:37 | he wanted against his will, and thereby change his decision 03Buz5    4:38 | the heavens by a span and placed the dust of the 03Buz5    4:38 | weighed mountains on the scales and hills on the weighing clock 03Buz5    4:38 | Lord, I was his counselor and together with the father administers 03Buz5    4:38 | the father administers all judgments? And now he has also put 03Buz5    4:38 | he has also put east and west, north and south on 03Buz5    4:38 | put east and west, north and south on the scales, and 03Buz5    4:38 | and south on the scales, and still holds the scales high 03Buz5    4:38 | still holds the scales high, and looking at which side the 03Buz5    4:39 | the deeds of his creatures and rewards everyone according to their 03Buz5    4:39 | the time to scold, blame and judge; for now, it is 03Buz5    4:39 | against each other to fight and fight, but the judge of 03Buz5    4:40 | the intention of the Lord, and even teach him, for everything 03Buz5    4:40 | for everything comes from him and is done through him, and 03Buz5    4:40 | and is done through him, and glory to him forever 03Buz5    4:41 | we cannot resist his will and ask him for anything, but 03Buz5    4:41 | O Lord, you are righteous, and all your deeds are true 03Buz5    4:42 | Your ways are right, and all your judgments are true 03Buz5    4:43 | upon us, for in truth and in judgment you have brought 03Buz5    4:44 | For we have sinned and acted lawlessly, having departed from 03Buz5    4:44 | lawlessly, having departed from you, and have sinned in everything, we 03Buz5    4:45 | We have not kept them and have not done as you 03Buz5    4:45 | good for us from you. And all that you have brought 03Buz5    4:45 | you have brought upon us, and all that you have done 03Buz5    4:46 | the power of your miracles and give glory to your name 03Buz5    4:47 | ashamed with all their might, and let their strength be crushed 03Buz5    4:47 | let their strength be crushed, and let them know that you 03Buz5    4:47 | the Lord God, are one and glorious in the whole universe 03Buz5    4:48 | And everywhere in everything, let only 03Buz5    4:48 | filled, for you are powerful, and strong, and just in everything 03Buz5    4:48 | you are powerful, and strong, and just in everything, and merciful 03Buz5    4:48 | strong, and just in everything, and merciful to the sorrowing and 03Buz5    4:48 | and merciful to the sorrowing and suffering 03Buz5    4:49 | to us, then multiply it, and if mercy pleases you, grant 03Buz5    4:50 | heaven, so be it done, and with what rod you want 03Buz5    4:51 | O Lord, the iniquities, sins and crimes of your servants, for 03Buz5    4:51 | before you; for no one and no man is righteous on 03Buz5    4:52 | only you are without sin, and only you are just, who 03Buz5    4:52 | created us out of nothing and gave us this life, and 03Buz5    4:52 | and gave us this life, and showed us the way to 03Buz5    4:52 | us the way to life and salvation, and made us earthly 03Buz5    4:52 | way to life and salvation, and made us earthly wise and 03Buz5    4:52 | and made us earthly wise and reasonable, and became our redeemer 03Buz5    4:52 | us earthly wise and reasonable, and became our redeemer to grant 03Buz5    4:53 | obtained by your holy blood, and do not give what is 03Buz5    4:53 | always merciful, remove your anger and indignation from those who believe 03Buz5    4:53 | those who believe in you and save your church, O Lord 03Buz5    4:54 | mountain, he spoke these words, and many others to the same 03Buz5    4:54 | battle ended Nerses offered many and diverse prayers 03Buz5    4:55 | had come to the Byzantines, and the Hayastan brigade was victorious 03Buz5    4:55 | brigade of the Iranians turned and fled, dispersing over the plain 03Buz5    4:55 | over the plain, high mountains and deep valleys 03Buz5    4:56 | But the Byzantine and Armenian troops pursued them and 03Buz5    4:56 | and Armenian troops pursued them and when they caught up, they 03Buz5    4:56 | caught up, they killed great and small alike. However, a few 03Buz5    4:58 | he encountered the Aghuanian brigade and generally killed all of the 03Buz5    4:59 | of Aghuania, who was fleeing and with the shaft of his 03Buz5    4:59 | that you are a king and have a crown. I will 03Buz5    4:60 | And Mushegh permitted him to flee 03Buz5    4:62 | one’s level, all the naxarars and grandees and all the troops 03Buz5    4:62 | all the naxarars and grandees and all the troops brought heads 03Buz5    4:62 | in the country of Armenia and among the Byzantine troops 03Buz5    4:63 | loot of treasures, of weapons and ornaments, with gold, silver, and 03Buz5    4:63 | and ornaments, with gold, silver, and much equippage, with the horses 03Buz5    4:63 | equippage, with the horses, mules and camels which they took. There 03Buz5    4:64 | nurses, great treachery toward you and awaits your death. He is 03Buz5    4:64 | yours whom he had seized, and allowed him to live 03Buz5    4:65 | ill-will between king Pap and general Mushegh, and Pap frequently 03Buz5    4:65 | king Pap and general Mushegh, and Pap frequently reprimanded him 03Buz5    4:66 | I have never, do not, and will not lay my hands 03Buz5    4:68 | from his chair, embraced Mushegh, and wept upon Mushegh’s neck, saying 03Buz5    4:68 | ill of Mushegh, a brave and honorable man 03Buz5    4:69 | of the land of Chenk, and came to our ancestors here 03Buz5    4:69 | our ancestors here. They lived and died for our ancestors; his 03Buz5    4:69 | us victory through the prayers and requests of our father, the 03Buz5    4:69 | our father, the miraculous Nerses, and we were favored with much 03Buz5    4:70 | Mushegh with many gifts, honors, and villages 03Buz5    5:0 | The second battle between Armenians and Iranians at Gandzak in Atrpayakan 03Buz5    5:0 | at Gandzak in Atrpayakan (Atrpatakan) and Urhnayr’s warning and the victory 03Buz5    5:0 | Atrpayakan (Atrpatakan) and Urhnayr’s warning and the victory which the Armenians 03Buz5    5:1 | put me in your hands, and you spared me. For the 03Buz5    5:3 | troops which were with him, and headed toward the borders of 03Buz5    5:6 | also remained in the land and ordered everyone throughout the land 03Buz5    5:7 | to the place of battle, and found the Byzantine troops and 03Buz5    5:7 | and found the Byzantine troops and the Armenian brigade organized and 03Buz5    5:7 | and the Armenian brigade organized and prepared to fight 03Buz5    5:9 | champions, seated upon their horses, and this in the presence of 03Buz5    5:9 | of king Shapuh of Iran. And as the Iranians fell, all 03Buz5    5:11 | the noble Armenian spearmen attacked and threw down the Iranian spearmen 03Buz5    5:12 | And when they killed and beheaded 03Buz5    5:12 | And when they killed and beheaded the champion, they would 03Buz5    5:14 | as though entering a fortress, and rest there 03Buz5    5:15 | little, they would emerge thence and attack, felling and beheading countless 03Buz5    5:15 | emerge thence and attack, felling and beheading countless Iranians before them 03Buz5    5:15 | beheading countless Iranians before them, and always making the same encouraging 03Buz5    5:16 | the upper hand, the Armenians and Byzantine troops would go to 03Buz5    5:16 | would part, let them in, and then close again 03Buz5    5:17 | defeated by the Byzantine troops and Terent their stratelate, and by 03Buz5    5:17 | troops and Terent their stratelate, and by the Armenian brigades and 03Buz5    5:17 | and by the Armenian brigades and their sparapet Mushegh 03Buz5    5:18 | with great renown, good booty and glorious pomp 03Buz5    5:19 | brigade which he had encountered, and he note: “I am astonished 03Buz5    5:20 | or like a thick, mighty and immovable tower. As soon as 03Buz5    5:21 | Armenians would rest a little, and once again emerge to fight 03Buz5    5:23 | Arshak was taken from them and ruined, when the Armenians are 03Buz5    5:25 | seemed to me that flame and fire issued from that brigade 03Buz5    5:25 | fire issued from that brigade, and the emblems were such in 03Buz5    5:26 | the head of the battle, and they were serving him 03Buz5    6:0 | adviser to the Iranian king, and how he promised to betray 03Buz5    6:0 | to betray the Armenian king; and how he was slain by 03Buz5    6:1 | general of the Byzantine troops, and Mushegh, general of the Armenian 03Buz5    6:1 | the border between the Iranians and the Armenians 03Buz5    6:3 | Terent and Mushegh with all the troops 03Buz5    6:4 | to king Shapuh of Iran, and promised to betray into his 03Buz5    6:4 | the general of the Byzantines, and Mushegh, the general of the 03Buz5    6:4 | the general of the Armenians. And he received from Shapuh an 03Buz5    6:5 | lord of the Anjewatsik district and others, secretly informed king Pap 03Buz5    6:6 | the troops entrusted to you and give them to Gnel Anjewatsik 03Buz5    6:6 | give them to Gnel Anjewatsik. And come here at once. I 03Buz5    6:7 | that he will be unconcerned and at ease. Meanwhile, suddenly and 03Buz5    6:7 | and at ease. Meanwhile, suddenly and unexpectedly I will put the 03Buz5    6:9 | and was greatly exalted by him 03Buz5    6:9 | ordered that Dghak be taken and dressed in a robe of 03Buz5    6:9 | they dressed him in shirt and breeches 03Buz5    6:11 | put on a huge robe, and a belt around his waist 03Buz5    6:11 | down such that the knife and the sword were both covered 03Buz5    6:12 | When the breeches and boots were on, they attached 03Buz5    6:13 | the day, they summoned Dghak and note: “They are calling you 03Buz5    6:14 | shield-bearing men with axes; and all the openings for light 03Buz5    6:17 | the shield-bearers surrounded him and picked him up, taking him 03Buz5    6:20 | the head on a spear, and erected it in the court 03Buz5    7:0 | in the country of Xuzhastan, and how Drastamat became the cause 03Buz5    7:3 | all of the Iranian troops, and took them to fight against 03Buz5    7:3 | them to fight against him, and took, at the same time 03Buz5    7:4 | loyal ostikan, a eunuch beloved and possessing a great principality and 03Buz5    7:4 | and possessing a great principality and great honor, who was named 03Buz5    7:6 | of Tiran, king of Armenia, and Arshak, his son, been prince 03Buz5    7:6 | the tun of the district and loyal to the treasures of 03Buz5    7:6 | the treasures of Angegh fortress, and all the royal fortresses in 03Buz5    7:7 | Since this office and the mardpetutiwn whose occupant was 03Buz5    7:9 | Drastamat displayed incredible bravery and even saved king Shapuh from 03Buz5    7:9 | killed many of the Kushans and brought the heads of many 03Buz5    7:11 | eunuch Drastamat for his labors, and king Shapuh of Iran said 03Buz5    7:11 | Ask for whatever you want, and I will grant it, without 03Buz5    7:12 | be released from his bonds, and I shall wash his head 03Buz5    7:12 | shall wash his head, annoint, and dress him in a robe 03Buz5    7:12 | place him on a couch and put delicacies before him, give 03Buz5    7:12 | before him, give him wine, and make him happy with musicians 03Buz5    7:13 | the Iranian kingdom was established, and that fortress was named Anyush 03Buz5    7:16 | gave him a reliable pustipan, and a hrovartak with the court 03Buz5    7:16 | to go the Andmesh fortress and do as he request for 03Buz5    7:17 | Drastamat went with the pustipan and the court hrovartak to Anyush 03Buz5    7:17 | court hrovartak to Anyush fortress and saw his native lord. He 03Buz5    7:17 | iron shackles on his hands and feet and the chains of 03Buz5    7:17 | on his hands and feet and the chains of his neck 03Buz5    7:17 | collar. He washed his head and body 03Buz5    7:18 | sat him on a couch and made him recline. Before him 03Buz5    7:18 | he placed food befitting kings, and wine, after the custom of 03Buz5    7:18 | custom of kings. He revived and consoled him and made him 03Buz5    7:18 | He revived and consoled him and made him happy with [gusans] (minstrels 03Buz5    7:19 | before him fruit, apples, cucumbers and dainties to eat, and he 03Buz5    7:19 | cucumbers and dainties to eat, and he gave him his knife 03Buz5    7:19 | him his knife to peel and eat what he wanted 03Buz5    7:20 | enlivened him. He stood up and consoled him 03Buz5    7:21 | Arshak had drunk the wine and become intoxicated, he grew arrogant 03Buz5    7:21 | become intoxicated, he grew arrogant and note: “Vay, woe is me 03Buz5    7:21 | what I have fallen to, and what has happened to me 03Buz5    7:22 | cut the fruit or delicacy, and plunged it into his own 03Buz5    7:22 | own heart. He died then and there, on the couch 03Buz5    7:23 | he seized the same knife and thrust it into his side 03Buz5    7:23 | thrust it into his side. And he died too, at the 03Buz5    8:0 | ended on the Iranian side, and how sparapet Mushegh began fighting 03Buz5    8:0 | great warfare against various regions; and how he started at the 03Buz5    8:1 | ceased in the Iranian areas, and the people were secured from 03Buz5    8:2 | placing the remainder under taxation, and taking many hostages from them 03Buz5    9:1 | king of Armenia. He destroyed and took captives, and took hostages 03Buz5    9:1 | He destroyed and took captives, and took hostages from the survivors 03Buz5    10:0 | Regarding Korduk, Kordik, and Tmorik 03Buz5    10:1 | the districts of Korduk, Kordik and Tmorik, which had rebelled from 03Buz5    10:1 | of Armenia. He took captives and ruined the land, put the 03Buz5    10:1 | put the remainder under taxation, and took hostages 03Buz5    11:1 | placed the remainder under taxation, and took hostages 03Buz5    12:1 | captive, took the remainder hostage, and placed the others under taxation 03Buz5    13:2 | Armenians: Uti, Shakashen, Gardmanajor, Koght, and the districts surrounding them 03Buz5    13:3 | And he established the Kura river 03Buz5    13:3 | between the country of Aghuania and themselves, as it had been 03Buz5    13:3 | placing the remainder under taxation, and taking hostages from them 03Buz5    14:1 | from the country of Iran and the city of Paytakaran, since 03Buz5    14:1 | Paytakaran, since they had revolted and betrayed the king of Armenia 03Buz5    14:2 | taxation, took hostages from them, and left overseeing ostikans 03Buz5    15:1 | him. He struck the country and defeated the entire land of 03Buz5    15:1 | the sword all the azats and naxarar azgs he could find 03Buz5    15:2 | land of Iberia. He seized and beheaded the bdeashx of Gugark 03Buz5    15:2 | the males of that azg and took the women and daughters 03Buz5    15:2 | azg and took the women and daughters into captivity 03Buz5    15:3 | the entire district, taking hostages and putting the remainder under taxation 03Buz5    15:4 | between the country of Armenia and the country of Iberia, namely 03Buz5    15:4 | namely the great Kura river, and then he turned back 03Buz5    16:2 | survivors under taxation, left overseers and ostikans, and then departed the 03Buz5    16:2 | taxation, left overseers and ostikans, and then departed the country of 03Buz5    17:2 | to the sword, took hostages and put the people under taxation 03Buz5    18:1 | many people in Angegh tun and put them to the sword 03Buz5    19:2 | to the sword, took hostages and subdued them. He put all 03Buz5    20:1 | Armenia was full of vengeance, and all the days of his 03Buz5    20:1 | life he was very zealous and with just labor tried always 03Buz5    20:2 | He worked day and night. He strived and labored 03Buz5    20:2 | day and night. He strived and labored in warfare, and did 03Buz5    20:2 | strived and labored in warfare, and did not permit even a 03Buz5    20:2 | He lived for the land, and would die for the reputation 03Buz5    20:2 | for the reputation of bravery, and for the native lords, the 03Buz5    20:2 | folk who believe in God and Christ, for the churches, for 03Buz5    20:2 | of God, for the sisters and brothers, for the relatives of 03Buz5    20:2 | the relatives of his tohm, and close friends. General Mushegh was 03Buz5    20:2 | was always in heroic war, and was willing to give his 03Buz5    21:0 | kind of man he was and about the great marvels he 03Buz5    21:1 | took the initiative, consoled, provisioned and was a supervisor of all 03Buz5    21:1 | supervisor of all the poor, and gave repose to the lepers 03Buz5    21:1 | gave repose to the lepers and the poor 03Buz5    21:2 | He built churches everywhere, and he restored all the destroyed 03Buz5    21:2 | the overturned orders, he corrected and renewed 03Buz5    21:3 | He confirmed, advised, reproached, and he wrought many signs of 03Buz5    21:3 | signs of very great powers, and much healing, miraculously 03Buz5    21:5 | paid attention to his superintendency and authority 03Buz5    22:0 | Regarding King Pap, and how he was filled with 03Buz5    22:0 | he was filled with demons and was unrighteous 03Buz5    22:2 | doing what the dews wanted, and did not even want to 03Buz5    22:2 | in accordance with the dews and through sorcery the dews appeared 03Buz5    22:3 | his shoulders. Everyone saw them and were afraid to come close 03Buz5    22:4 | be afraid, they are mine.” And everyone constantly saw these forms 03Buz5    22:5 | put their nest in him, and they always appeared to the 03Buz5    22:6 | the role of the woman and gave himself over to profanation 03Buz5    22:6 | men to be the woman, and commited abomination with them. Sometimes 03Buz5    22:7 | And thus, all the days of 03Buz5    23:1 | Nerses, was constantly reproaching, reprimanding and chiding king Pap greatly, and 03Buz5    23:1 | and chiding king Pap greatly, and because of his wickedness, Nerses 03Buz5    23:2 | He was always reprimanding, reproaching and advising that the king find 03Buz5    23:2 | that the king find himself and save himself from the ruination 03Buz5    23:3 | to his senses, become good, and pursue the orders of justice 03Buz5    23:3 | pursue the orders of justice and pure deeds 03Buz5    23:4 | resisted him with great emnity and awaited his death. Indeed, he 03Buz5    23:5 | people of his own land and all the troops were totally 03Buz5    23:5 | his just deeds, clean behavior and peaceful leadership. And because of 03Buz5    23:5 | clean behavior and peaceful leadership. And because of Nerses’ obvious miraculous 03Buz5    23:6 | king was resentful of him and wanted to kill him, but 03Buz5    23:7 | For everyone so loved him and took refuge in his prayers 03Buz5    23:7 | in his prayers, the grandees and the lowly, the venerable and 03Buz5    23:7 | and the lowly, the venerable and the dishonored, the azats and 03Buz5    23:7 | and the dishonored, the azats and the shinakans 03Buz5    24:0 | caused by king Pap, how and why he was killed by 03Buz5    24:3 | come to the correct way and beseeched the chief priest of 03Buz5    24:4 | made a dinner for him and beseeched the man of God 03Buz5    24:4 | be cleansed from his wickedness and thereafter would enter into atonement 03Buz5    24:5 | the middle of the floor, and offered Nerses, the man of 03Buz5    24:6 | immediately sensed what had happened, and began to say: “Blessed is 03Buz5    24:6 | worthy of drinking this cup and achieving the death which I 03Buz5    24:7 | accept this cup of salvation and will call out the name 03Buz5    24:9 | give rest to the weary and Who fulfills all goodness 03Buz5    24:10 | Nerses said this and other similar things. He arose 03Buz5    24:10 | other similar things. He arose and went to his lodging place 03Buz5    24:11 | leaving the court tachar and following him were all the 03Buz5    24:11 | the sparapet of Armenia, Mushegh, and Hayr mardpet, indeed, all the 03Buz5    24:12 | he opened up his tunic and revealed a blue swelling over 03Buz5    24:13 | grandee naxarars offered him theriacs and antidotes to save him. But 03Buz5    24:13 | he did not want it, and rejected it, saying: “For me 03Buz5    24:14 | portion along with the chosen, and am pleased with my inheritance 03Buz5    24:15 | this portion of the inheritance, and I am extremely happy that 03Buz5    24:15 | be freed from this impious and profane world 03Buz5    24:16 | said many things to them and told them to be careful 03Buz5    24:16 | to watch out for themselves and to keep the Lord’s commandments 03Buz5    24:18 | arose to pray. He kneeled and asked forgiveness for his murderers 03Buz5    24:19 | in his prayers, those near and far, the dishonored and the 03Buz5    24:19 | near and far, the dishonored and the honored and even those 03Buz5    24:19 | the dishonored and the honored and even those whom he had 03Buz5    24:20 | prayers he lifted his hands and eyes to Heaven, and note 03Buz5    24:20 | hands and eyes to Heaven, and note: “Lord Jesus Christ, accept 03Buz5    24:22 | Trdats, sparapet Mushegh, Hayr mardpet and all the azatagund banak of 03Buz5    24:23 | blessings, lit candles, great worship and much commemoration 03Buz5    24:24 | himself went, took the body and buried it in the martyrs’ 03Buz5    25:0 | to the saintly men Shaghitay and Epipan while they lived in 03Buz5    25:1 | God were taking him upward, and the hosts were coming before 03Buz5    25:2 | the holy Nerses had died and that it was his spirit 03Buz5    25:3 | Each descended from the mountain and hurried to the district of 03Buz5    25:3 | of Ekegheats, where they investigated and saw that the blessed patriarch 03Buz5    25:3 | They went to Til village and saw the place where he 03Buz5    25:3 | believing men encountered each other, and narrated before the people what 03Buz5    25:4 | men of angelic faith, nourished and living in the wilderness. They 03Buz5    25:4 | to work very great miracles and their deeds were known and 03Buz5    25:4 | and their deeds were known and familiar to everyone 03Buz5    26:1 | in the desert from childhood and ate grass with the hermits 03Buz5    26:2 | to Korduk gavar, performed signs and wonders, lived among lions, and 03Buz5    26:2 | and wonders, lived among lions, and more than twenty lions always 03Buz5    26:3 | came, surrounded him, pulled him and explained with signs that he 03Buz5    26:4 | lion came to Saint Shalita and, like a man, raising his 03Buz5    26:4 | his paw, showed the wound and asked for signs to heal 03Buz5    26:5 | And Saint Shalita pulled out the 03Buz5    26:5 | wound, spat on the wound and, taking off the handkerchief from 03Buz5    26:5 | the lion’s paw with it and cured it 03Buz5    26:7 | and animals were companions of his 03Buz5    26:9 | And wherever he stayed he converted 03Buz5    26:9 | the holy faith by signs and wonders 03Buz5    26:10 | He came to villages and healed the sick, though he 03Buz5    26:12 | And Saint Shalita, knowing that many 03Buz5    26:13 | And one day, he was crossing 03Buz5    26:14 | suddenly plunged into the water and disappeared, according to his request 03Buz5    26:15 | gathered, who dammed the river and diverted the water to the 03Buz5    26:16 | God for it in advance, and his request was fulfilled 03Buz5    27:1 | a companion of Saint Shaghita and a disciple of the great 03Buz5    27:3 | the animals of the desert, and bears and leopards gathered to 03Buz5    27:3 | of the desert, and bears and leopards gathered to him 03Buz5    27:4 | the desert, performed great signs and wonders, converted many of the 03Buz5    27:4 | in the country of Tsopk, and Saint Epiphan was a light 03Buz5    27:4 | for the country of Tsopk and enlightened the people in every 03Buz5    27:5 | in the country of Aldznik and built a chapel in the 03Buz5    27:5 | in the city of Tigranakert, and there they commemorated the saints 03Buz5    27:5 | intercession, he also performed miracles and returned to his home 03Buz5    27:6 | And there was a spring near 03Buz5    27:6 | lot of fish came out, and many people caught this fish 03Buz5    27:6 | many people caught this fish and used it 03Buz5    27:7 | among themselves over a fish, and one killed the other. Epiphanes 03Buz5    27:8 | And now the fish is rancid 03Buz5    27:8 | is rancid there, like bile, and it is bitter to this 03Buz5    27:8 | is bitter to this day, and no one catches fish there 03Buz5    27:9 | He performed many other miracles and signs 03Buz5    27:10 | Saint Epiphanes established proper orders, and himself, taking his hermit disciples 03Buz5    27:10 | who lived in the mountains and deserts, five hundred people, went 03Buz5    27:11 | began to test the disciples and note: “What a beautiful and 03Buz5    27:11 | and note: “What a beautiful and pleasant woman 03Buz5    27:13 | Saint Epiphan note: “ And why did you look at 03Buz5    27:14 | And now he removed this young 03Buz5    27:14 | this young man from himself and drove him away 03Buz5    27:15 | to the big sea himself, and they crossed to a deserted 03Buz5    27:15 | was full of snakes; vipers and basilisks lived there, as well 03Buz5    27:16 | from there, left the island and left 03Buz5    27:17 | harm was done to them, and they lived there peacefully. There 03Buz5    27:18 | Epiphanes began to live there and died on the same island 03Buz5    28:0 | About the greatest signs and wonders revealed by God in 03Buz5    28:2 | no other food except vegetables, and drank water, and did not 03Buz5    28:2 | except vegetables, and drank water, and did not even know the 03Buz5    28:3 | who adhered to reprehensible behavior and absolutely refused to drink from 03Buz5    28:5 | church built by Saint Epiphanes, and brought the holy bread and 03Buz5    28:5 | and brought the holy bread and wine and put it on 03Buz5    28:5 | the holy bread and wine and put it on the altar 03Buz5    28:6 | front of the holy see and, before serving the liturgy, raised 03Buz5    28:6 | his hands above the throne and note: “O Lord God Almighty 03Buz5    28:6 | man from the earth alive and incorruptible; people transgressed your commandment 03Buz5    28:6 | incorruptible; people transgressed your commandment and as a result of this 03Buz5    28:7 | and by your just judgment you 03Buz5    28:7 | from which you created them, and they were doomed to death 03Buz5    28:7 | them, but by the care and grace of your only begotten 03Buz5    28:7 | creations with a second birth and visited your creations in many 03Buz5    28:8 | have revealed various miraculous powers and signs by the hands of 03Buz5    28:9 | And when the end of time 03Buz5    28:9 | word, who, being by nature and by honor equal to the 03Buz5    28:9 | the form of a servant and became like us infirm, in 03Buz5    28:10 | saved us from every temptation and delusion, abolished all hopeless lack 03Buz5    28:10 | lack of faith on earth, and you gave hope and faith 03Buz5    28:10 | earth, and you gave hope and faith to all your creatures 03Buz5    28:10 | your creatures in the resurrection and likeness to your image and 03Buz5    28:10 | and likeness to your image and face, and gave life to 03Buz5    28:10 | to your image and face, and gave life to everyone in 03Buz5    28:11 | the sake of your mercy and compassion, which you have spread 03Buz5    28:11 | specialist who understands the hearts and kidneys of people 03Buz5    28:13 | enemy does not kidnap him and so that he created in 03Buz5    28:13 | he created in your image and likeness is not subjected to 03Buz5    28:14 | liturgy, then began the liturgy and completed the entire rite 03Buz5    28:15 | in heaven,” he knelt down and prayed for a long time 03Buz5    28:16 | And while he was kneeling and 03Buz5    28:16 | And while he was kneeling and praying, the little-believing brother 03Buz5    28:16 | the pulpit at the altar and with open eyes saw the 03Buz5    28:17 | formed from a spear wound, and from the wound on his 03Buz5    28:18 | monk, seeing this, was horrified and trembled, agitated and confused, fell 03Buz5    28:18 | was horrified and trembled, agitated and confused, fell to the ground 03Buz5    28:18 | ground, with numb lips, exhausted and breathless, fainted 03Buz5    28:19 | And the priest, having risen (from 03Buz5    28:19 | sacrament of the holy liturgy and when he lowered the holy 03Buz5    28:20 | he took the remains again and put them on the altar 03Buz5    28:20 | put them on the altar and, going down, touched his brother 03Buz5    28:20 | going down, touched his brother and saw that he was fainting 03Buz5    28:21 | lips; when he finally sighed and woke up, he got up 03Buz5    28:21 | woke up, he got up and told the great miracle he 03Buz5    28:22 | that brother did not agree and did not take communion, because 03Buz5    28:23 | he dug himself a pit and in it for seven years 03Buz5    28:23 | sin of lack of faith, and after seven years he considered 03Buz5    28:24 | And again he sank into the 03Buz5    28:24 | the days of his life, and in the same pit this 03Buz5    28:25 | Then that priest also died, and both of them were buried 03Buz5    29:0 | the clan of bishop Aghbianos, and was appointed by king Pap 03Buz5    29:0 | king Pap as he willed and without permission from the great 03Buz5    29:0 | great chief bishop of Caesarea; and how as a result of 03Buz5    29:2 | occupy the position of patriarch and rule in place of the 03Buz5    29:2 | the man he had killed. And he did 03Buz5    29:3 | slain the great patriarch Nerses and in his place had established 03Buz5    29:5 | the authority of the katoghikosate and saying that whoever was the 03Buz5    29:6 | for all the different districts and regions of Armenia - bishops for 03Buz5    29:6 | to the city of Caesarea and become bishops there 03Buz5    29:7 | from the country of Armenia and the Armenians did not dare 03Buz5    29:7 | only sat above the others and blessed bread for the kings 03Buz5    29:8 | anyone; for he was timid and compliant. He held the dignity 03Buz5    29:8 | the wishes of the king and for all the days of 03Buz5    29:8 | life he remained in silence and complacency 03Buz5    30:0 | they mourned the patriarch Nerses, and how they longed for him 03Buz5    30:1 | the country of Armenia agreed and note: “The glory of Armenia 03Buz5    30:2 | The princes and naxarars spoke: “We know now 03Buz5    30:5 | know that God has forsaken and abandoned us, and we will 03Buz5    30:5 | has forsaken and abandoned us, and we will be unable to 03Buz5    30:5 | of the man who died and those of his azg caused 03Buz5    30:6 | All the azats, and shinakans from every nook and 03Buz5    30:6 | and shinakans from every nook and cranny of all the borders 03Buz5    30:6 | were mourning, the azats, shinakans and generally all the inhabitants of 03Buz5    31:1 | Rather he tried to corrupt and obstruct the correct arrangements which 03Buz5    31:2 | that the home] for widows and orphans which Nerses had built 03Buz5    31:2 | of the land be destroyed, and that the walled residences for 03Buz5    31:2 | built in the different districts and awans, built to protect securely 03Buz5    31:3 | be gathered there for fasting and praying, to be fed from 03Buz5    31:3 | be fed from the land and from each family 03Buz5    31:4 | that these institutions be destroyed and that the believing virgins be 03Buz5    31:5 | In all the awans and regions Nerses had also built 03Buz5    31:5 | built hospitals, setting up stipends and provisions and he had left 03Buz5    31:5 | setting up stipends and provisions and he had left reliable overseers 03Buz5    31:5 | reliable overseers for the sick and poor, people who feared God 03Buz5    31:5 | poor, people who feared God and were awaiting the eternal judgements 03Buz5    31:5 | were awaiting the eternal judgements and the coming of Christ 03Buz5    31:6 | the overseers from their superintendency and totally destroyed the places 03Buz5    31:7 | appointed overseers for the indigent and poor Pap persecuted completely. And 03Buz5    31:7 | and poor Pap persecuted completely. And he commanded every land under 03Buz5    31:7 | do not go forth beseeching and begging, they will hardly find 03Buz5    31:8 | the arrangments for the ptghi and [tasanordi] ( tithes) which had been stipulated 03Buz5    31:10 | tears, fitting psalms, blessings, lamps and lit candles 03Buz5    31:11 | boldly took the king’s command and left their wedded wives, to 03Buz5    31:11 | man changed women ten times. And simultaneously they all turned to 03Buz5    31:12 | the accompaniment of horns, pandirs and vins, slashing their arms, tearing 03Buz5    31:12 | arms, tearing their faces, men and women committing monstrous abominations as 03Buz5    31:13 | that is, in the leprosaria, and everyone took them everything they 03Buz5    31:15 | the Church were especially radiant and there was a multitude of 03Buz5    31:16 | and commemoration of the blessed martyrs 03Buz5    31:16 | in Armenia in huge assemblies, and the patiw of the father 03Buz5    31:16 | flourished both in the shen and the non-shen places 03Buz5    31:17 | all this was corrupted, polluted, and obstructed 03Buz5    31:18 | built in all the shens and villages of all parts of 03Buz5    31:18 | dwellings for foreigners, hospitals, otaranotsk, and everyone in the country of 03Buz5    31:18 | country of Armenia gave ptghi and alms, remembering the poor, the 03Buz5    31:18 | the exploited, rebels, exiles, guests and transients. For them the blessed 03Buz5    31:18 | blessed Nerses set up superintendents and provisions everywhere 03Buz5    31:19 | king Pap destroyed all this and dishonored the patiw of the 03Buz5    31:19 | Church. Furthermore, many correctional arrangements and canons which the patriarch Nerses 03Buz5    31:19 | patriarch Nerses instituted were overturned and forgotten 03Buz5    31:20 | world, many districts of Armenia and many people returned to the 03Buz5    31:20 | ancient worship of the gods, and they erected idols in many 03Buz5    31:23 | clerics in service, a priest and a deacon, while placing in 03Buz5    31:23 | service to himself the brothers and sons of priests and deacons 03Buz5    31:23 | brothers and sons of priests and deacons 03Buz5    32:0 | the emperor of the Byzantines and was slain by Byzantine military 03Buz5    32:1 | king Pap changed his mind and turned his heart away from 03Buz5    32:1 | emperor, wanting to have unity and friendship with the Iranian king 03Buz5    32:2 | support the king of Iran and to send messengers regarding alliance 03Buz5    32:3 | the Byzantine emperor saying: “Caesarea and ten other cities belong to 03Buz5    32:4 | But Mushegh and all the Armenian princes frequently 03Buz5    32:4 | Pap did not heed them and expressed the enmity which he 03Buz5    32:5 | Now the Byzantine princes and their troops were still in 03Buz5    32:5 | These princes were named Terent and Ade 03Buz5    32:6 | in the country of Armenia and ordered them to kill the 03Buz5    32:8 | This moment occurred when Terent and Ade, the generals of the 03Buz5    32:8 | alone, that all the grandees and the Armenian troops were not 03Buz5    32:8 | generals prepared a grand banquet and invited the great king of 03Buz5    32:8 | to a banquet. They organized and prepared 03Buz5    32:9 | dinner, entered the dining area, and sat down to eat and 03Buz5    32:9 | and sat down to eat and drink 03Buz5    32:10 | tent with shields in hand, and battle-axes at their waist 03Buz5    32:12 | the battle-axes stood behind and on all sides of him 03Buz5    32:13 | Pap. The drummers, flutists, harpists and horns all began to play 03Buz5    32:14 | to his mouth to drink, and his eyes were fixed straight 03Buz5    32:15 | bosses, raised their battle-axes and struck king Pap. One cut 03Buz5    32:16 | fell on his face then and there. The wine from the 03Buz5    32:16 | the blood from his neck and Pap’s body fell together onto 03Buz5    32:17 | his couch, drew his sword, and struck and killed one of 03Buz5    32:17 | drew his sword, and struck and killed one of the legionnaires 03Buz5    32:18 | Terent drew his own sword and cut off Gnel’s head above 03Buz5    32:19 | And no one could say anything 03Buz5    33:0 | the Armenian princes conferred about, and how they kept silent 03Buz5    33:1 | princes of Armenia, sparapet Mushegh, and Hayr mardpet. All of the 03Buz5    33:2 | service of the pagan Iranians and make an enemy of the 03Buz5    33:3 | us serve the Byzantine emperor and remain obedient to the authority 03Buz5    33:3 | authority of the Byzantine empire, and do as it says 03Buz5    34:2 | entered the country of Armenia, and ruled as king 03Buz5    34:4 | him, they gathered around him and were delighted that he would 03Buz5    34:5 | borders as was his custom, and he offered good advice to 03Buz5    34:7 | consulted with the Byzantine princes, and through them with the emperor 03Buz5    34:7 | every district with a city, and two where there were two 03Buz5    34:8 | land would be totally secure and not move away from him 03Buz5    34:8 | not move away from him, and the king of Iran would 03Buz5    35:0 | heeded the words of malicious and senseless men and killed Mushegh 03Buz5    35:0 | of malicious and senseless men and killed Mushegh, the general of 03Buz5    35:4 | Mushegh, who is a wicked and duplicitous man 03Buz5    35:5 | Your enemies love him and those dear to you hate 03Buz5    35:5 | had always acted treacherously, duplicitously, and maliciously 03Buz5    35:7 | the king of Aghuania, Urhnayr, and did not want to kill 03Buz5    35:8 | it not by Mushegh’s order and acting on his advice that 03Buz5    35:8 | Mushegh aggrevated the Byzantine emperor and caused him to have a 03Buz5    35:9 | country of Armenia with cities and make it a military base 03Buz5    35:10 | or Mushegh will kill you and rule himself 03Buz5    35:15 | a great dinner be readied, and they made great preparations. Varazdat 03Buz5    35:15 | senior honorable men, the grandees, and general Mushegh be called to 03Buz5    35:17 | lot of wine to drink and made much happy diversion 03Buz5    35:18 | the pretext of relieving myself and you surround him 03Buz5    35:19 | They passed to the drinking and had passed the limit, but 03Buz5    35:20 | of going to the privy, and all the nobility stood up 03Buz5    35:21 | on one side of him, and six on the other 03Buz5    35:22 | Mushegh looked at him inquiringly and note: “What is this”? The 03Buz5    35:22 | saying: “Go to king Pap and ask him what it is 03Buz5    35:23 | The king went outside and Mushegh note: “Is this my 03Buz5    35:23 | my many labors of blood and sweat, and for the sweat 03Buz5    35:23 | labors of blood and sweat, and for the sweat that I 03Buz5    35:25 | time to say this much and no more 03Buz5    35:26 | had affixed to his thigh, and slit general Mushegh’s throat, cutting 03Buz5    35:27 | People picked up his body and took it to his village 03Buz5    36:0 | opinions held by Mushegh’s family and other folk 03Buz5    36:2 | has been in countless battles and never received a wound. No 03Buz5    36:3 | head back onto the torso and placed it on the roof 03Buz5    36:3 | man, the arhlezk will descend and cause him to arise 03Buz5    36:5 | him down from the tower, and wept over and buried him 03Buz5    36:5 | the tower, and wept over and buried him, as was the 03Buz5    37:0 | of Manuel from Iranian captivity and his avenging of Mushegh, and 03Buz5    37:0 | and his avenging of Mushegh, and his expulsion of king Varazdat 03Buz5    37:7 | were defeated by the Kushans, and as they turned in flight 03Buz5    37:7 | Artashen of the Mamikonean tohm, and his brother, Koms, did in 03Buz5    37:8 | reached the Iranian king safe and sound 03Buz5    37:10 | got angry at them, dishonored and chased them from his boundaries 03Buz5    37:13 | brother Koms picked him up and carried him one hundred xrasax 03Buz5    37:14 | When Manuel and his brother Koms reached the 03Buz5    37:14 | reached the country of Armenia and when Vache saw the one 03Buz5    37:16 | We gave our lives, living and dying for you. All of 03Buz5    37:16 | in battle for king Arshak, and we have always labored and 03Buz5    37:16 | and we have always labored and worked for the kingdom of 03Buz5    37:17 | life for you. He defeated and destroyed your enemies, and the 03Buz5    37:17 | defeated and destroyed your enemies, and the enemies were unable to 03Buz5    37:17 | seized him on his couch and strangled him 03Buz5    37:19 | your servants but your peers, and we are above you. For 03Buz5    37:19 | bloodshed, we left that land and to find rest we stopped 03Buz5    37:20 | kings knew who we were and where we came from. But 03Buz5    37:20 | Arsacid, begone from this land and do not perish at my 03Buz5    37:21 | where you were kings naturally and since you came here as 03Buz5    37:22 | the Chenats country, stay there, and rule your country there as 03Buz5    37:24 | Now when messengers had gone and come many times, with the 03Buz5    37:26 | the troops of his banak and went to the place designated 03Buz5    37:26 | designated for battle armed, arranged, and prepared, with Varazdat himself more 03Buz5    37:28 | King Varazdat and sparapet Manuel took spears and 03Buz5    37:28 | and sparapet Manuel took spears and went against each other as 03Buz5    37:31 | Varazdat was a young man and uninformed about fighting. When he 03Buz5    37:31 | So, he took the spear and forcefully thrust it into general 03Buz5    37:33 | the tip of the spear and beat the head of king 03Buz5    37:34 | Then Manuel’s sons, Hmayeak and Artashes, each with spear in 03Buz5    37:36 | They heeded their father’s words and swiftly turned from Varazdat. On 03Buz5    37:37 | many who had been pierced and the seriously wounded. Many naxarars 03Buz5    37:38 | went over the fallen corpses and the bodies of those who 03Buz5    37:40 | Armenia, Garegin left his wife and fled 03Buz5    37:47 | were with him: “Get down and cover him with your shields 03Buz5    37:48 | put their shields over him and remained there guarding him in 03Buz5    37:49 | the Manuelean brigade came by and saw that the shield-bearers 03Buz5    37:49 | the shield-bearers had dismounted and were guarding Garegin. He asked 03Buz5    37:49 | asked them: “Who is that and why have you dismounted here 03Buz5    37:50 | Hamazaspean ordered us to dismount and guard him 03Buz5    37:51 | Danun became furiously angry and note: “So, Hamazaspean wants to 03Buz5    37:51 | his brother-in-law again, and to give Garegin his sister 03Buz5    37:51 | that reason, he spared him and ordered him guarded 03Buz5    37:52 | dismounted, took out his sword and cut Garegin to pieces 03Buz5    37:54 | others who supported these acts and brought all of them to 03Buz5    37:57 | where he lived his life and died 03Buz5    37:58 | Armenia, Manuel, subdued the land and gathered all the grandees and 03Buz5    37:58 | and gathered all the grandees and naxarars of Armenia. He was 03Buz5    37:58 | Armenia. He was their guide and head, ruling his principality or 03Buz5    37:58 | principality or exerting his authority and giving the commands of the 03Buz5    37:59 | them in the king’s place and causing them to circulate around 03Buz5    37:60 | of Armenia with great wisdom and much success 03Buz5    37:61 | senior one was named Arshak, and the junior one, Vagharshak. Sparapet 03Buz5    37:61 | Manuel nourished them as sans and honored their mother, Zarmanduxt, in 03Buz5    38:0 | hand to the Iranian king, and brought Suren as the first 03Buz5    38:0 | Suren as the first marzpan and governor of the land of 03Buz5    38:0 | Armenia from the Iranian king; and how he was exalted by 03Buz5    38:0 | by him with great gifts; and how, because of the duplicity 03Buz5    38:1 | Zarmanduxt, the tikin of Armenia, and sparapet Manuel sent Garjoyl Maghxaz 03Buz5    38:1 | sparapet Manuel sent Garjoyl Maghxaz and many of the Armenian naxarars 03Buz5    38:1 | of Iran, bearing hrovartaks, presents and gifts. This was to show 03Buz5    38:1 | to show support for him and to defend him, to offer 03Buz5    38:1 | offer to serve him loyally, and to give him the land 03Buz5    38:2 | Garjoyl and those with him arrived at 03Buz5    38:2 | the hrovartaks of the tikin and the sparapet of Armenia as 03Buz5    38:4 | of Armenia, help general Manuel and protect tikin Zarmanduxt from enemies 03Buz5    38:5 | take a crown, a robe, and the emblem of kings to 03Buz5    38:5 | of kings to tikin Zarmanduxt and crowns to the two young 03Buz5    38:5 | the two young Arsacids, Arshak and Vagharshak 03Buz5    38:6 | the head with a gold and silver gargmanak and the figure 03Buz5    38:6 | a gold and silver gargmanak and the figure of an eagle 03Buz5    38:6 | a tent of red leather and on it the figure of 03Buz5    38:6 | an eagle; very great hangings, and skyblue parasols 03Buz5    38:7 | sparapet Manuel gold tachar vessels, and by his own hand gave 03Buz5    38:9 | the pargews for the tikin and her children as well as 03Buz5    38:9 | each of the nobles, tanuters, and grandees of Armenia 03Buz5    38:10 | When tikin Zarmanduxt and the sparapet general of Armenia 03Buz5    38:10 | Armenia, Manuel, saw the exaltation and affection of the Iranian king 03Buz5    38:11 | land of Armenia to Suren and were obedient to the commands 03Buz5    38:11 | king of Iran, giving presents and gifts 03Buz5    38:12 | and also (providing) has, shoes, and 03Buz5    38:12 | and also (providing) has, shoes, and the necessary stipends for the 03Buz5    38:12 | stipends for the marzpan Suren and victuals and necessary food for 03Buz5    38:12 | the marzpan Suren and victuals and necessary food for the [10000] troops 03Buz5    38:13 | Iranian king were constantly coming and going to the country of 03Buz5    38:13 | of the alliance which existed, and the king was constantly sending 03Buz5    38:13 | sending pargews to tikin Zarmanduxt and to Manuel, the general of 03Buz5    38:14 | of Iran, beloved by him, and he was greatly glorified by 03Buz5    38:15 | very jealous of Manuel’s glory, and sought some means of removing 03Buz5    38:16 | he plotted some wicked treachery and advanced his work with hypocrisy 03Buz5    38:17 | to appear as Manuel’s trustee and guardian. Next, he came to 03Buz5    38:17 | came to deliver this false and capricious information: “Know, oh Manuel 03Buz5    38:17 | with an order to seize and bind you and either to 03Buz5    38:17 | to seize and bind you and either to kill you here 03Buz5    38:17 | with great care, foot, hand, and neck, and to take you 03Buz5    38:17 | care, foot, hand, and neck, and to take you to the 03Buz5    38:17 | of Iran. So be advised and think what you will do 03Buz5    38:18 | this, he was astonished inwardly and note: “I have committed no 03Buz5    38:19 | to Manuel: “I have verified and confirmed it, and it is 03Buz5    38:19 | have verified and confirmed it, and it is so 03Buz5    38:20 | of Armenia organized a brigade and assembled many troops 03Buz5    38:22 | his life as a pargew and let him go on a 03Buz5    38:23 | surprised at what had happened, and wanted to know why. Manuel 03Buz5    38:24 | Manuel organized the Armenian brigade and prepared the men. Thereafter he 03Buz5    38:24 | he had aroused great hostility and aggrevation of the Iranian king 03Buz5    38:25 | the general of Armenia, Manuel, and the entire brigade taking king 03Buz5    38:25 | all sides against the enemies and neighbors around them, and especially 03Buz5    38:25 | enemies and neighbors around them, and especially against the Iranian troops 03Buz5    38:25 | to the king of Iran and made accusation against Manuel 03Buz5    39:0 | king to war against Armenia, and how he perished with his 03Buz5    39:1 | to go to Armenia, take, and ruin the country. They came 03Buz5    39:2 | those troubled times, some [20000] men, and hastened against that brigade. Manuel 03Buz5    39:2 | the sword, killed Gumand Shapuh, and again emerged with great triumph 03Buz5    40:0 | sent by the Iranian king, and who perished at Manuel’s hands 03Buz5    40:1 | to war with sparapet Manuel and with the entire Armenian brigade 03Buz5    40:2 | Armenia’s sparapet general Manuel organized and prepared [10000] armed cavalrymen and came 03Buz5    40:2 | organized and prepared [10000] armed cavalrymen and came to war against Varaz 03Buz5    40:3 | He struck and killed, exterminating, and killing the 03Buz5    40:3 | He struck and killed, exterminating, and killing the principal, Varaz. He 03Buz5    40:3 | amount of loot, the ornaments and weapons of the troops, and 03Buz5    40:3 | and weapons of the troops, and returned in great peace 03Buz5    41:0 | Iranian king with numerous troops, and who perished at Manuel’s hand 03Buz5    41:2 | He arrived and took a part of the 03Buz5    41:3 | to the sword, killed Mrhkan, and took much booty. He did 03Buz5    42:2 | near general Manuel, coming together and encamping without a care. General 03Buz5    42:3 | They were named Babik, Sam, and Vaghinak 03Buz5    42:5 | He made Babik the ter and the two others, each according 03Buz5    42:6 | sparapet, Manuel, set up nahapets and lords in all the districts 03Buz5    42:7 | country enjoyed their days eating and drinking and making merry those 03Buz5    42:7 | their days eating and drinking and making merry those seven years 03Buz5    42:7 | of the country of Armenia and the destruction of the kingdom 03Buz5    43:0 | Manuel with many Iranian troops and was killed by him 03Buz5    43:1 | Iran, accepted the Mazdean faith and apostatized Christianity. Many times, he 03Buz5    43:2 | taking many troops from him, and coming to the country of 03Buz5    43:3 | he would either seize, bind and bring Manuel to the Iranian 03Buz5    43:3 | else he would behead him and bring his head to the 03Buz5    43:5 | He wanted to come and spring upon Manuel unawares and 03Buz5    43:5 | and spring upon Manuel unawares and he wanted to do this 03Buz5    43:6 | follows: “I will go first and spy and then will take 03Buz5    43:6 | will go first and spy and then will take you upon 03Buz5    43:7 | Kog district. He stopped somewhere and spied on Manuel’s banak 03Buz5    43:8 | The spies went and observed Manuel’s army which was 03Buz5    43:9 | The observers came and examined Manuel’s banak and the 03Buz5    43:9 | came and examined Manuel’s banak and the herd of horses of 03Buz5    43:9 | at liberty. They went back and gave this information 03Buz5    43:10 | Tomorrow I will seize Manuel and his wife, Vardanoysh, will be 03Buz5    43:15 | augury by this greatly inwardly, and was saddened by these words 03Buz5    43:15 | the travellers be wickedly dragged and beaten 03Buz5    43:18 | been driven to the shen and were ready to be mounted 03Buz5    43:20 | of the Armenian brigade organized and prepared, as did sparapet Manuel 03Buz5    43:20 | village, to make a covenant and beseech God, to call upon 03Buz5    43:21 | tikin, with the youths Arshak and Vagharshak and their women to 03Buz5    43:21 | the youths Arshak and Vagharshak and their women to a stronghold 03Buz5    43:23 | in accordance with the religion and rule of Armenia, the youth 03Buz5    43:24 | women, Manuel raised his whip and beat upon his bare head 03Buz5    43:25 | but afterwards he armed, organized, and readied to go to fight 03Buz5    43:26 | they had accompanied the tikin and all their baggage to the 03Buz5    43:26 | the soldiers themselves armed, arranged and prepared for battle. They gathered 03Buz5    43:26 | in one place with emblems and banners fluttering free, coming out 03Buz5    43:27 | placed his own weapon, ornament and helmet emblem on many men 03Buz5    43:32 | Come now, and look at these identical emblems 03Buz5    43:33 | put their minds to it and looked for Meruzhan. They recognized 03Buz5    43:34 | you going to deceive us and permit others to be killed 03Buz5    43:34 | you? We have spotted you and today you will not survive 03Buz5    43:35 | he immediately took his spear and went forward to be Manuel’s 03Buz5    43:36 | the district of Siwnik, arrived and pinned Meruzhan to the ground 03Buz5    43:37 | a horse by his grooms, and they cut off Meruzhan’s head 03Buz5    43:38 | the Meruzhanean brigade. They struck and killed them, not allowing a 03Buz5    43:39 | battle. He had armed, organized and entered the fight separately from 03Buz5    43:39 | separately from the Manuelean brigade, and he halted by the banks 03Buz5    43:39 | the Euphrates river. He struck and killed a countless multitude of 03Buz5    43:41 | arrow passed right through him and the corpse fell to the 03Buz5    43:42 | troops than all of them. And Artawazd returned with a great 03Buz5    43:42 | returned with a great renown and much loot, which they had 03Buz5    43:43 | of Manuel’s second, Vache, fell and killed Vache 03Buz5    43:46 | Vahan’s son Samuel because Meruzhan and Samuel resembled each other 03Buz5    43:48 | bodies of Vache, Artawazd’s father, and of Garjoyl Maxaz Xorhxorhuni for 03Buz5    43:48 | for whom they lamented greatly and wept 03Buz5    43:50 | learned that Meruzhan had perished and that the brigade with him 03Buz5    44:0 | Manuel enthroned the lad Arshak, and how Manuel then died 03Buz5    44:1 | tikin, the two youths, Arshak and Vagharshak, and all the Armenian 03Buz5    44:1 | two youths, Arshak and Vagharshak, and all the Armenian banak with 03Buz5    44:1 | the grandee nobility of naxarars, and all the tanuters 03Buz5    44:4 | the country of Armenia gathered and enthroned the youth Arshak as 03Buz5    44:4 | of the country of Armenia and Vagharshak as his second 03Buz5    44:6 | He called his son Artashir and gave him his terutiwn, sparapetutiwn 03Buz5    44:6 | gave him his terutiwn, sparapetutiwn and generalship and ordered him to 03Buz5    44:6 | his terutiwn, sparapetutiwn and generalship and ordered him to be an 03Buz5    44:6 | him to be an obedient and loyal subject of king Arshak 03Buz5    44:7 | Try and labor and give your life 03Buz5    44:7 | Try and labor and give your life in warfare 03Buz5    44:8 | God that righteousness is great and acceptable, and He will not 03Buz5    44:8 | righteousness is great and acceptable, and He will not abandon you 03Buz5    44:9 | name for bravery on earth and you will be granted righteousness 03Buz5    44:9 | faith in Him Who made and confirmed everything 03Buz5    44:10 | Stand clear of duplicity, abomination and evil, and worship the Lord 03Buz5    44:10 | of duplicity, abomination and evil, and worship the Lord God with 03Buz5    44:10 | the Lord God with sanctity and loyalty. Die courageously for the 03Buz5    44:10 | for His Churches, His covenant and for the natural Arsacid lords 03Buz5    44:11 | entrusting the land of Armenia and king Arshak to him 03Buz5    44:12 | bed, surrounded by king Arshak and Vardanduxt, the king’s wife, all 03Buz5    44:12 | king’s wife, all the awags and naxarars of Armenia, men and 03Buz5    44:12 | and naxarars of Armenia, men and women, generally all the prominent 03Buz5    44:13 | was always nourished on battle and bore all of my wounds 03Buz5    44:15 | the land, for our women and children, for the pious people 03Buz5    44:15 | for the brotherhood of comrades and intimate friends. Though I deported 03Buz5    44:16 | Manuel said this and much more in the same 03Buz5    44:16 | the presence of king Arshak and everyone. He beseeched king Arshak 03Buz5    44:16 | saying: “I lived through God and devout Christianity. Let no one 03Buz5    44:16 | Let no one hopelessly lament and mourn excessively for me, contrary 03Buz5    44:17 | in resurrection, a second life, and the coming of Christ should 03Buz5    44:18 | Be more concerned with righteousness and mercy 03Buz5    44:19 | life he himself behaved so, and taught others the same. He 03Buz5    44:19 | indigent, captives, the devastated, foreigners and exiles, saying: ’There is nothing 03Buz5    44:19 | saying: ’There is nothing greater and more honorable before God than 03Buz5    44:20 | in the country of Armenia, and no one dared to do 03Buz5    44:23 | Manuel said this and other similar things 03Buz5    44:24 | of treasure to the poor and the needy. He gave many 03Buz5    44:24 | his belongings to the Church and the martyria, and much treasure 03Buz5    44:24 | the Church and the martyria, and much treasure to the chief 03Buz5    44:25 | the country of Armenia, azats and shinakans alike mourned excessively with 03Buz5    44:25 | mourned excessively with great weeping and lamentation 03Buz5    44:26 | his goodness, humanity, mildness, tranquility and concerned benevolence 03Buz5    44:27 | their mouths open, everyone wailed and sighed longingly for their brave 03Buz5    44:27 | productive sparapet, who had gone and been separated from them 03Buz6    1:0 | order of the Byzantine emperor, and half the people being ruled 03Buz6    1:0 | order of the Iranian king. And how, after the land of 03Buz6    1:0 | between them; how other lands and districts were separated and their 03Buz6    1:0 | lands and districts were separated and their territories diminished on all 03Buz6    1:2 | tohm as the Armenian kingdom, and through him he would get 03Buz6    1:3 | the crown on his head, and married him to his sister 03Buz6    1:3 | disposal along with king Xosrov and gave him the nuncio Zik 03Buz6    1:4 | saw them, he gave way and departed, going to the Byzantine 03Buz6    1:5 | district, while the Iranian troops and king Xosrov were in Ayrarat 03Buz6    1:6 | Emissaries and messengers of the two kings 03Buz6    1:6 | of the two kings, Byzantine and Iranian, were going back and 03Buz6    1:6 | and Iranian, were going back and forth to each other 03Buz6    1:8 | good to try to obstruct and destroy this mighty and wealthy 03Buz6    1:8 | obstruct and destroy this mighty and wealthy kingdom which is in 03Buz6    1:8 | we shall try to destroy and impoverish the Armenians and put 03Buz6    1:8 | destroy and impoverish the Armenians and put them into service so 03Buz6    1:9 | They confirmed this plan, and divided the land into two 03Buz6    1:11 | had been shorn away here and there and only a small 03Buz6    1:11 | shorn away here and there and only a small part of 03Buz6    1:12 | the two Arsacid kings, Arshak and Xosrov, they established borders peaceably 03Buz6    1:13 | away from both of them and the greatness of the Armenian 03Buz6    1:13 | the Armenian kingdom waned then and subsequently 03Buz6    2:1 | man with a wicked, severe and jealous nature 03Buz6    2:3 | religion of the Apostolic churches and began to behave as they 03Buz6    2:4 | their clothing with various ribbons, and strutted about in a way 03Buz6    2:5 | ornate clothing adorned with ribbons and embroidery, a sable, an ermine 03Buz6    2:5 | embroidery, a sable, an ermine, and wolf-skin. He even sat 03Buz6    2:6 | of his life in gluttony and licentiousness. He held the position 03Buz6    3:2 | He led for two years and died 03Buz6    4:1 | He was Christ-minded, pious and righteous, and led Xosrov’s court 03Buz6    4:1 | Christ-minded, pious and righteous, and led Xosrov’s court 03Buz6    5:0 | Concerning the bishops Pawstos and Zort 03Buz6    5:2 | twelve bishops, his coadjutors, colleagues and advisors 03Buz6    5:4 | trusted by him in everything and were still alive during the 03Buz6    5:4 | the two divided kings Xosrov and Arshak 03Buz6    6:3 | dwelled in the Arayratean district and acted in accordance with the 03Buz6    6:4 | his body from the wilderness and buried it at the bun 03Buz6    7:1 | Basen, who was a venerable and useful old man 03Buz6    7:2 | He behaved with sanctity and righteousness, as though worthy of 03Buz6    7:3 | during the years of Xosrov and Arshak, the two kings of 03Buz6    8:0 | Regarding bishop Yohan and his deportment, greed, stupidity, senseless 03Buz6    8:0 | deportment, greed, stupidity, senseless words and deeds; and how, in return 03Buz6    8:0 | stupidity, senseless words and deeds; and how, in return for wealth 03Buz6    8:2 | himself off as a faster and wearer of sack-cloth, never 03Buz6    8:2 | feet in grass in summertime and with woven material in wintertime 03Buz6    8:3 | with greed. He did unworthy and unbelievable things 03Buz6    8:4 | waist, knife in his belt, and bow and quiver on his 03Buz6    8:4 | in his belt, and bow and quiver on his back. He 03Buz6    8:4 | He had washed, anointed, arranged and put an ornament in his 03Buz6    8:4 | an ornament in his hair, and thrown a cape over his 03Buz6    8:5 | astride, it was large, colored and swift, so much so that 03Buz6    8:5 | the horse he was astonished and he wanted it 03Buz6    8:7 | you do not know me, and I do not know you 03Buz6    8:8 | man happened to be drunk, and greatly resisted dismounting 03Buz6    8:10 | ordered the man to kneel, and note: “I am ordaining you 03Buz6    8:11 | am a brigand, murderer, malefactor and libertine, have been from my 03Buz6    8:11 | been from my childhood onward, and am still engaged in such 03Buz6    8:12 | The man greatly argued and resisted, but Yohan was even 03Buz6    8:13 | the ties on his cloak, and put on a priest’s frock 03Buz6    8:14 | note: “Go to your village and be the priest of the 03Buz6    8:16 | seized hold of the horse and note: “This horse will be 03Buz6    8:17 | got hold of the horse and sent the man off 03Buz6    8:19 | frock went to his tun and entered the midst of his 03Buz6    8:20 | He said to his wife and family: “Arise and pray 03Buz6    8:20 | his wife and family: “Arise and pray 03Buz6    8:22 | But he note: “Arise and pray, for I am a 03Buz6    8:25 | in a state of shock and did not recall that, and 03Buz6    8:25 | and did not recall that, and I forgot to tell him 03Buz6    8:25 | He made me a priest and took my horse, saddle and 03Buz6    8:25 | and took my horse, saddle and bridle and left 03Buz6    8:25 | my horse, saddle and bridle and left 03Buz6    8:26 | go back to the bishop and tell him 03Buz6    8:28 | He arose and went to the bishop with 03Buz6    9:2 | him: “Lord bishop, bless us and the vineyard 03Buz6    9:3 | Yohan replied: “May thorns and thistles grow 03Buz6    9:4 | The man note: “May thorns and thistles grow on your body 03Buz6    9:6 | was in great, wicked torment and crisis for many days 03Buz6    9:7 | he summoned the vineyard-worker and begged him to pray over 03Buz6    9:9 | worker until he got up and prayed, saying: “Lord God, you 03Buz6    9:9 | that I am a sinful and unworthy man and I do 03Buz6    9:9 | a sinful and unworthy man and I do not understand the 03Buz6    9:9 | say: ’You cursed the bishop and this happened because of you 03Buz6    10:1 | he had an insatiable appetite, and he used the buffoonery to 03Buz6    10:2 | in front of the kings and imitate a camel, making a 03Buz6    10:3 | am a camel, a camel, and I will bear the king’s 03Buz6    10:4 | load your sins upon me, and I will carry them.” But 03Buz6    10:4 | put on Yohan’s back written and sealed deeds for villages or 03Buz6    10:5 | So, Yohan got villages and fields for imitating a camel 03Buz6    10:5 | fields for imitating a camel, and all the days of his 03Buz6    10:5 | deeds because of his greed and avarice 03Buz6    11:1 | his people with complete honesty and throughout his life he conducted 03Buz6    12:1 | the Holy Spirit. He worked and led his people in a 03Buz6    13:0 | About Tirik and Movses, bishops of the district 03Buz6    13:1 | the district of Basen, Movses and Tirik. They were good men 03Buz6    13:1 | of angelic religion, blessed, believing, and worthy of the clerical calling 03Buz6    14:1 | He was a prominent, renowned, and very virtuous man who, throughout 03Buz6    15:1 | bishops was Aspurak, a blessed and devout person, pious toward God 03Buz6    15:1 | devout person, pious toward God and mankind 03Buz6    15:2 | dwelled in silence, modesty, sensitivity, and propriety, beseeching God with fasts 03Buz6    15:2 | propriety, beseeching God with fasts and prayers every hour 03Buz6    15:3 | Zawen’s example. He wore laced and embroidered garments 03Buz6    15:4 | he was mild, humble, benevolent, and humane 03Buz6    16:0 | About the blessed and virtuous Gind who in that 03Buz6    16:0 | of the Armenian monks, cenobites, and solitary religious communities 03Buz6    16:1 | from the district of Taron and had been a student of 03Buz6    16:1 | monastics, the vardapet of cenobites and those leading solitary lives, supervisor 03Buz6    16:1 | lives, supervisor of the monks and teacher of all those dwelling 03Buz6    16:1 | had resigned from the world and were living in retreats, secure 03Buz6    16:1 | living in retreats, secure caves and crannies - people possessing but one 03Buz6    16:1 | who went barefoot, eating roots and vegetables, who wandered about like 03Buz6    16:1 | in the mountains wearing hides and goat-skins, the oppressed, downtrodden 03Buz6    16:1 | wilderness who roamed in cold and heat, in hunger and thirst 03Buz6    16:1 | cold and heat, in hunger and thirst, for the love of 03Buz6    16:2 | in the crevices of rocks and in caves, having no belongings 03Buz6    16:2 | in caves, having no belongings and never giving their bodies victuals 03Buz6    16:4 | They were Vachak, Artoyt, Marax and Trdat, who was their comrade 03Buz6    16:4 | Trdat, who was their comrade and had been the chief deacon 03Buz6    16:5 | youth Mushe as his student and taught him his ways. But 03Buz6    16:6 | him, performed very great miracles and healings in the name of 03Buz6    16:7 | circulated around many pagan places and among the pagans here and 03Buz6    16:7 | and among the pagans here and there, turning many away from 03Buz6    16:7 | to a knowledge of Life and to the road of Truth 03Buz6    16:8 | all the retreats with cenobites and all the shens with monasteries 03Buz6    16:9 | the wilderness for his dwelling and lived where the sources of 04Yegh1    1:1 | the religion of the magi, and frequently fought against those who 04Yegh1    1:2 | And when they had deprived him 04Yegh1    1:3 | him Satan made his accomplice, and spewing out all his accumulated 04Yegh1    1:4 | to appear as his enemies and opponents; and he tormented and 04Yegh1    1:4 | as his enemies and opponents; and he tormented and oppressed them 04Yegh1    1:4 | and opponents; and he tormented and oppressed them by his turbulent 04Yegh1    1:5 | Since confusion and the shedding of blood were 04Yegh1    1:5 | pour out my poisonous bitterness, and where shall I loose my 04Yegh1    1:6 | as the city of Nisibis and ruined in his assault many 04Yegh1    1:6 | the torch, he amassed plunder and captives, and terrified all the 04Yegh1    1:6 | he amassed plunder and captives, and terrified all the troops of 04Yegh1    1:8 | And the Persians who had fled 04Yegh1    1:8 | Persia because of their Christianity and who were in the imperial 04Yegh1    1:8 | the imperial city he arrested and handed over to him 04Yegh1    1:9 | restrained him from much anger, and he returned to his own 04Yegh1    1:11 | by threats, some by imprisonment and tortures, and some he put 04Yegh1    1:11 | some by imprisonment and tortures, and some he put to a 04Yegh1    1:12 | He confiscated goods and possessions and tormented everyone with 04Yegh1    1:12 | He confiscated goods and possessions and tormented everyone with great dishonor 04Yegh1    1:13 | And when he saw that they 04Yegh1    1:13 | idolatry by indissoluble links, burning and heated like a furnace to 04Yegh1    1:15 | powerfully at their last gasp and wise men retreat and flee 04Yegh1    1:15 | gasp and wise men retreat and flee from them, such is 04Yegh1    1:16 | are unaware of doing so; and when no outer enemy is 04Yegh1    1:17 | his hunger will go about and eat half of himself 04Yegh1    1:18 | Lord himself says: “Every house and kingdom which is divided against 04Yegh1    1:19 | brought your soul to corruption, and dragged your corruptible body to 04Yegh1    1:20 | when it is revealed, look, and you will know its final 04Yegh1    1:21 | have given you your empire and success. They have no need 04Yegh1    1:21 | one religion all the nations and races in your empire, then 04Yegh1    1:22 | of ours. Raise an army and gather a force; march to 04Yegh1    1:22 | the Kushans; assemble all nations and bring them through the Pass 04Yegh1    1:22 | bring them through the Pass, and there make your dwelling 04Yegh1    1:23 | When you detain and enclose them all in a 04Yegh1    1:23 | your desire will be fulfilled; and as it seems to us 04Yegh1    1:23 | the land of the Kushans, and the Greeks will not venture 04Yegh1    1:25 | seemed pleasing to the king and to the magnates, who were 04Yegh1    1:25 | same mind. He wrote edicts and sent many messengers to every 04Yegh1    2:26 | And this is a copy of 04Yegh1    2:27 | of my empire, to Aryans and non-Aryans, may the greeting 04Yegh1    2:27 | multiplied for you. Be well, and we ourselves are well by 04Yegh1    2:28 | the land of the Greeks, and without warfare by our loving 04Yegh1    2:29 | Do you celebrate and be unstinting in rejoicing. But 04Yegh1    2:30 | impediment gather cavalry before us and meet me in the land 04Yegh1    2:31 | Albanians, Lpink, Tsawdeik, Korduik, Aldznik, and many other distant parts which 04Yegh1    2:32 | A force of nobility and lesser nobility was assembled from 04Yegh1    2:32 | was assembled from Greater Armenia and retainers from the royal house 04Yegh1    2:32 | royal house; likewise, from Georgia, and Albania, and the land of 04Yegh1    2:32 | likewise, from Georgia, and Albania, and the land of the Lpink 04Yegh1    2:32 | the land of the Lpink, and still others from all the 04Yegh1    2:32 | Roman Empire, Korduk, Dasn, Tsawde, and Arznarzn, people who were all 04Yegh1    2:32 | people who were all believers and baptized into the one catholic 04Yegh1    2:32 | baptized into the one catholic and apostolic church 04Yegh1    2:33 | from each one’s land obediently and with loyal intentions in order 04Yegh1    2:34 | holy testaments, with many ministers and priests 04Yegh1    2:35 | of death, commending their souls and bodies to each other 04Yegh1    2:37 | masters; be not false servants and deceitful, but serve them faithfully 04Yegh1    2:37 | faithfully as if serving God and not men. For the recompense 04Yegh1    2:38 | lands with all this goodwill and commended to the Holy Spirit 04Yegh1    2:38 | king, hastily fulfilling his orders and doing everything according to his 04Yegh1    2:39 | his thoughts had been accomplished. And behold he acted with them 04Yegh1    2:40 | saw all the armed soldiers and the multitude of the force 04Yegh1    2:40 | in front of the magnates and all the host of his 04Yegh1    2:41 | the desires of his mind, and unwillingly bestowed lavish presents on 04Yegh1    2:43 | warriors to each one’s place, and summoned to his presence others 04Yegh1    2:44 | And thus, he established the habit 04Yegh1    2:44 | habit from year to year and built there for himself a 04Yegh1    2:45 | And when he saw that the 04Yegh1    2:45 | which they had with him, and that the Khaylndurk had ceased 04Yegh1    2:45 | the Pass of the Chor, and that in every region his 04Yegh1    2:45 | his empire lived in peace, and that he had put the 04Yegh1    2:45 | ruined most of his provinces and had prevailed over his rule 04Yegh1    2:45 | of fire with white bulls and hairy goats, and he assiduously 04Yegh1    2:45 | white bulls and hairy goats, and he assiduously multiplied his impure 04Yegh1    2:45 | honored many of the magi and the greatest of the chief 04Yegh1    2:45 | the chief-magi with crowns and distinctions 04Yegh1    2:46 | command that all the goods and possessions of the Christians in 04Yegh1    2:47 | Thus, he waxed haughty and overweening; in his arrogance he 04Yegh1    2:48 | that he had been tortured and crucified, had died and been 04Yegh1    2:48 | tortured and crucified, had died and been buried 04Yegh1    2:49 | Armenian princes debated with him and note: “Valiant king, whence did 04Yegh1    3:51 | But have the reading prolonged and you will hear of his 04Yegh1    3:51 | the miraculous resurrection of all, and the summary compensation of his 04Yegh1    3:52 | smitten, but outwardly he laughed and note: “All that is fraud 04Yegh1    3:53 | The soldier of Christ replied and note: “If his bodily sufferings 04Yegh1    3:56 | Bound hand and foot he was given over 04Yegh1    3:56 | to torture for two years, and deprived of his princely rank 04Yegh2    1:1 | wind, troubled by every word, and trembles at every contingency; he 04Yegh2    1:1 | a dreamer in his lifetime, and at his death is despatched 04Yegh2    1:5 | the rays of the sun, and an ignorant man is deprived 04Yegh2    1:10 | And if this is so with 04Yegh2    1:11 | the mind steers both body and soul. Just as it is 04Yegh2    1:15 | myself was there in person and I saw and heard the 04Yegh2    1:15 | in person and I saw and heard the sound of the 04Yegh2    1:15 | great sea, so he shook and convulsed the whole host of 04Yegh2    1:16 | a review of all doctrines, and compared magism and divination and 04Yegh2    1:16 | all doctrines, and compared magism and divination and all the doctrines 04Yegh2    1:16 | and compared magism and divination and all the doctrines of the 04Yegh2    1:17 | He also deceitfully introduced Christianity and said with raging mind: “Question 04Yegh2    1:17 | examine, see. Let us choose and hold which is best 04Yegh2    1:18 | And he hastened quickly to fulfill 04Yegh2    1:19 | fire which was secretly burning and intending to consume the mountains 04Yegh2    1:19 | intending to consume the mountains and plains together 04Yegh2    1:20 | warmed by the inextinguishable fire and valiantly prepared themselves for the 04Yegh2    1:21 | with voices raised, with psalms, and spiritual songs, and glorious preaching 04Yegh2    1:21 | with psalms, and spiritual songs, and glorious preaching, they began to 04Yegh2    1:21 | they began to worship openly and publicly in the great camp 04Yegh2    1:21 | in the great camp. Fearlessly and without hesitation, they willingly instructed 04Yegh2    1:22 | And the Lord prospered them with 04Yegh2    1:22 | Lord prospered them with signs and miracles, for many of the 04Yegh2    1:23 | perverse plan had been revealed and that the flames of the 04Yegh2    1:23 | evil mind with hidden arrows and he saw incurable wounds inflicted 04Yegh2    1:23 | wounds inflicted on his soul and body 04Yegh2    1:24 | Now he flashed and writhed like a poisonous snake 04Yegh2    1:24 | snake, now he stretched himself and roared like a furious lion 04Yegh2    1:24 | furious lion. He rolled, twisted, and sprawled in his double-faced 04Yegh2    1:25 | he was unable to seize and arrest them—because they were 04Yegh2    1:25 | All the unworthy he promoted and all the worthy he demoted 04Yegh2    1:25 | until he had split father and son from each other 04Yegh2    2:26 | those of the Armenian nobility, and they sincerely observed the holy 04Yegh2    2:26 | holy preaching of the apostles and prophets 04Yegh2    2:27 | some of them with gold and silver, and many with other 04Yegh2    2:27 | them with gold and silver, and many with other liberal gifts 04Yegh2    2:27 | liberal gifts—some with estates and large villages, some with honors 04Yegh2    2:27 | large villages, some with honors and great principalities 04Yegh2    2:28 | And still further vain hopes he 04Yegh2    2:28 | way he was continuously enticing and exhorting: “If only, he said 04Yegh2    2:28 | accept the religion of magism and sincerely convert your error to 04Yegh2    2:28 | my beloved nobles in grandeur and in dignity, and shall even 04Yegh2    2:28 | in grandeur and in dignity, and shall even make you surpass 04Yegh2    2:31 | he saw Christianity daily increasing and spreading throughout all the regions 04Yegh2    2:31 | to languish, to waste away, and to lose his spirits from 04Yegh2    2:32 | public command: “Let every nation and language under my authority abandon 04Yegh2    2:32 | abandon each one’s erring religion and only cleave to the worship 04Yegh2    2:32 | of the sun, offering sacrifices and calling it god, and serving 04Yegh2    2:32 | sacrifices and calling it god, and serving the fire. In addition 04Yegh2    2:32 | fulfill the religion of magism and be negligent in nothing 04Yegh2    2:33 | proclaimed in the great camp, and he imposed strict injunctions on 04Yegh2    2:33 | to all the distant nations, and imposed the same orders on 04Yegh2    2:34 | a force infinite in multitude and attacked the land of the 04Yegh2    2:35 | regions of the impregnable desert and lived in hiding with all 04Yegh2    2:36 | king assailed his provinces, regions and lands, captured many fortresses and 04Yegh2    2:36 | and lands, captured many fortresses and cities, amassed captives, booty, and 04Yegh2    2:36 | and cities, amassed captives, booty, and plunder, and brought them to 04Yegh2    2:36 | amassed captives, booty, and plunder, and brought them to his own 04Yegh2    2:37 | strengthened in his erring intention and said to his impious ministers 04Yegh2    2:38 | Then in unison the magi and astrologers raised their voices and 04Yegh2    2:38 | and astrologers raised their voices and together note: “The gods who 04Yegh2    2:38 | gods who gave you empire and victory over your enemies have 04Yegh2    2:38 | the erroneous teachings of men and bring them to the single 04Yegh2    2:39 | seemed pleasing to the king and all the magnates, especially to 04Yegh2    2:41 | of the Armenians, Georgians, Albanians, and of all who believed in 04Yegh2    2:43 | When he had restrained and confined them in this secure 04Yegh2    2:43 | confined them in this secure and inescapable prison—and in truth 04Yegh2    2:43 | this secure and inescapable prison— and in truth I said secure 04Yegh2    2:43 | in truth I said secure and inescapable, for there was no 04Yegh2    2:43 | he laid hands on them and by means of severe tortures 04Yegh2    2:43 | by means of severe tortures and various torments maltreated many of 04Yegh2    2:43 | torments maltreated many of them and pressed them to deny the 04Yegh2    2:43 | to deny the true God and confess the visible elements 04Yegh2    2:44 | unison, with noble minds, bravely and forcefully cried out together saying 04Yegh2    2:44 | cried out together saying: “Heaven and earth are witnesses to us 04Yegh2    2:44 | on us are without reason and merciless 04Yegh2    2:45 | And the noise of their complaint 04Yegh2    2:49 | liberally than the daily custom, and he summoned many of the 04Yegh2    2:50 | with them in a friendly and gentle way in accordance with 04Yegh2    3:51 | be offered their usual food, and he increased the merrymaking in 04Yegh2    3:52 | their hands bound behind them, and the cords of their trousers 04Yegh2    3:52 | cords of their trousers sealed and carefully tied—some for two 04Yegh2    3:54 | deprived of their noble rank, and humiliated 04Yegh2    3:56 | Persians reduced everyone’s set pay and afflicted them with hunger and 04Yegh2    3:56 | and afflicted them with hunger and thirst. They ordered their winter 04Yegh2    3:56 | be in the harshest places and rendered them dishonorable and base 04Yegh2    3:56 | places and rendered them dishonorable and base in the eyes of 04Yegh2    3:57 | those who keep the commandments and endure 04Yegh2    3:58 | their youth, they consoled themselves and encouraged their companions; and like 04Yegh2    3:58 | themselves and encouraged their companions; and like a tower of light 04Yegh2    3:58 | light they practiced their worship and increased it 04Yegh2    3:59 | whom their voices seemed sweet and pleasant, encouraged them and spoke 04Yegh2    3:59 | sweet and pleasant, encouraged them and spoke words of consolation to 04Yegh2    3:60 | Christ they were very happy and joyful in the inner man 04Yegh2    3:61 | soldiery had attained miserable ignominy, and their ancestral freedom was in 04Yegh2    3:61 | in the shedding of blood and did not at all suppose 04Yegh2    3:62 | not remember anyone’s earthly services; and what is worse than all 04Yegh2    3:64 | bringing the great king’s greetings, and made a census of the 04Yegh2    3:64 | for the alleviation of taxes and the lightening of the burden 04Yegh2    3:69 | the nobility against each other, and caused dissension in every family 04Yegh2    3:70 | church, driving away the monks, and wearing out the peasants, so 04Yegh2    3:71 | And even more pernicious was the 04Yegh2    3:71 | been regarded as a father and overseer by the Christians of 04Yegh2    3:71 | him, deprived him of office, and in his place brought a 04Yegh2    3:73 | Likewise, they taxed both bishops and priests, not merely of inhabited 04Yegh2    3:74 | describe the severity of dues and taxes, excises and levies on 04Yegh2    3:74 | of dues and taxes, excises and levies on the mountains and 04Yegh2    3:74 | and levies on the mountains and plains and forests 04Yegh2    3:74 | on the mountains and plains and forests 04Yegh2    3:75 | whence all this treasure came and how the country remained prosperous 04Yegh2    4:76 | they openly ordered the magi and chief-magi to write a 04Yegh2    4:77 | And this is a copy of 04Yegh2    4:78 | Mihrnerseh, Great Vizir of Iran and non-Iran, many greetings to 04Yegh2    4:79 | man who dwells under heaven and does not accept the Mazdaean 04Yegh2    4:79 | the Mazdaean religion is deaf and blind and deceived by the 04Yegh2    4:79 | religion is deaf and blind and deceived by the demons of 04Yegh2    4:80 | For before heaven and earth existed the great god 04Yegh2    4:80 | sacrificed for a thousand years and note: ’Perhaps I shall have 04Yegh2    4:80 | name, who will create heaven and earth.’ 04Yegh2    4:81 | And he conceived two in his 04Yegh2    4:81 | belly, one from making sacrifice and one from saying ’perhaps.’ 04Yegh2    4:83 | doubt tore open the belly and came out 04Yegh2    4:86 | him: ’My son is luminous and sweet-smelling, you are gloomy 04Yegh2    4:86 | sweet-smelling, you are gloomy and evil-loving.’ 04Yegh2    4:87 | And when he had wept very 04Yegh2    4:88 | took the rule from Arhmn and gave it to Ormizd, saying 04Yegh2    4:88 | you sacrifice to me.’ And Ormizd created heaven and earth 04Yegh2    4:88 | ’ And Ormizd created heaven and earth, but Arhmn worked evil 04Yegh2    4:89 | And creation is thus divided: the 04Yegh2    4:89 | Ormizd’s, but the demons Arhmn’s. And everything good, both in heaven 04Yegh2    4:89 | everything good, both in heaven and here, is Ormizd’s and everything 04Yegh2    4:89 | heaven and here, is Ormizd’s and everything harmful done there and 04Yegh2    4:89 | and everything harmful done there and here Arhmn worked 04Yegh2    4:90 | good on earth Ormizd did, and whatever is not good Arhmn 04Yegh2    4:90 | man, Arhmn made diseases, illnesses, and death 04Yegh2    4:91 | All misfortunes and disasters that occur, and bitter 04Yegh2    4:91 | misfortunes and disasters that occur, and bitter wars, are the creations 04Yegh2    4:91 | the evil side; but success and empires and glory and honors 04Yegh2    4:91 | side; but success and empires and glory and honors and health 04Yegh2    4:91 | success and empires and glory and honors and health of body 04Yegh2    4:91 | empires and glory and honors and health of body, beauty of 04Yegh2    4:91 | body, beauty of face, eloquence and longevity—these receive their existence 04Yegh2    4:91 | existence from the good one. And everything which is not like 04Yegh2    4:92 | who say: ’God made death, and evil and good derive from 04Yegh2    4:92 | ’God made death, and evil and good derive from him.’ 04Yegh2    4:93 | the tree. God made death, and subjected man to that punishment 04Yegh2    4:94 | who says this is deaf and blind and deceived by the 04Yegh2    4:94 | this is deaf and blind and deceived by the demons of 04Yegh2    4:95 | error: ’God who created heaven and earth came,’ they say 04Yegh2    4:95 | earth came,’ they say, ’and was born of some woman 04Yegh2    4:97 | And many have gone astray after 04Yegh2    4:98 | astray in their great folly and have been deprived of our 04Yegh2    5:102 | They honor misfortune and despise success; they mock the 04Yegh2    5:102 | mock the name of fortune and greatly scorn glory. They love 04Yegh2    5:102 | They love simplicity of clothing, and honor the dishonorable more than 04Yegh2    5:102 | the honorable. They praise death and condemn life. They dishonor the 04Yegh2    5:102 | dishonor the births of men and praise childlessness 04Yegh2    5:103 | And if people were to listen 04Yegh2    5:103 | were to listen to them and not approach their wives, the 04Yegh2    5:105 | by men, that he died and was buried, then rose and 04Yegh2    5:105 | and was buried, then rose and ascended to heaven 04Yegh2    5:107 | are evil, are not seized and tortured by men, let alone 04Yegh2    5:107 | shameful for you to say, and these words are most incredible 04Yegh2    5:108 | word, or come to court and appear before the great assembly 04Yegh2    5:109 | in the province of Ayrarat and composed a reply to the 04Yegh2    6:128 | All these bishops and many chorepiscopi and honorable priests 04Yegh2    6:128 | these bishops and many chorepiscopi and honorable priests from many places 04Yegh2    6:128 | honorable priests from many places, and the holy clergy of the 04Yegh2    6:128 | the church, with one accord and in unison, gathered in the 04Yegh2    6:128 | concert with the greatest princes and all the people of the 04Yegh2    6:128 | the people of the land, and wrote an answer to the 04Yegh2    6:129 | Bishop Joseph and his united colleagues from the 04Yegh2    6:129 | great hazarapet of the Aryans and non-Aryans, with very peace 04Yegh2    6:129 | greetings be multiplied to you and all the great army of 04Yegh2    6:130 | the life of the king and ceaselessly requesting God for long 04Yegh2    6:130 | entrusted to him by God, and so that in its extended 04Yegh2    6:130 | our lives in well-being and piety 04Yegh2    6:131 | greatly versed in your religion and whom you regarded as superior 04Yegh2    6:131 | God, the Creator of heaven and earth, and he explained and 04Yegh2    6:131 | Creator of heaven and earth, and he explained and expounded your 04Yegh2    6:131 | and earth, and he explained and expounded your religion to you 04Yegh2    6:132 | And since they were unable to 04Yegh2    6:132 | refute him, he was stoned and put to death by King 04Yegh2    6:133 | is to be found: read and you will be informed 04Yegh2    6:134 | the sea, the dry land, and the islands; not only in 04Yegh2    6:134 | East, the North, the South and in between the world is 04Yegh2    6:136 | it derives its infallible charter and not through a mediator—for 04Yegh2    6:136 | mediator—for God is one and there is none other beside 04Yegh2    6:137 | but time derives from him; and he is prior not only 04Yegh2    6:137 | to the thoughts of men and angels 04Yegh2    6:139 | name is Creator of heaven and earth. But as he is 04Yegh2    6:139 | self-existent, prior to heaven and earth, so is he self 04Yegh2    6:140 | For he alone is “something” and everything else received its being 04Yegh2    6:142 | of their parts were arranged and ordered before him, both of 04Yegh2    6:142 | before him, both of men and of angels, and the forms 04Yegh2    6:142 | of men and of angels, and the forms of whatever was 04Yegh2    6:143 | And because he is a creative 04Yegh2    6:144 | The hands which established heaven and earth, inscribed also the stone 04Yegh2    6:144 | inscribed also the stone tablets and gave us a book containing 04Yegh2    6:144 | containing the laws of peace and salvation, so that we might 04Yegh2    6:144 | God, Creator of things visible and invisible—not different as if 04Yegh2    6:144 | as if one were good and the other evil, but one 04Yegh2    6:144 | the other evil, but one and the same wholly good 04Yegh2    6:146 | also good spirits, whom you and we call angels. If they 04Yegh2    6:146 | wish, the spirits are good, and if they wish, the angels 04Yegh2    6:147 | can be seen among men, and especially in the sons of 04Yegh2    6:147 | is one who is obedient and submissive to his father, and 04Yegh2    6:147 | and submissive to his father, and there is one who is 04Yegh2    6:148 | divided into two: sometimes evil and sometimes good; and the one 04Yegh2    6:148 | sometimes evil and sometimes good; and the one who was good 04Yegh2    7:153 | from that; for behold Arhmn and Ormizd were born from a 04Yegh2    7:153 | were born from a father and not from a mother—to 04Yegh2    7:154 | And there is something else still 04Yegh2    7:155 | the arrogance of your authority and enter into a debate in 04Yegh2    7:155 | are a very wise man and did not consider as superfluity 04Yegh2    7:155 | of the world from nothing, and that you attributed the transgression 04Yegh2    7:155 | the transgression to man’s freedom and the liberation from servitude to 04Yegh2    7:158 | fell of his own will and was rendered corruptible, and by 04Yegh2    7:158 | will and was rendered corruptible, and by himself was no longer 04Yegh2    7:159 | Because he was from earth and had acted for and by 04Yegh2    7:159 | earth and had acted for and by himself, he returned to 04Yegh2    7:159 | returned to the same nature. And since it was not from 04Yegh2    7:162 | the latter good, but imperfect and corruptible 04Yegh2    7:163 | And the god whose creatures are 04Yegh2    7:163 | god whose creatures are corruptible and destructible cannot be called an 04Yegh2    7:166 | that country would be destroyed and the kingdoms would collapse 04Yegh2    7:167 | This world is material, and the elements are different and 04Yegh2    7:167 | and the elements are different and opposed to each other. The 04Yegh2    7:167 | of these opposites is one, and he brings them into harmony 04Yegh2    7:167 | persuasion. Just as he crushes and softens the heat of fire 04Yegh2    7:167 | by the chill of air, and the cold solidity of the 04Yegh2    7:167 | grinds up the fine earth and kneads it with the moisture 04Yegh2    7:167 | to flow downwards he solidifies and hardens by the binding effect 04Yegh2    7:168 | that these were God incorruptible, and abandoning the Creator might offer 04Yegh2    7:168 | its leader alone is incorruptible and that he is one, not 04Yegh2    7:171 | is fire, in its being and essence is mixed with the 04Yegh2    7:171 | is found more in stones and iron, and less in air 04Yegh2    7:171 | more in stones and iron, and less in air and water 04Yegh2    7:171 | iron, and less in air and water, while it itself never 04Yegh2    7:172 | parts, more so in plants and less in air and fire 04Yegh2    7:172 | plants and less in air and fire 04Yegh2    7:173 | But air penetrates fire and water, and through water penetrates 04Yegh2    7:173 | air penetrates fire and water, and through water penetrates food that 04Yegh2    7:174 | So are these elements mingled, and they exist as one body 04Yegh2    7:174 | they exist as one body and do not destroy each other’s 04Yegh2    7:174 | one unmingled Lord who arranges and orders their mixtures with a 04Yegh2    7:174 | nature of all living things and the prolongation of the stability 04Yegh2    8:176 | born from a mortal mother and is king as divine offspring 04Yegh2    8:176 | is king as divine offspring and is a partner of the 04Yegh2    8:177 | in the bramble on Sinai, and face to face he set 04Yegh2    8:177 | he set down the law and gave it to him. He 04Yegh2    8:177 | this material world as created and his own immaterial essence as 04Yegh2    8:177 | of these elements from nothing. And he revealed to him that 04Yegh2    8:177 | earth with its earthly beings and heaven with the heavenly beings 04Yegh2    8:178 | inhabitants of heaven are angels, and the inhabitants of earth men 04Yegh2    8:178 | inhabitants of earth men. Man, and angel alone are rational, while 04Yegh2    8:178 | while God is above heaven and earth 04Yegh2    8:179 | commands he orders without reasoning, and never do they cross the 04Yegh2    8:179 | imposed on them. Only man and angel have been left free 04Yegh2    8:179 | his command, they are immortal and sons of God 04Yegh2    8:180 | into subjection—earth to men and heaven to the angels. But 04Yegh2    8:180 | angels. But if they disobey and transgress the commandment, they will 04Yegh2    8:180 | they will be opposing God and will receive disgrace and be 04Yegh2    8:180 | God and will receive disgrace and be deprived of each one’s 04Yegh2    8:180 | his dominion may appear blameless and the transgressors be put to 04Yegh2    8:182 | would go to irretrievable destruction— and perhaps I worse than you 04Yegh2    8:182 | the will of his lord and does something worthy of the 04Yegh2    8:182 | informed of the king’s will and transgresses in his presence, is 04Yegh2    8:183 | So, I beg you and all those under your authority 04Yegh2    8:183 | with you. But let me and you and all your host 04Yegh2    8:183 | But let me and you and all your host with your 04Yegh2    8:183 | inextinguishable fire, inherit the kingdom, and in this transitory life possess 04Yegh2    8:184 | But accept what you dread and you will straightaway learn the 04Yegh2    8:185 | our world, with treacherous words and a false promise, he proffered 04Yegh2    8:185 | hope to the untested, inexperienced, and newly created man, as to 04Yegh2    8:186 | into following that erring deceit, and lost the glory of immortality 04Yegh2    8:187 | which you too now dwell and senselessly err following the new 04Yegh2    8:187 | demons who have no stomachs, and neglecting the Creator of all 04Yegh2    8:189 | sweeten sins for man’s desires and by blandishments seduce the unlearned 04Yegh2    8:189 | urge their friends to theft and brigandage, not doing anything by 04Yegh2    8:189 | to sorcery, some to fornication, and others to innumerable other impure 04Yegh2    8:190 | a good God are beneficent and those of an evil one 04Yegh2    8:190 | are done by good men, and then wholly good deeds by 04Yegh2    8:191 | evildoers are not called evil and tormentors but very good and 04Yegh2    8:191 | and tormentors but very good and benevolent. Their nature is one 04Yegh2    8:191 | benevolent. Their nature is one, and not two; but from one 04Yegh2    8:191 | kinds derive—disastrous for some and munificent for others 04Yegh2    8:192 | And if it is the case 04Yegh2    8:192 | who wishes life for everyone and not death 04Yegh2    8:194 | you blaspheme with your impudent and unbridled mouth in fearless and 04Yegh2    8:194 | and unbridled mouth in fearless and unquivering arrogance 04Yegh2    8:195 | him the son of Pandurak and suppose him to be a 04Yegh2    8:195 | be a deceiver; you corrupt and dishonor the heavenly salvation to 04Yegh2    8:195 | to the destruction of yourself and of the whole world 04Yegh2    8:196 | your companions—the first, middle, and last 04Yegh2    8:197 | acknowledge God in this fashion, and in the same we believe 04Yegh2    8:198 | this world, the same came and was born from the Holy 04Yegh2    8:199 | from the unsullied Virgin—truly and not in a shadowy appearance 04Yegh2    8:200 | He was truly God and became truly man. In becoming 04Yegh2    8:200 | but he remained the same and one 04Yegh2    9:201 | approach the unapproachable, he came and submitted to our humanity so 04Yegh2    9:203 | human nature, with body, soul, and spirit, and united it to 04Yegh2    9:203 | with body, soul, and spirit, and united it to his divinity 04Yegh2    9:203 | to his divinity —a unity and not a duality. Consequently, we 04Yegh2    9:203 | who existed before this world and is the same today 04Yegh2    9:204 | world, came willingly to death. And, as the Godhead knows, he 04Yegh2    9:204 | the immaculate Virgin, was born and wrapped in swaddling clothes, was 04Yegh2    9:204 | infant with milk, grew up and reached thirty years of age 04Yegh2    9:205 | He performed great signs and miracles among the Jews, was 04Yegh2    9:206 | appeared to the twelve disciples and to many others—more than 04Yegh2    9:207 | heaven before his own disciples, and came and sat on the 04Yegh2    9:207 | his own disciples, and came and sat on the Father’s throne 04Yegh2    9:208 | just judgment between the just and the sinners, to give rewards 04Yegh2    9:210 | All our possessions and properties are in your hands 04Yegh2    9:210 | properties are in your hands and our bodies stand before you 04Yegh2    9:214 | laid down their possessions, properties, and bodies 04Yegh2    9:215 | For if we were immortal and it was possible for us 04Yegh2    9:215 | so, because he was immortal and so loved us that he 04Yegh2    9:216 | And if he did not spare 04Yegh2    9:217 | future, not forever, not forever and ever 04Yegh2    9:218 | true to it in life and death 04Yegh2    9:219 | the letter reached the court and was read in the great 04Yegh2    9:221 | cowed began to recover strength; and the same whispering was heard 04Yegh2    9:222 | the great hazarapet breathed calumny, and inflamed the king like an 04Yegh2    9:223 | voice in the great assembly and note: “I know the wickedness 04Yegh2    9:223 | not believe in our religion and have gone irrevocably astray after 04Yegh2    9:225 | the embittered old man interposed and said to the king: “What 04Yegh2    9:225 | does not transgress your command and the Huns remain subject to 04Yegh2    10:226 | Give an imperial command within and whatever you say will be 04Yegh2    10:227 | king summoned the chief-scribe and commanded him to write an 04Yegh2    10:227 | terms as if to hateful and vile people, not at all 04Yegh2    10:238 | the Huns in the north, and some of the princes he 04Yegh2    10:239 | plot of the wicked tyrant, and they thought of themselves, including 04Yegh2    10:241 | the sake of their brothers, and sons, and dear foster friends 04Yegh2    10:241 | of their brothers, and sons, and dear foster friends, who were 04Yegh2    10:244 | own brothers in great trouble and affliction—who had steadfastly endured 04Yegh2    10:245 | And the more they appeared joyful 04Yegh2    10:246 | meet them, to greet them, and inquire about the welfare of 04Yegh2    10:246 | would do the same twice and three times and in person 04Yegh2    10:246 | same twice and three times and in person review the force 04Yegh2    10:246 | them for coming to him, and in front of his companions 04Yegh2    10:246 | in front of his companions and all the magnates he would 04Yegh2    10:246 | he would praise them all and recall the services of their 04Yegh2    10:246 | the services of their ancestors and rehearse the brave deeds of 04Yegh2    10:247 | he did not cease provoking and stirring up a winter snowstorm 04Yegh2    10:248 | wave-tossed sea; not insignificantly and superficially, but from the bottommost 04Yegh2    10:248 | foam, thundering like a dragon and roaring like a wild beast 04Yegh2    10:248 | as if it would crash and scatter in its entirety over 04Yegh2    10:248 | entirety over the hills, hollows, and valleys to destroy completely the 04Yegh2    10:249 | his voice in a bellow and note: “I have sworn by 04Yegh2    10:249 | rays illuminates the whole universe and with his warmth gives life 04Yegh2    10:249 | you every form of affliction and torture until you fulfill the 04Yegh2    10:250 | Christ coming to their aid, and approaching with joyful faces and 04Yegh2    10:250 | and approaching with joyful faces and modest words they replied to 04Yegh2    10:251 | give ear to our words and listen kindly to what we 04Yegh2    11:252 | father of your grandfather Yazkert and to whom God gave Armenia 04Yegh2    11:252 | still live today. Our fathers and great-grandfathers rendered him service 04Yegh2    11:252 | great-grandfathers rendered him service and loyally fulfilled all his commands 04Yegh2    11:255 | Indeed, the amount of revenue and dues and all the other 04Yegh2    11:255 | amount of revenue and dues and all the other taxes of 04Yegh2    11:256 | ancestors, you also imposed taxes. And we, in our loyalty to 04Yegh2    11:258 | his face to one side and note: “I consider it harm 04Yegh2    11:258 | the tribute of your land, and your valiant deeds useless. For 04Yegh2    11:258 | astray from our true religion and have dishonored the gods; you 04Yegh2    11:258 | gods; you have killed fire and defiled water; you have buried 04Yegh2    11:258 | the dead in the ground and corrupted the earth; and by 04Yegh2    11:258 | ground and corrupted the earth; and by not performing pious duties 04Yegh2    11:258 | pious duties, you strengthen Haraman. And what is worst, you do 04Yegh2    11:258 | great joy when you disregard and do not observe all the 04Yegh2    11:259 | see you as sheep scattered and lost in the wilderness. And 04Yegh2    11:259 | and lost in the wilderness. And I have great scruples that 04Yegh2    11:260 | if you wish to live and save yourselves and be sent 04Yegh2    11:260 | to live and save yourselves and be sent back in honor 04Yegh2    11:261 | in unison raised their voices and said before everyone: “Do not 04Yegh2    11:265 | What heaven and earth cannot topple, let no 04Yegh2    11:266 | for every contrivance of torments and tortures that you have threatened 04Yegh2    11:267 | And if you were to ask 04Yegh2    11:268 | his stomach; from his nose and mouth issued hot vapor like 04Yegh2    11:269 | overflowing vessel of his plans, and scattered and wasted all his 04Yegh2    11:269 | of his plans, and scattered and wasted all his deceitful thoughts 04Yegh2    11:270 | And what he had never intended 04Yegh2    11:271 | Three and four times he repeated his 04Yegh2    11:271 | desire. But all of you and those in my army I 04Yegh2    11:271 | the journey from the heat, and the survivors will be thrown 04Yegh2    11:271 | be thrown into secure fortresses and inescapable prisons 04Yegh2    11:272 | army with elephants; your wives and children I shall have dispatched 04Yegh2    11:272 | dispatched to Khuzhastan; your churches and what you call martyria I 04Yegh2    11:272 | martyria I shall destroy, raze, and obliterate. And if anyone is 04Yegh2    11:272 | shall destroy, raze, and obliterate. And if anyone is found to 04Yegh2    11:272 | be trampled by wild beasts and die a merciless death 04Yegh2    11:273 | have said I shall perform and carry out on the survivors 04Yegh2    11:274 | unbound in each one’s lodging, and the perverse one took up 04Yegh2    11:275 | how they might extricate themselves and their loved ones from this 04Yegh2    12:276 | them at the royal court, and they expended on them no 04Yegh2    12:277 | example of Abraham, they cried and said in their hearts: “We 04Yegh2    12:277 | have all offered our brothers and sons and all our dear 04Yegh2    12:277 | offered our brothers and sons and all our dear ones and 04Yegh2    12:277 | and all our dear ones and placed them bound like Isaac 04Yegh2    12:277 | O Lord, our willing sacrifice and do not give your church 04Yegh2    12:277 | your church to the ridicule and mockery of this lawless prince 04Yegh2    12:278 | baptized in the living font, and he was greatly concerned with 04Yegh2    12:280 | had separated from the enemy and had ruined many royal provinces 04Yegh2    12:282 | The impious one quickly and urgently sent off the cavalry 04Yegh2    12:282 | urgently sent off the cavalry, and he himself in haste followed 04Yegh2    12:283 | with great hope they prayed and said in unison: “O Lord 04Yegh2    12:283 | the secrets of men’s hearts and before whom all invisible thoughts 04Yegh2    12:284 | O Lord, our secret prayers and make us delight in your 04Yegh2    12:285 | plans of the deceitful one and obstruct the desires of his 04Yegh2    12:285 | may not be suddenly attacked and cruelly ruined by the enemy 04Yegh2    12:287 | had come to his help and had toppled and destroyed the 04Yegh2    12:287 | his help and had toppled and destroyed the firm resolve of 04Yegh2    12:287 | firm resolve of God’s servants. And behold they offered adoration to 04Yegh2    12:287 | sun, honoring him with sacrifices and with all the rites of 04Yegh2    12:288 | sun of righteousness was absorbing and consuming his dark plots, and 04Yegh2    12:288 | and consuming his dark plots, and that they were destroying and 04Yegh2    12:288 | and that they were destroying and ruining all his perverse desires 04Yegh2    12:290 | showered them with earthly gifts and restored to them all their 04Yegh2    12:290 | to them all their honors and ranks, promoting them and making 04Yegh2    12:290 | honors and ranks, promoting them and making them distinguished throughout his 04Yegh2    12:291 | each one of them estates and towns from the royal treasury 04Yegh2    12:291 | He called them dear friends, and in the arrogant presumption of 04Yegh2    12:292 | of cavalry to escort them, and not a few magi; more 04Yegh2    12:292 | teachers he sent with them, and over them he appointed a 04Yegh2    12:293 | Humbly and beggingly he ordered them: “By 04Yegh2    12:293 | war, you will have performed and accomplished everything according to my 04Yegh2    12:294 | And thus, with éclat and honor 04Yegh2    12:294 | And thus, with éclat and honor he sent them off 04Yegh2    12:295 | tidings to many fire-temples, and indicated in writing to the 04Yegh2    12:295 | to the magi, chief-magi, and all the magnates of every 04Yegh2    12:297 | And before they had arrived in 04Yegh2    12:297 | of Armenia, they threw sticks and drew lots as to which 04Yegh2    12:298 | Armenia but also Georgia, Albania, and the land of the Lpink 04Yegh2    12:298 | the Lpink, Aldznik, Korduk, Tsaudeik and Dasn, and wherever else in 04Yegh2    12:298 | Aldznik, Korduk, Tsaudeik and Dasn, and wherever else in the Persian 04Yegh2    12:299 | treasures of the holy churches, and then like demons they began 04Yegh2    12:300 | A large force was gathered, and the malicious Satan appeared among 04Yegh2    12:300 | general, ceaselessly exhorting them all and urging them to make haste 04Yegh2    13:301 | fixed a time, six months, and they spared no efforts in 04Yegh2    13:302 | holy temples shall be shut and sealed, the sacred vessels shall 04Yegh2    13:302 | sacred vessels shall be numbered and taken to court, the singing 04Yegh2    13:303 | people in their own homes, and the believers in Christ, men 04Yegh2    13:303 | the believers in Christ, men and women who dwell each in 04Yegh2    13:305 | Sons and daughters of the nobility and 04Yegh2    13:305 | and daughters of the nobility and peasantry shall study the precepts 04Yegh2    13:306 | Christian ritual shall be abrogated and abolished; instead of one wife 04Yegh2    13:306 | the Armenian nation may increase and multiply 04Yegh2    13:307 | shall be wives for fathers, and sisters for brothers. Mothers shall 04Yegh2    13:307 | shall not withdraw from sons, and grandchildren shall ascend the couch 04Yegh2    13:309 | kneaded without a veil. Excrement and dung shall not be thrown 04Yegh2    13:309 | washed without urine. Otters, foxes, and hares shall not be killed 04Yegh2    13:310 | Snakes and lizards, frogs and ants, and 04Yegh2    13:310 | Snakes and lizards, frogs and ants, and all other various 04Yegh2    13:310 | and lizards, frogs and ants, and all other various kinds of 04Yegh2    13:311 | And whatever other duties there are 04Yegh2    13:311 | to the yearly festival rites and the due amount of ashes 04Yegh2    13:312 | the completion of a year; and to everything else they shall 04Yegh2    13:313 | When the magi and chief-magi received all these 04Yegh2    13:313 | received all these instructions, day and night they hastened to Armenia 04Yegh2    13:313 | night they hastened to Armenia. And in their great joy they 04Yegh3    1:1 | not wish to remain silent and hide their cruel afflictions. But 04Yegh3    1:1 | those who bitterly lamented us, and so that you too, as 04Yegh3    1:2 | Armenians were sorely pained, collapsed, and fell on their faces 04Yegh3    1:3 | mourning, smitten in their souls, and with bitter tears, came and 04Yegh3    1:3 | and with bitter tears, came and reproached the nobles and greatly 04Yegh3    1:3 | came and reproached the nobles and greatly blamed the clergy 04Yegh3    1:5 | shut your eyes to reading and closed your ears to hearing 04Yegh3    1:6 | Father who is in heaven and before the holy angels?’ 04Yegh3    1:11 | You were baptized in fire and spirit; will you now be 04Yegh3    1:11 | now be immersed in ash and dust? You were nourished with 04Yegh3    1:11 | nourished with the living flesh and immortal blood; will you now 04Yegh3    1:11 | with the smoke of sacrifices and impure filth 04Yegh3    1:12 | now be stripped of glory and dance like demons before the 04Yegh3    1:14 | why have you been burned and seared with them? For them 04Yegh3    1:19 | If only you knew and it was clear to you 04Yegh3    1:19 | that heaven mourned for you and earth grieved beneath your feet 04Yegh3    1:20 | have become angered with you, and from earth the martyrs have 04Yegh3    1:22 | had saved you from servitude, and you then of your own 04Yegh3    1:22 | divine command: ’I am God and there is no other beside 04Yegh3    1:23 | will they not at one and the same time answer for 04Yegh3    1:23 | answer for both their own and their fathers’ sins 04Yegh3    2:28 | This and more besides they said to 04Yegh3    2:29 | was impossible to remain silent and make no response. Choked, they 04Yegh3    2:31 | separated themselves from the princes and all the troops and sent 04Yegh3    2:31 | princes and all the troops and sent a messenger by horse 04Yegh3    2:32 | sad news in his mouth and with his collar rent, he 04Yegh3    2:33 | scattered to each one’s diocese, and they sent chorepiscopi to the 04Yegh3    2:33 | sent chorepiscopi to the villages and estates and to many castles 04Yegh3    2:33 | to the villages and estates and to many castles in the 04Yegh3    2:34 | populace to assemble—the men and women, peasants and nobles, priests 04Yegh3    2:34 | the men and women, peasants and nobles, priests and monks. They 04Yegh3    2:34 | women, peasants and nobles, priests and monks. They exhorted and strengthened 04Yegh3    2:34 | priests and monks. They exhorted and strengthened them, and made them 04Yegh3    2:34 | They exhorted and strengthened them, and made them all soldiers of 04Yegh3    2:36 | wife strive with her husband, and a servant turn against his 04Yegh3    2:37 | divine Law rule over all, and by the same Law may 04Yegh3    2:38 | this had been so confirmed and established, they all mustered armed 04Yegh3    2:38 | established, they all mustered armed and helmeted, girt with a sword 04Yegh3    2:38 | helmeted, girt with a sword and shield in hand, not only 04Yegh3    2:39 | troops with all their auxiliaries and the crowd of magi arrived 04Yegh3    2:40 | They pitched camp together and settled in; from all sides 04Yegh3    2:41 | days the chief-magus himself and the magi arrived with a 04Yegh3    2:42 | concert with his leading supporters and many clergy, stood ready at 04Yegh3    2:43 | great tumult on the army and magi 04Yegh3    2:44 | the skulls of the magi and chief-magus, forcing them to 04Yegh3    2:44 | the Liturgy in the church and continued the Lord’s service throughout 04Yegh3    2:45 | Armenia a crowd of men and women reached the place 04Yegh3    2:46 | heavens; while others took courage and ran to arms, preferring death 04Yegh3    2:47 | the Gospel in their hands and addressed prayers to God. Others 04Yegh3    2:49 | to rescue him from death and bring him back to the 04Yegh3    2:49 | back to the court safe and sound 04Yegh3    2:50 | them, saying: “Let me write and indicate to the great king 04Yegh3    3:51 | outsiders but also their brothers and sons and all their relatives 04Yegh3    3:51 | also their brothers and sons and all their relatives, and even 04Yegh3    3:51 | sons and all their relatives, and even their own selves 04Yegh3    3:52 | have no reverence for wealth, and— what is the most extreme 04Yegh3    3:53 | of yours began to increase and spread and fill the whole 04Yegh3    3:53 | began to increase and spread and fill the whole of Persia 04Yegh3    3:53 | fill the whole of Persia, and even reach the east beyond 04Yegh3    3:53 | that Christianity should be silenced and brought to a halt 04Yegh3    3:54 | more he wished to restrain and prevent them the more they 04Yegh3    3:54 | them the more they increased and expanded, reaching even the land 04Yegh3    3:54 | the land of the Kushans, and to the south spreading as 04Yegh3    3:55 | They were so fearless and audacious in Persia that in 04Yegh3    3:56 | built what are called martyria and decorated them in the same 04Yegh3    3:56 | same fashion as the churches; and in every uninhabited spot they 04Yegh3    3:57 | anywhere was apparent, they increased and multiplied and grew in material 04Yegh3    3:57 | apparent, they increased and multiplied and grew in material prosperity 04Yegh3    3:59 | forcible hand on them, arresting and torturing many of them, slaughtering 04Yegh3    3:59 | of them, slaughtering even more and becoming embittered and soured, yet 04Yegh3    3:59 | even more and becoming embittered and soured, yet he was unable 04Yegh3    3:60 | Furthermore, although he locked and sealed the doors of the 04Yegh3    3:60 | made every house a church and practiced their religion everywhere. Each 04Yegh3    3:60 | one considered himself a shrine, and they reckoned bodily temples superior 04Yegh3    3:61 | plunderers of their possessions labored, and the booty daily increased and 04Yegh3    3:61 | and the booty daily increased and multiplied 04Yegh3    3:62 | The king was enraged, and the executioners waxed cruel in 04Yegh3    3:62 | anger. But these were awake and joyful, and happily accepted all 04Yegh3    3:62 | these were awake and joyful, and happily accepted all torments, willingly 04Yegh3    3:63 | the heavenly salt, he stopped and cut short their torments. He 04Yegh3    3:63 | torments. He commanded the magi and chief-magi that no one 04Yegh3    3:63 | own doctrines without fear—magus and Zandik and Jew and Christian 04Yegh3    3:63 | without fear—magus and Zandik and Jew and Christian, and whatever 04Yegh3    3:63 | magus and Zandik and Jew and Christian, and whatever other many 04Yegh3    3:63 | Zandik and Jew and Christian, and whatever other many sects there 04Yegh3    3:64 | the land gained secure peace and all disturbances and commotions ceased 04Yegh3    3:64 | secure peace and all disturbances and commotions ceased 04Yegh3    3:65 | been even more stirred up and all Tachkastan had been disturbed 04Yegh3    3:67 | must be sure to write and indicate to the court the 04Yegh3    3:67 | the strength: of their union and how fearlessly they set at 04Yegh3    3:69 | And if unarmed people were so 04Yegh3    3:70 | thing what a man hears and another what he sees for 04Yegh3    3:71 | your childhood in that religion and truly knew the firmness of 04Yegh3    3:72 | senior of all the nobles and he had entrusted this whole 04Yegh3    3:73 | other times you were wise, and I knew it; but in 04Yegh3    3:74 | were in agreement with them and it was at your advice 04Yegh3    3:74 | they acted thus against me and against the army 04Yegh3    3:75 | Now if this is so and you do not wish to 04Yegh3    3:75 | the king. I shall write and explain to the court, to 04Yegh3    3:75 | court, to the Movpetan movpet, and to the chancellor, and to 04Yegh3    3:75 | movpet, and to the chancellor, and to the great hazarapet that 04Yegh3    3:75 | accordance with his former edict and to let them act according 04Yegh3    3:75 | to the religion of magism and those who accept it may 04Yegh3    4:76 | harm they may be scattered and lost to foreign lands 04Yegh3    4:78 | did not understand, you saw, and now we regret it greatly 04Yegh3    4:79 | But do what I say and it will seem good to 04Yegh3    4:79 | you. Be a little patient and keep your thoughts from most 04Yegh3    4:80 | And if I manage that, I 04Yegh3    4:81 | the support of the magi and chief-magus 04Yegh3    4:84 | The chief-magus replied and said to the marzpan: “Your 04Yegh3    4:84 | country it will be destroyed, and we too shall not escape 04Yegh3    4:84 | escape damage—harm to ourselves and especially loss to the king 04Yegh3    4:86 | to deceive some with money and others with blandishing words. By 04Yegh3    4:87 | the nights in drunken singing and lascivious dancing. He amused some 04Yegh3    4:87 | He amused some with music and pagan songs, and heaped great 04Yegh3    4:87 | with music and pagan songs, and heaped great praise on the 04Yegh3    4:88 | treasury a mass of wealth and he secretly distributed bribes to 04Yegh3    4:88 | the pretext of giving gifts and honor; and very deceitfully he 04Yegh3    4:88 | of giving gifts and honor; and very deceitfully he enticed innocent 04Yegh3    4:88 | deceitfully he enticed innocent men and drew them to himself 04Yegh3    4:89 | they were even more fervent and animated for their union. With 04Yegh3    4:90 | And especially when they realized for 04Yegh3    4:90 | they turned away in horror and avoided him 04Yegh3    4:91 | to the council for questioning and investigation, they realized the firmness 04Yegh3    4:91 | the firmness of his mind, and that he had not in 04Yegh3    4:93 | from the former union came and joined them, a force of 04Yegh3    4:94 | And they became even more removed 04Yegh3    4:94 | more removed from the magi and the chief-magus and the 04Yegh3    4:94 | magi and the chief-magus and the impious Vasak 04Yegh3    4:95 | the latter had so demented and dulled the mind of the 04Yegh3    4:96 | men to eat sacrificial meat and to worship the sun 04Yegh3    4:97 | the church lamps on Sunday and to tear the garments of 04Yegh3    4:99 | They raised their voices and note: “We beg you all 04Yegh3    4:99 | at your advice the marzpan and chief-magus are committing these 04Yegh3    4:99 | first cut off our heads and then seize the church 04Yegh3    5:101 | the general’s quarters stood up, and raising their voices in unison 04Yegh3    5:102 | Lord be our helper today and give the enemies of truth 04Yegh3    5:103 | their heads to the ground and were blessed with the Gospel 04Yegh3    5:104 | the princes who was present and took part in their council 04Yegh3    5:104 | by them on the spot, and great fear fell on all 04Yegh3    5:105 | as naught the king’s gifts and trampled underfoot his fearsome commands 04Yegh3    5:106 | ran quickly to their weapons and spent the entire night arming 04Yegh3    5:106 | spent the entire night arming and organizing. At dawn they divided 04Yegh3    5:106 | their force into three parts and fell on the enemies’ army 04Yegh3    5:107 | second group from the west, and the third group from the 04Yegh3    5:107 | group from the north surrounded and fenced in the host of 04Yegh3    5:107 | Persians’ army. Many they killed, and even more notable warriors they 04Yegh3    5:107 | more notable warriors they captured and threw into strong prisons under 04Yegh3    5:108 | to one place the plunder and booty of the army they 04Yegh3    5:110 | feet of the holy bishops and tearfully begged that he should 04Yegh3    5:110 | he should not be rejected and cast from them 04Yegh3    5:111 | Two and three times he repeated an 04Yegh3    5:111 | it in writing, sealed it, and bound it to the Gospel 04Yegh3    5:111 | to God to seek vengeance and that they not take it 04Yegh3    5:112 | well knew his deceitful hypocrisy and that he would falsely return 04Yegh3    5:113 | the church unwillingly surrendered themselves and their plunder to the holy 04Yegh3    5:113 | plunder to the holy bishops and the entire army. The king’s 04Yegh3    5:113 | king’s command was rendered null and void 04Yegh3    5:114 | power of God, men, women, and all the common people cried 04Yegh3    5:114 | We are ready for persecution and death and every affliction and 04Yegh3    5:114 | ready for persecution and death and every affliction and torture for 04Yegh3    5:114 | and death and every affliction and torture for the sake of 04Yegh3    5:114 | to renew ourselves by torments and blood 04Yegh3    5:115 | Holy Gospel as our Father, and the apostolic Catholic church as 04Yegh3    5:116 | noble than the rough villager, and no one was behind another 04Yegh3    5:117 | was shown by all—men and women, old and young, and 04Yegh3    5:117 | all—men and women, old and young, and all those united 04Yegh3    5:117 | and women, old and young, and all those united in Christ 04Yegh3    5:118 | put on the same armor and donned the same breastplate of 04Yegh3    5:118 | one belt of truth men and women girded their waists 04Yegh3    5:119 | one took silver for himself, and without avarice they despised and 04Yegh3    5:119 | and without avarice they despised and disparaged the honorable garments worn 04Yegh3    5:119 | honorable garments worn for adornment and distinction 04Yegh3    5:121 | regarded themselves as dead corpses, and they dug each one his 04Yegh3    5:121 | lives were reckoned as death, and their death as certain life 04Yegh3    5:122 | let us merely inherit fame and spirit, so that Christ may 04Yegh3    5:122 | again from dust both us and all those who fell asleep 04Yegh3    5:122 | those who fell asleep before, and to recompense each one according 04Yegh3    5:123 | Voicing these and more similar arguments, consoling themselves 04Yegh3    5:123 | more similar arguments, consoling themselves and one another, once more the 04Yegh3    5:123 | were unceasing in their prayers, and those fasting assiduous in their 04Yegh3    5:124 | the ministers ceased not day and night from reciting the holy 04Yegh3    5:125 | more they attacked the fortresses and towns which the Persians held 04Yegh3    5:125 | in the country. They destroyed and razed their dwellings 04Yegh3    6:126 | cities of Garni, Ani, Artagerk, and their villages; Erkaynordk and Arkhni 04Yegh3    6:126 | Artagerk, and their villages; Erkaynordk and Arkhni and their villages; Bardzraboḷ 04Yegh3    6:126 | their villages; Erkaynordk and Arkhni and their villages; Bardzraboḷ, Khoranist, Tsakhanist 04Yegh3    6:126 | Khoranist, Tsakhanist, the secure Oḷakan, and its villages with it; Arpaneal 04Yegh3    6:126 | Arpaneal, the town of Van, and its villages with it; Greal 04Yegh3    6:126 | its villages with it; Greal and Kapoyt, Orotn and Vashakashat 04Yegh3    6:126 | it; Greal and Kapoyt, Orotn and Vashakashat 04Yegh3    6:127 | places with each one’s villages and farms, troops and commanders, they 04Yegh3    6:127 | one’s villages and farms, troops and commanders, they captured and destroyed 04Yegh3    6:127 | troops and commanders, they captured and destroyed in the same year 04Yegh3    6:127 | away into captivity the men and women with their possessions and 04Yegh3    6:127 | and women with their possessions and belongings, their valuable treasures and 04Yegh3    6:127 | and belongings, their valuable treasures and goods 04Yegh3    6:128 | They destroyed and razed their buildings and burned 04Yegh3    6:128 | destroyed and razed their buildings and burned down the houses of 04Yegh3    6:129 | away the impurity of idolatry and removed the furniture and effects 04Yegh3    6:129 | idolatry and removed the furniture and effects of the fire-temples 04Yegh3    6:130 | raised the all-holy altar, and reverently celebrated the vivifying Sacrament 04Yegh3    6:130 | vivifying Sacrament. They installed deacons and priests in those places 04Yegh3    6:132 | carrying out all this great and virtuous task of heroism, a 04Yegh3    6:132 | attacked the land of Atrpatakan and caused much damage in various 04Yegh3    6:132 | damage in various places, seizing and looting, and razing many fire 04Yegh3    6:132 | various places, seizing and looting, and razing many fire-temples 04Yegh3    6:133 | terrified by the great miracle and themselves with their own hands 04Yegh3    6:134 | And other tremendous successes were accomplished 04Yegh3    6:134 | God, terrifying shocks befell them and everyone told his neighbor of 04Yegh3    6:134 | neighbor of these unprecedented visions and wonders 04Yegh3    6:136 | And all the youths of the 04Yegh3    6:137 | holy bishop of that country, and urgently exhorted the soldiers, saying 04Yegh3    6:137 | of the Huns has returned and reached our land, and many 04Yegh3    6:137 | returned and reached our land, and many more cavalry from the 04Yegh3    6:138 | created discord in the country and have brought some over to 04Yegh3    6:138 | lay hands on the church, and at the king’s command they 04Yegh3    6:138 | religion, you will receive gifts and honors from him and you 04Yegh3    6:138 | gifts and honors from him and you will gain relief of 04Yegh3    6:138 | build fire-temples in villages and towns, to place inside them 04Yegh3    6:138 | them the fire of Vram, and to appoint magi and chief 04Yegh3    6:138 | Vram, and to appoint magi and chief-magi as arbiters for 04Yegh3    6:139 | And if anybody resists and opposes 04Yegh3    6:139 | And if anybody resists and opposes, he will be punished 04Yegh3    6:139 | will be punished with death; and the wife and children of 04Yegh3    6:139 | with death; and the wife and children of such people will 04Yegh3    6:141 | hindered from their wicked intentions and not lay hand on the 04Yegh3    6:142 | malicious king of the East, and at the same time to 04Yegh3    6:142 | the fearful order of Yazkert and inflicting great slaughter on the 04Yegh3    6:142 | great slaughter on the magi— and to seek from him the 04Yegh3    6:142 | emperor of the West aid and support, even entering his service 04Yegh3    6:143 | with many of my cobishops and the whole Armenian army; Vasak 04Yegh3    6:143 | Armenian army; Vasak the marzpan and Nershapuh Rmbosean, with the sparapet 04Yegh3    6:143 | Nershapuh Rmbosean, with the sparapet and all the greatest princes, to 04Yegh3    6:143 | our greeting be upon you and all your troops, you who 04Yegh3    6:143 | peaceful benevolence rule over land and sea; and there is no 04Yegh3    6:143 | rule over land and sea; and there is no person on 04Yegh3    6:144 | occupied Europe they crossed over and also ruled the regions of 04Yegh3    6:144 | to the limits of Gaderon; and there was no one who 04Yegh3    6:145 | they called Armenia a great and beloved territory 04Yegh3    6:146 | assassinated his father, he lived and was brought up in the 04Yegh3    6:147 | their commands we have opposed and many more we are ready 04Yegh3    6:148 | have gained a second life and avoided death 04Yegh3    6:150 | presence of the great king and had read the supplication of 04Yegh3    6:150 | read the supplication of Armenia and the records of their ancestors 04Yegh3    6:150 | ancestors, many books were introduced and read, in which they found 04Yegh3    7:151 | peaceable solution to the matter and greatly concerned lest the churches 04Yegh3    7:152 | was the commander-in-chief, and Elpharios the Syrian—both vile 04Yegh3    7:152 | Elpharios the Syrian—both vile and wicked men, and ungodly to 04Yegh3    7:152 | both vile and wicked men, and ungodly to boot—so he 04Yegh3    7:154 | ambassador to the Persian king and contracted a firm pact with 04Yegh3    7:155 | this had been so concluded and hope of human help had 04Yegh3    7:155 | bishops began to reassure themselves and the Armenian army 04Yegh3    7:156 | of their own small numbers and of the alliance of the 04Yegh3    7:156 | emboldened in their former pact and note: “We are ready to 04Yegh3    7:156 | We are ready to kill and to die. It is easy 04Yegh3    7:156 | few the business of many, and through despised persons to accomplish 04Yegh3    7:157 | supported by their own valor and the consolation of their holy 04Yegh3    7:159 | they gave to Nershapuh Rmbosean, and charged him with defending the 04Yegh3    7:162 | He chose and took with him those whom 04Yegh3    7:170 | And many other troops from the 04Yegh3    7:170 | brought over to his side and some lesser nobles from other 04Yegh3    7:172 | unity of the Armenians’ covenant and have split their army over 04Yegh3    7:173 | to the regions of Her and Zarevand; the second section is 04Yegh3    7:173 | section is under my control and I shall not allow them 04Yegh3    7:174 | And all the other fighting men 04Yegh3    7:174 | the country I have dispersed and scattered throughout all the central 04Yegh3    7:175 | under Vardan, a small force and not numerous 04Yegh3    8:176 | Face him boldly and do not hesitate at all 04Yegh3    8:177 | This he wrote and explained to the marzpan, whose 04Yegh3    8:178 | this encouraging news from Vasak and was assured that the Armenian 04Yegh3    8:178 | the host of his army and rapidly crossed the great river 04Yegh3    8:179 | entire plain; they were armed and equipped in total readiness for 04Yegh3    8:180 | Now when the valiant Vardan and all the troops with him 04Yegh3    8:180 | the heathen army in readiness and looked at their own small 04Yegh3    8:181 | against us; with your arms and shield help us. Shake and 04Yegh3    8:181 | and shield help us. Shake and make tremble the vast host 04Yegh3    8:182 | Scatter and overthrow the evil unity of 04Yegh3    8:182 | before your great saving sign; and give into the hands of 04Yegh3    8:183 | the Holy Gospel may realize and know that you are Lord 04Yegh3    8:183 | you are Lord of life and death, and that through you 04Yegh3    8:183 | Lord of life and death, and that through you come victory 04Yegh3    8:183 | that through you come victory and defeat 04Yegh3    8:185 | Saying this, they closed ranks and attacked. Having broken the right 04Yegh3    8:185 | the face of the plain and turned them in flight as 04Yegh3    8:186 | they unseated from his horse and killed one of the Armenian 04Yegh3    8:186 | Mush of the Dimaksean family, and wounded Gazrik 04Yegh3    8:187 | eyes, roared like a lion, and attacked wildly, striking and slaying 04Yegh3    8:187 | lion, and attacked wildly, striking and slaying Vurk, the valiant brother 04Yegh3    8:189 | And from the great impetuosity of 04Yegh3    8:190 | the river turned to blood, and none of them at all 04Yegh3    8:190 | all was able to escape and hide in the thick forests 04Yegh3    8:192 | booty from the enemies’ camp and stripped the fallen corpses. They 04Yegh3    8:192 | corpses. They accumulated much silver and gold, armor and decorations of 04Yegh3    8:192 | much silver and gold, armor and decorations of valiant men and 04Yegh3    8:192 | and decorations of valiant men and brave horses 04Yegh3    8:193 | no little ardor the fortresses and towns which the Persians held 04Yegh3    8:193 | set fire to their strongholds, and wherever they found them in 04Yegh3    8:193 | for the birds of heaven and beasts of the earth 04Yegh3    8:194 | sites of all impure sacrifices, and saved and delivered the churches 04Yegh3    8:194 | all impure sacrifices, and saved and delivered the churches from their 04Yegh3    8:195 | Many of the Albanian nobles and of the general peasantry for 04Yegh3    8:195 | of God’s name had scattered and spread out among the fortresses 04Yegh3    8:195 | Armenian army, they too assembled and joined their forces. Together and 04Yegh3    8:195 | and joined their forces. Together and in concert they shared in 04Yegh3    8:196 | holding in force. They captured and destroyed the fortifications, slaughtered the 04Yegh3    8:196 | slaughtered the troops quartered inside, and made over the pass to 04Yegh3    8:198 | the land of the Huns and to many other barbarian nations 04Yegh3    8:198 | to an understanding with them and make a pact that the 04Yegh3    8:199 | immediately rushed to the spot and saw with their own eyes 04Yegh3    9:201 | When this had been completed and mutually confirmed and while they 04Yegh3    9:201 | been completed and mutually confirmed and while they were still peacefully 04Yegh3    9:201 | from Armenia, beating his forehead and tearing his collar because of 04Yegh3    9:201 | has abandoned the Christian covenant and ruined many places in Armenia 04Yegh3    9:201 | He has also seized, destroyed, and set afire Garni and Eramunk 04Yegh3    9:201 | destroyed, and set afire Garni and Eramunk and the great estate 04Yegh3    9:201 | set afire Garni and Eramunk and the great estate of Draskhanakert 04Yegh3    9:201 | great estate of Draskhanakert; Vardanashat and the fortress of Awshakan; Parakhot 04Yegh3    9:201 | Sardeank, the town of Dzoḷakert, and the fortress of Armavir; the 04Yegh3    9:201 | town of Kuash, Aruch, Ashnak, and all Aragatsotn; the province of 04Yegh3    9:201 | of Artashat with Artashat itself and all the villages and towns 04Yegh3    9:201 | itself and all the villages and towns in its neighborhood. He 04Yegh3    9:201 | flight all of your families and expelled them from their homes 04Yegh3    9:202 | hands on the holy churches and seized the holy altar vessels 04Yegh3    9:202 | captive priests’ families, bound them and imprisoned them. He has extended 04Yegh3    9:202 | He has extended his ravaging and ruin over the entire country 04Yegh3    9:204 | fled from the lawless one and moved off to the frontier 04Yegh3    9:206 | Armenia, bearing a vast booty and immeasurable wealth. In joyful gladness 04Yegh3    9:206 | He has struck great nations and slain mighty princes. For he 04Yegh3    9:208 | posting guards to the front and rear and the sides, he 04Yegh3    9:208 | to the front and rear and the sides, he brought the 04Yegh3    9:208 | brought the army back safe and sound in thirty days near 04Yegh3    9:209 | News reached the apostate Vasak and the princes in his company 04Yegh3    9:209 | of Vardan’s force in Albania, and also of their alliance with 04Yegh3    9:210 | great haste, all the captives and plunder that he had brought 04Yegh3    9:211 | Because wintertime had arrived and the enemy troops had seized 04Yegh3    9:212 | commanded them to be ready and equipped for spring 04Yegh3    9:213 | nobles he kept in support, and he seized and occupied the 04Yegh3    9:213 | in support, and he seized and occupied the royal estates 04Yegh3    9:214 | the land of Siunik, capturing and destroying many provinces. He put 04Yegh3    9:214 | provinces. He put him (Vasak) and all the troops with him 04Yegh3    9:214 | were forced to eat donkeys and dead horses in the extremity 04Yegh3    9:215 | And many sufferings did he inflict 04Yegh3    9:215 | a synod of holy bishops and of all the clergy deplored 04Yegh3    9:215 | cruel tribulations, which forced men and tender women to go barefoot 04Yegh3    9:215 | go barefoot without a mount, and many children to fall and 04Yegh3    9:215 | and many children to fall and hit the rocks along the 04Yegh3    9:216 | such success, all the bishops and priests commanded the country to 04Yegh3    9:216 | supplications to God with fasting and prayers, and to celebrate the 04Yegh3    9:216 | God with fasting and prayers, and to celebrate the victory in 04Yegh3    9:216 | indissolubly linked with the divine and immortal feast day 04Yegh3    9:217 | And all these visitations of God 04Yegh3    9:217 | holy bishops set in writing and had sent to the land 04Yegh3    9:218 | of the foremost Persian captives and bringing him before the nobles 04Yegh3    9:218 | nobles, they conversed with him and indicated all the damage that 04Yegh3    9:218 | slaughter of the royal troops, and the other disasters which lay 04Yegh3    9:219 | both sides, of the virtuous and of the shirkers, concurred: how 04Yegh3    9:219 | concurred: how for no reason and unjustly he (the king) had 04Yegh3    9:220 | messenger to present their case and to contrive some means that 04Yegh3    9:221 | brought upon the royal army, and claiming that the whole blame 04Yegh3    9:222 | yet aware—that the soul and body may be separated for 04Yegh3    9:223 | winter quarters of the king and repeated all this in his 04Yegh3    9:223 | his ears, making him shake and quiver. He lost all his 04Yegh3    9:223 | war in the East humiliated and not with head held high 04Yegh3    10:226 | humbled from his lofty pride, and he restored his wild heart 04Yegh3    10:226 | to human nature. He looked and saw himself full of weakness 04Yegh3    10:226 | he ceased his haughty aggression, and quieted his raging cries 04Yegh3    10:227 | He who had loudly thundered and by even more fearful commands 04Yegh3    10:227 | commands had made those far and near quake, began to speak 04Yegh3    10:227 | quake, began to speak softly and to entreat everyone, saying 04Yegh3    10:228 | What harm have I done, and what crime have I committed 04Yegh3    10:229 | the land of the Aryans, and is not the cult of 04Yegh3    10:229 | as they have been firm and true to their own religion 04Yegh3    10:230 | But I consider it equal and on a par with our 04Yegh3    10:231 | When he began to examine and scrutinize all creeds and had 04Yegh3    10:231 | examine and scrutinize all creeds and had understood them well, he 04Yegh3    10:231 | honored at the royal court and were blessed by him with 04Yegh3    10:232 | treated as worthy of presents and offerings 04Yegh3    10:233 | And he entrusted to them as 04Yegh3    10:233 | reliable officials the distant borderlands; and never did any mishap befall 04Yegh3    10:235 | what I did not wish, and great damage has occurred on 04Yegh3    10:237 | Such words and more like them he addressed 04Yegh3    10:237 | faults on the chief-magus and magi 04Yegh3    10:238 | All the great and honorable nobles who were sitting 04Yegh3    10:238 | were sitting in the Council and attending to his disingenuous speech 04Yegh3    10:238 | speech bent down in shame and stared at the ground, unable 04Yegh3    10:241 | Be long-suffering, and patiently leave these men to 04Yegh3    10:242 | all nations, who observed Christianity and whom he had forcibly prevented 04Yegh3    10:243 | opposed him, he had tortured and prevented from open worship; and 04Yegh3    10:243 | and prevented from open worship; and some he had made worship 04Yegh3    10:245 | without much repentance, to come and join the Christian ranks; so 04Yegh3    10:245 | them to be forcibly seized and taken to their churches 04Yegh3    10:246 | and he let the priests deal 04Yegh3    10:247 | he ordered to be restored; and he did not prevent their 04Yegh3    10:248 | He humbled himself and spoke with them in a 04Yegh3    11:252 | of his sincerity for Armenia; and with an oath he subscribed 04Yegh3    11:254 | this he put in writing and made known in Armenia and 04Yegh3    11:254 | and made known in Armenia and many other lands which practiced 04Yegh3    11:254 | the Christian religion. But secretly and deceptively he made haste to 04Yegh3    11:257 | amazed at its defective reasoning and said to each other: “How 04Yegh3    11:257 | treacherous deceit! For after two and three attempts he was rebuffed 04Yegh3    11:258 | indissoluble unity, he is impudent and shameless nonetheless; by harassing us 04Yegh3    11:260 | cannot be good to another. And he who himself walks in 04Yegh3    11:262 | we live by God’s power and have been strengthened by faith 04Yegh3    11:262 | hope of Christ—who came and took from the Holy Virgin 04Yegh3    11:262 | the flesh of our nature, and by uniting it with his 04Yegh3    11:262 | body he was crucified, buried, and resurrected; he appeared to many 04Yegh3    11:262 | his disciples to his Father and sat at the right hand 04Yegh3    11:262 | to be the true God, and we wait for him to 04Yegh3    11:262 | come in the Father’s glory and power to raise all the 04Yegh3    11:262 | to renew the old Creation, and to render summary judgment on 04Yegh3    11:262 | summary judgment on the just and the sinners 04Yegh3    11:264 | We beseech God and ceaselessly beg his great mercy 04Yegh3    11:264 | we have begun with valor and not with cowardice 04Yegh3    11:265 | For already East and West have come to know 04Yegh3    11:265 | know that you oppose God and pointlessly kill us despite all 04Yegh3    11:266 | Heaven with its angels and earth with its inhabitants bear 04Yegh3    11:266 | instead of rendering us gifts and blessings you wish to deprive 04Yegh3    11:266 | true life, which is impossible and will never occur 04Yegh3    11:268 | one who has blasphemed Christ and forced believers to deny him 04Yegh3    11:269 | who swore in his vain and erring cult to bring every 04Yegh3    11:271 | Satan with all his power, and who had perpetrated much slaughter 04Yegh3    11:271 | pure flesh of the saints, and the drink of which he 04Yegh3    11:272 | command troops from every land and sent with him many companies 04Yegh3    11:273 | entered the town of Paytakaran and spread all his troops around 04Yegh3    11:274 | the distant by fearful roaring and those nearby hissing and crawling 04Yegh3    11:274 | roaring and those nearby hissing and crawling like a snake 04Yegh3    11:275 | He was the prince and commander of the whole Persian 04Yegh3    11:275 | Empire. His name was Mihrnerseh, and there was no one at 04Yegh3    11:276 | Not only the greatest and the least, but even the 04Yegh3    11:276 | king himself obeyed his command; and now he had undertaken the 04Yegh4    1:0 | of the Prince of Siunik and His Companions 04Yegh4    1:1 | for we were still united and agreed 04Yegh4    1:3 | unity heavenly virtue also departs; and when there is self-interest 04Yegh4    1:3 | there is self-interest, weeping and mourning greatly increase 04Yegh4    1:4 | man’s undefiled body, are severed and fall away, one turns to 04Yegh4    1:4 | who dies in both soul and body 04Yegh4    1:5 | And if this is the case 04Yegh4    1:6 | nation but for many nations and countries which I shall present 04Yegh4    1:6 | countries which I shall present and speak of in order, though 04Yegh4    1:7 | lost their own true lives and were the cause of destruction 04Yegh4    1:7 | others of things both visible and invisible 04Yegh4    1:8 | And this is the worst of 04Yegh4    1:9 | of Vasak’s impiety, now sent and summoned him to his presence 04Yegh4    1:10 | had earlier broken away from and abandoned the union of the 04Yegh4    1:10 | of the Armenians, he came and presented himself. He confirmed his 04Yegh4    1:10 | He confirmed his own faithfulness and the illegal rebellion of the 04Yegh4    1:11 | He also exaggerated and told of things the Armenians 04Yegh4    1:12 | outward appearance he respected him and presented him with the greatest 04Yegh4    1:13 | authority than that he possessed, and raised him to vain hopes 04Yegh4    1:13 | unity of the Armenians’ covenant and ensure the fulfillment of the 04Yegh4    1:14 | knew that he was benumbed and deranged and had broken away 04Yegh4    1:14 | he was benumbed and deranged and had broken away from the 04Yegh4    1:14 | consoled in his miserable mind and thought that he would thus 04Yegh4    1:15 | on his own had separated and cut himself off from the 04Yegh4    1:15 | off from the holy church and had removed and estranged himself 04Yegh4    1:15 | holy church and had removed and estranged himself from Christ’s love 04Yegh4    1:16 | of the Son of God and did not recall the preaching 04Yegh4    1:18 | which he had been sanctified, and he trampled on the living 04Yegh4    1:19 | annulled the deed of adoption and with his own hands broke 04Yegh4    1:20 | the number of the blessed and caused many to rebel with 04Yegh4    1:21 | Perversely he accepted and adopted devil-worship. He became 04Yegh4    1:21 | became a vessel of evil, and Satan filled him with every 04Yegh4    1:22 | put him on as armor, and became as it were a 04Yegh4    1:23 | against the wise with cunning and against the knowledgeable with craft 04Yegh4    1:23 | craft—openly against the innocent and secretly against the prudent. He 04Yegh4    1:23 | against the prudent. He seized and drove many from the band 04Yegh4    1:24 | places he stealthily insinuated himself, and like a snake entered the 04Yegh4    1:24 | a breach, he snatched away and openly seized many of the 04Yegh4    1:24 | seized many of the nobles and very many of the peasants 04Yegh4    1:24 | very many of the peasants, and some others who were so 04Yegh4    2:36 | And many other noble men, whom 04Yegh4    2:37 | Peter, a deacon called Sahak, and a deacon called Mushi. These 04Yegh4    2:37 | to innocent men, to deceive and trick them. They swore on 04Yegh4    2:38 | many from the holy union and brought them to join the 04Yegh4    2:39 | together all who had stumbled and made a force of many 04Yegh4    2:39 | soldiers. He wrote their names and presented many of them in 04Yegh4    2:39 | instructed them in deceitful error; and he made the Armenian army 04Yegh4    2:39 | the Armenian army appear divided and disunited 04Yegh4    2:40 | allow the Albanians to advance and he held back the land 04Yegh4    2:42 | the sparapet of Lower Armenia and faithful to the Roman army 04Yegh4    2:44 | He wrote and pretended continuously that all the 04Yegh4    2:45 | holy bishops from the Armenians and caused all the Greek forces 04Yegh4    2:46 | He deceived and tricked particularly through the false 04Yegh4    2:46 | men. He had the Gospel and cross brought and by these 04Yegh4    2:46 | the Gospel and cross brought and by these means hid all 04Yegh4    2:47 | He ranked himself and all the party of apostates 04Yegh4    2:47 | of apostates among the pious, and put himself out to be 04Yegh4    2:47 | the Armenian troops. He swore and affirmed and produced all the 04Yegh4    2:47 | troops. He swore and affirmed and produced all the orders of 04Yegh4    2:49 | of the country, in Tmorik and in Kordik, in Artsakh and 04Yegh4    2:49 | and in Kordik, in Artsakh and in Albania, in Georgia and 04Yegh4    2:49 | and in Albania, in Georgia and in the land of Khaḷtik 04Yegh4    3:51 | of the Aryan cavalry, barring and closing the Gates to their 04Yegh4    3:52 | the troops of the Lpink and Chiḷbk, Vat, Gav, Gluar, Khras 04Yegh4    3:52 | Chiḷbk, Vat, Gav, Gluar, Khras and Hechmatak, Paskh and Poskh, Piwkuan 04Yegh4    3:52 | Gluar, Khras and Hechmatak, Paskh and Poskh, Piwkuan and all the 04Yegh4    3:52 | Hechmatak, Paskh and Poskh, Piwkuan and all the forces of Tavasparan 04Yegh4    3:52 | of Tavasparan, from the hill and plain and all the mountain 04Yegh4    3:52 | from the hill and plain and all the mountain strongholds 04Yegh4    3:53 | Some he constrained by money and liberal distributions of royal treasures 04Yegh4    3:53 | liberal distributions of royal treasures, and others by the threat of 04Yegh4    3:55 | to many nations, terrifying some and distributing gifts to others in 04Yegh4    3:56 | from the treasury to them and to the soldiers who were 04Yegh4    3:57 | him the apostate priests, indicating and assuring that “through these I 04Yegh4    3:58 | very grateful to the priests and held out to them the 04Yegh4    3:58 | property of the other priests and shall indicated to the king 04Yegh4    3:59 | this fashion he brought disturbance and confusion to Armenia, with the 04Yegh4    3:59 | other, did not leave father and son united, and wrought tumult 04Yegh4    3:59 | leave father and son united, and wrought tumult in the midst 04Yegh4    3:60 | received authority over their property and expelled them from the land 04Yegh4    3:61 | He persecuted and put to flight all the 04Yegh4    3:62 | this wickedness against the truth and informed the irreligious heathen of 04Yegh4    3:64 | He inquired and discovered how many men there 04Yegh4    3:65 | many were archers without armor, and likewise concerning the infantry with 04Yegh4    3:69 | of them would be hesitant, and which of them would fight 04Yegh4    3:70 | he summoned all his generals, and in his presence commanded them 04Yegh4    3:72 | then marched to the East and presented himself before the great 04Yegh4    3:72 | of his own cunning wisdom, and of Vasak’s deceitful subterfuge, namely 04Yegh4    3:72 | impiety because he had broken and divided the Armenian army 04Yegh4    3:73 | hazarapet, he was inwardly embittered and uttered an inviolable oath: “If 04Yegh5    1:1 | superior to all earthly greatness and makes men as fearless as 04Yegh5    1:2 | only remain united with God and if only, they were not 04Yegh5    1:3 | Apostasy they accounted as death, and death for God’s sake as 04Yegh5    1:3 | as freedom for their lives, and they recognized exile as familiarity 04Yegh5    1:6 | were vacillating, he took heart and encouraged his soldiers, for he 04Yegh5    1:7 | of those who had deserted and followed the prince of Siunik 04Yegh5    1:8 | battlefield with each one’s troops and in full preparedness, these and 04Yegh5    1:8 | and in full preparedness, these and all who had remained loyal 04Yegh5    1:9 | Gabelean, Karen Saharuni, Hmayeak Dimaksean, And another Dimaksean, Gazrik, Nerseh Kajberuni 04Yegh5    1:9 | The troops of the Rshtunik. And all the royal officials, each 04Yegh5    1:10 | sixty-six thousand men, infantry, and cavalry 04Yegh5    1:11 | company came the holy Yoseph and the priest Ḷevond, with many 04Yegh5    1:11 | Ḷevond, with many other priests and even more deacons 04Yegh5    1:14 | You and I have participated in many 04Yegh5    1:14 | have valiantly beaten the enemy, and sometimes they have defeated us 04Yegh5    1:16 | a coward in the land and suffered a merciless death. But 04Yegh5    1:16 | acquired a reputation for valor and received great gifts from the 04Yegh5    1:16 | great gifts from the temporal and mortal king 04Yegh5    1:17 | now we have many wounds and scars on our bodies, and 04Yegh5    1:17 | and scars on our bodies, and many acts of valor have 04Yegh5    1:18 | of valor to be worthless and profitless and I count as 04Yegh5    1:18 | to be worthless and profitless and I count as naught the 04Yegh5    1:19 | is Lord of the living and the dead and who will 04Yegh5    1:19 | the living and the dead and who will judge every man 04Yegh5    1:21 | have surpassed me in valor and are superior in ancestral rank 04Yegh5    1:21 | have appointed me your leader and general, may my words seem 04Yegh5    1:21 | may my words seem sweet and agreeable to the ears of 04Yegh5    1:21 | ears of both the greatest and the least 04Yegh5    1:22 | of truth may be exalted. And if the time has come 04Yegh5    1:22 | not mingle cowardice with valor and bravery 04Yegh5    1:23 | cannot forget—remembering how I and some of you on that 04Yegh5    1:23 | you on that occasion cheated and deceived the lawless prince like 04Yegh5    1:24 | impious prince for our ancestral and divinely-bestowed religion 04Yegh5    1:25 | And since we were unable to 04Yegh5    2:27 | thundered above the clouds humbled and abased himself more than is 04Yegh5    2:28 | to do so with bow and lance and sword 04Yegh5    2:28 | so with bow and lance and sword 04Yegh5    2:30 | rains fall, no winds blow, and no floods rise 04Yegh5    2:34 | have gained glory for ourselves, and bequeathed the valiant name of 04Yegh5    2:34 | our family to the church— and the expectation of reward stems 04Yegh5    2:34 | the willingness of his heart and the achievement of his deeds 04Yegh5    2:35 | And since these rewards are not 04Yegh5    2:36 | the most righteous to men and angels and the Father of 04Yegh5    2:36 | righteous to men and angels and the Father of all 04Yegh5    2:37 | shed in the holy church and even more among our dear 04Yegh5    2:38 | a bitter death on us, and our servants fled from us 04Yegh5    2:39 | unaware of our intentions lamented and bewailed us unceasingly, in their 04Yegh5    2:40 | And I shall mention something greater 04Yegh5    2:42 | we were afflicted in soul and body like grieving mourners. But 04Yegh5    2:42 | today we are joyful, happy, and yet sober in both respects 04Yegh5    2:43 | fear flee from our minds and thoughts 04Yegh5    2:44 | whole host. Furthermore, he exhorted and encouraged each of them in 04Yegh5    2:48 | of events—how they fought and struggled against the king of 04Yegh5    2:50 | offered impure sacrifices, abandoned God, and had received the punishment of 04Yegh5    2:50 | the holy covenanters. But Mattathias and his companions had not weakened 04Yegh5    2:50 | rather, they became even firmer and plunged into war for an 04Yegh5    3:51 | So, he spoke; and there on the plain he 04Yegh5    3:51 | pitched camp, installed the troops, and gradually built up the cavalry 04Yegh5    3:52 | heathen host, marched to Armenia, and reached the province of Her 04Yegh5    3:52 | reached the province of Her and Zarevand 04Yegh5    3:53 | it with a wooden palisade, and vigilantly fortified it like a 04Yegh5    3:55 | a man full of wisdom and valor 04Yegh5    3:56 | the majority of their force, and threw back the survivors in 04Yegh5    3:57 | He himself returned safe and sound, so that day was 04Yegh5    3:60 | companions, from the great Yoseph and all the magnates, from the 04Yegh5    3:60 | the magnates, from the priests and generals, opened his mouth and 04Yegh5    3:60 | and generals, opened his mouth and spoke out loudly before the 04Yegh5    3:62 | force of the Creator’s anger, and moved the merciful Judge to 04Yegh5    3:62 | flow over the dry land, and the firm ground of earth 04Yegh5    3:63 | The upper and lower waters became instruments of 04Yegh5    3:64 | severity of the Lord’s anger and became the prime cause of 04Yegh5    3:64 | prime cause of the growth and multiplication of mankind 04Yegh5    3:66 | And if death is destroyed by 04Yegh5    3:67 | Egyptian king offered him service and unwillingly fostered and nourished him 04Yegh5    3:67 | him service and unwillingly fostered and nourished him. At the time 04Yegh5    3:67 | became a mediator between heaven and earth and at the same 04Yegh5    3:67 | mediator between heaven and earth and at the same time was 04Yegh5    3:68 | took vengeance on the Egyptians. And where the divine revelation was 04Yegh5    3:69 | possessed, he smote the Egyptian and buried him in sand. Therefore 04Yegh5    3:69 | a great name on him and established him as leader of 04Yegh5    3:70 | by the shedding of blood and was called the greatest of 04Yegh5    3:71 | should we—who were eyewitnesses and greatly enjoyed the heavenly gifts 04Yegh5    3:72 | in death for our sins and absolved us from the insupportable 04Yegh5    3:73 | in the hour of battle, and confirmed the priesthood by oath 04Yegh5    3:74 | hundred with his own hands and offered two fifties as tinder 04Yegh5    3:74 | to heaven in an incomprehensible and awesome chariot 04Yegh5    3:75 | but the Lord of chariots and horses himself, meeting you with 04Yegh5    3:75 | you with his mighty power and holy angels, will cause wings 04Yegh5    3:75 | you may journey with him and share his city 04Yegh5    4:76 | for you are more versed and learned than I in the 04Yegh5    4:77 | the forces of the foreigners and saved his army from death 04Yegh5    4:77 | saved his army from death and the people from enslavement. He 04Yegh5    4:77 | of the kings of Israel and was called the father of 04Yegh5    4:78 | Spirit, are sons of God and heirs of Christ 04Yegh5    4:79 | of your portion, or estrange and alienate you 04Yegh5    4:80 | of Israel: Joshua, Gideon, Jephthah, and all the others who were 04Yegh5    4:80 | the true faith. They smote and slew the armies of the 04Yegh5    4:80 | the armies of the heathen, and purified the land from their 04Yegh5    4:81 | in their intentions—the sun and moon, which have no ears 04Yegh5    4:81 | which have no ears, heard and fulfilled their command. The sea 04Yegh5    4:81 | fulfilled their command. The sea and rivers made a path before 04Yegh5    4:82 | at a mere sound collapsed and were destroyed in requital for 04Yegh5    4:83 | And all the others who performed 04Yegh5    4:83 | faith were praised by men and justified by God 04Yegh5    4:84 | the beginning up to today and forever, for age after age 04Yegh5    4:84 | forever, for age after age and beyond all eternity 04Yegh5    4:86 | dispirited, but with firm heart and constant faith let us eagerly 04Yegh5    4:87 | we die, we shall live; and if we put to death 04Yegh5    4:88 | God raised him even higher and gave him a name above 04Yegh5    4:88 | bow—of things in heaven and things on earth and things 04Yegh5    4:88 | heaven and things on earth and things below the earth.’ 04Yegh5    4:89 | spiritual sun, which every hour and every day shines more brilliantly 04Yegh5    4:89 | contemplation of those with unsullied and holy sight; penetrating heaven it 04Yegh5    4:89 | close to the unapproachable vision, and through its power inclines them 04Yegh5    4:90 | reached the palace on high, and seen all its greatness, he 04Yegh5    4:90 | alone will inherit unfading joy and blissful consolation 04Yegh5    4:92 | with all kinds of corruption and foul impurities 04Yegh5    4:93 | For what miseries and anguish do not befall the 04Yegh5    4:93 | the misfortunes of the poor and their innumerable troubles, the violent 04Yegh5    4:93 | the tax-gatherers, the oppression and ill-usage of tyrannical neighbors 04Yegh5    4:93 | usage of tyrannical neighbors, hunger and thirst in accordance with our 04Yegh5    4:94 | The icy blasts of winter and the burning winds of summer 04Yegh5    4:94 | winds of summer, premature sickness and mortal illnesses continually torment men 04Yegh5    4:94 | men. Fear of foreign enemies and dread of inner enemies ceaselessly 04Yegh5    4:94 | there are many who ferret and search and are delighted when 04Yegh5    4:94 | many who ferret and search and are delighted when they find 04Yegh5    4:95 | to have successfully obtained wealth and spend this imperfect life in 04Yegh5    4:95 | this imperfect life in luxury and enjoyment, arrogant and haughty in 04Yegh5    4:95 | in luxury and enjoyment, arrogant and haughty in the transitory affairs 04Yegh5    4:98 | all? Now what they worship and honor is but a part 04Yegh5    4:100 | best is clear to all, and he who can understand is 04Yegh5    5:101 | the heathen that they revere and to the irrational elements they 04Yegh5    5:102 | reckon them as more unfortunate and miserable than all men, especially 04Yegh5    5:102 | they are blind by intention and not by constraint and will 04Yegh5    5:102 | intention and not by constraint and will never find the true 04Yegh5    5:104 | light with faith are sons and not bastards, friends not enemies 04Yegh5    5:104 | bastards, friends not enemies, sharers and inheritors of the supernal and 04Yegh5    5:104 | and inheritors of the supernal and spiritual city 04Yegh5    5:105 | bravely fought to the death and taught the same to his 04Yegh5    5:105 | same to his fellow warriors and companions, the Apostles. Blessed by 04Yegh5    5:106 | amassed plunder, restored the captives, and distributed gifts to all his 04Yegh5    5:107 | always be in the camp; and at the hour of battle 04Yegh5    5:107 | place. But today bishops, priests and deacons, singers of the psalms 04Yegh5    5:107 | deacons, singers of the psalms and readers of Scripture, each in 04Yegh5    5:107 | wish to attack with you and smite the enemies of the 04Yegh5    5:109 | the stoning of the prophets, and with the eyes of the 04Yegh5    5:110 | torments of the holy Apostles and the murders of all the 04Yegh5    5:110 | of boasting for those above and those below 04Yegh5    5:113 | also put up a font, and throughout the night baptized any 04Yegh5    5:113 | morning these received Holy Communion and were clothed with light as 04Yegh5    5:114 | With much joy and great happiness, the whole host 04Yegh5    5:114 | the death of the just and the shedding of our blood 04Yegh5    5:114 | pleased with our willing sacrifice and not deliver his church into 04Yegh5    5:115 | messengers left to deceive them and that his expectation and hope 04Yegh5    5:115 | them and that his expectation and hope of separating them from 04Yegh5    5:115 | he summoned the impious Vasak and all the apostate nobles from 04Yegh5    5:116 | the generals under his authority and ordered them to bring forward 04Yegh5    5:116 | he divided into various groups, and he assigned to each elephant 04Yegh5    5:117 | command of the great king and set as your goal the 04Yegh5    5:118 | oil, the crown, the laurels, and the liberal gifts which will 04Yegh5    5:119 | each of your own province, and you possess great power. You 04Yegh5    5:119 | the bravery of the Armenians and the heroic valor of each 04Yegh5    5:120 | Remember your wives and children, remember your dear friends 04Yegh5    5:120 | by your enemies from abroad and be joined in grief by 04Yegh5    5:121 | by the sword. Their sons and daughters and their entire families 04Yegh5    5:121 | sword. Their sons and daughters and their entire families had been 04Yegh5    5:121 | entire families had been banished, and all their ancestral lands taken 04Yegh5    5:122 | Such were his words, and even more strongly did he 04Yegh5    5:123 | in order the whole army and extended his battle line all 04Yegh5    5:124 | thousand armed men to right and left of each elephant, and 04Yegh5    5:124 | and left of each elephant, and surrounded himself with the elite 04Yegh5    5:125 | He distributed banners, unfurled flags, and ordered them to be ready 04Yegh5    6:126 | Aparhatsik, the Katishk, the Huns and the Geḷk, and all the 04Yegh5    6:126 | the Huns and the Geḷk, and all the rest of the 04Yegh5    6:126 | he assembled in once place, and commanded the force on his 04Yegh5    6:127 | Vardan advanced, questioned the nobles, and with their unanimous advice disposed 04Yegh5    6:128 | as adjutants to these two, and deployed the mass of the 04Yegh5    6:129 | to Khoren Khorkhoruni, with Entsayin and Nerseh Kajberuni in support 04Yegh5    6:130 | the command of Tatul Vanandatsi, and ordered Tachat Gntuni to support 04Yegh5    6:131 | division, with the valiant Arshavir and his own blood brother Hamazaspean 04Yegh5    6:133 | these preparations had been completed and both sides were filled with 04Yegh5    6:133 | sides were filled with passion and enflamed with wrath, they rushed 04Yegh5    6:133 | the thundering in turbulent clouds, and the echoing of their shouts 04Yegh5    6:134 | From the multitude of helmets and shining armor of the soldiers 04Yegh5    6:135 | glittering of the many swords and the waving of the massed 04Yegh5    6:136 | how the clashing of shields and the crack of bowstrings deafened 04Yegh5    6:137 | commotion of the great conflict and the anguish of the immense 04Yegh5    6:137 | the dull-witted became mad and the cowards deserted; the brave 04Yegh5    6:137 | deserted; the brave advanced fearlessly and the heroes roared 04Yegh5    6:139 | army crossed over on horseback and attacked in great force. As 04Yegh5    6:140 | the valiant Vardan looked up and saw that the elite of 04Yegh5    6:140 | vigor he attacked the spot and broke the right wing of 04Yegh5    6:141 | them that the center broke and abandoned their fortified position, even 04Yegh5    6:142 | Mushkan Nisalavurt lifted his eyes and saw that some of the 04Yegh5    6:142 | away from the main force and remained behind in the valleys 04Yegh5    6:145 | he urged on his troops and surrounded him (Vardan) with the 04Yegh5    6:147 | day began to go down and night drew on. Many reached 04Yegh5    6:148 | see so many broken lances and snapped bows that the holy 04Yegh5    6:148 | ones could not be distinguished, and there was a frightful press 04Yegh5    6:149 | The survivors had run off and scattered in the safe valleys 04Yegh5    7:152 | corpses, one’s heart would break and one’s bowels shrivel up on 04Yegh5    7:152 | of the hurt, the rolling and crawling of the wounded, the 04Yegh5    7:152 | bewailing of relatives, the woe and grief of friends 04Yegh5    7:153 | For neither side was victorious and neither side was defeated; but 04Yegh5    7:153 | defeated; but heroes attacked heroes and both sides went down to 04Yegh5    7:155 | they had been widely scattered and had escaped to various secure 04Yegh5    7:155 | they had seized many provinces and castles which no one could 04Yegh5    7:165 | Garegin with two blood brothers and [18] men 04Yegh5    7:167 | men from the royal house and from the house of the 04Yegh5    7:167 | the house of the Artsrunik [44] and from the houses of the 04Yegh5    7:169 | the side of the apostates and heathen there fell on that 04Yegh5    8:171 | than the Armenians’, his strength and powers failed and he could 04Yegh5    8:171 | his strength and powers failed and he could not calm his 04Yegh5    8:172 | fallen on his own side and reckoned them up, and when 04Yegh5    8:172 | side and reckoned them up, and when he discovered how many 04Yegh5    8:174 | his thoughts were on this and his mind was troubled, Vasak 04Yegh5    8:175 | declarations with the royal imprint and with his own witness and 04Yegh5    8:175 | and with his own witness and that of the false priests 04Yegh5    8:175 | announce pardon for the insurrection, and he indicated that permission had 04Yegh5    8:175 | granted to restore the church and that all conditions were to 04Yegh6    1:0 | Armenians Is Again Set Forth and the Impiety of Vasak Is 04Yegh6    1:1 | Vasak again incited Mushkan Nisalavurt and all the Aryan nobility. Taking 04Yegh6    1:2 | engaging in any deceit. Two and three times they had the 04Yegh6    1:3 | priests agreed to go down and present themselves, many of the 04Yegh6    1:4 | went up onto the wall and reviled the impious one. In 04Yegh6    1:7 | they had unwillingly gone down and presented themselves, he ordered two 04Yegh6    1:7 | themselves, he ordered two hundred and thirteen of them to be 04Yegh6    1:8 | the churches are still flourishing and the temples of martyrs are 04Yegh6    1:8 | of martyrs are still undestroyed, and the holy covenant of the 04Yegh6    1:8 | the church is still unbroken and undefiled, you have made us 04Yegh6    1:9 | death of the brave heroes, and our blood be mingled with 04Yegh6    1:9 | look favorably on his churches and this host of willing victims 04Yegh6    1:10 | said this the two hundred and thirteen men were martyred on 04Yegh6    1:11 | the castle—the blessed Yovsep and Ḷevond with their numerous companions 04Yegh6    1:13 | a complaint to the court and threw the whole blame on 04Yegh6    1:14 | inflicting the bastinado on Yovsep and Ḷevond, the Persians ordered them 04Yegh6    1:14 | with orders for the recovery and peace of the country 04Yegh6    1:15 | fickle orders of the king and of the malevolent apostate Vasak 04Yegh6    1:16 | fell in the great battle, and many wounded rolled in torrents 04Yegh6    1:16 | of blood on the plain, and all their bodies became carrion 04Yegh6    1:16 | bodies became carrion for birds and food for animals, and our 04Yegh6    1:16 | birds and food for animals, and our honorable nobles were brought 04Yegh6    1:16 | miserable indignity, abandoned their dominions, and are suffering grievously, and all 04Yegh6    1:16 | dominions, and are suffering grievously, and all our delicate Armenian women 04Yegh6    1:16 | fallen prey to dangerous afflictions and terrible deprivations—we shall not 04Yegh6    1:17 | each abandoned their villages, towns, and estates 04Yegh6    1:18 | Brides left their chambers and grooms their rooms; old men 04Yegh6    1:18 | men fell from their chairs and infants from their mothers’ bosoms 04Yegh6    1:18 | their mothers’ bosoms. Young men and maidens and the whole populace 04Yegh6    1:18 | bosoms. Young men and maidens and the whole populace of men 04Yegh6    1:18 | the whole populace of men and women went out and occupied 04Yegh6    1:18 | men and women went out and occupied the safe parts of 04Yegh6    1:18 | safe parts of the desert and the secure places of numerous 04Yegh6    1:20 | endured their food of grass and did not think of their 04Yegh6    1:21 | ceilings in very tall buildings, and beds on the ground like 04Yegh6    1:22 | Their whispered songs were psalms, and the reading of the Holy 04Yegh6    1:23 | body was a holy altar, and their souls an acceptable sacrifice 04Yegh6    1:24 | the sword; no one bewailed and sighed over his close friends 04Yegh6    1:25 | the rapine of many possessions and did not even recall at 04Yegh6    2:26 | Patiently they suffered, and very bravely they endured their 04Yegh6    2:28 | the great nobility—brothers, sons, and daughters with all their friends 04Yegh6    2:28 | the thick forests of Ardzakh, and yet others in the center 04Yegh6    2:30 | so again now he urged and pressed the Persian army in 04Yegh6    2:32 | the center of the country and attacked the large fortress of 04Yegh6    2:33 | many of the Persian troops, and threw the survivors back in 04Yegh6    2:36 | with them in an appealing and friendly way, indicating that the 04Yegh6    2:36 | He entreated the apostate Vasak and begged him to remember his 04Yegh6    2:37 | But he did not listen and paid no heed to his 04Yegh6    2:37 | to his words. He bound and sent off the blessed man 04Yegh6    2:37 | sent off the blessed man and those who had gone down 04Yegh6    2:38 | fortress they led into captivity, and torch in hand they set 04Yegh6    2:40 | they slaughtered the inhabitants mercilessly and made a bloody carnage. The 04Yegh6    2:40 | The survivors they took captive and imprisoned in the local fortresses 04Yegh6    2:40 | imprisoned in the local fortresses, and the buildings of the country 04Yegh6    2:42 | the fortresses of the country and who were searching the area 04Yegh6    2:44 | They rushed to attack, and winning a decisive victory, broke 04Yegh6    2:44 | troops, slaughtered many of them, and expelled the survivors in flight 04Yegh6    2:46 | All the others escaped unscathed and pursued the fugitives 04Yegh6    2:49 | forests of Ardzakh remain quiet and peaceful, but they continually sent 04Yegh6    2:49 | land of the Huns, urging and exhorting the Hun army and 04Yegh6    2:49 | and exhorting the Hun army and reminding them of the pact 04Yegh6    2:49 | they had made with Armenia and confirmed with a solemn oath 04Yegh6    3:52 | Huns gathered a numerous force and attacked the borders of the 04Yegh6    3:52 | back to their own country, and clearly showed to the king 04Yegh6    3:53 | Vasak as being the cause and author of all the calamities 04Yegh6    3:54 | Then he set off and went to Persia, giving the 04Yegh6    3:54 | giving the court a full and accurate account in writing and 04Yegh6    3:54 | and accurate account in writing and throwing the blame on the 04Yegh6    3:55 | the devastation of the country and had been accurately informed about 04Yegh6    3:55 | arrogant boasting; he kept silent and refrained from his perpetual deceitful 04Yegh6    3:55 | failure of that imprudent affair, and wishing to find out, note 04Yegh6    3:56 | hazarapet Mihrnerseh; he came forward and said to the king: “I 04Yegh6    3:56 | summoned. They will willingly come and explain everything to you accurately 04Yegh6    3:57 | on the land of Armenia and who had cooperated with the 04Yegh6    3:57 | the general in that war, and he appointed him governor of 04Yegh6    3:58 | the lands of the Aluank and Lpink and Chiḷbk and to 04Yegh6    3:58 | of the Aluank and Lpink and Chiḷbk and to Hechmatakk and 04Yegh6    3:58 | Aluank and Lpink and Chiḷbk and to Hechmatakk and Tavaspark and 04Yegh6    3:58 | and Chiḷbk and to Hechmatakk and Tavaspark and Khibiovan, and to 04Yegh6    3:58 | and to Hechmatakk and Tavaspark and Khibiovan, and to all the 04Yegh6    3:58 | Hechmatakk and Tavaspark and Khibiovan, and to all the fortresses which 04Yegh6    3:59 | the ravaging of the lands and the loss of troops, but 04Yegh6    3:59 | it had been taken easily and razed, and there was no 04Yegh6    3:59 | been taken easily and razed, and there was no likelihood of 04Yegh6    3:61 | arrived in Armenia with goodwill and in peace 04Yegh6    3:63 | And although the latter had destroyed 04Yegh6    3:63 | had destroyed a fire-temple and had greatly harassed the fire 04Yegh6    3:64 | destroyed a house of fire and inflicted many sufferings on the 04Yegh6    3:64 | on the magi by imprisonment and tortures; yet he did not 04Yegh6    3:64 | hesitate either, but willingly came and presented himself to the marzpan 04Yegh6    3:65 | other blessed priests, called Samuel and Abraham, had destroyed the fire 04Yegh6    3:65 | the fire-temple in Artashat and earlier had been imprisoned by 04Yegh6    3:66 | same place the great Yovsep and Ḷevond and Kajaj and Arshen 04Yegh6    3:66 | the great Yovsep and Ḷevond and Kajaj and Arshen 04Yegh6    3:66 | Yovsep and Ḷevond and Kajaj and Arshen 04Yegh6    3:68 | had previously arrived at court and had narrated everything falsely, twisting 04Yegh6    3:69 | bonds, it was two months and twenty days before they reached 04Yegh6    3:71 | the fortresses of the land and the governor was still fearful 04Yegh6    3:72 | ones to be guarded carefully and he commanded the country to 04Yegh6    3:72 | himself went around, assembled gatherings, and began restoration with firm promises 04Yegh6    3:73 | openly according to former custom, and to come out freely in 04Yegh6    3:74 | allowed them to receive gifts and offerings as before 04Yegh6    3:75 | Since the soldiers had occupied and plundered many provinces, he ordered 04Yegh6    3:75 | the country to be remitted and he even reduced the burden 04Yegh6    4:76 | And the monks, who had disappeared 04Yegh6    4:76 | disappeared, he ordered to return and occupy each his own place 04Yegh6    4:78 | And if any people have gone 04Yegh6    4:78 | to allow them to return and recover their possessions, be they 04Yegh6    4:79 | He sealed sworn oaths and sent the message to all 04Yegh6    4:80 | Then many did return and repossess their lands 04Yegh6    4:82 | And the king proclaimed to those 04Yegh6    4:83 | So, he spoke, and he put his order in 04Yegh6    4:84 | When they heard and saw this, many who were 04Yegh6    4:84 | scattered in distant places returned and reoccupied their possessions 04Yegh6    4:85 | And the nobles who were in 04Yegh6    4:85 | the restoration of the country and especially the reestablishment of the 04Yegh6    4:85 | of the church, were encouraged and emboldened to present themselves to 04Yegh6    4:87 | royal command an appeasing letter and firm guarantee 04Yegh6    4:88 | the cruelty of the authorities and how they were false in 04Yegh6    4:90 | in bonds but with feet and hands untied 04Yegh6    4:91 | They immediately brought their wives and children and delivered to the 04Yegh6    4:91 | brought their wives and children and delivered to the governor their 04Yegh6    4:92 | And while the king was still 04Yegh6    4:94 | The proceedings lasted many days, and the side of the apostates 04Yegh6    4:95 | letters given out by Vasak and all his companions urging that 04Yegh6    4:95 | likewise a letter to Aḷdznik, and a message to the Greek 04Yegh6    4:95 | message to the Greek emperor, and a letter to the great 04Yegh6    4:98 | They also revealed letters and orders of his concerning the 04Yegh6    4:99 | to the Greeks, came forward and accused him before the great 04Yegh6    4:100 | took captive as royal slaves and handmaidens 04Yegh6    5:103 | And the surviving magi and lifeguards 04Yegh6    5:103 | And the surviving magi and lifeguards, who had been kept 04Yegh6    5:103 | had been kept in prison and had later been brought to 04Yegh6    5:104 | That man was the cause and author of these calamities: all 04Yegh6    5:104 | the royal army, the ruin and captivity of Armenia, and the 04Yegh6    5:104 | ruin and captivity of Armenia, and the loss of the royal 04Yegh6    5:105 | forward. They began to expound and reveal in order how he 04Yegh6    5:105 | the Persian troops in Albania and had raided the land of 04Yegh6    5:105 | Greeks, carrying off many prisoners and much plunder from the Greeks 04Yegh6    5:105 | from the Greeks, Armenians, Georgians, and Albanians. They also indicated how 04Yegh6    5:105 | had learned of his intentions and had slain the king of 04Yegh6    5:106 | Vasak was governor of Armenia and he had been found to 04Yegh6    5:107 | all toward the king himself, and from his youth he had 04Yegh6    5:109 | They unbound and brought in Sahak, bishop of 04Yegh6    5:109 | bishop of Rshtunik, Saint Yovsep, and the priest Ḷevond from among 04Yegh6    5:110 | lords for the wrong reasons and enter into a false covenant 04Yegh6    5:112 | he could outwardly cover up and hide all his wickedness from 04Yegh6    5:112 | wickedness from your unwitting majesty; and he did conceal all his 04Yegh6    5:113 | So, you respected him and greatly honored him above his 04Yegh6    5:116 | And the land which your forefathers 04Yegh6    5:123 | great hazarapet’s mind was astonished, and he carefully reflected on all 04Yegh6    5:124 | deeds, he entered the palace and expounded all the proceedings of 04Yegh6    5:125 | guilt, he was exceedingly angry and deeply hurt. But wishing to 04Yegh6    6:128 | put on his head-band and the golden tiara on top 04Yegh6    6:128 | hammered gold set with pearls and precious stones, earrings in his 04Yegh6    6:128 | the assembly as more splendid and distinguished than everyone else 04Yegh6    6:129 | had willingly come from Armenia and had submitted to investigation and 04Yegh6    6:129 | and had submitted to investigation and the saints who had arrived 04Yegh6    6:130 | began to mock him inwardly and say: “O senseless merchant, you 04Yegh6    6:130 | you have sold the immortal and eternal honor and have bought 04Yegh6    6:130 | the immortal and eternal honor and have bought the transitory—and 04Yegh6    6:130 | and have bought the transitory— and even that in a few 04Yegh6    6:132 | Then the court chamberlain entered and questioned him: “The king sent 04Yegh6    6:134 | And even the things that had 04Yegh6    6:134 | of Siunik, but by treachery and intrigue he had had his 04Yegh6    6:134 | had his uncle Vaḷinak killed and had taken the title for 04Yegh6    6:136 | He was entirely confounded and no true word was found 04Yegh6    6:137 | When they had repeated twice and three times (the charges) and 04Yegh6    6:137 | and three times (the charges) and had reported within the palace 04Yegh6    6:138 | on him by the court, and dressed him in the garb 04Yegh6    6:139 | He was bound hand and foot, set like a woman 04Yegh6    6:139 | on a mare, led off, and delivered to the prison where 04Yegh6    6:140 | But the Armenian nobles and holy bishops with the priests 04Yegh6    6:142 | of all virtues is patience, and perfect piety is heavenly wisdom 04Yegh6    6:144 | able to endure all trials and the Lord himself will provide 04Yegh6    6:146 | them hastened to the baths and lost the crown, but the 04Yegh6    6:146 | thirty-nine patiently endured martyrdom and attained that promise for which 04Yegh6    6:149 | So, they spoke and shed many tears over the 04Yegh6    6:150 | the name of the Lord and rout them all 04Yegh6    7:151 | their torments with great joy and appeared just as cheerful and 04Yegh6    7:151 | and appeared just as cheerful and serene as they had been 04Yegh6    7:151 | previously at court. He looked and yearned, but no one allowed 04Yegh6    7:152 | after day he was brought and thrown like carrion into the 04Yegh6    7:152 | great square; he was mocked and ridiculed and made the laughingstock 04Yegh6    7:152 | he was mocked and ridiculed and made the laughingstock of the 04Yegh6    7:153 | taking away everything he possessed; and they so derided him in 04Yegh6    7:154 | the possessions of his parents and grandparents as well as his 04Yegh6    7:154 | as well as his own, and even to the women’s jewelry 04Yegh6    7:154 | jewelry to pay the fine— and still he was unable to 04Yegh6    7:156 | was to dig it out and give it as forfeit for 04Yegh6    7:156 | it as forfeit for himself and his family, as many people 04Yegh6    7:158 | to burn, his chest hurt and was festered, his fat belly 04Yegh6    7:159 | Worms crawled in his eyes and ran down from his nostrils 04Yegh6    7:159 | his ears were bunged up, and his lips were painfully pierced 04Yegh6    7:159 | sinews of his arms decomposed, and the heels of his feet 04Yegh6    7:160 | of death emanated from him, and his domestic servants fled from 04Yegh6    7:162 | tasted the death of suffocation and descended to hell in hopeless 04Yegh6    7:164 | he died like a dog and was thrown out as carrion 04Yegh6    7:167 | so that everyone who hears and knows them may cast curses 04Yegh6    7:167 | may cast curses on him and not lust after his deeds 04Yegh7    1:0 | Again Concerning the Same War and the Tortures of the Holy 04Yegh7    1:2 | Leaving Vrkan and reaching the land of Apar 04Yegh7    1:2 | he ordered that the nobles and priests be kept in the 04Yegh7    1:4 | secretly inclined to the Christians and was eagerly being instructed in 04Yegh7    1:6 | He went and told him all the details 04Yegh7    1:6 | the Pass of the Huns and showed him the discord in 04Yegh7    1:8 | had learned a little earlier, and Bel as it were confirmed 04Yegh7    1:8 | haste to assemble his troops and organize an army to oppose 04Yegh7    1:10 | And he pressed and assailed them 04Yegh7    1:10 | And he pressed and assailed them so hard that 04Yegh7    1:10 | he plundered many royal provinces, and he himself returned safely to 04Yegh7    1:11 | from his campaign in disgrace and ignominy, he moderated his pride 04Yegh7    1:11 | moderated his pride a little and realized that all these calamities 04Yegh7    1:14 | suggestions to the chief-magus and magi, who came before the 04Yegh7    1:14 | who came before the king and note: “Noble king, we know 04Yegh7    1:16 | other blasphemies concerning the saints and continuously disparaged them, driving the 04Yegh7    1:17 | the camp near him, Samuel and Abraham, that they should be 04Yegh7    1:19 | interrogate them with terrible tortures, and to put them to death 04Yegh7    1:20 | of the land of Apar and more enthusiastic in magism and 04Yegh7    1:20 | and more enthusiastic in magism and more versed in the Zoroastrian 04Yegh7    1:21 | Ampartkash, had learned the Bozpayit, and was versed in the Pahlavik 04Yegh7    1:21 | was versed in the Pahlavik and the Parskaden 04Yegh7    1:25 | removed them far from them and cast them into a damp 04Yegh7    1:25 | cast them into a damp and gloomy dungeon 04Yegh7    2:26 | ordered that two barley loaves and a jar and one-half 04Yegh7    2:26 | barley loaves and a jar and one-half of water be 04Yegh7    2:26 | men at each meal time. And he allowed no one at 04Yegh7    2:27 | secretly received something from them and might have given them food 04Yegh7    2:28 | He went himself and sealed the skylight and door 04Yegh7    2:28 | himself and sealed the skylight and door of the prison, and 04Yegh7    2:28 | and door of the prison, and had men he trusted take 04Yegh7    2:29 | patience they endured this austerity and with unceasing psalms performed the 04Yegh7    2:31 | reported to the chief-magus and note: “These are not ordinary 04Yegh7    2:33 | a command for their death and you kill them, you know 04Yegh7    2:33 | have been detailed to guard and not condemn them, then the 04Yegh7    2:34 | Furthermore, we are awestruck and very fearful when we see 04Yegh7    2:35 | magus heard this, he arose and went himself in the middle 04Yegh7    2:37 | have descended into this prison and their glory has taken fire 04Yegh7    2:39 | deranged in their great folly and take on false forms in 04Yegh7    2:41 | And while he was thus reflecting 04Yegh7    2:43 | time he was terror-struck and note: “On which prisoner ever 04Yegh7    2:44 | And because he was horribly shaken 04Yegh7    2:44 | shaken by the great miracle and his whole body was trembling 04Yegh7    2:44 | remained on the roof stupefied and half-dead until morning. When 04Yegh7    2:44 | for many days he arose and went to his lodging, but 04Yegh7    2:45 | He summoned the guards and said to them: “Go and 04Yegh7    2:45 | and said to them: “Go and take the prisoners to a 04Yegh7    2:45 | a really dry upper-room and guard them there carefully, as 04Yegh7    2:46 | chief-magus’ orders, hastily ran and informed them as if it 04Yegh7    2:48 | to the executioner, saying; “Go and say to your foolish leader 04Yegh7    2:50 | Christ, greatly rejoice at this, and we even consider it to 04Yegh7    3:52 | Likewise, with garments and glory and untainted food: if 04Yegh7    3:52 | Likewise, with garments and glory and untainted food: if anyone were 04Yegh7    3:52 | are mercilessly judging us, vainly and unjustly and without guilt on 04Yegh7    3:52 | judging us, vainly and unjustly and without guilt on our part 04Yegh7    3:53 | But our King is liberal and beneficent, and the door of 04Yegh7    3:53 | King is liberal and beneficent, and the door of his kingdom 04Yegh7    3:54 | But as we came willingly and readily, although we knew the 04Yegh7    3:54 | the perils of our danger and yet did not fear such 04Yegh7    3:55 | who is Creator of heaven and earth and of all things 04Yegh7    3:55 | Creator of heaven and earth and of all things visible and 04Yegh7    3:55 | and of all things visible and invisible, in his benevolent love 04Yegh7    3:55 | to the race of mankind and put on a passing body 04Yegh7    3:55 | hands of his crucifiers, died and was placed in a tomb 04Yegh7    3:55 | rose by his divine power and appeared to the disciples and 04Yegh7    3:55 | and appeared to the disciples and to many others, ascended to 04Yegh7    3:55 | able to suffer with him and share in his immortal grandeur 04Yegh7    3:55 | share in his immortal grandeur— and if he no longer considers 04Yegh7    3:56 | to say, he was disturbed and disconcerted in his mind; sleep 04Yegh7    3:57 | the evening watch he arose and went to them, alone and 04Yegh7    3:57 | and went to them, alone and noiselessly, without taking any of 04Yegh7    3:58 | looked in through a crack and saw a vision similar to 04Yegh7    3:60 | He came to the door and asked: “Who are you 04Yegh7    3:61 | said, “I wish to enter and see you 04Yegh7    3:62 | no longer visible to him, and he told them of the 04Yegh7    3:63 | The priest Ḷevond replied and note: “God who said light 04Yegh7    3:63 | darkness—which indeed shone out and illuminated with wisdom the invisible 04Yegh7    3:63 | of your soul were opened and you saw the inextinguishable light 04Yegh7    3:63 | you may again become blind and walk in darkness 04Yegh7    3:64 | psalm: “‘Send, Lord, your light and your truth, that they may 04Yegh7    3:64 | truth, that they may lead and bring us to your holy 04Yegh7    3:64 | us to your holy mountain and your abode.’ 04Yegh7    3:65 | indeed, Lord, have you led and brought this wanderer to your 04Yegh7    3:65 | wanderer to your unfailing joy and inalienable rest 04Yegh7    3:66 | thief from the second death and thereby opened the locked gate 04Yegh7    3:66 | cause of life for us and himself 04Yegh7    3:67 | you, God, we thank you and join the holy prophet in 04Yegh7    3:67 | give glory for your mercy and truth, so that they may 04Yegh7    3:67 | was revealed in this unbridled and darkness-enshrouded nation 04Yegh7    3:68 | The Lord is my light and my life; of whom shall 04Yegh7    3:68 | my enemies will be many, and they will wish to approach 04Yegh7    3:68 | they will wish to approach and consume my body. But you 04Yegh7    3:68 | all, that they might turn and live before your benevolence 04Yegh7    3:71 | lost, through me be humbled and shamed among his own disciples 04Yegh7    3:72 | had him finish his prayers and they remained with him until 04Yegh7    3:74 | of soldiers were climbing up; and the appearance of them all 04Yegh7    3:74 | of them all was extraordinary and handsome and awesome and wonderful 04Yegh7    3:74 | all was extraordinary and handsome and awesome and wonderful, like the 04Yegh7    3:74 | extraordinary and handsome and awesome and wonderful, like the appearance of 04Yegh7    3:75 | thirty-six, another two hundred and thirteen 04Yegh7    4:76 | recognized three of them: Vardan and Artak and Khoren 04Yegh7    4:76 | of them: Vardan and Artak and Khoren 04Yegh7    4:77 | nine crowns in their hands and were talking to each other 04Yegh7    4:77 | have been waiting for them and have brought them these tokens 04Yegh7    4:78 | come, presented himself, joined us and become as one of Christ’s 04Yegh7    4:80 | the saints from their sleep and told them the entire vision 04Yegh7    4:81 | Then they rose up and prayed, saying: “‘Lord, our Lord 04Yegh7    4:81 | confirmed blessing that the enemy and opponent will be destroyed.’ 04Yegh7    4:82 | see you, Lord of heaven and earth, even as you appeared 04Yegh7    4:83 | have crowned your beloved ones, and in your compassion, you went 04Yegh7    4:83 | one; you brought him back and joined him to the ranks 04Yegh7    4:84 | fingers, but he saw heaven and its inhabitants; and while he 04Yegh7    4:84 | saw heaven and its inhabitants; and while he was still on 04Yegh7    4:85 | glory of the invisible preparations, and saw in their hands the 04Yegh7    4:86 | he for this holy vision, and blessed are we for his 04Yegh7    4:87 | Your gifts, Lord, are inexhaustible, and without being asked you give 04Yegh7    4:87 | you give with your abundant and generous liberality to whomever you 04Yegh7    4:88 | And if you do not withhold 04Yegh7    4:90 | a long time, shedding abundant and intense tears for their own 04Yegh7    4:91 | remain firm in their toils and afflictions lest they be deprived 04Yegh7    4:92 | the governor of the land and the city prisoners had been 04Yegh7    4:93 | He washed and cleansed them from the sores 04Yegh7    4:93 | which the saints had washed and threw it over his own 04Yegh7    4:94 | font in his own house and received Holy Baptism from them 04Yegh7    4:94 | in the life-giving body and expiatory blood of our Lord 04Yegh7    4:95 | washing away of my sins and a new rebirth in the 04Yegh7    4:95 | rebirth in the Holy Spirit, and may the taste of this 04Yegh7    4:96 | them a cup of consolation, and joined them in eating the 04Yegh7    4:97 | himself had attained heavenly blessings and was not afraid of human 04Yegh7    4:98 | imprisoned in the same city, and lay on a great feast 04Yegh7    4:100 | and did not at all remember 04Yegh7    5:102 | is this you are doing? And why do you hide your 04Yegh7    5:103 | than the least among you, and more ignorant than the most 04Yegh7    5:105 | take each your own seat and allow me my own place 04Yegh7    5:106 | with all the saints insisted, and they sat him above them 04Yegh7    5:107 | had come to an end and they had all joyfully participated 04Yegh7    5:107 | food, Saint Joseph stood up and began to offer grace in 04Yegh7    5:108 | have forgotten all the tribulations and torments we have endured 04Yegh7    5:109 | arena where he first competed and won the medal of victory 04Yegh7    5:110 | the salvation of our souls and the glory of the illustrious 04Yegh7    5:112 | of Christ’s servants has arrived and is close upon us 04Yegh7    5:114 | means of your holy prayers, and may he bring about my 04Yegh7    5:115 | speaking, my soul was inspired and I recalled the benevolence of 04Yegh7    5:121 | I beg you, my lords and fathers, pray for my unworthiness 04Yegh7    5:122 | anxious to see that day, and on the day the hour 04Yegh7    5:123 | I shall leave this burdensome and tiresome body? When will it 04Yegh7    5:125 | Help me, Lord, help me, and stretch out your almighty right 04Yegh7    5:125 | accomplished with regard to me, and in me the name of 04Yegh7    6:126 | this, they arose from table and gave thanks, saying: “Glory to 04Yegh7    6:126 | be found pleasing before you and not be ashamed; for you 04Yegh7    6:129 | of us,” they said, “weakening and abandoning our common unity, become 04Yegh7    6:130 | strong in the Lord, brethren, and take consolation in the benevolence 04Yegh7    6:131 | his angels. Their holy souls and all the ranks of the 04Yegh7    6:131 | just will come to aid and support you, so that with 04Yegh7    6:132 | So, they spoke with them, and spent the whole night in 04Yegh7    6:132 | on those who know you, and your righteousness on those straight 04Yegh7    6:134 | there; they have been rejected, and will no longer be able 04Yegh7    6:135 | the prison gate, entered inside and saw that he who previously 04Yegh7    6:135 | previously was the chief-magus and who had been entrusted with 04Yegh7    6:135 | their midst, listening to them, and even encouraging them not to 04Yegh7    6:136 | question him. However, they went and told Denshapuh, who had been 04Yegh7    6:138 | from the prison in bonds, and had them removed from the 04Yegh7    6:141 | question me openly in public and I shall tell you the 04Yegh7    6:142 | heard all this from him and had verified his solidarity with 04Yegh7    6:143 | he made haste to go and tell the king secretly everything 04Yegh7    6:144 | lest ignorant men be confused and abandon our sure religion 04Yegh7    6:148 | Christianity will become well known and great dishonor will be brought 04Yegh7    6:149 | And if he is put to 04Yegh7    6:150 | of the Nazarenes were honored and revered. But if they offer 04Yegh7    6:150 | the same respect to magi and chief-magi, we ourselves will 04Yegh7    7:151 | be persuaded by friendly means and repent and regret their sorcery 04Yegh7    7:151 | by friendly means and repent and regret their sorcery. Treat him 04Yegh7    7:151 | accordance with his former rank, and let no one know anything 04Yegh7    7:152 | if he is not persuaded and does not wish to obey 04Yegh7    7:152 | a public suit against him and banish him beyond Kuran and 04Yegh7    7:152 | and banish him beyond Kuran and Makuran. There cast him into 04Yegh7    7:153 | And bring a rapid end to 04Yegh7    7:155 | Then Denshapuh went and sat in tribunal outside the 04Yegh7    7:157 | you—receive honors, disdain ignominy, and spare your worthy white hairs 04Yegh7    7:158 | you did not originally hold, and return to magism, as you 04Yegh7    7:160 | had no respect for persuasion, and wished the proceedings to be 04Yegh7    7:162 | who was the royal marzpet, and Movan, the chancellor—under the 04Yegh7    7:163 | saints from that desert spot and that same night brought them 04Yegh7    7:166 | to the ranks of executioners and served in the day-guards 04Yegh7    7:166 | the middle of the night and joined the groups of nobles 04Yegh7    7:167 | he was of the third, and all three considered him one 04Yegh7    7:168 | was completely barren of grass and was so terribly rocky that 04Yegh7    7:168 | went off to a distance and ordered the executioners to bind 04Yegh7    7:168 | to bind the saints’ feet and hands 04Yegh7    7:169 | feet, yoked them in couples, and dragged them along 04Yegh7    7:170 | They pulled and tore them as they dragged 04Yegh7    7:171 | Then they released them and brought them to a single 04Yegh7    7:172 | we have softened their obstinacy and have subdued their stubborn recalcitrance 04Yegh7    7:172 | words, do the king’s will, and be saved from insufferable torments 04Yegh7    7:173 | drilled them in disciplined exercise, and had taught them to be 04Yegh7    7:175 | each other in their responses; and like thirsty men they rushed 04Yegh7    8:176 | desolation of Armenia, he says, and the losses of troops which 04Yegh7    8:176 | were brought about by you; and it was because of your 04Yegh7    8:178 | be restored by your hands, and many who have been taken 04Yegh7    8:179 | great knowledge of our rites, and who was perfectly versed in 04Yegh7    8:179 | versed in all our religion and beloved of all the magnates 04Yegh7    8:179 | beloved of all the magnates, and on whom almost all this 04Yegh7    8:179 | he despised the Mazdean religion and was tricked into your foolish 04Yegh7    8:181 | except by worshiping the sun and fulfilling the king’s desires, just 04Yegh7    8:182 | be released from your bonds and saved from death, but you 04Yegh7    8:183 | The priest Ḷevond stepped forward, and making Bishop Sahak interpret, spoke 04Yegh7    8:183 | will divinizes whom he wishes and enslaves whom he wishes; yet 04Yegh7    8:184 | for we are grown up and not unversed in knowledge 04Yegh7    8:186 | the ruin of our country and the losses of the royal 04Yegh7    8:186 | strictly to honor earthly kings and to respect them with all 04Yegh7    8:186 | we serve the true God. And if we suffer any wrong 04Yegh7    8:192 | from among many noble colleagues, and you wish to destroy our 04Yegh7    8:192 | have renounced him, like you and your devilish prince 04Yegh7    8:193 | fearsome commands of your king and regarded as naught his magnificent 04Yegh7    8:193 | despoiled of their ancestral dominions and regarded not their wives, children 04Yegh7    8:194 | sun who were your teachers, and inflicted terrible damage on your 04Yegh7    8:194 | trials; some endured distant exile, and still more were led into 04Yegh7    8:195 | to the kingdom of God, and have joined the supernal company 04Yegh7    8:195 | have entered into the joy and felicity prepared for them, which 04Yegh7    8:196 | I call him blessed, and blessed the land through which 04Yegh7    8:196 | through which he will pass and the place where he will 04Yegh7    8:197 | response: “The gods are benevolent and deal patiently with men, so 04Yegh7    8:197 | so that they may recognize and learn their own insignificance and 04Yegh7    8:197 | and learn their own insignificance and the gods’ greatness, and may 04Yegh7    8:197 | insignificance and the gods’ greatness, and may enjoy the gifts of 04Yegh7    8:197 | mouths come edicts of death and life 04Yegh7    8:198 | whole universe with its rays and provides nourishment for men and 04Yegh7    8:198 | and provides nourishment for men and beasts by its warmth. For 04Yegh7    8:198 | For its even-handed liberality and impartial dispensation, it has been 04Yegh7    8:200 | Have regard for your selves and do not taint us against 04Yegh7    9:202 | replied, saying: “Like a learned and well-instructed man you take 04Yegh7    9:202 | care of the country’s prosperity and the king’s glory. But you 04Yegh7    9:202 | teaching by confessing many gods and not ascribing one will to 04Yegh7    9:204 | Reconcile water and fire so that we may 04Yegh7    9:204 | to your home like fire; and if it cannot come lest 04Yegh7    9:205 | be equal with each other and alike. Let fire not need 04Yegh7    9:206 | It grows cold in winter and freezes all the shoots of 04Yegh7    9:206 | in summer it becomes hot and burns all living creatures 04Yegh7    9:211 | its rays through the air and by its fiery aspect warms 04Yegh7    9:212 | globe as in some vessel, and opening its mouth it pours 04Yegh7    9:212 | it downward for the use and enjoyment of us below 04Yegh7    9:213 | course guided by a wise and skillful captain, so too the 04Yegh7    9:214 | And just as the other parts 04Yegh7    9:214 | other parts, like the moon and stars or the ever-shifting 04Yegh7    9:214 | or the ever-shifting winds and rain-bearing clouds, and similarly 04Yegh7    9:214 | winds and rain-bearing clouds, and similarly among the parts of 04Yegh7    9:214 | parts of the earth, sea and rivers and fountains and all 04Yegh7    9:214 | the earth, sea and rivers and fountains and all useful streams 04Yegh7    9:214 | sea and rivers and fountains and all useful streams, and similarly 04Yegh7    9:214 | fountains and all useful streams, and similarly the areas of dry 04Yegh7    9:215 | destroy himself by his ignorance; and although he would honor them 04Yegh7    9:216 | does not have two kings. And if you agree that man 04Yegh7    9:217 | the eyes of your mind, and once awake do not walk 04Yegh7    9:217 | have fallen into an abyss and wish to drag everyone down 04Yegh7    9:218 | of our minds are open and we see clearly 04Yegh7    9:219 | the body we see Creation and understand that it was made 04Yegh7    9:219 | it was made by another and that all creatures are subject 04Yegh7    9:221 | And because he saw us in 04Yegh7    9:221 | saw us in great ignorance and pitied our despair—in which 04Yegh7    9:221 | visible things were the Creator and we used to commit all 04Yegh7    9:221 | in his love he came and was incarnate from a human 04Yegh7    9:221 | incarnate from a human being, and taught us his invisible divinity 04Yegh7    9:222 | the form of the cross; and because men had gone astray 04Yegh7    9:222 | pay service to his humanity and those who were unworthy like 04Yegh7    9:223 | darkness clings to the soul and body of those who do 04Yegh7    9:223 | today in the same darkness and still torment us 04Yegh7    9:224 | example of our Lord. As and however you wish, fulfill your 04Yegh7    9:225 | impious Denshapuh had observed them and seen that they were all 04Yegh7    10:227 | They bound his feet and hands and squeezed him so 04Yegh7    10:227 | bound his feet and hands and squeezed him so tightly that 04Yegh7    10:228 | The saint opened his mouth and note: “Behold, numerous dogs have 04Yegh7    10:228 | numerous dogs have surrounded me, and crowds of wicked men have 04Yegh7    10:228 | They have pierced my feet and hands, and instead of my 04Yegh7    10:228 | pierced my feet and hands, and instead of my mouth all 04Yegh7    10:229 | Hear me, Lord, and listen to my voice; and 04Yegh7    10:229 | and listen to my voice; and receive my spirit in the 04Yegh7    10:232 | one’s head with a sword and threw his body into a 04Yegh7    10:233 | travel there for a year and six months. I do not 04Yegh7    10:233 | complaint from anyone about you, and even less about Yoseph; for 04Yegh7    10:233 | leader of all the Christians and faithful in all royal matters 04Yegh7    10:234 | was greatly satisfied with him; and I saw myself with my 04Yegh7    10:234 | father to the whole country, and how he loved impartially the 04Yegh7    10:234 | he loved impartially the greatest and the least 04Yegh7    10:235 | you: spare your honorable selves and do not surrender to a 04Yegh7    10:237 | he is sick of body and can find no healing through 04Yegh7    10:237 | tired of a sickly life and prefers death to life 04Yegh7    10:238 | gave first to this bishop and then to me your rightly 04Yegh7    10:238 | to me your rightly paid, and you appropriately honored us for 04Yegh7    10:239 | sordid material interests. But humbly and modestly they must teach God’s 04Yegh7    10:239 | toward all without false wisdom, and with impartial instruction lead everyone 04Yegh7    10:242 | which bore us is one, and one our father the Holy 04Yegh7    10:242 | children of the same father and one mother be at variance 04Yegh7    10:242 | one mother be at variance and not united 04Yegh7    10:243 | own same thought by day and night—that we might preserve 04Yegh7    10:244 | And if he is tired and 04Yegh7    10:244 | And if he is tired and anxious to leave this sickly 04Yegh7    10:245 | like you, who hate yourselves and are enemies to others 04Yegh7    10:246 | Because I have eaten salt and bread in your country, I 04Yegh7    10:246 | your country, I have compassion and love for your land 04Yegh7    10:247 | responded, saying: “Whoever has compassion and love for foreigners is fulfilling 04Yegh7    10:247 | from us both for foreigners and for our countrymen 04Yegh7    10:248 | you of my own accord and not at the king’s orders 04Yegh7    10:248 | a ravager of the land and a slayer of innocent people 04Yegh7    10:248 | people, a friend of Satan and an enemy of God 04Yegh7    10:250 | not found healing from doctors and prefers death to life—these 04Yegh7    11:251 | attend to my true words, and look at the affairs of 04Yegh7    11:252 | full of ills, both internal and external? Cold and heat, hunger 04Yegh7    11:252 | both internal and external? Cold and heat, hunger and thirst, complete 04Yegh7    11:252 | external? Cold and heat, hunger and thirst, complete poverty and want 04Yegh7    11:252 | hunger and thirst, complete poverty and want 04Yegh7    11:254 | Now you scorned and despised doctors. But if I 04Yegh7    11:254 | for which they find cures, and there are those which surpass 04Yegh7    11:254 | mortal, both he who heals and he who is healed 04Yegh7    11:257 | arrives at the great hall and sees the multitude of notables 04Yegh7    11:257 | sees the multitude of notables and healthy fine young people, and 04Yegh7    11:257 | and healthy fine young people, and even on entering the royal 04Yegh7    11:257 | on entering the royal chambers and seeing there all the splendor 04Yegh7    11:257 | seeing there all the splendor and wonderful appearance of the courtiers 04Yegh7    11:258 | braided covers to be removed, and putting his hand within he 04Yegh7    11:258 | if the liver is tender, and if the pulse of the 04Yegh7    11:258 | of the veins is regular. And accordingly, he will effect his 04Yegh7    11:259 | thus set all at naught and advancing only its own art 04Yegh7    11:260 | that you have become ignorant and have made your immortal souls 04Yegh7    11:261 | But Christ, the true living and quickening God, of his own 04Yegh7    11:261 | became a doctor of souls and bodies. First by the pains 04Yegh7    11:262 | And being even further moved to 04Yegh7    11:262 | begat us into health, painless and unwounded; he cured the old 04Yegh7    11:262 | scourging; he rendered us unblemished and unspotted in soul and body 04Yegh7    11:262 | unblemished and unspotted in soul and body that we might become 04Yegh7    11:262 | become companions of the angels and soldiers of our heavenly King 04Yegh7    11:263 | you do not know this and have not enjoyed the heavenly 04Yegh7    11:263 | impossible, it will never happen, and you cannot bring it about 04Yegh7    11:265 | I rejoice and am happy when I see 04Yegh7    11:266 | the pains of his body and gloried in Satan’s buffeting of 04Yegh7    11:268 | all fearful of your awesome and frightening threats, nor do we 04Yegh7    11:269 | from one another a little and spoke only to the holy 04Yegh7    11:271 | the fire-temple in Rshtunik, and did you kill the fire 04Yegh7    11:271 | fire? As I have heard and confirmed, you also tortured the 04Yegh7    11:271 | you also tortured the magi and removed the vessels of the 04Yegh7    12:276 | The bishop note: “ And since you have so learned 04Yegh7    12:280 | call the dumb elements gods, and yet you wish to slay 04Yegh7    12:282 | indeed destroy the fire temple and inflict the bastinado on the 04Yegh7    12:282 | the bastinado on the magi, and the impure utensils that were 04Yegh7    12:283 | took care at the beginning and rendered the nature of the 04Yegh7    12:286 | fire is found in stones and in iron and in all 04Yegh7    12:286 | in stones and in iron and in all tangible elements—why 04Yegh7    12:288 | which breathes, moves, travels, eats, and drinks, also dies. When did 04Yegh7    12:292 | way enter into a debate and critique with you concerning the 04Yegh7    12:294 | myself entered your fire-temple and saw standing there the impious 04Yegh7    12:294 | ministers of your vain religion and the fire-holder blazing in 04Yegh7    12:295 | I questioned them with words and not the rod: ’What in 04Yegh7    12:297 | the custom of our ancestors and the strict command of the 04Yegh7    12:298 | Again, I spoke to them: ’And what do you understand the 04Yegh7    12:300 | become calloused from the axe and our backs worn from carrying 04Yegh7    12:300 | the acridity of its smoke, and our faces are sooty from 04Yegh7    13:301 | nourishment, it is greatly hungry; and if we give none at 04Yegh7    13:301 | out completely. If we approach and worship, it burns us; but 04Yegh7    13:306 | the fire into the water, and note: ’May the gods who 04Yegh7    13:306 | who did not create heaven and earth perish beneath heaven.’ 04Yegh7    13:306 | earth perish beneath heaven.’ And then I threw out the 04Yegh7    13:307 | the insults to the king and the disrespect for his religion 04Yegh7    13:308 | the king in the tribunal, and suspicion be thrown upon himself 04Yegh7    13:309 | And since he was sitting in 04Yegh7    13:309 | lion he drew the sword and wildly set upon the blessed 04Yegh7    13:309 | bishop behind the right shoulder and cut off his hand 04Yegh7    13:310 | picked up his right hand and loudly cried: “Receive, Lord, this 04Yegh7    13:310 | offered myself totally to you, and enroll me in the ranks 04Yegh7    13:311 | the body for a moment and you will see straightaway our 04Yegh7    13:313 | Lord; the meek will hear and be glad 04Yegh7    13:314 | Lord preserves them from everything and protects all their bones 04Yegh7    13:315 | numerous angels coming from heaven and six crowns in the hand 04Yegh7    13:316 | forgotten your lives of suffering and have attained your blessed crowns 04Yegh7    13:316 | your own skill. Take them, and place them on each one’s 04Yegh7    13:317 | the material has been prepared and shaped by you, but the 04Yegh7    13:319 | no longer intended to question and condemn them one by one 04Yegh7    13:320 | they arranged themselves in order, and the executioners made great haste 04Yegh7    13:320 | ones’ heads all at once and throw them before the holy 04Yegh7    13:320 | them before the holy bishop. And he, giving up the spirit 04Yegh7    13:320 | Jesus, receive all our souls and join us to the company 04Yegh7    13:322 | the two martyred in Vardes and another bishop called Tatik in 04Yegh7    14:333 | there in the desert, Denshapuh and the chief-magus and Jnikan 04Yegh7    14:333 | Denshapuh and the chief-magus and Jnikan the maypet selected guards 04Yegh7    14:333 | selected guards from their entourages and ordered them to watch over 04Yegh7    14:333 | said, any infidels from coming and removing their bones, and distributing 04Yegh7    14:333 | coming and removing their bones, and distributing them throughout the whole 04Yegh7    14:334 | a man full of wisdom and perfect in divine knowledge. He 04Yegh7    14:335 | on them all; like numbed and half-dead men, they lay 04Yegh7    14:337 | night awful voices cried out and thunderous crashings were heard from 04Yegh7    14:337 | The ground shuddered beneath them, and flashing swords cast lightning around 04Yegh7    14:338 | the dead bodies rise up and echo awesomely in their ears 04Yegh7    14:338 | that they were mutually terrified and even began to kill one 04Yegh7    14:339 | They were so distraught and crazed that one did not 04Yegh7    14:340 | a great turmoil they went and told of all the torments 04Yegh7    14:341 | The three nobles took council and in astonishment began to say 04Yegh7    14:343 | And what is more significant than 04Yegh7    14:343 | man’s corpse ever stood up and appeared alive, or whoever heard 04Yegh7    14:345 | And if they had wished to 04Yegh7    14:345 | the Christians in the army and would have received the weight 04Yegh7    14:347 | will be suspicion on us and our persons. But if we 04Yegh7    14:348 | Why are you so troubled and distressed in your souls? You 04Yegh7    14:348 | souls? You fulfill your duty and carry out the royal order 04Yegh7    14:349 | if this report becomes known and there is an interrogation before 04Yegh7    14:350 | movpet will offer sacrifice there, and he will satisfy and convince 04Yegh7    14:350 | there, and he will satisfy and convince your minds 04Yegh7    15:351 | from Khuzhastan heard all this and realized that they would thenceforth 04Yegh7    15:351 | of whose Christianity he knew, and hastening to the spot found 04Yegh7    15:353 | they felt secure, they cleaned and set out the bones of 04Yegh7    15:353 | brought them to the camp and kept them hidden. Gradually they 04Yegh7    15:353 | first to the Armenian soldiers, and then to the many Christians 04Yegh7    15:355 | up to here, their condemnation and everything in order: their cruel 04Yegh7    15:355 | their cruel dragging, the questioning and interrogation of the judges, the 04Yegh7    15:355 | found out their various names and indicated them on the caskets 04Yegh7    15:356 | And the iron chains he placed 04Yegh7    15:356 | executioners had thrown them away, and he likewise indicated each one’s 04Yegh7    15:357 | These six died a holy and desirable martyr’s death on the 04Yegh8    1:1 | A royal chief-executioner came and brought them outside the city 04Yegh8    1:3 | He cut off their noses and ears, and had them taken 04Yegh8    1:3 | off their noses and ears, and had them taken to Asorestan 04Yegh8    1:5 | them aside from the others and note: “What are your names 04Yegh8    1:6 | parents I was named Khoren, and he Abraham. But in our 04Yegh8    1:6 | we are servants of Christ and disciples of the blessed ones 04Yegh8    1:7 | What then is your business, and who brought you here 04Yegh8    1:8 | ancestral possessions of worthy sufficiency, and likewise servants; some were like 04Yegh8    1:8 | servants; some were like us and others of superior station. We 04Yegh8    1:8 | came with those who nourished and instructed us 04Yegh8    1:9 | love them like holy fathers and to serve them like spiritual 04Yegh8    1:10 | The chief-executioner was angry and note: “You speak like undisciplined 04Yegh8    1:10 | note: “You speak like undisciplined and defiant rebels 04Yegh8    1:11 | While you were at peace and in your own country, all 04Yegh8    1:11 | criminally involved in royal affairs and were condemned to death for 04Yegh8    1:12 | set apart in solitary confinement, and no one at all is 04Yegh8    1:17 | killed them for no reason and unjustly, so we shall revere 04Yegh8    1:20 | the death of the magi, and then in all the other 04Yegh8    1:21 | but (occurred) in regular order and in accordance with your laws 04Yegh8    1:21 | kings give you an order and you carry it out through 04Yegh8    1:23 | unless you worship the sun and perform what our religion demands 04Yegh8    1:25 | nature, it is without sensation, and you in your cruelty are 04Yegh8    2:26 | a review of your wickedness and our goodness, and your father 04Yegh8    2:26 | your wickedness and our goodness, and your father Satan will be 04Yegh8    2:26 | seems to you the least, and the latter will inflict severe 04Yegh8    2:26 | severe wounds on your soul and body 04Yegh8    2:28 | cruelly than the previous martyrs. And so severely did they pull 04Yegh8    2:29 | indignity we regard as minor, and the pains of the body 04Yegh8    2:32 | even more enraged against them and ordered them to be bastinadoed 04Yegh8    2:33 | of the executioners took turns. And while they were lying half 04Yegh8    2:34 | and they hacked them off as 04Yegh8    2:36 | have received a heavenly healing and our noses are still in 04Yegh8    2:37 | our bodies by dragging them and our ears by cutting them 04Yegh8    2:42 | soldiers who were leading them and note: “Merely take them away 04Yegh8    2:43 | who had joyfully accepted mutilation and tortures 04Yegh8    2:44 | their long journey in mourning and sadness 04Yegh8    2:45 | The chains on their feet and hands did not seem as 04Yegh8    2:46 | royal punishment, nonetheless both openly and secretly they were greatly honored 04Yegh8    2:47 | supposing “we have labored little and are taking much ease.” And 04Yegh8    2:47 | and are taking much ease.” And they continually felt the same 04Yegh8    2:48 | holy bonds of the nobles and to serve their bodily needs 04Yegh8    2:50 | All agreed, the greatest and the least, to inform the 04Yegh8    3:51 | or dahekans; these they collected and gave to the blessed ones 04Yegh8    3:52 | And in this fashion, they ministered 04Yegh8    3:53 | guarded in that torrid country and were continually on the move 04Yegh8    3:53 | move through that same Shahul, and through Meshov and Kashkar and 04Yegh8    3:53 | same Shahul, and through Meshov and Kashkar and all Asorestan and 04Yegh8    3:53 | and through Meshov and Kashkar and all Asorestan and Khuzhastan, afflicted 04Yegh8    3:53 | and Kashkar and all Asorestan and Khuzhastan, afflicted by the great 04Yegh8    3:53 | died from the scorching wind and was buried by the inhabitants 04Yegh8    3:54 | them to far distant parts, and distributed them himself according to 04Yegh8    3:55 | been martyred by the sword, and they might see in him 04Yegh8    3:56 | When the martyrs and confessors and prisoners were seen 04Yegh8    3:56 | When the martyrs and confessors and prisoners were seen in him 04Yegh8    3:56 | their youths were rendered discreet and pure; through him their old 04Yegh8    3:56 | their old men became modest and wise; through him their princes 04Yegh8    3:56 | make the whole land prosperous and peaceful 04Yegh8    3:57 | gloried as in a brave and perfect warrior, by him the 04Yegh8    3:57 | the martyrs’ shrines were adorned, and in him the martyrs delighted 04Yegh8    3:57 | in him the martyrs delighted and rejoiced 04Yegh8    3:58 | who had shed their blood and scattered their white, sacred bones 04Yegh8    3:59 | living came to the living and the whole land came to 04Yegh8    3:60 | to death for our sake and spilled their blood as a 04Yegh8    3:61 | were slain in foreign lands and appeased the wrathful anger of 04Yegh8    3:62 | will also remember our bonds, and in their prayers will ask 04Yegh8    3:63 | to see our holy churches and pious ministers that we have 04Yegh8    3:64 | And if God will favor us 04Yegh8    3:64 | us once more to go and fulfill the needs of the 04Yegh8    3:68 | haste to meet him men and women, the greatest and the 04Yegh8    3:68 | men and women, the greatest and the least, all the multitude 04Yegh8    3:68 | all the multitude of nobles and peasants 04Yegh8    3:69 | saint they embraced his feet and hands, saying: “Blessed be the 04Yegh8    3:70 | in hope of the Resurrection and those imprisoned in the expectation 04Yegh8    3:71 | you our churches take delight and joy; and through you our 04Yegh8    3:71 | churches take delight and joy; and through you our holy martyrs 04Yegh8    3:74 | And just as you opened the 04Yegh8    3:74 | intercession for those same prisoners. And while we are in this 04Yegh8    3:74 | who have long been oppressed and beset in our souls and 04Yegh8    3:74 | and beset in our souls and bodies—also see our dear 04Yegh8    4:76 | the press of the crowd, and with three virtuous brethren lived 04Yegh8    4:79 | wished to describe his mildness and humility, you would not be 04Yegh8    4:79 | person to compare with him. And if you wished to speak 04Yegh8    4:81 | was salt for the insipid and a spurring goad for the 04Yegh8    4:82 | Avarice was condemned by him, and drunken gluttony severely reprimanded 04Yegh8    4:83 | source of healing for Armenia, and many who were hurt secretly 04Yegh8    4:84 | perfect instructor for his teachers, and a holy advising father for 04Yegh8    4:85 | fame the ignorant became wise, and at the close sight of 04Yegh8    4:86 | lived in a narrow cell, and awe of his sanctity fell 04Yegh8    4:86 | sanctity fell on those far and near 04Yegh8    4:87 | Demons were terrified and fled from him; angels descended 04Yegh8    4:87 | fled from him; angels descended and dwelt around him 04Yegh8    4:88 | blessed Armenia for his sake, and many barbarians hastened to see 04Yegh8    4:89 | was dear to God’s beloved, and many enemies of the truth 04Yegh8    4:90 | beginning of his virtuous life, and in the same virtue he 04Yegh9    1:2 | Siunik: the two brothers Babgen and Bakur 04Yegh9    1:3 | Mershapuh, Shavasp, Shngin, Mehruzhan, Pargev, and Tachat 04Yegh9    1:4 | the Mamikonean: Hamazaspean, Hamazasp, Artavazd, and Mushel 04Yegh9    1:5 | Kamsarakan: Arshavir, Tat, Vardz, Nerseh, and Ashot 04Yegh9    1:6 | of the Amatunik: Vahan, Arandzar, and Arnak 04Yegh9    1:8 | house of the Dimaksean: Tatul and Satoy, with two other companions 04Yegh9    1:9 | of the Andzevatsik: Shmavon, Zuaren, and Aravan 04Yegh9    1:10 | of the Araveghean: Papak, Varazden and Dat 04Yegh9    1:12 | family of the Mandakunik: Sahak and Parsman 04Yegh9    1:14 | family of the Rapsonean: Babik and Yohan 04Yegh9    1:15 | were from the upper nobility and some from the lesser; but 04Yegh9    1:15 | were all princes by birth and all citizens of heaven by 04Yegh9    1:16 | And there were many other nobles 04Yegh9    1:16 | same princely houses, fellow warriors and companions-in-arms of the 04Yegh9    1:17 | themselves up to holy bonds and torture 04Yegh9    1:19 | of the East, bound hand and foot 04Yegh9    1:20 | in the dark by day and deprived of light by night 04Yegh9    1:20 | the ground for nine years and six months 04Yegh9    1:23 | on come to your senses and do not persist in that 04Yegh9    1:23 | same obstinacy. Worship the sun and you will be freed from 04Yegh9    1:23 | freed from your cruel bonds and each of you will again 04Yegh9    2:27 | persist then out of ignorance, and today you made us realize 04Yegh9    2:29 | So now we beg you, and through you your king, do 04Yegh9    2:32 | the office of royal hazarapet and was found guilty of treachery 04Yegh9    2:33 | with which they encouraged themselves and consoled their companions 04Yegh9    2:34 | so enraptured in their minds and souls that even the eldest 04Yegh9    2:36 | affected by the sweet sound, and as much as was in 04Yegh9    2:36 | loving care of them all and often fulfilled their material needs 04Yegh9    2:38 | them (the citizens), the sick, and afflicted of the city were 04Yegh9    2:38 | city were brought to them and received from them healing of 04Yegh9    2:39 | been entrusted, showed great kindness and compassion to them all 04Yegh9    2:40 | elder among them as fathers and cherished the younger among them 04Yegh9    2:41 | the court the prisoners’ sufferings and affliction and indicated the noble 04Yegh9    2:41 | the prisoners’ sufferings and affliction and indicated the noble conduct of 04Yegh9    2:41 | He troubled the leading magnates and tried by all manner of 04Yegh9    2:42 | their bonds to be loosed and the ordeal of their punishment 04Yegh9    2:42 | He established allowances for them and ordered arms to be provided 04Yegh9    2:44 | this had been so arranged and the king’s new command had 04Yegh9    2:45 | the king’s mind was soothed, and he ordered them all to 04Yegh9    2:46 | They arrived and presented themselves to Yazkert, king 04Yegh9    2:47 | them, spoke affably with them, and promised to restore to them 04Yegh9    2:47 | accordance with his hereditary rank and to send them back to 04Yegh9    2:49 | two sons opposed each other and fought for power; for two 04Yegh9    2:50 | revolted. He was their nephew, and following his ancestral faith had 04Yegh9    3:52 | in the Armenian nobles’ release and return to their country 04Yegh9    3:53 | king’s elder son. He defeated and massacred his army, and capturing 04Yegh9    3:53 | defeated and massacred his army, and capturing the king’s son ordered 04Yegh9    3:55 | breached the Pass of Chor and brought through to this side 04Yegh9    3:55 | war against the Aryan army and inflicted much damage on the 04Yegh9    3:56 | sent letters of entreaty two and three times, they were unable 04Yegh9    3:56 | to terms. But in writing and by messages he blamed them 04Yegh9    3:57 | the death of the nobles and the sufferings of the prisoners 04Yegh9    3:58 | return for so much devotion and service,” he said, “instead of 04Yegh9    3:60 | a numerous force of Huns, and warred for a year with 04Yegh9    3:61 | Although his troops were dispersed and scattered away from him, not 04Yegh9    3:61 | them, some through the war and others by painful disease 04Yegh9    3:63 | to him: “Have my sister and my niece sent out, for 04Yegh9    3:63 | for they were originally magi and you made them Christians. Then 04Yegh9    3:65 | He sent off his mother and wife, completely renounced the world 04Yegh9    3:65 | the world, took the Gospel, and wished to leave his country 04Yegh9    3:66 | was greatly afflicted with remorse and regret and placed the blame 04Yegh9    3:66 | afflicted with remorse and regret and placed the blame for all 04Yegh9    3:67 | He sealed a solemn oath and had it brought to him 04Yegh9    3:67 | do not leave your country and I shall do what you 04Yegh9    3:68 | he received from the king, and there he settled with the 04Yegh9    3:70 | he greatly increased their allowances and their attendance at court above 04Yegh9    3:71 | many of them their properties and held out the hope to 04Yegh9    3:71 | in possession of their property and rank 04Yegh9    3:73 | wives of the blessed heroes and prisoners and of those who 04Yegh9    3:73 | the blessed heroes and prisoners and of those who fell in 04Yegh9    4:76 | For if some were older and some younger, yet they were 04Yegh9    4:77 | the toils of country life, and even more than their husbands 04Yegh9    4:77 | more than their husbands accepted and sustained such labors 04Yegh9    4:79 | All wore the same clothing and both alike slept on the 04Yegh9    4:84 | butler stood at their door, and no illustrious men were invited 04Yegh9    4:84 | one of their domestic nurses and who one of their dear 04Yegh9    4:85 | The hangings and bed curtains of the newly 04Yegh9    4:85 | newly married brides became dusty and sooty; spiders’ webs were spun 04Yegh9    4:85 | were broken. Their palaces crumbled and fell; the fortresses of their 04Yegh9    4:85 | of their refuge were demolished and razed 04Yegh9    4:86 | Their flower gardens dried up and turned to sand; the wine 04Yegh9    4:87 | ears they heard the torments and sufferings of their dear ones 04Yegh9    4:87 | were confiscated by the court, and there remained no ornaments at 04Yegh9    4:88 | Armenia, who had been cossetted and pampered in their litters and 04Yegh9    4:88 | and pampered in their litters and sedan-chairs, regularly attended the 04Yegh9    4:88 | houses of prayer without shoes and on foot, begging with tireless 04Yegh9    4:89 | on the marrow of steers and the dainty parts of game 04Yegh9    4:89 | grass, living like wild animals and not at all mindful of 04Yegh9    4:90 | were burned by the sun, and the whole night they lay 04Yegh9    4:91 | perpetually murmured on their lips; and readings from the prophets were 04Yegh9    4:92 | joined in couples like willing and equal yoked pairs, plowing straight 04Yegh9    4:93 | They forgot their feminine weakness and became men heroic at spiritual 04Yegh9    4:93 | gravest sins, they struck away and cut out their deadly roots 04Yegh9    4:94 | By sincerity they overcame deceit; and by holy love they cleansed 04Yegh9    4:94 | extirpated the roots of avarice; and the mortal fruits of its 04Yegh9    4:95 | By humility they smote pride; and by the same humility they 04Yegh9    4:96 | the closed gates of heaven; and by their pious supplications brought 04Yegh9    4:96 | they heard the good news; and they glorified God on high 04Yegh9    4:98 | the desires of the flesh and shared the torments of the 04Yegh9    4:98 | valiant martyrs in their death, and from afar became consoling teachers 04Yegh9    4:99 | their own fingers they toiled and sustained themselves; the stipend allotted 04Yegh9    4:99 | they made their yearly allowance and had it brought to them 04Yegh9    4:100 | the sweetness of their song and live by merely breathing the 04Yegh9    5:101 | many winters melted; spring arrived and the returning swallows came again 04Yegh9    5:101 | Life-loving mortals saw this and rejoiced, but they were never 04Yegh9    5:103 | Hunting dogs were no more, and the chase of the hunters 04Yegh9    5:104 | were recalled only by commemoration, and no yearly festival brought them 04Yegh9    5:104 | their places at the table and wept; in every hall they 04Yegh9    5:105 | set up in their memory, and the names of each one 04Yegh9    5:107 | strangers they appeared as mourning and suffering widows, but in their 04Yegh9    5:107 | their souls, they were adorned and consoled with heavenly love 04Yegh9    5:109 | And may we and they together 04Yegh9    5:109 | And may we and they together inherit the city 04Yegh9    5:109 | inherit the city of blessings and attain the promises made to 05Parp1    1:0 | Sasan, tyrant of the Stahrac’ik’ ( and narrated) the conversion of the 05Parp1    1:1 | the many changing events, good and bad, occurring in the land 05Parp1    1:1 | land of Armenia; the actions and deeds of holy and impure 05Parp1    1:1 | actions and deeds of holy and impure men; and the times 05Parp1    1:1 | of holy and impure men; and the times of war and 05Parp1    1:1 | and the times of war and peace 05Parp1    1:4 | by the command of princes and the words of the blessed 05Parp1    1:5 | children in the holy Bible, and that the obedient and acquiescent 05Parp1    1:5 | Bible, and that the obedient and acquiescent are forgiven. One by 05Parp1    1:5 | we arranged the events, deeds and diverse occurrences taking place in 05Parp1    1:6 | church, while others withstood shackles and prison for a long time 05Parp1    1:7 | beheading of God’s chosen priests and upright shepherds who shed their 05Parp1    1:7 | chosen rational flock of Christ; and those comrades of the naxarars 05Parp1    1:7 | those comrades of the naxarars and other azats who turned their 05Parp1    1:7 | fire which is awaiting Satan and his satellites 05Parp1    1:8 | the Mamikoneans, the great general and marzpan of Armenia. Our history 05Parp1    2:0 | found in them the periods and centuries of the numerous revolutions 05Parp1    2:0 | the land of Armenia correctly and accurately arranged in the First 05Parp1    2:0 | who arranged the events correctly and narrated them in a fitting 05Parp1    2:1 | of the Arsacid Artawan’s kingdom, and the growing strength of the 05Parp1    2:1 | Sasan; Xosrov’s desire for revenge and the anxiety of the boastful 05Parp1    2:1 | the boastful Stahrite; the plan and promise of reward for whomever 05Parp1    2:2 | Anak’s cunning plan and his murder of Xosrov by 05Parp1    2:3 | of Trdat, like a giant, and how he took back the 05Parp1    2:3 | was taken to the desert and subjected to innumerable torments, how 05Parp1    2:4 | many years in the pit, and the prescient concern from on 05Parp1    2:5 | emergence from the deep pit and the removal from the land 05Parp1    2:5 | of the darkness of ignorance ( and Armenia’s turn) to the heavenly 05Parp1    2:5 | the heavenly kingdom of light and, thereafter, the exhortation of the 05Parp1    2:5 | of the great hero Gregory and the blessed virgins 05Parp1    2:6 | the feasts of the Savior and assemblies in honor of the 05Parp1    2:7 | All of this and more was related to us 05Parp1    2:7 | to us in a clear and correct narration by that venerable 05Parp1    3:0 | which describes the events, times and occurrences in the land of 05Parp1    3:0 | centuries, periods of occasional peace and times of intense and endless 05Parp1    3:0 | peace and times of intense and endless confusion, of cleaving together 05Parp1    3:0 | of cleaving together in unity and of tearing apart in disunity 05Parp1    3:0 | true to the divine command and stood in obedience to their 05Parp1    3:0 | to the ruination of themselves and their land 05Parp1    3:1 | God’s aid visited upon themselves and their land. But those who 05Parp1    3:1 | land. But those who divided and broke away caused harm and 05Parp1    3:1 | and broke away caused harm and ruin for themselves and the 05Parp1    3:1 | harm and ruin for themselves and the land 05Parp1    3:2 | passages, to be not proper and fitting, lacking the veracity of 05Parp1    3:4 | Constantine arose, and, hoping to expell the enemies’ 05Parp1    3:7 | set to work at once and ordered that all the high 05Parp1    3:7 | on the island be levelled and he built a glorious city 05Parp1    3:9 | as from a royal residence, and prominent scholars have hastened to 05Parp1    3:9 | of knowledge have extended themselves and have flowed to all areas 05Parp1    3:11 | put his hand to it and wrote what he pleased. Or 05Parp1    3:11 | the work in another way and thought to conceal the errors 05Parp1    3:12 | more among the Syrians—bold and ignorant people—who have done 05Parp1    3:12 | done such tamperings—written futile and useless narrations of their own 05Parp1    3:12 | useless narrations of their own and inserted them into literate books 05Parp1    3:12 | between the words of scholars and the chatterings of fools 05Parp1    4:0 | Among them were the learned and brave general and marzpan of 05Parp1    4:0 | the learned and brave general and marzpan of Armenia, Vahan, lord 05Parp1    4:1 | in the land of Armenia and so regarded it as most 05Parp1    4:1 | regarded it as most fitting and appropriate that the affairs transpiring 05Parp1    4:2 | the virtues of the clerics and the good deeds of brave 05Parp1    4:2 | men to be written down and arranged in order with great 05Parp1    4:3 | braves would redouble their valor and leave a renowned reputation of 05Parp1    4:3 | a renowned reputation of themselves and their people 05Parp1    4:4 | Conversely, the lazy and bad people because of these 05Parp1    4:4 | these examples would examine themselves, and, hearing the reproach of others 05Parp1    4:5 | Vahan, the general of Armenia and the marzpan. The order came 05Parp1    4:5 | Ghazar P’arpec’i. I was nourished and educated by the virtuous cleric 05Parp1    4:5 | the line of the marvellous and renowned Arcruni tohm, son of 05Parp1    4:5 | of Vasak brother of Tachat and Gotorz 05Parp1    4:6 | pleasures of this transitory life and, choosing to follow eternal goodness 05Parp1    4:6 | the road to Heaven, went and lived in a retreat with 05Parp1    4:7 | means of sleepless vigils, fasting, and ceaseless praying from morning to 05Parp1    4:7 | he prayed without rest morning and evening 05Parp1    4:8 | fair hairs covered his head and, completing the course of his 05Parp1    4:9 | witnesses preached to this day and forever in all the churches 05Parp1    4:9 | lands of Armenia, Iberia (Georgia), and Aghbania (Aghuania 05Parp1    4:10 | Vahan, the sparapet of Armenia, and marzpan. For 05Parp1    4:11 | parteal er’andeann charut’iwnn andrer ew and dadareal c’acnun. The editors suggest 05Parp1    4:11 | faced by merchants at sea, and that P’arpec’i is following a 05Parp1    5:0 | their hopes, forget their sorrow, and are delighted with their profits 05Parp1    5:1 | of Eternity who have accurately and truthfully recorded history and have 05Parp1    5:1 | accurately and truthfully recorded history and have not added words to 05Parp1    5:3 | the words must be appropriate and the arrangements determined according to 05Parp1    5:3 | according to an established scholarship and the accuracy able to stand 05Parp1    5:4 | reduce (the importance of) events and carelessly relate things in an 05Parp1    5:6 | obligatory labor—to record accurately and truthfully—is beyond my abilities 05Parp1    5:6 | I navigate through the great and deep rapids with learned accuracy 05Parp1    5:6 | deep rapids with learned accuracy and, with the intercession of the 05Parp1    5:6 | may I reach the safe and untroubled harbor 05Parp2    6:0 | to the emperor of Byzantium and under his authority, while the 05Parp2    6:0 | been humbled by the bitter and tyrannical service tendered to the 05Parp2    6:0 | the Iranian king’s sector, went and requested (that they be given 05Parp2    6:1 | of Iran, fulfilled their requests and bestowed upon them as king 05Parp2    6:3 | kingdom had been shaken, demolished, and pulled apart, in great sadness 05Parp2    6:3 | of Armenia’s best, most useful and fertile lands was in the 05Parp2    6:5 | they threaten us with war and a man must recognize the 05Parp2    6:5 | himself. But should we bow and incline toward affection for each 05Parp2    6:5 | as brothers, giving less honor and less senority; not all (the 05Parp2    6:5 | lands) will be our share, and we shall bear the name 05Parp2    6:6 | Indeed now, because we and our ancestors have enraged tolerant 05Parp2    6:6 | our ancestors have enraged tolerant and mild God, we have been 05Parp2    6:6 | have been betrayed into slavery, and are bowed in dishonor, and 05Parp2    6:6 | and are bowed in dishonor, and are inconsolable at the division 05Parp2    6:6 | beautiful site of our rest and habitation 05Parp2    6:7 | prefer to quit the desirable and coveted places of the Ayrarat 05Parp2    6:7 | country, to leave the native and sephakan place of my ancestors 05Parp2    6:7 | sephakan place of my ancestors, and go into poverty and live 05Parp2    6:7 | ancestors, and go into poverty and live with strong longings, rather 05Parp2    6:7 | dwell among infidels in disgrace and always with mental anguish through 05Parp2    6:7 | be it long or short— and to die in dishonor, which 05Parp2    6:7 | not befit the royal dignity and majesty 05Parp2    7:0 | this inwardly, king Arshak forsook and abandoned the good, native inheritance 05Parp2    7:0 | Ayrarat. (Ayrarat) was charming, renowned and illustrious, containing all plants and 05Parp2    7:0 | and illustrious, containing all plants and flowers, full of the advantageous 05Parp2    7:0 | human life, full of beauty and refreshment. (Ayrarat contained) extensive plains 05Parp2    7:0 | full of game, beautiful sites and fertile fields surrounded by mountains 05Parp2    7:1 | snouts, those chewing their cud, and many others with them 05Parp2    7:2 | the mountains water courses down and nourishes the plains which need 05Parp2    7:2 | an immeasurable abundance of bread and wine, sweet-smelling, delicately flavored 05Parp2    7:2 | sweet-smelling, delicately flavored vegetables, and a variety of oil—producing 05Parp2    7:2 | producing plants to women, men and families at the ostan 05Parp2    7:3 | which adorned the mountain flanks and level ground struck the refreshed 05Parp2    7:4 | pasturages fed the tame asses and the forbidding herds of wild 05Parp2    7:4 | wild deer (making them) moist and plump and covered with fat 05Parp2    7:4 | making them) moist and plump and covered with fat, their bodies 05Parp2    7:5 | sought after by brave (warriors) and by those who shepherd flocks 05Parp2    7:5 | such plants) heighten the senses and renew them 05Parp2    7:7 | of those who enjoy labor, and gives as if for a 05Parp2    7:8 | Such miners) can accumulate profits and enjoy the good things of 05Parp2    7:8 | Miners) found gold, copper, iron, and precious stones 05Parp2    7:9 | monarchs set into the diadem and crown, and women with gold 05Parp2    7:9 | into the diadem and crown, and women with gold thread into 05Parp2    7:11 | by the plants offer profits and luxury (since) decorative red colors 05Parp2    7:12 | are full of diverse large and small fish with different appearances 05Parp2    7:12 | small fish with different appearances and flavors. (The fish) cause delight 05Parp2    7:12 | fish) cause delight, supplying profit, and filling the stomachs of those 05Parp2    7:13 | of fowl—to the delight and recreation of the prey-hungry 05Parp2    7:13 | warble of flocks of partridge and heath-cocks which love concealing 05Parp2    7:13 | which dwell in the reeds and brush. The large-limbed full 05Parp2    7:13 | the water searching for moss, and eating snakes and many other 05Parp2    7:13 | for moss, and eating snakes and many other countless types, many 05Parp2    7:13 | types, many flocks of land and sea birds 05Parp2    7:14 | had been) surrounded by traps and hunters’ nets, brigades of naxarars 05Parp2    7:14 | some would chase after onagers and wild goats filling the air 05Parp2    7:14 | horses after herds of deer and hinds displaying the exploits of 05Parp2    7:14 | packs of huge wild boars and, causing them to tumble, would 05Parp2    7:15 | small sons, with their tutors and servants, hunted diverse types of 05Parp2    7:15 | types of birds, using falcons, and thus added to the delight 05Parp2    7:16 | chicks of diverse wild birds, and eggs from river islands. These 05Parp2    7:17 | had stayed home not participating, and especially on foreigners 05Parp2    7:18 | deer heaped upon each other, and their heads, purposely arranged. Though 05Parp2    7:18 | Though both eaters of fish and eaters of meat were delighted 05Parp2    7:18 | in) spiritual matters, using psalms and songs of the prophets to 05Parp2    8:0 | the Biblical country of Egypt and God’s Paradise. (The Arsacids were 05Parp2    8:1 | and the martyria of the venerable 05Parp2    8:1 | the two kings of Byzantium and Iran who caused them to 05Parp2    8:2 | luxuriantly comfortable district (as Ayrarat) and witness daily the ridicule of 05Parp2    8:3 | covenant from the impious mages, and the scorn shown to his 05Parp2    8:3 | scorn shown to his line and kingdom from the arrogant princes 05Parp2    8:3 | to live out this inconsequential and measured life in peace as 05Parp2    8:3 | as one who is scorned, and, not attaining eternal life, be 05Parp2    8:4 | good inheritance of his ancestors, and to enter the service of 05Parp2    9:0 | virtuous men, badly complaining about and reproaching their unworthy actions and 05Parp2    9:0 | and reproaching their unworthy actions and the betrayal to the burden 05Parp2    9:0 | to the burden of severe and impious service of the Iranians 05Parp2    9:1 | to think that he likes and is loyal to you, but 05Parp2    9:1 | all his displays are false and fraudulent. For he has a 05Parp2    9:1 | he has a secret oath and counsel with the Byzantine emperor 05Parp2    9:1 | counsel with the Byzantine emperor, and is always discussing peace with 05Parp2    9:1 | him by means of hrovartaks and messengers 05Parp2    9:3 | slanderers hoped to destroy (Xosrov) and to be the cause of 05Parp2    9:3 | them to suffer yet longer and had betrayed them to an 05Parp2    9:4 | this (complaint) with great delight and eagerness. He ordered that Xosrov 05Parp2    9:4 | if going to his prince and friend 05Parp2    9:5 | see the land of Armenia, and kept him there in Iran 05Parp2    9:6 | brother, of the Arsacid line, and dispatched him to Armenia 05Parp2    10:0 | of the Armenian king Xosrov and was established among the group 05Parp2    10:0 | Greek, as well as decisions and hrovartaks 05Parp2    10:1 | years he served there properly and without reproach, but then he 05Parp2    10:1 | brothers, assumed the monastic life and became the most select and 05Parp2    10:1 | and became the most select and venerable of all. He rejected 05Parp2    10:2 | he moved to the deserts and became wondrous and renowned. He 05Parp2    10:2 | the deserts and became wondrous and renowned. He dwelled in numerous 05Parp2    10:2 | many other prayer-loving brothers and clerics of blessed behavior until 05Parp2    10:3 | Armenian letters, about when, where and by whom (the Armenian letters 05Parp2    10:3 | the Armenian letters) were found, and about the enthusiastic entreaties of 05Parp2    10:3 | have read (Koriwn) numerous times, and so confirmed our information 05Parp2    10:4 | Thus did humane and caring God accept the plan 05Parp2    10:5 | Mashtoc’ had always been concerned and saddened, seeing the great effort 05Parp2    10:5 | saddened, seeing the great effort and even more the expenses (involved 05Parp2    10:5 | obliged) to travel distant roads, and with long study (did these 05Parp2    10:6 | the services in the church and readings from Scripture were conducted 05Parp2    10:6 | in Syriac in the monasteries and churches of the Armenian people 05Parp2    10:7 | win the souls of men and women in all the churches 05Parp2    10:7 | by utilizing the language itself and not a foreign language 05Parp2    10:8 | blessed kat’oghikos of Armenia, Sahak, and informed him of the problem 05Parp2    10:8 | him. “Remain strong,” (Sahak said) “ and take along priests whom I 05Parp2    10:9 | bring the work to me and I shall correct it, for 05Parp2    10:10 | need for such a great and important thing. Because not many 05Parp2    10:10 | need for such a thing, and told the king that he 05Parp2    10:11 | blessed kat’oghikos of Armenia, Sahak, and the venerable Mashtoc’ went into 05Parp2    10:11 | went into king Vrhamshapuh’s presence and informed him of the issue 05Parp2    10:11 | to him regarding this matter and delighted (them) by relating it 05Parp2    10:12 | regarding finding such a great and useful device for the land 05Parp2    10:12 | upon you an unforgetable remembrance, and you will have brought more 05Parp2    10:13 | The king heard this and, rejoicing, glorified God that it 05Parp2    10:14 | parents) giving him a hrovartak, and sending him to a certain 05Parp2    10:14 | had spoken to the king and who was related to the 05Parp2    10:15 | what he had to say, and then quickly hastened to the 05Parp2    10:16 | the letters from Daniel himself, and took (a copy of the 05Parp2    10:16 | blessed patriarch of Armenia, Sahak, and to the venerable Mashtoc’. They 05Parp2    10:16 | received the letters from Habel, and were happy 05Parp2    10:17 | in an easily accessible order and correct syllabic pronunciation. (Sahak) gave 05Parp2    10:17 | pronunciation. (Sahak) gave him assistants and other learned and scholarly men 05Parp2    10:17 | him assistants and other learned and scholarly men from among the 05Parp2    10:17 | tanen); third, Ter from Xorjean, and fourth, Mushe from Taron 05Parp2    10:18 | who aided and strengthened the venerable Mashtoc’, who 05Parp2    10:18 | as the Greek, frequently asking and learning from the blessed kat’oghikos 05Parp2    10:20 | in musical notation, exhortatory rhetoric, and especially philosophy 05Parp2    10:21 | they wanted to establish schools and teach the multitude of clerics 05Parp2    10:21 | enthusiastically wanted to study Armenian and were delighted that they had 05Parp2    10:23 | The venerable Mashtoc’ and the honorable priests who were 05Parp2    10:23 | to attempt such an intense and important labor, as translating the 05Parp2    11:0 | all the naxarars of Armenia and the grandee tanuters assembled by 05Parp2    11:0 | the king of Armenia, Vrhamshapuh and, together with the king, they 05Parp2    11:0 | himself to this spiritual work and to translate the Biblical testaments 05Parp2    11:1 | We who stand before you, and the venerable Mashtoc’ (urge you 05Parp2    11:1 | labored with the difficult, useless and arrogant Syriac language. As a 05Parp2    11:1 | people (seeing matters as) futile and vain ceased going to church 05Parp2    11:2 | while the instructors, straining and sighing, regretted their empty exertions 05Parp2    11:2 | spiritual counsel which is food and nourishment for those seeking knowledge 05Parp2    11:2 | the letters, Christ aided him and made him even stronger 05Parp2    11:4 | kept unharmed throughout the torments, and was given (by God) to 05Parp2    11:4 | kept. Begin this cultural work and be like your blessed ancestor 05Parp2    11:5 | God kept you for this and it is a great task 05Parp2    11:6 | to become as informed of and learned in the study (of 05Parp2    11:6 | High because of your virtuous and modest spirit. In this regard 05Parp2    11:7 | entire covenant of the priesthood, and especially from the senior tanuters 05Parp2    11:7 | especially from the senior tanuters and all the naxarars of Armenia 05Parp2    11:7 | of Armenia, his soul rejoiced and he glorified the Savior of 05Parp2    11:8 | superb knowledge. Tirelessly working day and night, (Sahak) translated all the 05Parp2    11:8 | of the Holy Spirit, confirmed and sealed by the luminous, envivifying 05Parp2    11:9 | The ranks of writers swelled, and, vying with each other, they 05Parp2    11:9 | They encouraged multitudes of men and women to attend the Savior’s 05Parp2    11:9 | attend the Savior’s feast days and to visit the shrines of 05Parp2    11:10 | each to his home, grandees and children saying psalms and anthems 05Parp2    11:10 | grandees and children saying psalms and anthems (kc’ords) everywhere, in the 05Parp2    11:10 | the squares, in the streets, and at home 05Parp2    11:11 | The churches grew radiant and the martyria of the saints 05Parp2    11:11 | the meal) to their liking and, as the psalm states, the 05Parp2    11:13 | And thanks to the all-caring 05Parp2    12:0 | the Iranian king Shapuh died [A.D. 388] and was succeeded by his son 05Parp2    12:1 | Vahram IV fulfilled their request and once more enthroned Xosrov who 05Parp2    12:4 | land of Armenia was large and useful, a border and gateway 05Parp2    12:4 | large and useful, a border and gateway to the Byzantine realm 05Parp2    12:5 | the peoples under our sway and under Byzantine authority might grow 05Parp2    12:5 | grow fond of each other, and with this mutual affection unite 05Parp2    12:5 | emperor, gladly submit to him, and rebel from us 05Parp2    12:6 | it will be even worse, and they will trouble us with 05Parp2    12:7 | are strangers to our religion, and hate it, while they share 05Parp2    12:7 | it, while they share faith and religion with the Byzantines 05Parp2    12:8 | be troubled by such doubts, and ( the Armenians) will serve us 05Parp2    12:8 | serve us with constant fear and trepidation, nor will they attempt 05Parp2    12:9 | And when this becomes the custom 05Parp2    12:9 | for our faith, since (Armenians and Iranians) will constantly be talking 05Parp2    12:9 | be talking with each other and will become intimate friends (by 05Parp2    12:9 | by participating) in the hunts and games which take place among 05Parp2    12:11 | did not rule for long, and died. The very same day 05Parp2    12:14 | before Vahram, king of Iran, and requested that they be given 05Parp2    13:0 | cad, a luster after women, and reigned with much debauchery 05Parp2    13:1 | unable to stand the dissolute and deviant conduct of king Artashes 05Parp2    13:1 | no longer bear the impure and foul actions of the king 05Parp2    13:1 | die than to constantly see and hear about such filthy things 05Parp2    13:2 | commune in the great, honored, and divine mystery after seeing such 05Parp2    13:2 | For we learned from you and from the doctrine of your 05Parp2    13:3 | out of this unbelievable calamity and do away with such a 05Parp2    13:3 | scornfully tramples what is holy, and fearlessly works this filthy pollution 05Parp2    13:4 | what you are talking about, and have heard nothing new from 05Parp2    13:5 | find some solution to this, and everyone should think about it 05Parp2    13:5 | everyone should think about it and implement it 05Parp2    13:6 | The naxarars one and all replied to the blessed 05Parp2    13:7 | an accomplice to such blasphemous and obscene acts as the king 05Parp2    13:8 | this from the Armenian naxarars and when he realized accurately that 05Parp2    13:8 | land had the same sentiments and were set in this plan 05Parp2    13:8 | he sank into great sadness and unconsolable mourning. Shedding rivers of 05Parp2    13:9 | shut himself in his room and only the sound of lamentation 05Parp2    13:9 | only the sound of lamentation and weeping could be heard (by 05Parp2    13:10 | attendance at the saint’s door ( and were unable, even for a 05Parp2    13:10 | going without the abundantly flowing and grace-filled doctrine of the 05Parp2    13:10 | doctrine) which, to those spiritual and wise listeners who dined on 05Parp2    13:10 | said, sweeter than a honeycomb) and some of the honorable presbyters 05Parp2    13:10 | some of the honorable presbyters and deacons (who were from the 05Parp2    13:10 | holy covenant of the patriarch), and others of Armenia’s azat nobility 05Parp2    13:10 | dared to enter (Sahak’s) room and spoke with him beseechingly 05Parp2    13:11 | blessed patriarch was consoled somewhat and, through the spiritual wisdom and 05Parp2    13:11 | and, through the spiritual wisdom and counsel which were a part 05Parp2    13:11 | ceased crying for a while and was silent 05Parp2    13:12 | the land of Armenia assembled and repeated the same sentiments before 05Parp2    13:13 | retreated from their former intentions and plans—because the daily increasing 05Parp2    13:13 | lamentation (Sahak) raised his voice and said to them one and 05Parp2    13:13 | and said to them one and all 05Parp2    13:14 | I, and you too, as we learned 05Parp2    13:14 | Lord Jesus Christ, with tears and entreaties for some way out 05Parp2    13:14 | was baptised is our brother and of our flesh, even though 05Parp2    13:14 | Paul, which your spiritual father and patriarch, the blessed Gregory, taught 05Parp2    13:14 | limbs ache along with it. And if one limb is healed 05Parp2    13:15 | It is worth recalling and reflecting on the grief, discomfort 05Parp2    13:15 | on the grief, discomfort, imprisonment and shackles of saint Gregory; (and 05Parp2    13:15 | and shackles of saint Gregory; ( and about) his entreaties and prayers 05Parp2    13:15 | Gregory; (and about) his entreaties and prayers to God for the 05Parp2    13:15 | salvation of the entire land; and how thanks to the Holy 05Parp2    13:15 | persecuted the demons of deviance and made them flee from you 05Parp2    13:15 | made them flee from you; and how he caused the seed 05Parp2    13:16 | mercy for that blameworthy limb and not betray him to the 05Parp2    13:16 | betray him to the infidels, and make the blessed mystery of 05Parp2    13:16 | religion an object of ridicule and contempt 05Parp2    13:17 | Remember my and your blessed father and vardapet 05Parp2    13:17 | my and your blessed father and vardapet (st. Gregory) who with 05Parp2    13:17 | st. Gregory) who with sighs and ceaseless entreaties, morning and night 05Parp2    13:17 | sighs and ceaseless entreaties, morning and night, moved Christ (the creator 05Parp2    13:17 | creator of all) to pity and to transform back to a 05Parp2    13:18 | you together, men, women, old, and young—with entreaties and tears 05Parp2    13:18 | old, and young—with entreaties and tears make peace with all 05Parp2    13:18 | those who make requests loyally and with complete faith that, ’wherever 05Parp2    13:19 | requests of such a multitude, and quickly. This is especially so 05Parp2    13:19 | made untiringly, with fervent sighs and sincere hope. Perhaps He will 05Parp2    13:20 | betrayer of our correct faith and betray the wandering sheep of 05Parp2    13:21 | regarding the question of salvation and has heard the good news 05Parp2    13:22 | I would do so quickly and without delay, but I will 05Parp2    13:23 | saints will judge the world? And if the world is to 05Parp2    13:25 | goes to law against brother, and that before unbelievers?’ 05Parp2    13:26 | And now, how could I, who 05Parp2    13:28 | corrupt, but are not unbelievers and pagans; foul, but not fire 05Parp2    13:29 | And why should we plot to 05Parp2    13:30 | my children. Plan it not, and do not attempt, as some 05Parp2    13:31 | kat’oghikos tirelessly spoke these words and many others of counsel with 05Parp2    13:31 | of counsel with many tears and entreaties before the Armenian nobility 05Parp2    13:31 | retreat from their earlier unity and from the position which they 05Parp2    13:32 | of evil service to pagans, and the affair would not end 05Parp2    13:33 | did not heed our words and refused to ally with us 05Parp2    13:34 | venerable patriarch Nerses had surrounded and enveloped them (because of] their 05Parp2    14:0 | naxarars] went to the court and later stood in the presence 05Parp2    14:1 | allied with the Armenian naxarars, and having broken with the counsel 05Parp2    14:1 | Sahak, he spoke more coarsely and crudely about king Artashes in 05Parp2    14:2 | First they informed Suren and other Iranian nobles about the 05Parp2    14:2 | of the royal court. He and others of the court grandees 05Parp2    14:6 | have always changed their princes and have hated their lords 05Parp2    14:7 | because of the man’s lineage, and second, because God shows his 05Parp2    14:7 | blessed servants to be respected and revered in the presence of 05Parp2    14:8 | about him. Let them speak, and you listen to it from 05Parp2    14:8 | listen to it from them. And may they themselves be requited 05Parp2    14:9 | was of the same azg and tohm as the great patriarch 05Parp2    14:9 | the authority of his kat’oghikosate and land, covered with many honors 05Parp2    14:9 | land, covered with many honors and in great luxury 05Parp2    14:10 | as Vahram said, great luxury, and saying he would benefit from 05Parp2    14:11 | If you consent and do as he wants—to 05Parp2    14:11 | But if you stubbornly resist and do otherwise, you will lose 05Parp2    14:11 | will lose your kat’oghikosal tun and will be rejected from your 05Parp2    14:13 | way consent to such words and confirm the testimony of the 05Parp2    14:13 | by Artashes which merits trial and contempt by you. For though 05Parp2    14:13 | he is worthy of dishonor and disgrace, according to your polluted 05Parp2    14:13 | polluted faith, he deserves praise and exaltation 05Parp2    14:14 | his own tohm, he went and related it to the king 05Parp2    14:14 | The king became furiously enraged and ordered that the Armenian naxarars 05Parp2    14:14 | ordered that the Armenian naxarars and Artashes should be questioned before 05Parp2    14:15 | of Armenia heaped many obscenities and diverse unworthy remarks on their 05Parp2    14:15 | were not as they said, and those listening did not believe 05Parp2    14:16 | us from time to time and, learning of our loyalty or 05Parp2    14:17 | When Vahram, and all the nobility of the 05Parp2    14:17 | heard this he was delighted and ordered immediately that Artashes be 05Parp2    14:17 | be taken from saint Sahak, and possessed by the court since 05Parp2    14:19 | God, the great patriarch Nerses. And the land of Armenia fell 05Parp2    14:20 | Iran to the Armenian princes, ( and they were also given] honors 05Parp2    14:20 | they were also given] honors and greatness. Thus, leaving the court 05Parp2    15:1 | generals of Armenia, they rejected and removed him from the authority 05Parp2    15:4 | Gnel, he was especially aroused and was unable to tolerate such 05Parp2    15:5 | other ancestors who were evil and unrighteous (members] of the Arsacid 05Parp2    15:5 | strive to resemble the good and virtuous men of your tohm 05Parp2    15:6 | day, without embarrassment you increased and carried out all kinds of 05Parp2    15:6 | had been used for washing, and you will weaken when the 05Parp2    15:7 | And the destruction described by the 05Parp2    15:7 | drink, become drunk, be destroyed, and not reestablished.’ 05Parp2    15:8 | Other heavy and awesome additions were made to 05Parp2    15:9 | a kat’oghikos from the court, and king Vahram gave them a 05Parp2    15:9 | with their custom, with mistresses. And they did not live in 05Parp2    15:9 | in accordance with the holy and pure religion which had been 05Parp2    15:9 | religion which had been set and established in all the churches 05Parp2    15:10 | of Armenia, the senior sepuhs and the entire multitude of the 05Parp2    15:10 | no way resembled the canon and doctrine of the angelic faith 05Parp2    15:10 | champion Gregory who taught, nourished, and established all according to heavenly 05Parp2    15:11 | which resembled an Apostle’s—mourned and wept even more unconsolably 05Parp2    15:12 | long endure such a foul and unworthy arrangement, they scorned Brk’isho 05Parp2    15:12 | unworthy arrangement, they scorned Brk’isho and rejected him from the patriarchate 05Parp2    15:12 | king Vahram that “His customs and ways are not those of 05Parp2    15:12 | who will be a supervisor, and firmly keep the order of 05Parp2    15:13 | Vahram acceded to their request, and gave them as kat’oghikos another 05Parp2    15:14 | to the land of Armenia and conducted himself in accordance with 05Parp2    16:0 | Then the senior sepuhs and the entire multitude of the 05Parp2    16:0 | the covenant of the Church and the people, men and women 05Parp2    16:0 | Church and the people, men and women, assembled and lamented (the 05Parp2    16:0 | people, men and women, assembled and lamented (the loss of] the 05Parp2    16:0 | loss of] the blessed, pure, and virtuous doctrine which saint Gregory 05Parp2    16:0 | virtuous doctrine which saint Gregory and his sons had fostered and 05Parp2    16:0 | and his sons had fostered and caused to grow within them 05Parp2    16:0 | who had preached the correct and true teaching to all listeners 05Parp2    16:1 | Once again, united, they assembled and clasped the feet of the 05Parp2    16:1 | God, Sahak. With mournful entreaties and copious tears they threw themselves 05Parp2    16:1 | themselves before the true patriarch, and note: “We have sinned before 05Parp2    16:1 | We have sinned before Heaven and before you. Pardon us sinners 05Parp2    16:1 | before you. Pardon us sinners, and imitate your ancestor the pious 05Parp2    16:1 | who overlooked the severe torments and batterings he was subjected to 05Parp2    16:2 | visited upon him with good and showed in every way to 05Parp2    16:2 | in Him, heaven-bound conduct and the path to recognition of 05Parp2    16:2 | path to recognition of God. And He taught everyone to constantly 05Parp2    16:3 | the same example of patience, and forgive our trespasses 05Parp2    16:4 | And we shall endeavor and request 05Parp2    16:4 | And we shall endeavor and request that the court reestablish 05Parp2    16:4 | through which we were illuminated and saw that unattainable sun of 05Parp2    16:5 | Let the clear and limpid doctrine of the holy 05Parp2    16:5 | of the Syrians]. For weak and dissolute leaders have weakened the 05Parp2    16:5 | of the saint’s unadulterated preaching, and lo! we and our offspring 05Parp2    16:5 | unadulterated preaching, and lo! we and our offspring will suffer an 05Parp2    16:6 | multitude in unison spoke these and many other words of entreaty 05Parp2    16:6 | entreaty for many days, morning and night without cease, to the 05Parp2    16:7 | learn from the heavenly Creator and from Christ’s vardapet to get 05Parp2    16:7 | regard their actions as sins. And He always protested to us 05Parp2    16:7 | us, saying: “Bless your persecutors, and be good to those who 05Parp2    16:8 | people which plots against, betrays, and kills its lord. For the 05Parp2    16:8 | lest you be judged,’ and ’Those of you who are 05Parp2    16:8 | failings of the weak,’ and ’Vengeance is mine and I 05Parp2    16:8 | ’ and ’Vengeance is mine and I shall exact it, said 05Parp2    16:9 | your king for his deeds, and, being furious at him, you 05Parp2    16:9 | blessed faith of our covenant and permitted the infidels to ridicule 05Parp2    16:10 | you try to console me, and who could entreat me to 05Parp2    16:10 | flock, rather than being wrapped, and having its wounds dressed with 05Parp2    16:10 | its wounds dressed with oil and wine and placed upon a 05Parp2    16:10 | dressed with oil and wine and placed upon a pack-animal 05Parp2    16:10 | placed upon a pack-animal and taken to a shelter; that 05Parp2    16:10 | before wild beasts that devoured and divided it 05Parp2    16:11 | Leave me alone and allow me to lament the 05Parp2    16:12 | to the holy martyr Gregory, and was knowledge of things to 05Parp2    16:13 | relate this to you today and appear as incensed as the 05Parp2    16:13 | who, because of false apostles and impious servants wrote boasting of 05Parp2    16:14 | all you multitudes of people and I shall tell you 05Parp2    17:0 | inconsolable thoughts, restlessly thinking about and beseeching the Most High to 05Parp2    17:1 | Almighty administers justly to each and knows more than we can 05Parp2    17:2 | evening service of the holy and expiatory life-giving sacrament, having 05Parp2    17:2 | nothing more than bread, water and salt according to the canons 05Parp2    17:2 | the canons of the great and holy council of [318], established in 05Parp2    17:2 | in the city of Nicaea and sealed and ordained by the 05Parp2    17:2 | city of Nicaea and sealed and ordained by the Holy Spirit 05Parp2    17:4 | They had spent [40] days and nights in vigorous fasting and 05Parp2    17:4 | and nights in vigorous fasting and unceasing prayer, and especially during 05Parp2    17:4 | vigorous fasting and unceasing prayer, and especially during the Holy Week 05Parp2    17:4 | their reward for their conscientious and joyful efforts 05Parp2    17:5 | The light of the lamps and candles was burning, and the 05Parp2    17:5 | lamps and candles was burning, and the reader intentionally prolonged the 05Parp2    17:5 | catch their breath a bit and conduct the canon as stipulated 05Parp2    17:7 | For they each—man and woman, of one accord—wished 05Parp2    17:8 | And there I was, sitting beside 05Parp2    17:10 | Christ (the son of) God, and of the Holy Spirit 05Parp2    17:11 | And, behold, suddenly the heavens opened 05Parp2    17:12 | as high as the heavens and extending in breadth across the 05Parp2    17:15 | side of the linen up, and when I looked, I saw 05Parp2    17:16 | the table were Communion bread and a cluster of grapes according 05Parp2    17:17 | And beside the holy sacrament appeared 05Parp2    17:17 | appeared an olive-tree, flourishing and very fruitful, the height and 05Parp2    17:17 | and very fruitful, the height and breadth of which seemed immeasurable 05Parp2    17:17 | me. Its yield was abundant and ripe, its sight and beauty 05Parp2    17:17 | abundant and ripe, its sight and beauty indescribable and marvelous 05Parp2    17:17 | its sight and beauty indescribable and marvelous 05Parp2    17:18 | them were of equal size and bore similar fruit, and the 05Parp2    17:18 | size and bore similar fruit, and the fourth appeared to have 05Parp2    17:18 | the length of the others and bore less fruit 05Parp2    17:19 | four branches looked nothing like, and nor were they as fruitful 05Parp2    17:19 | were much fewer of them, and though they were ripe they 05Parp2    17:20 | icy sea-blue in color and covered with a thick brown 05Parp2    17:22 | was a folded silk cope, and beside it a golden globe 05Parp2    17:22 | beside it a golden globe and a piece of parchment, atop 05Parp2    17:22 | that had been blotted out and so could not be discerned 05Parp2    17:23 | lines, I saw a line and a half written in gilded 05Parp2    17:23 | gilded letters, even more wonderfully, and in the same style as 05Parp2    17:24 | And there was more gold from 05Parp2    17:25 | And along the edge of the 05Parp2    17:26 | garments, some shone in red and others in all types of 05Parp2    17:27 | And everyone was facing the holy 05Parp2    17:29 | transformed into mature young men, and taking on wings they flew 05Parp2    17:29 | on wings they flew up and perched upon the holy altar 05Parp2    17:29 | was studded with colorful gems, and sang Holy God 05Parp2    17:31 | did it vanish from sight and did the vision fade, and 05Parp2    17:31 | and did the vision fade, and I sunk into a frightening 05Parp2    17:32 | so intense that it obscured and concealed the light of the 05Parp2    17:33 | the spot where I was; and as I became more enraptured 05Parp2    17:33 | took me, stood me up, and said to me: “Cheer up 05Parp2    17:33 | me: “Cheer up, be strong, and don’t be scared. Believe in 05Parp2    17:33 | the Almighty who created everything and showed you the foresighted mystery 05Parp2    17:34 | I recovered from his words and stood to my feet 05Parp2    17:35 | And he said to me: “Why 05Parp2    17:35 | sad? Why are your mind and the clarity of your thoughts 05Parp2    17:36 | distributes profits to each person and does not deprive or prohibit 05Parp2    17:37 | such vain thoughts from you and consoled you with this vision 05Parp2    17:37 | he showed this to you and to all those who believe 05Parp2    17:38 | Listen, then, and I will explain to you 05Parp2    17:38 | to inform you of everything. And you, listening carefully, make sure 05Parp2    17:39 | explained according to each chapter, and verse by verse, regarding the 05Parp2    17:39 | regarding the lives of men and the end of the world 05Parp2    17:41 | the heavens that you saw and the spreading of the great 05Parp2    17:41 | to all who love him and keep the word of his 05Parp2    17:41 | the word of his command and are enlightened by the glory 05Parp2    17:42 | to you to be standing, and then rising from earth to 05Parp2    17:43 | And as the bema appeared like 05Parp2    17:44 | which concealed the holy altar and the sacrament too. You must 05Parp2    17:44 | sacrament too. You must know and understand that the eminence and 05Parp2    17:44 | and understand that the eminence and purity of the sacrament of 05Parp2    17:44 | of divine knowledge is hidden and unrevealed like the quality of 05Parp2    17:44 | quality of the pure gold and the resplendent purity of the 05Parp2    17:44 | above it signifies the revivification and rising of all creatures who 05Parp2    17:44 | have fallen by their sins; and since the cross first appears 05Parp2    17:44 | of the judgment be revealed and each compensated according to his 05Parp2    17:46 | Trinity beset with the lives and labors of the just, and 05Parp2    17:46 | and labors of the just, and bringing joy to those who 05Parp2    17:46 | who were seated beside it, and who tasted of the body 05Parp2    17:46 | who tasted of the body and blood of the Savior in 05Parp2    17:46 | the Savior in true worthiness. And the bread and grape cluster 05Parp2    17:46 | true worthiness. And the bread and grape cluster on the altar 05Parp2    17:46 | to you signify the body and blood of the vivifying Passion 05Parp2    17:47 | the Lord’s sacrament, tall, flourishing and very fruitful—this showed you 05Parp2    17:47 | showed you the gifts, mercy and love of mankind toward each 05Parp2    17:48 | For nearer and dearer to God than all 05Parp2    17:48 | first just men, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob appeared approved, and without 05Parp2    17:48 | Isaac, and Jacob appeared approved, and without which the virgins scorned 05Parp2    17:48 | virgins scorned at virginal labors and were cast out of their 05Parp2    17:49 | especially those who amply, joyfully and willingly fulfil this command of 05Parp2    17:49 | also with their companions, brothers, and with all—with which peace 05Parp2    17:49 | through whom he grants comfort and fertility to the earth, in 05Parp2    17:49 | the tall olive-tree, fruitful and flourishing 05Parp2    17:50 | them being equal in size and bearing the same amount of 05Parp2    17:50 | the same amount of fruit, and the fourth of which you 05Parp2    17:50 | fruit that was less meaty, and with less yield unlike the 05Parp2    17:50 | tree—rivet your attention, listen, and I will tell you what 05Parp2    17:50 | end of the world, three and a half decades will be 05Parp2    17:50 | this will last three hundred and fifty years, corresponding to the 05Parp2    17:50 | the fruits of the three and a half branches 05Parp2    17:51 | the branches, which were wilted and altogether unlike the other fruit 05Parp2    17:51 | tree, see just as clearly and recognize that love and justice 05Parp2    17:51 | clearly and recognize that love and justice have been removed from 05Parp2    17:51 | removed from all who falsely and untruthfully think themselves to be 05Parp2    17:51 | commandments. This is clearly written and sealed in the book of 05Parp2    17:51 | who forgives with long-suffering and compensates impartially 05Parp2    17:52 | the throne of the priesthood and kingdom, truly established by God 05Parp2    17:54 | And the cathedra, which appeared to 05Parp2    17:55 | and its covering with the thick 05Parp2    17:56 | on top of the salver and the golden globe beside it 05Parp2    17:56 | it, these signify the priesthood and the kingdom, respectively 05Parp2    17:57 | one was donning the mantle, and as no one had the 05Parp2    17:58 | And the piece of parchment atop 05Parp2    17:59 | And as there appeared lines that 05Parp2    17:60 | And because their priesthood is vile 05Parp2    17:60 | because their priesthood is vile and not agreeable to the Most 05Parp2    17:60 | of heavenly goodness, giving themselves and their people over to judgment 05Parp2    17:61 | As for the other line and a half that appeared to 05Parp2    17:62 | And as they were not despised 05Parp2    17:62 | as they were not despised and cast to the ground to 05Parp2    17:62 | with the globe appearing clearly and the cope folded respectably—it 05Parp2    17:62 | by means of the line and a half of wonderfully gilded 05Parp2    17:62 | will die in peaceful repose and not by the sword 05Parp2    17:63 | throne after enduring manifold troubles and assaults, hunger and persecution, and 05Parp2    17:63 | manifold troubles and assaults, hunger and persecution, and bearing bitter torments 05Parp2    17:63 | and assaults, hunger and persecution, and bearing bitter torments for a 05Parp2    17:64 | in red ink has correctly and faithfully affirmed the death of 05Parp2    17:65 | nothing the rising of kings and the threats of princes, uniting 05Parp2    17:65 | God in exchange for vain and corruptible worldly lives, becoming apostates 05Parp2    17:65 | that the weak are destroyed, and that help stands by for 05Parp2    17:68 | And the shining rays that appeared 05Parp2    17:68 | the youths, some in red and others in variegated colors, the 05Parp2    17:68 | heroic bloodshed of the martyrs, and the latter signaling the resplendence 05Parp2    17:68 | virtuous men, for their hardships and labors are manifold 05Parp2    17:69 | And because the throne that you 05Parp2    17:69 | you saw began to jolt, and the boys appeared to you 05Parp2    17:69 | the righteous ones on earth and their angelic transformation into heavenly 05Parp2    17:71 | up against kings, famines, earthquakes, and many tribulations, which signal the 05Parp2    17:71 | of destruction who will come and sit, as has been written 05Parp2    17:71 | the breath of his mouth [2 Thessalonians 2:8], and thus will he be destroyed 05Parp2    17:72 | to the tier of eternity and thus remain with the Lord 05Parp2    17:75 | a state of immense surprise and glorified God, the lover of 05Parp2    17:77 | And now I have revealed it 05Parp2    18:0 | of Armenia’s awags, tanuters, sepuhs and the dense multitude of the 05Parp2    18:2 | pursuits of the troubled world and occupied himself solely with prayers 05Parp2    18:2 | occupied himself solely with prayers and doctrine. There were many bishops 05Parp2    18:2 | doctrine. There were many bishops and other venerable priests who were 05Parp2    18:2 | streams of his holy doctrine ( and came to him) wherever he 05Parp2    18:3 | Sahak lived for many years and having reached deep old age 05Parp2    18:4 | Hamazasp, lord of the Mamikoneans and sparapet of Armenia. She bore 05Parp2    18:4 | blessed Vardan, the blessed Hmayeak and the venerable Hamazaspean. (Sahak) sealed 05Parp2    18:4 | Hamazaspean. (Sahak) sealed (a document) and gave them the property of 05Parp2    18:4 | the property of his villages and fields and whatever else belonged 05Parp2    18:4 | of his villages and fields and whatever else belonged to him 05Parp2    18:4 | it in inheritance to them and to their children in perpetuity 05Parp2    18:5 | bestowed many blessings upon them and bade them to retain the 05Parp2    18:5 | saint Gregory who had taught and preached truthfully throughout all of 05Parp2    18:5 | land of Armenia—to revere and worship the one true God 05Parp2    18:5 | one true God, Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ 05Parp2    18:6 | by a multitude of priests and azats to (Sahak’s) own native 05Parp2    18:6 | a repository for the saint and placed the pure body of 05Parp2    18:7 | built a glorious church there and a martyrium for the saints 05Parp2    18:7 | a martyrium for the saints and adorned (them) with precious and 05Parp2    18:7 | and adorned (them) with precious and costly vessels. They established at 05Parp2    18:7 | of the brotherhood. The azats and priests of the district established 05Parp2    18:7 | where) from time to time and with the voluntary support of 05Parp2    18:7 | of the masses of people and ( the participation of) a great 05Parp2    18:8 | obtained from the saint’s relics. And with joyous hearts they would 05Parp2    19:1 | made with very great distinctions, and all the multitudes of the 05Parp3    20:0 | plan, leading to the destruction and ruin of feeble souls. In 05Parp3    20:0 | had as a wicked assistant and impious supporter a man from 05Parp3    20:1 | a snake as an accomplice and deceived the First-Created, so 05Parp3    20:2 | was great hatred between Varazvaghan and the daughter of the prince 05Parp3    20:2 | by plotting to kill (Varazvaghan) and thus persecuted him until he 05Parp3    20:3 | the incredible rancor of Vasak, and was unable to tolerate the 05Parp3    20:4 | the destruction of the land, and in this plan of wickedness 05Parp3    20:4 | wickedness he accepted the encouragement and will of Mihrnerseh. He had 05Parp3    20:4 | of uniting with the devil, and, apostasizing the truth, he worshipped 05Parp3    20:4 | truth, he worshipped the sun and the moon—elements established by 05Parp3    20:4 | impious Varazvaghan voluntarily separated from and rejected the blessed and just 05Parp3    20:4 | from and rejected the blessed and just preaching of Life which 05Parp3    20:4 | of Life which the martyr and apostle of Armenia, Gregorios (who 05Parp3    20:4 | great sorrows) with tireless prayers and perpetual requests day and night 05Parp3    20:4 | prayers and perpetual requests day and night implanted as a seed 05Parp3    20:4 | night implanted as a seed and nurtured in every soul 05Parp3    20:5 | He entered the fire-temple and stated that the fire was 05Parp3    20:5 | for the ruination of souls and of all weak-minded individuals 05Parp3    20:6 | who instructed the latter day and night, saying: “Look with your 05Parp3    20:6 | Look with your mind’s eye, and behold such a kingdom as 05Parp3    20:6 | kingdom as this one: mighty, and above all other kingdoms. (See 05Parp3    20:6 | of the cavalry, the discipline and organization of the army which 05Parp3    20:6 | army which causes all observers and listeners, obedient and disobedient, to 05Parp3    20:6 | all observers and listeners, obedient and disobedient, to shiver with fear 05Parp3    20:6 | too the clearly choice, correct, and attractive faith which befits this 05Parp3    20:7 | whose rays illuminate all rational and irrational beings), or the usefulness 05Parp3    20:7 | with which all are fed, and which enjoy), or the elements 05Parp3    20:7 | sweet air (by which plants and seeds sprout and reach maturity 05Parp3    20:7 | which plants and seeds sprout and reach maturity) which offer humankind 05Parp3    20:7 | offer humankind the good life, and happiness 05Parp3    20:8 | they lack our great wisdom and xrad of good sense 05Parp3    20:9 | unable to recognize the gods and the benefits which are given 05Parp3    20:9 | each god in every decision, and clearly the gods are angered 05Parp3    20:10 | yet adhere to such awesome and severe rules against the realm 05Parp3    20:11 | god who is himself lacking and incomplete could grant the requests 05Parp3    20:12 | to the seeker of it, and one can give a part 05Parp3    20:13 | should someone who is hot and in need of cooling request 05Parp3    20:13 | as extremely foolish by everyone and deserving of ridicule 05Parp3    20:14 | a one, with many entreaties and protracted pleading, is senseless and 05Parp3    20:14 | and protracted pleading, is senseless and full of mortification—as it 05Parp3    20:15 | by God Who stipulated it, and they are obliged to ceaselessly 05Parp3    20:15 | of all fulfullment of time and of the elements—of heat 05Parp3    20:15 | heat, cold, dryness, dampness, light and darkness, and God contains all 05Parp3    20:15 | dryness, dampness, light and darkness, and God contains all of them 05Parp3    20:15 | things from Him, He gives and totally accomplishes, according to each 05Parp3    20:15 | according to each person’s needs and wants 05Parp3    20:16 | all of this from childhood and knew it well. But submerged 05Parp3    20:16 | with whom he had allied, and who had stained his heart 05Parp3    20:16 | the following plan: “This wisdom and the efforts I have undertaken 05Parp3    20:16 | of Armenia will accept (Zoroastrianism) and apostasize, in which case I 05Parp3    20:16 | I will merit great gifts and honor from the Aryans, as 05Parp3    20:16 | individual who first conceived of and facilitated such an important and 05Parp3    20:16 | and facilitated such an important and great affair. Or, (failing that 05Parp3    20:16 | that) should (the Armenians) reject and resist it, they will be 05Parp3    20:16 | great (military) force (as Iran) and will be completely ruined, with 05Parp3    20:16 | completely ruined, with their Houses and belongings, and perhaps my enemy 05Parp3    20:16 | with their Houses and belongings, and perhaps my enemy will be 05Parp3    20:17 | And even if I receive not 05Parp3    20:17 | for me to hear of and witness the destruction of my 05Parp3    20:17 | than (achieving) all the benefits and greatness in the world 05Parp3    20:18 | the impious sepuh from Siwnik’ and his son, (thoughts which Varazvaghan 05Parp3    20:18 | ridicule to his entire tohm, and to the people of (his 05Parp3    20:19 | the ground foaming in senselessness and was unable to say that 05Parp3    20:20 | time with severe, unbelievable torments and afflictions until (the [dew] choked him 05Parp3    20:21 | as another translation has it — and left the remnants to their 05Parp3    20:22 | kept in the inextinguishable Gehenna, and betrayed to the eternal and 05Parp3    20:22 | and betrayed to the eternal and unpassable flames 05Parp3    20:23 | glittering white color of ether and shone like the sun. Half 05Parp3    20:23 | had so washed turned back and, crossing through the water, they 05Parp3    20:23 | black wolves, attacked the lambs and made a carnage 05Parp3    20:24 | the loss of many people, and of the destruction of the 05Parp3    21:0 | a support for his poison and an implementer of his own 05Parp3    21:0 | into the presence of Yazkert, and began speaking with him alone 05Parp3    21:2 | are concerned about your profits and taxes [vasn k’o shahic’n ew harkac’], so that you benefit 05Parp3    21:2 | the saving of souls warmly and like to see it 05Parp3    21:3 | one can say what gifts and honors the gods have stored 05Parp3    21:3 | the gods have stored up and hold for such a one 05Parp3    21:3 | those (formerly) accursed. The glory and luxuries which the gods have 05Parp3    21:5 | First and foremost, there is the great 05Parp3    21:5 | of Armenia which is useful, and with (Armenia) is Iberia and 05Parp3    21:5 | and with (Armenia) is Iberia and Aghbania (Aghuania). You see only 05Parp3    21:5 | the lands, but the great and important (issue)—that such a 05Parp3    21:6 | assured that it will increase and benefit the present greatness of 05Parp3    21:6 | kingdom with the good folk and grandeur which is there 05Parp3    21:8 | For you yourself and all the Aryans know Armenia 05Parp3    21:8 | know Armenia as a large and useful land. It is close 05Parp3    21:8 | land. It is close to and borders the emperor’s realm, and 05Parp3    21:8 | and borders the emperor’s realm, and has the same faith and 05Parp3    21:8 | and has the same faith and worship, since the emperor has 05Parp3    21:9 | them accustomed to our faith and they become familiar with it 05Parp3    21:9 | they become familiar with it and able to acknowledge that until 05Parp3    21:9 | then they will love you and the land of the Aryans 05Parp3    21:9 | the land of the Aryans, and will reject and withdraw from 05Parp3    21:9 | the Aryans, and will reject and withdraw from the emperor, his 05Parp3    21:9 | from the emperor, his faith, and land 05Parp3    21:10 | bound to us in affection and unity 05Parp3    21:11 | the hearts of) the Iberians and Aghbanians (Aghuans) will also be 05Parp3    21:12 | about such a great matter and planned to point it out 05Parp3    21:12 | he had held until then, and to adopt our true and 05Parp3    21:12 | and to adopt our true and firm faith which he did 05Parp3    21:12 | faith which he did voluntarily and enthusiastically. From him I learned 05Parp3    21:12 | enthusiastically. From him I learned and confirmed yet more the spiritual 05Parp3    21:12 | confirmed yet more the spiritual and material benefits which would come 05Parp3    21:12 | matter both to your kingdom and generally to the entire Aryan 05Parp3    21:13 | gave himself over (to Zoroastrianism) and chose the good, he is 05Parp3    21:13 | deserving of more prominent glory and even more honor than all 05Parp3    21:13 | than all of his comrades and members of his tohm, so 05Parp3    21:13 | so that when his tohm and all the Armenian nobility observe 05Parp3    21:13 | observe the very great benefits and luxuries given by you and 05Parp3    21:13 | and luxuries given by you and visible on him, motivated by 05Parp3    21:13 | to have such a life and such good things, the prominent 05Parp3    21:13 | other in implementing your will, and will enthusiastically obey your order 05Parp3    21:14 | will always be at peace and ease; should this not come 05Parp3    21:14 | serve them (militarily) as well, and that no small amount of 05Parp3    21:15 | minded hazarapet Mihrnerseh, he liked and praised them, and informed the 05Parp3    21:15 | he liked and praised them, and informed the mages and the 05Parp3    21:15 | them, and informed the mages and the other Aryan nobility of 05Parp3    21:16 | Aryans generally were astonished at and lauded the counsel (and so 05Parp3    21:16 | at and lauded the counsel ( and so Yazkert) quickly summoned the 05Parp3    21:16 | principles of magianism written down and sent to Armenia 05Parp3    22:0 | kings, who were my ancestors and occupied this royal throne—either 05Parp3    22:0 | not think about such weighty and important affairs, I know not 05Parp3    22:1 | now, informed by the mages and other wise and senior men 05Parp3    22:1 | the mages and other wise and senior men of the land 05Parp3    22:1 | as we enjoy the benefits and other service from those people 05Parp3    22:1 | obliged to show concern for and find salvation for everyone’s souls 05Parp3    22:2 | be punished both by us, and by the gods 05Parp3    22:3 | we have had our correct and just faith written down, and 05Parp3    22:3 | and just faith written down, and brought to you. As you 05Parp3    22:3 | you are a useful land and beloved by us, we want 05Parp3    22:3 | you to study our just and balanced faith and to hold 05Parp3    22:3 | our just and balanced faith and to hold it, and not 05Parp3    22:3 | faith and to hold it, and not to worship the faith 05Parp3    22:3 | all clearly know is false and without benefit 05Parp3    22:4 | our command, implement it willingly and gladly and do not even 05Parp3    22:4 | implement it willingly and gladly and do not even think of 05Parp3    22:5 | We also want and are ordering you to write 05Parp3    22:6 | And when, as we, you become 05Parp3    22:6 | true faith, then the Iberians and Aghbanians (Aghuans) will not dare 05Parp3    22:6 | to stray from what we and you want 05Parp3    23:0 | read everything contained in it and knew that (Yazkert) had also 05Parp3    23:0 | of the enemy so bitter and full of poison which had 05Parp3    23:0 | flock of Christ was saddened and dismayed, and discussed matters 05Parp3    23:0 | Christ was saddened and dismayed, and discussed matters 05Parp3    23:1 | said, “furthered by weak-minded and glory-seeking individuals among the 05Parp3    23:1 | Zoroastrianism) will wickedly strike root and many will be ruined, having 05Parp3    23:1 | having strayed from the correct and just faith of Christ 05Parp3    23:2 | of Armenia), the venerable priests and monks. (Their names) are as 05Parp3    23:4 | priests were: the blessed Ghewond, and Xoren from Mren, and Dawit’ 05Parp3    23:4 | Ghewond, and Xoren from Mren, and Dawit’ and other honorable priests 05Parp3    23:4 | Xoren from Mren, and Dawit’ and other honorable priests and many 05Parp3    23:4 | Dawit’ and other honorable priests and many senior monks together with 05Parp3    23:5 | Vardan, lord of the Mamikoneank’ and the sparapet of Armenia Giwt 05Parp3    23:6 | sepuhs, pious bishops, senior priests and monks wrote the following reply 05Parp3    23:6 | hrovartak, addressed to king Yazkert and to all the nobility at 05Parp3    24:0 | In the radiant and true precepts of our faith 05Parp3    24:0 | which to you seems futile and nonsensical—it is written: ’Servants 05Parp3    24:0 | the command of our faith, and then by your great kingdom 05Parp3    24:1 | wish) to implement your will and order fully, voluntarily and enthusiastically 05Parp3    24:1 | will and order fully, voluntarily and enthusiastically. (We wish) to serve 05Parp3    24:1 | we will shed our blood and the blood of our sons 05Parp3    24:3 | And should, as you fear, your 05Parp3    24:3 | benefit or punishment on us and on our souls 05Parp3    24:4 | us who naturally have studied and grown firm in this faith 05Parp3    24:4 | to obey such a command and accept it. We cannot hear 05Parp3    24:5 | which you had written down and brought to us, we shall 05Parp3    24:6 | we are at court, there and ( or) from the mages (who 05Parp3    24:6 | ridicule) what you have written and are urging us to read 05Parp3    24:6 | are urging us to read and obey, something which we neither 05Parp3    24:7 | desired not even to open and read what you have written 05Parp3    24:7 | recognize those precepts as false and the nonsense of a stupid 05Parp3    24:7 | your false, so-called vardapets and are as well-informed about 05Parp3    24:9 | did not deem it fitting and appropriate to write down the 05Parp3    24:9 | the precepts of our faith and have them brought to you 05Parp3    24:10 | thought to have written down and brought to us—since you 05Parp3    24:10 | write down the God-loving and correct precepts of our faith 05Parp3    24:10 | correct precepts of our faith and send it to you to 05Parp3    24:10 | you to be ignorantly ridiculed and hated 05Parp3    24:11 | serve the elements, the sun and moon, wind and fire as 05Parp3    24:11 | the sun and moon, wind and fire as you do. Nor 05Parp3    24:11 | you name on the earth and in the sky 05Parp3    24:12 | For we have learned about and firmly serve the one sole 05Parp3    24:12 | true God Who made heaven and earth and everything upon them 05Parp3    24:12 | Who made heaven and earth and everything upon them. He alone 05Parp3    24:12 | the creator, king of kings and lord of lords. It is 05Parp3    24:12 | all rational beings to worship and revere only Him 05Parp3    25:1 | He ordered the mages and all the senior personages of 05Parp3    25:1 | sent by the Armenians opened, and read in the presence of 05Parp3    25:2 | The king, the mages, and the entire nobility of the 05Parp3    25:2 | rage (Yazkert) asked the mages and the entire Aryan nobility: “What 05Parp3    25:3 | The class of mages and all the grandee nobility of 05Parp3    25:3 | of the court stood up and note: “They have written to 05Parp3    25:3 | regarding the destruction of themselves and of their land. But now 05Parp3    25:3 | acquaint them with your lordship and their status as servants 05Parp3    25:4 | The king and all the nobility became yet 05Parp3    25:4 | nobility became yet more aroused and the view was expressed that 05Parp3    25:4 | write it in a letter and send it to your kingdom 05Parp3    25:5 | this from all the mages and all the court nobility, he 05Parp3    25:5 | he became even more enraged and commanded that hrovartaks be written 05Parp3    25:5 | land of Armenia, to Iberia and to Aghbania (Aghuania 05Parp3    25:6 | And in the hrovartaks he commanded 05Parp3    25:6 | written that all the tanuters and senior sepuhs of the three 05Parp3    25:6 | come to the court swiftly and without delay. And he note 05Parp3    25:6 | court swiftly and without delay. And he note: “Should anyone lazily 05Parp3    25:7 | three lands of Armenia, Iberia, and Aghbania (Aghuania) and were read 05Parp3    25:7 | Armenia, Iberia, and Aghbania (Aghuania) and were read in the presence 05Parp3    25:7 | souls. In despair they lamented and took refuge in God’s assistance 05Parp3    25:8 | one another, made a pact, and confirmed it with many vows 05Parp3    25:9 | considered it better to go, and called on God’s help to 05Parp3    25:10 | with each other to unitedly and boldly hold to their thoughts 05Parp3    25:10 | hold to their thoughts, words, and plans, saying: “Yes, let us 05Parp3    25:10 | apostasizing the Creator of heaven and earth 05Parp3    25:11 | as part of Christ’s body and soul, recalling the blessed Apostles 05Parp3    25:11 | which are of one heart and soul. May their intercession correct 05Parp3    25:11 | our Saviour, Lord Jesus Christ, and protect us from the attack 05Parp3    25:12 | violate this oath of unity and apostasize the Son of man 05Parp3    25:12 | by Him before the Father and the angels of [Matthew 10, 33; Luke 12, 9] heaven 05Parp3    25:13 | Thus united by oath and vow, (the nobility of) the 05Parp3    25:13 | three lands of Armenia, Iberia, and Aghbania (Aghuania) went to court 05Parp3    25:15 | ’ Vardan, asparapet of Armenia, and lord of the Mamikoneank,’ 05Parp3    25:16 | and from the land of Iberia 05Parp3    25:16 | of Iberia, the bdeshx Ashusha and other tanuters of the land 05Parp3    26:0 | grandees of the royal court, and then before king Yazkert 05Parp3    26:2 | had come from Armenia, Iberia, and Aghbania (Aghuania) be brought before 05Parp3    26:3 | inquiry of the Armenian tanuters and sepuhs:” First and foremost I 05Parp3    26:3 | Armenian tanuters and sepuhs:” First and foremost I want to hear 05Parp3    26:3 | you how you regard me, and how you perceive yourselves 05Parp3    26:4 | The tanuters and sepuhs responded together: “The perception 05Parp3    26:4 | sepuhs responded together: “The perception and view (of who you are 05Parp3    26:4 | clear to all the Aryans and non-Aryans without hearing from 05Parp3    26:5 | his question: “It is clear and evident that those people who 05Parp3    26:6 | as king, (king) of all, and especially our king. Like God 05Parp3    26:6 | you have authority over us and over everyone in your kingdom 05Parp3    26:7 | When king Yazkert and all the court nobility heard 05Parp3    26:7 | Your answers are quite unlike and distant from those in the 05Parp3    26:8 | which you will serve us and our wishes and agree not 05Parp3    26:8 | serve us and our wishes and agree not to resist (our 05Parp3    26:8 | I ought not speak of and which you cannot and will 05Parp3    26:8 | of and which you cannot and will not accept 05Parp3    26:9 | Now in our kingdom and among all the Aryans it 05Parp3    26:9 | regarding you which is first and foremost the important and pertinent 05Parp3    26:9 | first and foremost the important and pertinent one, by which our 05Parp3    26:9 | one, by which our lordship and guardianship over you is recognized 05Parp3    26:9 | guardianship over you is recognized, and your judicious service and obedience 05Parp3    26:9 | recognized, and your judicious service and obedience to us is acknowledged 05Parp3    26:10 | are satisfied with the work and benefit(s) which to the 05Parp3    26:10 | displayed toward us, the king, and toward the Aryan land. We 05Parp3    26:10 | to your land with honor and very great glory. Only accept 05Parp3    26:10 | glory. Only accept my will and look to the salvation of 05Parp3    26:11 | But should you Armenians, Iberians and Aghbanians (Aghuans) think to do 05Parp3    26:11 | shall regard your great benefit and labor as nothing. Rather, I 05Parp3    26:11 | out, with your women, children, and azg 05Parp3    26:12 | words about honor, the promises, and the death-threats from Yazkert 05Parp3    26:12 | Vardan, lord of the Mamikoneans and the sparapet of Armenia, stepped 05Parp3    26:12 | forward fearlessly with bold intent and responded to king Yazkert before 05Parp3    26:12 | Yazkert before the entire multitude and note: “There are many members 05Parp3    26:12 | are my seniors in gah and in age; and there are 05Parp3    26:12 | in gah and in age; and there are many who are 05Parp3    26:13 | well know of the labor and submission which I and each 05Parp3    26:13 | labor and submission which I and each of these (nobles) have 05Parp3    26:13 | demonstrated to the present—labor and submission which servants must show 05Parp3    26:13 | must show to their lords and kings. There is no need 05Parp3    26:13 | you with each one’s labor and service 05Parp3    26:14 | it was before, so now and hereafter I have resolved that 05Parp3    26:14 | many individuals, with more strength and enthusiasm than I presently have 05Parp3    26:14 | would give you my life and the goods in my tun 05Parp3    26:14 | the goods in my tun, and exhaust myself for the lord 05Parp3    26:14 | the lord of the Aryans and the land of the Aryans 05Parp3    26:16 | is firm in my mind ( and which I regard as correct 05Parp3    26:16 | the faith which I received and studied from the mouth of 05Parp3    26:16 | of the fear of man and ( to seek) futile glory. May 05Parp3    26:19 | three lands of Armenia, Iberia, and Aghbania (Aghuania) heard the fearless 05Parp3    26:19 | the sparapet of Armenia, Vardan, and observed the king’s extreme rage 05Parp3    26:20 | to consult with each other and to make you an answer 05Parp3    26:21 | destruction of our ancestral, patrimonial and familiar tradition and the forcible 05Parp3    26:21 | ancestral, patrimonial and familiar tradition and the forcible adoption of a 05Parp3    26:21 | a faith which was accepted and liked neither by our fathers 05Parp3    26:22 | The king and all the nobility accepted these 05Parp3    26:22 | these words, granted them time, and dissolved the atean 05Parp3    27:0 | three lands of Armenia, Iberia, and Aghbania (Aghuania) assembled. They had 05Parp3    27:0 | They had doubts within themselves and took counsel to see by 05Parp3    27:0 | to see by what strategems and design they could find a 05Parp3    27:1 | for the moment they accepted and confirmed that “There is no 05Parp3    27:2 | shall go to his land and either live serving the true 05Parp3    27:2 | doctrine of the champion Gregory and his son acquainted us with 05Parp3    27:2 | dwell in exile with wife and children convinced of and finding 05Parp3    27:2 | wife and children convinced of and finding refuge in the word 05Parp3    27:3 | solely of our own salvation and resist the prince’s impious orders 05Parp3    27:3 | multitude of men, women, old and young people. Those who would 05Parp3    27:4 | had decided upon this independently, and that the same people had 05Parp3    27:4 | people had consulted together morning and evening for a few days 05Parp3    27:4 | would be unable to accept and consent to such a plan 05Parp3    27:5 | unable to bear not revealing and relating to him all of 05Parp3    27:5 | him all of their plans and designs and deeds would be 05Parp3    27:5 | of their plans and designs and deeds would be defective and 05Parp3    27:5 | and deeds would be defective and impossible to fulfill 05Parp3    27:6 | escape through deceit, as planned, and to win over the king 05Parp3    27:6 | to win over the king and all the Aryans of the 05Parp3    27:6 | the Aryans of the tribunal and that each one might return 05Parp3    27:6 | they knew that their plan and proposal would be insufficient 05Parp3    27:7 | For everyone observed and knew it fully from books 05Parp3    27:7 | accomplished by the Mamikonean azg and with their participation 05Parp3    27:8 | things over, all the naxarars and sepuhs who were assembled at 05Parp3    27:8 | Vardan, lord of the Mamikoneans and general of Armenia. Revealing their 05Parp3    27:8 | of the reasoning behind it, and what they proposed to do 05Parp3    27:8 | added to this their beseechings and entreaties, saying 05Parp3    27:9 | mothers, the sobbing of children and the old men and women 05Parp3    27:9 | children and the old men and women led into exile and 05Parp3    27:9 | and women led into exile and the terrible miseries that all 05Parp3    27:10 | Although the physical labor and death that all would bear 05Parp3    27:10 | bear would be heavy, bitter and worthy of tears, such a 05Parp3    27:10 | nothing compared to the physical and spiritual scandal and loss (they 05Parp3    27:10 | the physical and spiritual scandal and loss (they would face 05Parp3    27:11 | impiety, (the darkness) would thicken and adhere to our holy Church 05Parp3    27:11 | our holy Church, people, women and offspring until eternity 05Parp3    27:12 | lands will not be ruined and that the entire population of 05Parp3    27:12 | be shaken to its foundations. And should it receive a temporary 05Parp3    27:12 | it will thereafter stand firm and be made secure by the 05Parp3    27:14 | When Vardan, general of Armenia and lord of the Mamikoneans, heard 05Parp3    27:14 | the naxarars of Armenia, Iberia, and Aghbania (Aghuania), in no way 05Parp3    27:14 | actual fact before that impious and deadly (Iranian) people, because (Christ 05Parp3    27:14 | denied Him before the Father and the holy angels 05Parp3    27:15 | in thinking about the sorrows and grief of women, children, and 05Parp3    27:15 | and grief of women, children, and azg, I should forget the 05Parp3    27:15 | that ’Whoever loves his wife and children more than me, is 05Parp3    27:16 | from the three lands—tanuters and sepuhs—are full of all 05Parp3    27:16 | are full of all strength and goodness because of Christ’s mercy 05Parp3    27:16 | you excell in all knowledge and are recognized as prominent among 05Parp3    27:16 | as prominent among the officers and among all peoples, in warfare 05Parp3    27:16 | among all peoples, in warfare and all types of bravery, you 05Parp3    27:16 | you have learned the correct and just faith from God by 05Parp3    27:16 | who was like an Apostle— and his son. Each of you 05Parp3    27:16 | you must answer for himself and may do as you think 05Parp3    27:18 | Vardan, the general of Armenia and lord of the Mamikoneans, although 05Parp3    27:18 | were plunged into unbelievable despair and were agitated, nonetheless, they could 05Parp3    27:19 | Artak the prince of Mokk’ and urged him yet more, with 05Parp3    27:19 | with tireless entreaties to sit and speak in private with their 05Parp3    27:20 | He was a modest, intelligent and brave man, and Vardan lord 05Parp3    27:20 | modest, intelligent and brave man, and Vardan lord of the Mamikoneans 05Parp3    27:20 | of the Mamikoneans, liked Artak ( and treated him) with special honor 05Parp3    27:21 | to attempt to plead with and persuade (Vardan) with the utmost 05Parp3    27:21 | cease saying the same things and making the same entreaties to 05Parp3    27:21 | same entreaties to (Vardan), day and night for many days 05Parp3    27:22 | the other on most persistently and relentlessly was the bdeshx of 05Parp3    27:22 | of Iberia, Ashusha, an intelligent and prudent man whose wife was 05Parp3    27:22 | of the naxarars of Armenia and Artak, lord of Mokk’ to 05Parp3    27:23 | three lands; while his acceptance and cooperation would result in the 05Parp3    27:23 | the salvation of many people and the expectation of personal repentance 05Parp3    27:24 | When the naxarars and sepuhs of the three lands 05Parp3    27:24 | sparapet of Armenia, was unmoved and that he did not accept 05Parp3    27:24 | did not accept their exhortations and entreaties, they were obliged to 05Parp3    27:24 | they were obliged to bring and present him with proverbs from 05Parp3    27:25 | Treating (Vardan) as a learned and informed man—he was extremely 05Parp3    27:25 | doctrinal writings, having been taught and advised by his grandfather, the 05Parp3    27:26 | Then, Paul’s concession and his desire to be cursed 05Parp3    27:26 | belongs the adoption as sons, and the glory and the covenants 05Parp3    27:26 | as sons, and the glory and the covenants and the giving 05Parp3    27:26 | the glory and the covenants and the giving of the Law 05Parp3    27:26 | the giving of the Law and the temple service and the 05Parp3    27:26 | Law and the temple service and the promises 05Parp3    27:27 | Consent,” they said, “ and be the one who curses 05Parp3    27:27 | be the one who curses and makes proverbs about us. You 05Parp3    27:27 | us. You are not greater and more just in faith than 05Parp3    27:27 | Paul. But the Armenian, Iberian and Aghbanian (Aghuan) people are more 05Parp3    27:28 | When the senior tanuters and sepuhs of the three lands 05Parp3    27:28 | many words of this sort and made such fervent entreaties before 05Parp3    27:28 | then brought the holy Gospel and all of them placed their 05Parp3    27:28 | placed their hands on it and swore 05Parp3    27:29 | what the king has said, and free us from the attacks 05Parp3    27:29 | for us, we shall hear and obey everything that you say 05Parp3    27:29 | lives for the blessed covenant, and shedding our blood for the 05Parp3    27:30 | choose to leave the land and all of our belongings and 05Parp3    27:30 | and all of our belongings and flee into exile with our 05Parp3    27:30 | into exile with our women and children, we will gladly accept 05Parp3    27:30 | we will gladly accept poverty and mendicancy. Let us only be 05Parp3    27:31 | of weakness violate this oath and treacherously withdraw from the vow 05Parp3    27:31 | made) on the holy Gospel, and withdraw from the alliance of 05Parp3    27:31 | Apostles—may he, without repentance and forgiveness, share (Judas’) fate, and 05Parp3    27:31 | and forgiveness, share (Judas’) fate, and be betrayed to the inextinguishable 05Parp3    27:31 | God has readied for Satan and his accomplices 05Parp3    27:32 | sought from such an individual and from those who ally with 05Parp3    27:32 | him for whatever damage, captivity and agitation befall the three lands 05Parp3    27:33 | As for the good and useful steadfastness which the Savior 05Parp3    27:33 | legacy for the eternal salvation and pardon of your soul and 05Parp3    27:33 | and pardon of your soul and of your azg, for your 05Parp3    27:34 | Vardan, the general of Armenia and the lord of the Mamikoneans 05Parp3    27:34 | azatani of the three lands, and saw how all of them 05Parp3    27:34 | all of them had sworn and sealed an awesome oath on 05Parp3    27:34 | sake of the three lands and the multitudes of men and 05Parp3    27:34 | and the multitudes of men and women inhabiting them 05Parp3    28:0 | but not all—on pretexts and not sincerely, bowed their heads 05Parp3    28:1 | incorruptible God for the corrupt and transitory life of this temporal 05Parp3    28:2 | When the king of Iran and all the court grandees and 05Parp3    28:2 | and all the court grandees and mages saw this, they offered 05Parp3    28:3 | been laid for their kingdom, and that thereafter they would dwell 05Parp3    28:4 | Then were the tanuters and the sepuhs of the three 05Parp3    28:4 | three lands of Armenia, Iberia, and Aghbania (Aghuania) dressed and adorned 05Parp3    28:4 | Iberia, and Aghbania (Aghuania) dressed and adorned in royal clothing. They 05Parp3    28:4 | moreover, all supplied with many and diverse sorts of gifts and 05Parp3    28:4 | and diverse sorts of gifts and honors, villages and fields in 05Parp3    28:4 | of gifts and honors, villages and fields in accordance with what 05Parp3    28:5 | of false vardapets, called mages, and exhorted to study the ridiculous 05Parp3    28:5 | resemble the rattling of snakes and the growling of stomachs. They 05Parp3    28:5 | of deceit across the land, and to instruct everyone, men and 05Parp3    28:5 | and to instruct everyone, men and women, in the teaching of 05Parp3    28:7 | bid farewell to king Yazkert and to the grandee nobility of 05Parp3    28:7 | Caucasian nobles) offering false praise and deceitful thanks according to his 05Parp3    28:7 | the moment to the king and all the Aryan nobility, especially 05Parp3    28:8 | you, your ancestors, liked us and cared about our condition, that 05Parp3    28:8 | condition, that it be flourishing, and about material benefits. But you 05Parp3    28:8 | for you thought to acquaint and grant us eternal life 05Parp3    28:9 | And if we served your ancestors 05Parp3    28:9 | your ancestors with all enthusiasm and willingness, doing everything they ordered 05Parp3    28:9 | serving your beneficial realm day and night, since you swiftly worried 05Parp3    28:11 | Vardan, the sparapet of Armenia and lord of the Mamikoneans, had 05Parp3    28:11 | words without recourse to pretexts and spoke the following words sincerely 05Parp3    28:11 | words sincerely, as the king and the entire multitude of the 05Parp3    28:12 | well know about the submission and labor shown to this court 05Parp3    28:12 | labor shown to this court and to your realm by my 05Parp3    28:13 | your order, your military commanders and my comrades have seen the 05Parp3    28:13 | comrades have seen the work and labor I have performed by 05Parp3    28:14 | a deed with such strength and power that its fame will 05Parp3    28:14 | but at the emperor’s court, and among other people forever 05Parp3    28:15 | that Vardan, sparapet of Armenia and lord of the Mamikoneans, said 05Parp3    28:16 | When the king of Iran and all the court nobility heard 05Parp3    28:16 | being expressed, they were astonished, and thanked him, greatly praising him 05Parp3    28:16 | thanked him, greatly praising him and expressing their satisfaction. For God 05Parp3    28:17 | three lands of Armenia, Iberia, and Aghbania (Aghuania) had said farewell 05Parp3    28:19 | the bdeshx of Iberia, Ashusha, and the two sons of Vasak 05Parp3    28:19 | Vasak, prince of Siwnik’, Babik and Amirnerseh along with the other 05Parp3    28:19 | Armenian naxarars. (Yazkert) was suspicious and took this precaution because of 05Parp3    29:0 | The Armenian tanuters and the sepuhs with them reached 05Parp3    29:0 | those who were (spiritually) well and those who were ill, alive 05Parp3    29:1 | of the life-giving Cross and the relics of the blessed 05Parp3    29:1 | the prophet David had sung, and which they themselves had at 05Parp3    29:1 | hear the sounds of weeping and moaning, cries of lament and 05Parp3    29:1 | and moaning, cries of lament and shrieking 05Parp3    29:2 | faces which were constantly grieving and streaming with tears. As a 05Parp3    29:2 | children also began to cry, and no one—dayeak or instructor 05Parp3    29:3 | who had apostasized, on pretexts and not in reality, saw this 05Parp3    29:3 | immediately wanted to draw swords and put them to work. They 05Parp3    29:3 | death to seeing such disasters and enduring them. As the psalm 05Parp3    29:3 | were eating turned into ashes and their drink was mixed with 05Parp3    29:4 | all of them split away and separated from each other. As 05Parp3    29:4 | each other. As the sweet and agreeable word of the true 05Parp3    29:5 | God did unite (the sheep) and fulfilled what had been said 05Parp3    29:5 | by the enemy, dispersed thoroughly and became as a flock lacking 05Parp3    29:6 | these reasons there was mourning and sobbing by the senior azats’ 05Parp3    29:6 | by the senior azats’ women and by widows in the squares 05Parp3    29:6 | by young newly-married women and princesses in their locked halls 05Parp3    29:6 | princesses in their locked halls and by nuptials in their chambers 05Parp3    29:7 | bishops with the honorable priests and Church covenant, the old, the 05Parp3    29:7 | covenant, the old, the young, and the entire multitude of the 05Parp3    29:7 | of the people, cried out and wept in the house of 05Parp3    29:8 | And there were streams of blood 05Parp3    29:9 | build atrushans in other renowned and attractive places, and to appoint 05Parp3    29:9 | other renowned and attractive places, and to appoint bearers of wood 05Parp3    29:9 | favor to those serving it, and when the bearers (of wood 05Parp3    30:0 | Vardan, lord of the Mamikoneans and the sparapet of Armenia, saw 05Parp3    30:0 | entire family, brothers, azats, servants and the entire multitude of his 05Parp3    30:0 | multitude of his own court , and began speaking to them as 05Parp3    30:0 | did not apostasize my Creator and lord Jesus Christ either voluntarily 05Parp3    30:1 | did I repudiate the doctrine and faith of the holy Gospel 05Parp3    30:1 | honest grandfather, lord Sahak, taught and inculcated in me. Rather I 05Parp3    30:1 | with you I might repent and live 05Parp3    30:2 | For I have learned and remember the preaching of the 05Parp3    30:2 | the sinner, but his conversion and life’ [Ecclesiastes 18, 23]; or as the Holy 05Parp3    30:2 | in another passage: ’In returning and rest you shall be saved’ 05Parp3    30:5 | Hmayeak replied as follows: “Hurry and do as you planned, and 05Parp3    30:5 | and do as you planned, and do not delay, for no 05Parp3    30:6 | us be succored by Him and let us take pride in 05Parp3    30:7 | ourselves the name of apostasy and mix with the flock of 05Parp3    30:7 | with the flock of Christ, and we will bear willingly all 05Parp3    30:7 | sword, or in exile, mendicity and death 05Parp3    30:8 | with those of their court and family who agreed with them 05Parp3    30:8 | hiding, or could disperse here and there 05Parp3    30:9 | state [nahang] of Bagrawand, bordering Basen and Tuaracatap’, where they wanted to 05Parp3    30:9 | rest for a few days and where they watchfully prepared to 05Parp3    30:10 | of Armenia at the time, and all of the tanuters and 05Parp3    30:10 | and all of the tanuters and sepuhs of Armenia became informed 05Parp3    30:10 | became informed about the plan and departure from the land of 05Parp3    30:10 | the great sparapet of Armenia and lord of the Mamikoneans, together 05Parp3    30:10 | together with his brothers, court and entire equippage. They were dismayed 05Parp3    30:10 | entire equippage. They were dismayed and frightened. All who were concerned 05Parp3    30:10 | that they were completely lost and that it would be impossible 05Parp3    30:12 | all the tanuters of Armenia and the senior sepuhs and persuaded 05Parp3    30:12 | Armenia and the senior sepuhs and persuaded all of them to 05Parp3    30:12 | must immediately send select priests and senior tanuters of Armenia after 05Parp3    30:12 | him, all of our hopes and plans will come to naught 05Parp3    30:13 | it with his seal-ring, and ordered all the senior tanuters 05Parp3    30:13 | of Armenia to write letters and to seal them with their 05Parp3    30:13 | them with all the letters and the Gospel on which the 05Parp3    30:13 | the oath had been sworn, and sent them as emissaries after 05Parp3    30:13 | priests were: the presbyter Ghewond and the presbyter Eremia from [Nor k’aghak’] (Vagharshapat 05Parp3    30:13 | Arsharunik’ Hmayeak, prince of Dimak’sean, and Gazrik, prince of Abeghean 05Parp3    30:14 | They caught up with (Vardan) and those with him at the 05Parp3    30:15 | Giving notice, they entered and related to the venerable Vardan 05Parp3    30:15 | Vardan, lord of the Mamikoneans and sparapet of Armenia, and to 05Parp3    30:15 | Mamikoneans and sparapet of Armenia, and to his brothers Hmayeak and 05Parp3    30:15 | and to his brothers Hmayeak and Hamazasp, the reason for their 05Parp3    30:15 | of him, the counsel, words and vow which had occurred among 05Parp3    30:15 | covenant before the venerable Vardan and his brothers 05Parp3    30:16 | of Vasak, lord of Siwnik’, and of the other Armenian azats 05Parp3    30:16 | the other Armenian azats, bishops and sepuhs, as well as with 05Parp3    30:16 | chief [du awagik], together with your brothers and believing family who have thought 05Parp3    30:17 | sons shall ever find salvation and life 05Parp3    30:18 | who are of your blood and mingled with your azg. Let 05Parp3    30:19 | the blessed sparapet of Armenia and lord of the Mamikoneans, Vardan 05Parp3    30:19 | lord of the Mamikoneans, Vardan, and his venerable brothers heard all 05Parp3    30:19 | from the delegation of priests and naxarars which had arrived, and 05Parp3    30:19 | and naxarars which had arrived, and when they saw the holy 05Parp3    30:19 | holy Gospel of the covenant, and read the letters of Vasak 05Parp3    30:19 | Siwnik’, the marzpan of Armenia, and each of their comrades, (Vardan 05Parp3    30:20 | My brothers, family and I consider it the most 05Parp3    30:20 | the world that we choose and find salvation for our souls 05Parp3    30:20 | our souls. We have learned and firmly hold to that unshakable 05Parp3    30:20 | world but loses his soul; and what can a man give 05Parp3    30:22 | accurately know from historical writings and from listening to your seniors 05Parp3    30:23 | always placed us in straits and yet held yourselves aloof, it 05Parp3    30:23 | which has faced great sorrows and death 05Parp3    30:24 | stood opposed to the blessed and heavenly call of the Gospel 05Parp3    30:25 | the holy Gospel knows everyone and judges each one according to 05Parp3    31:0 | Vardan, lord of the Mamikoneans and sparapet of Armenia, had said 05Parp3    31:0 | support of his venerable brothers and dear ones, the Mamikoneans returned 05Parp3    31:1 | court. Many hastened there, day and night. (Vardan), sharing the sentiments 05Parp3    31:2 | the needs of his House and himself. He was especially concerned 05Parp3    31:2 | about Ashusha, the Iberian bdeshx, and the sons of Vasak, the 05Parp3    31:3 | wretched acts by the king, and be injured 05Parp3    31:4 | he, Vahan, lord of Amatunik’, and Vasak, prince of Siwnik’ had 05Parp3    31:5 | would not agree to rebel, and would (therefore) be killed by 05Parp3    31:5 | after living through heavy fetters and long imprisonment, be mercilessly tortured 05Parp3    31:6 | Vardan, lord of the Mamikoneans and the general of Armenia, did 05Parp3    31:6 | was concerned about his comrades, and wanted to display heroism 05Parp3    31:7 | these places their camping grounds and remained there during the hot 05Parp3    32:0 | be teachers) saw that they and their faith were despised, they 05Parp3    32:0 | the instructors [dastiarakac’n] of their sons and daughters not to send them 05Parp3    32:1 | eat bread in their presence, and as a result (the mages 05Parp3    32:1 | there (they were) risking death and destruction 05Parp3    32:2 | had been greatly noised about and that very great harm was 05Parp3    32:2 | the honorable bishops, notable priests and senior tanuters of Armenia, and 05Parp3    32:2 | and senior tanuters of Armenia, and the sepuhs. But to that 05Parp3    32:3 | we countenance hiding the truth and suffering ruin? News (of the 05Parp3    32:3 | the full light of day, and be known as the sons 05Parp3    32:4 | were planning. He immediately went and informed Vasak, whom he resembled 05Parp3    32:5 | the village called Arcak, took and bound him at yet another 05Parp3    32:6 | the entire multitude of priests and laity openly and unitedly assembled 05Parp3    32:6 | of priests and laity openly and unitedly assembled by the venerable 05Parp3    32:7 | who were (hostages) at court; and secondly because his entire life 05Parp3    32:7 | his thoughts to wander to and fro. And, although he did 05Parp3    32:7 | to wander to and fro. And, although he did not want 05Parp3    32:8 | Armenia commanded the holy bishops and priests to bring forth the 05Parp3    32:8 | The entire multitude of azat and non-azat troops, with Vasak 05Parp3    32:8 | with Vasak, prince of Siwnik’, and all the tanuters and sepuhs 05Parp3    32:8 | Siwnik’, and all the tanuters and sepuhs swore (on the Gospel 05Parp3    32:8 | sepuhs swore (on the Gospel) and reconfirmed their oath. Those who 05Parp3    32:8 | Then all of them, men and women united, the entire multitude 05Parp3    32:8 | lifted their hands to Heaven and cried out in joy 05Parp3    32:9 | holy Father, creator of Heaven and earth, of the visible and 05Parp3    32:9 | and earth, of the visible and invisible, and in Your Only 05Parp3    32:9 | of the visible and invisible, and in Your Only-Begotten Son 05Parp3    32:9 | Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, and in the life-giving Holy 05Parp3    32:9 | the life-giving Holy Spirit and in the unity of the 05Parp3    32:9 | the unity of the inseparable and indivisible Trinity. You are the 05Parp3    32:9 | You are the sole God and there is none but You 05Parp3    32:10 | through the blessed virgin Mary and enduring all torments with Your 05Parp3    32:10 | You created from a holy and divine virgin, You were taken 05Parp3    32:10 | divine virgin, You were taken and affixed to a wooden cross 05Parp3    32:11 | You died, were buried, arose, and went to Heaven. You gave 05Parp3    32:11 | true God, king of kings, and lord of lords would be 05Parp3    32:12 | And we testify to and confess 05Parp3    32:12 | And we testify to and confess You as God of 05Parp3    32:12 | sins—we who have apostasized and regretted it, we who are 05Parp3    32:12 | it, we who are guilty, and sought your mercy, we who 05Parp3    32:12 | mercy, we who have fallen and ( now) stand erect 05Parp3    32:13 | the apostate son who sold and soiled the garment of holy 05Parp3    32:14 | And now, again, we beseech Your 05Parp3    32:14 | ’We have sinned against Heaven and against You.’ Grant us 05Parp3    32:14 | intercession of the illuminator Apostles and the labors of the blessed 05Parp3    32:14 | Gregory who resembled (the Apostles) and was their coworker. Clothe us 05Parp3    32:14 | the enemy has pierced us and made us lame 05Parp3    32:15 | of our limbs are sealed and which causes Satan to flee 05Parp3    32:16 | our blood for this confession and for the pardon of each 05Parp3    32:17 | And should anyone stray from the 05Parp3    32:17 | seen as an oath-breaker, and having quit our alliance, may 05Parp3    32:17 | with Judas, who was spurned and expelled from the band of 05Parp3    32:17 | the band of holy Apostles, and may he stand on the 05Parp3    32:17 | the left, without any pardon. And may a frightful roar be 05Parp3    32:17 | which is readied for satan and his satelites.’ 05Parp3    32:18 | entire united multitude of men and women recited this complete confession 05Parp3    32:18 | this complete confession of blessing and curses in a loud voice 05Parp3    32:19 | the covenant were written down and sealed, first with the ring 05Parp3    32:19 | of Vasak, prince of Siwnik’, and then with the rings of 05Parp3    32:19 | all the tanuters of Armenia and the senior sepuhs. Taking an 05Parp3    32:19 | it to the venerable bishops and ( members of) the senior priesthood 05Parp3    32:20 | as described, with great delight and singing spiritual songs, they went 05Parp3    32:20 | where they worshipped the one and only true God. Full of 05Parp3    32:20 | true God. Full of emotion and with long, tireless genuflections they 05Parp3    32:21 | vardapets of the Iranians, fire and water are brothers; but the 05Parp3    33:1 | where he formed a brigade and dispatched it to Armenia via 05Parp3    33:1 | to quickly rush to them and then back to Aghbania (Aghuania 05Parp3    33:2 | to the district of Ayrarat and heard this news from the 05Parp3    33:2 | of the Mamikoneans, to go and engage them with a brigade 05Parp3    33:4 | of deceit in his heart, and had as associates other God 05Parp3    33:5 | the venerable sparapet of Armenia and lord of the Mamikoneans, Vardan 05Parp3    33:5 | do as we planned to, and dispatch to the emperor those 05Parp3    33:7 | Byzantine court, to other princes and lieutenants, to the bdeshx of 05Parp3    33:7 | to the bdeshx of Aghjnik’, and to the prince of Angegh 05Parp3    33:7 | tun, to Cop’k’, Hashteank’, Ekegheac’, and other princes of every place 05Parp3    33:9 | tun of Amatunik’, a learned and sagacious man, the blessed sepuh 05Parp3    33:9 | Vardan, from the Mamikonean tohm, and the venerable Merhuzhan, brother of 05Parp3    33:10 | by Vasak, prince of Siwnik’, and all the naxarars of the 05Parp3    33:10 | They travelled to the emperor and all the nobility of Armenia 05Parp3    34:0 | Vardan, the sparapet of Armenia and the lord of the Mamikoneans 05Parp3    34:0 | as well as other tanuters and sepuhs and many of the 05Parp3    34:0 | as other tanuters and sepuhs and many of the troops of 05Parp3    34:0 | troops of Armenia (who willingly and quickly wanted to avenge the 05Parp3    34:0 | covenent of the holy Church, and give their lives for the 05Parp3    34:0 | their lives for the blessed and correct belief in Christ 05Parp3    34:1 | and other brigades from the troops 05Parp3    34:1 | not sharing his own intentions, and so organized them and sent 05Parp3    34:1 | intentions, and so organized them and sent them along with (Vardan 05Parp3    34:1 | most prominent tanuters of Armenia and the sepuhs, as well as 05Parp3    34:1 | whom he recognized evil tendencies, and who were not directly (participants 05Parp3    34:2 | Mamikoneans, together with his comrades and the other force of men 05Parp3    34:2 | Vasak, the prince of Siwnik’, and to the remaining nobles with 05Parp3    34:2 | the remaining nobles with him, and went to battle in sincerity 05Parp3    34:3 | the house of the Lord, and worshipped the omnipotent lord God 05Parp3    34:3 | He) took the holy Gospel and the symbol of the envivifying 05Parp3    34:3 | symbol of the envivifying Cross, and saluted them, insatiably placing them 05Parp3    34:3 | placing them over his eyes and forehead 05Parp3    34:6 | also wrote to Nixorakan Sebuxt and to other seniors whom Mihrnerseh 05Parp3    34:6 | Mihrnerseh had sent against Armenia— and to Vehshapuh whom he had 05Parp3    34:7 | regarding Vardan’s advance upon you, and have no fear. For there 05Parp3    34:7 | have kept here with me, and I have dispersed many others 05Parp3    34:7 | have dispersed many others here and there. Their numbers are not 05Parp3    34:8 | the power of God’s anger and ( God) turned (the Iranians) against 05Parp3    34:8 | turned (the Iranians) against him. And at the final moment (Vasak’s 05Parp3    35:0 | great river, called the Kur, and advanced before them as far 05Parp3    35:1 | multitude of the Iranian brigade, and then saw how very few 05Parp3    35:1 | joyously encouraging them in Christ and recalling for them the words 05Parp3    35:3 | For the matter of victory and defeat rests not in having 05Parp3    35:4 | the will of his comrades and of all in the brigade 05Parp3    35:4 | much they had been strengthened and encouraged by fervent love, he 05Parp3    35:6 | blessed Vardan, general of Armenia and lord of the Mamikoneans, being 05Parp3    35:7 | left front to Xorhen Xorxorhuni and appointed Hmayeak Dimak’sean to support 05Parp3    35:8 | With the fronts thus deployed, and depending on God’s care, they 05Parp3    35:9 | Arshawir Kamsarakan and Mush, the Dimak’sean sepuh, were 05Parp3    35:9 | of their horses, Arshawir Kamsarakan and Mush fell into the mud 05Parp3    35:9 | mud together with the horses, and began to sink. The venerable 05Parp3    35:10 | which was in deep mud, and on foot he slew Vurk 05Parp3    35:10 | had come off his foot and was in the marsh. Then 05Parp3    35:10 | with only one boot on, and covered with mud, together with 05Parp3    35:10 | bird he mounted the horse, and put to flight the terrified 05Parp3    35:11 | Mamikoneans, Vardan, with his comrades and all of the Armenian brigade 05Parp3    35:11 | others fell into the river and drowned. Others yet scattered into 05Parp3    35:11 | yet scattered into the fields and dense forests 05Parp3    35:12 | nobility had gotten into boats and were hurrying to flee to 05Parp3    35:13 | was confident of (Arshawir’s) firm and unswerving aim 05Parp3    35:14 | accepted the command from him, and began shooting at the navigators 05Parp3    35:14 | began shooting at the navigators and the fugitives 05Parp3    35:15 | He mortally wounded the navigators and many other people on board 05Parp3    35:15 | destroyed. Many of the navigators and the principal Iranians drowned in 05Parp3    35:16 | High favored them with victory, and ( Vardan’s men) returned to their 05Parp3    35:16 | returned to their camps thanking and blessing God 05Parp3    35:17 | troops remained there that day, and the next day crossed the 05Parp3    35:17 | the principality of Aghbania (Aghuania) and the Huns [Honk’]. There they found 05Parp3    35:17 | There they found sentry guards and many other Iranian troops, which 05Parp3    35:17 | royal Aghbanian (Aghuan) named Vahan and sent this same man as 05Parp3    35:17 | an emissary to the Huns and to other strongholds to convince 05Parp3    35:17 | a brigade, (These peoples) willingly and enthusiastically agreed to help, and 05Parp3    35:17 | and enthusiastically agreed to help, and confirmed it with an oath 05Parp3    36:0 | venerable general of Armenia, Vardan, and the entire brigade with him 05Parp3    36:0 | him. He gave them gloomy and wicked news 05Parp3    36:1 | betrayed the covenant of God and duplicitously broken the oath on 05Parp3    36:1 | with him have also rebelled and, turning their faces from the 05Parp3    36:1 | sent an emissary to Iran and made vows to them in 05Parp3    36:1 | their fortress-commanders in them and told them to keep watch 05Parp3    36:2 | Mamikonean tohm, of the Kamsarakans, and of other tanuters gathered from 05Parp3    36:2 | from each of (their) dayeaks and taken to secure fortresses in 05Parp3    36:3 | the prince of Urc, Nerseh, and other nobles and some sepuhs 05Parp3    36:3 | Urc, Nerseh, and other nobles and some sepuhs from every tohm 05Parp3    36:4 | duplicitous prince of Siwnik’, Vasak, and by the other naxarars with 05Parp3    36:4 | Vardan, lord of the Mamikoneans, and the troops with him could 05Parp3    36:4 | everything possible to preserve themselves and their captive boys, saying 05Parp3    36:5 | the hay rake in hand and is winnowing and grading the 05Parp3    36:5 | in hand and is winnowing and grading the grain placing it 05Parp3    36:6 | be like the cleaned grain, and let us await the day 05Parp3    36:6 | our boys will be preserved and grow up each in his 05Parp3    36:6 | each in his own place and attain princehood, while the satellites 05Parp3    36:6 | great remorse will be shamed and ridiculed in this world and 05Parp3    36:6 | and ridiculed in this world and in the next 05Parp3    36:7 | with their custom, they remained and passed the bitterly cold days 05Parp3    36:7 | them anxiously waiting for springtime and the day when they would 05Parp3    36:8 | cup of their final salvation and wanted to drink 05Parp3    36:9 | letters to the princes, shinakans, and priests of the land of 05Parp3    36:9 | to) show that the oaths and testimonies brought from court were 05Parp3    36:9 | brought from court were false and futile, saying: “The king of 05Parp3    36:9 | sanctioned Christianity for (this) land, and does not seek a harmful 05Parp3    36:9 | people turn from the counsel and word of Vardan, and not 05Parp3    36:9 | counsel and word of Vardan, and not be lost with him 05Parp3    36:10 | intermediary in all of this and keep the land of Armenia 05Parp3    36:11 | a certain Zangak, Sahak Jaynogh, and another one, a certain Petros 05Parp3    36:12 | Sahak and Petros were from the district 05Parp3    36:12 | sparapet Vardan to these men and had them circulate it throughout 05Parp3    36:12 | were weakening in the faith and were without hope, listened to 05Parp3    36:12 | words of the treacherous man, and believed them 05Parp3    36:13 | by those who held firm, and those who longed for martyrdom 05Parp3    36:13 | for martyrdom, they became strengthened, and even more convinced, and they 05Parp3    36:13 | strengthened, and even more convinced, and they hopefully awaited the day 05Parp3    37:0 | days of winter were passed and the great feast of Easter 05Parp3    37:0 | Easter arrived, the oath-keepers and the entire world—angels and 05Parp3    37:0 | and the entire world—angels and men—experienced joy 05Parp3    37:1 | news of the Savior’s resurrection, and with joyful happiness, they celebrated 05Parp3    37:2 | to the districts of Her and Zarewand 05Parp3    37:3 | he does not miss out and regret it 05Parp3    37:4 | to Satan, let him stay and relax wherever it pleases him 05Parp3    37:6 | Those who loved truth, and longed for immortality were moved 05Parp3    37:6 | longed for immortality were moved, and urged each other on, resembling 05Parp3    37:8 | Apostles, all of one heart and of one soul. The venerable 05Parp3    37:8 | him—some [300] cavalry—to go and spy on the multitude of 05Parp3    37:8 | the multitude of Iranian troops and to harass them, so that 05Parp3    37:8 | said, they might quickly come and bring us our crowns of 05Parp3    37:9 | Arhanjar and the brigade with him departed 05Parp3    37:9 | the brigade with him departed and was so favored by God 05Parp3    37:9 | they saw the Iranian army and fell on one wing of 05Parp3    37:9 | putting many to the sword, and sending others fleeing back to 05Parp3    37:9 | joy to the Armenian brigade and spoke of God’s strength which 05Parp3    37:10 | When the venerable sparapet Vardan and the masses of the troops 05Parp3    37:10 | heard the news, they glorified and blessed omnipotent God 05Parp3    37:11 | commanders were the Mushkan Niwsalawurt and Doghvch, and that (the Iranians 05Parp3    37:11 | the Mushkan Niwsalawurt and Doghvch, and that (the Iranians) were (trying 05Parp3    37:12 | the venerable sparapet of Armenia and those with him heard this 05Parp3    37:12 | had been incessantly praying day and night that they be worthy 05Parp3    37:12 | in the districts of Her and Zarewand, and if no one 05Parp3    37:12 | districts of Her and Zarewand, and if no one stops the 05Parp3    37:12 | Armenia bringing death, taking captives, and causing harm 05Parp3    38:0 | arrived near the same site and found the Iranian troops unprepared 05Parp3    38:1 | For those who longed and yearned for martyrdom did not 05Parp3    38:2 | Then (the Armenians) gathered and encamped near the Iranian troops 05Parp3    38:3 | Evening approached, and as usual they held worship 05Parp3    38:3 | as usual they held worship and were filled with prayers. They 05Parp3    38:5 | take heart for a moment, and then to inherit inexhaustible goodness 05Parp3    38:6 | man of God, to advise and encourage the people 05Parp3    38:7 | The holy priest Ghewond fortified and taught everyone the entire night 05Parp3    38:7 | through with tireless Apostolic doctrine, and copious wisdom, with interpretations of 05Parp3    38:7 | with interpretations of the proverbs and illuminating doctrine. The words which 05Parp3    38:7 | in him by heavenly influence, and he appeared to have the 05Parp3    38:8 | his students, the venerable Koriwn and Arjan, (Mashtoc’) saw in waking 05Parp3    38:8 | radiated forth around him. Then and there, through the holy Spirit 05Parp3    38:9 | things, (such as) the lives and forbearance of earlier people. (He 05Parp3    38:9 | spoke) first of the dishonoring and patience of saint Gregory, and 05Parp3    38:9 | and patience of saint Gregory, and then about all the others 05Parp3    38:9 | Those who experience a premature and slow death, have chosen eternal 05Parp3    38:10 | News—people who (experienced) torments and death, some keeping fasts, on 05Parp3    38:10 | their love for the poor and for strangers. Others were chosen 05Parp3    38:10 | God for their judicious judgements and for making the country bloom 05Parp3    38:13 | And now those of us who 05Parp3    38:13 | been kept for the great and honorable Cup will hasten to 05Parp3    38:14 | Jerusalem, to the most desired and fragrant supper of Christ, where 05Parp3    38:14 | supper of Christ, where pain and sorrow and lamentations do not 05Parp3    38:14 | Christ, where pain and sorrow and lamentations do not exist 05Parp3    38:15 | many other words of spiritual and inspired doctrine. He was aided 05Parp3    38:16 | They counseled and fortified them with spiritual words 05Parp3    38:17 | longer than on other nights, and they longed to see the 05Parp3    38:18 | heard the divinely-inspired words and the doctrine exhorting martyrdom from 05Parp3    38:18 | from the angelic lord Yovsep’ and the diligent Ghewond, he replied 05Parp3    38:20 | the door of the Kingdom and waits to receive everyone and 05Parp3    38:20 | and waits to receive everyone and make them happy with an 05Parp3    38:20 | happy with an eternal, endless and immortal happiness 05Parp3    38:21 | us make haste without delay. And let none resemble Judas who 05Parp3    38:22 | which I have long desired and drink of it with eagerness 05Parp3    38:22 | take the cup of salvation and call upon the name of 05Parp3    38:23 | cock’s crow the holy Yovsep’ and Ghewond commanded all the priests 05Parp3    38:24 | had communed in the body and blood (of Christ), they hastened 05Parp3    39:0 | to the hour of sunrise, and the Iranian brigade was arming 05Parp3    39:0 | the Iranian brigade was arming and preparing to form into military 05Parp3    39:0 | appointed the lord of Arcrunik’ and the mardpet Mihrshapuh together with 05Parp3    39:0 | the prince of Arsharunik’, Arshawir, and the venerable men of Artak 05Parp3    39:0 | of Artak, prince of Mokk’, and other senior naxarars 05Parp3    39:1 | Vanand, the blessed Nerseh K’ajberunik’, and other senior naxarars. He readied 05Parp3    39:1 | himself, with his own brigade and with the prince of Arhawegheank’ 05Parp3    39:1 | the prince of Arhawegheank’, P’ap’ag, and other princely naxarars of Armenia 05Parp3    39:1 | the brigade of Siwnik’ troops, and the banners of other military 05Parp3    39:2 | Hamazaspean, as the rear guard and ordered him not to force 05Parp3    39:3 | Armenian troops into three fronts, and they were blessed by the 05Parp3    39:3 | priests, the two sides, Armenian and Iranian, attacked each other, the 05Parp3    39:4 | the crown of martyrdom advanced and turned the first Iranian troops 05Parp3    39:5 | which had come under obligation and not voluntarily, though they had 05Parp3    39:5 | strived for goodness, nonetheless wavered and turned back, and suffered eternal 05Parp3    39:5 | nonetheless wavered and turned back, and suffered eternal loss in their 05Parp3    39:6 | the Armenian brigade was abandoned and fatigued from killing their own 05Parp3    39:6 | from killing their own people, and how they were fleeing, they 05Parp3    39:6 | they went into their midst and surrounded them like a sea 05Parp3    39:7 | the fugitives) at night attacked and killed many of the armed 05Parp3    39:7 | many of the armed guards, and got away unharmed 05Parp3    39:9 | of the blessed, heavenly summons and were martyred there with the 05Parp3    39:10 | Encaynik’ azg, the blessed Arsen, and from the Sruanjteayk’ azg, the 05Parp3    39:11 | we discovered through much investigation and inquiry, the number of those 05Parp3    39:12 | been brought down from strongholds and killed with the sword or 05Parp3    40:0 | had come to this conclusion, and humane God had called his 05Parp3    40:0 | the glad tidings of victory, and an accounting by name of 05Parp3    40:1 | men from the Iranian brigade, and about the death of Vardan 05Parp3    40:1 | mourning, remembering the man’s bravery and goodness which he had demonstrated 05Parp3    40:3 | to subdue them with affection, and to permit everyone to practise 05Parp3    40:4 | the hrovartak of king Yazkert and heard its contents, he established 05Parp3    40:4 | Arsakan as marzpan in Armenia, and entrusted him with implementing everything 05Parp3    40:5 | Mushkan and the nobility and the entire 05Parp3    40:5 | Mushkan and the nobility and the entire brigade returned to 05Parp3    40:6 | land of Armenia, saying: “Come and build courageously, and fear nothing 05Parp3    40:6 | saying: “Come and build courageously, and fear nothing.” He wrote and 05Parp3    40:6 | and fear nothing.” He wrote and sealed this good news granting 05Parp3    40:7 | all the people of Iran and Siwnik’ assembled joyfully 05Parp3    41:0 | the select multitude of Iran and Siwnik’. He divided the brigade 05Parp3    41:0 | two parts, appointing Arten Gabeghean and Varazshapuh Paluni as their military 05Parp3    41:1 | of the fugitive Armenians—naxarars and sepuhs, ostaniks and rhamiks—had 05Parp3    41:1 | Armenians—naxarars and sepuhs, ostaniks and rhamiks—had headed for the 05Parp3    41:1 | for the country of Tayk’ and had assembled near Hmayeak, brother 05Parp3    41:2 | the reason for their arrival, and then listened to it again 05Parp3    41:2 | promise, his end overtook him and he passed from this life 05Parp3    41:4 | then the sparapet of Antioch) and a certain P’ghorent (a man 05Parp3    41:4 | us to scorn the covenant and stability which has for a 05Parp3    41:4 | kings, a covenant both written and sealed, and to aggrevate a 05Parp3    41:4 | covenant both written and sealed, and to aggrevate a peaceful situation 05Parp3    41:4 | a peaceful situation with warfare, and to remove a land from 05Parp3    41:6 | they changed the emperor’s mind, and the hopes of the Armenians 05Parp3    41:6 | the delegation) was concerned with and the reason that it remained 05Parp3    41:6 | it remained there, were injured and not realized 05Parp3    41:7 | the war between the Armenians and the Iranians had begun 05Parp3    41:8 | When the Armenian tanuters and naxarars who had gone to 05Parp3    41:8 | been working for, they returned and made haste so that perhaps 05Parp3    41:9 | found an extremely secure place and stayed there, by the mountain 05Parp3    41:10 | guides, fell upon Hmayeak Mamikonean and his companions in the village 05Parp3    41:11 | troops struck at some unarmed and some armed. Turning about, (the 05Parp3    41:12 | which he had greatly longed and sought for. His request to 05Parp3    41:12 | God heard the man’s request and granted it, and crowned him 05Parp3    41:12 | man’s request and granted it, and crowned him a saint 05Parp3    41:13 | verdict of an evil death and ruin, as though carried out 05Parp3    41:13 | that resulted from the great and terrible mourning 05Parp3    41:14 | from the brigade of Iranians and Siwnec’ik’ had been lost, although 05Parp3    41:14 | the deaths of blessed Vardan and Hmayeak, he was greatly comforted 05Parp3    42:0 | hold them as they wanted, and to put the land of 05Parp3    42:0 | warfare only by false oaths and worthless promises 05Parp3    42:1 | the name of king Yazkert and falsely swore that none of 05Parp3    42:1 | of them would be killed and that no one’s terut’iwn or 05Parp3    42:2 | them. He seized them all and sent the following men to 05Parp3    42:2 | the prince of Arcunik’, Aprusam, and other tanuters and senior sepuhs 05Parp3    42:2 | Arcunik’, Aprusam, and other tanuters and senior sepuhs 05Parp3    42:4 | who had been seized earlier and placed in different secure fortresses 05Parp3    42:4 | kat’oghikosate lord Ghewond, lord Samuel and lord Abraham, the priests of 05Parp3    42:4 | Arac. Also, among those seized and taken were: the blessed bishop 05Parp3    42:4 | Mushe, the holy priest Arshen and the blessed deacon K’ajaj 05Parp3    42:5 | to be taken to Xuzhastan, and he was kept there in 05Parp3    42:6 | tohms of the Mamikoneans, Kamsarakans, and other princes of Armenia. (Vasak 05Parp3    42:6 | great service to king Yazkert and to the entire Aryan world 05Parp3    42:6 | to the entire Aryan world, and to receive honor of the 05Parp3    42:6 | receive honor of the realm and gifts 05Parp3    42:7 | all the court nobility ridiculed and dishonored him thanks to the 05Parp3    42:8 | of Iran with elaborate preparation and much equippage, thinking to reveal 05Parp3    42:8 | treacherous loyalty to the king and nobility of the Aryans, and 05Parp3    42:8 | and nobility of the Aryans, and, in his crazed perception of 05Parp3    42:9 | case I will receive patiw and standing without any doubt or 05Parp3    42:10 | reigned, but not through me, and they made an agreement, but 05Parp3    42:11 | away from his duplicitous plans and all the man’s bitter intentions 05Parp3    42:12 | Thus seated on mules, Vasak and the multitude going with the 05Parp3    42:13 | replied: “The lord of Siwnik’s.” And they note: “He is approaching 05Parp3    42:14 | holy ones ceased asking questions and paid attention to the road 05Parp3    42:14 | ought to do, command us, and we will do it 05Parp3    42:15 | who is worthy in it, and stay with him until you 05Parp3    42:15 | enter the house, salute it. And if the house is worthy 05Parp3    42:16 | about them, (Vasak) quickly dismounted and greeted the holy men. None 05Parp3    42:17 | Ghewond who always appeared happy and joyful, and who now spoke 05Parp3    42:17 | always appeared happy and joyful, and who now spoke at length 05Parp3    42:18 | Hearing the venerable man’s sweet and gracious words, (Vasak) who was 05Parp3    42:19 | him at their halting place, and he beseeched them for this 05Parp3    42:22 | to ask the most important and useful (information). Where are you 05Parp3    42:23 | The duplicitous Vasak heard this and sank into great despair. He 05Parp3    42:23 | great reward for my great and worthwhile efforts 05Parp3    42:24 | for your ’worthwhile efforts’—that, and nothing else. But indeed, should 05Parp3    42:25 | his vain hopes were dispelled and dashed and he realized the 05Parp3    42:25 | hopes were dispelled and dashed and he realized the personal destruction 05Parp3    43:0 | of Siwnik’ reached the court, and after first seeing the court 05Parp3    43:0 | For the moment, the king and all the grandees at court 05Parp3    43:0 | court received him with respect and pomp 05Parp3    43:1 | about his harmfulness, the vow and oath which he had treacherously 05Parp3    43:1 | treacherously sworn with saint Vardan and with all the princes of 05Parp3    43:1 | Armenia—to destroy the others and to show himself as loyal 05Parp3    43:2 | honored him as a loyal and benevolent man. (This situation continued 05Parp3    43:2 | the senior tanuters of Armenia and the sepuhs who had revolted 05Parp3    43:2 | boys from the Mamikonean tohm and the Kamsarakans and from others 05Parp3    43:2 | Mamikonean tohm and the Kamsarakans and from others azgs, the children 05Parp3    43:2 | first before the hazarapet Mihrnerseh and the other court nobility 05Parp3    43:3 | blessed presbyter of Arac, Samuel, and his spiritual son, the blessed 05Parp3    43:3 | Artashat fire: “With what boldness and under whose orders did you 05Parp3    43:3 | which is worthy of death, and to put your hands forth 05Parp3    43:4 | holy men, the lord Samuel and Abraham, heard this, they replied 05Parp3    43:4 | fearless bravery with accurate speech and contempt, ridiculing the senseless question 05Parp3    43:5 | us to fear the worthy and just kings and princes. But 05Parp3    43:5 | the worthy and just kings and princes. But we refuse to 05Parp3    43:6 | And as for the fire which 05Parp3    43:6 | the misdeed in the mob and the attendants there at the 05Parp3    43:6 | no fear of their gods, and who scornfully abandoned it and 05Parp3    43:6 | and who scornfully abandoned it and departed. We saw no man 05Parp3    43:6 | only the fire, in ashes. And so, it remained thus for 05Parp3    43:6 | until we took the ashes and extinguished it. For we had 05Parp3    43:6 | attendants carrying the strewn ashes and dumping them on the ground 05Parp3    43:7 | that we took the fire and extinguished it with water—it 05Parp3    43:7 | to become enraged with us and to put us to death 05Parp3    43:7 | Rather, (our actions) deserve praise and honor 05Parp3    43:8 | your teachers, you have said, and it is true, that water 05Parp3    43:8 | but we were honoring it, and doing it a good turn 05Parp3    43:9 | is the ones who scorned and abandoned the fire, and not 05Parp3    43:9 | scorned and abandoned the fire, and not we who took it 05Parp3    43:9 | not we who took it and gave it to its brother 05Parp3    43:9 | it would be kept affectionately and with much pomp, entrusted to 05Parp3    44:0 | most holy presbyter, lord Ghewond, and the other blessed priests who 05Parp3    44:0 | from the village called Eghegeak, and the blessed deacon K’ajaj who 05Parp3    44:1 | penalty? You ruined the atrushans, and murdered such a rich fire 05Parp3    44:1 | to protect it from bad and damaging things. Should some enemies 05Parp3    44:2 | Aryan world. Many military commanders and other Aryans with whom he 05Parp3    44:2 | can adequately praise the man and his deeds. And you, having 05Parp3    44:2 | the man and his deeds. And you, having been made wretched 05Parp3    44:2 | made wretched by your useless and harmful teaching, have destroyed such 05Parp3    44:3 | And in such a land, an 05Parp3    44:3 | of blood of many Aryans and non-Aryans was shed 05Parp3    44:4 | yourselves think up a death, and a way of quitting the 05Parp3    44:4 | you will experience many torments and die wickedly 05Parp3    44:5 | hazarapet of the Aryans, Mihrnerseh, and all the court nobility, Ghewond 05Parp3    44:5 | man of God, came forward and responded: “All (of the clerics 05Parp3    44:5 | in accordance with our faith and with the God-given command 05Parp3    44:6 | explaining who each one was and giving the names, and mentioning 05Parp3    44:6 | was and giving the names, and mentioning what degree in the 05Parp3    44:7 | Iranians) had heard the names and deeds of each (of the 05Parp3    44:7 | of each (of the captives), and what they had done in 05Parp3    44:7 | names of the holy men and were uninforned about the honor 05Parp3    44:9 | consecration according to the correct and true Christ-given ordination of 05Parp3    44:9 | ordination of our faith. Others, and myself also, are of the 05Parp3    44:10 | those who have sought martyrdom and been found worthy, such an 05Parp3    44:10 | Him Who is our Creator and vardapet, Who note: ’He who 05Parp3    44:11 | to us with such words and threats do not frighten us 05Parp3    44:11 | carry out such a great and awesome act as ignorant people 05Parp3    44:11 | joy. Rather, we are happy and delighted with what we have 05Parp3    44:11 | are surrounded by diverse sorrows and even await death eagerly, so 05Parp3    44:12 | which did not create heaven and earth will be lost beneath 05Parp3    44:13 | of which it is composed, and those materials will extinguish it 05Parp3    44:14 | born of iron, stone, water, and wood. It is otherwise with 05Parp3    44:15 | a fire made of iron and puts iron on top of 05Parp3    44:15 | it both gives birth to, and sustains, the fire 05Parp3    44:16 | man, to call them brothers, and god 05Parp3    44:17 | fire) deals with its brother and parent in a hostile fashion 05Parp3    44:18 | term half of them gods, and loathe the other half for 05Parp3    44:18 | as constructing palaces of brick and stone, and then using the 05Parp3    44:18 | palaces of brick and stone, and then using the same materials 05Parp3    44:18 | same materials for making privies and outhouses, (the same as) using 05Parp3    44:18 | using silver for making goblets, and also for making chamberpots 05Parp3    44:19 | take fire—of the gods— and roast and cook cattle and 05Parp3    44:19 | of the gods—and roast and cook cattle and sheep; and 05Parp3    44:19 | and roast and cook cattle and sheep; and you take water 05Parp3    44:19 | and cook cattle and sheep; and you take water to water 05Parp3    44:19 | to clean away purulent matter and waste. Some of the water 05Parp3    44:20 | acts? The brave champion Vardan and others like him were unable 05Parp3    44:20 | unable to serve such deception, and always protested to you that 05Parp3    44:20 | that your worship was false and your doctrines, foolish. But you 05Parp3    44:21 | bear it, gave their lives, and were crowned. And indeed, we 05Parp3    44:21 | their lives, and were crowned. And indeed, we encouraged them and 05Parp3    44:21 | And indeed, we encouraged them and were their true vardapets 05Parp3    44:23 | When the impious Mihrnerseh and the other Aryan nobles who 05Parp3    44:23 | praise from the holy men and saw the delight on their 05Parp3    44:24 | informed about all the deeds and the sorcerer’s doctrine of that 05Parp3    44:24 | which the useful brave Vardan and his comrades were lost. Wicked 05Parp3    44:24 | comrades were lost. Wicked recompense and death have been prepared (for 05Parp3    44:25 | words which (Ghewond) so audaciously and arrogantly dared to express before 05Parp3    44:26 | The blessed Yovsep’ and Sahak responded: “Lord Ghewond has 05Parp3    44:26 | a long time, thought over and shared with all of us 05Parp3    44:26 | of us, all the words and responses which he spoke before 05Parp3    44:26 | a manner befitting his holiness, and was encouraged by God’s aid 05Parp3    44:27 | you, he has thought over and spoken to us. All of 05Parp3    44:27 | us share the same thoughts and the same determination, and we 05Parp3    44:27 | thoughts and the same determination, and we hope we shall be 05Parp3    44:29 | their mind’s eye, are just and perspicacious. But the grandees as 05Parp3    44:29 | are seized by physical illness and weaken. You are the ones 05Parp3    44:30 | chains, until their mouths filled and overflowed with blood 05Parp3    44:31 | been worthy of dishonor, beating, and responsibility 05Parp3    45:0 | others in fetters—the tanuters and senior sepuhs—Mihrnerseh ordered the 05Parp3    45:0 | the executioners to take them and to keep them in stringent 05Parp3    45:1 | the presence of king Yazkert and informed him about all of 05Parp3    45:2 | be held in his presence, and that everyone, Aryan and non 05Parp3    45:2 | presence, and that everyone, Aryan and non-Aryan and whoever held 05Parp3    45:2 | everyone, Aryan and non-Aryan and whoever held the king’s honor 05Parp3    45:3 | Mihrnerseh to take the boys and lads of the Mamikonean tohm 05Parp3    45:3 | the Mamikonean tohm, the Kamsarakans, and other tohms, and to give 05Parp3    45:3 | the Kamsarakans, and other tohms, and to give them to whomever 05Parp3    45:5 | had received from the king and came and entered the palace 05Parp3    45:5 | from the king and came and entered the palace of the 05Parp3    45:6 | God had quit his side, and this impure creature the [dew] was 05Parp3    45:7 | palace was filled with Aryans and non-Aryans, the king ordered 05Parp3    45:9 | to the destruction of yourselves and your land 05Parp3    45:10 | were silent for a moment and gave no answer 05Parp3    45:11 | king repeated his previous question and demanded a prompt response from 05Parp3    45:12 | naturally regarding the beginings, plans and actions of what we undertook 05Parp3    45:13 | The king and all the nobility gladly accepted 05Parp3    45:13 | the nobility gladly accepted this, and ( the king) so ordered 05Parp3    45:14 | captives brought forth Arshawir Kamsarakan, and said that everything could be 05Parp3    45:14 | the holy Spirit, came forward and began to speak before the 05Parp3    45:14 | to speak before the king and all the nobility, fearlessly 05Parp3    45:15 | kings, was revealed to us, and furthered with force, that you 05Parp3    45:15 | our ancestors had not served and which seems heavy and contemptible 05Parp3    45:15 | served and which seems heavy and contemptible to us. Your very 05Parp3    45:16 | listen, through your forceful will, and through force you undertook to 05Parp3    45:16 | regarded the deed as loathsome, and we hated (doing it), but 05Parp3    45:16 | to go to our land and to quit it with our 05Parp3    45:16 | quit it with our wives and children, departing to be lost 05Parp3    45:17 | tohms who today are well and here with you know this 05Parp3    45:17 | here with you know this and can testify to my words 05Parp3    45:18 | Taking only his wife and family, (Vardan) turned to go 05Parp3    45:19 | as emissaries the senior tanuters and sepuhs and the blessed priests 05Parp3    45:19 | the senior tanuters and sepuhs and the blessed priests, to take 05Parp3    45:20 | Why are you fleeing, what and whom do you fear? You 05Parp3    45:20 | not say. Do not flee and fear no one. Though you 05Parp3    45:20 | the lord of the Aryans and his strength, do not fear 05Parp3    45:20 | strength, do not fear. Return, and we shall write a letter 05Parp3    45:20 | a letter to the emperor, and give ourselves to him in 05Parp3    45:20 | service by our own will, and he will delightedly agree to 05Parp3    45:20 | us a force. (The Byzantines) and we, united, will tire out 05Parp3    45:20 | the lord of the Aryans and the Aryan people 05Parp3    45:21 | Should the emperor think otherwise and not recognize his advantage in 05Parp3    45:21 | the marzpan of Iberia (Georgia), and the Gate of the Aghbanians 05Parp3    45:21 | became my friends through covenant and oath, and they (will) come 05Parp3    45:21 | friends through covenant and oath, and they (will) come to me 05Parp3    45:23 | is intact, bears the seal, and is here with us 05Parp3    45:25 | Armenia, place them in shackles and put them in secure fortresses 05Parp3    45:26 | indeed seize a few Iranians and temporarily bound them. And when 05Parp3    45:26 | Iranians and temporarily bound them. And when he treacherously decided to 05Parp3    45:27 | the emperor, other court nobility, and to the sparapet of Antioch 05Parp3    45:27 | Then he sent Vahan Amatuni and other naxarars from each tohm 05Parp3    45:27 | After this, he sent Vardan and us with a brigade to 05Parp3    45:27 | servant of yours (as Vardan), and was the cause of the 05Parp3    45:27 | such a multitude of Iranians and Armenians, and the destruction of 05Parp3    45:27 | multitude of Iranians and Armenians, and the destruction of the land 05Parp3    45:28 | And now, behold him there, seated 05Parp3    45:29 | the letters, which he wrote and sealed to the emperor, to 05Parp3    45:29 | entire land of the Byzantines, and to many others. Whatever the 05Parp3    45:30 | justice demands, since the written and sealed (letters) are here, there 05Parp3    45:30 | no need for superfluous words and loquaciousness 05Parp3    45:31 | When the king of Iran and the nobility of the court 05Parp3    45:31 | in order from Arshawir Kamsarakan, and saw the letter written by 05Parp3    45:31 | lord of Siwnik’, king Yazkert and all the princes of the 05Parp3    46:0 | Siwnik’, Vasak, to come forward and he began to speak to 05Parp3    46:0 | to him in a violent and extremely angry fashion: “Indeed we 05Parp3    46:0 | all of your duplicitous affairs and actions. But come now, say 05Parp3    46:0 | that you dared to undertake and carry out such damaging deeds 05Parp3    46:1 | For you were the prince and chief of the land of 05Parp3    46:1 | given to us to read, and from which we were accurately 05Parp3    46:1 | this. You made our meritorious and useful servant, the brave Vardan 05Parp3    46:1 | useful servant, the brave Vardan and his comrades swear an oath 05Parp3    46:1 | his comrades swear an oath, and then deceived (us) by letters 05Parp3    46:1 | letters sent to the emperor and to his sparapet 05Parp3    46:2 | duplicitously made such brave, useful, and meritorious men as Vardan and 05Parp3    46:2 | and meritorious men as Vardan and his other comrades swear an 05Parp3    46:2 | of the Aryans, you destroyed and were the cause of the 05Parp3    46:2 | so many of my Aryan and non-Aryan servants 05Parp3    46:3 | of the Aryans I fought, and permitted no rest until I 05Parp3    46:3 | until I had him back. And so, you with your own 05Parp3    46:3 | servant, destroyed such a great and advantageous land, and then insolently 05Parp3    46:3 | a great and advantageous land, and then insolently dared to come 05Parp3    46:3 | then insolently dared to come and see us, as though we 05Parp3    46:4 | longer the lord of Siwnik’, and all the evils which you 05Parp3    46:4 | the evils which you planned and carried out will now be 05Parp3    46:5 | be demanded from your tun and your sons’, until all of 05Parp3    46:6 | Vasak wanted to say something and to reply, no one listened 05Parp3    46:7 | oath on the blessed Gospel, and the curse of that blessed 05Parp3    46:7 | had come upon him, surrounded and trapped him 05Parp3    46:8 | some merit with the Iranians, and attempted to demonstrate it then 05Parp3    46:9 | emerges from his trial accused, and his prayers are turned to 05Parp3    46:10 | with insults. The guards beat and stripped him. Stripping him of 05Parp3    46:11 | Siwnik’, he worked many injustices, and constructed numerous fire-temples in 05Parp3    46:12 | court some years very grieved and experiencing great difficulties. He spent 05Parp3    46:12 | He spent his days sighing and lamenting every day and every 05Parp3    46:12 | sighing and lamenting every day and every hour, to the point 05Parp3    46:13 | sworn on the holy Gospel, and by the martyrs’ blood of 05Parp3    46:13 | of the blessed Vardan Mamikonean and of other worthy people who 05Parp3    46:13 | They have inherited eternal life and left on earth a good 05Parp3    46:13 | left on earth a good and permanent name for themselves for 05Parp3    46:14 | of your life in remorse and pain, and eternal unending Gehena 05Parp3    46:14 | life in remorse and pain, and eternal unending Gehena is ready 05Parp3    46:14 | eternal unending Gehena is ready and waiting for you.” We were 05Parp3    46:14 | accurately informed about his sighs and tears which lasted until the 05Parp3    47:2 | Siwnik’, the two brothers Babken and Bakur 05Parp3    47:3 | Arcrunik’, Nershapuh, Shawasp, Shngin, Pargew and Tachat 05Parp3    47:4 | of Mamikonean, Hamazaspean, Hamazasp, Artawazd and Mushegh 05Parp3    47:5 | tohm of Kamsarakan, Arshawir, T’at’, and Varjay 05Parp3    47:6 | tohm of Amatunik’, Vahan, Arhanjar and Arhnak 05Parp3    47:9 | the tohm of Anjewac’ik’, Shmawon and Arhawan 05Parp3    47:10 | the first Arhaweghean, P’ap’ak, Varazden, and Dat 05Parp3    47:12 | the tohm of Mandakunik’, Sahak and P’arsman 05Parp3    47:13 | tohm of the Tashrac’ik’, Vren, and from the tohm of Rhop’sean 05Parp3    47:13 | the tohm of Rhop’sean, Babik and Yohan 05Parp3    48:0 | took all of his troops and went to war against the 05Parp3    48:0 | that the bound Armenians, priests and naxarars, be taken along from 05Parp3    48:1 | that the bound Armenians, priests and naxarars, be held there in 05Parp3    48:2 | two blessed priests, lord Samuel and Abraham be taken along with 05Parp3    48:2 | with wicked torments, heavy shackles, and beatings to strike awe and 05Parp3    48:2 | and beatings to strike awe and terror into the Christians who 05Parp3    48:3 | they turned back in shame, and ( the king) lost choice and 05Parp3    48:3 | and (the king) lost choice and renowned men from his troops 05Parp3    48:4 | while they themselves returned unharmed, and vanished 05Parp3    48:7 | of the gods with gifts and worthy sacrifices. Thus enraged, (the 05Parp3    48:7 | they strengthened the enemy’s side. And we, defeated, returned full of 05Parp3    48:8 | anger, they consulted among themselves, and on the advice of the 05Parp3    48:10 | were merely killers of men, and if you delayed so long 05Parp3    48:10 | action would be very heavy and blameworthy. But they dared set 05Parp3    48:10 | yet they are still alive and see the light of day 05Parp3    48:11 | The king listened to this and, believing that their false explanations 05Parp3    48:11 | him, the blessed presbyter Samuel and the holy deacon Abraham, should 05Parp3    48:11 | very far from the caravan and beheaded there, so that no 05Parp3    48:11 | able to find their bones and revere them 05Parp3    48:13 | hand should be cut off and placed in the hand of 05Parp3    48:13 | the hand of lord Abraham, and that blessed Abraham’s right hand 05Parp3    48:13 | hand should be cut off and placed in the hand of 05Parp3    48:13 | hands against the venerable fire and kill it.” Then he ordered 05Parp3    49:0 | that (T’at’ik) be killed there, and that the saint’s body be 05Parp3    49:0 | the Christians would find it and take the bones to revere 05Parp3    49:1 | there carried out the order and were filled with joy. But 05Parp3    50:1 | assistants, Jnikan, the court maypet, and Movan, the anderjapet, who was 05Parp3    50:1 | be taken to an untrodden and deserted place far from the 05Parp3    50:1 | place far from the city and cruelly tortured there in whatever 05Parp3    50:4 | speaking at trials, wisdom, bravery, and protection 05Parp3    50:5 | death, they strive in person and with their wealth to obtain 05Parp3    50:5 | fingernail from such (martyred Christians) and to take it to their 05Parp3    50:6 | but now hold our radiant and just faith, that their women 05Parp3    50:6 | faith, that their women, sons and daughters will take their ornaments 05Parp3    50:6 | their ornaments of gold, silver and pearls and give them in 05Parp3    50:6 | of gold, silver and pearls and give them in exchange for 05Parp3    50:6 | bones) as very respect-worthy and venerable 05Parp3    50:7 | say? Ornaments of their fathers and mothers, which were made for 05Parp3    50:7 | remove them from their persons and give them to purchase but 05Parp3    50:8 | those who hold such beliefs and are awaiting the bones to 05Parp3    50:12 | go to our natural land and family, where the ranks of 05Parp3    50:12 | ranks of the Apostles are, and the dwellings of the saints 05Parp3    50:12 | the army of the tanuter and creator of all, Christ, Who 05Parp3    51:0 | the bound Armenian naxarars—came and revealed to them (the Iranians’ 05Parp3    51:1 | who would be left orphaned and unconsoled 05Parp3    51:2 | were definite, they were strengthened and became joyously happy. They glorified 05Parp3    51:2 | joyously happy. They glorified God, and immediately prepared for the evening 05Parp3    51:4 | service, they enjoyed a poor and small (meal, provided for) by 05Parp3    51:4 | from the meal, they glorified and blessed God, reciting prayers 05Parp3    51:5 | pass that night in prayer and vigils. (The priests) said to 05Parp3    51:6 | truly, send letters of greeting and messages of joyous delight to 05Parp3    51:6 | person reaches his family safely, and that your compact with Him 05Parp3    51:7 | you beseech the Savior Christ and His holy Spirit that we 05Parp3    51:7 | of the desirable heavenward road, and that we salute the most 05Parp3    51:7 | salute the most merciful Christ and the blessed brigade of Apostles 05Parp3    51:7 | brigade of Apostles, the prophets and all the saints, and recommend 05Parp3    51:7 | prophets and all the saints, and recommend you to them 05Parp3    51:8 | the intercession of the kind and most compassionate creator, Christ, He 05Parp3    51:8 | He may be your consoler and savior. May you be released 05Parp3    51:8 | shackles which now confine you, and may your detractors and enemies 05Parp3    51:8 | you, and may your detractors and enemies be put to shame 05Parp3    51:9 | see the land of Armenia and your families, and may your 05Parp3    51:9 | of Armenia and your families, and may your bones be placed 05Parp3    51:9 | the invisible shackles of Satan, and be kept unharmed until the 05Parp3    51:10 | where there is no sleeplessness and no burden of weariness. And 05Parp3    51:10 | and no burden of weariness. And who will be grieved by 05Parp3    51:10 | eternal goodness, where pain, sorrow, and sobbing are absent 05Parp3    51:11 | a precursor of that day, and an opportunity to hear in 05Parp3    51:12 | And why should sadness be in 05Parp3    51:12 | in the flesh, our parents and spiritual vardapets, who are like 05Parp3    51:12 | vardapets, who are like angels, and who, in their death are 05Parp3    51:13 | dead, (wondering) why the deathless and disease-free creation of the 05Parp3    51:13 | to earth, fallen to disease and death 05Parp3    51:14 | Apostles, You begot many Apostles, and through the grace of ascetic 05Parp3    51:15 | a doer of clean deeds and a teacher of a clear 05Parp3    51:15 | a teacher of a clear and vigilant doctrine which (who) made 05Parp3    51:15 | the good, who begot vardapets and innumerable martyrs, many cenobites, uncountable 05Parp3    51:16 | more rational than the shepherds, and for making students drawn from 05Parp3    51:17 | We are now strengthened and encouraged by the graceful words 05Parp3    51:18 | the flesh stay with you and are strengthened by you 05Parp3    51:19 | word. Give them our peace and let (Your) grace grow in 05Parp3    51:20 | So blessing the venerable captives and entrusting them to the Almighty 05Parp3    51:20 | will preserve you in health, and always comfort you with His 05Parp3    51:21 | For indeed He has come and is among you. He will 05Parp3    51:21 | bonds which now confine you, and will keep you with the 05Parp3    51:22 | crush Satan beneath your feet and display you as prominent and 05Parp3    51:22 | and display you as prominent and radiant in the midst of 05Parp3    51:22 | the midst of impious people, and He will return you to 05Parp3    51:23 | your tuns, nourish your children, and let your son(s) inherit 05Parp3    51:23 | fathers. Glory to Him now and forever, amen 05Parp3    51:24 | completed these words of doctrine and consolation in accordance with the 05Parp3    51:24 | command of the blessed Yovsep’ and Sahak, who also blessed the 05Parp3    51:24 | also blessed the venerable naxarars and the others gathered with them 05Parp3    51:24 | them to the holy Trinity and completed their prayers 05Parp3    51:25 | had assembled in (Christ’s) attic, and they dwelled among the blessed 05Parp3    51:25 | of the Holy Spirit, encouraged and taking refuge in divine hope 05Parp3    52:1 | their trade—anvils, hammers, chisels and files—to file, cut and 05Parp3    52:1 | and files—to file, cut and remove the irons from the 05Parp3    52:1 | from the saints’ hands, feet and necks. What they were unable 05Parp3    52:2 | For they were more solid and heavy than all ordinary iron 05Parp3    52:2 | to be more confining, heavier, and more awkward than the others 05Parp3    52:3 | of God saw the executioners and the multitude of blacksmiths who 05Parp3    52:3 | Vehdenshapuh, they all became sad and agitated. For they wanted to 05Parp3    52:3 | of wearing on themselves willingly and joyfully for such a long 05Parp3    52:3 | of their martyrdom wearing them, and, at the place where they 05Parp3    52:3 | to put aside there once and for all the chains and 05Parp3    52:3 | and for all the chains and fetters of the mundane burdens 05Parp3    52:4 | They resembled the men and women who fanatically seek glory 05Parp3    52:4 | women who fanatically seek glory, and are insatiably covered with gold 05Parp3    52:4 | are insatiably covered with gold and precious gems and pearls and 05Parp3    52:4 | with gold and precious gems and pearls and enthusiastically attach (these 05Parp3    52:4 | and precious gems and pearls and enthusiastically attach (these ornaments) to 05Parp3    52:4 | to their own hands, feet, and necks. Should an enemy or 05Parp3    52:4 | by some misfortune capture (them) and remove (the jewels) (the captives 05Parp3    52:4 | captives) would increase their laments and be unable to bear it 05Parp3    52:5 | not regarding them as heavy, and not feeling them. Rather, when 05Parp3    52:5 | was not among their adornments, and wondering how (once they possess 05Parp3    52:6 | And should someone heap all the 05Parp3    52:6 | father-like martyr Gregory, blessed and angelic people who bore these 05Parp3    52:6 | who bore these beautiful, luxurious, and venerable chains with pride and 05Parp3    52:6 | and venerable chains with pride and joy on their blessed hands 05Parp3    52:6 | joy on their blessed hands and necks 05Parp3    52:7 | the blacksmiths chiseled (the chains) and used diverse other implements, yet 05Parp3    52:7 | placed (the chains) on anvils and broke them with hammers. But 05Parp3    52:7 | of the iron, wickedly cutting and wounding their bodies. Yet (the 05Parp3    52:7 | of day, while (the priests), and those bound Armenian naxarars with 05Parp3    52:7 | them spent the time praying and glorifying Christ, the easer of 05Parp3    53:0 | Then Vehdenshapuh and those assistants with him ordered 05Parp3    53:1 | question of) your own life and ( the existence) of your House 05Parp3    53:1 | entire royal caravan has passed and reached Hyrcania, let no one 05Parp3    53:1 | who has come from elsewhere and settled here 05Parp3    53:2 | your azg will be stricken and the king will put you 05Parp3    53:2 | take care out of fear, and see to it that pleasant 05Parp3    53:3 | naxarars would secretly disguise himself and discover the road of their 05Parp3    53:4 | the Savior Christ, the guide and revealer of the world had 05Parp3    53:4 | had been sent among them, and they, like the Jews, ordered 05Parp3    53:4 | the angels, opened (the tomb) and revealed itself to those who 05Parp3    53:4 | the works that I do; and greater works than these will 05Parp3    53:6 | shahastan saw this, encouraged by and taking refuge in divine hope 05Parp3    53:6 | the Iranian assembly, of foreigners and of (others) who were in 05Parp3    53:6 | the blessed priests of God and joyfully and delightedly kissed them 05Parp3    53:6 | priests of God and joyfully and delightedly kissed them for a 05Parp3    53:6 | us forever, in your happiness and in the Kingdom 05Parp3    53:7 | of God with joyful hearts and happy faces took all of 05Parp3    53:7 | the glory of His name, and strengthen you before the pagan 05Parp3    53:7 | where we are travelling to and settle us with you in 05Parp3    53:8 | noticed that the blessed priests and the Armenian naxarars were so 05Parp3    53:8 | unaware of the king’s order, and secretly said to each other 05Parp3    53:8 | have much cause for weeping, and would be unable to laugh 05Parp3    53:8 | would be unable to laugh and be so happy 05Parp3    53:9 | the cause of their delight, and that those who were departing 05Parp3    53:9 | that those who were departing and those who were remaining were 05Parp3    53:10 | each other, the blessed priests and the Armenian naxarars parted, (the 05Parp3    53:11 | attendants of the venerable (priests and naxarars) who had come along 05Parp3    53:11 | of Armenia to wait on and serve those in bondage, also 05Parp3    53:12 | in the district of Ayrarat), and the venerable presbyter Abraham (who 05Parp3    53:13 | These men and those with them were taken 05Parp3    53:13 | you take our spiritual lords and vardapets in life or death 05Parp3    53:14 | they should be forcibly seized and held in the shahastan. He 05Parp3    53:14 | naxarars may leave the shahastan and go to serve the needs 05Parp3    53:15 | When the blessed priests Xoren and Abraham realized that the executioners 05Parp3    54:0 | hour of the day, Vehdenshapuh and the priests left Niwshapuh, setting 05Parp3    54:1 | was a Xuzhik by nationality, and who, in the custom of 05Parp3    54:1 | travelled to Armenia many times and who was extremely well versed 05Parp3    54:1 | been a model of virtue, and was the son of Christ 05Parp3    54:1 | the venerable priests of God and the Armenian naxarars who were 05Parp3    54:2 | had rendered them many services and paid many of (their) expenses 05Parp3    54:3 | immediately entrusted his pack animals and baggage to his children and 05Parp3    54:3 | and baggage to his children and comrades, and, without telling anyone 05Parp3    54:3 | to his children and comrades, and, without telling anyone, took the 05Parp3    54:3 | anyone, took the most resistant and powerful of his pack animals 05Parp3    54:3 | Apar, accompanying the ambarakapet Vehdenshapuh, and pointing out to him the 05Parp3    54:3 | out to him the road and the lodging places where they 05Parp3    54:3 | did this with prompt alertness, and Vehdenshapuh, pleased with all the 05Parp3    54:3 | liked him a great deal and was solicitous about his well 05Parp3    54:4 | telling him about his village and parents, what kind of people 05Parp3    54:4 | kind of people they were, and where they were from 05Parp3    54:6 | loyal servants of the fire and sun, and through them, from 05Parp3    54:6 | of the fire and sun, and through them, from my childhood 05Parp3    54:6 | lived to the present day and exist clearly recognizing the assistance 05Parp3    54:7 | at times was a Pharisee and elsewhere a Roman (though according 05Parp3    54:7 | Gospel, the vardapet preached in, and was from, the city of 05Parp3    54:7 | that he could establish truth and make it grow 05Parp3    54:9 | him yet more as loyal and suitable for the task he 05Parp3    54:9 | with him in great honor and affection. (Vehdenshapuh) confided to him 05Parp3    54:9 | to him the king’s plan and the needs of the work 05Parp3    54:9 | His will, for the destruction and embarassment of the ranks of 05Parp3    54:9 | the ranks of the impious and to the benefit and glory 05Parp3    54:9 | impious and to the benefit and glory of His blessed Church 05Parp3    54:10 | a plan, but not mine,” and the psalmist who note: “They 05Parp3    54:11 | needs would take him elsewhere, and he entreated Vehdenshapuh to bid 05Parp3    54:12 | yourself, nourished in the faith and alive due to the glory 05Parp3    54:12 | death for killing the fire. And would you not rejoice 05Parp3    54:13 | in his heart he glorified and blessed the most powerful giver 05Parp3    54:13 | fragment of the saints’ relics, and that he could go to 05Parp3    54:13 | Such would be the disperser and disgracer of the king’s order 05Parp3    54:13 | disgracer of the king’s order, and a symbol and share of 05Parp3    54:13 | king’s order, and a symbol and share of the great heavenly 05Parp3    54:14 | to grant him the sense and breadth of the heart to 05Parp3    54:14 | as well as the replies and prayers of each one of 05Parp3    54:14 | the time of their death and passage to God, so that 05Parp3    54:15 | to the amazement (of all) and the glorification of Christ’s name 05Parp3    55:2 | that time they hurriedly arose, and without letting anyone from the 05Parp3    55:2 | exception of the venerable Xuzhik and the impious executioners by whom 05Parp3    55:2 | king’s order), (those participating) secretly and silently left the village 05Parp3    55:3 | The executioners took the saints and travelled the entire remaining portion 05Parp3    55:3 | to which no herdsman came, and through which no traveller ever 05Parp3    55:4 | placed for the three princes, and they sat: the ambarapet, Vehdenshapuh 05Parp3    55:4 | Vehdenshapuh; Jnikan, the court maypet; and Movan, the anderjapet 05Parp3    55:6 | have worked numerous, countless evils, and are responsible for the deaths 05Parp3    55:6 | that would be great enough and you would not deserve to 05Parp3    55:6 | great land as Armenia is, and furthermore a huge number of 05Parp3    55:6 | responsible for all of this, and all of it was done 05Parp3    55:6 | it was done by you and with your counsel 05Parp3    55:7 | Despite your grave crimes and condemnation to death, the king 05Parp3    55:7 | consent to worship the sun and fire, and accept our faith 05Parp3    55:7 | worship the sun and fire, and accept our faith, I will 05Parp3    55:7 | bound nobles back to Armenia, and give to each tanuterut’iwn, gah 05Parp3    55:7 | give to each tanuterut’iwn, gah and patiw.’ 05Parp3    55:8 | Remember and keep in mind the large 05Parp3    55:8 | number of captives in prison, and willingly and enthusiastically accept the 05Parp3    55:8 | captives in prison, and willingly and enthusiastically accept the king of 05Parp3    55:9 | should you not accept it, and persist in the same foolishness 05Parp3    55:9 | foolishness, then you shall die, and ( the king) will order them 05Parp3    55:9 | king) will order them killed, and the gods will demand from 05Parp3    55:9 | blood which you have shed and will shed 05Parp3    55:10 | Vehdenshapuh and his comrades said all of 05Parp3    55:11 | blessed Yovsep’, the blessed Ghewond and their other comrades, for none 05Parp3    55:12 | Sahak immediately responded to Denshapuh and to the others seated with 05Parp3    55:12 | which I myself find hateful and ridiculous. For I know that 05Parp3    55:12 | will all deride both you and the sender 05Parp3    55:13 | procrastinate by speaking futile words and ( relaying) vain messages to us 05Parp3    55:14 | Denshapuh and the others became enraged and 05Parp3    55:14 | and the others became enraged and said to the saints: “You 05Parp3    55:14 | Let us know their words and wishes 05Parp3    55:15 | blessed comrades of the words and the king’s message, and as 05Parp3    55:15 | words and the king’s message, and as soon as the saints 05Parp3    55:16 | Mihrnerseh. He heard our response and wishes and informed the king 05Parp3    55:16 | heard our response and wishes and informed the king 05Parp3    55:17 | all have the same responses and wishes as then and have 05Parp3    55:17 | responses and wishes as then and have not altered them, as 05Parp3    55:17 | them, as though we thoughtlessly and foolishly said them and now 05Parp3    55:17 | thoughtlessly and foolishly said them and now, having become well, seek 05Parp3    55:18 | As this sole plan and matter has grown in our 05Parp3    55:19 | to worship the sun, you and the noble folk in bondage 05Parp3    55:19 | stubbornly refuse, you will die and we shall order them killed’ 05Parp3    55:19 | we should apostasize the truth and serve falsely-named gods, which 05Parp3    55:19 | the believing captives be released and fall into eternally unbreakable bonds 05Parp3    55:20 | you seem to us mindless and lost because of that message 05Parp3    55:20 | us by the king’s order, and that we consider you and 05Parp3    55:20 | and that we consider you and the one who sent you 05Parp3    55:22 | Yovsep’ had said this, Vehdenshapuh and the loyal men with him 05Parp3    55:22 | men with him became enraged, and ( Vehdenshapuh) ordered the blessed Sahak 05Parp3    55:22 | made you call us mindless and lost, we consider these personal 05Parp3    55:22 | yourselves you now have obtained, and that it is impossible for 05Parp3    55:23 | we must know the wishes and choice of each of the 05Parp3    56:0 | back from such senseless advice, and like a human, choose life 05Parp3    56:2 | submit to the king’s wishes and worship the sun, he has 05Parp3    56:2 | guilt is to be forgiven and you should be sent to 05Parp3    56:2 | sent to your homes well and with honor 05Parp3    56:3 | Then Vehdenshapuh and the loyal men with him 05Parp3    56:3 | the Christian faith as you, and that as a result of 05Parp3    56:3 | more. Now such a great and wise intellect must recognize the 05Parp3    56:3 | of guilt which you have, and to acquaint you with the 05Parp3    56:4 | as you were a counselor, and many died from your actions 05Parp3    56:4 | now a counselor of life, and permit them and countless other 05Parp3    56:4 | of life, and permit them and countless other individuals to live 05Parp3    56:4 | them to worship the sun and live, and you shall find 05Parp3    56:4 | worship the sun and live, and you shall find so much 05Parp3    56:4 | be renowned in your land and among all peoples 05Parp3    56:5 | holy bishop Sahak patiently suffering and ridiculing, immediately translated all of 05Parp3    56:5 | these words of the ambarakapet and his impious associates for the 05Parp3    56:5 | saints’ responses the will, desire and unshakable firmness of each one’s 05Parp3    56:7 | the teacher of many people, ( and) this should show you that 05Parp3    56:8 | have learned (all) from God and not from man. Today, out 05Parp3    56:8 | Today, out of mental fear and crazed humanity, should I change 05Parp3    56:8 | humanity, should I change this and be lost? God forbid! I 05Parp3    56:9 | As for the honor and glory which you promise to 05Parp3    56:9 | is polluted by the worm and the grub, and whom the 05Parp3    56:9 | the worm and the grub, and whom the thief digs up 05Parp3    56:9 | whom the thief digs up and carries away. We cannot compare 05Parp3    56:9 | compare this to the glory and heavenly honor (granted) by the 05Parp3    56:10 | lacking from our blessed glorification, and that is the cup of 05Parp3    56:11 | Let us drink quickly, and let us joyfully escape from 05Parp3    56:11 | from this transitory diseased life. And do not attempt to prolong 05Parp3    56:11 | attempt to prolong the senseless and damaging words of your king 05Parp3    56:12 | reply, the holy presbyters Mushe and Arshen and the holy deacon 05Parp3    56:12 | holy presbyters Mushe and Arshen and the holy deacon K’ajaj beseeched 05Parp3    56:12 | prince: “What our holy vardapets and spiritual fathers lord Yovsep’ and 05Parp3    56:12 | and spiritual fathers lord Yovsep’ and lord Ghewond have said, is 05Parp3    56:12 | said, is also our will and concern. Do quickly what you 05Parp3    56:12 | you came here to do, and delay not. We ask that 05Parp3    56:12 | ask that God grant us and find us deserving of eternal 05Parp3    56:12 | us deserving of eternal honor and the Heavenly Kingdom 05Parp3    56:13 | When Vehdenshapuh and his impious collaborators heard this 05Parp3    56:13 | they were transported with rage, and wanted to say other false 05Parp3    56:13 | wanted to say other false and futile words with the blessed 05Parp3    56:14 | bishop Sahak said to Vehdenshapuh and to their other accomplices: “To 05Parp3    56:14 | you with what was said and to translate what you have 05Parp3    56:15 | the foolishness of your position, and ( serves to) strengthen us in 05Parp3    57:0 | princes became yet more angered and were unable to tolerate hearing 05Parp3    57:0 | himself arose before his accomplices and personally struck the holy bishop 05Parp3    57:0 | striking him on the shoulder and carrying the wound close to 05Parp3    57:0 | stood up against a rock. And he began to say, as 05Parp3    57:1 | consumed, offered in eternal sacrifice. And now that we are being 05Parp3    57:3 | of mine, to the earth, and to your rest, for the 05Parp3    57:4 | to strip the blessed Ghewond and to drag him on his 05Parp3    57:5 | saint’s entire body, his sides and shoulders were stripped bare of 05Parp3    57:5 | were stripped bare of skin, and until the bones were stripped 05Parp3    57:5 | Ghewond, was the chief advisor and cause of all of Vardan’s 05Parp3    57:5 | of all of Vardan’s actions and deeds which had been done 05Parp3    57:6 | the blessed priests Mushe, Arshen, and the holy deacon K’ajaj. At 05Parp3    57:7 | other saints had been killed, and there they beheaded the blessed 05Parp3    57:7 | Who, with much kindness aided and kept me from from the 05Parp3    57:8 | he offered prayers, said “Amen,” and gave up the soul 05Parp3    57:9 | blessed presbyter Mushe from Aghbak, and the holy deacon K’ajaj from 05Parp3    57:10 | these events, pressing him warmly, and we have truthfully written what 05Parp3    57:11 | Then Vehdenshapuh and the other princes who were 05Parp3    57:11 | there armed with weapons. First and foremost, among them (thanks to 05Parp3    57:11 | Xuzhik, whom Vehdenshapuh had selected and left there, beseeching him, and 05Parp3    57:11 | and left there, beseeching him, and saying that he was fundamental 05Parp3    57:11 | saying that he was fundamental and necessary (for carrying out) his 05Parp3    57:12 | Then toss the bones here and there, on the top of 05Parp3    57:12 | informed by someone, will come and find their bones, and take 05Parp3    57:12 | come and find their bones, and take and distribute them to 05Parp3    57:12 | find their bones, and take and distribute them to all the 05Parp3    57:13 | with the command of Denshapuh and the anderjapet, Movan and the 05Parp3    57:13 | Denshapuh and the anderjapet, Movan and the maypet, Jnikan, the guards 05Parp3    57:14 | at that place. Great explosions and frightful noises were heard from 05Parp3    57:14 | A multitude of clouds massed and covered the land. Sounds of 05Parp3    57:14 | the land. Sounds of thunder and lightning made the mountains tremble 05Parp3    57:15 | rainbow, descended from the sky and enveloped the bodies of the 05Parp3    57:16 | Thus, with their legs bent and their speech impeded, all of 05Parp3    57:18 | reduced, the earth stopped shaking and the flashes of lightning ceased 05Parp3    57:20 | Xuzhik arose, as he wanted, and looking behind him, hobbling along 05Parp3    57:20 | be strengthened to stand up and depart after him 05Parp3    57:21 | their senses by the danger, and hurried after him. Out of 05Parp3    57:21 | did not dare to turn and look back at the place 05Parp3    57:21 | place. They hastened after Vehdenshapuh and his associates 05Parp3    57:22 | venerable Xuzhik separated from them and went off by another road 05Parp3    57:23 | them during the one day and two nights. When Denshapuh and 05Parp3    57:23 | and two nights. When Denshapuh and those with him saw the 05Parp3    57:23 | the color of their faces and heard about the frightful events 05Parp3    57:23 | by one, they were horrified and stupified for many hours 05Parp3    57:25 | though plunged into senselessness. Denshapuh and Jnikan said to each other 05Parp3    57:25 | the power of their faith and belief is great, while we 05Parp3    57:25 | by ignorance, will be lost and do not realize it 05Parp3    57:26 | princes’ responses to the guards and realized that no one was 05Parp3    57:26 | they took along pack animals and a square trunk for each 05Parp3    57:26 | for each of the saints, and they silently went at night 05Parp3    57:28 | flew down from the sky and perched on the body of 05Parp3    57:28 | more illuminated than in daytime, and the body of each saint 05Parp3    57:29 | they worshipped the lord God, and then, setting to work, they 05Parp3    57:31 | of salvation for their souls and bodies 05Parp3    57:32 | spiritual life of the families and the district 05Parp3    57:33 | that God-given great treasure and presented it to the captive 05Parp3    57:33 | this find of their salvation, and thereupon realized that God had 05Parp3    57:33 | that God had visited them, and that at some time they 05Parp3    57:33 | from God on that night. And the words of the saint 05Parp3    57:34 | the Omniscent has recorded it and is keeping it for the 05Parp3    57:34 | day of the great visit, and will generously reward him in 05Parp3    57:35 | of the very great care and aid which the Almighty had 05Parp3    57:35 | the king’s plan to him and had accompanied and encouraged him 05Parp3    57:35 | to him and had accompanied and encouraged him with hope 05Parp3    57:36 | He exalted me and made me trusted by the 05Parp3    57:36 | point that he beseeched me and forcibly took me (because of 05Parp3    57:36 | not think I would see, and of hearing (the saints’ speeches 05Parp3    57:36 | the question of the tyrants and the answers of the saints 05Parp3    57:36 | one by one, their prayers, and I saw the death of 05Parp3    57:36 | death of each of them, and heard them. And now, behold 05Parp3    57:36 | of them, and heard them. And now, behold, he has made 05Parp3    57:36 | made me worthy of finding and bringing to you this great 05Parp3    57:37 | asunder the king’s mindless plan and raised aloft the name of 05Parp3    57:38 | With such words of glory and joy the venerable merchant tirelessly 05Parp3    57:39 | Armenian naxarars in their comings and goings, as they sat at 05Parp3    57:39 | when they arose, at celebrations and at the beginnings of the 05Parp3    57:39 | faltering thoughts of the listeners and confirming them in the faith 05Parp3    57:40 | For him, every day, morning and night, the doctrine of the 05Parp3    57:40 | the doctrine of the saints and especially the words and spiritual 05Parp3    57:40 | saints and especially the words and spiritual advice of the blessed 05Parp3    57:40 | served as (Arshawir’s) spiritual food and sweet meditation and he tirelessly 05Parp3    57:40 | spiritual food and sweet meditation and he tirelessly repeated them together 05Parp3    57:41 | times from the marvellous Kamsarakan, and wrote it down with enthusiastic 05Parp3    57:41 | not careless to lazily delay and forget things 05Parp3    58:0 | entire mass of the nobility and the troops who were with 05Parp3    58:0 | who were in the fortress) and others who were with them 05Parp3    58:0 | them to serve their needs and to let them go wherever 05Parp3    58:1 | When the venerable priests Xoren and Abraham heard this, they immediately 05Parp3    58:1 | they immediately went to Hyrcania and publicly fell before the ambarapet 05Parp3    58:2 | You took our spiritual lords and vardapets from Niwshapuh and departed 05Parp3    58:2 | lords and vardapets from Niwshapuh and departed. We wanted to accompany 05Parp3    58:2 | do us a good turn and say so, so that we 05Parp3    58:2 | can go there with them and not return. We are prepared 05Parp3    58:2 | We are prepared to go and die there only to see 05Parp3    58:2 | there only to see them, and we hope we will be 05Parp3    58:2 | such a death as honorable and exalted above all the glories 05Parp3    58:2 | exalted above all the glories and greatness of the world 05Parp3    58:3 | heard these words from them and he and all the multitude 05Parp3    58:3 | words from them and he and all the multitude of the 05Parp3    58:4 | king Yazkert all the words and requests of the venerable priests 05Parp3    58:5 | reveals damage they have done, and there is no accuser, then 05Parp3    58:5 | let them worship the sun and agree to honor the fire 05Parp3    58:5 | very great honors from us and be sent back to their 05Parp3    58:5 | then they will be crippled and go to Asorestan to do 05Parp3    58:5 | along with the royal mshaks, and remain in service until the 05Parp3    58:6 | to the venerable presbyters Xoren and Abraham who, upon hearing it 05Parp3    58:7 | for crippling, but for flaying and death, for the name of 05Parp3    58:8 | And as for what you said 05Parp3    58:8 | the sun, we are saddened and disturbed by your crazed madness 05Parp3    58:8 | disturbed by your crazed madness, and beseech God that he rouses 05Parp3    58:8 | we should abandon the Creator and worship the created 05Parp3    58:10 | to remain there in service and to perform royal mshakut’iwn 05Parp3    58:11 | went before them with joy and honored them as though they 05Parp3    58:11 | each person brought what equippage and goods he had and laid 05Parp3    58:11 | equippage and goods he had and laid them at the feet 05Parp3    58:11 | the venerable ones to take and be used for the spiritual 05Parp3    58:11 | of the salvation of each and his family 05Parp3    58:12 | portion of the believers’ gifts and sent them to the captive 05Parp3    58:12 | Apar. Each individual, with delight and great enthusiasm, beseeched the venerable 05Parp3    58:13 | southern parts of Asorestan, took and offered them to the captive 05Parp3    58:15 | the court pledging their homes and goods in exchange for (Abraham’s 05Parp3    58:15 | the time of his death and courageously fulfilling what had been 05Parp3    58:15 | the venerable man was released and went to Armenia 05Parp3    58:17 | the people of the land, and died in good old age 05Parp3    59:1 | incalculable amount on each person and especially on the impious hazarapet 05Parp3    59:1 | Mihrnerseh) beseeched the court nobility, and convinced them after great effort 05Parp3    59:1 | of people condemned to death and had taken to court to 05Parp3    59:2 | Ashusha) was a very dear and deserving man 05Parp3    59:3 | When Ashusha saw this and received the great gift from 05Parp3    59:3 | he went into the palace and, in front of everyone fell 05Parp3    59:3 | the ground, turning this way and that, and then hitting his 05Parp3    59:3 | turning this way and that, and then hitting his head against 05Parp3    59:4 | adore (him). When the king and everyone in the palace observed 05Parp3    59:6 | When the king and the entire multitude of the 05Parp3    59:6 | they praised the man greatly and were astounded 05Parp4    60:0 | the remainder of his life and died in P’arhssum 05Parp4    60:1 | him, his two sons (Hormizd [III] and Peroz) reigned, but they were 05Parp4    60:1 | one killed the older one, and ruled himself. His name was 05Parp4    60:2 | he was especially fond of, and commanded that the Armenian naxarars 05Parp4    60:2 | naxarars be freed from bondage and that stipends be allocated for 05Parp4    60:2 | remain there with the cavalry and do whatever work Yazatvshnasp’s father 05Parp4    60:2 | work Yazatvshnasp’s father, Ashtat, says and can observe them doing 05Parp4    60:3 | Yazatvshnasp arrived and gave them good news, saying 05Parp4    60:3 | has forgiven your death-penalty, and has ordered you freed from 05Parp4    60:3 | stipends for you at Hrew, and for your women, in your 05Parp4    60:3 | the court, to listen to and obey everything that my father 05Parp4    60:4 | Who cared about their souls and was their benefactor, and from 05Parp4    60:4 | souls and was their benefactor, and from Whom they with patience 05Parp4    60:5 | Yazatvshnasp saw the Armenian naxarars and gradually became familiar with them 05Parp4    60:5 | if a God-given blessing, and ( especially) liked Arshawir Kamsarakan, the 05Parp4    60:5 | the way Johnathan liked David, and was always interceding favorably for 05Parp4    60:6 | naxarars were taken to Hrew and a stipend was allocated for 05Parp4    60:7 | clearly showing him their bravery and ( also showing this) to all 05Parp4    60:7 | all the citizens of Hrew and of the district. Furthermore, thanks 05Parp4    60:7 | earned the reputation of brave and miraculous men from the military 05Parp4    60:7 | men from the military commander and from the entire district 05Parp4    60:8 | greatly liked the captive Armenians and frequently wrote to the grandees 05Parp4    60:8 | to the grandees at court and to their friends in the 05Parp4    60:8 | about their bravery, good behavior and ability 05Parp4    61:0 | physical weakening of the captives, and even were bold enough to 05Parp4    61:0 | in their own eyes, complacently and with conceit sought for the 05Parp4    61:1 | of a portion of eternity, and seeing the great duration of 05Parp4    61:1 | a long time, bearing imprisonment and enmity, accepting dishonor rather than 05Parp4    61:1 | than glory, suffering from hunger and thirst, loathing the goods of 05Parp4    61:1 | condition of poverty, dishonoring ease and loving austerity), and the innumerable 05Parp4    61:1 | dishonoring ease and loving austerity), and the innumerable other types of 05Parp4    61:2 | integrity of the blessed prophets and the holy Apostles, we who 05Parp4    61:3 | There is but one truth and holiness, as was note: “I 05Parp4    61:5 | up a school for themselves and studied the testaments of the 05Parp4    61:5 | performed the stipulated gubgha canons and selected readings, ceaselessly doing this 05Parp4    61:5 | readings, ceaselessly doing this morning and evening in the corps, as 05Parp4    61:5 | though at home, sometimes openly and sometimes covertly. Bearing arms, they 05Parp4    61:5 | were prayers in their hearts, and with the aid of the 05Parp4    61:5 | from each battle uninjured, victorious, and with renown 05Parp4    61:6 | they were by nature dull and were unable to learn, nonetheless 05Parp4    61:6 | folks, too) were enthusiastic, willing and not complacent about lengthy praying 05Parp4    61:6 | not complacent about lengthy praying and standing sleepless (during vigils). One 05Parp4    61:6 | them, these sons of light and children of the Kingdom 05Parp4    61:7 | husbands were the martyred champions, and of the other women whose 05Parp4    61:8 | became strengthened more than men’s, and they became conquerors. These tender 05Parp4    61:8 | were the daughters of naxarars and the wives of awags, instead 05Parp4    61:8 | they now wore coarse wool; and instead of sleeping on diverse 05Parp4    61:8 | sleeping, now resembled celestial beings, and were sleepless 05Parp4    61:9 | their heads with the comb. And ( those traits) which are impossible 05Parp4    61:9 | to overcome—talking too much and letting their eyes dart about 05Parp4    61:9 | about behind the veil [...] frequently and they made their tongues reduce 05Parp4    61:10 | merciful God, seeing the entreaties and labors of both men and 05Parp4    61:10 | and labors of both men and women, recalled the heroism of 05Parp4    61:10 | the heroism of saint Vardan and all who were united with 05Parp4    61:10 | God who had been martyred, and generously bestowed upon the captives 05Parp4    61:11 | sixth year of Peroz’ reign [A.D. 464/65], and having lived the life stipulated 05Parp4    61:11 | by the Lord, they died and were buried in the tombs 05Parp4    62:1 | the knowledge of) rhetorical speaking, and copious doctrine 05Parp4    62:2 | they faced, nonetheless carefully taught and counseled the young sons of 05Parp4    62:2 | of concern for the beneficial and magnificent training of the lads 05Parp4    62:4 | who was a woman renowned and intellectually better than all the 05Parp4    62:4 | land of Armenia. She nourished and counseled her sons in the 05Parp4    62:4 | Iberian bdeshx Ashusha had requested and received from the king of 05Parp4    62:4 | mentioned above. He took them and gave them to their mother 05Parp4    62:5 | The lads who were nourished and schooled there became proficient in 05Parp4    62:5 | there became proficient in everything and renowned. While still in their 05Parp4    62:5 | their childhood they seemed capable and marvellous. The first was named 05Parp4    62:5 | named Vahan, the second, Vasak, and the third, Artashes 05Parp4    62:6 | who was still a boy and was staying with his dayeaks 05Parp4    63:0 | those senseless, harmful, useless, bad and cowardly men who at the 05Parp4    63:0 | the Iranians, unworthily through apostasy and not ruling with piety as 05Parp4    63:1 | jokingly purchased (images of) gods and outraged both the gods and 05Parp4    63:1 | and outraged both the gods and their stupid merchants. (Such people 05Parp4    63:1 | were) less than real men and were from the line of 05Parp4    63:2 | Armenia, wisdom lost, bravery dead and gone, and Christianity concealed. If 05Parp4    63:2 | lost, bravery dead and gone, and Christianity concealed. If before, in 05Parp4    63:2 | other, their military commanders renowned and victorious, now they were the 05Parp4    63:2 | now they were the ridicule and joke of all. Even king 05Parp4    63:2 | to now) the least useful and the worst brigade has been 05Parp4    63:3 | That information merited tears and laments 05Parp4    63:4 | the aid of heavenly providence, and with the intercession of the 05Parp4    63:5 | renowned in (giving) counsel, intelligent and learned. In archery, they hit 05Parp4    63:5 | archery, they hit their target and in good form; at the 05Parp4    63:5 | the hunt, they moved nimbly and were the first to slaughter 05Parp4    63:5 | dexterity in both hands, correct and graceful in everything. Those who 05Parp4    63:5 | hunts, or some other honorable and expensive article, from each land 05Parp4    63:6 | were embellished by them. Strangers and family adorned all the houses 05Parp4    63:7 | Vardan. They strived to counsel and train in accordance with their 05Parp4    63:7 | in accordance with their wisdom and art 05Parp4    63:8 | to accomplishing such good things, and enthusiastically encouraged it 05Parp4    63:9 | was an intelligent man, benevolent, and of sound judgement. Whatever job 05Parp4    63:9 | undertook, the Lord aided him and strengthened his hand. Even the 05Parp4    63:9 | came from the court liked and honored him (because of God’s 05Parp4    63:10 | thoroughly acquainted with (Vahan), revered and praised him in front of 05Parp4    63:10 | front of all of them, and regarded him as deserving of 05Parp4    63:11 | in accordance with his wisdom and bravery, nonetheless, recalling the affairs 05Parp4    63:11 | bravery, nonetheless, recalling the affairs and deeds of (Vahan’s) fathers and 05Parp4    63:11 | and deeds of (Vahan’s) fathers and ancestors, and how they had 05Parp4    63:11 | of (Vahan’s) fathers and ancestors, and how they had frequently troubled 05Parp4    63:11 | frequently troubled them with resistance and battle, he delayed and said 05Parp4    63:11 | resistance and battle, he delayed and said nothing about giving them 05Parp4    63:13 | or the wonderful Arhnak Amatuni, and others like them (who had 05Parp4    63:13 | the soul-killing, fanatical king and from the impious princes of 05Parp4    63:13 | impious princes of the time and had concealed themselves in the 05Parp4    63:14 | by lust for glory, apostasize and be lost 05Parp4    63:15 | of the furnace of Babylon, and there was no one to 05Parp4    63:16 | error of the ash-lovers, and who silently sought for ways 05Parp4    63:17 | twice, yet although he agreed and wanted to help, he delayed 05Parp4    63:17 | wanted to help, he delayed and the plans were dashed 05Parp4    64:0 | was unable to restrain himself and began openly to instigate rancor 05Parp4    64:0 | the impious apostates, while loving and honoring the side of the 05Parp4    64:1 | He especially held in contempt and scorned Gadishoy Maxaz, who was 05Parp4    64:1 | entire class of the impious, and the one who encouraged them 05Parp4    64:2 | a myriad of inimical words, and complained about him to Peroz 05Parp4    64:2 | accept your faith, like it, and want to implement the command 05Parp4    64:2 | He deceives some with gifts, and others, with sweet words, and 05Parp4    64:2 | and others, with sweet words, and turns them away from these 05Parp4    64:3 | people have come to me and consented to hold your faith 05Parp4    64:3 | then calls them to himself, and, with pretexts, gets them to 05Parp4    64:3 | them to abandon (that faith) and to ridicule it. Furthermore, he 05Parp4    64:3 | ridicule it. Furthermore, he hates and reviles those of us who 05Parp4    64:3 | love you, worship the sun and the fire, and serve your 05Parp4    64:3 | the sun and the fire, and serve your wishes 05Parp4    64:4 | himself communicates with the emperor and subordinates himself to him and 05Parp4    64:4 | and subordinates himself to him and to the grandees at his 05Parp4    64:5 | And he said many other things 05Parp4    64:6 | Gadishoy Maxaz, he became enraged and commanded that the blessed kat’oghikos 05Parp4    64:6 | of Armenia come to court and respond to the accuser’s charges 05Parp4    64:7 | venerable kat’oghikos of Armenia, willingly and enthusiastically went to court and 05Parp4    64:7 | and enthusiastically went to court and appeared before the court awags 05Parp4    64:8 | High dignified this blessed man, and everyone viewed his face as 05Parp4    64:9 | the bishop of Ctesiphon, Khuzistan, and Ray, and all the priests 05Parp4    64:9 | of Ctesiphon, Khuzistan, and Ray, and all the priests and deacons 05Parp4    64:9 | Ray, and all the priests and deacons in those parts, trembled 05Parp4    64:11 | are things which are true, and others which are not the 05Parp4    64:12 | For liking Christianity and whoever is a Christian is 05Parp4    64:12 | done from my childhood on. And I loathe everyone who strays 05Parp4    64:12 | would stray from the truth and travel an incorrect path (not 05Parp4    64:12 | path (not to do so) and have tried to convince them 05Parp4    64:13 | told you, regarding his comings and goings to Byzantium the affair 05Parp4    64:13 | received our schooling in knowledge and understanding of wisdom in the 05Parp4    64:13 | in the land of Byzantium and I have many acquaintances and 05Parp4    64:13 | and I have many acquaintances and classmates there. Furthermore, the cloth 05Parp4    64:14 | And as regards the homage of 05Parp4    64:14 | commands us to requite proper and worthy lords 05Parp4    64:15 | holy man’s words were accurate and sensible, and that whatever Maxaz 05Parp4    64:15 | words were accurate and sensible, and that whatever Maxaz had said 05Parp4    64:15 | about him had been false and the result of a grudge 05Parp4    64:16 | abided Maxaz’ words in silence and did not ask anything troublesome 05Parp4    64:18 | I wish, adopt my faith and worship the sun, that position 05Parp4    64:18 | in perpetuity to that effect and will dispatch you to Armenia 05Parp4    64:19 | remove you from the episcopacy and from your position. And you 05Parp4    64:19 | episcopacy and from your position. And you will return to your 05Parp4    64:19 | will return to your tun and your land in disgrace and 05Parp4    64:19 | and your land in disgrace and dishonor 05Parp4    64:20 | king’s presence. For you cannot and dare not courageously relate to 05Parp4    64:22 | king that I am pleased and willing regarding what he said 05Parp4    64:22 | the world in my soul and in privations, I (will) occupy 05Parp4    64:24 | promise to give me honors and presents) (I am aware that 05Parp4    64:24 | as you. Regarding the useless and loathesome faith that you hold 05Parp4    64:24 | eyes you, principally, the king, and all the people who hold 05Parp4    64:24 | beings. I regard your honor and glory as insults, the ridicule 05Parp4    64:24 | glory as insults, the ridicule and jokes of children 05Parp4    64:26 | resist the command of God, and yet do not fear! For 05Parp4    64:26 | the king’s command, dishonors God. And you also said that the 05Parp4    64:27 | So go now and say what you heard from 05Parp4    64:28 | went into the king’s presence and spoke to the king as 05Parp4    64:29 | speak out forthrightly, without fear, and to relate everything he had 05Parp4    64:29 | he was transported with rage, and wanted to give a severe 05Parp4    64:30 | stopped himself for a moment and was quiet. Then he began 05Parp4    64:30 | Then he began to speak and note: “No. It is not 05Parp4    64:33 | ’Go and live wherever you like, but 05Parp4    64:34 | But he was unconsolably disturbed and saddened when he heard that 05Parp4    64:34 | longed to be worthy of), and that he would not attain 05Parp4    64:35 | not only by the priests and the Christians, but even more 05Parp4    64:37 | he entrusted them to God, and set off on the road 05Parp4    64:38 | died in deep old age and was peacefully placed in the 05Parp4    65:0 | Maghxaz came from the court and assembled around him the groups 05Parp4    65:0 | in goodness, their dye faded and their blossom withered 05Parp4    65:1 | some pretexts to ruin him and his brothers 05Parp4    65:3 | not wrought very great damage and death. Just as it was 05Parp4    65:4 | constant slanderers, doubted the news, and, looking at the man’s ability 05Parp4    65:4 | looking at the man’s ability and wisdom, they were saddened, out 05Parp4    65:5 | such a storm around him, and realizing that he would never 05Parp4    65:5 | constant slander, went to court, and weakened in the faith. He 05Parp4    65:7 | the assembly before his prince, and he criticized those who did 05Parp4    65:8 | of everything in the affair, and does not allow anyone else 05Parp4    65:9 | was Vriw, undistinguished by azg and untried at things, the son 05Parp4    65:9 | resembled the Syrians in excessive and idle chatter. Vriw, unable to 05Parp4    65:9 | assignment went before king Peroz and blamed Vahan, saying: “In no 05Parp4    65:9 | plans to go the emperor and ( or) to the land of 05Parp4    65:9 | them gold, request a brigade, and rebel 05Parp4    65:10 | he quickly took much gold and went to court 05Parp4    65:11 | Vahan had arrived, was astonished, and note: “Such a speedy arrival 05Parp4    65:14 | terror into many rebellious peoples, and, having subdued them, now holds 05Parp4    65:15 | me who cooks for me, and there are not two or 05Parp4    65:16 | oppression, I felt from you, and wanted to go to some 05Parp4    65:16 | go to some foreign country and disappear, then why would I 05Parp4    65:16 | provide me with an ample and large stipend for the rest 05Parp4    65:16 | to live a long time), and ten others along with me 05Parp4    65:18 | When king Peroz and all the nobility heard such 05Parp4    65:19 | of the Syrian, departed humiliated and reviled 05Parp4    65:20 | land of Armenia with exaltation and great splendor 05Parp4    65:21 | martyred fathers did, on pretexts, and not in truth), and even 05Parp4    65:21 | pretexts, and not in truth), and even more that he had 05Parp4    65:21 | awe for the next world, and be harmed 05Parp4    65:22 | intimate friends with his worry, and was looking for some strategem 05Parp4    65:22 | time for confession of conversion, and teach me to do Your 05Parp4    66:2 | more afflicted by the insults and envy of the least of 05Parp4    66:5 | were fortified by such news, and personally expected benefit and a 05Parp4    66:5 | news, and personally expected benefit and a goodly visit from On 05Parp4    66:5 | would take the Armenian brigade and go to the Gate (of 05Parp4    66:6 | the actualization) of such doubts, and they came to Armenia, to 05Parp4    66:6 | marzpan of Armenia, Atrvshnasp Yozmandean and the hazarapet of Armenia, Vehvehnam 05Parp4    66:6 | Vahan Mamikonean had been saddened and confused for a long while 05Parp4    66:6 | quite appropriate both for him and for us. For him, it 05Parp4    66:6 | us from the constant suspicions and continual assaults of oppressive envy 05Parp4    66:7 | may look upon our difficulties and aid us, and we, together 05Parp4    66:7 | our difficulties and aid us, and we, together with the Iberians 05Parp4    66:8 | Armenian naxarars were thinking this, and others listened to the plan 05Parp4    66:8 | the idea all united, willingly and enthusiastically 05Parp4    66:9 | happen if I should suddenly and unexpectedly die and leave this 05Parp4    66:9 | should suddenly and unexpectedly die and leave this world bearing such 05Parp4    66:10 | Then I wish— and it would have been preferable 05Parp4    66:11 | But I am unable and dare not unite with the 05Parp4    66:11 | plan you have thought up, and tell you that your thinking 05Parp4    66:11 | that your thinking is good, and to proceed. For I know 05Parp4    66:11 | I know well the force and severity of the Aryans, and 05Parp4    66:11 | and severity of the Aryans, and the weakness and duplicity of 05Parp4    66:11 | the Aryans, and the weakness and duplicity of the Byzantines, and 05Parp4    66:11 | and duplicity of the Byzantines, and I also know you through 05Parp4    66:11 | also know you through experience, ( and) how you swore oaths to 05Parp4    66:11 | swore oaths to our fathers and then broke them 05Parp4    66:12 | the king of Iberia (Georgia) and the Huns, the Iberians are 05Parp4    66:12 | are an especially frivolous people and possess few cavalrymen; while who 05Parp4    66:13 | you, because you are false and unreliable people 05Parp4    66:14 | If you ask me, and accept what I advise, then 05Parp4    66:14 | abandon what you are saying, and beseech God alone (Who can 05Parp4    66:14 | me out with your vain and useless plans 05Parp4    66:15 | your wisdom, is fully correct and true. But we are placing 05Parp4    66:15 | the intercession of saint Gregory and through the death of (our 05Parp4    66:15 | to see daily the insults and demolition of the Church and 05Parp4    66:15 | and demolition of the Church and Christianity 05Parp4    66:16 | When Vahan Mamikonean and his brave brother, Vasak, heard 05Parp4    66:16 | death, they were so encouraged and strengthened and filled with the 05Parp4    66:16 | were so encouraged and strengthened and filled with the grace of 05Parp4    66:17 | they will tie him up and cause him grief. But I 05Parp4    66:18 | the Omniscient see my reconversion and realize that my turn has 05Parp4    66:18 | give me a good sign and return my beloved brother Vard 05Parp4    66:18 | him with my own eyes and rejoice. And then let Him 05Parp4    66:18 | my own eyes and rejoice. And then let Him work His 05Parp4    66:19 | of them rose together, Christians and apostates, and after praying they 05Parp4    66:19 | rose together, Christians and apostates, and after praying they requested a 05Parp4    66:20 | the prominent village called Bjni, and had been with them in 05Parp4    66:20 | the army, an eloquent speaker and one able to keep a 05Parp4    66:20 | which the Savior of all and lord Jesus Christ taught and 05Parp4    66:20 | and lord Jesus Christ taught and wrote in this (Gospel), and 05Parp4    66:20 | and wrote in this (Gospel), and whoever confesses the Son of 05Parp4    66:20 | take him before His Father and have him inherit heavenly goodness 05Parp4    66:21 | And whoever erroneously apostasizes this faith 05Parp4    66:21 | whoever erroneously apostasizes this faith and treacherously breaks his oath (made 05Parp4    66:21 | oath (made) on the Gospel, and whoever denies the Son of 05Parp4    66:21 | darkness where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth 05Parp4    66:22 | they bade each other farewell, and each went to his lodging 05Parp4    67:0 | the host of blessed Apostles) and that very night went and 05Parp4    67:0 | and that very night went and told the marzpan and everyone 05Parp4    67:0 | went and told the marzpan and everyone else about the plan 05Parp4    67:0 | the oath on the Gospel, and the words of all the 05Parp4    67:1 | marzpan, Atrvshnasp, the other Iranians, and the company of Armenian apostates 05Parp4    67:1 | Armenian apostates, they were dismayed and terrified, and did not sleep 05Parp4    67:1 | they were dismayed and terrified, and did not sleep the remainder 05Parp4    67:2 | place where they had been and went and encamped close to 05Parp4    67:2 | they had been and went and encamped close to the wall 05Parp4    67:2 | day, advisors of the deception and the marzpan with doubts accurately 05Parp4    67:2 | about the disaster from others, and that (the rebellion) was to 05Parp4    67:3 | night the marzpan, the hazarapet, and others allied with them each 05Parp4    67:3 | them each mounted their horses and fled 05Parp4    67:4 | fugitives. But because the marzpan and the hazarapet were travelling with 05Parp4    67:4 | roads but by different ones, and so managed to escape to 05Parp4    67:5 | the Iranians on the road, and they arrested Gadisoy Maxaz, whom 05Parp4    67:5 | arrived at Duin, they went and besieged the fortress of Artashat 05Parp4    67:6 | But the marzpan and the hazarapet left the fortress 05Parp4    67:6 | the fortress secretly at night and fled to the Atrpatakan region 05Parp4    67:7 | the holy vow. He went and laid waste the shahastan of 05Parp4    67:7 | the goods of the shahastan and fortified himself in the fortress 05Parp4    67:8 | of Iberia (Georgia) is rebelling and wants to bring out the 05Parp4    67:8 | them now, you will easily and lightly accomplish a very great 05Parp4    67:8 | accomplish a very great deed, and having received a good name 05Parp4    67:8 | a good name, both you and we shall receive from the 05Parp4    67:8 | the king of kings honors and many gifts 05Parp4    67:9 | they themselves might become stronger and ( or) receive help from elsewhere 05Parp4    67:9 | Perhaps we will be exhausted and regret it 05Parp4    67:10 | This statement pleased the marzpan and all of the people with 05Parp4    67:10 | Taking a brigade from Atrpatakan, and from the marzpan of Koprik’ 05Parp4    67:10 | from the marzpan of Koprik’, and the Katshac’ brigade which was 05Parp4    68:0 | At that time the Armenians and Vahan, the general of Armenia 05Parp4    68:0 | the lordship of the Mamikoneans and the sparapetut’iwn of Armenia, first 05Parp4    68:0 | from orders from On High, and secondly from the Armenian people 05Parp4    68:1 | troops were still very disorganized and unprepared, they thought for a 05Parp4    68:4 | to quickly go against them and to look to the Savior 05Parp4    68:5 | sparapet of Armenia, Vahan Mamikonean, and some of the other naxarars 05Parp4    68:5 | those who went out first, and to frighten and break the 05Parp4    68:5 | out first, and to frighten and break the hearts of the 05Parp4    68:6 | of sparapet Vahan, Garjoyl Maghxaz, and the two sons of the 05Parp4    68:6 | Kamsarakan: Nerseh, lord of Shirak, and his brother Hrahat, two men 05Parp4    68:6 | Atom, prince of the Gnunik’, and his brother Arhastom, and a 05Parp4    68:6 | Gnunik’, and his brother Arhastom, and a brigade with them numbering 05Parp4    68:7 | the lord God, the creator and strengthener of all. They requested 05Parp4    68:7 | Gregory, all the holy saints and the modern Christ-loving champions 05Parp4    68:8 | mankind, considered their worthy request and sent them the aid they 05Parp4    68:8 | the aid they asked for, and He accompanied them in peace 05Parp4    68:9 | Worshipping there were the naxarars and all the military troops with 05Parp4    68:9 | Yohan (who possessed) angelic faith and who provided them with his 05Parp4    68:9 | them with his soul’s true and just blessing, as food, and 05Parp4    68:9 | and just blessing, as food, and who accompanied them to the 05Parp4    68:10 | Mamikonean, the general of Armenia, and to their other comrades who 05Parp4    68:11 | They planned and note: “Who knows, maybe we 05Parp4    68:11 | Iranian brigades want to cross, and wait in some unexposed place 05Parp4    68:11 | we can fall on them and perhaps do some damage. Similarly 05Parp4    68:11 | on the rest of them and easily defeat them 05Parp4    68:12 | had all crossed the river, and that there were [7,000] troops 05Parp4    68:14 | arrived at the same village and heard that Vasak Mamikonean was 05Parp4    68:15 | the Mamikoneans, learned that Atrvshnasp and the Iranians were there, he 05Parp4    68:16 | men) to leave the shen and to go through unknown places 05Parp4    68:16 | to go through unknown places and streets in groups of two 05Parp4    68:16 | of Varazkert where the naxarars and the Armenian cavalrymen were, and 05Parp4    68:16 | and the Armenian cavalrymen were, and to inform them 05Parp4    68:17 | means of messengers, spoke deceptive and nonsensical words to Atrvshnasp, saying 05Parp4    68:17 | with you, which, when you and those with you hear it 05Parp4    68:17 | regard such news as pleasant and beneficial both for the lord 05Parp4    68:17 | the lord of the Aryans and for the land of Armenia 05Parp4    68:19 | his cavalrymen had escaped unharmed, and that there was no doubt 05Parp4    68:19 | state the message, hear it, and decide what is fitting and 05Parp4    68:19 | and decide what is fitting and necessary to do about it 05Parp4    68:20 | Having released the messengers, and having himself mounted his horse 05Parp4    68:20 | I came to observe you, and to see your qualities. But 05Parp4    68:20 | qualities. But you are bad and useless men. You have come 05Parp4    68:20 | You will meet with evil and be lost 05Parp4    68:21 | this fashion, he departed fearlessly and without concern 05Parp4    68:23 | Armenian troops consulted among themselves and decided that they had to 05Parp4    68:23 | God’s aid we are strengthened and beat them, it is fine 05Parp4    68:23 | beat them, it is fine and good. But should something untoward 05Parp4    68:23 | mountains will be our protection and aid us 05Parp4    68:24 | Then they went and encamped in the village named 05Parp4    69:1 | At that time Babgen Siwnik’ and the brave sepuh of the 05Parp4    69:1 | Atom, prince of the Gnunik’, and his brother, Arhastom, (were designated 05Parp4    69:1 | the two parts the brave and select prince of Shirak, Nerseh 05Parp4    69:1 | prince of Shirak, Nerseh Kamsarakan, and his brother, Hrahat, stood ready 05Parp4    69:2 | of whichever side was weakening, and to provide force to all 05Parp4    69:2 | these men were good, just, and oath-keeping people 05Parp4    69:3 | so arranged, they glorified God and cried out together, saying: “Help 05Parp4    69:4 | They then came forth and massed on a visible promontory 05Parp4    69:4 | the mountain between the summit and the middle 05Parp4    69:5 | the Armenians) had gone crazy and had willingly come forth asking 05Parp4    69:6 | ill-horsed Iranians fell back, and the well-horsed advanced to 05Parp4    69:7 | had sworn) on the Gospel, and joined the Iranian brigade. There 05Parp4    69:8 | themselves against the Iranian troops and advancing, they caused the most 05Parp4    69:8 | to the ground dead, then and there. Another multitude of the 05Parp4    69:8 | the Iranian brigade was scattered and dispersed in the valleys and 05Parp4    69:8 | and dispersed in the valleys and rocky places 05Parp4    69:9 | Atrvshnasp, other Armenian apostate awags and naxarars, and many other Iranians 05Parp4    69:9 | Armenian apostate awags and naxarars, and many other Iranians were killed 05Parp4    69:9 | Vasak, sepuh of the Mamikoneans, and Babgen Siwnik’. Many brave men 05Parp4    69:9 | men were killed by Atom and Arhastom’s group, though through the 05Parp4    69:10 | an even more wicked hour, and to barely escape from Atom 05Parp4    69:10 | to barely escape from Atom and Arhastom 05Parp4    69:12 | brigade which was with him, and, changing direction through the depths 05Parp4    69:13 | strengthening, vanquish them through duplicity, and inherit a great name 05Parp4    69:14 | being killed by the Katsac’, and went to the Kamsarakans to 05Parp4    69:14 | were angry at the man and wanted to kill him, saying 05Parp4    69:14 | That brigade belongs to us, and you deceitfully would cause great 05Parp4    69:16 | Katsac’ military commander, a mighty and martial man, struck him with 05Parp4    69:16 | struck him with his spear and killed him there. Then herding 05Parp4    69:17 | for the believers in Christ, and of shame and destruction for 05Parp4    69:17 | in Christ, and of shame and destruction for all who had 05Parp4    69:17 | of the prophet was fulfilled and confirmed, that “Whomever God aids 05Parp4    69:17 | aids can expel a thousand, and move two myriads 05Parp4    69:18 | wishes. Though I proved incapable and was conquered, let me, at 05Parp4    69:18 | not know about the disasters and loss I have suffered 05Parp4    69:19 | Vasak from the Saharhunik’ tohm— and quickly sent them the next 05Parp4    69:19 | of the blessed patriarch Yohann, and the two senior princes of 05Parp4    69:19 | of Armenia, the marzpan Sahak and Vahan Mamikonean 05Parp4    69:20 | strong, defeated the Armenian brigade and put them to flight. The 05Parp4    69:20 | flight. The soldiers who fell and died by the enemy’s sword 05Parp4    69:21 | the Gnunik’ men Atom and Arhastom, and indeed all the 05Parp4    69:21 | Gnunik’ men Atom and Arhastom, and indeed all the Armenian troops 05Parp4    69:22 | the holy Cross has triumphed, and always will triumph 05Parp4    69:23 | He gave his account and related the miracles of God 05Parp4    69:23 | well as the wicked destruction and shame which the phalanx of 05Parp4    69:24 | the patriarch of Armenia, Yohan, and the senior princes, the marzpan 05Parp4    69:24 | senior princes, the marzpan, Sahak, and the sparapet of Armenia, Vahan 05Parp4    69:24 | all the naxarars of Armenia and the rhamiks went together to 05Parp4    69:24 | God (Whose strength is mighty) and they thanked Him, worshipping the 05Parp4    69:24 | worshipping the sole true God and the irresistible order of His 05Parp4    69:25 | ninth psalm: “The Lord heard and pitied me, and the Lord 05Parp4    69:25 | Lord heard and pitied me, and the Lord aided me 05Parp4    69:26 | took my sackcloth from me and girded me with gladness 05Parp4    69:27 | say, You are my glory, and I shall regret no more 05Parp4    69:28 | the wants of the poor, and after that they themselves rejoiced 05Parp4    69:29 | the troops came from battle and again related the victory of 05Parp4    69:29 | enemy a status of dissolution and disgrace. Glorifying Christ, they kissed 05Parp4    69:29 | with a greeting of joy, and entered the winter season in 05Parp4    69:29 | winter season in untroubled peace and rest. They were concerned about 05Parp4    70:1 | from somewhere, he assembled [300] Huns and sent them to Armenia. Barely 05Parp4    70:2 | And the land of Armenia remained 05Parp4    70:2 | the Armenians) took refuge in and depended upon; but there were 05Parp4    70:3 | a message) to the prominent and noteworthy azg of Arcrunik’, to 05Parp4    70:3 | of the district of Anjewac’ik’ and Mokk’, and to the azatorear 05Parp4    70:3 | district of Anjewac’ik’ and Mokk’, and to the azatorear of Reshtunik’ 05Parp4    70:3 | of you knows the belief and preaching of our correct and 05Parp4    70:3 | and preaching of our correct and true faith quite well, and 05Parp4    70:3 | and true faith quite well, and need not learn it from 05Parp4    70:3 | like a furnace has ignited and scorched the souls of all 05Parp4    70:4 | it in the heavenly grainaries, and throws the stalks into the 05Parp4    70:5 | give himself to God’s service and live. Whoever draws back, as 05Parp4    70:5 | eternal, unpassable Gehenna, will burn, and not be extinguished 05Parp4    70:7 | from Gehenna, but whoever slips and strays from the direct road 05Parp4    70:8 | concerned about his own salvation and longs to inherit immortal life 05Parp4    70:8 | to inherit immortal life come and seek vengeance on the enemies 05Parp4    70:8 | object of the apostates’ scorn and hostility for years 05Parp4    70:9 | Whoever thinks about physical dread and is desirous of serving the 05Parp4    70:9 | deviation will live in gloom and be unworthy to look at 05Parp4    70:12 | Having assembled and having set out on the 05Parp4    70:12 | prince of Andzewac’ik’, named Sewuk, and the prince of Mokk’, named 05Parp4    70:13 | half of them were armed and the other half were unprepared 05Parp4    70:13 | piercing him with his spear, and assisted by Yohan, the Anjewac’ik’ 05Parp4    70:14 | He is like a cow, and needs only to have a 05Parp4    70:15 | prince of Anjewac’ik’, heard this and replied: “I will bring the 05Parp4    70:16 | he fell from his horse and was wickedly mauled by the 05Parp4    70:16 | the horns of a cow and trampled 05Parp4    70:17 | were sent fleeing dispersed here and there 05Parp4    70:18 | They clearly recognized and glorified the power of God 05Parp4    70:19 | this, Yohan, the Andzewac’ik’ sepuh, and Nerseh Eruanduni and the men 05Parp4    70:19 | Andzewac’ik’ sepuh, and Nerseh Eruanduni and the men with them arrived 05Parp4    70:19 | destination). God had worked signs and powers through them. When the 05Parp4    70:19 | God a feast of joy and acceptable services. For God had 05Parp4    70:19 | had granted them the victory and raised the splendor of the 05Parp4    71:0 | days of winter had passed and the mild days of spring 05Parp4    71:0 | reached the borders of Her and Zarawand district 05Parp4    71:1 | i-Xorhean, Atrvshnaspn-i-Tapean, and Gdihon, lord of Siwnik’. The 05Parp4    71:1 | lord of Siwnik’. The commander and senior (official) of the army 05Parp4    71:2 | faith in the man’s prayers, and hoping that God would grant 05Parp4    71:2 | everything according to his wishes), and assembling the Armenian troops, he 05Parp4    71:3 | took along the naxarars, azats and all the rhamiks who willingly 05Parp4    71:3 | The Armenian troops left Duin, and passing through the lodging places 05Parp4    71:4 | pray the entire night through and to ask the humane Savior 05Parp4    71:4 | to give his servants glory and to shame the class of 05Parp4    71:5 | Mamikonean, the general of Armenia, and the marvellous aspet Sahak, the 05Parp4    71:5 | marvellous aspet Sahak, the marzpan, and all the Armenian troops with 05Parp4    71:5 | hearts, beseeched God for help and so completed the designated hours 05Parp4    71:5 | of Armenia, Yohan, blessed everyone and said in encouragement 05Parp4    71:7 | Grow mighty in the love and power of His arm, and 05Parp4    71:7 | and power of His arm, and you will be able to 05Parp4    71:7 | fiery arrows of satan, visible and invisible 05Parp4    71:8 | numbers appear greater to them, and, resembling briars tossed by a 05Parp4    71:8 | the face of the plains and hills, and totally destroy them 05Parp4    71:8 | of the plains and hills, and totally destroy them 05Parp4    71:9 | you, strengthen you, guide you, and make you victorious. Glory to 05Parp4    71:9 | Glory to Him, His Son, and the holy Spirit for all 05Parp4    71:12 | Vahewuni, Babgen Siwni, Atom Gnuni, and P’apak Paluni, each with his 05Parp4    71:12 | Paluni, each with his cavalry, and others besides. On the left 05Parp4    71:12 | were the oath-loving Kamsarakans and their beloved brothers Vahan, Nerseh 05Parp4    71:12 | their beloved brothers Vahan, Nerseh, and Hrahat. He placed himself to 05Parp4    71:13 | senior men with select cavalry and Vren Vanandac’i, He sent Pap 05Parp4    71:13 | each section that: “Opposite us and approaching, I see the banners 05Parp4    71:13 | earlier—Iranian men, the Katshac’, and the Siwnik’ brigade. Go slowly 05Parp4    71:13 | the Siwnik’ brigade. Go slowly and carefully watch us. Let us 05Parp4    71:13 | get before our other sections and you 05Parp4    71:14 | each wing of (each) section, and they did not have time 05Parp4    71:15 | each other with their spears, and approaching each other’s horses, they 05Parp4    71:15 | each other by the hair and fought 05Parp4    71:16 | Armenian troops were crying out and weakening before the enemy, he 05Parp4    71:16 | Vanandac’i: “Advance against the enemy and do battle 05Parp4    71:18 | of the Cross over himself, and, with the two Kamsarakans, attacked 05Parp4    71:18 | to stand in their way, and moving their section forward, they 05Parp4    71:19 | brave general of Armenia, went and forcefully killed him. Nerseh Kamsarakan 05Parp4    71:19 | of Shirak, killed Atrvshnasp Tapean, and each of the other (Armenians 05Parp4    71:20 | When Barshgh’s brigade and the other Armenians who had 05Parp4    71:20 | Iranian brigade had been shattered, and that (the Iranians) were fleeing 05Parp4    71:20 | general, Vahan, they took heart and were fortified. They turned back 05Parp4    71:20 | were fortified. They turned back and chased after (their) pursuers, killing 05Parp4    71:20 | after (their) pursuers, killing many and pursuing many others whom they 05Parp4    71:21 | the number who had escaped. And the number of those who 05Parp4    71:22 | brigade returned to the camp and to the honorable kat’oghikos of 05Parp4    71:22 | a good name, much glory and booty, and an enormous amount 05Parp4    71:22 | name, much glory and booty, and an enormous amount of goods 05Parp4    71:22 | enormous amount of goods, glorifying and blessing Christ, the granter of 05Parp4    71:22 | heart, giving them many blessings and, gladdened by the spirit of 05Parp4    71:23 | I am extremely happy and unable to express the joys 05Parp4    71:23 | colleague who made you triumph and shamed the opponents of justice 05Parp4    71:23 | shamed the opponents of justice. 23 And may God Who now strengthened 05Parp4    71:23 | strengthened you, always strengthen you, and be with you, and never 05Parp4    71:23 | you, and be with you, and never leave you, to the 05Parp4    72:0 | of the blessed patriarch Yohan and all the Armenian troops) suddenly 05Parp4    72:0 | piece of good news arrived and spread throughout the entire Armenian 05Parp4    72:1 | had safely escaped from bondage and had arrived (in Armenia). When 05Parp4    72:1 | vision they doubted its substance and thought it was not real 05Parp4    72:2 | power, they could only glorify and worship the Omnipotent, at whose 05Parp4    72:2 | the Omnipotent, at whose will and order all difficult and impossible 05Parp4    72:2 | will and order all difficult and impossible things are made easy 05Parp4    72:2 | impossible things are made easy and possible. They recalled how the 05Parp4    72:2 | how the Jordan (river) receded; and how the walls of Jericho 05Parp4    72:3 | the angel merely removed him and set him free to develop 05Parp4    72:4 | together with his servants, money, and equippage, resembling an eagle in 05Parp4    72:4 | of guards surrounded by shields, and ( safely) passed through many lodging 05Parp4    72:5 | that the God-loving men and allies recalled the vow of 05Parp4    72:5 | the day of their unity— and they realized that God had 05Parp4    72:5 | had accepted his reconversion, witness, and faith. He note: “Indeed God 05Parp4    72:5 | recognized the long-standing grief and misery of my heart which 05Parp4    72:5 | I lamented in my error, and He accepted the fruit of 05Parp4    72:5 | was pleased with my plan and oath, and through His mighty 05Parp4    72:5 | with my plan and oath, and through His mighty lordship gave 05Parp4    72:5 | see my brother, Vard, soon and to rejoice 05Parp4    72:6 | of the saints, at festivals and assemblies of unity, in the 05Parp4    72:6 | in the mouths of priests, and generally of all the people 05Parp4    72:6 | of all the people, men and women: “Behold, how good and 05Parp4    72:6 | and women: “Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers 05Parp4    72:7 | severe destruction of the enemy and the elevation of the blessed 05Parp4    72:7 | citing the psalms: “They collapsed and fell; but we rose and 05Parp4    72:7 | and fell; but we rose and stood upright” [Psalm 19, 9], and, “all the 05Parp4    72:7 | we rose and stood upright” [Psalm 19, 9], and, “ all the horns of the 05Parp4    72:8 | And with thanks they gave praise 05Parp4    73:0 | many days had passed, wise and learned people observed a halo 05Parp4    73:0 | brother of Armenia’s general, Vahan, and knew thereby that the blessed 05Parp4    73:0 | brother Vard in the flesh, and then to take (him) joyfully 05Parp4    73:1 | sent (Vasak’s) brother Vard back and showed him to (Vasak) and 05Parp4    73:1 | and showed him to (Vasak) and to everyone, He left (Vard 05Parp4    73:1 | among his remaining living servants, and called His blessed witness, Vasak 05Parp4    73:1 | Vasak to him, crowning him and causing him to dwell in 05Parp4    73:3 | mountains which border on Iberia, and I await you there 05Parp4    73:5 | Then you, we, and the Huns shall destroy them 05Parp4    73:6 | Armenia, all the senior tanuters and sepuhs of Armenia, with all 05Parp4    73:6 | troops of Armenia, quickly arose and went to the king of 05Parp4    73:6 | of Iberia, on the Gospel and Cross. They temporarily encamped in 05Parp4    73:7 | distracted Armenia’s general Vahan Mamikonean and the other senior tanuters of 05Parp4    73:8 | the third, then the fourth, and ( Vaxt’ang) continued with his excuses 05Parp4    73:8 | his excuses. Then the sixth and seventh days came and went 05Parp4    73:8 | sixth and seventh days came and went 05Parp4    73:9 | from the brigade of Iberians and Armenians. They descended to some 05Parp4    73:9 | some parts of the plains and made it appear that the 05Parp4    73:9 | of many fires blazed there and that the tree trunks were 05Parp4    73:10 | in the plains the Armenians and then we will believe everything 05Parp4    73:10 | everything that you have said and vowed to us. Then will 05Parp4    73:10 | leave the Iranians to us and do not worry 05Parp4    73:11 | not descend to the plain, and the Huns’ brigades do not 05Parp4    73:11 | brigades do not believe me and do not move anywhere up 05Parp4    73:11 | anywhere up from the land, and if Mihran returns and ruins 05Parp4    73:11 | land, and if Mihran returns and ruins Iberia (Georgia), then what 05Parp4    73:15 | brigade descended into Iberia (Georgia) and encamped at the aforementioned place 05Parp4    73:15 | not passed when Mihran came and encamped opposite the Armenian camp 05Parp4    73:16 | distant from the Iranian camp and lodged there. But that night 05Parp4    73:16 | of the oath to God and trampling under foot the terrible 05Parp4    73:16 | Armenia’s general. But our plans and thoughts are with you. We 05Parp4    73:17 | recall these words of ours, and have mercy on us, you 05Parp4    73:18 | we will quit the brigade and cause many others to flee 05Parp4    73:19 | a vow with the Iranians, and confirmed these words 05Parp4    73:20 | spoke with Vahan, Armenia’s general, and with the other senior tanuters 05Parp4    73:20 | with the other senior tanuters and sepuhs of Armenia, saying: “It 05Parp4    73:20 | we are sufficient for them, and they will be unable to 05Parp4    73:20 | day, the Huns would come and would take the name of 05Parp4    73:21 | And at this (late) hour he 05Parp4    73:21 | hour he was still delaying and deceiving with duplicitous words 05Parp4    74:0 | was saddened by the false and vain words of the Iberian 05Parp4    74:0 | of the Iberian (Georgian) king, and recognized the weakness of the 05Parp4    74:0 | noticed that they were forlorn and indolent, in no way resembling 05Parp4    74:0 | way resembling their earlier diligence and enthusiasm) nonetheless, Vahan organized them 05Parp4    74:1 | right wing to Barshgh Vahewuni and Saton Gabeghean; the left wing 05Parp4    74:1 | Vaxt’ang, the king of Iberia; and he himself organized the center 05Parp4    74:1 | sons of the venerable Arshawir, and the venerable lord of Gnunik’ 05Parp4    74:1 | placed the venerable aspet Sahak and Babgen Siwni between himself and 05Parp4    74:1 | and Babgen Siwni between himself and Barshgh 05Parp4    74:2 | While the two sides, Iranian and Armenian, were ranged opposite each 05Parp4    74:2 | something radiant. This was clear and evident. One especially saw the 05Parp4    74:3 | general of Armenia, Vahan, looked and was awestruck and realized, then 05Parp4    74:3 | Vahan, looked and was awestruck and realized, then and there, that 05Parp4    74:3 | was awestruck and realized, then and there, that on that day 05Parp4    74:3 | would be taken from him and from this filthy life and 05Parp4    74:3 | and from this filthy life and be translated to the army 05Parp4    74:3 | soldiers had that same appearance and form 05Parp4    74:4 | The Armenians and Iranians attacked each other. Vahan 05Parp4    74:4 | attacked the enemy opposite them and dispersed them causing them to 05Parp4    74:4 | side of the Kur River, and bravely killing many prominent Iranian 05Parp4    74:5 | Iranian brigade with his spear and sent him crashing to the 05Parp4    74:5 | him crashing to the ground. And, unexpectedly, his spear shattered. Brave 05Parp4    74:5 | Brave Vasak Mamikonean looked for and found another spear, and quickly 05Parp4    74:5 | for and found another spear, and quickly and happily turned back 05Parp4    74:5 | found another spear, and quickly and happily turned back 05Parp4    74:6 | also had broken his spear and was searching for another. Valiant 05Parp4    74:6 | Vasak Mamikonean cried out: “Hurry and find a spear, Nerseh, and 05Parp4    74:6 | and find a spear, Nerseh, and come back quickly. For we 05Parp4    74:6 | the opportunity for a renowned and glorious death, we will later 05Parp4    74:6 | this life through a nameless and useless death 05Parp4    74:8 | Mamikonean, his venerable brother, Vasak, and the two sons of Arshawir 05Parp4    74:8 | the entire brigades of Armenians and Iberians quickly fled. Many of 05Parp4    74:9 | And because the equitable divine right 05Parp4    74:9 | in accordance with their diligent and eager request, in accordance with 05Parp4    74:9 | in accordance with his secret and inscrutable providence, the brave general 05Parp4    74:9 | general of Armenia, Vahan Mamikonean, and the other oath-keeping comrades 05Parp4    74:9 | unworthy) turned their horses around and went after the fleeing Armenians 05Parp4    74:10 | removed him from the battle and saved him 05Parp4    74:11 | to be chosen (for martyrdom) and who were found worthy, along 05Parp4    74:11 | with the blessed aspet Sahak and the blessed brave Vasak Mamikonean 05Parp4    74:11 | the blessed brave Vasak Mamikonean, and died that day. Their names 05Parp4    74:12 | king Vaxt’ang, they were dispersed and scattered. The Iranian brigades pursued 05Parp4    74:12 | The Iranian brigades pursued them and killed many of them, though 05Parp4    74:12 | others escaped to various places and saved themselves 05Parp4    74:13 | horse, fell to the ground and the Iranians reached him while 05Parp4    74:13 | was on foot, seized him, and took him to Mihran. When 05Parp4    74:14 | threatened him with severe words and then had him bound and 05Parp4    74:14 | and then had him bound and kept carefully. Wherever (Mihran) went 05Parp4    74:15 | a Siwni sepuh named Yazd, and some others from the land 05Parp4    75:0 | dregs of the Armenian fugitives and other the senior naxarars of 05Parp4    75:0 | were always with him, inseparable and united 05Parp4    75:1 | after them with a brigade and tried to either kill them 05Parp4    75:1 | by strategem, or to subdue and subject them 05Parp4    75:2 | at the border of Iran and Byzantium. Vahan Mamikonean was about 05Parp4    75:3 | him with so many thousands, and the place where Armenia’s general 05Parp4    75:4 | His great power, that Mihran and ( his) brigade quaked in the 05Parp4    75:4 | horrible fear from On High, and he did not dare go 05Parp4    75:4 | he had wanted, to pursue and destroy the remaining fugitives. Instead 05Parp4    75:4 | messages to (Vahan), seeking peace, and saying 05Parp4    75:5 | to the king in obedience and I will be the intermediary 05Parp4    75:5 | his benevolence) he likes me and listens to what I say 05Parp4    75:5 | I will beseech the king and reconcile him with you, and 05Parp4    75:5 | and reconcile him with you, and will try to give you 05Parp4    75:6 | he should look with justice and listen with justice, as befits 05Parp4    75:7 | words, rules only through authority and not by the worthy laws 05Parp4    75:7 | to see with another’s eyes and hear with another’s ears—no 05Parp4    75:7 | stand before such a king, and serving him is onerous, bitter 05Parp4    75:7 | serving him is onerous, bitter, and dangerous 05Parp4    75:8 | how to select the good and bad among his servants, and 05Parp4    75:8 | and bad among his servants, and does not want to provide 05Parp4    75:9 | for Armenia, such a great and excellent land: show me a 05Parp4    75:9 | only despicable men, brigands, parasites, and men from bad tohms who 05Parp4    75:9 | great kingdom are given glory and lordship according to (acceptance of 05Parp4    75:9 | they urinate on the fire and throw their exerement on it 05Parp4    75:9 | throw their exerement on it, and they revile both the merchant 05Parp4    75:9 | they revile both the merchant and his wares 05Parp4    75:10 | But goodness, bravery, intellect and knowledge by which the land 05Parp4    75:10 | which the land is cultivated and endures, these things are not 05Parp4    75:10 | presented itself as respect-worthy, and you yourselves know this 05Parp4    75:11 | of everyone: “The worst man and worst brigade is the Syrian 05Parp4    75:11 | Armenian is even more despicable and worse than that 05Parp4    75:13 | two battles with Aryan men, and the third will be the 05Parp4    75:13 | Iranians) fought with such prominent and brave men that even the 05Parp4    75:13 | the lord of the Aryans, and all the Aryans recognized what 05Parp4    75:14 | all of you Aryans saw and heard about. It was accomplished 05Parp4    75:15 | we were troubled with discord and treachery 05Parp4    75:16 | over which (there prevailed) dread and fear, such as the lord 05Parp4    75:16 | Aryans (enjoys) over his servants, and if I had control of 05Parp4    75:16 | it, as my ancestors did, and if I boldly dared to 05Parp4    75:16 | fighters by taking their lives and beheading them, and rewarded the 05Parp4    75:16 | their lives and beheading them, and rewarded the good fighters with 05Parp4    75:16 | the lord of the Aryans, and all of you which of 05Parp4    75:16 | brigade is the (most) renowned and best. If there were better 05Parp4    75:16 | best. If there were better and braver men, I would not 05Parp4    75:16 | would not permit the weak and inferior ones to appear 05Parp4    75:17 | baseness, have eradicated bravery, goodness, and good repute from the land 05Parp4    75:18 | brigade itself cannot be good; and the land whose princes are 05Parp4    75:18 | are vile, cannot be progressive and renowned 05Parp4    75:20 | I became a conscious person, and became worthy of serving your 05Parp4    75:20 | lord, I resolved before God and man to justly serve the 05Parp4    75:20 | to justly serve the lord and you, and to earn just 05Parp4    75:20 | serve the lord and you, and to earn just recompense 05Parp4    75:21 | myself with doing good things, and the more I labored, the 05Parp4    75:21 | unworthy Armenian princes slandered me. And you listened to them uncritically 05Parp4    75:21 | you listened to them uncritically, and did not look upon me 05Parp4    75:22 | the lord of the Aryans and the awags. Even if I 05Parp4    75:23 | the service I had rendered, and was unable to do any 05Parp4    75:23 | my enemies who slandered me ( and saw that your ears and 05Parp4    75:23 | and saw that your ears and those of your lord were 05Parp4    75:23 | body; one loses the body and the soul together 05Parp4    75:24 | God is the real creator and lord of all. I worshipped 05Parp4    75:24 | of all. I worshipped falseness and error. Today I confess to 05Parp4    75:24 | Today I confess to you and to the entire world that 05Parp4    75:24 | that (Zoroastrianism) is a false and filthy deception. After doing the 05Parp4    75:25 | might die with this sin and be eternally lost. Taking charge 05Parp4    75:25 | dropped the pang of apostasy, and became illuminated 05Parp4    75:26 | Now I am happy and ready for persecution, poverty grief 05Parp4    75:26 | ready for persecution, poverty grief and death. For whatever I encounter 05Parp4    75:26 | a Christian, I am happy and immortal 05Parp4    75:27 | the king to forgive us— and indeed you can do it 05Parp4    75:27 | you can do it—first and foremost let him permit Christianity 05Parp4    75:27 | in the land of Armenia and take from our land that 05Parp4    75:27 | that filthy trade which wretched and bad men duplicitously take from 05Parp4    75:27 | you only to ridicule you and the ashes. You must recognize 05Parp4    75:27 | recognize which men are good and which are despicable, you must 05Parp4    75:27 | must demand work from each, and not humor 05Parp4    75:28 | And looking at the work performed 05Parp4    75:28 | people according to their labor and not because of deceitful licentious 05Parp4    75:28 | have it put in writing and sealed that “your offense occurred 05Parp4    75:28 | occurred because of our tyranny and not because of your impertinence 05Parp4    75:28 | not because of your impertinence and audacity,” and you should pardon 05Parp4    75:28 | of your impertinence and audacity,” and you should pardon it. You 05Parp4    75:28 | the highborn with the highborn, and the ignoble with the ignoble 05Parp4    75:28 | the lords) of our fathers and ancestors, and we will serve 05Parp4    75:28 | of our fathers and ancestors, and we will serve and submit 05Parp4    75:28 | ancestors, and we will serve and submit to you 05Parp4    75:29 | the least as the best, and the best as the worst 05Parp4    75:29 | the land with filthy sins, and not looking justly at worth 05Parp4    75:29 | not looking justly at worth and usefulness, we who rebelled are 05Parp4    75:29 | the unfortunate power we possess and the great, inestimable brigade and 05Parp4    75:29 | and the great, inestimable brigade and powerful force of the Aryans 05Parp4    75:30 | we will die a noteworthy and good death as Christians, rather 05Parp4    76:0 | While Mihran and Armenia’s general, Vahan Mamikonean, were 05Parp4    76:1 | captive Hrahat, the venerable Yazd, and other captives 05Parp4    76:2 | who had seen Nerseh’s unbelievable and inconsolable grief, were touched remembering 05Parp4    76:2 | remembering his goodness to them, and went along with him 05Parp4    76:4 | able to fall on one and free him. If not, at 05Parp4    76:5 | place of the champion Gregory and recalled the sadness that the 05Parp4    76:6 | of sadness from my heart, and grant that I may see 05Parp4    76:6 | my beloved brother with me, and healthy. For everything is possible 05Parp4    76:6 | everything is possible for God, and He will willingly hear and 05Parp4    76:6 | and He will willingly hear and fulfill your request 05Parp4    76:7 | Thus weeping and lamenting did Nerseh Kamsarakan cry 05Parp4    76:8 | Gregory heard this and quickly spoke to Christ, and 05Parp4    76:8 | and quickly spoke to Christ, and the savior God then and 05Parp4    76:8 | and the savior God then and there removed the captive Hrahat 05Parp4    76:8 | who were surrounding him carefully, and ( God) peacefully freed him to 05Parp4    76:8 | go to his beloved brother and his land 05Parp4    76:9 | military commander of the Aryans, and the other nobility with him 05Parp4    76:9 | with him saw the fearless and brave exit of Hrahat Kamsarakan 05Parp4    76:10 | to him in a rough and threatening manner, saying: “A man 05Parp4    76:10 | has done so much damage and harm toward people like himself 05Parp4    76:10 | Aryans, who is god-like and has the power to kill 05Parp4    76:11 | deaths for his wicked deeds) and delivered him into our hands 05Parp4    76:11 | Although we wanted to preserve and spare him, nonetheless, his capital 05Parp4    76:11 | someone flees from a great and mighty prince, he is hardly 05Parp4    76:11 | where can a fugitive hide and live if he has fled 05Parp4    76:12 | the fire, worship the sun, and through their intercession find forgiveness 05Parp4    76:12 | find forgiveness from the king, and live 05Parp4    76:13 | we hope for your life and not your death 05Parp4    76:14 | idea many times, through messengers and letters whenever (Gdihon) himself was 05Parp4    76:14 | Iranian awags at camp. (Gdihon) and the Iranians) did this like 05Parp4    76:14 | Iranians) did this like malicious and envious brothers, and not so 05Parp4    76:14 | like malicious and envious brothers, and not so that by apostasizing 05Parp4    76:15 | of these words from Mihran and all the other Iranian nobles 05Parp4    76:15 | all the other Iranian nobles, and realized the wishes and plans 05Parp4    76:15 | nobles, and realized the wishes and plans of the impious brothers 05Parp4    76:16 | be selling transitory, physical life, and should I be able to 05Parp4    76:16 | be able to buy it and live, because of the body’s 05Parp4    76:16 | because of the body’s pains and out of love for life 05Parp4    76:16 | I have in my poverty, and purchase (life). But it would 05Parp4    76:16 | stupid to buy eternal punishment and the threat of the inextinguishable 05Parp4    76:16 | What if he purchases (life) and is saved, but dies the 05Parp4    76:16 | but dies the next day and is transported to the outer 05Parp4    76:17 | now conduct such a calamitous and disastrous business at the expense 05Parp4    76:17 | me together with the glory and very great honors? No, I 05Parp4    76:17 | faith) that I now hold, and regard it as good and 05Parp4    76:17 | and regard it as good and honorable. I am glad and 05Parp4    76:17 | and honorable. I am glad and pleased to die a Christian 05Parp4    76:17 | thousands of years in apostasy and to inherit eternal, unending punishment 05Parp4    76:19 | calendar). His remains were gathered and placed in the holy chapel 05Parp4    77:0 | at the district of Ayrarat and, together with the oath-keeping 05Parp4    77:0 | with the oath-keeping naxarars and other troops of Armenia who 05Parp4    77:0 | In the House of God, and in the martyria of the 05Parp4    77:0 | the masses (they had) vowed and offered gifts to God 05Parp4    77:3 | were desirous of resting awhile and relaxing from labor, unexpectedly diabolical 05Parp4    77:3 | relaxing from labor, unexpectedly diabolical and insane men arrived from the 05Parp4    77:3 | told Armenia’s general, Vahan, false and deceitfully misleading things which they 05Parp4    77:3 | witnessed, in order to destroy and disrupt his troops. They told 05Parp4    77:4 | The wonderful aspet Sahak and the brave sepuh of the 05Parp4    77:4 | Mamikoneans, Vasak, are still alive and well, and they sent us 05Parp4    77:4 | are still alive and well, and they sent us to you 05Parp4    77:4 | drew near to one another, and, falling over, (hid) in some 05Parp4    77:5 | was placed as our guardian, and, that same hour, one by 05Parp4    77:5 | one he lifted us up and took us about one Iranian 05Parp4    77:5 | for the sake of God, and he wanted to save us 05Parp4    77:6 | a small amount of food and water, brought yet another cleric 05Parp4    77:6 | him, offered us the food and bade us eat. After eating 05Parp4    77:7 | we had been revived somewhat and opened our eyes, he gradually 05Parp4    77:7 | where we had come from, and from what district, since, he 05Parp4    77:7 | since, he said, our manner and demeanor were such that he 05Parp4    77:8 | with us, he left us and went to his monastery 05Parp4    77:9 | returned with pack animal(s) and yet another cleric, and they 05Parp4    77:9 | s) and yet another cleric, and they placed the three of 05Parp4    77:9 | us on the animal(s) and took us to the retreat 05Parp4    77:9 | with them for many days, and through the power of God 05Parp4    77:9 | of God we were healed and made well 05Parp4    77:10 | to hunt for us tirelessly and wanted to kill us, to 05Parp4    77:10 | kill us, to achieve glory and honors from the Iranians 05Parp4    77:11 | about, to many deserted places and many rugged caves. But (the 05Parp4    77:11 | thinking that if someone pursued and examined (the messenger) we would 05Parp4    77:11 | messenger) we would be discovered and killed 05Parp4    77:12 | But now, hurry and send here a strong brigade 05Parp4    77:12 | with a dependable military commander and bring us to you, so 05Parp4    77:13 | men, they immediately believed them and note: “Now we must move 05Parp4    77:13 | they safely come to Armenia and the Iranians find out that 05Parp4    77:13 | their entire force will disintegrate and forsake them 05Parp4    77:14 | men spoke to the men and women with proof and were 05Parp4    77:14 | men and women with proof and were believed). For the women 05Parp4    77:14 | in accordance with the fickle and infirm nature of women) did 05Parp4    77:14 | their dear ones, relatives, dayeaks and servants day and night, to 05Parp4    77:14 | relatives, dayeaks and servants day and night, to quickly go (to 05Parp4    77:14 | to quickly go (to Iberia) and to immediately retrieve them 05Parp4    77:15 | When the brilliant and perceptive general of Armenia, Vahan 05Parp4    77:15 | men from Iberia, the wishes and consent of many Armenians, the 05Parp4    77:15 | note: “Those are the words and plans of men of poor 05Parp4    77:16 | have plotted to pull apart and rend asunder the assemblage of 05Parp4    77:16 | Armenian troops at the ostan, and to disperse them here and 05Parp4    77:16 | and to disperse them here and there. For even if the 05Parp4    77:16 | small, nonetheless they will arrest and destroy them 05Parp4    77:18 | martyrdom, I foresaw the martyrdom and I saw him receive his 05Parp4    77:18 | crown before he received it. And before the end I was 05Parp4    77:18 | I was shown the color and aspect of that army and 05Parp4    77:18 | and aspect of that army and force, which was fated to 05Parp4    77:18 | long before we had attacked and reached each other, (Vasak’s) face 05Parp4    77:20 | would be taken from me and mingle with other hosts, whose 05Parp4    77:20 | troops had that same aspect and radiance 05Parp4    77:21 | And I tell you, do not 05Parp4    77:21 | you, do not seek (Vasak) and do not labor (looking) for 05Parp4    77:22 | were occupied with idle affairs, and who, confounded, sought Elisha. But 05Parp4    77:22 | his protest about not working and returned, full of shame. For 05Parp4    77:22 | you too will return ashamed and regretting it 05Parp4    77:23 | men are before you, troops and naxarars of Armenia. I will 05Parp4    77:23 | wants to go. Only know and remember how much damage your 05Parp4    77:24 | But imprudent and weak-minded men, and especially 05Parp4    77:24 | imprudent and weak-minded men, and especially the martyrs’ wives, families 05Parp4    77:24 | especially the martyrs’ wives, families, and dayeaks then convinced the sepuh 05Parp4    77:24 | sepuh of the Mamikoneans, Mushegh, and they dispatched (him) with a 05Parp4    77:24 | to go with those false and fraudulent men on a road 05Parp4    77:25 | were in fact Satan’s satellites and they invented many pretexts, telling 05Parp4    77:25 | in hiding, moving about hither and thither in deep caves and 05Parp4    77:25 | and thither in deep caves and the densely forested peaks of 05Parp4    77:26 | sepuh of the Mamikoneans, Mushegh, and the brigade with him to 05Parp4    78:0 | the blooming time of spring and the breezes brought welcome warmth 05Parp4    78:1 | Armenian brigade to Iberia (Georgia), and that Vahan Mamikonean, the sparapet 05Parp4    78:1 | ostan with but few naxarars and only a few select cavalrymen 05Parp4    78:2 | by three or four times, and can put them all to 05Parp4    78:2 | you will complete the assignment and will be enveloped in the 05Parp4    78:2 | enveloped in the king’s glory and we shall rest from this 05Parp4    78:3 | When Hazarawuxt and the other awag’s with him 05Parp4    78:3 | words, they were more delighted, and the next morning they speedily 05Parp4    78:3 | against Armenia’s general, Vahan Mamikonean, and the troops with him at 05Parp4    78:4 | front(s) in war formation, and arrayed them in the midst 05Parp4    78:5 | When Armenia’s sparapet, Vahan Mamikonean, and the other Armenian naxarars with 05Parp4    78:5 | other Armenian naxarars with him and the rhamik cavalrymen of Armenia 05Parp4    78:5 | groups of two or one and attacked 05Parp4    78:6 | hold of their swift horses, and bravely departed 05Parp4    78:7 | was made known to many and they sampled the taste of 05Parp4    78:7 | sampled the taste of this, and were amazed, more so than 05Parp4    78:8 | for those men who enthusiastically and willingly chose to remain there 05Parp4    78:8 | willingly chose to remain there and were martyred, (among them were 05Parp4    78:8 | Armenian naxarars who fought well and displayed bravery: the venerable Ordi 05Parp4    78:8 | Ordi from the Dimak’sean tohm and the venerable K’ajaj from the 05Parp4    78:8 | lives for the blessed covenant and were crowned 05Parp4    78:9 | The Iranian troops wickedly stabbed and routed (the Vahaneans 05Parp4    78:12 | of the Savior Christ pitied and spared his oath-loving flock 05Parp4    78:12 | spared his oath-loving flock and took the holy father away 05Parp4    78:12 | the holy father away safely and peacefully displayed him to his 05Parp4    78:12 | displayed him to his people and made them happy 05Parp4    78:13 | the sepuh of the Mamikoneans, and the cavalrymen with him arrived 05Parp4    78:13 | in the battle they turned and fled with the other fugitives 05Parp4    79:1 | Armenia’s general, Vahan Mamikonean, and the naxarars of Armenia who 05Parp4    79:1 | together with each (person’s) dayeaks and beloved servants tried to go 05Parp4    79:1 | of Xaghteac’, to stay awhile and rest and recuperate a little 05Parp4    79:1 | to stay awhile and rest and recuperate a little, to remain 05Parp4    79:1 | little, to remain hoping for and awaiting the Lord’s salvation 05Parp4    79:2 | fortified places of Armenia, demolishing and ruining them, and moving on 05Parp4    79:2 | Armenia, demolishing and ruining them, and moving on. He killed many 05Parp4    79:2 | on. He killed many people and caused torrents of blood to 05Parp4    79:3 | Hazarawuxt went to Ok’agh and camped close to the village 05Parp4    79:3 | one (of which) was Giwghik, and the other, Vardashen. He encamped 05Parp4    79:3 | He encamped there that day, and on the next day he 05Parp4    79:4 | about the place through guides and thinking that the brilliant Mamikonean 05Parp4    79:4 | reached the place at daybreak and fell upon Horhom tun unexpectedly 05Parp4    79:5 | of Nerseh, lord of Shirak, and of Hrahat (whom the Iranians 05Parp4    79:5 | the Iranians fell upon unawares); and they killed many of the 05Parp4    79:5 | the two Kamsarakan brothers, Nerseh and Hrahat, and took them to 05Parp4    79:5 | Kamsarakan brothers, Nerseh and Hrahat, and took them to the Iranian 05Parp4    79:6 | encountering Armenia’s general, Vahan Mamikonean, and some of the other naxarars 05Parp4    79:7 | them he certainly could hunt and capture Vahan. “For they are 05Parp4    79:7 | For they are (Vahan’s) heart and trusty, committed allies. Should I 05Parp4    79:7 | either (Vahan) will be subdued and will obey us (as we 05Parp4    79:7 | as we wish), or, he ( and he alone) will flee to 05Parp4    79:7 | flee to a foreign country, and be lost 05Parp4    79:9 | they be kept in sanctity and with every caution, in accordance 05Parp4    79:10 | to the district of Basean, and encamped close to the village 05Parp4    79:11 | to inform him that (Peroz) and the entire Aryan force had 05Parp4    79:11 | Hazarawuxt) to go to Iberia and either to seize and kill 05Parp4    79:11 | Iberia and either to seize and kill the Iberian king, Vaxt’ang 05Parp4    79:11 | chase him from the land; and to leave Shapuh of the 05Parp4    80:0 | When Hazarawuxt received the hrovartak and heard the king’s command, he 05Parp4    80:0 | the entire district of Siwnik’ and quickly went to Iberia 05Parp4    80:1 | who, having betrayed king Vaxt’ang and broken the oath sworn on 05Parp4    80:2 | promised the kingdom to one, and to another gah and patiw 05Parp4    80:2 | one, and to another gah and patiw and much pargew, and 05Parp4    80:2 | to another gah and patiw and much pargew, and to many 05Parp4    80:2 | and patiw and much pargew, and to many others whatever they 05Parp4    80:3 | his own people had deceived and left him for Hazarawuxt, and 05Parp4    80:3 | and left him for Hazarawuxt, and that the Armenians themselves were 05Parp4    80:3 | were unable to accomplish anything and were in danger, he quit 05Parp4    80:3 | quit the land of Iberia and temporarily went to the land 05Parp4    80:4 | fortress of Basen called Boghberd, and left them there. Entrusting the 05Parp4    80:4 | to keep them very carefully and in sanctity in accordance with 05Parp4    80:5 | that we are at peace and they will hear and obey 05Parp4    80:5 | peace and they will hear and obey anything you tell them 05Parp4    80:6 | the Armenians will know about and testify that you are holding 05Parp4    80:6 | even more resolved to die, and will be lost 05Parp4    80:7 | Shapuh himself knew— and not just second hand—about 05Parp4    80:7 | about their determination regarding Christianity and also, as a learned individual 05Parp4    80:7 | of their activities, Christian determination and many other things, through training 05Parp4    80:7 | many other things, through training and thought 05Parp4    80:8 | the fortress-keeper many times, and he ordered that the Kamsarakans 05Parp4    80:9 | of king’s service. Rather, come and submit, take your women and 05Parp4    80:9 | and submit, take your women and through my intercession, I will 05Parp4    80:9 | The Christianity which you love and have firmly held until now 05Parp4    80:10 | to the king of kings, and ( be able to) devise Vahan’s 05Parp4    80:10 | king will give you gifts and honors which none of your 05Parp4    80:10 | ancestors has received from kings. And you and your descendants will 05Parp4    80:10 | received from kings. And you and your descendants will enjoy this 05Parp4    80:10 | this in delight, in peace, and for eternity 05Parp4    80:11 | although they gave various replies and fooled Shapuh for many days 05Parp4    80:11 | message. Nerseh, lord of Shirak, and Hrahat wrote the following reply 05Parp4    80:11 | the following reply: “Our labor and work is not for any 05Parp4    80:11 | mundane pleasures, or for wife and child which to you seem 05Parp4    80:11 | which to you seem significant and important, but for the mystery 05Parp4    80:11 | the mystery of our great and revered faith 05Parp4    80:12 | of life—land, wives, goods and greatness—seem small and inconsequential 05Parp4    80:12 | goods and greatness—seem small and inconsequential 05Parp4    80:13 | not see clearly that heaven and earth and everything in them 05Parp4    80:13 | clearly that heaven and earth and everything in them do not 05Parp4    80:13 | too stupid to trick you and the other parasites around you 05Parp4    80:13 | taking a heap of ashes and giving it to one of 05Parp4    80:13 | futile glory (received) from you and appear lustrous, but then we 05Parp4    80:13 | then we would be eternally and wickedly lost 05Parp4    80:14 | give you a sign; test and examine it well. For if 05Parp4    80:14 | the faith which we love and firmly hold to, and for 05Parp4    80:14 | love and firmly hold to, and for the coveted hope of 05Parp4    80:14 | coveted hope of (heavenly) glory and if our works seem pleasing 05Parp4    80:14 | if our works seem pleasing and acceptable to the just God 05Parp4    80:14 | our women in all sanctity, and give them to us. Otherwise 05Parp4    80:14 | faith, but not your violence and force 05Parp4    80:15 | brothers were even more ready and more eager than before to 05Parp4    81:0 | Georgia), Shapuh remained at Ok’al and tried to implement Hazarawuxt’s order 05Parp4    81:0 | Mamikonean, come upon him unawares, and kill him. But he was 05Parp4    81:0 | security from On High surrounded and preserved (Vahan 05Parp4    81:1 | arrows from below (the encampment) and there were those killed by 05Parp4    81:1 | arrows of the Armenians themselves, and those Iranians killed when other 05Parp4    81:2 | Then Armenia’s general, Vahan Mamikonean, and the men who were with 05Parp4    81:3 | is encamped in a village and there are extremely few men 05Parp4    81:5 | taught them to be alert) and they went elsewhere, unharmed. Nonetheless 05Parp4    81:5 | our business will be finished and done 05Parp4    81:7 | Mushegh of the Mamikonean tohm and Nerseh Kamsarakan, lord of Shirak 05Parp4    81:7 | were with a few men, and were upset. They approached a 05Parp4    81:7 | village of Karin named Arcat’i, and reached a torrent which was 05Parp4    81:7 | which was near a village, and they wanted to rest by 05Parp4    81:9 | one of the Karnec’i mshaks, and that the mshak had gone 05Parp4    81:9 | at the Mamikonean sepuh, Mushegh, and at Nerseh Kamsarakan, saying courageously 05Parp4    81:11 | the Iranian with his lance and killed him on the spot 05Parp4    81:11 | killed him on the spot, and the Karnec’i escaped his slayer 05Parp4    81:12 | Stirred by Xurs’ words and the deed he had bravely 05Parp4    81:12 | sepuh of the Mamikoneans, Mushegh and the lord of Shirak, Nerseh 05Parp4    81:12 | lord of Shirak, Nerseh, looked and saw that there were not 05Parp4    81:12 | men who were with them, and, strengthened by God’s aid, they 05Parp4    81:13 | Seven hundred and two men died there 05Parp4    81:14 | without his participation, God bent and broke the enemy’s power 05Parp4    81:15 | And he went to the border 05Parp4    82:0 | the Iranian brigade, saying: “You and the entire Aryan land should 05Parp4    82:0 | entire Aryan land should go and experience Vahan Mamikonean’s bravery. I 05Parp4    82:0 | to fathom the man’s actions and deeds. For when the entire 05Parp4    82:1 | the king of king’s crown and the glory of the Aryans 05Parp4    82:2 | that every day he depletes and defeats our brigade 05Parp4    82:3 | us to but a few, and make us retreat in shame 05Parp4    82:4 | But hurry and do not let the man 05Parp4    82:4 | perhaps we will slow down and he will exhaust us and 05Parp4    82:4 | and he will exhaust us and embarrass us 05Parp4    82:5 | severely I would defeat him and those with him 05Parp4    82:8 | Armenia’s general, Vahan Mamikonean, and the troops with him were 05Parp4    82:8 | by God upon the earth. And God Himself was with him 05Parp4    82:9 | He took his troops and the shinakans of Erez and 05Parp4    82:9 | and the shinakans of Erez and approached the encampment at night 05Parp4    82:10 | encampment mingled with one another and the Iranians trampled one another 05Parp4    82:10 | trampled one another even more; and there came the sound of 05Parp4    82:10 | came the sound of weeping and of bad news from the 05Parp4    82:11 | was pierced while enthusiastically battling and displaying great courage. After a 05Parp4    82:11 | he died of his wounds and was crowned, being worthy of 05Parp4    83:0 | the slaughter of the enemy and went to spend the remainder 05Parp4    83:1 | At daybreak he went and encamped at Shte’ village. Just 05Parp4    83:1 | labors, they raised their eyes and who should they see but 05Parp4    83:2 | particular night had seemed more and more serious than those (inflicted 05Parp4    83:2 | inflicted) on all previous days. And indeed, this was so, since 05Parp4    83:2 | had thoroughly broken (the Iranians) and could now be observed 05Parp4    83:3 | the Iranian military commander, Shapuh, and all of the multitude of 05Parp4    83:3 | at the time was unprepared and fewer compared to the enemy’s 05Parp4    83:4 | both times, it is laudable and honorable. However, one is greater 05Parp4    83:4 | honorable. However, one is greater and more desirable than the other 05Parp4    83:4 | unwillingly or unthoughtfully met. Living and dying is part of that 05Parp4    83:4 | who wish to live prudently and die hoping. To die for 05Parp4    83:5 | glorified us with the victory and we are thankful of that 05Parp4    83:5 | we are thankful of that. And the Almighty will also grant 05Parp4    83:5 | Almighty will also grant us and crown us with that which 05Parp4    83:6 | ones can chase a thousand and two put ten thousand to 05Parp4    83:6 | flight” [II Deuteronomy 32, 30]. We belong to God and God will look upon and 05Parp4    83:6 | and God will look upon and aid us 05Parp4    83:8 | always exalt in God’s name and always confess it, for eternity 05Parp4    83:9 | divided the troops he had and entrusted them to each of 05Parp4    83:9 | commanders whom he considered able and capable 05Parp4    83:10 | was still organizing the attack and the Iranian troops arranged in 05Parp4    83:10 | coming to war, (Vahan) looked and saw that the entire Armenian 05Parp4    83:10 | oath sworn on the Gospel, and from the counsel of Armenia’s 05Parp4    83:10 | of Armenia’s general, Vahan Mamikonean, and were all fleeing. Only about 05Parp4    83:11 | Vahan himself and the oath-keepers including Mushegh 05Parp4    83:11 | or three of their dayeaks, and other azats from the Mamikonean 05Parp4    83:12 | those who remained were terrified and one of them said to 05Parp4    83:12 | was possible to give way and to save himself 05Parp4    83:13 | of the Cross over himself and said in a loud voice 05Parp4    83:15 | Shapuh, astonished by the awesome and courageous strength of Armenia’s general 05Parp4    83:15 | strength of Armenia’s general, Vahan, and the few men with him 05Parp4    83:15 | Vahan) is doing something peculiar and new. I do not know 05Parp4    83:15 | get them in our midst and arrest all of them today 05Parp4    83:16 | became ecstatic at Shapuh’s summons, and arising, he quickly went to 05Parp4    83:17 | which falls to the ground and vanishes 05Parp4    83:18 | middle of the entire mass and came out on the other 05Parp4    83:18 | on the other side. He and the men with him killed 05Parp4    83:18 | the impious one had confidence, and the tip of the spear 05Parp4    83:19 | I will not fight Vahan and the other Armenians with arrows 05Parp4    83:19 | single arrow I will scatter and disperse all of them across 05Parp4    83:19 | of them across their valleys and plains 05Parp4    83:20 | prince of Siwnik’, Gdihon, once and twice to the hands of 05Parp4    83:20 | of Vahan Mamikonean. God patiently and forgivingly pardoned him out of 05Parp4    83:20 | would repent, reconvert, do pennance, and be saved 05Parp4    83:21 | not come to his senses, and instead thoroughly scorned the truth 05Parp4    83:21 | instead thoroughly scorned the truth, and did not respond to the 05Parp4    83:21 | shameful end, in this world and in the next 05Parp4    83:22 | went after the fugitive Armenians, and they killed many of these 05Parp4    83:24 | so inspired them with fear and dread of Armenia’s general, Vahan 05Parp4    83:24 | merely looked at the Mamikonean and the men with him, they 05Parp4    83:25 | Of the oath-keeping and strengthened men who were with 05Parp4    83:25 | were with Armenia’s general, Vahan, and who attacked and were then 05Parp4    83:25 | general, Vahan, and who attacked and were then martyred were: K’ont’ 05Parp4    83:25 | Atgen, sepuh of the Vanandac’ik’, and the venerable Gherpargos, who was 05Parp4    84:0 | him in reeds, his relatives and servants took him to the 05Parp4    84:1 | Siwnik’ cavalry saw this, dismayed and distraught, they separated and splintered 05Parp4    84:1 | dismayed and distraught, they separated and splintered from each other and 05Parp4    84:1 | and splintered from each other and each returned to his place 05Parp4    84:2 | collapse of the Siwnik’ brigade and the awesome might of (his 05Parp4    84:2 | the irresistible strength (of God) and was thoroughly frightened, wondering but 05Parp4    84:3 | such a man as Gdihon and conquered him, the men with 05Parp4    84:3 | him, the men with him, and the select brigade, as well 05Parp4    84:3 | with me. He attacked three and four thousand men with only 05Parp4    84:3 | a huge multitude of troops, and caused such massive damage. With 05Parp4    84:4 | Anjit or Cop’ or Hashteank’, and take auxiliaries from them as 05Parp4    84:4 | as from his own relatives; and we survivors will be unable 05Parp4    84:5 | of the ostan of Armenia and quickly send emissaries to inform 05Parp4    84:8 | select cavalrymen, accomplished so much, and then got away unharmed 05Parp4    85:1 | Iranians bearing exceedingly bad news and letters containing much unpleasantness, written 05Parp4    85:1 | by the Iranian noble folk, and each of his relatives and 05Parp4    85:1 | and each of his relatives and friends who had escaped countless 05Parp4    85:2 | Shapuh took the letters, and, coming upon those passages which 05Parp4    85:2 | passages which related the heavy and serious torments and the awesome 05Parp4    85:2 | the heavy and serious torments and the awesome destruction of the 05Parp4    85:4 | as though from being dazed and drugged, and called the man 05Parp4    85:4 | from being dazed and drugged, and called the man, questioning him 05Parp4    85:4 | him alone as to how and why such an end and 05Parp4    85:4 | and why such an end and destruction should have been visited 05Parp4    85:4 | Aryans, or who could escape and bring the news of the 05Parp4    85:4 | a countless multitude of troops, and why did the godlike lord 05Parp4    85:4 | the godlike lord Peroz die, and what sort of a death 05Parp4    85:5 | responded: “Your questions are proper and appropriate to anyone who wants 05Parp4    85:5 | who wants to hear important and useful information from emissaries. However 05Parp4    85:5 | me to speak bad words and to narrate such wicked calamities 05Parp4    85:5 | to narrate such wicked calamities and the escape of the fugitives 05Parp4    85:5 | the cause of such injury and destruction was none other than 05Parp4    85:6 | about the gods brings death and destruction, nonetheless, it is necessary 05Parp4    85:6 | to say what was seen and heard and the matter cannot 05Parp4    85:6 | what was seen and heard and the matter cannot be ended 05Parp4    85:6 | the lord of the Aryans and of the entire land was 05Parp4    85:6 | the wrath of the gods, and the cause was none other 05Parp4    85:7 | Peroz was still in Hyrcania and massing troops from all sides 05Parp4    85:7 | kept his thoughts to himself and did not ask anyone about 05Parp4    85:8 | Recalling the terror and besiegement which (the Hepthalites) had 05Parp4    85:8 | the lord of the Aryans and the Iranians to (previously), all 05Parp4    85:8 | of the men felt abandoned and broken-hearted and were unable 05Parp4    85:8 | felt abandoned and broken-hearted and were unable to see a 05Parp4    85:9 | we are condemned to death, and the king of kings wants 05Parp4    85:9 | such a deed he personally and the land of the Aryans 05Parp4    85:10 | the Aryans, Vahram, who boldly and publicly protested many times to 05Parp4    85:10 | enemies—disgraces which he personally and all the Aryans had experienced 05Parp4    85:11 | a huge multitude of Aryans and non-Aryans, he went against 05Parp4    85:12 | oath with me— sworn, written, and sealed—that you will not 05Parp4    85:12 | other. Now recall that oath, and the difficulties of the besiegement 05Parp4    85:12 | that I will destroy you and the entire useless multitude in 05Parp4    85:13 | For I and the justice of oath-keeping 05Parp4    85:13 | on one side, while you and the falseness of oath-breaking 05Parp4    85:15 | the soldiers) to fight with and defeat you, and with the 05Parp4    85:15 | fight with and defeat you, and with the other half I 05Parp4    85:15 | are now to the sea and the trench to fill them 05Parp4    85:16 | he dug to destroy himself and the entire Aryan world 05Parp4    85:17 | When the two sides met and clashed, (Peroz), all his sons 05Parp4    85:17 | clashed, (Peroz), all his sons, and land were lost 05Parp4    85:18 | from the carnage reached Hyrcania and narrated to everyone all of 05Parp4    85:18 | all of these wicked developments, and this caused all the awags 05Parp4    85:18 | this caused all the awags and other people in Hyrcania to 05Parp4    85:19 | to Hazarawuxt in Iberia (Georgia) and they dispatched me to come 05Parp4    85:19 | you would quickly assemble together and devise ways of keeping yourselves 05Parp4    85:19 | devise ways of keeping yourselves and the Aryan world alive 05Parp4    86:0 | the emissary, he replied: “I and the brigade that you now 05Parp4    86:1 | rebel Vahan has so stupefied and terrified, so endangered and fatigued 05Parp4    86:1 | stupefied and terrified, so endangered and fatigued us that his actions 05Parp4    86:1 | fatigued us that his actions and deeds are not those of 05Parp4    86:1 | which are related in romances and which we have heard 05Parp4    86:2 | Forget about the deeds and courage which I and other 05Parp4    86:2 | deeds and courage which I and other noble folk have seen 05Parp4    86:2 | noble folk have seen him and the men with him accomplish 05Parp4    86:2 | multitude which is presently here and which you see, but also 05Parp4    86:3 | only thirty men attacked (us) and there were those who were 05Parp4    86:3 | were those who were killed, and many others who were dispersed 05Parp4    86:3 | who were dispersed into crevices and holes in the rocks. In 05Parp4    86:3 | killing the giant-like Gdihon and killing many from the brigade 05Parp4    86:4 | was it not Peroz’ unseeing and contemptuous pride which removed such 05Parp4    86:4 | pride which removed such folk and such a great and useful 05Parp4    86:4 | folk and such a great and useful land from serving the 05Parp4    86:4 | to be able to subdue and bring over to our side 05Parp4    86:4 | better as a brave man) and the comrades with him, especially 05Parp4    86:5 | When Shapuh Mihranean and the emissary had spoken, they 05Parp4    86:6 | to keep them very carefully and in extreme sanctity in accordance 05Parp4    86:7 | Mamikonean, heard all these words and information and accepted the visitation 05Parp4    86:7 | all these words and information and accepted the visitation from God 05Parp4    86:7 | accepted the visitation from God and the facts of the news 05Parp4    86:7 | the facts of the news and the needs and cares of 05Parp4    86:7 | the news and the needs and cares of the land of 05Parp4    86:7 | He knew each as proper and useful, and offered with his 05Parp4    86:7 | each as proper and useful, and offered with his mercy in 05Parp4    86:8 | He conducted the usual oaths and masses in the holy cathedral 05Parp4    86:10 | on to the ostan, Duin, and spent some days there where 05Parp4    86:10 | days there where they awaited and expected the command of Christ’s 05Parp4    87:0 | about the slaying of Peroz and the inestimable destruction of the 05Parp4    87:0 | Iranian multitude, he was horrified and wracked with doubts, and immediately 05Parp4    87:0 | horrified and wracked with doubts, and immediately left for the country 05Parp4    87:2 | this over for many days and unitedly fixed on Vagharsh, king 05Parp4    87:2 | king Peroz’ brother, a benevolent and mild man 05Parp4    87:3 | Vagharsh, Hazarawuxt began to speak and reveal to him what all 05Parp4    87:3 | him of the self-indulgence and capriciousness of king Peroz, saying 05Parp4    87:4 | with no regard for anyone and without consulting anyone, accomplishing everything 05Parp4    87:5 | his unquestioned thinking brought destruction and fragmentation not only to himself 05Parp4    87:6 | world would be made firm and so that the remaining portion 05Parp4    87:6 | portion of the Aryan world and the other lands subject to 05Parp4    87:6 | with the peoples who resist and rebel by using (your) mildness 05Parp4    87:6 | rebel by using (your) mildness and affection; to recognize each of 05Parp4    87:6 | recognize each of the Aryans and the non-Aryans according to 05Parp4    87:7 | those who love their comrades, and to hate and destroy the 05Parp4    87:7 | their comrades, and to hate and destroy the envious and the 05Parp4    87:7 | hate and destroy the envious and the slanderers; to observe everyone 05Parp4    87:7 | recognizing the doers of good, and rewarding the meritorious with recompense 05Parp4    87:8 | Having said all of this and other similar counsel to him 05Parp4    87:8 | other similar counsel to him, and after giving testimony, they seated 05Parp4    88:0 | day of Vagharsh’s reign, Hazarawuxt and the nobility held counsel. In 05Parp4    88:1 | know, your violent, self-indulgent and obstinate brother, king of kings 05Parp4    88:2 | a good man whose worth and essence went unrecognized by Peroz 05Parp4    88:2 | Aryans. Everyone knows the injuries and blows occasioned by this man 05Parp4    88:2 | think that you have heard and are informed about all of 05Parp4    88:3 | marzpan) knows about (Vahan’s) bravery and wisdom even better through experience 05Parp4    88:3 | you wish to interrogate him and listen, he himself will tell 05Parp4    88:4 | Armenia, what are Vahan’s thoughts and strength, and how has he 05Parp4    88:4 | are Vahan’s thoughts and strength, and how has he been able 05Parp4    88:6 | in the battle which Hazarawuxt and we fought, even though Vahan 05Parp4    88:8 | Hazarawuxt himself and other Iranian folk who were 05Parp4    88:9 | After Hazarawuxt went to Iberia and left me there (in Armenia 05Parp4    88:9 | hundreds, I am not exaggerating; and the noble folk of our 05Parp4    88:9 | our brigade who were there and now are here testify) it 05Parp4    88:9 | is very difficult to say, and the words are unbelievable. For 05Parp4    88:9 | battle with so few men, and come against the encampment all 05Parp4    88:10 | of one day in particular, and again consider the affair beyond 05Parp4    88:11 | men fearlessly attacked [3,000] (of us) and wrought such a deed that 05Parp4    88:11 | observed it recall it today and probably fear of it will 05Parp4    88:12 | mshaks with good sharp sickles and scythes chopping grass, putting it 05Parp4    88:12 | heaps close to each other, and then joyously returning to their 05Parp4    88:12 | Mihran with so many men and completely split the entire brigade 05Parp4    88:13 | could encounter so many men and alone (be able to) do 05Parp4    88:13 | be able to) do that. And ( the Vahaneans) put to the 05Parp4    88:13 | the sword such a man, and other distinguished and brave Iranian 05Parp4    88:13 | a man, and other distinguished and brave Iranian men. Nor did 05Parp4    88:13 | ride off on their horses and elude us. Rather, unconcernedly, they 05Parp4    88:15 | yourself well know the greatness and benefit of the land of 05Parp4    88:15 | I feel that if Vahan and the other folk with him 05Parp4    88:15 | a great deal of good and important consolation would ease our 05Parp4    88:16 | folk, are ours, the Iberians and Aghbanians (Aghuans) would never dare 05Parp4    88:17 | in order from Mihran, Hazarawuxt, and all the other Iranian nobility 05Parp4    88:18 | Nixor Vshnaspdat, a mild, intelligent and constructive person, with many select 05Parp4    88:19 | instructed by the king himself and even more so through the 05Parp4    88:19 | through the superintendence of Hazarawuxt and the other court nobility: “Go 05Parp4    88:19 | court nobility: “Go to Armenia and do whatever is necessary with 05Parp4    88:19 | is necessary with all mildness and affection, according to the wishes 05Parp4    88:19 | to the wishes of Vahan and his comrades, to bring these 05Parp4    88:20 | Atrpatakan who are near Armenia and the cavalry of Her and 05Parp4    88:20 | and the cavalry of Her and Zarawant district. For perhaps when 05Parp4    88:20 | friendly pretexts but then trick and somehow harm you 05Parp4    88:21 | The man is brave and shrewd. For to the present 05Parp4    88:21 | For to the present he and those with him have not 05Parp4    88:22 | since the work which he and those with him made bold 05Parp4    88:22 | in accordance with his proud and willful personality) and the inability 05Parp4    88:22 | his proud and willful personality) and the inability of Vahan and 05Parp4    88:22 | and the inability of Vahan and those men who allied with 05Parp4    88:23 | lord of the Aryans, Vagharsh, and all the nobility had said 05Parp4    88:23 | Vshnaspdat, they bid him farewell and dispatched him to Armenia 05Parp4    89:0 | to the land of Armenia and did not dare to enter 05Parp4    89:0 | Vahan Mamikonean: Shapuh, council scribe [xorhrdean dpir] and Mihr-Vshnasp Chuarshac’i, through whom 05Parp4    89:1 | for you from king Vagharsh and a message to peaceably subdue 05Parp4    89:1 | message to peaceably subdue you and all the noble folk who 05Parp4    89:1 | with the Aryans. Now come and listen, and choose what is 05Parp4    89:1 | Aryans. Now come and listen, and choose what is good, what 05Parp4    89:2 | Vahan Mamikonean saw Nixor’s messengers and heard from them all the 05Parp4    89:2 | loyal oath-keepers—naxarars, azats and all the cavalrymen. Vahan Mamikonean 05Parp4    89:2 | the words of king Vagharsh and of all the Aryan nobility 05Parp4    89:4 | folk assembled by Vahan Mamikonean and first discussed among themselves the 05Parp4    89:4 | themselves the long-standing needs and problems of the matters. Nixor’s 05Parp4    89:4 | emissaries came to the atean and the Mamikonid started replying to 05Parp4    89:4 | our rebellion—such a significant and potentially fatal act to which 05Parp4    89:4 | is lord of the Aryans, and with you (a member) of 05Parp4    89:5 | a manner desired by me and everyone here, if these three 05Parp4    89:5 | do all that is fitting and appropriate, and will heed your 05Parp4    89:5 | that is fitting and appropriate, and will heed your words as 05Parp4    89:6 | are now before you, seniors and junior folk. Nor did we 05Parp4    89:7 | will serve them as natural and loyal servants. But if they 05Parp4    89:7 | do not agree to it, and become (more) severe, we shall 05Parp4    89:7 | through the land, be ruined, and gladly die, but we shall 05Parp4    89:8 | First and foremost among the three demands 05Parp4    89:8 | three demands is this important and useful point: let us keep 05Parp4    89:8 | let us keep our patrimonial and natural laws (faith), let no 05Parp4    89:8 | mage; do not give station and honor because of (acceptance of 05Parp4    89:8 | from the land of Armenia, and hereafter let us not see 05Parp4    89:8 | us not see those loathesome and useless men who are enemies 05Parp4    89:8 | of the Church. Permit Christians and priests the order and worship 05Parp4    89:8 | Christians and priests the order and worship of Christianity boldly and 05Parp4    89:8 | and worship of Christianity boldly and fearlessly. This is good, and 05Parp4    89:8 | and fearlessly. This is good, and it is our first demand 05Parp4    89:9 | you correctly learn the good and bad, and select the useful 05Parp4    89:9 | learn the good and bad, and select the useful, not the 05Parp4    89:9 | the useless; know the noble and ignoble, respect and honor the 05Parp4    89:9 | the noble and ignoble, respect and honor the brave and useful 05Parp4    89:9 | respect and honor the brave and useful, and scorn and regard 05Parp4    89:9 | honor the brave and useful, and scorn and regard as nothing 05Parp4    89:9 | brave and useful, and scorn and regard as nothing the bad 05Parp4    89:9 | regard as nothing the bad and useless. Love those who labor 05Parp4    89:9 | useless. Love those who labor and loathe those who are not 05Parp4    89:9 | keep wise people around you and consult them; do not permit 05Parp4    89:10 | Aryan world will be successful and correct. But if you like 05Parp4    89:10 | the case now, then events and affairs will go in a 05Parp4    89:10 | contrary way, as indeed happened and as you saw 05Parp4    89:11 | the lord of the Aryans and king of the land to 05Parp4    89:11 | with his own ears, know and speak with his own mouth 05Parp4    89:11 | speak with his own mouth, and not with the eyes and 05Parp4    89:11 | and not with the eyes and ears of another. Let him 05Parp4    89:12 | are false, many orders futile, and all wisdom is different 05Parp4    89:13 | evils) operate, all the meritorious and their servants are destroyed, and 05Parp4    89:13 | and their servants are destroyed, and neither the land nor its 05Parp4    89:13 | its inhabitants can remain stable and unmoved 05Parp4    89:14 | with his own healthy eyes and hears with unbiased hearing and 05Parp4    89:14 | and hears with unbiased hearing and speaks fairly with his servants 05Parp4    89:14 | servants, will envivify his servants and they will not be satisfied 05Parp4    89:15 | way the land is cultivated and the lord is always resplendent 05Parp4    89:16 | if you can promise this, and can give us these promises 05Parp4    89:16 | these promises in a written and sealed form, call us and 05Parp4    89:16 | and sealed form, call us and we will willingly come and 05Parp4    89:16 | and we will willingly come and hear your words and accept 05Parp4    89:16 | come and hear your words and accept whatever the king orders 05Parp4    89:17 | give us these three demands, and know that it is impossible 05Parp4    89:18 | I not come, the words and matters will remain (as problems 05Parp4    90:0 | to Shapuh, the council scribe, and to Mihr-Vshnasp Chuarshac’i, he 05Parp4    90:1 | Arshawir, Vasawurt Kark’ayin, Arhawan Aghbewrkac’i, and Pachok, from the Mardpetakan brigade 05Parp4    90:2 | Mamikonean bid them all farewell and sent them in peace to 05Parp4    90:4 | He ordered a diner and received them with much thanks 05Parp4    90:4 | received them with much thanks and great affection, always recalling with 05Parp4    90:5 | Nixor to Vahan Mamikonean: Shapuh and Mihr-Vshnasp, and the Armenian 05Parp4    90:5 | Mamikonean: Shapuh and Mihr-Vshnasp, and the Armenian naxarars and other 05Parp4    90:5 | Vshnasp, and the Armenian naxarars and other men with them who 05Parp4    90:6 | Shapuh and Mihr-Vshnasp gave Vahan Mamikonean’s 05Parp4    90:7 | them, saying: “All the words and message sent by Vahan are 05Parp4    90:7 | were forcibly taken by Peroz and killed by the Hepthalites were 05Parp4    90:7 | by the Hepthalites were innocent ( and the gods will demand their 05Parp4    90:7 | all the things he planned and did. For he operated because 05Parp4    90:7 | the tyranny of Peroz’ wickedness, and not on his own will 05Parp4    90:9 | has been reconciled to me and accepts Aryan service 05Parp4    90:10 | speak before the entire atean, and when the oath-keeping Armenian 05Parp4    90:10 | the oath-keeping Armenian naxarars and the other men who had 05Parp4    90:10 | are the hearts of princes, and as He wills it, so 05Parp4    90:11 | messengers, Shapuh the council dpir and Mihr-Vshnasp Cuarshac’i, and wrote 05Parp4    90:11 | dpir and Mihr-Vshnasp Cuarshac’i, and wrote a letter to Vahan 05Parp4    90:12 | all of it to me, and that I listened 05Parp4    90:13 | come to me in surety and the lord of the Aryans 05Parp4    90:13 | the lord of the Aryans and all the Aryan nobility swear 05Parp4    90:13 | Aryan nobility swear to grant and fully implement all the demands 05Parp4    90:13 | to me via these men. And then the lord of the 05Parp4    90:13 | as you wish—exalt you and those with you and send 05Parp4    90:13 | you and those with you and send you back to Armenia 05Parp4    90:14 | Nixor, having affectionately received and honored the naxarars who had 05Parp4    90:14 | to bring Vahan Mamikonean quickly and without delay. Then, biding them 05Parp4    90:15 | Armenia were honored by Nixor and exalted by the Iranians, and 05Parp4    90:15 | and exalted by the Iranians, and that they themselves were scorned 05Parp4    90:15 | they filled up with shame and sank into the ground 05Parp4    90:16 | oath-keeping naxarars of Armenia and the others with them saw 05Parp4    90:17 | And one of the oath-keepers 05Parp4    90:17 | caused such a dark cloud and sadness to come upon you 05Parp4    90:17 | sadness to come upon you and to make you vanish into 05Parp4    90:17 | ground, then when Christ favors, and you see Vahan Mamikonean and 05Parp4    90:17 | and you see Vahan Mamikonean and the other oath-keepers with 05Parp4    90:17 | Christ, will you not crumble and choke?” And on the great 05Parp4    90:17 | you not crumble and choke?” And on the great day when 05Parp4    90:19 | messengers had reached Vahan Mamikonean and delivered Nixor’s letter, (Vahan) learned 05Parp4    90:19 | that he had sent him and that there was nothing in 05Parp4    90:20 | how Nixor had so delightedly and affectionately received and exalted the 05Parp4    90:20 | so delightedly and affectionately received and exalted the naxarars. They also 05Parp4    90:20 | of the oath-breakers’ brigade, and how very much his going 05Parp4    90:20 | his going there was desired. And Nixor’s messengers convinced him to 05Parp4    91:0 | all the oath-keeping naxarars and many others, and an organized 05Parp4    91:0 | keeping naxarars and many others, and an organized brigade. Having heard 05Parp4    91:0 | Mamikonean went to him willingly and with a joyful heart 05Parp4    91:1 | village named Eghind, where he and all the brigades with him 05Parp4    91:1 | stopped. He sent to Nixor and made him aware of his 05Parp4    91:2 | you want me to come and see you, have some senior 05Parp4    91:2 | you, have some senior Aryans and people from noted tohms come 05Parp4    91:2 | from noted tohms come here and stay with my folk, until 05Parp4    91:2 | I come to see you and the two of us speak 05Parp4    91:2 | two of us speak together and hear from each other what 05Parp4    91:3 | Nixor heard about the arrival and wish of Vahan Mamikonean, he 05Parp4    91:3 | of Armenia, Nershapuh, Mihran’s brother, and five other senior Iranians 05Parp4    91:4 | sent to him by Nixor, and received them happily. Rejoicing together 05Parp4    91:4 | them to honor them worthily and to be careful. Then, with 05Parp4    91:5 | if in preparation for battle. And on hearing Vahan Mamikonean’s command 05Parp4    91:5 | Mamikonean’s command, they fully prepared and presented themselves 05Parp4    91:6 | to sound the war trumpets, and at the furious sound of 05Parp4    91:6 | come deceitfully to hurt them, and not in love for peaceful 05Parp4    91:7 | men in advance of him and had them say to Vahan 05Parp4    91:7 | in accord with Aryan custom and is a new thing you 05Parp4    91:7 | necessary for you to hold and accept Aryan custom. For only 05Parp4    91:7 | camp) with the trumpets sounding; and no one would dare to 05Parp4    91:8 | Aryans make me a servant, and then, without learning it from 05Parp4    91:8 | I (will) know the custom and dignity of the land of 05Parp4    91:10 | When Nixor saw Vahan Mamikonean and the other naxarar oath-keepers 05Parp4    91:10 | embraced him for many hours and saluted him. He also conveyed 05Parp4    91:10 | Vagharsh, lord of the Aryans, and of all the nobility. (Nixor 05Parp4    91:10 | welcoming them with great affection, and likewise all the men in 05Parp4    91:10 | men in the brigade, senior and junior 05Parp4    91:11 | the lord of the Aryans and all the court nobility, he 05Parp4    91:11 | he prostrated himself giving thanks and received them with great rejoicing 05Parp4    91:12 | Mamikonean’s force be let inside and also ordered the senior Iranian 05Parp4    91:13 | that Nixor said was done, and when the atean was completely 05Parp4    91:13 | the men with Vahan Mamikonean and the other Iranian folk, Nixor 05Parp4    91:14 | you many times at court and heard about you from men 05Parp4    91:14 | men of the world, Armenians and Iranians (who are not unseeing 05Parp4    91:14 | useless men, but good, perspicacious, and wise folk), and now all 05Parp4    91:14 | good, perspicacious, and wise folk), and now all of us know 05Parp4    91:15 | by bravery as by prudence and wisdom—maybe more so. You 05Parp4    91:15 | the entire Aryan world see and acknowledge both capacities in your 05Parp4    91:16 | few, causing such great injuries and wearing (us) out 05Parp4    91:17 | And you showed wisdom, knowing when 05Parp4    91:18 | two traits were not present and fully developed in you, how 05Parp4    91:18 | folk with so few men, and at times to overwhelmingly win 05Parp4    91:18 | win, at times to terrify and fatigue 05Parp4    91:19 | Consequently, recalling your great feat and intellect, I regard all of 05Parp4    91:20 | of Peroz’ lack of recognition, and that you were forced to 05Parp4    91:20 | of death. He demanded service and labor as a god and 05Parp4    91:20 | and labor as a god and he thought not to give 05Parp4    91:21 | day recognized for personal bravery, and then die, rather than live 05Parp4    91:22 | court nobility which now exists, and you know that 05Parp4    91:23 | for the safety of himself and his own sons, how could 05Parp4    91:25 | But you and the men united with you 05Parp4    91:25 | from the impiety of Peroz; and as for those of you 05Parp4    91:25 | still alive, you are guiltless and blameless 05Parp4    91:26 | now lord of the Aryans, and all the nobility, always talk 05Parp4    91:26 | nobility, always talk about this, and inconsolably lament and mourn, recalling 05Parp4    91:26 | about this, and inconsolably lament and mourn, recalling the intractable and 05Parp4    91:26 | and mourn, recalling the intractable and impious ways of the man 05Parp4    91:27 | the one who lost himself and the might and strength of 05Parp4    91:27 | lost himself and the might and strength of the Aryan world 05Parp4    91:27 | strength of the Aryan world and gave the great and free 05Parp4    91:27 | world and gave the great and free kingdom into service to 05Parp4    91:28 | But should you willingly submit, and perform the natural service of 05Parp4    91:28 | service of your ancestors, overlooking and forgiving the bad things between 05Parp4    91:28 | that you return to Armenia and the king will have (this 05Parp4    91:28 | will have (this agreement) sealed and sent to you. Then when 05Parp4    91:28 | the Aryans, he will affectionately and willingly grant and implement everything 05Parp4    91:28 | will affectionately and willingly grant and implement everything that you wish 05Parp4    91:28 | you wish which is good and worthy for yourself and for 05Parp4    91:28 | good and worthy for yourself and for whomever you choose 05Parp4    92:0 | at the atean to him and to the oath-keeping Armenian 05Parp4    92:0 | keeping Armenian naxarars with him, and replied: “It is easy for 05Parp4    92:0 | is easy for forward-looking and thoughtful people to recognize when 05Parp4    92:1 | gives us a benevolent, experienced and constructive prince, the feeble should 05Parp4    92:1 | spread goodness over the land and renew it as is happening 05Parp4    92:1 | now, it seems to me and everyone else 05Parp4    92:3 | a land such as Armenia and for us, people of that 05Parp4    92:3 | your concern for everyone, land and people. We see you as 05Parp4    92:3 | We see you as wanting and loving what is good, and 05Parp4    92:3 | and loving what is good, and regard you as a good 05Parp4    92:3 | a good thing for ourselves and our land 05Parp4    92:4 | king of kings, Peroz’ behavior and self-indulgence—having servants with 05Parp4    92:4 | from undeserving, it was sufficient and full 05Parp4    92:6 | something about Peroz; how he and all the Aryans were constantly 05Parp4    92:6 | at the hunt, they come and fall upon the ashes 05Parp4    92:7 | You give them the proposition and joyfully dispatch them, favoring them 05Parp4    92:7 | position, honor, others’ houses, lives and greatness. Having eluded you a 05Parp4    92:8 | It is known by everyone and apparent that all craftsmen who 05Parp4    92:8 | craftsmen who know their craft and benefit from it, want to 05Parp4    92:8 | know that they can live and grow great not through wisdom 05Parp4    92:8 | grow great not through wisdom and bravery but through false traffic 05Parp4    92:8 | through false traffic with ashes; and they hurry to teach the 05Parp4    92:9 | Therefore merit, intelligence, bravery, nobility and justice have departed from and 05Parp4    92:9 | and justice have departed from and ruined the land of Armenia 05Parp4    92:9 | not blame them for learning and knowing nothing. Rather, you deride 05Parp4    92:9 | the Armenians are the worst and least of the fighters placing 05Parp4    92:9 | Syrians, the forsaken, the crippled and the paralysed 05Parp4    92:10 | and others like them who are 05Parp4    92:10 | attached to your parasitical detachment and are not ashamed. For them 05Parp4    92:11 | the lord of the Aryans, and would expire upon hearing them 05Parp4    92:12 | Aryans placed on our land and insisted upon, we dared to 05Parp4    92:12 | upon, we dared to plan and think about (rebellion). And, although 05Parp4    92:12 | plan and think about (rebellion). And, although we thought about leaving 05Parp4    92:12 | thought about leaving the land and disappearing, recognizing the might and 05Parp4    92:12 | and disappearing, recognizing the might and multitude of the Aryans (for 05Parp4    92:12 | we are not so stupid and crazed to think that we 05Parp4    92:12 | think that we could resist and not be destroyed by fighting 05Parp4    92:12 | to us as such backward and despicable men who truly were 05Parp4    92:12 | men who truly were lost and vanished without a trace. And 05Parp4    92:12 | and vanished without a trace. And you would say that whether 05Parp4    92:13 | chose first to inform ourselves and then either to die and 05Parp4    92:13 | and then either to die and be lost 05Parp4    92:14 | united, had we not split and argued, we would have shown 05Parp4    92:15 | reign, who now have station and honor, are princes of each 05Parp4    92:15 | district, lords of horse, troops, and brigades, to assemble together with 05Parp4    92:15 | together with all their cavalry. And we (will fight) with the 05Parp4    92:15 | who lack house, servant, brigade and tanuterut’iwn 05Parp4    92:16 | your assistance for a moment, and leave (ownership) of the land 05Parp4    92:16 | land of Armenia to us and them. (You should) give the 05Parp4    92:16 | whomever can expell the other and make (that party) your servants 05Parp4    92:17 | loss of a great land, and should be stated in full 05Parp4    92:18 | lives in peril of death, and abandoned the lord of the 05Parp4    92:18 | times by means of messengers, and you, similarly repeated (the demands 05Parp4    92:18 | demands; grant them in writing and with the king’s seal 05Parp4    92:19 | As for other gifts, luxuries, and merits, see that you reward 05Parp4    92:19 | servants. Accept us with affection, and we shall happily serve you 05Parp4    93:0 | before the atean: “The courageous and just words of Vahan and 05Parp4    93:0 | and just words of Vahan and the good news about (his 05Parp4    93:0 | the land of the Aryans and the dark cloud which has 05Parp4    93:0 | heart, (Vahan’s words) have consoled and gladdened me 05Parp4    93:2 | must be said between myself and Vahan will be aired day 05Parp4    93:2 | be aired day by day, and in a few days we 05Parp4    93:3 | And that day Nixor ordered that 05Parp4    93:3 | ordered that Vahan should come and rejoice with him with all 05Parp4    93:3 | all the oath-keeping naxarars and the entire brigade he had 05Parp4    93:3 | all the oath-breaking Armenians and the apostates were removed from 05Parp4    93:4 | day with a great dinner, and bidding farewell to Nixor, they 05Parp4    93:5 | men to gather in assembly, and he had Vahan Mamikonean brought 05Parp4    93:6 | according to the princes’ care, and then the two went together 05Parp4    93:7 | come with Vahan Mamikonean, naxarars and rhamiks, to enter the atean 05Parp4    93:7 | rhamiks, to enter the atean and approach him, and (similarly he 05Parp4    93:7 | the atean and approach him, and ( similarly he ordered that) the 05Parp4    93:8 | to do with wise words, and do not even know how 05Parp4    93:8 | who knows how to listen and profit from the words of 05Parp4    93:8 | from the words of seniors and the speech of the wise 05Parp4    93:9 | reward as he gave splendor and courage to his beloved oath 05Parp4    93:9 | keepers, but filled with shame and ignominy the duplicitous class of 05Parp4    93:9 | the duplicitous class of apostates. And truly the word of Scripture 05Parp4    93:10 | For as the light, and through God, the faces of 05Parp4    93:10 | were illuminated. They chose (God) and were illuminated 05Parp4    93:11 | normal) faces of the impious, and accurately revealing (underneath) faces of 05Parp4    93:12 | said, their color had languished and waned and they resembled statues 05Parp4    93:12 | color had languished and waned and they resembled statues. And before 05Parp4    93:12 | waned and they resembled statues. And before all, indeed they were 05Parp4    93:13 | so [Psalms I, 4].” These were the wretches and pitiful men whom the atrushan 05Parp4    93:13 | the atrushan did not favor, and who were expelled by the 05Parp4    93:14 | They sat together stunned, broken, and as though awakened from a 05Parp4    93:15 | They were awestruck and frightened at this act of 05Parp4    93:15 | God’s power which so quickly and unexpectedly made them seem malignant 05Parp4    93:15 | unexpectedly made them seem malignant and laughable in front of their 05Parp4    93:16 | wanted to enter the atean ( and join) the multitude, he would 05Parp4    93:16 | the brigade of the rebels,” and immediately they let him in 05Parp4    93:17 | the faces of the Iranians and others to look with awe 05Parp4    93:17 | others to look with awe and rejoicing at Vahan Mamikonean to 05Parp4    93:17 | preparation, aid in finding prudence and a strong voice. The words 05Parp4    93:18 | You are able to recognize and know how to requite the 05Parp4    93:18 | worth of each individual’s request and benefit, of the naxarars, azats 05Parp4    93:18 | benefit, of the naxarars, azats and others, the ostanik people and 05Parp4    93:18 | and others, the ostanik people and the cavalry folk who presently 05Parp4    93:19 | But I and the oath-keeping naxarars with 05Parp4    93:19 | demanded from you through messengers and in writing, what yesterday and 05Parp4    93:19 | and in writing, what yesterday and today I discussed with you 05Parp4    93:19 | with you face to face, and you promised to give us 05Parp4    93:19 | the lord of the Aryans and all the court nobility in 05Parp4    93:19 | the court nobility in writing and sealed 05Parp4    93:20 | faith, the removal of magianism and the atrushans from the land 05Parp4    93:20 | from the land of Armenia, and ( confirmation of) the brilliance and 05Parp4    93:20 | and (confirmation of) the brilliance and worship of the Church, as 05Parp4    93:20 | we wish. This is important and essential to us; confirm it 05Parp4    93:21 | As for the station, honor and luxury, look to each man’s 05Parp4    93:21 | each man’s merits, give generously and do not deprive anyone 05Parp4    94:0 | this, Nixor heard it all and enthusiastically consented 05Parp4    94:1 | Armenian cavalry, saying: “Quickly organize and dispatch it to court, for 05Parp4    94:1 | to the ruination of himself and those who agree with him 05Parp4    94:1 | of service before the king and all the Aryans 05Parp4    94:2 | will resolve this matter successfully and benevolently. It is appropriate and 05Parp4    94:2 | and benevolently. It is appropriate and fitting that I should go 05Parp4    94:3 | Nixor and Vahan Mamikonean rejoiced with each 05Parp4    94:4 | in peace, Nixor to court and the king, and Armenia’s general 05Parp4    94:4 | to court and the king, and Armenia’s general, Vahan Mamikonean, to 05Parp4    94:5 | the inhabitants of the place, and partly from the fury of 05Parp4    94:5 | The troops were in doubt and sought for a place to 05Parp4    94:5 | were submerged in the water and were barely able to find 05Parp4    94:5 | to find a way out and save themselves 05Parp4    94:6 | himself, descended into the river, and peacefully crossed through the water 05Parp4    94:7 | care. This was a great and clear sign both for the 05Parp4    94:7 | sign both for the horsemen and the entire cavalry which were 05Parp4    94:9 | entrusting it to Vren Vanandac’i, and sent it to court. Among 05Parp4    94:10 | clashed, Zareh’s brigade was defeated and fled, and many of the 05Parp4    94:10 | brigade was defeated and fled, and many of the wounded died 05Parp4    94:11 | became valliant like his father, and displayed great bravery, which was 05Parp4    94:11 | was clear to the general and to all the troops. He 05Parp4    94:11 | He received a good reputation and ( the news of it) reached 05Parp4    94:13 | himself. But they arrested him and brought him to the royal 05Parp4    95:0 | urgently assembled the Armenian cavalry and then he and all the 05Parp4    95:0 | Armenian cavalry and then he and all the oath-keeping naxarars 05Parp4    95:1 | When the king and all the Aryan nobility learned 05Parp4    95:1 | arrival at court, they quickly and hurriedly set a time for 05Parp4    95:1 | him to see the king and all the Aryan nobility 05Parp4    95:3 | the entire multitude of Aryans, and the great palace was filled 05Parp4    95:4 | what (you wrote) in letters, and what the two of you 05Parp4    95:5 | unwillingness to listen to anyone and arrogance, the damage would have 05Parp4    95:5 | finally destroyed himself, his sons and women 05Parp4    95:6 | cause of your own ruination and that of such a multitude 05Parp4    95:6 | today be worthy of interrogation, and of a wickedly tormented death 05Parp4    95:6 | for all that you did and for the loss you caused 05Parp4    95:6 | punish you for another’s tyranny and damage would be very heavy 05Parp4    95:6 | damage would be very heavy, and our laws do not command 05Parp4    95:7 | out because of Peroz’ contemptuous and crooked behavior, many of the 05Parp4    95:8 | they would be alive today and, like you, with us 05Parp4    95:9 | speak at length before God and before you kings 05Parp4    95:10 | For you and all the court nobility have 05Parp4    95:10 | been shown through Nixor’s written and sealed (letters) all of our 05Parp4    95:10 | of our words, the problem and boldness of the act, and 05Parp4    95:10 | and boldness of the act, and ( our willingness) to give our 05Parp4    95:10 | thing many times, prolongs matters and is tedious 05Parp4    95:11 | it, your brother Peroz’ will and unyielding tyranny were excessive and 05Parp4    95:11 | and unyielding tyranny were excessive and unbefitting a king 05Parp4    95:13 | We constantly complained and are complaining that your faith 05Parp4    95:13 | laws) seem false to us and like the babblings of stupid 05Parp4    95:13 | something which we cannot willingly and thoughtfully revere and love, for 05Parp4    95:13 | cannot willingly and thoughtfully revere and love, for it seems laughable 05Parp4    95:13 | love, for it seems laughable and we do not believe (in 05Parp4    95:13 | not heeding our protests, imperiously and forcibly you wanted to destroy 05Parp4    95:13 | you wanted to destroy us, and were youselves destroyed 05Parp4    95:14 | For our faith demands purity and does not accept or allow 05Parp4    95:14 | us) to serve (our) masters and obey, as though (they were 05Parp4    95:15 | But come now and show (me) one man who 05Parp4    95:15 | king of kings Peroz, accepted and revered your faith and also 05Parp4    95:15 | accepted and revered your faith and also displayed merit and accomplishment 05Parp4    95:15 | faith and also displayed merit and accomplishment because of his usefulness 05Parp4    95:16 | have been in diverse places, and one of them should be 05Parp4    95:16 | seen by your military commanders, and as a result of such 05Parp4    95:17 | the same district as they and other people from the land 05Parp4    95:17 | know about their impure acts and how much they deserve to 05Parp4    95:18 | the fire as they wish and regard you as stupid 05Parp4    95:19 | I speak before you boldly and forthrightly about this. Remove that 05Parp4    95:19 | do not regard as just, and we do not revere anyone 05Parp4    95:20 | servant does his lord ill, and whenever someone wants to hold 05Parp4    95:20 | all the evils he wishes, and settles the matter with it 05Parp4    95:21 | godlike undepriving intentions. These words and this issue come from us 05Parp4    95:22 | grant confirmation of our demand and do not want to remove 05Parp4    95:22 | it for us in writing and with the seal as are 05Parp4    95:22 | the laws of kings (confirmed). And demand submission from us as 05Parp4    95:22 | serving folk. With your intelligent and all-seeing eye examine a 05Parp4    95:22 | seeing eye examine a man and his work, and reward appropriately 05Parp4    95:22 | a man and his work, and reward appropriately 05Parp4    95:23 | these words before king Vagharsh and all the court nobility, all 05Parp4    95:23 | all of them loudly praised and esteemed him, all marvelled at 05Parp4    95:23 | marvelled at the Mamikonid’s wisdom and the grace of the words 05Parp4    95:25 | Vagharsh replied to Vahan Mamikonean and to all his oath-keeping 05Parp4    95:25 | which you have thought about and revealed which was described before 05Parp4    95:25 | I shall give you written and sealed—from today to eternity 05Parp4    95:26 | did because of Peroz’ tyranny and not of your will. Let 05Parp4    96:0 | would be agreeable to hearing and doing it) to give Vahan 05Parp4    96:0 | the terut’iwn of the Mamikoneans and the sparapetut’iwn of Armenia 05Parp4    96:1 | The king willingly and gladly agreed, and they informed 05Parp4    96:1 | king willingly and gladly agreed, and they informed Vahan Mamikonean of 05Parp4    96:1 | united wish of the king and the court nobility 05Parp4    96:2 | authority to resist your wishes and command; your wishes and what 05Parp4    96:2 | wishes and command; your wishes and what you have done for 05Parp4    96:2 | for me is very great and ( even) excessive 05Parp4    96:3 | which you might look upon and then do as is proper 05Parp4    96:3 | then do as is proper and what pleases you. In this 05Parp4    96:4 | The king and all the Aryan nobility silenced 05Parp4    96:4 | nobility silenced Vahan Mamikonean’s words, and sat him on the throne 05Parp4    96:5 | Vahan, with what was necessary and proper for the dignity of 05Parp4    96:6 | Then after king Vagharsh and all the nobility had received 05Parp4    96:6 | of them full of affection and willing honor, they were ready 05Parp4    96:7 | Vahan, lord of the Mamikoneans and sparapet of Armenia, came to 05Parp4    96:7 | Vagharsh, king of the Aryans, and to all the court nobility 05Parp4    96:8 | is the creator of all and desires the good and beneficial 05Parp4    96:8 | all and desires the good and beneficial for all people. Only 05Parp4    96:9 | pardoned crimes, exalted with throne and honor, became a raiser of 05Parp4    96:9 | a raiser of the dead, and having found a confused and 05Parp4    96:9 | and having found a confused and ruined land, you righted it 05Parp4    96:10 | But since you asked and encouraged me to speak the 05Parp4    96:10 | the envivifier of my death, and raised me up from it 05Parp4    96:12 | be) fully favored by you, and would see the death in 05Parp4    96:13 | not be very saddened now, and also, since you first and 05Parp4    96:13 | and also, since you first and foremost sought that present from 05Parp4    96:14 | some service for us worthily and some merit to the benefit 05Parp4    96:14 | benefit of the Aryan world, and then we will look to 05Parp4    96:15 | And now be grateful to us 05Parp4    96:15 | to us for the reward and try hard to be from 05Parp4    96:15 | now on loyal, fair-minded, and creative. And Godspeed to you 05Parp4    96:15 | loyal, fair-minded, and creative. And Godspeed to you in joining 05Parp4    96:15 | you in joining your family and your country. While arriving, be 05Parp4    97:0 | lord of the Mamikoneans, Vahan, and to all the Armenian naxarars 05Parp4    97:0 | to all the Armenian naxarars, and released them in peace 05Parp4    97:1 | Vahan, the general of Armenia and lord of the Mamikoneans, and 05Parp4    97:1 | and lord of the Mamikoneans, and all the oath-keeping naxarars 05Parp4    97:1 | revered symbol of the Cross and the blessed remains of the 05Parp4    97:2 | Vahan, the general of Armenia and lord of the Mamikoneans, and 05Parp4    97:2 | and lord of the Mamikoneans, and the other Armenian naxarars with 05Parp4    97:2 | other Armenian naxarars with him and the entire multitude of the 05Parp4    97:2 | with the kiss of blessing and said with a joyous heart 05Parp4    97:3 | the water of oath-keeping and clothed all in the dress 05Parp4    97:3 | in the dress of salvation and the robe of joy. He 05Parp4    97:3 | as if to the bridegroom and adorned you with ornaments as 05Parp4    97:4 | the apostles of the just and the prophets on the day 05Parp4    97:4 | no ear has heard of, and no heart has experienced. Such 05Parp4    97:5 | had said all of this and blessed everyone, they came first 05Parp4    97:6 | Vahan, the sparapet of Armenia, and the oath-keeping Armenian naxarars 05Parp4    97:6 | remained there for some days and fulfilled vows and made presents 05Parp4    97:6 | some days and fulfilled vows and made presents to the blessed 05Parp4    97:6 | needs of sustaining the poor, and fulfilled them amply 05Parp4    97:7 | the naxarars of Armenia united, and the other multitude came every 05Parp4    97:7 | with great rejoicing, with psalms, and homilies of the spiritual vardapets 05Parp4    97:7 | Vahan, lord of the Mamikoneans, and with each other 05Parp4    97:8 | the entire Armenian multitude left and came to the natural ostan 05Parp4    97:8 | ostan of Armenia, Duin, blessing and glorifying the power of the 05Parp4    98:0 | of Armenia, an intelligent, prudent and perspicacious man who could distinguish 05Parp4    98:0 | the wise from the stupid, and the good from the bad 05Parp4    98:1 | intelligence of Vahan, Armenia’s general and lord of the Mamikoneans, his 05Parp4    98:1 | appropriateness in everything, total progress; and he also saw that whatever 05Parp4    98:1 | the Lord aided his hand and everything was concluded easily and 05Parp4    98:1 | and everything was concluded easily and effortlessly 05Parp4    98:2 | Vahan, lord of the Mamikoneans, and thinking all of it over 05Parp4    98:2 | over, Andekan was secretly astonished and rejoiced at his benevolent thoughts 05Parp4    98:3 | Andekan also liked (Vahan) and frequently acquainted all the court 05Parp4    98:3 | acquainted all the court nobility and his friends with the man’s 05Parp4    98:5 | written to you many times and now describe in person, is 05Parp4    98:5 | growing greater by the day and in no way is his 05Parp4    98:7 | the land of Armenia, first and foremost he would lack the 05Parp4    98:7 | from you (who are godlike and above human nature) possesses such 05Parp4    98:7 | human nature) possesses such grace and adept prudence. But as for 05Parp4    98:8 | of the land, the simple and difficult, the good, bad, useful 05Parp4    98:9 | the good with the good and the despicable in last place 05Parp4    98:10 | sons, court, dear ones, servants and maid-servants. Should all of 05Parp4    98:11 | consume his own House provisions, and all of that (would-be 05Parp4    98:11 | go to the royal treasury and benefit royal affairs 05Parp4    98:12 | After watching Vahan’s goodness and successfulness and thinking it over 05Parp4    98:12 | watching Vahan’s goodness and successfulness and thinking it over in my 05Parp4    98:12 | the affairs of the land and for the court. I have 05Parp4    98:13 | To decide what is proper and to do it, you, brothers 05Parp4    98:14 | When king Vagharsh and all the court nobility heard 05Parp4    98:14 | All who heard were surprised and with great praise they considered 05Parp4    98:14 | man who loves his master and builds up the land 05Parp4    99:0 | of all the court nobility and the Aryans, king Vagharsh immediately 05Parp4    99:0 | Vahan, lord of the Mamikoneans and general of Armenia, as marzpan 05Parp4    99:1 | it to Vahan, Armenia’s general and lord of the Mamikoneans. And 05Parp4    99:1 | and lord of the Mamikoneans. And through the right-hand of 05Parp4    99:1 | of Almighty God they established and confirmed him as marzpan over 05Parp4    99:2 | the Mamikoneans, general of Armenia, and marzpan, received the hrovartak of 05Parp4    99:2 | envy of (certain) Armenian people and was burdened by the matter 05Parp4    99:2 | to resist the king’s order and be disobedient 05Parp4    99:4 | they also rushed there, one and all—everyone: naxarars and azats 05Parp4    99:4 | one and all—everyone: naxarars and azats, ostaniks and rhamiks, men 05Parp4    99:4 | everyone: naxarars and azats, ostaniks and rhamiks, men and women, old 05Parp4    99:4 | azats, ostaniks and rhamiks, men and women, old and young, and 05Parp4    99:4 | rhamiks, men and women, old and young, and even brides of 05Parp4    99:4 | and women, old and young, and even brides of the nuptial 05Parp4    99:5 | And the House of God was 05Parp4    99:5 | outside the church, the streets, and all places in the surrounding 05Parp4    99:6 | a day of immeasurable joy and inexhaustible happiness for pious lovers 05Parp4    99:6 | for pious lovers of good and the rationally right-minded people 05Parp4    99:6 | a day) of tearful mourning and unconsolable sorrow for the stupid 05Parp4    99:6 | unconsolable sorrow for the stupid and the rogues 05Parp4    99:7 | the venerable one thanked God and with a heart breaking with 05Parp4    99:7 | from the servitude of pharaoh, and from Kings, the passage where 05Parp4    100:0 | Through many forms and various demonstrations did our Savior 05Parp4    100:0 | various demonstrations did our Savior and Lord Jesus Christ reveal to 05Parp4    100:0 | the plan of His coming and incarnation through the Holy Virgin 05Parp4    100:1 | Scripture, the twelve gushing fountains and the [70] palm trees [Exodus 15:27; Numbers 33:9]. The Savior 05Parp4    100:2 | diffuse fields full of flowers and fruit, which had the pattern 05Parp4    100:3 | came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of 05Parp4    100:3 | the Holy Virgin, have filled and enchanted the whole face of 05Parp4    100:4 | of their preaching, sins die and creatures return to life; Pharaoh 05Parp4    100:4 | return to life; Pharaoh drowns and Israel survives; subjection is exhausted 05Parp4    100:4 | Israel survives; subjection is exhausted and liberation is established; the lamb 05Parp4    100:4 | established; the lamb is distributed and nations are unbounded. Those who 05Parp4    100:4 | perish; the Gentiles become Israelites and Satan, like Pharaoh, is consumed 05Parp4    100:6 | the fire of the furnace and the streams of the twelve 05Parp4    100:7 | But the one and same comely furnace of Babylon 05Parp4    100:7 | them in light, renewed them, and, turning into an unquenchable fire 05Parp4    100:8 | the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that 05Parp4    100:9 | Love the church and be loved by the church 05Parp4    100:9 | wolves into lambs, brightened you and shamed enemies of truth 05Parp4    100:10 | my heart, happiness of mind, and my hands raised to heaven 05Parp4    100:12 | Let the Jews be silenced and the apostates ashamed 05Parp4    100:14 | Give me Abishag the Shunammite” [1 Kings 2:17], and “ they did not seek the 05Parp4    100:14 | did not seek the Lord” [Isaiah 31:1], and “ nor did they recognize the 05Parp4    100:14 | the forgetters of the truth and the blasphemers of justice? They 05Parp4    100:15 | that my head were waters, And my eyes a fountain of 05Parp4    100:15 | eyes a fountain of tears!” [Jeremiah 9:1] and sitting down I would lament 05Parp4    100:17 | front of the altar—hurry and help him 05Parp4    100:19 | your hands, all you people!” [Psalm 46:2 LXX], and he says: “Come to Me 05Parp4    100:19 | Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I 05Parp4    100:19 | labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest 05Parp4    100:19 | I will give you rest” [Matthew 11:28], and “ I have not come to 05Parp4    100:20 | who are the most strong and able, that “you who are 05Parp4    100:20 | you the lame, the blind and those who are sick, and 05Parp4    100:20 | and those who are sick, and do not let them grab 05Parp4    100:20 | of the altar with Adonijah and Joab, for it is a 05Parp4    100:20 | body, barren as a plant and tasteless, in Greek 05Parp4    100:21 | suck the milk for sustenance and teach them to drink from 05Parp4    100:21 | their souls; from that milk and wine about which the aforementioned 05Parp4    100:22 | But resign your young and ill-spirited friends from the 05Parp4    100:22 | the great prophet reprimands now and hereafter: “The people sat down 05Parp4    100:22 | people sat down to eat and drink and got up to 05Parp4    100:22 | down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in 05Parp4    100:23 | And let them not drink again 05Parp4    100:23 | that wine of which Lot and Noah drank 05Parp4    100:24 | And do not have them leave 05Parp4    100:26 | those with hearts of stone and to evil ones, of whom 05Parp4    100:26 | whom Paul spoke of allegorically and in proverbial fashion: “For Hagar 05Parp4    100:26 | this Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem, and is 05Parp4    100:26 | Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem, and is in bondage with her 05Parp4    100:26 | the Jerusalem above is free” [Galatians 4:25-26] and the teaching of Christ’s forgiveness 05Parp4    100:26 | by those who accept it and is met “not in inscribed 05Parp4    100:27 | all you who are weary and who, as we said before 05Parp4    100:27 | heavy burdens—drop them here and rest 05Parp4    100:28 | who are now inside, summon and invite the passers-by outside 05Parp4    100:28 | Go out into the squares and into the streets and gather 05Parp4    100:28 | squares and into the streets and gather everyone with ailing souls 05Parp4    100:28 | gather everyone with ailing souls and broken by their sins. Bring 05Parp4    100:28 | their sins. Bring them here and they shall all be healed 05Parp4    100:28 | be healed, bringing their confessions and tears as is demanded of 05Parp4    100:29 | disease there are known doctors, and they stand ready 05Parp4    100:30 | Bring the tax collector and Zacchaeus to the evangelist Matthew 05Parp4    100:31 | a higher price than prayers and tears; only from the well 05Parp4    100:32 | who shall be more unfortunate and miserable than such persons, who 05Parp4    100:32 | from the kingdom of heaven? And who will be more wonderful 05Parp4    100:32 | who will be more wonderful and fortunate than the one who 05Parp4    100:33 | you cry convulsively, without pause and without so much as catching 05Parp4    100:34 | your soul dead before you and fear of the unquenchable fire 05Parp4    100:34 | fear of the unquenchable fire and perils of hell constantly trouble 05Parp4    100:34 | down, pause for a moment and take breath 05Parp4    100:36 | Pray! you who are firm and unshakeable—do not imitate the 05Parp4    100:36 | the Pharisee in your prayers, and though you may find yourselves 05Parp4    100:36 | say: “We are worthless servants” [Matthew 25:30]. And do not travel to the 05Parp4    100:36 | the door will be closed and you will stay shamefully outside 05Parp4    100:37 | heat, in sweat, in toil and in persistence, engaged in the 05Parp4    100:37 | men—stray from it all and you shall lose everything 05Parp4    100:38 | be such adornment for you, and may you be clothed with 05Parp4    100:38 | longed-for adornments of heaven [2 Corinthians 5:2], and with such a delighting crown 05Parp4    100:38 | such a delighting crown—luminous and heavenly, incorruptible and eternal—which 05Parp4    100:38 | crown—luminous and heavenly, incorruptible and eternal—which gives splendor to 05Parp4    100:38 | Savior for all his days, and who hears the blessed voice 05Parp4    100:39 | Of which, may we and everyone alike be found worthy 05Parp4    100:39 | found worthy by the grace and kindness of our Lord and 05Parp4    100:39 | and kindness of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, with whom 05Parp4    100:39 | Christ, with whom the Father and the Holy Spirit at once 05Parp4    100:39 | at once possess glory, power and honor, now and always, and 05Parp4    100:39 | glory, power and honor, now and always, and forever and ever 05Parp4    100:39 | and honor, now and always, and forever and ever. Amen 05Parp4    100:39 | now and always, and forever and ever. Amen 06Khor1    1:1 | Reply to Sahak’s letter and promise to fulfill his request 06Khor1    1:3 | of divine grace upon you and the constant activity of the 06Khor1    1:3 | is dear to my interests and especially to my profession 06Khor1    1:5 | are the image of God, and furthermore if the virtue of 06Khor1    1:5 | rational being lies in intellection and you have an assiduous desire 06Khor1    1:5 | matters, then by keeping alive and aflame the spark of your 06Khor1    1:5 | reason’s archetype rejoice, being moved and stirred to this goal by 06Khor1    1:6 | own time were the nobles and princes of Armenia neither gave 06Khor1    1:6 | superior to all your predecessors and worthy of the greatest praise 06Khor1    1:6 | worthy of the greatest praise and deserving of inscription in such 06Khor1    1:7 | an immortal memorial to you and your descendants to come. For 06Khor1    1:7 | is an ancient one, valiant and fertile not only in words 06Khor1    1:7 | fertile not only in words and useful counsels but also in 06Khor1    1:7 | counsels but also in great and numerous glorious deeds that we 06Khor1    1:7 | but faith fully the origin and formation of all the Armenian 06Khor1    2:1 | more frequently mentioned in Chaldaean and Assyrian books 06Khor1    2:2 | have histories, especially the Persians and Chaldaeans, in which particularly are 06Khor1    2:3 | both accounts of their empires and also the results of learned 06Khor1    2:3 | care to have the books and stories of all nations translated 06Khor1    2:4 | consider us to be unlearned and defame us as uneducated and 06Khor1    2:4 | and defame us as uneducated and ignorant in that we have 06Khor1    2:5 | was called king of Alexandria and of the Greeks, whereas none 06Khor1    2:7 | archives of other nations’ kings and temples - as we find the 06Khor1    2:7 | might be, the most important and most admirable artistic works and 06Khor1    2:7 | and most admirable artistic works and collect them and translate them 06Khor1    2:7 | artistic works and collect them and translate them into Greek; like 06Khor1    2:7 | like A among the K’, and T’ among the P’, and 06Khor1    2:7 | and T’ among the P’, and K among the E, and 06Khor1    2:7 | and K among the E, and SH among the T’ 06Khor1    2:8 | certain collected these literary works and dedicated them to the glory 06Khor1    2:9 | And they are to be praised 06Khor1    2:9 | as philosophers for their efforts and wisdom in becoming seekers after 06Khor1    2:9 | after the works of others; and even more to be praised 06Khor1    2:9 | praised are those who received and honored such discoveries of wise 06Khor1    3:1 | habits of our first kings and princes 06Khor1    3:3 | who in written accounts fixed and ordered their annals and wise 06Khor1    3:3 | fixed and ordered their annals and wise acts and inscribed each 06Khor1    3:3 | their annals and wise acts and inscribed each one’s valor in 06Khor1    3:3 | each one’s valor in narratives and histories, then like them the 06Khor1    3:3 | the course of the world, and we learn about the state 06Khor1    3:3 | we peruse such wise discourses and narratives - those of the Chaldaeans 06Khor1    3:3 | of the Chaldaeans, Assyrians, Egyptians, and Hellenes. It is indeed to 06Khor1    3:3 | us all that our kings and other forefathers were negligent toward 06Khor1    3:3 | forefathers were negligent toward scholarship and unconcerned with the life of 06Khor1    3:4 | we are a small country and very restricted in numbers, weak 06Khor1    3:4 | in numbers, weak in power, and often subject to another’s rule 06Khor1    3:5 | not think of benefiting themselves and leaving a memorial to their 06Khor1    3:5 | still greater things of them and accounts of what occurred earlier 06Khor1    3:7 | indeed intervals between the wars, and the Persians and Greeks had 06Khor1    3:7 | the wars, and the Persians and Greeks had scripts that today 06Khor1    3:7 | with innumerable accounts of villages and provinces and even private families 06Khor1    3:7 | accounts of villages and provinces and even private families and of 06Khor1    3:7 | provinces and even private families and of controversies and pacts, especially 06Khor1    3:7 | private families and of controversies and pacts, especially those that concern 06Khor1    3:9 | more about those unlettered, lazy, and barbarous men 06Khor1    3:10 | undertake such a great task and to present us with this 06Khor1    3:10 | our nation in a long and useful work, to deal accurately 06Khor1    3:10 | deal accurately with the kings and the princely clans and families 06Khor1    3:10 | kings and the princely clans and families: who descended from whom 06Khor1    3:10 | the various tribes are indigenous and native and which are of 06Khor1    3:10 | tribes are indigenous and native and which are of foreign origin 06Khor1    3:10 | in writing each one’s deeds and times from the time of 06Khor1    3:10 | to you for your glory and untiring delight 06Khor1    3:11 | you, or starting from you and others work backward to the 06Khor1    3:13 | And I shall begin where the 06Khor1    3:13 | who were in the church and Christians, considering it superfluous to 06Khor1    3:13 | some of the later times and the famous men where the 06Khor1    3:13 | necessarily reach the pagan narratives; and from these we shall take 06Khor1    4:1 | not in agreement about Adam and the other patriarchs 06Khor1    4:2 | views contrary to the Spirit and in disagreement with each other 06Khor1    4:2 | each other - Berossus I mean, and Polyhistor and Abydenus - over the 06Khor1    4:2 | Berossus I mean, and Polyhistor and Abydenus - over the very builder 06Khor1    4:2 | very builder of the ark and the other patriarchs, not only 06Khor1    4:2 | not only concerning their names and times but also by not 06Khor1    4:3 | rewarded him as a shepherd and guide for the people 06Khor1    4:5 | apply another name to Noah and credit him with infinite periods 06Khor1    4:5 | Holy Scripture regarding the Flood and the devastation of the earth 06Khor1    4:6 | And not only according to our 06Khor1    4:6 | since now he would increase and now decrease the number 06Khor1    4:7 | opinions according to our ability and write down accurately what each 06Khor1    4:7 | these matters to another place and time and shall cut off 06Khor1    4:7 | to another place and time and shall cut off this account 06Khor1    4:7 | cut off this account here; and we shall now begin with 06Khor1    4:8 | be created. He lived [230] years and begat Seth [cf. Gen.: 5:3]; Seth lived [205] years 06Khor1    4:8 | begat Seth [cf. Gen.: 5:3]; Seth lived [205] years and begat Enos 06Khor1    4:11 | Why, then, and for what reasons was he 06Khor1    4:11 | hope to call upon God? And how is “calling” to be 06Khor1    4:12 | truly the creature of God, and he is said to have 06Khor1    4:12 | God’s mouth. But he transgressed and hid and was asked: “Where 06Khor1    4:12 | But he transgressed and hid and was asked: “Where are you 06Khor1    4:12 | Where are you?” [Gen. 3:9] by God and not by anyone else. Likewise 06Khor1    4:13 | too Abel, who was close and known to God, offered Him 06Khor1    4:13 | God, offered Him a sacrifice, and it was accepted 06Khor1    4:14 | So as these were accepted and known by God, for what 06Khor1    4:14 | first to call upon God, and that with hope 06Khor1    4:16 | was expelled from the Garden and from God 06Khor1    4:18 | word of God or revelation, and the human race was left 06Khor1    4:18 | race was left to doubt and despair and indeed to acts 06Khor1    4:18 | left to doubt and despair and indeed to acts of its 06Khor1    4:18 | Enos, having the greatest hope and righteousness, called upon God 06Khor1    4:20 | by God yet reached death and burial 06Khor1    4:23 | years he lived a worthy and pleasing life, as He who 06Khor1    4:23 | He who was pleased knows, and is said to have been 06Khor1    4:24 | living [188] years begat a son and named him Noah 06Khor1    4:25 | give us rest from work and the toil of our hands 06Khor1    4:25 | the toil of our hands and from the earth which the 06Khor1    4:27 | namely, to stop the impiety and evil by the annihilation of 06Khor1    4:28 | deeds,” which is from lawlessness, and “ from the toil of hands 06Khor1    4:29 | the evil was washed away and purified as if by a 06Khor1    4:30 | son as a famous, notable, and worthy heir of the ancestral 06Khor1    5:1 | as far as Abraham, Ninos, and Aram; and that Ninos is 06Khor1    5:1 | as Abraham, Ninos, and Aram; and that Ninos is neither Bēl 06Khor1    5:2 | is so difficult to compile and so laborious as the investigation 06Khor1    5:2 | beginning to our own day, and even more so the investigation 06Khor1    5:3 | own as its special nation and has left aside the genealogies 06Khor1    5:3 | of the others as contemptible and unworthy of being set out 06Khor1    5:4 | these, as far as possible and according to what we have 06Khor1    5:4 | from among the old stories, and on our part with absolutely 06Khor1    5:5 | races up to Abraham, Ninos, and Aram, and marvel 06Khor1    5:5 | to Abraham, Ninos, and Aram, and marvel 06Khor1    5:6 | Sem lived for [100] years, and two years after the flood 06Khor1    5:38 | Caynan as fourth after Noah and third from Sem 06Khor1    5:40 | And Mestrayim, placed as fourth from 06Khor1    5:40 | placed as fourth from Noah and third from Ham, we do 06Khor1    5:41 | by a certain very learned and erudite Syrian, and what he 06Khor1    5:41 | very learned and erudite Syrian, and what he said seemed to 06Khor1    5:42 | is Metsrayim, which means Egypt. And many of the choronographers say 06Khor1    5:42 | is Bēl, was an Ethiopian, and they have persuaded us that 06Khor1    5:43 | not come down to us, and there is nothing certain known 06Khor1    5:43 | certain known about Ninos himself and certainly not about our Yapheth 06Khor1    5:43 | eleven generations down to Abraham and Ninos and our Aram. For 06Khor1    5:43 | down to Abraham and Ninos and our Aram. For Ara is 06Khor1    5:43 | is the twelfth after Ninos, and he died while young in 06Khor1    5:44 | This is true and let no one have any 06Khor1    5:45 | was the opponent of Bēl and also his slayer 06Khor1    5:46 | And Abydenus tells us this in 06Khor1    5:47 | omit mention of the insignificant and wicked men from among the 06Khor1    5:47 | men from among the ancients and to record only the brave 06Khor1    5:47 | to record only the brave and wise and victorious ancestors and 06Khor1    5:47 | only the brave and wise and victorious ancestors and not to 06Khor1    5:47 | and wise and victorious ancestors and not to spend our time 06Khor1    5:47 | to spend our time uselessly,” and so on 06Khor1    5:48 | But altogether alien and strangers to the truth in 06Khor1    5:49 | the sake of becoming renowned and famous, thus to bring closer 06Khor1    5:50 | Chaldaean into their own language, and although the Chaldaeans, either of 06Khor1    5:50 | task, like a certain Arias and many others, yet we attribute 06Khor1    6:1 | other antiquarians’ accounts sometimes agree and sometimes disagree with Moses, and 06Khor1    6:1 | and sometimes disagree with Moses, and concerning the unwritten ancient stories 06Khor1    6:2 | Noah as far as Abraham and Ninos and Aram. I think 06Khor1    6:2 | far as Abraham and Ninos and Aram. I think that no 06Khor1    6:4 | are grateful for our vigils and efforts, O friend of learning 06Khor1    6:4 | efforts, O friend of learning and patron of our labors, I 06Khor1    6:4 | delighted in changing the names and the stories and the times 06Khor1    6:4 | the names and the stories and the times according to his 06Khor1    6:5 | the number of the patriarchs and the mention of the Flood 06Khor1    6:5 | of the Flood they concur and agree with Moses. Similarly, when 06Khor1    6:5 | but in changing the names and in many other ways they 06Khor1    6:7 | Before the tower,” he says, “ and before the race of mankind 06Khor1    6:7 | the land were Zrvan, Titan, and Yapetost’ē 06Khor1    6:8 | me to be Sem, Ham, and Yapheth 06Khor1    6:9 | And when they had divided the 06Khor1    6:9 | dominion,” he says, “Zrvan prevailed and ruled over the other two 06Khor1    6:10 | Zradasht, the magus and king of the Bactrians, who 06Khor1    6:10 | that he was the origin and father of the gods. He 06Khor1    6:11 | a tyrant,” he says, “Titan and Yapetost’ē opposed him, waging war 06Khor1    6:12 | And in this confusion,” he says 06Khor1    6:13 | here their sister Astḷik intervened and by persuasion stopped the disturbance 06Khor1    6:15 | let the other children live and to send them to the 06Khor1    6:17 | show that God is true and righteous even when the sons 06Khor1    6:17 | but Ham had attacked them and seized that land by force 06Khor1    6:18 | rights of the sworn covenant and exacted retribution from the race 06Khor1    6:19 | divine Scriptures mention the Titans [cf. 2 Kings 5:18, etc.] and the Raphaim 06Khor1    6:20 | wise men of the Greeks and that have come down to 06Khor1    6:20 | us through writers called Gorgias and Banan and a third one 06Khor1    6:20 | writers called Gorgias and Banan and a third one called David 06Khor1    6:21 | turned to questions of geography and the division of the races 06Khor1    6:21 | down to us by tradition and that many villagers retell to 06Khor1    6:22 | is a book about Xisut’ra and his sons that now can 06Khor1    6:23 | After Xisut’ra sailed to Armenia and came upon dry land, it 06Khor1    6:23 | the river for two months and called the mountain after his 06Khor1    6:24 | called Tarban, with thirty brothers and fifteen sisters and their husbands 06Khor1    6:24 | thirty brothers and fifteen sisters and their husbands, left his father 06Khor1    6:24 | their husbands, left his father and dwelt by the same riverbank 06Khor1    6:24 | he called the province Tarawn; and he called the place where 06Khor1    6:25 | on the confines of Bactria, and one of his sons remained 06Khor1    6:26 | eastern regions call Sem Zrvan, and the district is called Zaruand 06Khor1    6:27 | the ballads for the lyre and their songs and dances 06Khor1    6:27 | the lyre and their songs and dances 06Khor1    6:28 | And whether these tales are false 06Khor1    6:29 | all that comes from hearsay and from books so that you 06Khor1    6:29 | that you may know everything and understand the sincerity of my 06Khor1    7:2 | that the one called Kronos and Bēl is Nimrod, just as 06Khor1    7:2 | Kronos - that is Ham, Kush, and Nimrod, leaving out Mestrayim 06Khor1    7:3 | Hephaistos was their first man and the inventor of fire 06Khor1    7:4 | stolen fire from the gods and given it to mankind? It 06Khor1    7:5 | order of the Egyptian dynasties and the sum of years from 06Khor1    7:5 | Joseph up to Sem, Ham, and Yapheth 06Khor1    7:7 | lies before us is long, and time for mortals is short 06Khor1    7:7 | time for mortals is short and uncertain 06Khor1    7:8 | you our own history-whence and how it developed 06Khor1    8:1 | Who found such tales and where 06Khor1    8:2 | Great, king of the Persians and Parthians, who was Parthian by 06Khor1    8:2 | ruled over all the East and Assyria. He killed Antiochus, the 06Khor1    8:2 | Antiochus, the king in Nineveh, and brought into subjection under himself 06Khor1    8:4 | him Nisibis as his capital and established as his frontiers part 06Khor1    8:4 | of western Syria, Palestine, Asia, and all of Anatolia and T’etalia 06Khor1    8:4 | Asia, and all of Anatolia and T’etalia, from the Sea of 06Khor1    8:4 | runs into the Western Sea, and Azerbaijan and other regions “as 06Khor1    8:4 | the Western Sea, and Azerbaijan and other regions “as far as 06Khor1    8:4 | as far as your mind and valour extend. For the frontiers 06Khor1    8:5 | principality in a grand manner and established his reign, had a 06Khor1    8:5 | a desire to know, who and what sort of men had 06Khor1    8:6 | And finding a certain Syrian, Mar 06Khor1    8:6 | diligent man versed in Chaldaean and Greek, he sent him to 06Khor1    8:7 | And he wrote to him in 06Khor1    9:2 | To Arshak, king of earth and sea, whose person and image 06Khor1    9:2 | earth and sea, whose person and image are as those of 06Khor1    9:2 | of our gods, whose fortune and destiny are superior to those 06Khor1    9:2 | to those of all kings, and whose amplitude of mind is 06Khor1    9:2 | from Vaḷarshak your younger brother and colleague, established by you as 06Khor1    9:3 | a command to cultivate valor and all wisdom, I have never 06Khor1    9:3 | so far as my mind and understanding were able 06Khor1    9:4 | And now that my rule has 06Khor1    9:4 | land of Armenia before me and whence arose the principalities that 06Khor1    9:5 | the lords of this country and which the last, nor is 06Khor1    9:5 | regulated, but all is confused and uncivilized 06Khor1    9:6 | information desired by your brother and son he may bring it 06Khor1    9:6 | may bring it with despatch. And the pleasure we shall derive 06Khor1    9:8 | to be set before him, and he was equally happy that 06Khor1    9:9 | Catina examined all the books and found one in Greek on 06Khor1    9:10 | authentic account of the ancients and ancestors, was translated at the 06Khor1    9:11 | says, deals with Zrvan, Titan, and Yapetost’ē; and it contains each 06Khor1    9:11 | with Zrvan, Titan, and Yapetost’ē; and it contains each of the 06Khor1    9:11 | sets in each one’s order and place over many years 06Khor1    9:12 | history of our own race and brought it to King Vaḷarshak 06Khor1    9:12 | in Nisibis in both Greek and Syriac 06Khor1    9:13 | The personable and valiant Vaḷarshak, expert at the 06Khor1    9:13 | expert at the bow, eloquent, and intelligent, received it and esteeming 06Khor1    9:13 | eloquent, and intelligent, received it and esteeming it as the foremost 06Khor1    9:13 | in safekeeping, with great care; and a part of it he 06Khor1    9:14 | the order of our tales and repeat them now for your 06Khor1    9:14 | as Sardanapal of the Chaldaeans and even farther 06Khor1    9:16 | Fearsome and renowned were the first of 06Khor1    9:16 | the first of the gods, and the cause of great blessings 06Khor1    9:16 | the origin of the earth and of the multiplication of mankind 06Khor1    9:17 | the race of giants, monstrous and enormous in force and size 06Khor1    9:17 | monstrous and enormous in force and size, who in their arrogance 06Khor1    9:17 | who in their arrogance conceived and gave birth to the impious 06Khor1    9:17 | had fallen when a fearful and divine wind, aroused by the 06Khor1    9:17 | of the gods, blew down and scattered the construction; they imparted 06Khor1    9:17 | mutually incomprehensible languages to men and brought upon them tumultuous confusion 06Khor1    9:18 | descended from Yapetost’ē, the renowned and valiant prince, strong and accurate 06Khor1    9:18 | renowned and valiant prince, strong and accurate in drawing the bow 06Khor1    9:19 | attempt to indicate our first and original ancestors 06Khor1    9:21 | same chronographer continues: Hayk, Aramaneak, and the others in order, about 06Khor1    10:2 | Hayk, he says, was handsome and personable, with curly hair, sparkling 06Khor1    10:2 | with curly hair, sparkling eyes, and strong arms 06Khor1    10:3 | giants he was the bravest and most famous, the opponent of 06Khor1    10:3 | ruler over all the giants and heroes 06Khor1    10:4 | the multitude of infinitely ferocious and strong giants 06Khor1    10:5 | sword against his neighbor’s flank, and they were attempting to dominate 06Khor1    10:6 | refused to submit to him, and after begetting his son Aramaneak 06Khor1    10:6 | northern regions, with his sons and daughters and sons’ sons, martial 06Khor1    10:6 | with his sons and daughters and sons’ sons, martial men about 06Khor1    10:6 | about three hundred in number, and other domestic servants and the 06Khor1    10:6 | number, and other domestic servants and the outsiders who had joined 06Khor1    10:6 | who had joined his service and all his effects 06Khor1    10:7 | He came and dwelt at the foot of 06Khor1    10:7 | a plain where had lingered and dwelt a few of the 06Khor1    10:7 | These Hayk subjected to himself, and he built there a residence 06Khor1    10:7 | a residence for the property and gave it in inheritance to 06Khor1    10:9 | to the northwest. He came and dwelt in an elevated plain 06Khor1    10:9 | dwelt in an elevated plain and called the name of the 06Khor1    10:10 | He also built a village and called it after his own 06Khor1    11:1 | Concerning the war and the death of Bēl 06Khor1    11:3 | the icy cold; now warm and melt the freezing cold of 06Khor1    11:3 | haughty conduct, submit to me and live in tranquility in my 06Khor1    11:6 | mustered his army against him, and with a mass of infantry 06Khor1    11:7 | against you with valiant immortals and warrior giants of enormous height 06Khor1    11:8 | And knowing that he was close 06Khor1    11:8 | to my house, I fled; and behold I come in great 06Khor1    11:10 | Now Bēl with the overweening and imposing force of his entourage 06Khor1    11:10 | domain, trusting in the spirit and vigor of his soldiers 06Khor1    11:11 | There the prudent and intelligent giant, with curly hair 06Khor1    11:11 | intelligent giant, with curly hair and sparkling eyes, hastily assembled his 06Khor1    11:11 | eyes, hastily assembled his sons and grandsons, valiant men and skilled 06Khor1    11:11 | sons and grandsons, valiant men and skilled bowmen, very few in 06Khor1    11:11 | bowmen, very few in number, and the others who were under 06Khor1    11:11 | lake whose waters are salty and which contains small fish 06Khor1    11:13 | that either we may die and our possessions will fall in 06Khor1    11:13 | we may scatter his host and gain the victory 06Khor1    11:15 | and halted in an elevated spot 06Khor1    11:15 | host scattered in insolent array and swarming over the surface of 06Khor1    11:15 | But Bēl was standing calmly and patiently with a vast host 06Khor1    11:16 | a few chosen armed men, and there was a wide distance 06Khor1    11:16 | a wide distance between him and his force 06Khor1    11:17 | of iron with distinctive plumes and sheaves of bronze over his 06Khor1    11:17 | of bronze over his back and breast; armor covered his legs 06Khor1    11:17 | breast; armor covered his legs and arms. A belt girded his 06Khor1    11:17 | A belt girded his waist and from his left breast hung 06Khor1    11:17 | was in his right hand and in the left a shield 06Khor1    11:17 | men stood to the right and left 06Khor1    11:18 | the Titan so solidly armed and the chosen troops on either 06Khor1    11:18 | two brothers on his right and Cadmos with the other two 06Khor1    11:18 | powerful men with the bow and the sword. He himself stood 06Khor1    11:18 | He himself stood in front and set the other troops behind 06Khor1    11:19 | both sides came to grips and in their assault raised a 06Khor1    11:20 | sword, rolled to the ground, and perished. On either side the 06Khor1    11:21 | of the Titans took fright and withdrew, retreating to the same 06Khor1    11:21 | the whole army should arrive and he could once more set 06Khor1    11:22 | the skillful archer Hayk advanced, and approaching the king pulled taut 06Khor1    11:22 | taut his wide-arced bow and shot the triple-fleched arrow 06Khor1    11:22 | pierced right through his back and stuck in the ground. So 06Khor1    11:22 | was struck to the ground and breathed out his spirit 06Khor1    11:25 | battle he built a villa and called it Hayk’ on account 06Khor1    11:27 | Bēl with drugs, he says, and ordered it to be taken 06Khor1    11:27 | to be taken to Hark’ and to be buried in a 06Khor1    11:27 | the view of his wives and sons 06Khor1    12:1 | Concerning the races and generations descended from Hayk and 06Khor1    12:1 | and generations descended from Hayk and what each one of them 06Khor1    12:3 | Lo the same dwelling place and gave to his grandson Cadmos 06Khor1    12:3 | the booty from the war and valiant men from his own 06Khor1    12:4 | same dwelling, his first house, and he himself went and lingered 06Khor1    12:4 | house, and he himself went and lingered in the plain called 06Khor1    12:6 | not a few more years and then died, entrusting the whole 06Khor1    12:7 | two of his brothers, Khoṙ and Manavaz, with all their entourage 06Khor1    12:7 | in the place called Hark’, and also Baz, the son of 06Khor1    12:7 | to the north ­ west, and he called the district and 06Khor1    12:7 | and he called the district and the lake by his own 06Khor1    12:8 | the principalities called Manavazean, Bznunik’, and Orduni, who in that area 06Khor1    12:9 | multiplied in the northern regions and established his estates. And from 06Khor1    12:9 | regions and established his estates. And from him is said to 06Khor1    12:9 | of the Khoṙkhoṙunik’ valiant men and renowned, just as those of 06Khor1    12:10 | Aramaneak took all his host and hastened to the northeast. He 06Khor1    12:12 | the base of the mountains and edges of the plain in 06Khor1    12:13 | the plain on the north and the base of the mountain 06Khor1    12:13 | mountain on the same side, and he called the mountain after 06Khor1    12:13 | after his own name Aragats’, and his possessions, the foot of 06Khor1    12:15 | This Aramaneak lived some years and begat Aramayis; and after living 06Khor1    12:15 | some years and begat Aramayis; and after living many more years 06Khor1    12:16 | the bank of the river and called it after his own 06Khor1    12:16 | after his own name Armavir; and he called the name of 06Khor1    12:17 | And his son Sharay, who had 06Khor1    12:17 | Sharay, who had many children and was a glutton, he sent 06Khor1    12:17 | to a nearby plain, fertile and rich, in which ran not 06Khor1    12:19 | This Aramayis lived some years and begat his son Amasya; after 06Khor1    12:19 | he lived some more years and died 06Khor1    12:20 | some years he begat Geḷam, and after Geḷam the valiant P’arokh 06Khor1    12:20 | after Geḷam the valiant P’arokh and Ts’olak 06Khor1    12:21 | river near the northern mountain and built there by the caves 06Khor1    12:21 | the base of the mountain and the other to the west 06Khor1    12:22 | two sons, the valiant P’arokh and the swift Ts’olak. They dwelt 06Khor1    12:22 | Ts’olak. They dwelt in them and called the places after their 06Khor1    12:22 | own names: P’arakhot from P’arokh, and Ts’olakert from Ts’olak 06Khor1    12:23 | Masis after his own name, and he himself returned to Armavir 06Khor1    12:24 | years, begat Harmay in Armavir. And leaving Harmay in Armavir to 06Khor1    12:25 | the shore of the lake and left there inhabitants. He called 06Khor1    12:25 | Geḷ after his own name and the village Geḷarkuni, by which 06Khor1    12:26 | his son Sisak, a proud and personable man, handsome, eloquent, and 06Khor1    12:26 | and personable man, handsome, eloquent, and adroit with the bow 06Khor1    12:27 | greatest part of his possessions and servants many in number, and 06Khor1    12:27 | and servants many in number, and he fixed the borders of 06Khor1    12:27 | mountains, passes through the long and narrow ravines, and with a 06Khor1    12:27 | the long and narrow ravines, and with a fearful roar descends 06Khor1    12:28 | Here Sisak dwelt, and he filled the confines of 06Khor1    12:31 | himself returned to the plain, and at the foot of the 06Khor1    12:31 | valley he built a town and gave it his own name 06Khor1    12:32 | in hunting deer, wild goats, and boars and was adroit in 06Khor1    12:32 | deer, wild goats, and boars and was adroit in shooting arrows 06Khor1    12:32 | charge of the royal hunt and gave him a village on 06Khor1    12:34 | he lived a few more and died 06Khor1    12:35 | And he ordered his son Harmay 06Khor1    12:36 | the ancestor of the Armenians; and these were his families and 06Khor1    12:36 | and these were his families and offspring and their land of 06Khor1    12:36 | were his families and offspring and their land of habitation. And 06Khor1    12:36 | and their land of habitation. And afterward they began, he says 06Khor1    12:36 | began, he says, to multiply and fill the land 06Khor1    12:37 | Now Harmay lived some years and begat Aram 06Khor1    12:38 | in battle many heroic deeds and that he extended the borders 06Khor1    12:38 | land: like the Greeks, Armenia, and the Persians and Syrians, Armenik 06Khor1    12:38 | Greeks, Armenia, and the Persians and Syrians, Armenik 06Khor1    12:39 | But his complete history and his deeds of valor, how 06Khor1    12:39 | valor, how they were performed, and in whose time, if you 06Khor1    13:1 | of the east, his victory, and the death of Niwk’ar Madēs 06Khor1    13:2 | others-the festivities of banquets and drinking - we have decided to 06Khor1    13:2 | have decided to discuss briefly and in order the wars of 06Khor1    13:3 | He was an industrious and patriotic man, as the same 06Khor1    13:3 | as the same historian shows, and he thought it better to 06Khor1    13:3 | strangers trampling his country’s borders and foreigners ruling over his kin 06Khor1    13:4 | before Ninos ruled over Assyria and Nineveh, hard pressed by the 06Khor1    13:4 | were also powerful lancers, youthful and very strong, dexterous and handsome 06Khor1    13:4 | youthful and very strong, dexterous and handsome, spirited and ready for 06Khor1    13:4 | strong, dexterous and handsome, spirited and ready for war, about fifty 06Khor1    13:5 | Niwk’ar named Madēs, a boastful and war-loving man, as the 06Khor1    13:6 | in incursions like the Kushans, and he controlled them for two 06Khor1    13:7 | came upon him before dawn and slaughtered his whole host. He 06Khor1    13:7 | this same Niwk’ar called Madēs and took him to Armavir; and 06Khor1    13:7 | and took him to Armavir; and there at the summit of 06Khor1    13:7 | forehead with an iron nail and ordered him to be fixed 06Khor1    13:7 | view of the passers-by and of all who arrived there 06Khor1    13:7 | of all who arrived there. And his land as far as 06Khor1    13:7 | reign of Ninos over Assyria and Nineveh 06Khor1    13:8 | learned about him from stories. And for long years he planned 06Khor1    13:8 | the opportune day to destroy and exterminate the whole race sprung 06Khor1    13:9 | But the fear and uncertainty that his own kingdom 06Khor1    13:9 | that same principality without fear and gave him permission to wear 06Khor1    13:9 | wear a diadem of pearls and to be called second after 06Khor1    14:1 | the struggle against the Assyrians and the victory, and Payap Kaaḷeay 06Khor1    14:1 | the Assyrians and the victory, and Payap Kaaḷeay, and Caesarea, and 06Khor1    14:1 | the victory, and Payap Kaaḷeay, and Caesarea, and First and other 06Khor1    14:1 | and Payap Kaaḷeay, and Caesarea, and First and other Armenias 06Khor1    14:1 | Kaaḷeay, and Caesarea, and First and other Armenias 06Khor1    14:2 | Aram in the same book, and his struggle with the people 06Khor1    14:2 | Assyria, indicating merely the causes and the importance of the events 06Khor1    14:2 | the importance of the events and presenting in brief his lengthy 06Khor1    14:3 | with forty thousand-armed infantry and five thousand cavalry. He was 06Khor1    14:3 | the severity of his taxes and turning it into desert 06Khor1    14:4 | Aram opposed him in battle and chased him through Korduk’ to 06Khor1    14:4 | slaughtering many of his men; and Barsham, encountering his Aram’s lancers 06Khor1    14:5 | of his many valiant exploits and for a long time worshipped 06Khor1    14:6 | And Aram subjected a great part 06Khor1    14:8 | Armenia with forty thousand infantry and two thousand cavalry, he reached 06Khor1    14:8 | thousand cavalry, he reached Cappadocia and a place now called Caesarea 06Khor1    14:9 | And because he had subdued the 06Khor1    14:9 | he had subdued the east and the south and had entrusted 06Khor1    14:9 | the east and the south and had entrusted them to those 06Khor1    14:9 | the east to the Sisakans and Assyria to those of the 06Khor1    14:10 | two great seas - the Pontus and the ocean 06Khor1    14:11 | Aram put him to flight and expelled him to an island 06Khor1    14:12 | a thousand of his troops and returned to Armenia 06Khor1    14:13 | to learn the Armenian speech and language. Therefore, to this day 06Khor1    14:14 | And the town that Mshak, Aram’s 06Khor1    14:14 | built in his own name and fortified with low walls was 06Khor1    14:14 | later enlarged by some people and called Caesarea 06Khor1    14:15 | lands, which were called Second and Third Armenia, and also Fourth 06Khor1    14:15 | called Second and Third Armenia, and also Fourth 06Khor1    14:16 | This is the prime and true reason for calling the 06Khor1    14:16 | part of our country First and Second, and also Third and 06Khor1    14:16 | our country First and Second, and also Third and Fourth Armenia 06Khor1    14:16 | and Second, and also Third and Fourth Armenia 06Khor1    14:18 | Thus he became so powerful and famous that by his name 06Khor1    14:21 | or temples the old reports and ancestral stories of foreign nations 06Khor1    14:21 | ancestral stories of foreign nations and remote countries, especially because the 06Khor1    14:21 | countries, especially because the valor and brave deeds of foreign nations 06Khor1    14:22 | were collected by some lesser and obscure men from ballads and 06Khor1    14:22 | and obscure men from ballads and are found in the royal 06Khor1    14:23 | heard, since Ninos was proud and self-opinionated and since he 06Khor1    14:23 | was proud and self-opinionated and since he wished to show 06Khor1    14:23 | be the origin of empire and of all valor and virtue 06Khor1    14:23 | empire and of all valor and virtue, he ordered many books 06Khor1    14:23 | virtue, he ordered many books and stories of the ancients concerning 06Khor1    14:23 | valor performed in various places and by various people to be 06Khor1    14:23 | various people to be burned, and what was recorded in his 06Khor1    14:23 | time was to be destroyed, and only things concerning himself should 06Khor1    14:25 | he lived many more years and then died 06Khor1    15:1 | Concerning Ara and his death in war at 06Khor1    15:3 | But the dissolute and lascivious Semiramis for many years 06Khor1    15:3 | had heard of his beauty and desired to visit him; but 06Khor1    15:4 | Semiramis freely paraded her passion and sent messengers to the handsome 06Khor1    15:4 | the handsome Ara with gifts and offerings, requesting with many entreaties 06Khor1    15:4 | offerings, requesting with many entreaties and the promise of gifts that 06Khor1    15:4 | Nineveh, either to marry her and reign over the whole empire 06Khor1    15:4 | or to satisfy her desires and then return to his own 06Khor1    15:5 | Many times the ambassadors came and went, but Ara did not 06Khor1    15:5 | agree. Semiramis became exceedingly angry, and at the end of these 06Khor1    15:5 | the host of her army and hastened to the land of 06Khor1    15:6 | to flight as to subject and dominate him to fulfill her 06Khor1    15:8 | And when the battle line was 06Khor1    15:9 | army of Ara was routed and Ara died in the battle 06Khor1    15:10 | to seek out her desired and loved one among the fallen 06Khor1    15:11 | Ara dead amid his warriors, and she ordered them to place 06Khor1    15:12 | the struggle against Queen Semiramis and to revenge Ara’s death, she 06Khor1    15:12 | gods to lick his wounds, and he will be restored to 06Khor1    15:14 | cast into a great ditch and covered up. One of her 06Khor1    15:14 | had dressed up in secret, and she gave out this report 06Khor1    15:14 | him: “The gods licked Ara and brought him back to life 06Khor1    15:14 | to life, fulfilling our wish and pleasure. Therefore, from now on 06Khor1    15:14 | the more to be worshipped and honored by us, as they 06Khor1    15:14 | as they fulfill our pleasures and accomplish our desires 06Khor1    15:15 | the name of the gods and greatly honored it with sacrifices 06Khor1    15:16 | And she spread these reports about 06Khor1    15:16 | over this land of Armenia and convinced everyone, so bringing the 06Khor1    15:18 | He lived some years and begat Cardos 06Khor1    16:1 | Ara Semiramis built the city and the aqueduct and her own 06Khor1    16:1 | the city and the aqueduct and her own palace 06Khor1    16:2 | land because it was summertime and she wished to enjoy the 06Khor1    16:2 | to enjoy the flowering meadows and plains 06Khor1    16:3 | limpidity of the flowing streams, and the murmuring of the smooth 06Khor1    16:3 | In such a temperate climate and purity of waters and land 06Khor1    16:3 | climate and purity of waters and land we must build a 06Khor1    16:3 | we must build a city and royal residence, so that we 06Khor1    16:3 | because of all its charms. And the other three cooler seasons 06Khor1    16:4 | of the lake - a spacious and beautiful vale through which ran 06Khor1    16:4 | water descending from the mountain and flowing through the valleys and 06Khor1    16:4 | and flowing through the valleys and meadows; gathering in the folds 06Khor1    16:4 | valley, set on the right and left of the waters, and 06Khor1    16:4 | and left of the waters, and to the east of the 06Khor1    16:5 | Here that resolute and lascivious Semiramis, after careful examination 06Khor1    16:5 | thousand skilled workers from Assyria and other lands of the empire 06Khor1    16:5 | other lands of the empire and six thousand chosen from her 06Khor1    16:5 | most talented craftsmen in wood and stone, bronze and iron, who 06Khor1    16:5 | in wood and stone, bronze and iron, who were most proficient 06Khor1    16:5 | delay to the desired spot. And the work was completed according 06Khor1    16:6 | a multitude of various workers and skilled and wise craftsmen was 06Khor1    16:6 | of various workers and skilled and wise craftsmen was brought 06Khor1    16:7 | to be built in hard and massive stone, cemented with mortar 06Khor1    16:7 | massive stone, cemented with mortar and sand, of infinite length and 06Khor1    16:7 | and sand, of infinite length and height; it has remained firm 06Khor1    16:8 | And in the crevices of the 06Khor1    16:8 | region entrench themselves for brigandage and hidden refuge, as if secure 06Khor1    16:9 | And if anyone were to make 06Khor1    16:10 | And if one were to examine 06Khor1    16:11 | the aqueduct over many stadia and brought it to the place 06Khor1    16:12 | be divided into many groups and over each group to be 06Khor1    16:12 | chosen masters of the craft. And thus, by dint of great 06Khor1    16:12 | marvelous city with strong walls and bronze gates 06Khor1    16:13 | palaces, adorned with various stones and colors, of two and three 06Khor1    16:13 | stones and colors, of two and three stories, each one turned 06Khor1    16:13 | city she divided by beautiful and wide avenues 06Khor1    16:15 | city to serve every necessity and for the irrigation of the 06Khor1    16:15 | the irrigation of the parks and flower gardens. The rest she 06Khor1    16:15 | the lake to the right and left, to water the city 06Khor1    16:15 | left, to water the city and all the surrounding area 06Khor1    16:16 | All the regions east, north, and south of the city she 06Khor1    16:16 | city she adorned with villas and with leafy trees that produced 06Khor1    16:16 | trees that produced varied fruit and foliage. There she planted many 06Khor1    16:17 | city she rendered absolutely splendid and magnificent, settling within a numberless 06Khor1    16:18 | the summit of the city and the various wonderful constructions on 06Khor1    16:19 | she surrounded with a wall and erected there a royal palace 06Khor1    16:19 | erected there a royal palace and some fearsome dungeons, difficult of 06Khor1    16:19 | fearsome dungeons, difficult of entry and impossible to escape from 06Khor1    16:20 | The nature of this site and construction we have not heard 06Khor1    16:20 | this is considered the foremost and most majestic 06Khor1    16:21 | had carved out various temples and chambers and treasure houses and 06Khor1    16:21 | out various temples and chambers and treasure houses and wide caverns 06Khor1    16:21 | and chambers and treasure houses and wide caverns; no one knows 06Khor1    16:22 | And over the entire surface of 06Khor1    16:23 | And not only this, but also 06Khor1    16:23 | Armenia she set up stelae and ordered memorials to herself to 06Khor1    16:23 | them in the same script. And in many places, she fixed 06Khor1    17:1 | the magus Zoroaster to Armenia and was put to death by 06Khor1    17:2 | she left as her governor and prefect for Assyria and Nineveh 06Khor1    17:2 | governor and prefect for Assyria and Nineveh Zoroaster, the magus and 06Khor1    17:2 | and Nineveh Zoroaster, the magus and leader of the Medes 06Khor1    17:3 | And Semiramis, having made this arrangement 06Khor1    17:4 | sons for her exceedingly lascivious and obscene character, she killed them 06Khor1    17:5 | On her friends and paramours she bestowed all her 06Khor1    17:5 | she bestowed all her power and treasures, having no concern for 06Khor1    17:6 | not, as is said, died and been buried by her in 06Khor1    17:6 | but having realized her pernicious and evil way of life had 06Khor1    17:6 | life had abandoned his kingdom and fled to Crete 06Khor1    17:7 | when her sons attained maturity and understanding they reminded her of 06Khor1    17:7 | desist from her demonic passion and that she would hand over 06Khor1    17:7 | would hand over the power and treasures to her sons 06Khor1    17:8 | she was even more incensed and slaughtered them all; only Ninuas 06Khor1    17:9 | with regard to the queen and discord broke out between them 06Khor1    17:10 | And at the height of the 06Khor1    17:11 | found an opportunity for vengeance and killed his mother, and he 06Khor1    17:11 | vengeance and killed his mother, and he himself ruled over Assyria 06Khor1    17:11 | he himself ruled over Assyria and Nineveh 06Khor1    17:12 | we have explained the cause and circumstances of Semiramis’ death 06Khor1    18:1 | first waged war in India and later died in Armenia 06Khor1    18:2 | of the birth of Semiramis and then of Semiramis’ war against 06Khor1    18:2 | which he says Semiramis won, and then of her Indian war 06Khor1    18:3 | this, for he writes systematically and reveals the causes of the 06Khor1    18:4 | flight on foot, her thirst and desire for water, and her 06Khor1    18:4 | thirst and desire for water, and her drinking; and, when the 06Khor1    18:4 | for water, and her drinking; and, when the armed men drew 06Khor1    18:4 | the talisman into the sea, and the saying derived therefrom: “The 06Khor1    19:2 | this book the greatest men and ancestors of our nation, whatever 06Khor1    19:2 | nation, whatever stories concern them and each one’s deeds, not injecting 06Khor1    19:2 | what is taken from books and similarly from wise men learned 06Khor1    19:3 | And we claim to be truthful 06Khor1    19:3 | this history through our diligence and faithfulness. According to these principles 06Khor1    19:4 | the conformity of the accounts and the equivalence of the numbers 06Khor1    19:5 | And as these matters are so 06Khor1    19:5 | these matters are so arranged and exactitude is assured, or almost 06Khor1    19:7 | Ninuas came to the throne and lived in peace; and in 06Khor1    19:7 | throne and lived in peace; and in his time the days 06Khor1    20:1 | WITH THOSE OF THE HEBREWS AND CHALDAEANS DOWN TO SARDANAPALOS, WHO 06Khor1    20:12 | And we have discovered for a 06Khor1    20:28 | David, and his successors 06Khor1    20:74 | in the time of Belok’os and that he caused senseless riots 06Khor1    20:74 | that he caused senseless riots and perished therein 06Khor1    20:86 | Priam with the Ethiopian army and was killed by the valiant 06Khor1    21:1 | Ara, the son of Ara, and his son Anushavan Sawsanuēr 06Khor1    21:2 | the time of Ara’s death. And having sincere confidence in him 06Khor1    21:4 | a male child exceedingly strong and very accomplished in deeds and 06Khor1    21:4 | and very accomplished in deeds and words, Anushavan Sawsanuēr 06Khor1    21:5 | The murmuring of their foliage and the direction of their movement 06Khor1    21:5 | the land of the Armenians, and that for a long time 06Khor1    21:6 | over part of the country and imposed tribute, and later over 06Khor1    21:6 | the country and imposed tribute, and later over the whole 06Khor1    21:7 | history everything worthwhile, both words and deeds of the men mentioned 06Khor1    22:3 | time of the Assyrian kingdom and who were descended from Semiramis 06Khor1    22:4 | And now I shall rejoice with 06Khor1    22:5 | set to a great task and to recount many adventures. As 06Khor1    22:5 | four rhapsodies of that eloquent and wise man, indeed the wisest 06Khor1    22:6 | very cunning in his conduct and renowned in battle. Being aware 06Khor1    22:6 | the effeminate way of life and sensuous effeminacy and sloth of 06Khor1    22:6 | of life and sensuous effeminacy and sloth of T’on Konkoḷēṙos, by 06Khor1    22:6 | T’on Konkoḷēṙos, by his generosity and liberality he gained friends among 06Khor1    22:6 | gained friends among the brave and illustrious men by whom the 06Khor1    22:6 | time was being governed nobly and with great stability 06Khor1    22:7 | Paroyr, promising him the splendor and title of royalty 06Khor1    22:8 | expert with the lance, bow, and sword. Thus, he seized the 06Khor1    22:8 | kingdom for himself from Sardanapalos and ruled over Assyria and Nineveh 06Khor1    22:8 | Sardanapalos and ruled over Assyria and Nineveh 06Khor1    22:11 | we blamed the unscholarly habits and inclinations of our first ancestors 06Khor1    22:13 | the names of our ancestors and the deeds of many of 06Khor1    22:13 | archives of the Chaldaeans, Assyrians, and Persians, since their names and 06Khor1    22:13 | and Persians, since their names and deeds were entered on the 06Khor1    22:13 | the royal acts as prefects and governors of our land appointed 06Khor1    22:13 | our land appointed by them and as satraps 06Khor1    23:1 | The order of our kings and their number from father to 06Khor1    23:3 | dear to me as compatriots and kindred of my own blood 06Khor1    23:3 | kindred of my own blood and true brothers 06Khor1    23:4 | had come at that time and redeemed me and if my 06Khor1    23:4 | that time and redeemed me and if my entrance into the 06Khor1    23:4 | could delight in their rule and escape from the dangers of 06Khor1    23:7 | And that the kingdom of our 06Khor1    23:7 | said, “the realm of Ayrarat and the troop of Ask’anaz 06Khor1    23:8 | And this verifies the existence of 06Khor1    23:20 | of his exceedingly shining face and flaming eyes 06Khor1    23:22 | And they say that he asked 06Khor1    23:22 | Hebrew leaders, Shambat by name, and brought and settled him in 06Khor1    23:22 | Shambat by name, and brought and settled him in our country 06Khor1    23:22 | that the Bagratuni family descends, and that is certain 06Khor1    23:23 | idols, how many of them, and who they were, who lost 06Khor1    23:24 | men say, out of fancy and not according to the truth 06Khor1    23:25 | of vain words concerning Hayk and his ilk 06Khor1    23:34 | say that the later Eruand and Tigran were indeed named after 06Khor1    24:1 | whom are descended the Artsruni and the Gnuni and the bdeashkh 06Khor1    24:1 | the Artsruni and the Gnuni and the bdeashkh called of Aḷdznik’ 06Khor1    24:1 | the bdeashkh called of Aḷdznik’; and in the same chapter, that 06Khor1    24:2 | our native crowned kings, strong and renowned and victorious over other 06Khor1    24:2 | crowned kings, strong and renowned and victorious over other rulers, let 06Khor1    24:4 | But his sons Adramelek’ and Sanasar killed him and fled 06Khor1    24:4 | Adramelek’ and Sanasar killed him and fled to us 06Khor1    24:5 | same Assyria; his descendants multiplied and propagated and filled the mountain 06Khor1    24:5 | his descendants multiplied and propagated and filled the mountain called Sim 06Khor1    24:6 | The most illustrious and foremost among them, showing thereafter 06Khor1    24:7 | southeast of the same area, and from him, says the historian 06Khor1    24:7 | the historian, descend the Artsruni and Gnuni 06Khor1    25:2 | pass on to discuss Tigran and his deeds 06Khor1    25:3 | kings, was the most powerful and intelligent and the most valiant 06Khor1    25:3 | the most powerful and intelligent and the most valiant of these 06Khor1    25:3 | the most valiant of these and of all others 06Khor1    25:4 | the dominion of the Medes, and he brought the Greeks into 06Khor1    25:5 | the borders of our territory and established them at their extreme 06Khor1    25:5 | in his time, while he and his epoch were admired by 06Khor1    25:6 | Who among true men and those who appreciate deeds of 06Khor1    25:6 | who appreciate deeds of valor and prudence would not be stirred 06Khor1    25:6 | be stirred by his memory and aspire to become such a 06Khor1    25:7 | He was supreme among men and by showing his valor he 06Khor1    25:7 | in a position to subject and demand tribute from many. He 06Khor1    25:7 | multiplied the stores of gold and silver and precious stones, of 06Khor1    25:7 | stores of gold and silver and precious stones, of garments and 06Khor1    25:7 | and precious stones, of garments and brocades of various colors, both 06Khor1    25:7 | various colors, both for men and women, with the help of 06Khor1    25:7 | as wonderful as the handsome, and the handsome were altogether deified 06Khor1    25:8 | clubs were armed with swords and lances; the unarmed were entirely 06Khor1    25:8 | were entirely protected by shields and iron garments 06Khor1    25:9 | shining rays of their armor and weapons, was sufficient to disperse 06Khor1    25:10 | The bringer of peace and prosperity, he fattened everyone with 06Khor1    25:10 | he fattened everyone with oil and honey 06Khor1    25:11 | These and many others like them were 06Khor1    25:11 | flecked hair, of ruddy complexion and gentle eyed, personable and broad 06Khor1    25:11 | complexion and gentle eyed, personable and broad shouldered, strong legged and 06Khor1    25:11 | and broad shouldered, strong legged and with noble feet, continent in 06Khor1    25:11 | noble feet, continent in eating and drinking and orderly at feasts 06Khor1    25:11 | continent in eating and drinking and orderly at feasts, and - as 06Khor1    25:11 | drinking and orderly at feasts, and - as those among our ancients 06Khor1    25:11 | the flesh; he was wise and eloquent and eminent in everything 06Khor1    25:11 | he was wise and eloquent and eminent in everything that pertains 06Khor1    25:12 | than to repeat his praises and the stories about him 06Khor1    25:13 | He was just and equal in every judgment, and 06Khor1    25:13 | and equal in every judgment, and he weighed all the circumstances 06Khor1    25:15 | Azhdahak, who was a Mede, and gave him his sister Tigranuhi 06Khor1    26:1 | Concerning the fear and doubt caused Azhdahak by the 06Khor1    26:1 | by the alliance between Cyrus and Tigran 06Khor1    26:2 | the warm alliance between Cyrus and Tigran; sleep fled from Azhdahak 06Khor1    26:2 | when he thought of this, and he unceasingly asked his counselors 06Khor1    26:2 | of friendship between the Persian and the Armenian with his myriads 06Khor1    27:2 | from the alliance of Cyrus and Tigran 06Khor1    27:3 | For that reason, and from the severe agitation of 06Khor1    27:4 | counselors. With a sad face and his gaze turned to the 06Khor1    27:5 | to reveal all the thoughts and doubts hidden in his heart 06Khor1    27:5 | doubts hidden in his heart and also the details of the 06Khor1    27:6 | rose high from the earth and whose peak appeared enveloped in 06Khor1    27:7 | a woman dressed in purple and wrapped in a veil the 06Khor1    27:7 | stature tall, her cheeks red, and she was seized with the 06Khor1    27:8 | heroes, fully formed in stature and form 06Khor1    27:9 | was mounted on a lion and flew to the west; the 06Khor1    27:9 | third rode a monstrous dragon and launched an attack on our 06Khor1    27:10 | roof of my royal palace, and I saw the surface of 06Khor1    27:10 | this pavilion adorned with beautiful and many-colored awnings; the gods 06Khor1    27:10 | present in a wonderful spectacle, and I, with you, was honoring 06Khor1    27:10 | was honoring them with sacrifices and incense 06Khor1    27:11 | Suddenly I looked up and saw the man who was 06Khor1    27:12 | received this attack upon myself and came to grips with the 06Khor1    27:14 | Thus, and later with other arms, we 06Khor1    27:15 | me into a great sweat and sleep fled from me; thereafter 06Khor1    27:17 | us useful advice in word and deed will not hope to 06Khor1    27:18 | And hearing many useful suggestions from 06Khor1    28:1 | advice, his own thoughts thereafter, and the immediate action 06Khor1    28:2 | I have heard many thoughtful and wise things from you, my 06Khor1    28:3 | taking precautions against the enemy and wishes to know his plans 06Khor1    28:5 | means to accomplish my plan and the bait for the trap 06Khor1    28:5 | trap is the most beautiful and intelligent among women, his sister 06Khor1    28:6 | extensive connections with the outside and abroad as will freely enable 06Khor1    28:6 | to plan his assassination secretly and easily: either on some unforeseen 06Khor1    28:6 | of his friends, with presents and the promise of honors, to 06Khor1    28:6 | strip him of his intimates and lieutenants by money and thus 06Khor1    28:6 | intimates and lieutenants by money and thus to seize him like 06Khor1    28:7 | a plan to be effective, and they prepared to put it 06Khor1    28:8 | a great sum of money and sent him off with a 06Khor1    29:1 | the ensuing agreement of Tigran, and the journey of Tigranuhi to 06Khor1    29:2 | a great number of friends, and especially truly wise and powerful 06Khor1    29:2 | friends, and especially truly wise and powerful ones. For thus troubles 06Khor1    29:2 | outside do not disturb us, and those that do reach us 06Khor1    29:3 | to confirm even more firmly and deeply the love that exists 06Khor1    29:3 | be secure on every side and also keep our empires secure 06Khor1    29:3 | also keep our empires secure and stable 06Khor1    29:4 | And this will occur if you 06Khor1    29:5 | Be well our fellow sovereign and beloved brother 06Khor1    29:7 | the messenger arrived and accomplished the mission concerning the 06Khor1    29:7 | beautiful maiden, for Tigran agreed and gave his sister Tigranuhi in 06Khor1    29:8 | know of the latter’s plot and sent his sister according to 06Khor1    29:9 | Azhdahak received her, and not only because of the 06Khor1    30:1 | How his deceit was discovered and the war provoked, in which 06Khor1    30:2 | her word he regulated everything and ordered every-one to obey 06Khor1    30:4 | And what will become of this 06Khor1    30:4 | that first I shall die and then Zaruhi will reign over 06Khor1    30:4 | will reign over the Aryans and occupy the place of the 06Khor1    30:5 | remain friendly with your brother and accept ignominious ruin in the 06Khor1    30:5 | interests, propose some useful advice and take heed for the present 06Khor1    30:7 | But the prudent and beautiful woman discerned this treachery 06Khor1    30:9 | the purpose of the message and hid nothing of Azhdahak’s plot 06Khor1    30:10 | And once such baseness had been 06Khor1    30:11 | the total elite of Georgia and Albania, and the elite of 06Khor1    30:11 | elite of Georgia and Albania, and the elite of Greater and 06Khor1    30:11 | and the elite of Greater and Lesser Armenia 06Khor1    30:14 | five full months, since swift and decisive action languished when Tigran 06Khor1    30:17 | proportioned in all his limbs and perfect in the beauty of 06Khor1    30:17 | frame, for he was vigorous and adept in everything, and in 06Khor1    30:17 | vigorous and adept in everything, and in strength he had no 06Khor1    30:18 | lance ran right through him, and as he drew it back 06Khor1    30:19 | for heroes were facing heroes, and not straightaway did they turn 06Khor1    30:20 | brought it to an end. And this feat, added to his 06Khor1    31:1 | his sister Tigranuhi to Tigranakert, and concerning Anoysh, Azhdahak’s first wife 06Khor1    31:1 | concerning Anoysh, Azhdahak’s first wife, and the settlement of the prisoners 06Khor1    31:2 | sister Tigranuhi with royal pomp and a large escort to Armenia 06Khor1    31:2 | city that Tigran had built and called after his own name 06Khor1    31:2 | after his own name, Tigranakert. And he ordered those districts to 06Khor1    31:3 | And he says that the nobility 06Khor1    31:4 | But Anoysh, Azhdahak’s first wife, and many princesses of Azhdahak’s seed 06Khor1    31:4 | Azhdahak’s seed with young men and a multitude of prisoners, more 06Khor1    31:4 | that is Tambat, Oskioḷay, Dazhgoynk’, and the other estates on the 06Khor1    31:4 | opposite the castle of Nakhchavan, and the three towns of Khram 06Khor1    31:4 | three towns of Khram, Juḷay, and Khorshakunik’ on the other side 06Khor1    31:6 | stadia the habitat of men and also in part the sea 06Khor1    31:6 | also in part the sea and the uninhabited land from the 06Khor1    31:8 | these include songs about Artashēs and his sons, and they recall 06Khor1    31:8 | about Artashēs and his sons, and they recall in allegorical fashion 06Khor1    31:9 | feast in honor of Artashēs and there was a plot against 06Khor1    31:10 | founded; so, he crossed over and built Marakert in Media, which 06Khor1    31:11 | desire for the vegetable artakhur and the shoot tits’ from the 06Khor1    32:1 | Who were his descendants, and what were the families derived 06Khor1    32:2 | faithful account of the original and first Tigran and his various 06Khor1    32:2 | the original and first Tigran and his various deeds is a 06Khor1    32:2 | Tigran, the son of Eruand, and may it so be for 06Khor1    32:2 | reader; as was the man and his deeds, so too will 06Khor1    32:6 | from Hayk, who killed Azhdahak and led into captivity his house 06Khor1    32:6 | led into captivity his house and Anoysh the mother of dragons 06Khor1    32:6 | Anoysh the mother of dragons, and who with the willing help 06Khor1    32:6 | who with the willing help and encouragement of Cyrus seized for 06Khor1    32:6 | the empire of the Medes and Persians 06Khor1    32:7 | He had fire for hair, and had flame for beard, and 06Khor1    32:7 | and had flame for beard, and his eyes were suns 06Khor1    32:9 | that he fought with dragons and overcame them; and they sang 06Khor1    32:9 | with dragons and overcame them; and they sang of him something 06Khor1    32:10 | said that he was divinized, and setting up his statue in 06Khor1    32:11 | His descendants are the Vahunik’; and from his youngest son Aṙavan 06Khor1    32:12 | He begat Aṙavan, he Nerseh, and he Zareh; from the last’s 06Khor1    32:14 | The last rebelled and was killed by Alexander of 06Khor1    32:15 | was confusion caused by factions, and men rivaled each other for 06Khor1    32:15 | the Great easily entered Armenia and made his brother Vaḷarshak king 06Khor1    33:1 | with a small Ethiopian army, and his death 06Khor1    33:2 | great labor upon us: brevity and rapidity; that our account should 06Khor1    33:2 | our account should be elegant and lucid, like Platonic works, far 06Khor1    33:2 | Platonic works, far from falsehood and full of what opposes falsehood 06Khor1    33:4 | act but distinguished the days and ranks among the creatures. For 06Khor1    33:4 | day, some of the second and third and other days 06Khor1    33:4 | of the second and third and other days 06Khor1    33:5 | And thus the teaching of the 06Khor1    33:6 | be told for you truly and accurately and in its proper 06Khor1    33:6 | for you truly and accurately and in its proper time 06Khor1    33:9 | these stories, which are important and worthy of our history 06Khor1    33:11 | and that our Zarmayr under the 06Khor1    33:11 | wounded by the valiant Hellenes, and was killed - by Achilles, I 06Khor1    33:11 | I would like to think, and not by any other hero 06Khor1    34:2 | your delight in the obscene and ridiculous fables of Biurasp Azhdahak 06Khor1    34:2 | ridiculous fables of Biurasp Azhdahak; and why do you trouble us 06Khor1    34:2 | trouble us for those absurd and incoherent Persian stories, notorious for 06Khor1    34:2 | inability to make the fraudulent and false prevail; the kiss on 06Khor1    34:2 | the kiss on the shoulders and the consequent birth of the 06Khor1    34:3 | bound him with bronze links and led him to the mountain 06Khor1    34:4 | and how on the journey Hrudēn 06Khor1    34:4 | the journey Hrudēn fell asleep and Biurasp dragged him to the 06Khor1    34:4 | dragged him to the hill; and Hrudēn woke up and led 06Khor1    34:4 | hill; and Hrudēn woke up and led him to a cave 06Khor1    34:4 | a cave in the mountain and bound him and placed himself 06Khor1    34:4 | the mountain and bound him and placed himself there opposite him 06Khor1    34:4 | remained subject to his chains and was unable to go out 06Khor1    34:4 | was unable to go out and ravage the earth 06Khor1    34:5 | what use are these senseless and stupid compositions 06Khor1    34:6 | are not Greek fables, noble and polished and meaningful, which have 06Khor1    34:6 | Greek fables, noble and polished and meaningful, which have hidden in 06Khor1    34:7 | the reason for their irrationality and to embellish what is unadorned 06Khor1    34:8 | desiring such an undesirable matter and increasing our labor 06Khor1    34:9 | desire of your youthful years and immature understanding we shall provide 06Khor1    34:13 | we shall accomplish. The stories and deeds of which we speak 06Khor1    34:13 | deeds of which we speak, and especially those whose recital offends 06Khor1    34:13 | a meaning to their irrationality. And behold I shall reveal their 06Khor1    34:14 | account, but in a separate and special place 06Khor1    34:17 | divine providence the various chieftains and clan heads inherited each one’s 06Khor1    34:18 | And I know that this definite 06Khor1    34:19 | own valor as by force and cunning. He wished to show 06Khor1    34:19 | way of life in common, and he said that people should 06Khor1    34:20 | his was open, both word and deed: he had no hidden 06Khor1    34:21 | allowed his friends to come and go as freely at night 06Khor1    34:22 | And this is his so-called 06Khor1    34:23 | To teach openly this final and perfect evil was impossible 06Khor1    34:25 | And a familiar spirit, which practiced 06Khor1    34:25 | wickedness, taught him at home and in public places, serenely putting 06Khor1    34:25 | his head on Biurasp’s shoulders and speaking into his ears, instructing 06Khor1    34:25 | of Satan” was his servant and worker of his will. So 06Khor1    34:27 | people were disgusted with him; and all uniting together, they expelled 06Khor1    34:27 | uniting together, they expelled him, and he fled to the district 06Khor1    34:29 | collected those who had scattered and suddenly came upon them, inflicting 06Khor1    34:29 | the people gained the victory and Biurasp fled. They seized and 06Khor1    34:29 | and Biurasp fled. They seized and killed him near the mountain 06Khor1    34:29 | killed him near the mountain and threw him into a great 06Khor2    1:2 | the reign of that holy and valiant man Trdat the Great 06Khor2    1:2 | order whatever deeds of valor and bravery were performed here, the 06Khor2    1:2 | performed here, the wise actions and ordinances of each one of 06Khor2    1:2 | from Arshak, king of Persia, and his brother Vaḷarshak, whom he 06Khor2    1:2 | the throne from his father, and they were called Arsacids from 06Khor2    1:2 | descendants increased into a nation and multiplied, and one at a 06Khor2    1:2 | into a nation and multiplied, and one at a time in 06Khor2    1:3 | briefly of what concerns us and omit the rest 06Khor2    1:5 | Macedon, the son of Philip and Olympias, who was twenty-fourth 06Khor2    1:5 | was twenty-fourth from Achilles, and after bequeathing his empire to 06Khor2    1:6 | Parthians in a great war, and for this reason was called 06Khor2    1:7 | ruled for thirty-one years and left the kingdom to his 06Khor2    1:8 | who reigned for ten years. And in the eleventh year the 06Khor2    2:1 | The reign of Arshak and his sons, war with the 06Khor2    2:1 | sons, war with the Macedonians, and friendship with the Romans 06Khor2    2:3 | He made very fierce wars and seized for himself the entire 06Khor2    2:4 | and he also expelled the dominion 06Khor2    2:5 | Romans controlled all the west and the sea, that they had 06Khor2    2:5 | the mines from which gold and silver are extracted, and that 06Khor2    2:5 | gold and silver are extracted, and that they had imposed tribute 06Khor2    2:5 | imposed tribute on the Galatians and the kingdom of Asia 06Khor2    2:7 | reigned for thirty-one years, and after him his son Artashēs 06Khor2    2:8 | who waged war with Demetrius and Demetrius’ son Antigon, for this 06Khor2    2:8 | taken prisoner. Arshak bound him and led him to Parthia in 06Khor2    2:9 | learning of Arshak’s departure, came and occupied Syria 06Khor2    2:10 | Arshak returned with one hundred and twenty thousand men. Antiochus, discomfited 06Khor2    2:10 | him in a narrow spot and perished with his army. And 06Khor2    2:10 | and perished with his army. And Arshak ruled over a third 06Khor2    2:10 | calling one Europe, another Libya, and another Asia - over which ruled 06Khor2    3:2 | the regions of the north and west 06Khor2    3:3 | first book, was a valiant and prudent man. He extended his 06Khor2    3:3 | his authority over his territories; and as far as he was 06Khor2    3:3 | this country. He instituted principalities and established as the dynasts of 06Khor2    3:3 | descendants of our ancestor Hayk and others 06Khor2    3:4 | After bridling the Macedonians and putting an end to the 06Khor2    3:4 | to his benevolent actions. First and foremost, he compensated for his 06Khor2    3:4 | for his benefits the powerful and wise man, Shambat Bagarat, who 06Khor2    3:4 | the coronants of the Arsacids, and for the family descended from 06Khor2    3:5 | Arshak’s wars against the Macedonians, and he was a member of 06Khor2    3:6 | regions where Armenian is spoken and prince of eleven thousand men 06Khor2    3:7 | But let us turn back and tell of the war of 06Khor2    3:7 | war of Vaḷarshak with Pontus and with Phrygia, and of his 06Khor2    3:7 | with Pontus and with Phrygia, and of his victory 06Khor2    4:1 | Armenian warriors into an army and marched against the allies of 06Khor2    4:2 | Arshak’s war with the Macedonians and his capture of Babylon and 06Khor2    4:2 | and his capture of Babylon and eastern and western Assyria, Vaḷarshak 06Khor2    4:2 | capture of Babylon and eastern and western Assyria, Vaḷarshak gathered together 06Khor2    4:2 | a great army from Azerbaijan and central Armenia - men famous and 06Khor2    4:2 | and central Armenia - men famous and valiant, including the so-called 06Khor2    4:2 | including the so-called Bagarat and the warriors under him, the 06Khor2    4:2 | lake shore descended from Geḷam and the Canaanites, the offspring of 06Khor2    4:2 | Canaanites, the offspring of Sharay and Gushar, and the neighboring descendants 06Khor2    4:2 | offspring of Sharay and Gushar, and the neighboring descendants of Sisak 06Khor2    4:2 | the neighboring descendants of Sisak and Cadmos and their relations - about 06Khor2    4:2 | descendants of Sisak and Cadmos and their relations - about half of 06Khor2    4:5 | Lazica, Pontus, Phrygia, Mazhak’, and other countries, ignorant of the 06Khor2    4:6 | united these provinces just mentioned and declared war on Vaḷarshak 06Khor2    5:1 | The battle of Morp’iwḷik and his death from a blow 06Khor2    5:2 | side’s battle line in order and made a violent assault 06Khor2    5:3 | man; his limbs were long and well proportioned, and he possessed 06Khor2    5:3 | were long and well proportioned, and he possessed a firm body 06Khor2    5:3 | he possessed a firm body and great strength. Armed in bronze 06Khor2    5:3 | great strength. Armed in bronze and iron, with other chosen warriors 06Khor2    5:3 | the midst of his large and strongly armed host 06Khor2    5:4 | He came close and succeeded in hurling his javelin 06Khor2    5:4 | javelin; for he was powerful and a long thrower, and he 06Khor2    5:4 | powerful and a long thrower, and he cast his javelins a 06Khor2    5:5 | But the valiant and famous warriors from the race 06Khor2    5:5 | from the race of Hayk and Senek’erim the Assyrian did not 06Khor2    5:5 | lances they slew the hero, and attacking his army they put 06Khor2    5:6 | to the control of Vaḷarshak, and the Macedonians’ warlike threats ceased 06Khor2    6:1 | How Vaḷarshak organized the west and north of our country 06Khor2    6:2 | organized the regions of Mazhak and Pontus and Egeria. He returned 06Khor2    6:2 | regions of Mazhak and Pontus and Egeria. He returned north-ward 06Khor2    6:2 | in Tayk’ to the wet and foggy regions of forests and 06Khor2    6:2 | and foggy regions of forests and moss. To this land he 06Khor2    6:2 | prettier form, reducing the mountainous and tropical terrain to a temperate 06Khor2    6:2 | tropical terrain to a temperate and delightful climate for his royal 06Khor2    6:3 | Two flat and wooded areas with mountains he 06Khor2    6:3 | used as parks for vineyards and gardens 06Khor2    6:4 | in detail about this beloved and famous man; for I have 06Khor2    6:4 | merely noting faithfully the sites and omitting rhetorical embellishment to preserve 06Khor2    6:5 | that inhabited the northern plain and the foothills of the great 06Khor2    6:5 | of the great Caucasus Mountain and the vales or long and 06Khor2    6:5 | and the vales or long and deep valleys that descend from 06Khor2    6:5 | to cast off their banditry and assassinations and to become subject 06Khor2    6:5 | off their banditry and assassinations and to become subject to royal 06Khor2    6:5 | become subject to royal commands and taxes, so that when he 06Khor2    6:5 | them, he might appoint leaders and princes with proper institutions 06Khor2    6:6 | And he dismissed them with wise 06Khor2    6:6 | dismissed them with wise men and overseers 06Khor2    6:7 | which the ancients called “Unwooded” and Upper Basean, but which later 06Khor2    6:7 | called Vanand after his name. And the names of the villages 06Khor2    6:7 | are called after his brothers and descendants to this very day 06Khor2    6:8 | from the northern lake, descends and mingles with the Metsamawr 06Khor2    6:9 | the army of our country, and leaving overseers he himself took 06Khor2    6:9 | himself took all the leaders and journeyed to Nisibis 06Khor2    7:1 | he organized the principalities, how and in what manner he ordered 06Khor2    7:2 | chapter, full of reliable history and worthy of the most polished 06Khor2    7:2 | worthy of the most polished and elaborate exposition 06Khor2    7:3 | to say about the ordering and organization of the houses, families 06Khor2    7:3 | houses, families, cities, villages, estates, and in general the entire constitution 06Khor2    7:3 | entire constitution of the kingdom and whatever is of relevance to 06Khor2    7:3 | the army, generals, provincial governors, and similar matters 06Khor2    7:4 | First and foremost the king regulated his 06Khor2    7:4 | king regulated his own person and his house, beginning with himself 06Khor2    7:4 | his house, beginning with himself and the crown 06Khor2    7:5 | rendered services to the king and his fidelity and valor by 06Khor2    7:5 | the king and his fidelity and valor by granting to his 06Khor2    7:5 | head, to be called coronant and aspet, and to wear the 06Khor2    7:5 | be called coronant and aspet, and to wear the lesser diadem 06Khor2    7:5 | was in attendance at court and in the king’s house 06Khor2    7:6 | the descendants of the Canaanites and called them the family of 06Khor2    7:7 | descendants of Khoṙ Haykazn, select and valiant men, lancers and swordsmen 06Khor2    7:7 | select and valiant men, lancers and swordsmen; and as the head 06Khor2    7:7 | valiant men, lancers and swordsmen; and as the head of their 06Khor2    7:7 | a certain Maḷkhaz, a noble and spirited man 06Khor2    7:11 | he appointed a certain Gabaḷ, and Abēl as steward and protocol 06Khor2    7:11 | Gabaḷ, and Abēl as steward and protocol officer. And he granted 06Khor2    7:11 | as steward and protocol officer. And he granted them villages, which 06Khor2    7:11 | these principalities are called Abeḷean and Gabeḷean 06Khor2    7:12 | And the Artsruni I know are 06Khor2    7:13 | to the effect that rain and sun were oppressing a sleeping 06Khor2    7:13 | were oppressing a sleeping boy, and the shadow of a bird 06Khor2    7:14 | with regard to their role and name: he who prepared the 06Khor2    7:14 | the royal drink from choice and delicious wines was called Gin 06Khor2    7:14 | delicious wines was called Gin, and they say that Vaḷarshak was 06Khor2    7:14 | was very pleased with him and set him among the number 06Khor2    7:15 | And these two houses are descended 06Khor2    7:15 | descended from Senek’erim, the Artsruni and the Gnuni 06Khor2    7:16 | over the animals for sacrifice, and the Havuni as falconers and 06Khor2    7:16 | and the Havuni as falconers and keepers of falcons because they 06Khor2    7:17 | And if you will not hold 06Khor2    7:17 | guardians of the summer residences and keepers of snow and by 06Khor2    7:17 | residences and keepers of snow and by advancement were ennobled as 06Khor2    7:18 | And he established four companies of 06Khor2    7:18 | were called the original ostan and who at various times had 06Khor2    7:18 | various times had received villages and estates from their fathers by 06Khor2    7:19 | Persian monarchy appointed other companies and called them ostan. I do 06Khor2    7:19 | that they expelled this race and appointed in their place other 06Khor2    7:21 | taken from the same family, and he set as their commander 06Khor2    7:21 | Azerbaijan as far as Chuash and Nakhchavan; he was of an 06Khor2    7:21 | he was of an honorable and princely family 06Khor2    8:4 | And he left to him all 06Khor2    8:5 | And in the east on the 06Khor2    8:5 | the noble races of Sisak and of the house of Cadmos 06Khor2    8:6 | the governorship of the great and renowned and fertile northeastern region 06Khor2    8:6 | of the great and renowned and fertile northeastern region Aṙan, a 06Khor2    8:6 | region Aṙan, a man famous and outstanding in every deed of 06Khor2    8:6 | in every deed of wisdom and sagacity; this region is by 06Khor2    8:7 | forgot to mention this illustrious and famous race, the tribe of 06Khor2    8:7 | inherited the plain of Albania and the mountainous region of the 06Khor2    8:7 | as the fortress called Hnarakert. And the country was called Aḷuank’ 06Khor2    8:8 | from him was this famous and valiant Aṙan whom the Parthian 06Khor2    8:9 | descend the families of Uti and Gardman and Tsowdēk’ and the 06Khor2    8:9 | families of Uti and Gardman and Tsowdēk’ and the principalities of 06Khor2    8:9 | Uti and Gardman and Tsowdēk’ and the principalities of Gargar 06Khor2    8:10 | mountain Mt’in, that is, Kangark’, and half of Chavakh, Koḷb, Tsob 06Khor2    8:11 | But the lordship of Ashots’ and the principality of Tashir Vaḷarshak 06Khor2    8:12 | north he appointed this great and powerful family and called the 06Khor2    8:12 | this great and powerful family and called the title of their 06Khor2    8:12 | of Darius, whom Alexander brought and left as prince over the 06Khor2    8:12 | Heracles, gathering an army, came and attacked the land of the 06Khor2    8:12 | the land of the Libyans and Iberians. Breaking their resistance, he 06Khor2    8:12 | their resistance, he subdued them. And part of them he led 06Khor2    8:12 | of them he led away and settled on the right-hand 06Khor2    8:13 | And Iberia is on the edge 06Khor2    8:15 | squashed nose, deep-sunk sockets, and cross-eyes, from the offspring 06Khor2    8:15 | a man of gigantic size and strength. Because of the deformity 06Khor2    8:16 | even I am telling inappropriate and contemptible lies about him, just 06Khor2    8:17 | The songs about his strength and spiritedness seemed very disproportionate; not 06Khor2    8:18 | which there was no crack, and he would crunch them into 06Khor2    8:18 | would crunch them into large and small pieces at will, polish 06Khor2    8:18 | polish them with his nails, and form them into tablet shapes 06Khor2    8:18 | form them into tablet shapes, and likewise with his nails inscribe 06Khor2    8:18 | with his nails inscribe eagles and other such designs on them 06Khor2    8:19 | Sea, he rushed upon them; and after they had withdrawn to 06Khor2    8:19 | rocks the size of hills and threw them at them. And 06Khor2    8:19 | and threw them at them. And not a few ships sank 06Khor2    8:19 | sank because of the splash, and the height of the waves 06Khor2    8:21 | truly he was extremely powerful and worthy of such stories 06Khor2    8:23 | and also the principalities of the 06Khor2    8:23 | principalities of the Apahunik’, Manavazean, and Bznunik’ from the same descendants 06Khor2    8:23 | most illustrious of the inhabitants and established them as lords, naming 06Khor2    8:23 | naming them after their villages and provinces 06Khor2    8:25 | men to guard the mountain and to hunt the wild goats 06Khor2    8:28 | Similarly he chose the Aṙavenean and the Zarehavanean families from among 06Khor2    8:28 | descendants of the first kings and established them in the towns 06Khor2    8:29 | And Sharashan from the house of 06Khor2    8:29 | he appointed as great bdeashkh and governor of the southwest, on 06Khor2    8:29 | granting him as provinces Ardzn and the district around it, and 06Khor2    8:29 | and the district around it, and the Taurus Mountain, that is 06Khor2    8:29 | Taurus Mountain, that is, Sim, and all the Kleisurae 06Khor2    8:30 | name, who commanded many brigands, and established that principality 06Khor2    8:31 | for the Korduats’i, the Andzevats’i, and the Akēats’i from the provinces 06Khor2    8:32 | But as for the Ṙshtuni and the Goḷt’nets’i, I have found 06Khor2    8:33 | built a temple in Armavir and erected statues of the sun 06Khor2    8:33 | erected statues of the sun and moon and of his own 06Khor2    8:33 | of the sun and moon and of his own ancestors 06Khor2    8:34 | Bagarat, who was the coronant and aspet, to abandon his Judaic 06Khor2    8:34 | to abandon his Judaic law and worship idols. But he refused 06Khor2    8:34 | worship idols. But he refused, and King Vaḷarshak let him follow 06Khor2    8:35 | of Semiramis to be restored, and cities with many inhabitants to 06Khor2    8:35 | places, as well as important and populous villages 06Khor2    8:36 | times for audiences, councils, feasts, and amusements 06Khor2    8:37 | armed forces: first, second, third, and so on 06Khor2    8:39 | to recall what was just and compassionate when the king in 06Khor2    8:40 | He appointed judges at court and judges in the cities and 06Khor2    8:40 | and judges in the cities and towns 06Khor2    8:41 | townspeople be more highly esteemed and honored than the peasants and 06Khor2    8:41 | and honored than the peasants and that the peasants should respect 06Khor2    8:41 | for the sake of harmony and life without rancor - which are 06Khor2    8:41 | are the causes of prosperity and peace and similar blessings 06Khor2    8:41 | causes of prosperity and peace and similar blessings 06Khor2    8:42 | And because he had many sons 06Khor2    8:42 | in the province of Hashteank’ and in its frontier valley, which 06Khor2    8:42 | supplement from the special income and revenues due to the royal 06Khor2    8:43 | him for reasons of state, and the latter’s own son, whom 06Khor2    8:43 | son, whom he named Artashēs and loved dearly. For he was 06Khor2    8:44 | From then on and in the future, it was 06Khor2    8:44 | as heir to the throne, and the other sons and daughters 06Khor2    8:44 | throne, and the other sons and daughters should go to the 06Khor2    8:45 | after such deeds of valor and such excellent organization, died in 06Khor2    9:1 | Concerning our Arshak the First and his deeds 06Khor2    9:2 | with the blood of snakes, and implanted it deep into the 06Khor2    9:5 | Many of them split off and came to our land and 06Khor2    9:5 | and came to our land and settled for a long time 06Khor2    9:6 | of the companions of Anania and Eleazar 06Khor2    9:7 | to war on the Sabbath and to leave their children uncircumcised 06Khor2    9:8 | And it was commanded by Arshak 06Khor2    10:2 | the Chronographer, to which Josephus and Hippolytus and many other Greeks 06Khor2    10:2 | to which Josephus and Hippolytus and many other Greeks lend corroborative 06Khor2    10:3 | been transported there from Nisibis and from the temple histories of 06Khor2    10:5 | And as a closer witness the 06Khor2    10:6 | first kings down to Abgar and from Abgar down to Eruand 06Khor2    11:1 | Concerning our Artashēs the First and his usurpation of the first 06Khor2    11:3 | he was a proud man and warlike, who had built his 06Khor2    11:3 | his own palace in Persia and was striking his own coins 06Khor2    11:3 | authority as king of Persia, and likewise Tigran his own son 06Khor2    11:5 | superintendent of the royal hunt and granted him villages by the 06Khor2    11:6 | Iberia, as we narrated above. And he entrusted him with the 06Khor2    11:6 | government of the northern mountains and the Pontic Sea 06Khor2    12:1 | east; he lakes Chroesus prisoner and sends as spoils to Armenia 06Khor2    12:2 | be raised from the east and north, such a great one 06Khor2    12:2 | number; but on the roads and resting places he ordered each 06Khor2    12:3 | then marched to the west and took as prisoner Chroesus, king 06Khor2    12:4 | Asia images of Artemis, Heracles, and Apollo that were cast in 06Khor2    12:4 | that were cast in bronze and gilded, he had them brought 06Khor2    12:5 | family, took those of Apollo and Artemis and set them up 06Khor2    12:5 | those of Apollo and Artemis and set them up in Armavir 06Khor2    12:5 | had been made by Scyllas and Dipenes of Crete, they supposed 06Khor2    12:5 | to be Vahagn their ancestor and so set it up in 06Khor2    12:8 | cause arose a fearful turmoil, and the innumerable troops slaughtered each 06Khor2    12:8 | each other. However, Artashēs fled and was killed, as they say 06Khor2    12:9 | of Zeus, Artemis, Athena, Hephaistos, and Aphrodite, and had them brought 06Khor2    12:9 | Artemis, Athena, Hephaistos, and Aphrodite, and had them brought to Armenia 06Khor2    12:9 | heard. Those bringing them fled and brought the images to the 06Khor2    12:9 | of Ani. The priests followed and stayed with them 06Khor2    13:1 | to the empire of Artashēs and his taking Chroesus prisoner 06Khor2    13:3 | that Cyrus had killed Chroesus and had destroyed the Lydian kingdom 06Khor2    13:4 | And again the proposition of Chroesus 06Khor2    13:4 | Chroesus to Nectanebo is reported. And this Nectanebo is said by 06Khor2    13:6 | our Artashēs took Chroesus prisoner and narrate this plausibly, I am 06Khor2    13:7 | country he ruled over Thebes and Babylon; and without crossing the 06Khor2    13:7 | ruled over Thebes and Babylon; and without crossing the River Halys 06Khor2    13:7 | he destroyed the Lydian army and captured Chroesus; and before arriving 06Khor2    13:7 | Lydian army and captured Chroesus; and before arriving in Asia he 06Khor2    13:8 | he had died in power and not in flight 06Khor2    13:9 | Evagaros: “The war of Alexander and Darius is minor compared to 06Khor2    13:9 | former, but the latter hid and darkened the sun by his 06Khor2    13:10 | allow the Lydians to flee and bring the news, but even 06Khor2    13:14 | the Parthian Artashēs captured him and ordered him to be thrown 06Khor2    13:17 | Artashēs had pity and ordered him to be brought 06Khor2    13:17 | ordered him to be brought. And when he had inquired and 06Khor2    13:17 | And when he had inquired and learned what it was that 06Khor2    13:18 | put the Lydians to flight and capture Chroesus, but in the 06Khor2    13:18 | Chroesus, but in the Hellespont and in Thrace he changed the 06Khor2    13:18 | foot. He threatened the Thessalians, and his repute made the Hellenes 06Khor2    13:20 | he left them his treasures and tents and alone escaped alive 06Khor2    13:20 | them his treasures and tents and alone escaped alive by a 06Khor2    13:22 | accounts are worthy of belief, and that the Chroesus whom they 06Khor2    14:1 | his building of the temples, and his incursions into Palestine 06Khor2    14:3 | He assembled the Armenian forces and marched against the Greek army 06Khor2    14:3 | death of his father Artashēs and the dispersal of his troops 06Khor2    14:3 | of his troops had attacked and invaded our country 06Khor2    14:4 | Tigran opposed them, halted them, and threw them back 06Khor2    14:5 | law Mithridates he entrusted Mazhak and the care of Anatolia; and 06Khor2    14:5 | and the care of Anatolia; and leaving a numerous army with 06Khor2    14:8 | Tigran consented and raised the statue of Zeus 06Khor2    14:8 | statue of Artemis in Erēz, and that of Hephaistos in Bagayaṙinj 06Khor2    14:10 | And angered at the Vahuni in 06Khor2    14:10 | dismissed them from the priesthood and confiscated to the crown the 06Khor2    14:11 | this fashion he built temples; and in front of the temples 06Khor2    14:11 | the princes to offer sacrifices and worship. To this the men 06Khor2    14:11 | Bagratuni family did not agree, and he cut off the tongue 06Khor2    14:11 | meat from the king’s sacrifices and also pork, although they themselves 06Khor2    14:13 | himself went down to Mesopotamia, and finding there the statue of 06Khor2    14:13 | embellished it with ivory, crystal, and silver. He ordered that it 06Khor2    14:13 | that it should be brought and set up in the town 06Khor2    14:15 | captives from among the Jews and besieged the city of Ptolemais 06Khor2    14:16 | the brother of Judas Maccabaeus, and who at that time held 06Khor2    15:1 | general; the capture of Mazhak and the death of Mithridates 06Khor2    15:2 | Minor with a large army and sent his commander Scaurus to 06Khor2    15:4 | that city taken by Metellus and Lullus, he expelled them; then 06Khor2    15:5 | Mithridates met with strong resistance and terrible battles, and he was 06Khor2    15:5 | strong resistance and terrible battles, and he was in great danger 06Khor2    15:5 | superior numbers gained the victory, and Mithridates fled to the regions 06Khor2    15:6 | Mazhak, seized his son Mithridates, and put a garrison in the 06Khor2    16:1 | army, the retreat of Gabianus, and the freeing of the young 06Khor2    16:2 | the Jewish prisoners in Armavir and in the city of Vardges 06Khor2    16:2 | is on the river K’asaḷ, and after exterminating the brigands from 06Khor2    16:2 | the brigands from the mountain, and having observed mourning for Mithridates 06Khor2    16:3 | was unable to resist Tigran and returned from the Euphrates to 06Khor2    16:4 | a secret accord with Tigran and gave up to him his 06Khor2    17:1 | The war of Crassus and his destruction by Tigran 06Khor2    17:2 | The Romans had become suspicious and replaced Gabianus, sending out Crassus 06Khor2    17:2 | temple of God at Jerusalem and marched against Tigran 06Khor2    17:4 | Tigran gathered all the treasures and returned to Armenia 06Khor2    18:1 | How Cassius resisted Tigran, and the revolt of Mithridates, and 06Khor2    18:1 | and the revolt of Mithridates, and the building of Caesarea 06Khor2    18:2 | The Romans were angered and sent out Cassius with an 06Khor2    18:3 | He arrived and resisted Tigran, and did not 06Khor2    18:3 | He arrived and resisted Tigran, and did not allow the Armenian 06Khor2    18:3 | army to cross the Euphrates and make an incursion into Syria 06Khor2    18:5 | his uncle Tigran’s scorn, revolted and passed over to Caesar. From 06Khor2    18:5 | principality the city of Perge, and on Caesar’s orders was a 06Khor2    18:6 | spacious city with magnificent buildings and named it Caesarea in honor 06Khor2    19:1 | Concerning the alliance of Tigran and Artashēs, the incursion into Palestine 06Khor2    19:1 | of Hyrcanus the high priest and many other Jews 06Khor2    19:2 | all this Tigran fell ill and requested the friendship of Artashēs 06Khor2    19:3 | second rank, as was lawful, and restored to him the first 06Khor2    19:3 | to him the first rank. And being reconciled with Artashēs, he 06Khor2    19:4 | noble family of the Ṙshtunik’, and appointed him commander of the 06Khor2    19:4 | him commander of the Armenian and Persian armies. He sent him 06Khor2    19:4 | with the inhabitants of Syria and Palestine 06Khor2    19:6 | Barzap’ran, prince of the Ṙshtunik’ and commander of the Armenians and 06Khor2    19:6 | and commander of the Armenians and Persians, and promised him five 06Khor2    19:6 | of the Armenians and Persians, and promised him five hundred beautiful 06Khor2    19:6 | him five hundred beautiful women and a thousand talents of gold 06Khor2    19:6 | Hyrcanus from the Jewish throne and install Antigonus 06Khor2    19:7 | When Hyrcanus, high priest and king of the Jews, and 06Khor2    19:7 | and king of the Jews, and P’asayelos, Herod’s brother, saw that 06Khor2    19:7 | chasing some into the sea and others into cities, they themselves 06Khor2    19:8 | bearer of the Armenian king and from the Gnuni family, to 06Khor2    19:10 | And the cup bearer treacherously advised 06Khor2    19:10 | the ruin of the land, and he himself promised to act 06Khor2    19:11 | to him by the sun and moon and all their cults 06Khor2    19:11 | by the sun and moon and all their cults in heaven 06Khor2    19:11 | all their cults in heaven and earth and by the sun 06Khor2    19:11 | cults in heaven and earth and by the sun of Artashēs 06Khor2    19:11 | by the sun of Artashēs and Tigran 06Khor2    19:12 | Herod in command of Jerusalem, and taking P’asayelos, Herod’s brother, with 06Khor2    19:13 | who remained to seize them and to hand them over to 06Khor2    19:14 | Antigonus fell on Hyrcanus and bit off his ears with 06Khor2    19:15 | And P’asayel, Herod’s brother, of his 06Khor2    19:15 | his wound with poisonous medicaments and killed him 06Khor2    19:16 | in the fortress of Masada and himself hastened to Rome 06Khor2    19:18 | captured the city of Marisa, and made Antigonus king 06Khor2    19:19 | with the prisoners to Tigran, and Tigran ordered Barzap’ran to settle 06Khor2    20:1 | Armenians against the Roman forces and the defeat of Silon and 06Khor2    20:1 | and the defeat of Silon and Bendidius 06Khor2    20:2 | Herod went before Antony, Caesar, and the senate and told of 06Khor2    20:2 | Antony, Caesar, and the senate and told of his own fidelity 06Khor2    20:2 | king of Judaea by Antony and received in support Bendidius, the 06Khor2    20:2 | war against the Armenian forces and destroy Antigonus 06Khor2    20:3 | He arrived in Syria and put the Armenian army to 06Khor2    20:3 | the Euphrates, he killed Pacorus and returned to Jerusalem against Antigonus 06Khor2    20:4 | from the Persians, attacked Silon and threw him back in flight 06Khor2    21:1 | person attacked the Armenian army and captured Samosata 06Khor2    21:2 | Tigran’s death. Taking the city and leaving Sosios to help Herod 06Khor2    21:4 | Dionysius, grandson of Ptolemy Cleopater, and a dear friend of Herod’s 06Khor2    21:5 | valiantly, captured Jerusalem, killed Antigonus, and made Herod king over all 06Khor2    21:5 | Herod king over all Judaea and Galilee 06Khor2    22:1 | Concerning the reign of Artavazd and his war against the Romans 06Khor2    22:3 | He established his brothers and sisters as heirs in the 06Khor2    22:3 | in the provinces of Aḷiovit and Aṙberan, leaving for them the 06Khor2    22:3 | provinces with their special incomes and rents, according to the example 06Khor2    22:3 | would have a more honorable and royal position than these latter 06Khor2    22:4 | act of nobility or valor and occupied his time with eating 06Khor2    22:4 | occupied his time with eating and drinking. He wandered about in 06Khor2    22:4 | about in the marshes, fens, and rocky places, tending wild asses 06Khor2    22:4 | rocky places, tending wild asses and swine. Unconcerned with wisdom, valor 06Khor2    22:4 | good repute, truly a servant and slave to his stomach, he 06Khor2    22:5 | troops for his excessive sloth and great gluttony, and especially because 06Khor2    22:5 | excessive sloth and great gluttony, and especially because Antony had deprived 06Khor2    22:5 | of Mesopotamia, he became furious and commanded an army to be 06Khor2    22:5 | of the province of Azerbaijan and the inhabitants of the Caucasus 06Khor2    22:5 | Caucasus Mountain with the Albanians and Georgians. He then marched down 06Khor2    22:5 | then marched down to Mesopotamia and expelled the Roman forces 06Khor2    23:2 | on her grandmother by Tigran. And not only for the Armenians 06Khor2    23:3 | reason Antony killed many kings and surrendered their dominions to Cleopatra 06Khor2    23:3 | to Cleopatra, except for Tyre and Sidon and all the lands 06Khor2    23:3 | except for Tyre and Sidon and all the lands by the 06Khor2    23:4 | And taking the host of his 06Khor2    23:4 | innumerable army of the Armenians and captured their king 06Khor2    24:1 | tribute, the freeing of Hyrcanus, and the danger to the Bagratuni 06Khor2    24:2 | Artashēs, the Armenian army mustered and at his command made king 06Khor2    24:2 | son of Artashēs, Tigran’s brother, and father of Abgar 06Khor2    24:4 | son Arshavir, a small child and a minor, there was no 06Khor2    24:4 | treaty, giving tribute from Mesopotamia and the regions of Caesarea through 06Khor2    24:6 | angered against Enanos, an aspet and coronant, because he had freed 06Khor2    24:7 | ransom of a hundred talents; and since he expected to receive 06Khor2    24:9 | And he sent one of his 06Khor2    24:11 | when the appointed time arrived and Enanos did not pay the 06Khor2    24:11 | Arsham was angered at him; and depriving him of his rank 06Khor2    24:12 | wished to revolt against you, and he proposed to me that 06Khor2    24:12 | that he would receive us and give us hereditary lands in 06Khor2    24:13 | And I did not agree but 06Khor2    24:13 | deceive ourselves with ancient tales and old wives’ fables, putting ourselves 06Khor2    24:15 | King Arsham believed this calumny and ordered all sorts of torments 06Khor2    24:15 | abandon completely the Jewish religion and worship the sun and adore 06Khor2    24:15 | religion and worship the sun and adore the king’s idols - in 06Khor2    24:15 | be hung on a cross and his family would be exterminated 06Khor2    24:16 | death in front of him, and he brought his sons, whose 06Khor2    24:16 | sons, whose names were Sap’atia and Azaria, up beside him to 06Khor2    24:16 | that his sons would die and at the supplication of his 06Khor2    24:16 | supplication of his wives, he and all his kin fulfilled the 06Khor2    24:16 | kin fulfilled the king’s wishes, and he was reestablished in his 06Khor2    25:1 | The quarrel between Herod and Arsham, and the involuntary submission 06Khor2    25:1 | quarrel between Herod and Arsham, and the involuntary submission of Arsham 06Khor2    25:2 | between Herod, king of Judaea, and our King Arsham 06Khor2    25:4 | in Syria, which were impassable and impracticable because of the mud 06Khor2    25:4 | impracticable because of the mud and mire 06Khor2    25:5 | But Arsham refused and gathered his army to oppose 06Khor2    25:7 | his service troops from Galatia and Pontus, established as king of 06Khor2    25:7 | side was descended from Timon and on his mother’s side from 06Khor2    25:8 | to Herod as sovereign lord and gave him the workers he 06Khor2    25:8 | a length of twenty stadia, and he paved them with white 06Khor2    26:1 | the war with Herod’s army and the murder of his nephew 06Khor2    26:3 | because of his great kindness and wisdom and, later, for his 06Khor2    26:3 | his great kindness and wisdom and, later, for his years. And 06Khor2    26:3 | and, later, for his years. And since the Greeks and Syrians 06Khor2    26:3 | years. And since the Greeks and Syrians could not pronounce his 06Khor2    26:7 | place a quarrel between Abgar and Herod 06Khor2    26:9 | sent an army of Thracians and Germans on a foray for 06Khor2    26:9 | foray for plunder into Persia and commanded them to cross Abgar’s 06Khor2    26:10 | did not submit to this and opposed them, saying that it 06Khor2    26:12 | great army, marched to Mesopotamia, and met Abgar in the province 06Khor2    26:12 | the battle he was killed and his army fled 06Khor2    26:13 | Immediately thereafter Herod also died, and Augustus made his son Archelaus 06Khor2    27:1 | of the city of Edessa and a brief mention of the 06Khor2    27:2 | many days later Augustus died, and in his stead, Tiberius became 06Khor2    27:2 | the Romans. Germanicus became Caesar and led in triumph the princes 06Khor2    27:2 | triumph the princes of Arshavir and Abgar who had been sent 06Khor2    27:3 | Abgar became embittered, planned revolt, and prepared for war 06Khor2    27:4 | Cassius; it was called Edessa. And he transferred there his palace 06Khor2    27:4 | which had been at Nisibis and all his idols, Nabog and 06Khor2    27:4 | and all his idols, Nabog and Bēl and Bat’nik’aḷ and T’arat’a 06Khor2    27:4 | his idols, Nabog and Bēl and Bat’nik’aḷ and T’arat’a, the books 06Khor2    27:4 | Nabog and Bēl and Bat’nik’aḷ and T’arat’a, the books of the 06Khor2    27:4 | books of the temple school, and also the royal archives 06Khor2    27:5 | After this Arshavir died, and his son Artashēs ruled over 06Khor2    27:6 | the descendants of King Arshavir and the family of his son 06Khor2    27:7 | And then later we shall indicate 06Khor2    27:7 | Armenia, that is, the Kareneank’ and Sureneank’ from whom are descended 06Khor2    27:7 | whom are descended Saint Gregory and the Kamsarakank’, when in the 06Khor2    27:8 | marched there to reconcile them and end the conflict 06Khor2    28:1 | Abgar’s going to the east and making Artashēs king of Persia 06Khor2    28:1 | whom are descended our Illuminator and his kin 06Khor2    28:2 | Arshavir, reigning over the Persians and his brothers opposing him; for 06Khor2    28:2 | over them through his successors and they would not accept this 06Khor2    28:3 | had applied pressure to them and had cast the fear of 06Khor2    28:3 | them, there were many dissensions and discords among the troops and 06Khor2    28:3 | and discords among the troops and their other kin 06Khor2    28:4 | Arshavir had had three sons and a daughter: the first was 06Khor2    28:4 | himself, the second was Karen, and the third Suren, and their 06Khor2    28:4 | Karen, and the third Suren, and their sister, who was called 06Khor2    28:5 | persuaded them to make peace and established the following conditions on 06Khor2    28:5 | the name of their city and great and fertile land, so 06Khor2    28:5 | of their city and great and fertile land, so that they 06Khor2    28:5 | they would be more honorable and take precedence over all other 06Khor2    28:6 | He also established pacts and oaths between them that if 06Khor2    28:7 | And outside his reigning line he 06Khor2    28:7 | titles: Karēn Pahlav, Suren Pahlav, and their sister, Aspahapet Pahlav, taking 06Khor2    28:8 | the line of Suren Pahlav and the Kamsarakan from Karēn Pahlav 06Khor2    28:9 | their arrival in its place and merely mention them now next 06Khor2    28:10 | Having made these arrangements and taking the text of the 06Khor2    29:3 | for his going to Persia and at the same time had 06Khor2    29:3 | of the covenant between Artashēs and his brothers 06Khor2    29:4 | enemies were calumniating him - Pilate and Tetrarch Herod and Lysanias and 06Khor2    29:4 | him - Pilate and Tetrarch Herod and Lysanias and Philip 06Khor2    29:4 | and Tetrarch Herod and Lysanias and Philip 06Khor2    29:5 | went to his city Edessa and joined forces with Aretas, king 06Khor2    29:6 | to wife; having then dishonored and rejected her, he abducted Herodias 06Khor2    29:6 | blamed by John the Baptist, and therefore he put John the 06Khor2    29:7 | And there was war between him 06Khor2    29:7 | there was war between him and Aretas over his daughter’s repudiation 06Khor2    29:7 | Herod’s army was severely beaten and destroyed with the help of 06Khor2    30:2 | to the chiliarchate over Phoenicia and Palestine, Syria, and Mesopotamia Marinus 06Khor2    30:2 | over Phoenicia and Palestine, Syria, and Mesopotamia Marinus, son of Storgius 06Khor2    30:2 | Mar Ihab, bdeashkh of Aḷdznik’, and Shamshagram, prince of the Apahuni 06Khor2    30:2 | prince of the Apahuni family, and also Anan his confidant, to 06Khor2    30:2 | of the covenant between Artashēs and his brothers, and to enroll 06Khor2    30:2 | between Artashēs and his brothers, and to enroll his help 06Khor2    30:4 | He received them with joy and honor, and replied to Abgar 06Khor2    30:4 | them with joy and honor, and replied to Abgar: “Have no 06Khor2    30:5 | They saw Him in person and informed Abgar 06Khor2    30:6 | Abgar was astonished and truly believed in Him as 06Khor2    30:7 | And because his body was wracked 06Khor2    30:7 | in Persia seven years before and no man had been able 06Khor2    30:7 | Him, asking Him to come and cure him of his pains 06Khor2    31:2 | the land, to Jesus, Savior and benefactor, who was revealed in 06Khor2    31:3 | I have heard about you and about the healing that was 06Khor2    31:3 | cause the blind to see and the lame to walk, you 06Khor2    31:3 | you cast out evil spirits, and you cure whoever has been 06Khor2    31:4 | And when I heard all this 06Khor2    31:4 | who have descended from heaven and work these things, or you 06Khor2    31:4 | are the son of God and do them 06Khor2    31:5 | you to take the trouble and come to me and heal 06Khor2    31:5 | trouble and come to me and heal this affliction of mine 06Khor2    31:6 | the Jews murmur against you and wish to harm you. But 06Khor2    31:6 | But I have a small and pleasant city, and it is 06Khor2    31:6 | a small and pleasant city, and it is sufficient for us 06Khor2    31:7 | They took the letter and met Him Jesus in Jerusalem 06Khor2    31:8 | Jesus but they told Philip and Andrew, and they told Jesus 06Khor2    31:8 | they told Philip and Andrew, and they told Jesus 06Khor2    32:2 | will not believe in me, and those who do not see 06Khor2    32:2 | not see me will believe and live.’ 06Khor2    32:4 | And when I have completed this 06Khor2    32:4 | disciples to cure your pains and grant life to you and 06Khor2    32:4 | and grant life to you and those with you 06Khor2    33:1 | Edessa of the Apostle Thaddaeus and the copies of five letters 06Khor2    33:2 | of Edessa to cure Abgar and to preach the gospel according 06Khor2    33:3 | He had fled from Arsham and had not renounced the Jewish 06Khor2    33:4 | And the report about him Thaddaeus 06Khor2    33:5 | he concerning whom Jesus wrote.” And he immediately summoned him 06Khor2    33:6 | And it happened that when Thaddaeus 06Khor2    33:6 | to Abgar on Thaddaeus’ face, and rising from his throne he 06Khor2    33:6 | he fell on his face and worshipped him. All the princes 06Khor2    33:7 | would send to me here, and are you able to cure 06Khor2    33:9 | I have believed in Him and in his Father. For that 06Khor2    33:9 | wished to take my army and go to slaughter the Jews 06Khor2    33:10 | preached the gospel to him and his city. And placing his 06Khor2    33:10 | to him and his city. And placing his hand on him 06Khor2    33:10 | on him he cured him and also the gout of Abdiu 06Khor2    33:10 | a noble of the city and the most honorable man in 06Khor2    33:10 | he healed all the sick and afflicted in the city 06Khor2    33:11 | And they all believed. Abgar himself 06Khor2    33:11 | they all believed. Abgar himself and the whole city were baptized 06Khor2    33:11 | the temples of the idols, and they hid the images that 06Khor2    33:11 | that were on the altars and columns by covering them with 06Khor2    33:11 | by covering them with reeds. And he did not bring anyone 06Khor2    33:12 | baptized a certain tiara maker and silk worker called Addē, ordained 06Khor2    33:12 | him as bishop over Edessa, and left him in his stead 06Khor2    33:13 | had set over our land and army 06Khor2    33:18 | provinces of Palestine gathered together and crucified Christ without His committing 06Khor2    33:18 | without His committing any transgressions and despite the tremendous benefits that 06Khor2    33:18 | had worked among them, signs and wonders, even on occasion raising 06Khor2    33:20 | Him, the sun was darkened and the earth moved and was 06Khor2    33:20 | darkened and the earth moved and was shaken. He himself after 06Khor2    33:20 | days rose from the dead and appeared to many 06Khor2    33:21 | And now in every place His 06Khor2    33:22 | Jews who have done this, and that you should write throughout 06Khor2    33:27 | us accurately about His miracles and that after His resurrection from 06Khor2    33:29 | until he has been examined and investigated by the senate, therefore 06Khor2    33:30 | accept Him among the gods. And we threatened with death those 06Khor2    33:31 | And as for the people of 06Khor2    33:31 | death but rather of honor and worship, when I have a 06Khor2    33:31 | I shall examine the matter and inflict on them their just 06Khor2    33:34 | written by your worthy majesty and I have rejoiced at your 06Khor2    33:34 | rejoiced at your considered command. And if you will not be 06Khor2    33:35 | men, He cannot be God; and on this reasoning it is 06Khor2    33:36 | the will of the Jews and crucified Christ unjustly without your 06Khor2    33:38 | Abgar wrote this and placed a copy of the 06Khor2    33:42 | seen your letter of greeting and have loosed Peroz from bonds 06Khor2    33:42 | have loosed Peroz from bonds and have forgiven him his fault 06Khor2    33:42 | have forgiven him his fault. And if it is your wish 06Khor2    33:43 | that doctor who works miracles and preaches another god superior to 06Khor2    33:43 | another god superior to fire and water so that I may 06Khor2    33:43 | so that I may see and hear him,’ he was 06Khor2    33:43 | of God, creator of fire and water. And he has been 06Khor2    33:43 | creator of fire and water. And he has been sent to 06Khor2    33:45 | And he will cure all illnesses 06Khor2    33:45 | he will cure all illnesses and show you the path of 06Khor2    33:49 | who rose from the dead, and sent His disciples throughout the 06Khor2    33:50 | And one of His principal disciples 06Khor2    33:51 | if you seek him out and find him, he will heal 06Khor2    33:51 | will heal all the ailments and illnesses among you and show 06Khor2    33:51 | ailments and illnesses among you and show you the path of 06Khor2    33:51 | should believe his words, you and your brothers and all who 06Khor2    33:51 | words, you and your brothers and all who willingly obey you 06Khor2    33:53 | And before he had received replies 06Khor2    34:2 | crowned to reign in Edessa and his nephew Sanatruk in Armenia 06Khor2    34:3 | the martyrdom of the apostle and those with him in the 06Khor2    34:3 | now called Artaz, the opening and closing of the rock and 06Khor2    34:3 | and closing of the rock and its receiving of the apostles’ 06Khor2    34:3 | its removal by his disciples and burial in the plain, the 06Khor2    34:3 | relics of the two saints and their translation to the Rocky 06Khor2    34:6 | the temples of the idols and adhered to the pagan cult 06Khor2    34:8 | And he received in reply: “My 06Khor2    34:10 | When the soldier came and saw him sitting on his 06Khor2    34:10 | instruction, he drew his sword and cut off his legs. straightaway 06Khor2    34:14 | but whether this is true, and what was the reason for 06Khor2    35:1 | the murder of Abgar’s children, and concerning Queen Helen 06Khor2    35:2 | his tutors, the valiant Bagratunik’ and Artsrunik’, to descend and wage 06Khor2    35:2 | Bagratunik’ and Artsrunik’, to descend and wage war against Abgar’s sons 06Khor2    35:4 | the roof of his palace, and he himself was standing below 06Khor2    35:4 | grasp of those holding it and falling on him, it crushed 06Khor2    35:4 | him, it crushed his feet and killed him 06Khor2    35:5 | would hand over the city and the king’s treasures 06Khor2    35:8 | a great quantity of wheat and distributed it to all the 06Khor2    36:1 | of the city of Nisibis and the etymology of Sanatruk and 06Khor2    36:1 | and the etymology of Sanatruk and his death 06Khor2    36:3 | an earthquake, he demolished it and rebuilt it even more magnificently 06Khor2    36:3 | it with a double wall and outwork. In the middle of 06Khor2    36:3 | all his treasures were spent and only this remained 06Khor2    36:6 | Sanota, sister of Biurat Bagratuni and wife of Khosren Artsruni, took 06Khor2    36:6 | for he was an infant - and put him in her bosom 06Khor2    36:6 | the snow for three days and three nights 06Khor2    36:7 | was sent by the gods and protected the child 06Khor2    36:8 | for them, found the child and nurse 06Khor2    36:10 | of Artashēs, king of Persia, and after living for thirty years 06Khor2    36:11 | in the days of Abgar and Sanatruk and placed it in 06Khor2    36:11 | days of Abgar and Sanatruk and placed it in the archive 06Khor2    37:1 | the slaughter of Sanatruk’s sons, and the escape of Artashēs by 06Khor2    37:4 | And there are stories about him 06Khor2    37:5 | fat of body, horribly ugly, and libidinous, whom no one could 06Khor2    37:6 | up, they called them Eruand and Eruaz 06Khor2    37:7 | Eruand proved to be courageous and strong limbed 06Khor2    37:8 | as overseer in many affairs and became increasingly famous until he 06Khor2    37:8 | Armenian princes. By his modesty and liberality, he drew everyone to 06Khor2    37:9 | And at the death of Sanatruk 06Khor2    37:13 | the sad news about Sanatruk and the distressing news of the 06Khor2    37:13 | took his two daughters, Smbatanoysh and Smbaturhi, and settled them in 06Khor2    37:13 | two daughters, Smbatanoysh and Smbaturhi, and settled them in Bayberd, leaving 06Khor2    37:13 | himself with his one wife and a few men went out 06Khor2    37:14 | on foot over the mountains and plains in disguise with the 06Khor2    37:14 | in disguise with the child and brought him up in the 06Khor2    37:14 | in the cottages of shepherds and herdsmen until he found an 06Khor2    37:15 | And because Smbat was a valiant 06Khor2    37:15 | Smbat was a valiant man and well known from before, he 06Khor2    37:15 | child among the king’s sons - and they received as residence the 06Khor2    37:15 | residence the provinces called Bat and Ozomn 06Khor2    38:1 | to seize the young Artashēs and his abandoning of Mesopotamia 06Khor2    38:2 | in Media, his heart rankled and sleep no longer was sweet 06Khor2    38:3 | he thought continually of that, and even in sleep he saw 06Khor2    38:4 | Therefore by means of messengers and offerings, he sought to placate 06Khor2    38:4 | do you, my own blood and family, nourish the Mede Artashēs 06Khor2    38:4 | Artashēs in opposition to me and my kingdom, hearkening to the 06Khor2    38:4 | is the son of Sanatruk, and who tries to make the 06Khor2    38:4 | make the son of shepherds and herdsmen an Arsacid and puts 06Khor2    38:4 | shepherds and herdsmen an Arsacid and puts him out to be 06Khor2    38:4 | out to be your blood and kin 06Khor2    38:5 | deceitfully found some Median child and is making a mockery 06Khor2    38:6 | deceived by that wet nurse, and you are bringing up the 06Khor2    38:8 | Then Eruand sent and had killed the brave men 06Khor2    38:8 | imprisoned the daughters of Smbat, and kept them unharmed in the 06Khor2    38:9 | Since Eruand supported the Romans and ceded Mesopotamia to them, he 06Khor2    38:9 | during the reigns of Vespasian and Titus 06Khor2    38:10 | Armenians was removed from Mesopotamia, and Eruand paid even heavier tribute 06Khor2    38:11 | Edessa in a grand manner and established their treasuries for the 06Khor2    38:11 | taxes collected from Armenia, Mesopotamia, and Assyria 06Khor2    38:12 | gathered there all the archives and set up two schools, one 06Khor2    38:12 | there the register of taxes and the temple archive, which was 06Khor2    39:2 | had shifted to a distance, and in the long winter and 06Khor2    39:2 | and in the long winter and when the stream froze over 06Khor2    39:3 | Inconvenienced by this and also seeking a stronger site 06Khor2    39:3 | on one side the Araxes and on the other the Akhurean 06Khor2    39:4 | He fortified the hill, and inside the wall at many 06Khor2    39:4 | river flowed into the conduit and was available for drinking 06Khor2    39:5 | he strengthened with high walls and set in the middle of 06Khor2    39:5 | might wish to enter secretly and assassinate the king 06Khor2    39:6 | side served the royal servants and all those arriving and departing 06Khor2    39:6 | servants and all those arriving and departing during the day, while 06Khor2    40:2 | city similar to his own and called it Bagaran, that is 06Khor2    40:2 | the complex of the altars, and he transferred there all the 06Khor2    40:3 | And having built temples he appointed 06Khor2    41:2 | northern side of the river and secured it with walls to 06Khor2    41:2 | goats, the herds of hinds and stags, onagers, and boars that 06Khor2    41:2 | of hinds and stags, onagers, and boars that they might multiply 06Khor2    41:2 | boars that they might multiply and fill the forest and give 06Khor2    41:2 | multiply and fill the forest and give the king joy on 06Khor2    41:3 | And he called the forest Genesis 06Khor2    42:2 | same Eruand embellished with beautiful and charming constructions 06Khor2    42:3 | the great valley with inhabitants and splendid buildings, shining like the 06Khor2    42:8 | royal residence, a truly fertile and majestic estate 06Khor2    42:9 | Kamsarakan family as faithful allies and blood relatives of the Arsacid 06Khor2    42:10 | placing hard stones opposite Eruand. And they say that these hard 06Khor2    42:11 | But this is either false and a fable or else he 06Khor2    43:1 | assistance of the Persian princes and sought to make Artashēs king 06Khor2    43:2 | the young Artashēs grew up and after his tutor Smbat had 06Khor2    43:3 | The king agreed and said to the princes: “See 06Khor2    43:4 | And they note: “Your immortal benevolence 06Khor2    43:4 | than to establish your blood and kin, Artashēs son of Sanatruk 06Khor2    43:5 | of kings agreed to this and gave to Smbat a part 06Khor2    43:5 | part of the Assyrian army and the army of Azerbaijan so 06Khor2    43:5 | that they might take Artashēs and set him on his father’s 06Khor2    44:1 | of the arrival of Artashēs and his gathering of an army 06Khor2    44:2 | Smbat to march against him and bring the young Artashēs to 06Khor2    44:3 | princes to guard the region, and he himself went to his 06Khor2    44:3 | him the troops of Armenia and Georgia and the regions of 06Khor2    44:3 | troops of Armenia and Georgia and the regions of Caesarea and 06Khor2    44:3 | and the regions of Caesarea and also of Mesopotamia, by entreaties 06Khor2    44:3 | also of Mesopotamia, by entreaties and gifts 06Khor2    44:4 | And as it was springtime, therefore 06Khor2    44:5 | Tigran had taken from him and given to his own brother 06Khor2    44:6 | And not only to him but 06Khor2    44:6 | the princes he gave presents and honors, and to all the 06Khor2    44:6 | he gave presents and honors, and to all the troops he 06Khor2    45:3 | the army of that region and also the princes whom Eruand 06Khor2    45:4 | this, they lost their courage and planned to abandon Eruand; they 06Khor2    45:5 | gave even more generous gifts and bestowed treasures on each one 06Khor2    45:7 | And he did not so much 06Khor2    46:1 | Eruand’s war against Artashēs and his flight, the capture of 06Khor2    46:1 | the capture of his city, and his death 06Khor2    46:3 | he was a valiant man and the lord of many lancers 06Khor2    46:5 | the host of his troops and drew up his battle line 06Khor2    46:6 | he had obtained from Eruand and would double it, provided that 06Khor2    46:6 | it, provided that he abandon and desert Eruand 06Khor2    46:7 | And when the standards of Artashēs 06Khor2    46:7 | the host of his infantry and marched off to the side 06Khor2    46:8 | bronze trumpets to be sounded and advanced his battle line, swooping 06Khor2    46:9 | the wings to the left and right joined together and went 06Khor2    46:9 | left and right joined together and went over to his side 06Khor2    46:10 | with proud élan, quickly turned and fled to the other side 06Khor2    46:11 | terrible slaughter of Eruand’s army and of the Mesopotamian troops 06Khor2    46:13 | wet nurse, intervened on foot and slew them, thereby having half 06Khor2    46:15 | horseback covered all the stadia and passed the hans on the 06Khor2    46:17 | the position of Eruand’s army and encamped in the dark over 06Khor2    46:18 | Artashēs came up and entered Eruand’s tent whose walls 06Khor2    46:18 | covered with curtains of skins and linen; he encamped for that 06Khor2    46:19 | the dead to be buried, and he called the meadow where 06Khor2    46:19 | over the corpses Marats’ Marg and the battlefield Eruandavan, which is 06Khor2    46:20 | set out for Eruand’s capital and arrived at Eruand’s town before 06Khor2    46:20 | sent to the Persian king and to Smbat, calling him a 06Khor2    46:22 | until the arrival of Artashēs and the whole army 06Khor2    46:23 | garrison of the fortress surrendered and opened the city gate 06Khor2    46:24 | one of the soldiers entered and struck off Eruand’s head with 06Khor2    46:25 | Eruand had some Arsacid blood and ordered his corpse to be 06Khor2    47:1 | The reign of Artashēs and the rewarding of his benefactors 06Khor2    47:2 | Eruand Smbat entered the city and sought out the royal treasures 06Khor2    47:2 | placed it on Artashēs’ head and made him king over all 06Khor2    47:3 | the armies of the Medes and Persians and dispatched them to 06Khor2    47:3 | of the Medes and Persians and dispatched them to their own 06Khor2    47:4 | also gave to the brave and honorable Argam the second rank 06Khor2    47:4 | to have a golden spoon and fork and to drink from 06Khor2    47:4 | a golden spoon and fork and to drink from golden goblets 06Khor2    47:5 | except for the two earrings and the red slipper. And in 06Khor2    47:5 | earrings and the red slipper. And in addition to his hereditary 06Khor2    47:5 | privileges - of coronant, of aspet, and of the authority over the 06Khor2    47:5 | governors of the whole land, and over all the royal household 06Khor2    47:6 | And Nersēs, son of Gisak, son 06Khor2    47:6 | he raised to princely rank and named Dimak’sean after the heroic 06Khor2    47:7 | of Toyr, fifteen young men, and called them Truni after their 06Khor2    47:7 | was a confidant of Eruand’s, and for that reason he had 06Khor2    48:3 | Smbat seized him and ordered a millstone to be 06Khor2    48:3 | be hung around his neck and that he be thrown into 06Khor2    48:5 | plundered the treasures of Eruaz and brought five hundred slaves and 06Khor2    48:5 | and brought five hundred slaves and also the most choice of 06Khor2    48:6 | of thanks to a father and supporter 06Khor2    48:7 | had taken captive in Bagaran and settled them behind Masis, calling 06Khor2    48:9 | Persia, the emperor’s tax collectors and a powerful army arrived at 06Khor2    48:9 | Artashēs satisfied them with supplications and by paying double tribute 06Khor2    48:10 | by Olympius, priest of Ani and composer of temple histories, as 06Khor2    48:10 | that we have to relate and to which the books of 06Khor2    48:10 | the books of the Persians and the epic songs of the 06Khor2    49:2 | the alliance with the Alans and the birth of their offspring 06Khor2    49:2 | Masis; the war against them and their fall from power, their 06Khor2    49:2 | fall from power, their slaughter, and the burning of their homes 06Khor2    49:2 | of the sons of Artashēs and their mutual provocation brought about 06Khor2    49:3 | too shall recall them briefly and give the true meaning of 06Khor2    49:4 | the place where the Araxes and Metsamawr join; pleased with the 06Khor2    49:5 | so it was built quickly and without labor. He erected in 06Khor2    49:5 | erected in it a temple and transferred to it from Bagaran 06Khor2    49:5 | Bagaran the statue of Artemis and all the ancestral idols. But 06Khor2    49:6 | been transferred there from Armavir, and he settled them in Artashat 06Khor2    49:7 | there, Artashēs transferred to Artashat. And he embellished the city even 06Khor2    50:1 | of the Alans among us and their defeat and the alliance 06Khor2    50:1 | among us and their defeat and the alliance of Artashēs with 06Khor2    50:2 | with all the mountain peoples and having brought over to their 06Khor2    50:3 | the mass of his troops, and there was war between these 06Khor2    50:4 | over the great river Kura, and encamped on the northern bank 06Khor2    50:4 | the river. Artashēs came up and encamped to the south, and 06Khor2    50:4 | and encamped to the south, and the river divided them 06Khor2    50:5 | son of the Alan king and had brought him to Artashēs 06Khor2    50:5 | promised to make a sworn and lasting treaty that the young 06Khor2    50:6 | And when Artashēs refused to give 06Khor2    50:6 | river onto a large hillock and through interpreters called to the 06Khor2    50:6 | in the rank of slaves and perpetuate eternal enmity between two 06Khor2    50:7 | the bank of the river; and seeing the beautiful maiden and 06Khor2    50:7 | and seeing the beautiful maiden and hearing words of wisdom from 06Khor2    50:8 | He summoned his tutor Smbat and revealed to him the wishes 06Khor2    50:8 | Alan princess, make a treaty and pact with that valiant nation 06Khor2    50:8 | pact with that valiant nation, and to free the youth for 06Khor2    50:9 | This pleased Smbat, and he sent word to the 06Khor2    50:10 | king of the Alans note: And whence will the brave Artashēs 06Khor2    50:10 | give a thousands of thousands and a myriad myriads in return 06Khor2    50:11 | mounted a beautiful black horse, and taking a strap of red 06Khor2    50:11 | red leather with golden rings and crossing the river like a 06Khor2    50:11 | like a swift-winged eagle and throwing the strap of red 06Khor2    50:11 | paining the tender maiden’s waist; and he quickly brought her to 06Khor2    50:13 | Alans, he gave much lac and gold as payment and received 06Khor2    50:13 | lac and gold as payment and received the maiden Sat’inik 06Khor2    50:16 | the palace at a marriage and scattering gold coins like the 06Khor2    50:18 | the first of Artashēs’ wives and bore him Artavazd and many 06Khor2    50:18 | wives and bore him Artavazd and many others, whom we did 06Khor2    51:1 | The murder of Argam and his sons 06Khor2    51:2 | be a valiant man, vainglorious and proud. Bearing rancor against the 06Khor2    51:3 | deprived him of his honor and gained the second rank for 06Khor2    51:4 | king’s son raised a tumult and at the very table pulled 06Khor2    51:5 | King Artashēs went to Artashat and sent back his son Mazhan 06Khor2    51:5 | family, to burn Argam’s palace, and to bring his concubine called 06Khor2    51:5 | very remarkable for her beauty and carriage, as a concubine for 06Khor2    51:6 | later he further weakened Argam and ordered him to give up 06Khor2    51:7 | rank; he also seized Nakhchavan and all the villages to the 06Khor2    51:7 | the south of the Araxes, and their palaces and fortresses there 06Khor2    51:7 | the Araxes, and their palaces and fortresses there he appropriated for 06Khor2    51:8 | king’s son gained the victory and slaughtered all of Argam’s offspring 06Khor2    51:8 | Argam’s offspring with their father and all the eminent men of 06Khor2    51:8 | men of the Muratsean family; and he confiscated for himself their 06Khor2    51:8 | confiscated for himself their villages and all their lands 06Khor2    51:9 | save only a few insignificant and lesser persons who fled to 06Khor2    51:9 | persons who fled to Artashēs and gained refuge at the royal 06Khor2    51:10 | called Argavan in the fable, and this is the cause of 06Khor2    52:1 | sort of man Smbat was, and what he did among the 06Khor2    52:1 | he did among the Alans and the settlement of Artaz 06Khor2    52:2 | shone like enamel on gold and set in pearl. In addition 06Khor2    52:2 | to being agile of person and body, he was prudent in 06Khor2    52:2 | was prudent in all things and had a gift for success 06Khor2    52:4 | For Sat’inik’s father had died and someone else was ruling as 06Khor2    52:4 | the land of the Alans and had expelled Sat’inik’s brother. But 06Khor2    52:4 | as lord of his people, and devastated the lands of his 06Khor2    53:1 | descendants of Artashēs with Smbat and with each other 06Khor2    53:3 | who dwelt by the sea and those beyond them. Similarly, the 06Khor2    53:4 | with the entire Armenian army, and the king himself accompanied them 06Khor2    53:5 | So Smbat went and subdued them all; he ravaged 06Khor2    53:5 | the land of the Caspians and brought to Armenia more captives 06Khor2    53:6 | in the villages of Goḷt’n and the springs of Uḷt, and 06Khor2    53:6 | and the springs of Uḷt, and in addition left him all 06Khor2    53:7 | Artavazd became jealous at this and wished to murder Smbat. And 06Khor2    53:7 | and wished to murder Smbat. And when the plan became known 06Khor2    53:8 | But Smbat withdrew and went to Assyria, willingly abandoning 06Khor2    53:9 | which is now called Kordrik’, and he settled the host of 06Khor2    53:9 | from near to those parts, and as he greatly loved her 06Khor2    53:11 | Artashēs made Vroyr, a wise and erudite man, hazarapet and entrusted 06Khor2    53:11 | wise and erudite man, hazarapet and entrusted to him all the 06Khor2    53:11 | affairs of the royal household. And Mazhan he established as chief 06Khor2    53:12 | army, Tiran over the western, and he entrusted the southern to 06Khor2    53:12 | entrusted the southern to Smbat and the northern to Zareh 06Khor2    53:13 | beasts, but at warfare incompetent and negligent. When the Georgian king 06Khor2    53:13 | incited the land to revolt. And capturing Zareh he imprisoned him 06Khor2    53:14 | Artavazd and Tiran with Smbat waged war 06Khor2    53:14 | Smbat waged war on him and brought back their brother from 06Khor2    54:2 | When tumult and confusion arose in the west 06Khor2    54:3 | the Emperor Domitian was angered and dispatched an army against Artashēs 06Khor2    54:3 | of Caesarea it swept Tiran and the western army before it 06Khor2    54:3 | the western army before it and drove them quickly back as 06Khor2    54:3 | the armies of the east and north, accompanied by all the 06Khor2    54:3 | king’s sons. They fought fiercely and were hard pressed 06Khor2    54:4 | the army of the south, and advancing into the midst of 06Khor2    54:4 | king’s sons, winning the victory and ending the battle 06Khor2    54:5 | was very old, he organized and directed his battle line like 06Khor2    54:5 | line like a young man and pursuing the Roman army he 06Khor2    54:6 | allegorically they call his command and army by his name 06Khor2    54:7 | time Domitian died at Rome, and after him Nerva reigned for 06Khor2    54:8 | the armies of the Armenians and Persians made more forays into 06Khor2    54:9 | And when the Egyptians and Palestinians 06Khor2    54:9 | And when the Egyptians and Palestinians saw this, they too 06Khor2    55:1 | Concerning Trajan and his deeds, and the murder 06Khor2    55:1 | Concerning Trajan and his deeds, and the murder of Mazhan by 06Khor2    55:2 | became emperor of the Romans, and having pacified all the east 06Khor2    55:2 | he descended on the Egyptians and Palestinians. Having subjected them to 06Khor2    55:3 | him there with magnificent presents, and accepting the responsibility for defaulting 06Khor2    55:4 | Trajan passed on into Persia, and having accomplished all his desires 06Khor2    55:5 | you do not exile Artavazd and Tiran and if you do 06Khor2    55:5 | not exile Artavazd and Tiran and if you do not entrust 06Khor2    55:6 | become at once chief priest and commander of the east 06Khor2    55:7 | paid no attention to him and sent him away unsatisfied 06Khor2    55:8 | When Artavazd and Tiran learned of his plan 06Khor2    55:8 | ambushed Mazhan in the hunt and killed him; then they took 06Khor2    55:8 | him; then they took him and buried him in the town 06Khor2    55:9 | payed tribute to Trajan regularly, and after him to the Emperor 06Khor2    56:1 | the population of the land and fixed the borders 06Khor2    56:2 | After all these noble deeds and acts of wise government, Artashēs 06Khor2    56:2 | ordered the boundaries of villages and of estates to be distinguished 06Khor2    56:2 | many foreigners into the populace and settling them in the mountains 06Khor2    56:2 | settling them in the mountains and valleys and plains 06Khor2    56:2 | in the mountains and valleys and plains 06Khor2    56:3 | And he established markers for the 06Khor2    56:3 | be hollowed out like plates, and that they be buried in 06Khor2    56:4 | son of Sasan, was jealous, and he ordered the same to 06Khor2    56:4 | to be done in Persia and that they be called by 06Khor2    57:3 | son was of great stature and strength called Samson, as is 06Khor2    57:4 | Amatunik’, for they are personable and well formed and worthily resplendent 06Khor2    57:4 | are personable and well formed and worthily resplendent in all things 06Khor2    57:4 | worthily resplendent in all things and strong 06Khor2    57:5 | first king of the Parthians, and in the land of the 06Khor2    57:6 | honored by Artashēs with villages and estates and were called Amatuni 06Khor2    57:6 | Artashēs with villages and estates and were called Amatuni, as being 06Khor2    57:7 | And some Persians call them Manuean 06Khor2    58:2 | the nation of the Alans and related to Sat’inik and who 06Khor2    58:2 | Alans and related to Sat’inik and who had come with her 06Khor2    58:2 | were established as a family and principality of Armenia, as kin 06Khor2    58:2 | kin of the great queen. And in the time of Khosrov 06Khor2    59:3 | the preceding chapters, the order and good customs, was established by 06Khor2    59:3 | customs, was established by Vaḷarshak and the other early kings, yet 06Khor2    59:3 | neglectful of the noble arts and sciences, being occupied with brigands 06Khor2    59:3 | sciences, being occupied with brigands and invasions. And so, either they 06Khor2    59:3 | occupied with brigands and invasions. And so, either they did not 06Khor2    59:3 | the cycles of weeks, months, and years 06Khor2    59:4 | they lived by eating carrion and similar food 06Khor2    60:3 | against Hadrian, the Roman emperor, and had made war with the 06Khor2    60:3 | star,” who was an evildoer and a murderer - but because of 06Khor2    60:3 | as their savior from affliction and captivity 06Khor2    60:4 | And so severely did he wage 06Khor2    60:4 | him all the Syrians, Mesopotamians, and Persians refused to pay tribute 06Khor2    60:6 | that Hadrian came to Palestine and destroyed the rebels in the 06Khor2    60:7 | And he built up Jerusalem, which 06Khor2    60:7 | had been destroyed by Vespasian and Titus and himself, and called 06Khor2    60:7 | destroyed by Vespasian and Titus and himself, and called it Elia 06Khor2    60:7 | Vespasian and Titus and himself, and called it Elia after his 06Khor2    60:8 | He settled in it pagans and Christians, whose bishop was a 06Khor2    60:9 | to the regions of Assyria and ordered our Artashēs to go 06Khor2    60:10 | in the town of Bakurakert. And a certain Abeḷoy, leader of 06Khor2    60:10 | the Abeḷini family, an active and sycophantic and hypocritical man, he 06Khor2    60:10 | family, an active and sycophantic and hypocritical man, he sent at 06Khor2    60:10 | of Artemis to seek healing and a long life from the 06Khor2    60:12 | And he writes how many multitudes 06Khor2    60:12 | of Artashēs, his beloved wives and concubines and faithful servants; and 06Khor2    60:12 | his beloved wives and concubines and faithful servants; and what a 06Khor2    60:12 | and concubines and faithful servants; and what a multifarious display they 06Khor2    60:12 | corpse in a civilized fashion and not as barbarians 06Khor2    60:13 | was of gold; the bier and litter were of silk; the 06Khor2    60:13 | the crown on his head and the arms set before him 06Khor2    60:13 | the bier were his sons and a host of his kinsmen 06Khor2    60:13 | a host of his kinsmen, and beside them the military - the 06Khor2    60:13 | them the military - the leaders and companies of the princely houses 06Khor2    60:13 | wailing maidens dressed in black and mourning women, and then followed 06Khor2    60:13 | in black and mourning women, and then followed and the mass 06Khor2    60:13 | mourning women, and then followed and the mass of the common 06Khor2    61:1 | the expulsion of his brothers and sisters, and his death with 06Khor2    61:1 | of his brothers and sisters, and his death with its allegory 06Khor2    61:2 | to the provinces of Aḷiovit and Aṙberan so that they would 06Khor2    61:3 | turned around on his horse and fell into a great pit 06Khor2    61:3 | fell into a great pit and was swallowed up without a 06Khor2    61:4 | Artavazd, they say, was displeased and said to his father: Since 06Khor2    61:4 | his father: Since you went and took all the land with 06Khor2    61:5 | the spirits will seize you and take you up to Noble 06Khor2    61:5 | Masis; there you will remain and no more see the light 06Khor2    61:6 | cave, bound in iron chains, and two dogs continuously gnaw at 06Khor2    61:6 | He tries to go out and destroy the country, but at 06Khor2    61:9 | set a spell upon him, and therefore Artashēs did them much 06Khor2    61:10 | dragons stole the child Artavazd and put a dev in his 06Khor2    62:3 | in peace, occupied with hunting and amusements, as they say 06Khor2    62:5 | in the regions of Hashteank’, and they note: “Enlarge for us 06Khor2    62:6 | to the province of Aḷiovit and Aṙberan 06Khor2    62:7 | give them no other inheritance and to divide equally among them 06Khor2    62:8 | to the provinces of Aḷiovit and Aṙberan 06Khor2    62:10 | And because Artavazd had no child 06Khor2    62:11 | he was a select man and moderate in all regards, and 06Khor2    62:11 | and moderate in all regards, and temperate even in the desires 06Khor2    62:12 | the army of the east, and he left with him Druasp 06Khor2    62:12 | to the princes of Vaspurakan and to whom he had given 06Khor2    62:12 | of Tateawn with its estates and the great vineyard which is 06Khor2    62:13 | to the regions of Ekeḷeats’ and established his court in the 06Khor2    62:14 | peaceably for twenty-one years and died on a journey, overwhelmed 06Khor2    63:1 | Concerning Trdat Bagratuni and the first names of his 06Khor2    63:2 | the valiant Smbat, a spirited and powerful man, short in stature 06Khor2    63:2 | powerful man, short in stature and ugly in appearance 06Khor2    63:3 | She hated her husband Trdat and was continuously grumbling and complaining 06Khor2    63:3 | Trdat and was continuously grumbling and complaining, lamenting that she, a 06Khor2    63:3 | lived with an ugly man, and that being of noble family 06Khor2    63:4 | At this Trdat was angry, and one day he beat her 06Khor2    63:4 | pulled off her thick locks, and ordered her to be dragged 06Khor2    63:4 | her to be dragged outside and thrown from the room 06Khor2    63:6 | woman who was very beautiful and was playing; her name was 06Khor2    63:6 | He was enamored of her and said to Bakur: “Give me 06Khor2    63:7 | to himself on the couch, and passionately worked his lust like 06Khor2    63:7 | his lust like an incontinent and ardent young man 06Khor2    63:9 | of flowers as a weapon, and drove the guests out from 06Khor2    63:10 | the struggle of the Lapiths and the Centaurs at the marriage 06Khor2    63:11 | And thus, coming to his own 06Khor2    63:11 | he immediately mounted his horse and went to Sper with the 06Khor2    63:13 | first received barbarous names: Biurat, and Smbat, and other similar appellations 06Khor2    63:13 | barbarous names: Biurat, and Smbat, and other similar appellations, being deprived 06Khor2    63:14 | And it seems to me that 06Khor2    63:14 | are now called is Bagadia, and Asud is Ashot, and similarly 06Khor2    63:14 | Bagadia, and Asud is Ashot, and similarly Vazaria is Varaz, just 06Khor2    64:1 | man the last Tigran was, and what deeds he performed 06Khor2    64:2 | life of forty-two years and died without exhibiting any brave 06Khor2    64:4 | through Syria, on his behalf and at his command our Tigran 06Khor2    64:4 | also invaded the Mediterranean regions. And he was captured by a 06Khor2    64:4 | death of Peroz, subdued Armenia, and freed Tigran 06Khor2    64:5 | born from her he ennobled and entitled Ṙopsean after their mother 06Khor2    64:6 | children he made chief prince and enrolled among the other noble 06Khor2    64:6 | yet they were personally renowned and had fought the Greeks for 06Khor2    64:6 | release; some came from Korchēk’ and some from our region - I 06Khor2    64:6 | the descendants of the Haykazunk’ - and some were descended from immigrants 06Khor2    64:7 | the labor of such work, and third because the lack of 06Khor2    64:9 | possible we have avoided superfluous and elaborate accounts and whatever words 06Khor2    64:9 | avoided superfluous and elaborate accounts and whatever words and conclusions tended 06Khor2    64:9 | elaborate accounts and whatever words and conclusions tended to unreliability, and 06Khor2    64:9 | and conclusions tended to unreliability, and followed to the best of 06Khor2    64:9 | ability only what was right and true 06Khor2    64:10 | free from what is unsuitable and what would encourage the introduction 06Khor2    64:10 | encourage the introduction of doubt and disbelief 06Khor2    64:11 | And I beg you now again 06Khor2    64:11 | reliable labor into a purposeless and superfluous work, for that brings 06Khor2    65:1 | the war against the Khazars, and his death 06Khor2    65:3 | of labor on her way and gave birth on the road 06Khor2    65:3 | the place where the Murts’ and Araxes join 06Khor2    65:4 | This spot he built up and called Vaḷarshavan after his own 06Khor2    65:4 | Tuh by the River Khasaḷ and came to dwell by the 06Khor2    65:4 | the River Khasaḷ, to hammer and batter at the gate of 06Khor2    65:5 | first colony of Jewish captives, and it became a commercial town 06Khor2    65:6 | surrounded it with a wall and strong ramparts and called it 06Khor2    65:6 | a wall and strong ramparts and called it Vaḷarshapat; it is 06Khor2    65:9 | united, I mean the Khazars and Basilk’, and passing through the 06Khor2    65:9 | mean the Khazars and Basilk’, and passing through the Chor gate 06Khor2    65:10 | great force of warlike soldiers and scattered their host as corpses 06Khor2    65:11 | once again the enemy united and drew up their battle line 06Khor2    65:11 | drew up their battle line; and although the valiant Armenians routed 06Khor2    65:11 | the valiant Armenians routed them and put them to flight, yet 06Khor2    65:13 | he gathered the Armenian army and passed across the great mountain 06Khor2    65:13 | those powerful nations with sword and lance, he took hostage one 06Khor2    65:13 | of all their active men, and as a token of his 06Khor2    66:3 | Valentinus, but later he rejected and opposed it; not that he 06Khor2    66:4 | write a letter to Antoninus, and he composed much against the 06Khor2    66:4 | the sect of the Marcionites and fate and the cult of 06Khor2    66:4 | of the Marcionites and fate and the cult of idols in 06Khor2    66:5 | from among the barbarous pagans. And as he was not welcomed 06Khor2    66:5 | entered the fortress of Ani; and having read the temple history 06Khor2    66:5 | happened in his own time and translated the whole into Syriac 06Khor2    66:6 | might participate in the sacrifices and be received as guests for 06Khor2    66:8 | we have taken our account and repeated it for you, from 06Khor2    67:3 | Agathangelos treats briefly of him and his relatives and gives a 06Khor2    67:3 | of him and his relatives and gives a summary account of 06Khor2    67:3 | of Khosrov, father of Trdat, and his devastation of the land 06Khor2    67:3 | of the land of Persia and Assyria in a raid for 06Khor2    67:4 | should come to his aid and oppose Artashir 06Khor2    67:5 | because they were more obedient and faithful to the rule of 06Khor2    67:5 | to that of their kinsman and brother, so Khosrov sought vengeance 06Khor2    67:5 | whole land in this fashion and turned it into a desert 06Khor2    67:6 | to you your own native and noble Pahlav and honor you 06Khor2    67:6 | own native and noble Pahlav and honor you with a crown 06Khor2    67:7 | sake of that, Anak agreed and murdered Khosrov 06Khor2    67:8 | that time in extended fashion and at length, starting from the 06Khor2    67:8 | length, starting from the beginning and giving a true account in 06Khor2    68:2 | patriarch after Adam was Abraham, and from him descends the nation 06Khor2    68:3 | from whom were born Emran and his brothers. These Abraham in 06Khor2    68:4 | the nation of the Parthians, and descended from these is Arshak 06Khor2    68:4 | who rebelled against the Macedonians and reigned in the land of 06Khor2    68:4 | Kushans for thirty-one years; and after him his son Artashēs 06Khor2    68:4 | Artashēs for twenty-six years, and then Arshak, the latter’s son 06Khor2    68:4 | the great,” who killed Antiochus and made his brother Vaḷarshak king 06Khor2    68:5 | He himself went to Bahl and ruled securely for fifty-three 06Khor2    68:6 | And these are the Pahlavik kings 06Khor2    68:7 | of Vaḷarshak, king of Armenia, and he reigned for thirty years 06Khor2    68:8 | Arshavir had three sons and a daughter, as I said 06Khor2    68:8 | called Artashēs, the second Karēn, and third Surēn, and the daughter 06Khor2    68:8 | second Karēn, and third Surēn, and the daughter was called Koshm 06Khor2    68:9 | much because of his blandishing and deceitful words as because he 06Khor2    68:10 | And Abgar established between them a 06Khor2    68:10 | established between them a covenant and treaty that Artashēs should reign 06Khor2    68:11 | them, he granted them provinces and ennobled their families after each 06Khor2    68:11 | families after each one’s name. And he promoted them above all 06Khor2    68:11 | follows: Karēn Pahlav, Surēn Pahlav, and the sister, Aspahapet Pahlav, because 06Khor2    68:12 | And under this arrangement they lived 06Khor2    69:4 | he seized the Parthian throne and deprived them of their hereditary 06Khor2    69:5 | that period among the Persians and Syrians and also the Greeks 06Khor2    69:5 | among the Persians and Syrians and also the Greeks 06Khor2    69:6 | in war, as relate Palephatos and Porphyry and Philemon and many 06Khor2    69:6 | as relate Palephatos and Porphyry and Philemon and many others 06Khor2    69:6 | Palephatos and Porphyry and Philemon and many others 06Khor2    70:2 | of Shapuh, the Persian king, and he fell into the hands 06Khor2    70:2 | the royal officers with Jovian and, having been converted to our 06Khor2    70:2 | He learned the Greek language and wrote a history of the 06Khor2    70:2 | of the deeds of Shapuh and Julian 06Khor2    70:3 | based our account on this and repeat it now in this 06Khor2    70:4 | astrologers, that is, the Chaldaeans, and so on; the adulterous plan 06Khor2    70:4 | daughter concerning the billy goat, and so on 06Khor2    70:5 | valor of the single combat, and whatever has the character of 06Khor2    70:6 | recount only what is certain and what pertains to true history 06Khor2    71:2 | of Sasan, had killed Artavan and gained the throne, two branches 06Khor2    71:2 | the Pahlav family called Aspahapet and Surēn Pahlav were jealous at 06Khor2    71:2 | kin, that is, of Artashēs, and willingly accepted the rule of 06Khor2    71:3 | remaining friendly toward their brother and kin, opposed in war Artashir 06Khor2    71:4 | sad news of Artavan’s death and of the alliance of all 06Khor2    71:4 | of all the Persian troops and nobles - both of his own 06Khor2    71:4 | his own family the Parthians and of the Pahlavik’, except for 06Khor2    71:4 | the latter he sent messengers and then returned to our country 06Khor2    71:4 | our country in great sadness and regret 06Khor2    71:5 | And immediately he made haste to 06Khor2    72:1 | Khosrov receives aid from Philip and attacks Artashir in war 06Khor2    72:4 | to his support from Egypt and the desert, from as far 06Khor2    72:5 | troops he marched against Artashir, and giving battle put him to 06Khor2    72:5 | he took from him Assyria and the other lands where he 06Khor2    72:6 | his own kin the Parthian and the Pahlav families, and to 06Khor2    72:6 | Parthian and the Pahlav families, and to all the forces of 06Khor2    72:6 | they should come to him and exact vengeance from Artashir; and 06Khor2    72:6 | and exact vengeance from Artashir; and he said that he would 06Khor2    72:7 | the aforementioned branches named Aspahapet and Surenean did not agree, so 06Khor2    73:2 | had caught up with them and slaughtered all the branch of 06Khor2    73:2 | the land of the Kushans and brought to some of his 06Khor2    73:5 | seeking. Although Philip had died and the Roman empire was in 06Khor2    73:5 | brief period: the emperors Decius and Gallus and Valerian, who did 06Khor2    73:5 | the emperors Decius and Gallus and Valerian, who did not aid 06Khor2    73:5 | nonetheless Khosrov with his army and other friends who had rallied 06Khor2    73:5 | who had rallied to him and with the nations of the 06Khor2    73:5 | north was victorious over Artashir and pursued him as far as 06Khor2    74:1 | Concerning the arrival of Anak and the begetting of Saint Gregory 06Khor2    74:2 | friendship. He trusts in you and will be deceived by the 06Khor2    74:3 | And he promised to return to 06Khor2    74:3 | Pahlav, the royal city Bahl, and all the country of the 06Khor2    74:4 | Similarly he promised the form and splendor of royalty, half of 06Khor2    74:4 | the empire of the Aryans, and second place under his own 06Khor2    74:6 | rebellion he fled from Artashir, and the Persian army pretended to 06Khor2    74:8 | They met Anak and brought him at the king’s 06Khor2    74:8 | the relics of our holy and great apostle Thaddaeus were revealed 06Khor2    74:9 | those of Olympiodorus about Tarawn and the mountain called Sim 06Khor2    74:10 | innermost room of his tent. And there they say the mother 06Khor2    74:10 | the mother of our holy and great Illuminator conceived 06Khor2    74:11 | grace of that same apostle, and having been begotten beside his 06Khor2    74:13 | And he himself and all his 06Khor2    74:13 | And he himself and all his family were put 06Khor2    74:13 | rather illuminated, by God’s providence and the apostle’s grace in his 06Khor2    74:13 | grace in his mother’s womb and was entrusted with the grace 06Khor2    75:1 | bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia, and his history 06Khor2    75:3 | in the days of Maximian and Decius and last of all 06Khor2    75:3 | days of Maximian and Decius and last of all in the 06Khor2    75:5 | Khosrov in our own land, and similarly after him of others 06Khor2    75:6 | history accurately or with details and indicated neither the names nor 06Khor2    75:7 | king of Persia, in Mesopotamia and died between Edessa and Harran 06Khor2    75:7 | Mesopotamia and died between Edessa and Harran, while our Khosrov supported 06Khor2    75:9 | in the reign of Trdat and after him, we have not 06Khor2    75:10 | the reports of wise men and antiquarians, we have given you 06Khor2    76:1 | Artashir’s attack against us, and his victory over the Emperor 06Khor2    76:2 | Khosrov the Armenian princes united and brought to their own assistance 06Khor2    76:2 | Phrygia, to oppose the Persians and save the country 06Khor2    76:3 | And straightaway they informed the Emperor 06Khor2    76:4 | had taken many provinces captive and had plundered the Cyclades Islands 06Khor2    76:4 | gained the throne from him, and after him Aurelian, following each 06Khor2    76:4 | there reigned the brothers Quintus and Tacitus and Florian 06Khor2    76:4 | the brothers Quintus and Tacitus and Florian 06Khor2    76:5 | Therefore Artashir freely invaded us and, putting the Greek army to 06Khor2    76:5 | major part of the country and turned it into a wilderness 06Khor2    76:6 | took Trdat, son of Khosrov, and brought him to the imperial 06Khor2    76:7 | in the regions of Pontus, and he sent his brother Florian 06Khor2    76:8 | But Artashir overtook Tacitus and put him to flight. The 06Khor2    77:1 | the peace between the Persians and the Greeks, and Artashir’s accomplishments 06Khor2    77:1 | the Persians and the Greeks, and Artashir’s accomplishments in Armenia during 06Khor2    77:2 | became emperor of the Greeks, and, making peace with Artashir, he 06Khor2    77:2 | Artashir, he divided our land and dug ditches to mark the 06Khor2    77:3 | back those who had emigrated, and destroyed their fortified places - except 06Khor2    77:3 | to that of the Sḷkunik’ and was the foster father of 06Khor2    77:4 | Armenia in a splendid fashion and reestablished its former order 06Khor2    77:5 | been deprived of the crown and of their residence in Ayrarat 06Khor2    77:5 | place with their former revenues and emoluments 06Khor2    77:6 | the cults of the temples and ordered the fire of Ormizd 06Khor2    77:7 | with those of the sun and moon at Armavir, and which 06Khor2    77:7 | sun and moon at Armavir, and which had been transferred from 06Khor2    77:7 | transferred from Armavir to Bagaran and then brought to Artashat, these 06Khor2    77:8 | to tribute by an edict and completely consolidated his own authority 06Khor2    77:9 | setting stones in the ground, and he changed their name to 06Khor2    77:10 | governors for twenty-six years, and after him, for one year 06Khor2    78:2 | with one of Khosrov’s sons and saved him by bringing him 06Khor2    78:4 | families of the other princes. And when Artashir had subjected the 06Khor2    78:4 | subjected the rest, they returned and were all put to the 06Khor2    78:5 | from the family of Ashots’ and descended from Gushar Haykazn, abducted 06Khor2    78:5 | maiden from among Artavazd’s sisters; and having rescued her by fleeing 06Khor2    79:2 | in the use of arms, and a willing pupil of other 06Khor2    79:2 | pupil of other military exercises. And then according to the oracle 06Khor2    79:2 | win by a neck grip, and also Cerasos of Argos; for 06Khor2    79:2 | bulls by the horn, twisted, and threw them with a crash 06Khor2    79:3 | And wishing to drive a chariot 06Khor2    79:3 | the skill of his opponent and fell to the ground. But 06Khor2    79:3 | But he seized the chariot and stopped it, at which all 06Khor2    79:4 | And in the war of Probus 06Khor2    79:4 | no stores, the soldiers revolted and killed him; similarly, they rose 06Khor2    79:6 | reigned with his sons Carinus and Numerian. Gathering an army, he 06Khor2    79:6 | battle to the Persian king, and after gaining the victory he 06Khor2    79:7 | many nations to his support and having the desert peoples of 06Khor2    79:9 | he picked up his arms and the horse’s accoutrements and swam 06Khor2    79:9 | arms and the horse’s accoutrements and swam across the wide and 06Khor2    79:9 | and swam across the wide and deep Euphrates to his own 06Khor2    79:10 | Numerian was killed in Thrace, and Diocletian succeeded to the throne 06Khor2    80:1 | brief exposition of the birth and life of Gregory and his 06Khor2    80:1 | birth and life of Gregory and his sons from the letter 06Khor2    80:2 | not one of the lesser and insignificant people, whose name was 06Khor2    80:2 | to the province of Cappadocia and settled in Caesarea 06Khor2    80:3 | But Euthalius caught him up and dissuaded him from going farther 06Khor2    80:4 | of our Illuminator took place, and by chance Sophy became the 06Khor2    80:4 | occurred, Euthalius took his sister and her husband with the child 06Khor2    80:4 | her husband with the child and returned to Cappadocia 06Khor2    80:6 | descent in the Roman empire and dedicate him to the Christian 06Khor2    80:8 | younger child entered a convent and became a nun. When this 06Khor2    80:9 | child remained with his tutors and later led a secular life 06Khor2    80:9 | later led a secular life and married 06Khor2    80:10 | of preaching to our country and of his high priesthood and 06Khor2    80:10 | and of his high priesthood and martyrdom 06Khor2    80:11 | when their father was consecrated and made glorious 06Khor2    80:12 | And therefore he did not linger 06Khor2    80:12 | Caesarea, but quickly turned back and in the city of Sebaste 06Khor2    80:13 | for what has no end and passes not away. They did 06Khor2    81:1 | Whence and how the Mamikonian family arose 06Khor2    81:3 | the northeast, from a valiant and noble land foremost among all 06Khor2    81:4 | two foster brothers called Bḷdokh and Mamgon, who were great princes 06Khor2    81:6 | but fled with his entourage and came to Artashir, king of 06Khor2    81:7 | messengers to seek his extradition, and when Artashir refused, the king 06Khor2    81:8 | at that point Artashir died and Shapuh came to the throne 06Khor2    81:10 | And he sent word to the 06Khor2    81:10 | not be war between you and me 06Khor2    81:11 | And because, as they say, the 06Khor2    81:11 | is truly devoted to peace and life 06Khor2    81:12 | plants, rich in saffron, peacocks, and silk. It has untold numbers 06Khor2    81:12 | has untold numbers of gazelles and marvelous creatures and the animals 06Khor2    81:12 | of gazelles and marvelous creatures and the animals called ‘‘donkey goats 06Khor2    81:12 | what among us is aristocratic and food for the few - the 06Khor2    81:12 | for the few - the pheasant and the swan and other such 06Khor2    81:12 | the pheasant and the swan and other such delicacies 06Khor2    81:13 | The number of precious stones and pearls of the magnates they 06Khor2    81:13 | they say no one knows. And as for the garments which 06Khor2    81:15 | place in which to settle and a stipend for food; he 06Khor2    82:2 | we made a detailed investigation and found that Trdat gained the 06Khor2    82:2 | the third year of Diocletian and that he came here with 06Khor2    82:4 | And arriving in this country he 06Khor2    82:4 | had raised his sister Khosrovidukht and had guarded the treasures in 06Khor2    82:4 | constancy. He was a just and persevering man, reliable and very 06Khor2    82:4 | just and persevering man, reliable and very wise; for although he 06Khor2    82:5 | modest maiden, like a nun, and did not at all have 06Khor2    82:6 | commander-in-chief of Armenia and honored him in gratitude, and 06Khor2    82:6 | and honored him in gratitude, and even more his own foster 06Khor2    82:6 | the cause of his escape and of his attaining the glory 06Khor2    82:8 | his father-in-law Artavazd and he the king first that 06Khor2    82:8 | that Gregory was Anak’s son and later about the sons of 06Khor2    82:9 | many battles, first in Armenia and then in Persia, gaining the 06Khor2    82:11 | And on another occasion, the powerful 06Khor2    82:11 | the strength of the giant and the force of his arms 06Khor2    82:11 | many wounds on his horse and killed it with their arrows 06Khor2    82:12 | But he rose up and attacked on foot, in turn 06Khor2    82:14 | while he remained in Persia and Assyria, even making an attack 06Khor2    83:1 | Concerning Trdat’s marriage to Ashkhēn and Constantine’s to Maximina, and how 06Khor2    83:1 | Ashkhēn and Constantine’s to Maximina, and how he was converted 06Khor2    83:3 | to be vested with purple, and to be crowned in order 06Khor2    83:7 | And when Constantius died not many 06Khor2    83:7 | later, Diocletian sent his son and his own son-in-law 06Khor2    83:8 | latter, before he became emperor and while he was still Caesar 06Khor2    83:8 | He made this his emblem, and bearing it before him was 06Khor2    83:10 | which the soothsayers and Marsian doctors were unable to 06Khor2    83:10 | to send magicians from Persia and India. But even they brought 06Khor2    83:11 | of children in a basin and to wash himself in the 06Khor2    83:11 | himself in the warm blood and be healed 06Khor2    83:12 | the crying of the children and the wailing of their mothers 06Khor2    83:12 | their mothers, he had pity and spared them, preferring their salvation 06Khor2    83:13 | by him he was converted, and then God removed all the 06Khor2    84:2 | Shapuh busied himself with plans and plotted evil against our land 06Khor2    84:3 | was of the Amatuni family and had been the guardian of 06Khor2    84:4 | Great arrived from the west, and having learned about all this 06Khor2    84:4 | having learned about all this and having discovered that Shapuh had 06Khor2    84:5 | threw the land into confusion; and in the vicinity of the 06Khor2    84:7 | give, with perpetual jurisdiction, villages and estates and all the domains 06Khor2    84:7 | perpetual jurisdiction, villages and estates and all the domains of the 06Khor2    84:9 | in revolt against the king. And on setting out he secretly 06Khor2    84:9 | suitable for us to plan and execute whatever we wish. I 06Khor2    84:10 | the Sḷkuni family greatly rejoiced, and he received him with a 06Khor2    84:10 | keep faith with the oaths and treaties 06Khor2    84:11 | his friendship for the rebel and persuaded him that he was 06Khor2    84:11 | ordered him freely to enter and leave the fortress 06Khor2    84:12 | the middle of his back and struck the rebel to the 06Khor2    84:13 | fortress, he seized the castle and imprisoned all those inside 06Khor2    84:14 | the family of the Sḷkuni, and he slaughtered them all. But 06Khor2    84:15 | lands that he had promised, and he made him a prince 06Khor2    85:2 | into the plain of Gargar and met the northern peoples in 06Khor2    85:3 | the quickness of his arm and how an infinite number of 06Khor2    85:3 | to the ground by him and rolled in the dust. Like 06Khor2    85:4 | sinew wound around with leather and forcefully throwing it from behind 06Khor2    85:4 | him on the left shoulder and the right armpit, for he 06Khor2    85:5 | And because he was unable to 06Khor2    85:5 | sinew in his left hand and draw it to himself with 06Khor2    85:5 | wielded his two-edged sword and cut his opponent through the 06Khor2    85:5 | middle, also splitting the head and reins of his horse 06Khor2    85:6 | whole army, seeing their king and general cut in half by 06Khor2    85:7 | And although no small losses had 06Khor2    85:7 | had befallen his own army and many of the nobles had 06Khor2    85:7 | them according to ancestral custom and returned 06Khor2    85:8 | the north, raised many troops, and bringing them together marched to 06Khor2    85:8 | Manachihr, prince of the Rshtunik’; and Vahan, prince of the Amatunik’ 06Khor2    85:9 | of the conversion of Mihran and the land of Georgia 06Khor2    86:3 | do you perform these miracles?” and he learned of the preaching 06Khor2    86:4 | And at that very time news 06Khor2    86:4 | in Armenia for the king and the nobles, and of the 06Khor2    86:4 | the king and the nobles, and of the companions of blessed 06Khor2    86:4 | learned about everything more precisely and in detail 06Khor2    86:5 | the mist with his voice” [Job 38:34] and again: “He darkens the day 06Khor2    86:7 | the air might become light and that he might return in 06Khor2    86:7 | he might return in peace, and he promised to worship Nunē’s 06Khor2    86:7 | God. This was granted him, and he fulfilled his promise 06Khor2    86:8 | Nunē sought out trustworthy men and sent them to Saint Gregory 06Khor2    86:9 | as he had done himself, and to set up the honorable 06Khor2    86:10 | the city; between the city and the image flowed the powerful 06Khor2    86:10 | sacrifice, he crossed the river and sacrificed in front of the 06Khor2    86:11 | city rose up against her and note: “Whom then are we 06Khor2    86:11 | Christ’s cross.” This they made and set up on the pretty 06Khor2    86:12 | And all the people worshipped it 06Khor2    86:13 | went out to the hill and saw a piece of hewn 06Khor2    86:14 | And they left it and went 06Khor2    86:14 | And they left it and went away. But the benevolent 06Khor2    86:14 | heaven a pillar of cloud, and the mountain was filled with 06Khor2    86:14 | filled with a sweet odor, and there was heard the sound 06Khor2    86:14 | host singing psalms exceedingly sweetly, and there shone out a light 06Khor2    86:14 | cross, the same in shape and size as the wooden cross 06Khor2    86:14 | size as the wooden cross, and it stood over it with 06Khor2    86:14 | stars. At this everyone believed and they worshipped it 06Khor2    86:16 | a stranger to the world and all in it - or to 06Khor2    86:16 | to the Word of God, and by her zeal crowned as 06Khor2    86:17 | the gates of the Alans and the Caspians, as far as 06Khor2    87:1 | The defeat of Shapuh and his unwilling submission to Constantine 06Khor2    87:1 | Great, Trdat’s capture of Ecbatana and the arrival of his relatives 06Khor2    87:1 | the arrival of his relatives, and the discovery of the saving 06Khor2    87:2 | his army had been mauled and many princes had fallen, hesitated 06Khor2    87:2 | Assyria, put Shapuh to flight, and plundered the whole land 06Khor2    87:3 | Trdat, with all his men and the troops under them, invaded 06Khor2    87:4 | came to him his relative and kinsman Kamsar, the eldest son 06Khor2    87:5 | boy whom Burz had rescued and saved when Artashir had slaughtered 06Khor2    87:6 | Artashir in his father’s rank and put in command of the 06Khor2    87:7 | man, wonderfully adept at war; and when he defeated Vzurk, who 06Khor2    87:7 | from the relatives of Artashir, and having many sons he grew 06Khor2    87:7 | many sons he grew powerful and held those regions under his 06Khor2    87:8 | he would not see him; and on Artashir’s death he did 06Khor2    87:8 | was poisoned by Shapuh’s friends and died 06Khor2    87:10 | out with all his family and entourage and came to Trdat 06Khor2    87:10 | all his family and entourage and came to Trdat our king 06Khor2    87:11 | the head with an axe, and a part of the bone 06Khor2    87:11 | of his head remained incomplete, and for this reason he was 06Khor2    87:12 | himself the seven-walled Ecbatana, and leaving there his second in 06Khor2    87:12 | there his second in command and governors, he returned to Armenia 06Khor2    87:12 | Armenia, taking with him Kamsar and all his men 06Khor2    87:13 | victor Constantine for a treaty and the establishment of eternal peace 06Khor2    87:13 | peace. This Saint Constantine did, and then he sent his mother 06Khor2    88:1 | of the court from Rome, and the building of Constantinople 06Khor2    88:2 | the latter greatly honored Licinius and gave him to wife his 06Khor2    88:2 | adorned him with the purple and the crown of a Caesar 06Khor2    88:2 | on him the second rank, and made him ruler over all 06Khor2    88:3 | or the Ethiopian his skin, and likewise for the impious man 06Khor2    88:4 | doing violence to the faith, and second to be a rebel 06Khor2    88:5 | raised persecutions against the church and worked secret treachery against Constantine 06Khor2    88:5 | under his power. This lascivious and execrable old man, who dyed 06Khor2    88:6 | When the plot was revealed and he knew that Constantine would 06Khor2    88:7 | And since Trdat our king had 06Khor2    88:8 | him as an old man and his son-in-law, he 06Khor2    88:8 | to Gaul in iron bonds and sent to the mines that 06Khor2    88:9 | the Roman empire was one; and he celebrated his twentieth anniversary 06Khor2    88:11 | Rome, he moved to Byzantium and there established the court, being 06Khor2    88:11 | constructed there very splendid buildings and increased the city fivefold 06Khor2    88:12 | there for war against Darius, and for that reason built in 06Khor2    88:14 | both for wild animal combats and for players, and the hippodrome 06Khor2    88:14 | animal combats and for players, and the hippodrome, which was unfinished 06Khor2    88:15 | the city in every way and called it New Rome, but 06Khor2    88:16 | the sculpture called the Palladium and placed it in the Forum 06Khor2    89:1 | Concerning Arius the heretic and the council that took place 06Khor2    89:1 | on his account in Nicaea, and the miracle that happened to 06Khor2    89:2 | not equal to the Father and not from the nature and 06Khor2    89:2 | and not from the nature and being of the Father, nor 06Khor2    89:2 | before all ages, but other and created and younger, and that 06Khor2    89:2 | ages, but other and created and younger, and that he came 06Khor2    89:2 | other and created and younger, and that he came into existence 06Khor2    89:4 | There gathered Victor and Vincent, priests from the city 06Khor2    89:4 | the signature of Saint Silvester, and the bishops Alexander of Alexandria 06Khor2    89:4 | of Antioch, Macarius of Jerusalem, and Alexander of Constantinople 06Khor2    89:6 | with the king of India and with the Khak’an of the 06Khor2    89:6 | the Khak’an of the east, and that his commanders were Nerseh 06Khor2    89:6 | later reigned for nine years, and Ormizd, who also later reigned 06Khor2    89:7 | And being suspicious that he might 06Khor2    89:8 | so named him with affection and great enthusiasm 06Khor2    89:10 | Leontius, who was baptizing him, and our Aristakēs and Euthalius of 06Khor2    89:10 | baptizing him, and our Aristakēs and Euthalius of Edessa and Jacob 06Khor2    89:10 | Aristakēs and Euthalius of Edessa and Jacob of Nisibis and John 06Khor2    89:10 | Edessa and Jacob of Nisibis and John, bishop of Persia, who 06Khor2    90:1 | the conversion of his kinsmen, and the constructions at Garni 06Khor2    90:2 | Nicaea, where the three hundred and eighteen fathers had assembled to 06Khor2    90:2 | the Arians. These they anathematized and excommunicated from communion with the 06Khor2    90:2 | from communion with the church, and in like manner the emperor 06Khor2    90:3 | returned with the orthodox creed and the twenty canonical chapters of 06Khor2    90:3 | canonical chapters of the council and met his father and the 06Khor2    90:3 | council and met his father and the king in the city 06Khor2    90:4 | Saint Gregory was delighted and added a few chapters of 06Khor2    90:5 | which is now called Draskhanakert, and the province of Shirak, as 06Khor2    90:5 | Shirak, as to his kinsman and loyal brother 06Khor2    90:7 | him in his father’s name, and setting him among the number 06Khor2    90:8 | gifts, the city of Eruand and the province of the same 06Khor2    90:10 | the two clans, the Parthians and the Pahlavik’ 06Khor2    90:11 | fortress of Garni in hard and dressed blocks of stone cemented 06Khor2    90:11 | stone cemented with iron clamps and lead. Inside, for his sister 06Khor2    90:11 | a shaded residence with towers and wonderful carvings in high relief 06Khor2    90:11 | wonderful carvings in high relief. And he composed in her memory 06Khor2    90:12 | returned to the same mountains and thereafter appeared no more to 06Khor2    91:1 | Concerning the death of Gregory and Aristakēs, and why the mountain 06Khor2    91:1 | death of Gregory and Aristakēs, and why the mountain is called 06Khor2    91:2 | have found that our father and parent in the gospel, Gregory 06Khor2    91:3 | banishing the darkness of idolatry and filling all regions with bishops 06Khor2    91:3 | filling all regions with bishops and teachers, in his love for 06Khor2    91:3 | his love for the mountains and solitude and a secluded life 06Khor2    91:3 | for the mountains and solitude and a secluded life with tranquility 06Khor2    91:3 | son Aristakes as his successor and remained himself in the province 06Khor2    91:5 | was named “Caves of Manē,” and in that cave later dwelt 06Khor2    91:6 | to time he revealed himself and traveled about the country, confirming 06Khor2    91:10 | sword, according to the saying [cf. Eph. 6:17; Heb. 4:12], and thus was accounted an enemy 06Khor2    91:10 | enemy of all the unjust and evildoers 06Khor2    91:11 | waited for an opportune day. And meeting him on the road 06Khor2    91:11 | slew him by the sword and fled himself to the Taurus 06Khor2    91:12 | to the province of Ekeḷeats’ and laid it to rest in 06Khor2    91:14 | of Manē for many years and on his death was transposed 06Khor2    91:15 | Shepherds found him dead and buried him in the same 06Khor2    91:18 | called Gaṙnik, who took them and buried them in the village 06Khor2    91:19 | true dawn, a spiritual sun and divine ray, an escape from 06Khor2    91:19 | idolatry, the source of blessing and spiritual prosperity, truly a divine 06Khor2    91:19 | the house of the Lord and flourishing in the courts of 06Khor2    91:20 | of the faithful among such and so many peoples and gathered 06Khor2    91:20 | such and so many peoples and gathered us to an old 06Khor2    91:20 | spiritual wealth [cf. Ps. 91:15] for the glory and praise of God 06Khor2    92:2 | When speaking of the saint and great man, the second hero 06Khor2    92:2 | great man, the second hero and spiritual overseer of our illumination 06Khor2    92:2 | speech as of the coworker and equal in austerity of our 06Khor2    92:2 | austerity of our first leader and author of our salvation. It 06Khor2    92:2 | was his equal in words and deeds 06Khor2    92:3 | And I would assign the superiority 06Khor2    92:3 | in the contemplation of God and the ascetic life, but the 06Khor2    92:4 | the leader on the road and the second father of our 06Khor2    92:5 | is the time for history and not for praise, especially because 06Khor2    92:5 | the accounts of various historians and not merely by myself, let 06Khor2    92:6 | with every virtue, increasing more and more his acts and words 06Khor2    92:6 | more and more his acts and words for the cause of 06Khor2    92:6 | cause of Christ. He chided and urged the greatest princes, and 06Khor2    92:6 | and urged the greatest princes, and at the same time all 06Khor2    92:7 | the truth, by nature presumptuous and perverse, they opposed the king’s 06Khor2    92:7 | the will of their wives and concubines 06Khor2    92:8 | cast off his earthly crown and ran after a heavenly one 06Khor2    92:8 | the holy hermit of Christ and living in mountain caves as 06Khor2    92:9 | the truth, especially the lawlessness and impiety of our nation and 06Khor2    92:9 | and impiety of our nation and their deeds worthy of great 06Khor2    92:9 | deeds worthy of great lamentations and tears 06Khor2    92:10 | For they sent after him and summoned him, saying they would 06Khor2    92:13 | did Paul for his own and the enemies of the cross 06Khor2    92:14 | O nation perverse [cf. Matt. 17:16; Luke 9:41] and bitter nation, which has not 06Khor2    92:14 | has not straightened its heart and whose soul has not trusted 06Khor2    92:15 | Why do you love vanity and ungodliness 06Khor2    92:16 | God has glorified his saints and that the Lord will not 06Khor2    92:17 | you have sinned in anger and have not repented on your 06Khor2    92:17 | offered an offering of lawlessness and you have despised those who 06Khor2    92:18 | have hunted will seize you, and you will fall into the 06Khor2    92:19 | will rejoice in the Lord and rejoice in his own salvation 06Khor2    92:19 | rejoice in his own salvation; and with his whole being he 06Khor2    92:21 | with the saints of God and those who humbled themselves by 06Khor2    92:21 | we whose portion is danger and poverty 06Khor2    92:23 | intercession, who words of encouragement and exhortation? Who in our journeys 06Khor2    92:24 | not restrained the evil tongues and ignorance, with their useless vainglory 06Khor2    92:24 | ignorance, with their useless vainglory and wild loquacity. But by giving 06Khor2    92:25 | each one himself is priest and minister for himself, as Scripture 06Khor2    92:25 | the force of their meaning, and those who speak do so 06Khor2    92:26 | is a source of amazement and horrible for those in their 06Khor2    92:26 | who speaks talks of God and things divine, but the thoughts 06Khor2    92:27 | nor does he speak modestly and gently as he was instructed 06Khor2    92:27 | of human glory they shout and cry into men’s ears 06Khor2    92:28 | one of the ancients said, and offend all the drunkards in 06Khor2    92:29 | would not lament for them? And, if no one is offended 06Khor2    92:30 | was shed between the temple and the altar 06Khor3    1:1 | that is important or significant and worthy of being recorded in 06Khor3    1:2 | as far as our ability and the records permit, we have 06Khor3    1:2 | Trdat, dealing with very early and far-off times 06Khor3    1:3 | Arsacid family from the throne and of the posterity of Saint 06Khor3    1:3 | people may read very carefully and avidly the history of our 06Khor3    2:1 | Trdat to Vrt’anēs the Great and the three princely houses 06Khor3    2:3 | the instigation of the princes and wished to kill him. But 06Khor3    2:3 | the three families called Bznuni and Manavazean and Orduni were exterminated 06Khor3    2:3 | families called Bznuni and Manavazean and Orduni were exterminated by each 06Khor3    2:3 | were exterminated by each other and disappeared 06Khor3    3:2 | a campaign for the faith and moral life, especially with regard 06Khor3    3:3 | distant city called P’aytakaran, came and said to the king: “If 06Khor3    3:3 | are seeking them very ardently. And we know for certain that 06Khor3    3:3 | the famous name’ of Gregory and his posterity and will do 06Khor3    3:3 | of Gregory and his posterity and will do everything according to 06Khor3    3:5 | the nobility of his spirit and reflecting that Solomon had become 06Khor3    3:6 | was a model of integrity and behaved with the virtues of 06Khor3    3:6 | by reason of his virginity, and equal to the king in 06Khor3    3:7 | death arrived, the same Sanatruk and some other men among the 06Khor3    3:7 | the ever-faithless Aḷuank’ plotted, and these barbarians murdered the blessed 06Khor3    3:8 | brought him to Lesser Siunik’, and buried him in the town 06Khor3    3:9 | occupied the city of P’aytakaran and with the support of foreign 06Khor3    4:1 | from alliance with the Armenians, and the princes’ plan to make 06Khor3    4:2 | Hebrew nation, after the Judges and in the time of anarchy 06Khor3    4:2 | in the time of anarchy and unrest, had no king and 06Khor3    4:2 | and unrest, had no king and each man acted according to 06Khor3    4:4 | princes became aware of this and reflected on it, they gathered 06Khor3    4:4 | presence of Vrt’anēs the Great and sent two of the honorable 06Khor3    4:4 | lords - Mar, lord of Tsop’k’, and Gag, lord of Hashteank’ - to 06Khor3    4:4 | son of Constantine, with presents and a letter, which ran as 06Khor3    5:1 | the Armenians’ letter: “Archbishop Vrt’anēs and the bishops under him and 06Khor3    5:1 | and the bishops under him and all the princes of Greater 06Khor3    5:2 | Constantine with our King Trdat and do not give this country 06Khor3    5:3 | also of all the Mediterranean, and the awe of your power 06Khor3    5:4 | And we desire that you rule 06Khor3    5:6 | prefect, with a strong army, and purple robes, and a crown 06Khor3    5:6 | strong army, and purple robes, and a crown, and a letter 06Khor3    5:6 | purple robes, and a crown, and a letter, which ran as 06Khor3    5:8 | Constantius, to Vrt’anēs the Great and all your fellow countrymen, greetings 06Khor3    6:1 | The arrival of Antiochus and his actions 06Khor3    6:2 | arrived, he made Khosrov king and appointed to the same command 06Khor3    6:2 | been the single supreme commander and general of all Armenia 06Khor3    6:3 | was Mihran, prince of Georgia and bdeashkh of Gugark’, as general 06Khor3    6:4 | And he divided the troops and 06Khor3    6:4 | And he divided the troops and gave each one his portion 06Khor3    6:5 | Manachihr with the southern army and that of Cilicia to the 06Khor3    6:5 | to the regions of Assyria and Mesopotamia; and Vahan, prince of 06Khor3    6:5 | regions of Assyria and Mesopotamia; and Vahan, prince of the Amatunik’ 06Khor3    6:5 | Amatunik’, with the eastern force and the army of Galatia he 06Khor3    6:6 | he was small of person and weak boned and did not 06Khor3    6:6 | of person and weak boned and did not approximate the stature 06Khor3    6:6 | warrior - took with him Mihran and Bagarat with their armies, and 06Khor3    6:6 | and Bagarat with their armies, and in unison with all the 06Khor3    6:8 | He himself collected the tribute and returned to the emperor 06Khor3    7:1 | Manachihr against Jacob the Great, and his death 06Khor3    7:2 | with the Armenian southern force and the Cilician army, he offered 06Khor3    7:2 | battle to Bakur the bdeashkh and slew him, putting to flight 06Khor3    7:2 | putting to flight his army and the Persians who had come 06Khor3    7:2 | He captured Bakur’s son Heshay and sent him in iron bonds 06Khor3    7:3 | Jacob came and urged Manachihr to free the 06Khor3    7:4 | Manachihr was even more vexed and at the instigation of the 06Khor3    7:6 | was visible, he cursed Manachihr and his province 06Khor3    7:7 | And God’s judgment was not slow 06Khor3    7:7 | became bronze according to Scripture [cf. Deut. 28:23], and the sea, contrary to its 06Khor3    7:8 | When Vrt’anēs the Great and King Khosrov heard of this 06Khor3    7:8 | the captives to be freed and that the same man, Jacob 06Khor3    7:8 | through his intercession Manachihr’s son and heir obtained healing for the 06Khor3    7:8 | by sincere repentance, copious tears, and lamentation 06Khor3    8:1 | the transfer of the court, and the planting of the forest 06Khor3    8:2 | of Ormizd, king of Persia, and the eighth year of the 06Khor3    8:2 | the territories that he retained and having absolutely no desire for 06Khor3    8:4 | Khosrov was unconcerned for valor and good repute; he occupied himself 06Khor3    8:4 | he occupied himself with pleasure and hunting birds and other game 06Khor3    8:4 | with pleasure and hunting birds and other game. It was for 06Khor3    8:5 | a spot above the forest and built a shady palace. The 06Khor3    8:6 | the sun was in Ares, and there were blowing hot, fetid 06Khor3    8:6 | there were blowing hot, fetid, and pestilential winds, which those who 06Khor3    9:2 | of the northern Caucasus united, and aware of his timidity and 06Khor3    9:2 | and aware of his timidity and cowardice and especially enticed by 06Khor3    9:2 | of his timidity and cowardice and especially enticed by the entreaties 06Khor3    9:3 | in war by the eastern and western Armenian armies with the 06Khor3    9:3 | the generals Bagarat the aspet and Vahan the prince of the 06Khor3    9:3 | cut down our northern forces, and put them to flight, and 06Khor3    9:3 | and put them to flight, and having reached the gates of 06Khor3    9:4 | But our eastern and western armies fell upon them 06Khor3    9:4 | to the rocks of Awshakan, and gave them no time to 06Khor3    9:4 | valiant cavalry pursued them fast and hard into difficult rocky places 06Khor3    9:9 | put the enemy to flight and strengthened the Armenian forces to 06Khor3    9:10 | Tsop’k’ he was a faithful and unjealous witness to the king 06Khor3    9:10 | the king about Vahan’s bravery and courageous acts 06Khor3    9:11 | Awshakan, where he had spontaneously and boldly proved himself a hero 06Khor3    9:12 | And in Mihran’s stead he appointed 06Khor3    10:1 | The death of Khosrov and the war of the Armenians 06Khor3    10:2 | peace he had with him and withheld from him the special 06Khor3    10:2 | it instead to the emperor. And bringing up the Greek army 06Khor3    10:3 | nine years. He was taken and buried in Ani beside his 06Khor3    10:4 | Armenian princes with the army and the generals and entrusted the 06Khor3    10:4 | the army and the generals and entrusted the land of Armenia 06Khor3    10:4 | Arshavir Kamsarakan, as the preeminent and most honorable man after the 06Khor3    10:5 | he took Tiran, Khosrov’s son, and went to the emperor to 06Khor3    10:6 | he heard of Khosrov’s death and that his son Tiran had 06Khor3    10:6 | make him king of Armenia. And he sent them to our 06Khor3    10:8 | And although many of the greatest 06Khor3    10:8 | the Persian army to flight and guarded the land until Tiran’s 06Khor3    11:1 | Concerning the reign of Tiran, and the departure from this world 06Khor3    11:1 | world of Vrt’anēs the Great, and the succession of Saint Yusik 06Khor3    11:2 | made Tiran, Khosrov’s son, king and sent him to Armenia with 06Khor3    11:3 | a treaty with the Persians and not war. Paying tribute to 06Khor3    11:3 | Paying tribute to the Greeks and a special tribute to the 06Khor3    11:3 | in tranquility like his father and evinced no deed of bravery 06Khor3    11:5 | And at the latter’s orders he 06Khor3    11:5 | latter’s orders he was taken and buried in the village of 06Khor3    12:2 | our King Tiran, even supporting and assisting him: he saved him 06Khor3    12:2 | penetrated the pass of Chor and encamped on the borders of 06Khor3    12:3 | many barbarian nations into alliance, and then he attacked the Mediterranean 06Khor3    12:3 | he attacked the Mediterranean lands and Palestine 06Khor3    12:4 | up arms against the Persians. And when they gave battle, both 06Khor3    12:4 | so they came to terms and made peace for a few 06Khor3    13:1 | How Tiran met Julian and gave hostages 06Khor3    13:2 | God, worshipped idols, raised persecutions and trouble against the church, and 06Khor3    13:2 | and trouble against the church, and tried in many ways to 06Khor3    13:2 | the cult of Christ abolished and demons worshipped 06Khor3    13:3 | the Persians, he crossed Cilicia and reached Mesopotamia. The Persian army 06Khor3    13:3 | of boats across the Euphrates and barred the crossing 06Khor3    13:4 | Julian, attacked the Persian army, and dispersed it. Offering his services 06Khor3    13:4 | with a host of cavalry, and he was very greatly honored 06Khor3    13:5 | agreed but asked for troops and hostages 06Khor3    13:6 | son Trdat with his wife and sons, and also his grandson 06Khor3    13:6 | with his wife and sons, and also his grandson Tirit’, son 06Khor3    13:7 | These Julian accepted, and he immediately sent them to 06Khor3    13:7 | dispatched to his own country, and he gave him his own 06Khor3    13:8 | Tiran agreed and brought it back, unaware that 06Khor3    14:1 | The martyrdom of Saint Yusik and Daniel 06Khor3    14:3 | it from the king’s hands, and throwing it to the ground 06Khor3    14:3 | the ground, trampled on it and broke it to pieces, warning 06Khor3    14:4 | heed because he feared Julian and thought that he would be 06Khor3    14:4 | trampling on the emperor’s image. And even more inflamed at the 06Khor3    14:5 | who had been a disciple and servant of Saint Gregory’s. So 06Khor3    14:6 | His disciples took him and buried him in his hermitage 06Khor3    15:1 | Armenian army, seceded from Julian, and was slaughtered with his family 06Khor3    15:2 | the murder of Saint Yusik and the murmuring of all the 06Khor3    15:2 | force in place of Manachihr and who had followed Julian with 06Khor3    15:3 | of the worship of Christ and murders his saints. Let us 06Khor3    15:4 | persuaded his troops, he returned and fortified himself in Tmorik’ until 06Khor3    15:7 | of Inak’, son of Aramazd and destined for immortality, to Tiran 06Khor3    15:8 | taken off by its general and has deserted. We would have 06Khor3    15:8 | forces to send after them and halt them, but we allowed 06Khor3    15:8 | that it was by force and not of their free will 06Khor3    15:8 | that he led the army. And second, to test your sincerity 06Khor3    15:9 | at your wish, massacre him and his family so that no 06Khor3    15:9 | who granted us the throne, and by Athena, who gave us 06Khor3    15:9 | might we shall destroy you and your country 06Khor3    15:10 | this, he was very frightened, and he sent his mardpet, who 06Khor3    15:10 | mardpet, who was called Hayr, and with an oath summoned Zawray 06Khor3    15:12 | unwillingly went to the king. And the king seized him, took 06Khor3    15:12 | also their fortress of Aḷt’amar, and massacred them all 06Khor3    15:13 | of his brother Mehendak, escaped and was saved by his tutors 06Khor3    16:1 | the death of Yusik’s sons and the succession of P’aṙnerseh to 06Khor3    16:3 | lightning; they were called Pap and At’anagenēs. They did not leave 06Khor3    16:3 | was being educated in Caesarea and at that moment had gone 06Khor3    16:4 | And since there was no man 06Khor3    16:4 | P’aṙnerseh from Ashtishat in Tarawn and made him patriarch in the 06Khor3    17:1 | he went to his summons and was blinded by him 06Khor3    17:2 | was wounded in the intestines and died in Persia 06Khor3    17:3 | he died on the road and did not reach Byzantium 06Khor3    17:4 | king Shapuh pressed behind them and deceitfully summoned Tiran to his 06Khor3    17:6 | brother Tiran, king of Armenia, and send many greetings 06Khor3    17:7 | of Persia but by recalling and sending back the army that 06Khor3    17:8 | And your first action we know 06Khor3    17:8 | when our garrison lost heart and departed, they alleged that you 06Khor3    17:9 | And we shall in no way 06Khor3    17:10 | this, he lost his senses and went to him, for justice 06Khor3    17:11 | front of his own army and blinded his eyes like Sedekia 06Khor3    18:1 | Concerning Shapuh’s making Arshak king, and his raid into Greece 06Khor3    18:3 | his friend Valinak of Siunik’, and entrusting Armenia to him, he 06Khor3    18:4 | he set up a column and placed a lion on top 06Khor3    18:4 | the Persian king among kings; and the book contains wisdom, as 06Khor3    19:3 | The Greek emperor was Valentinian, and he sent a force to 06Khor3    19:3 | sent a force to Anatolia and expelled the Persian army 06Khor3    19:6 | Valentinian Augustus, with our colleague and coemperor the Caesar Valens, to 06Khor3    19:7 | you by the godless Persians and the blessings that you derived 06Khor3    19:7 | should draw away from them and near to us 06Khor3    19:8 | to join with our forces and fight against them; and with 06Khor3    19:8 | forces and fight against them; and with favorable letters from our 06Khor3    19:8 | your country. Then your brother and the fugitives who are with 06Khor3    19:10 | to the letter but scorned and despised the messengers. Nor did 06Khor3    19:10 | continuously gloried in wine drinking and in the songs of dancing 06Khor3    19:10 | girls. He seemed more brave and noble than Achilles, but in 06Khor3    19:10 | truth was like the lame and pointed-head Thersites. His own 06Khor3    20:1 | Concerning Saint Nersēs and the good order established by 06Khor3    20:3 | Caesarea, he came to Armenia and restored all the just administration 06Khor3    20:3 | just administration of his fathers, and he went even further. For 06Khor3    20:5 | and those suffering from elephantiasis had 06Khor3    20:5 | others. Their retreats were deserts and remote places, their hiding places 06Khor3    20:5 | their hiding places were rocks and forests, and they found no 06Khor3    20:5 | places were rocks and forests, and they found no consolation for 06Khor3    20:6 | unknown travelers were not received, and strangers were not lodged 06Khor3    20:7 | to be built in remote and uninhabited places to offer relief 06Khor3    20:8 | And he set aside for them 06Khor3    20:8 | set aside for them towns and fields, fertile in fruits of 06Khor3    20:8 | land, in milk from herds, and wool, that these through their 06Khor3    20:8 | their needs from a distance and the inmates would not leave 06Khor3    20:10 | serve as inns for strangers, and hospices for orphans and the 06Khor3    20:10 | strangers, and hospices for orphans and the aged and for the 06Khor3    20:10 | for orphans and the aged and for the care of the 06Khor3    20:11 | also built in the desert and uninhabited regions monasteries and hermitages 06Khor3    20:11 | desert and uninhabited regions monasteries and hermitages and huts for solitaries 06Khor3    20:11 | uninhabited regions monasteries and hermitages and huts for solitaries. And as 06Khor3    20:11 | hermitages and huts for solitaries. And as their fathers and overseers 06Khor3    20:11 | solitaries. And as their fathers and overseers he appointed Shalita and 06Khor3    20:11 | and overseers he appointed Shalita and Epiphanius, and Ephrem and Gind 06Khor3    20:11 | he appointed Shalita and Epiphanius, and Ephrem and Gind of the 06Khor3    20:11 | Shalita and Epiphanius, and Ephrem and Gind of the Slkuni family 06Khor3    20:11 | Gind of the Slkuni family, and various others 06Khor3    20:12 | to restrict the noble class: and second, the crimes they committed 06Khor3    21:1 | of Saint Nersēs to Byzantium, and his return of the hostages 06Khor3    21:2 | Valentinian was strict and very terrible against the lawless 06Khor3    21:2 | nobles because of their banditry, and he burned alive a certain 06Khor3    21:3 | he had sent to Armenia, and they increased his anger by 06Khor3    21:4 | And because at that moment he 06Khor3    21:4 | ordered that Trdat, his brother and father of the young Gnel 06Khor3    21:4 | Gnel, be put to death and that Theodosius should attack Armenia 06Khor3    21:5 | of Armenia, Arshak was frightened and sent Nersēs the Great to 06Khor3    21:5 | tribute that had been withheld and despatched Nersēs the Great with 06Khor3    21:6 | the king to make peace and was greatly honored by them 06Khor3    21:6 | the hostages at his request and returned 06Khor3    21:7 | And he brought as a wife 06Khor3    21:8 | murder of Trdat his father and gave him the honor of 06Khor3    21:8 | the honor of the consulate and many treasures 06Khor3    21:9 | Tirit’ became jealous of him and continually plotted evil against him 06Khor3    22:1 | How the dispute between Arshak and Gnel occurred, and the death 06Khor3    22:1 | between Arshak and Gnel occurred, and the death of Tiran 06Khor3    22:3 | all his possessions to Gnel and also his holdings of villages 06Khor3    22:3 | also his holdings of villages and estates, ordering him to live 06Khor3    22:5 | They were pleased and friendly toward him and gave 06Khor3    22:5 | pleased and friendly toward him and gave him their children. These 06Khor3    22:5 | their children. These he accepted and grandly equipped them with arms 06Khor3    22:5 | grandly equipped them with arms and finery, so they loved him 06Khor3    22:7 | Ayrarat in your royal lands, and the affection of all the 06Khor3    22:8 | the honor of the consulate and much treasure with which he 06Khor3    22:10 | Arshak believed this and sent the same Vardan to 06Khor3    22:10 | taken up residence in Ayrarat and broken the traditional regulation 06Khor3    22:11 | kept as the crown prince and for the other Arsacids to 06Khor3    22:11 | the provinces of Hashteank’, Aḷiovit, and Aṙberan, with stipends and revenue 06Khor3    22:11 | Aḷiovit, and Aṙberan, with stipends and revenue from the royal treasury 06Khor3    22:12 | death or to leave Ayrarat and send away from you the 06Khor3    22:13 | he obeyed the king’s commands and went to Aḷiovit and Aṙberan 06Khor3    22:13 | commands and went to Aḷiovit and Aṙberan 06Khor3    23:1 | is again envious of Gnel and murders him 06Khor3    23:3 | Here Tirit’ and Vardan again renewed their deceit 06Khor3    23:7 | of Tsaḷik that are wooded and watered and make ready so 06Khor3    23:7 | that are wooded and watered and make ready so that when 06Khor3    23:9 | such preparations for the hunt and such a multitude of game 06Khor3    23:9 | pricked by thoughts of envy and suspicion and ordered the same 06Khor3    23:9 | thoughts of envy and suspicion and ordered the same Vardan on 06Khor3    23:10 | He undertook this command and immediately carried it out, not 06Khor3    23:11 | to the plain of Aḷiovit and buried it in the royal 06Khor3    23:11 | the royal city of Zarishat, and as if innocent made great 06Khor3    24:2 | sinners, the death of Tiran and Gnel 06Khor3    24:3 | Everyone came to know, and Nersēs the Great also learned 06Khor3    24:3 | of it; he cursed Arshak and the one who had been 06Khor3    24:3 | the cause of the murder. And he went and sat in 06Khor3    24:3 | the murder. And he went and sat in mourning for many 06Khor3    24:4 | but shamelessly rifled the treasures and inheritance of the dead man 06Khor3    24:4 | inheritance of the dead man and even married his wife P’aṙandzem 06Khor3    24:5 | P’aṙandzem worked an unheard of and unimaginable crime worthy of inspiring 06Khor3    24:6 | in the remedy of life and give it to Olympias, Arshak’s 06Khor3    24:7 | likewise had Arshak murder Vaḷinak and set her own father Antiochus 06Khor3    25:2 | peace with the northern nations and was free of war, he 06Khor3    25:3 | Arshak sent to him Tirit’ and the latter’s friend Vardan with 06Khor3    25:4 | wage war against the Greeks, and for that reason asked our 06Khor3    25:7 | And Vasak, his squire, incited the 06Khor3    25:8 | king denounced them with shaming and stinging words 06Khor3    25:9 | Unable to endure such insults and vituperation, they defected and went 06Khor3    25:9 | insults and vituperation, they defected and went to Shapuh 06Khor3    25:10 | Arshak became even more furious, and ordered the same Vasak to 06Khor3    25:10 | them with a numerous force and to kill them wherever he 06Khor3    25:11 | Tirit’ according to Nersēs’ curse and on Vardan who perished at 06Khor3    26:3 | was Arshak’s father-in-law and governor of the city, ordered 06Khor3    26:5 | There was a fierce battle, and many Persians were killed. Shapuh’s 06Khor3    26:5 | After his army had rested and recovered from their efforts, he 06Khor3    26:5 | take Tigranakert. But the vanguard and scouts prevented him from that 06Khor3    26:8 | longer named among the Aryans and non-Aryans 06Khor3    26:9 | on my path in peace and noble liberty. And if you 06Khor3    26:9 | in peace and noble liberty. And if you, citizens of Tigranakert 06Khor3    26:10 | an example for the impudent and stubborn 06Khor3    27:1 | How Arshakavan was built and destroyed, and Ani taken 06Khor3    27:1 | Arshakavan was built and destroyed, and Ani taken 06Khor3    27:3 | a gathering place for criminals, and he ordered that whoever took 06Khor3    27:3 | ordered that whoever took refuge and dwelt there should be free 06Khor3    27:4 | delinquents, thieves, murderers, divorced men, and other such people fled there 06Khor3    27:4 | people fled there for refuge, and there was no punishment or 06Khor3    27:6 | the regions of the Caucasus and joined forces with the Georgians 06Khor3    27:7 | captured the fortress of Ani and seized all the royal treasures 06Khor3    27:8 | the nobles requested the bones, and gaining possession of them buried 06Khor3    27:9 | distinguish the bones of heathens and believers, since the depredators had 06Khor3    27:10 | The Armenian princes joined forces and attacked the royal city of 06Khor3    27:10 | putting to the sword men and women, except suckling infants, for 06Khor3    27:10 | embittered against his own slaves and criminals 06Khor3    27:12 | in baskets to a stable, and arranged care and nurses for 06Khor3    27:12 | a stable, and arranged care and nurses for them. The spot 06Khor3    27:12 | spot later became a town and was called Ort’k’ (“baskets”) for 06Khor3    28:1 | The capture of Tigranakert and its complete destruction 06Khor3    28:2 | the town to oppose him, and going onto the walls, cried 06Khor3    28:3 | within the walls of Tigranakert and shout threats, it is the 06Khor3    28:3 | fight on the open plain and in an unimpeded spot, while 06Khor3    28:4 | Greek soldiers he had captured and note: “If with your support 06Khor3    28:5 | army to surround the city and to shoot with arrows those 06Khor3    28:6 | Greeks approached in great force and leaned the so-called donkeys 06Khor3    28:7 | with axes, double-edged hatchets, and mattocks inside to undermine the 06Khor3    28:8 | So they demolished and threw down the walls that 06Khor3    28:8 | set fire to the gates and all parts of the city 06Khor3    28:8 | of the city, hurled stones and arrows and lances, so our 06Khor3    28:8 | city, hurled stones and arrows and lances, so our troops were 06Khor3    28:8 | so our troops were wounded and dazed 06Khor3    28:9 | the whole army entered inside, and the Persian soldiers did not 06Khor3    28:11 | those who survived the massacre and returned to Persia. He sent 06Khor3    29:1 | Arshak’s war against his nobles, and Pap’s going as a hostage 06Khor3    29:2 | peace for that side’s disturbance, and then that side’s peace for 06Khor3    29:3 | in the castle called Bergition and died; his brother Valens succeeded 06Khor3    29:3 | sent an army to Mesopotamia and Armenia to give armed support 06Khor3    29:4 | force, gathered his few supporters and offered battle to those princes 06Khor3    29:5 | of Nerseh, son of Kamsar, and opposed Arshak in war 06Khor3    29:6 | A fierce battle took place, and many from both sides fell 06Khor3    29:6 | for heroes were facing heroes and no one would accept defeat 06Khor3    29:8 | he had as enemies Shapuh and Valens and his own nobles 06Khor3    29:8 | as enemies Shapuh and Valens and his own nobles and that 06Khor3    29:8 | Valens and his own nobles and that he was abandoned by 06Khor3    29:8 | act according to his will, and to repent in sackcloth and 06Khor3    29:8 | and to repent in sackcloth and ashes, provided only that he 06Khor3    29:8 | only that he would come and make peace and save him 06Khor3    29:8 | would come and make peace and save him from the hands 06Khor3    29:9 | nobles followed each other thick and fast to the same effect 06Khor3    29:9 | effect. Even the bishops assembled and implored him not to be 06Khor3    29:10 | Great acceded, came between them, and made peace. Both the king 06Khor3    29:10 | made peace. Both the king and the nobles obeyed him with 06Khor3    29:10 | prince of the Artsrunik’, Mehrujan, and his brother-in-law Vahan 06Khor3    29:11 | the king would rule justly and they would serve him sincerely 06Khor3    29:12 | but to take the tribute and Arshak’s son Pap with all 06Khor3    29:12 | the nobles’ sons as hostages, and return 06Khor3    29:13 | The kind and noble General Theodosius agreed to 06Khor3    29:13 | General Theodosius agreed to this and returned to the emperor with 06Khor3    29:15 | Arshak, king of Greater Armenia, and the princes of the Armenian 06Khor3    29:15 | lord the Emperor Valens Augustus and your son Gratian, greetings 06Khor3    29:16 | has broken out among you, and fearful of Shapuh unless someone 06Khor3    29:17 | reason, he ruined our country and took it captive, even digging 06Khor3    29:18 | So accept what we did and keep firm your earlier love 06Khor3    29:18 | your earlier love for us, and we shall pay you devoted 06Khor3    29:19 | ordered him to be exiled and all the hostages to be 06Khor3    30:1 | landing on an uninhabited island, and how they were fed by 06Khor3    30:3 | And when the order came from 06Khor3    30:3 | the Great as a deceiver and traitor to the emperor, some 06Khor3    30:3 | Arian sect came to him and note: “If you profess the 06Khor3    30:4 | up on an uninhabited island and broke it to pieces. The 06Khor3    30:4 | to sail with the dingy and remained in grave straits, eating 06Khor3    31:1 | Arshak’s massacre of the nobles, and concerning the life of the 06Khor3    31:2 | had made with the nobles and sought vengeance for his city 06Khor3    31:3 | of their fortress of Artagerk’ and their capital city of Eruandashat 06Khor3    31:4 | to be massacred, men, women and children 06Khor3    31:5 | he had an Arsacid wife and had settled in her hereditary 06Khor3    31:5 | in the regions of Tarawn and Hashteank’ on the grounds that 06Khor3    31:6 | news, with his sons Shavarsh and Gazavon and his entire household 06Khor3    31:6 | his sons Shavarsh and Gazavon and his entire household he fled 06Khor3    31:7 | to the bishopric of Bagrevand and Arsharunik’ and has entrusted him 06Khor3    31:7 | bishopric of Bagrevand and Arsharunik’ and has entrusted him with the 06Khor3    31:8 | way resembled Nersēs the Great and even surpassed him in his 06Khor3    31:8 | in the time of Elijah and Elisha, and when he reproached 06Khor3    31:8 | time of Elijah and Elisha, and when he reproached the king 06Khor3    31:8 | king, he was awesome, stern, and fearless 06Khor3    31:9 | was fastidious in his dress and a lover of horses. For 06Khor3    31:9 | For this he was blamed and mocked in return by those 06Khor3    32:1 | Arshak abused the blessed Khad and wished to stone him because 06Khor3    32:2 | their corpses to be thrown and scattered on the ground without 06Khor3    32:2 | to become food for dogs. And he himself, as if crowned 06Khor3    32:2 | their provisions to be amassed and stored at Armavir 06Khor3    32:3 | hold them two very deep and extremely wide pits had been 06Khor3    32:3 | in the village of Nakhchavan, and they transported them in the 06Khor3    32:4 | bones, eaten by wild beasts and scattered by the edge of 06Khor3    32:4 | of the ditch, they asked and discovered that they were those 06Khor3    32:4 | under reeds, they brought them and buried them in the same 06Khor3    32:6 | occasion, arrived at that moment and began to reprimand the king 06Khor3    32:7 | be dragged on the ground and stoned 06Khor3    32:8 | And because the brothers-in-law 06Khor3    32:8 | there, great princes of powerful and valiant Apahuni family, drawing their 06Khor3    32:8 | snatched him from their hands, and went off to their own 06Khor3    33:1 | reign of Theodosius the Great, and the council that was held 06Khor3    33:2 | consumed by fire at Adrianople and perished, and Theodosius received the 06Khor3    33:2 | fire at Adrianople and perished, and Theodosius received the crown 06Khor3    33:3 | those dedicated to the sun and to Artemis and to Aphrodite 06Khor3    33:3 | the sun and to Artemis and to Aphrodite in Byzantium. He 06Khor3    33:3 | destroyed the temple of Damascus and made it into a church 06Khor3    33:3 | made it into a church, and did the same to the 06Khor3    33:3 | temple of Heliopolis, the great and famous trilithion of Lebanon 06Khor3    33:4 | to see him at Byzantium and kept with great honor until 06Khor3    33:4 | or as worthy of worship and praise with the Father and 06Khor3    33:4 | and praise with the Father and the Son but held him 06Khor3    33:4 | to the nature of God and created, and a servant and 06Khor3    33:4 | nature of God and created, and a servant and a minister 06Khor3    33:4 | and created, and a servant and a minister, and a force 06Khor3    33:4 | a servant and a minister, and a force and not a 06Khor3    33:4 | a minister, and a force and not a personal being 06Khor3    33:5 | of Nazianz, Amphilocius of Iconium, and other bishops, altogether one hundred 06Khor3    33:5 | other bishops, altogether one hundred and fifty fathers, who anathematized and 06Khor3    33:5 | and fifty fathers, who anathematized and excommunicated Macedonius and all the 06Khor3    33:5 | who anathematized and excommunicated Macedonius and all the Pneumatomachoi 06Khor3    34:3 | many princes who assisted Alanaozan and willingly went to Shapuh in 06Khor3    34:4 | do you, my own blood and kin, press me so fiercely 06Khor3    34:5 | until I catch my breath and can cross into Greek territory 06Khor3    34:5 | you will seize the land and will receive many blessings from 06Khor3    34:6 | I by sharing your religion and inhabiting your land, how do 06Khor3    34:6 | separated from you by religion and country? And why, if I 06Khor3    34:6 | you by religion and country? And why, if I received the 06Khor3    34:7 | pressed, unwillingly went to Shapuh and was imprisoned by him. He 06Khor3    34:8 | And Shapuh ordered all the magnates 06Khor3    35:1 | misfortunes brought upon Armenia by and the death of Arshak 06Khor3    35:2 | had remained loyal to Arshak, and when they also saw that 06Khor3    35:2 | Then they took their wives and children and fled to the 06Khor3    35:2 | took their wives and children and fled to the land of 06Khor3    35:3 | in the castle of Artagerk’ and warned her son Pap, hoping 06Khor3    35:4 | Arshak’s feet in iron chains and had him taken to the 06Khor3    35:5 | many troops under Mehrujan Artsruni and Vahan Mamikonian, apostates of Christ 06Khor3    35:5 | he attacked Armenia. They came and invested the castle of Artagerk’ 06Khor3    35:6 | And although they were unable to 06Khor3    35:6 | wait for news of Pap and surrendered willingly, without compulsion 06Khor3    35:7 | them captive with the treasures and Queen P’aṙandzem they brought them 06Khor3    35:7 | they brought them to Assyria. And there they massacred them by 06Khor3    35:8 | Shapuh that they should destroy and raze the fortifications of all 06Khor3    35:8 | the fortifications of all cities and bring the Jews into captivity 06Khor3    35:9 | captivity the Jews in Artashat and Vaḷarshapat whom the same king 06Khor3    35:9 | king Tigran had brought there and who in the days of 06Khor3    35:9 | the days of Saint Gregory and Trdat had believed in Christ 06Khor3    35:10 | Then Mehrujan and Vahan approached Shapuh and calumniated 06Khor3    35:10 | Mehrujan and Vahan approached Shapuh and calumniated Zuit’ay, the priest of 06Khor3    36:1 | brought upon us by Mehrujan, and the reign of Pap over 06Khor3    36:2 | a large army under Mehrujan and dispatched it to Armenia, entrusting 06Khor3    36:3 | wife his own sister Ormizdukht and also edicts bestowing on him 06Khor3    36:3 | bestowing on him many villages and estates in Persia. He also 06Khor3    36:3 | that he subdued the princes and converted the land to the 06Khor3    36:4 | This he undertook, and on arrival seized many of 06Khor3    36:4 | many of the princes’ wives and had them kept in various 06Khor3    36:6 | The bishops and priests he cast into bonds 06Khor3    36:6 | on the pretext of tribute and had them sent to Persia 06Khor3    36:7 | books he found he burned, and he ordered that Greek letters 06Khor3    36:7 | be studied but only Persian, and that no one should speak 06Khor3    36:7 | not yet have a script and the church services were conducted 06Khor3    36:8 | evils that had befallen Armenia and of the death of Arshak 06Khor3    36:8 | Arshak, he beseeched Emperor Theodosius and requested his aid 06Khor3    36:9 | made Pap, Arshak’s son, king and gathered a large army for 06Khor3    36:10 | accepted the rule of Pap and those who did not, and 06Khor3    36:10 | and those who did not, and also the surviving Kamsarakan Spandarat 06Khor3    36:10 | also the surviving Kamsarakan Spandarat, and in their company brought Pap 06Khor3    36:11 | of Armenia. They expelled him and brought the country under their 06Khor3    36:12 | the castles until they died and to leave their corpses hanging 06Khor3    36:12 | so that they might disintegrate and putrefy and become carrion for 06Khor3    36:12 | they might disintegrate and putrefy and become carrion for birds 06Khor3    37:1 | that took place at Dzirav and the death of the impious 06Khor3    37:3 | Similarly Pap and Terentius warned Emperor Theodosius that 06Khor3    37:4 | take all the Greek forces, and not to leave anyone behind 06Khor3    37:5 | on the plain called Dzirav, and the battle lines confronted each 06Khor3    37:7 | Persian army also came forward and rushed into the space between 06Khor3    37:8 | The two groups mingled together. And when the Persian youth turned 06Khor3    37:8 | back, ours followed them closely. And just as a storm blows 06Khor3    37:8 | their horses with their lances and cut them as cold corpses 06Khor3    37:9 | as into a fortified city, and suffered no harm 06Khor3    37:11 | armed with weapons of gold and silver, and their horses were 06Khor3    37:11 | weapons of gold and silver, and their horses were similarly accoutred 06Khor3    37:11 | dressed in armor of chains and leather, appeared as firm as 06Khor3    37:15 | the Persian host lost heart, and ours too a little for 06Khor3    37:16 | the shadow of a cloud, and a stiff breeze blew from 06Khor3    37:18 | been struck by a thunderbolt, and turning the detachment around put 06Khor3    37:19 | help from above, the Greek and Armenian armies in concert filled 06Khor3    37:19 | with corpses of the enemy and pursued all the fleeing survivors 06Khor3    37:20 | Musheḷ, son of Vasak Mamikonian, and they removed him from the 06Khor3    37:21 | with him, slew his companions, and took the villain prisoner at 06Khor3    37:22 | And thinking that perhaps Nersēs the 06Khor3    37:22 | who had lit a fire and an iron spit for roasting 06Khor3    37:22 | a circle like a crown, and making it red hot note 06Khor3    37:22 | to be king of Armenia; and it is my privilege as 06Khor3    37:23 | And while it was still red 06Khor3    37:23 | placed it on Mehrujan’s head, and thus the wicked one was 06Khor3    37:24 | Thenceforth the land was peaceful and subject to Pap’s rule 06Khor3    38:1 | a mortal poison to drink and deprived him of life 06Khor3    38:2 | When the wars were over and our land was peaceful, Nersēs 06Khor3    38:2 | a covenant between King Pap and the princes that they would 06Khor3    38:2 | imitate his father in injustice and extortion but would rule uprightly 06Khor3    38:2 | they would no more rebel and scorn him but would serve 06Khor3    38:3 | him: the provinces of Shirak and Arsharunik’, which had belonged to 06Khor3    38:4 | princes what had been confiscated and showed that he had no 06Khor3    38:5 | for which he was reproached and blamed by Nersēs the Great 06Khor3    38:5 | him with an evil eye and hatched a wicked plot. He 06Khor3    38:5 | a deadly poison to drink and deprived him of life. He 06Khor3    38:6 | King Pap removed his body and buried it in the town 06Khor3    39:1 | succession to the episcopal throne and the murder of Pap by 06Khor3    39:2 | Nersēs, under pressure sought out and found a member of the 06Khor3    39:2 | a member of the family and descent of Aḷbianos called Shahak 06Khor3    39:2 | was not unworthy of praise, and set him in Nersēs’ place 06Khor3    39:3 | gone from Byzantium toward Rome and that when he entered Thessalonica 06Khor3    39:3 | occurred an altercation between him and the citizens over quarters, which 06Khor3    39:3 | battle; the emperor was victorious and slaughtered fifteen thousand of the 06Khor3    39:4 | time so he scorned Theodosius and rebelled. And provoking him to 06Khor3    39:4 | he scorned Theodosius and rebelled. And provoking him to his own 06Khor3    39:4 | expelled Terentius with his army and began to prepare for war 06Khor3    39:6 | And by a stroke of luck 06Khor3    39:6 | slaughtering some with the sword and putting others to flight. There 06Khor3    39:6 | Gnel, prince of the Andzevats’ik’ and general of Pap’s eastern army 06Khor3    39:6 | Pap’s eastern army, fought fiercely and put up a brave resistance 06Khor3    39:6 | in two with the sword and seized King Pap 06Khor3    39:7 | Pap implored and begged him that he not 06Khor3    39:7 | The brave Terentius took pity and granted his request 06Khor3    40:1 | Concerning the reign of Varazdat and his imprisonment 06Khor3    40:3 | of all deeds of valor, and very expert at archery 06Khor3    40:4 | Shapuh to the emperor’s court and had become a noted champion 06Khor3    40:4 | the pugilistic contest at Pisa; and then at Heliopolis in Hellas 06Khor3    40:4 | for which he was praised and honored by the contestants at 06Khor3    40:5 | And as for his valor and 06Khor3    40:5 | And as for his valor and bravery against the nation of 06Khor3    40:5 | the other with the sword; and coming to some fortress he 06Khor3    40:6 | in the passes of Daranaḷi, and putting them to flight he 06Khor3    40:7 | bridge at a narrow point and threw down the planks behind 06Khor3    40:9 | brigands threw down their arms and surrendered 06Khor3    40:16 | the same family as Albianos and held office for four years 06Khor3    41:1 | The reigns of Arshak and Vaḷarshak 06Khor3    41:2 | made Pap’s two sons Arshak and Vaḷarshak kings of Armenia on 06Khor3    41:3 | appointed by himself, faithful men, and with an army 06Khor3    41:4 | They came and took possession of our land 06Khor3    41:4 | took possession of our land and ruled over it after violent 06Khor3    41:5 | And they took wives for themselves 06Khor3    41:5 | of Babik, prince of Siunik’, and Vaḷarshak, the daughter of Sahak 06Khor3    41:6 | he was related to Shahak and Zavēn 06Khor3    41:7 | war, fell ill at Milan and died, leaving the empire to 06Khor3    41:7 | his sons: Byzantium to Arcadius and Rome to Honorius. But they 06Khor3    42:1 | to two nations-the Persians and the Greeks 06Khor3    42:2 | since he had been defeated and beaten by his father Theodosius 06Khor3    42:3 | nonetheless the generals were weary and exhausted from the effort of 06Khor3    42:4 | Therefore they came to terms and willingly agreed to divide Mesopotamia 06Khor3    42:4 | willingly agreed to divide Mesopotamia and Armenia by a new boundary 06Khor3    42:5 | kingdom of his fathers, Ayrarat, and all the part of the 06Khor3    42:5 | part of the Persian sector, and went to rule over the 06Khor3    42:5 | rule over a smaller region and serve a Christian king than 06Khor3    42:5 | control most of the country and submit to the yoke of 06Khor3    42:6 | followed him with their wives and sons, abandoning each one’s possessions 06Khor3    42:6 | sons, abandoning each one’s possessions and villages and estates 06Khor3    42:6 | each one’s possessions and villages and estates 06Khor3    42:7 | you provoke war between me and the emperor by leading away 06Khor3    42:8 | is not pleasing to you and the princes return to you 06Khor3    42:9 | Armenia over his own sector, and to the princes of his 06Khor3    42:12 | in leaving each one’s territory, and although we needed nothing from 06Khor3    42:12 | have had mercy on you and your country. Considering that flocks 06Khor3    42:12 | Khosrov of your own religion and from the family of your 06Khor3    42:13 | So return and govern each of your possessions 06Khor3    42:14 | We swear by fire and water and the glory of 06Khor3    42:14 | swear by fire and water and the glory of my immortal 06Khor3    42:14 | this without deceit or fraud and will keep it irrevocably 06Khor3    42:15 | their domains with the villages and estates to be confiscated to 06Khor3    43:2 | appointed a Christian Arsacid king and when they had seen the 06Khor3    43:2 | his covenant, they abandoned Arshak and returned to their own domains 06Khor3    43:2 | brought up with the king and were close relatives: Dara, son 06Khor3    43:2 | of Spandarat, lord of Shirak and Arsharunik’; and Peroz of the 06Khor3    43:2 | lord of Shirak and Arsharunik’; and Peroz of the Gardman family 06Khor3    43:2 | the Mok family, Ṙstom Aravenean, and some other obscure men 06Khor3    43:3 | the court at Shapuh’s command and did not permit these lands 06Khor3    43:4 | law of Valarshak, Arshak’s brother - and who wished to go to 06Khor3    43:6 | sought to escape from Arshak and to go over to Khosrov 06Khor3    43:6 | over to Khosrov. As accomplices and collaborators in this affair were 06Khor3    43:6 | this affair were Surēn Khoṙkhoṙuni and Vahan Aṙaveḷean and Ashkhadar of 06Khor3    43:6 | Surēn Khoṙkhoṙuni and Vahan Aṙaveḷean and Ashkhadar of the Dimak’sean family 06Khor3    44:1 | Khosrov honored Sahak the aspet, and his heroic exploits against the 06Khor3    44:2 | to him his ancestral possessions and bestowed on him other towns 06Khor3    44:3 | forests of their own mountains and in the recesses of the 06Khor3    44:3 | Armenia, they disturbed the land and kept it in turmoil 06Khor3    44:5 | to the land of Khaḷtik’ and take refuge among the Greeks 06Khor3    44:6 | in robbery with great enthusiasm, and it seemed to them a 06Khor3    44:6 | seemed to them a reasonable and enjoyable thing 06Khor3    44:7 | marched against them, slaughtered many, and made many others flee to 06Khor3    44:7 | Sahak pursued directly after them and drove them off as far 06Khor3    45:1 | the coming of Surēn, Vahan, and Ashkhadar to Khosrov with Arshak’s 06Khor3    45:2 | Surēn Khoṙkhoṙuni, Vahan Aṙaveḷean, and Ashkhadar Dimak’sean found the time 06Khor3    45:2 | of Tsop’k’. They seized them, and although they wished to pass 06Khor3    45:3 | pursuit with a powerful force and sent them fleeing to an 06Khor3    45:3 | the depths of the valley. And whatever rocks broke loose fell 06Khor3    45:3 | violent rush, rolling ceaselessly over and over; nowhere was there a 06Khor3    45:4 | Samuel was thrown into doubt and anxiety at the difficulty of 06Khor3    45:5 | brave men should go inside, and that thus it should be 06Khor3    45:8 | to flight he rescued Surēn and Vahan and Ashkhadar with the 06Khor3    45:8 | he rescued Surēn and Vahan and Ashkhadar with the treasures, which 06Khor3    45:9 | of the treasures for Shapuh. And on the latter’s command he 06Khor3    45:9 | he gave these three choice and fine villages and estates from 06Khor3    45:9 | three choice and fine villages and estates from the inheritance of 06Khor3    45:10 | And this was the cause of 06Khor3    45:10 | of the war between Arshak and Khosrov 06Khor3    46:2 | Although Shapuh and Arcadius neither gave help to 06Khor3    46:2 | neither gave help to Khosrov and Arshak nor lent them military 06Khor3    46:3 | exhausted, Arshak gathered his army and attacked Khosrov 06Khor3    46:4 | And Khosrov moved from his camp 06Khor3    46:4 | the Marshes, to meet Arshak and prevent him from entering his 06Khor3    46:5 | on the plain called Ereweal and gave violent battle mutually 06Khor3    46:6 | Arshak’s army was defeated, and his commander-in- chief Dara 06Khor3    46:7 | Sahak, Khosrov’s sparapet, pursued him and pressed him hard 06Khor3    46:8 | heroism, often turning in attack and scattering their pursuers, thus giving 06Khor3    46:9 | consumption, wasted away with fever, and died. He had reigned over 06Khor3    46:9 | of Armenia for five years and over half of Armenia for 06Khor3    46:9 | half of Armenia for two and a half years 06Khor3    46:10 | presiding prince of that area, and the Greeks appointed counts as 06Khor3    47:2 | had come to an end and finding that the turmoil was 06Khor3    47:2 | was from Hats’ekk’ in Tarawn and had been raised and educated 06Khor3    47:2 | Tarawn and had been raised and educated under Nersēs the Great 06Khor3    47:2 | educated under Nersēs the Great, and after the latter’s departure from 06Khor3    47:2 | in trouble heads for port, and a continent soul seeks the 06Khor3    47:2 | put human honor behind him, and hastened after the heavenly 06Khor3    47:3 | He went and dwelt in the province of 06Khor3    47:4 | And as for the heathen sect 06Khor3    47:4 | that had taken refuge there and had remained hidden from the 06Khor3    47:4 | Trdat down to that time and then had come into the 06Khor3    47:7 | for he was both reader and translator. And if someone else 06Khor3    47:7 | was both reader and translator. And if someone else read when 06Khor3    48:2 | set a king over them and considering it difficult to be 06Khor3    48:5 | General Gazavon and all the Armenian princes of 06Khor3    48:6 | the day of his death. And now we have decided to 06Khor3    48:6 | war against you by constraint and not willingly 06Khor3    48:9 | Put this contract into writing and confirm it with the seal 06Khor3    48:13 | of Armenia, to General Gazavon and all our princes, many greetings 06Khor3    48:14 | Rejoice, for we are well and were happy at the news 06Khor3    48:14 | the news of your greeting. And we have sent this pact 06Khor3    48:18 | And as for you, Gazavon, my 06Khor3    48:18 | for you, Gazavon, my blood and kin, not in accordance with 06Khor3    48:18 | from your ancestral Kamsarakan family and receive you into that of 06Khor3    48:18 | into that of your mother and mine, honoring you with the 06Khor3    48:19 | was favored with good fortune and glory, and all his requests 06Khor3    48:19 | with good fortune and glory, and all his requests and promises 06Khor3    48:19 | glory, and all his requests and promises were granted 06Khor3    48:20 | Samuel Mamikonean acquired Khosrov’s letter and a copy of the princes’ 06Khor3    48:20 | copy of the princes’ letter, and abandoning them Khosrov and the 06Khor3    48:20 | letter, and abandoning them Khosrov and the Armenian princes went to 06Khor3    48:21 | Vardan because of his apostasy and also his mother Tachaturhi, and 06Khor3    48:21 | and also his mother Tachaturhi, and being afraid of the Persians 06Khor3    48:21 | being afraid of the Persians and of his Artsruni uncles, he 06Khor3    48:22 | But Arcadius treated him well and ordered copies of the letters 06Khor3    48:22 | rebellious families might be preserved. And they exist to this day 06Khor3    49:1 | the sole ruler of Armenia, and Sahak the Great gains the 06Khor3    49:2 | desired, he sent to Arcadius and asked him to entrust him 06Khor3    49:2 | he would keep it prosperous and they would pay tribute to 06Khor3    49:3 | And since Arcadius was fearful of 06Khor3    49:3 | remove that sector from him and give to the Persians, he 06Khor3    49:5 | his fathers in all virtue, and even surpassed them with regard 06Khor3    49:6 | shirt, a belt of iron, and no shoes, and who always 06Khor3    49:6 | of iron, and no shoes, and who always accompanied him about 06Khor3    49:6 | who dwell in the desert, and he cared for our country 06Khor3    49:7 | his search for Armenian letters, and he found him even more 06Khor3    49:7 | for it. After many efforts and no success, they again resorted 06Khor3    49:8 | They separated from each other, and Mesrop went to his hermitage 06Khor3    49:8 | a rigorous way of life and practiced ever more severe austerities 06Khor3    50:1 | The imprisonment of Khosrov, and the passing of the crown 06Khor3    50:2 | his friendly relations with Arcadius and for his unbidden appointment of 06Khor3    50:2 | anger, replied in a haughty and insolent fashion, and sent away 06Khor3    50:2 | a haughty and insolent fashion, and sent away the messengers in 06Khor3    50:3 | break his treaty with Shapuh and give him military assistance, he 06Khor3    50:4 | But Shapuh, at the instigation and warning of our princes, immediately 06Khor3    50:5 | And since Arcadius refused to ally 06Khor3    50:5 | to ally himself with Khosrov, and the latter found no one 06Khor3    50:8 | suspicious of the man’s valor, and he ordered his lands to 06Khor3    50:8 | those of his brother Shavarsh and of Pargev Amatuni 06Khor3    50:9 | the caravan on the road and free their king Khosrov. But 06Khor3    50:10 | A fierce battle took place, and Shavarsh, Manuel, the son of 06Khor3    50:10 | Manuel, the son of Pargev, and many of their company were 06Khor3    50:10 | killed. But Pargev was captured and taken before Artashir, who had 06Khor3    50:10 | up like a wine skin and ordered him to be set 06Khor3    51:1 | Sahak the Great to Ctesiphon, and his return with honors and 06Khor3    51:1 | and his return with honors and gifts 06Khor3    51:2 | A few saints and famous men, the first of 06Khor3    51:2 | the first of the princes and bishops of our land, the 06Khor3    51:3 | Saint Sahak begged King Khosrov - and after his imprisonment his brother 06Khor3    51:6 | of his noble Pahlavik family, and second, because God shows his 06Khor3    51:6 | his servants to be important and honorable before unbelievers 06Khor3    51:7 | his son-in-law Hamazasp, and second, with regard to the 06Khor3    51:7 | had offended him, the Kamsarakan and Amatuni, who had hidden in 06Khor3    51:8 | survivors he granted their lives and ordered the domains of each 06Khor3    51:9 | rank among the Armenian nobility; and he had this entered into 06Khor3    51:10 | it with his own image; and the texts of the archives 06Khor3    51:11 | And if he held the throne 06Khor3    51:11 | the throne for many years and made a new census, they 06Khor3    51:12 | copied with his own name and that Hamazasp should be given 06Khor3    51:12 | Hamazasp should be given rank and honor, with authority over villages 06Khor3    51:12 | honor, with authority over villages and estates, and also the command 06Khor3    51:12 | authority over villages and estates, and also the command of the 06Khor3    51:15 | your letter concerning Bishop Sahak, and I remembered the services of 06Khor3    51:15 | the sovereignty of my ancestor and homonym Artashir. They loved him 06Khor3    51:15 | to your land for him and murder Khosrov your ancestor; they 06Khor3    51:16 | And when Trdat had lost his 06Khor3    51:16 | Trdat had lost his life and the throne through sickness, the 06Khor3    51:16 | restored them through his healing and was even more of a 06Khor3    51:17 | your army by our command, and you will give his family 06Khor3    51:17 | fifth rank of noble status, and they will hold the privileges 06Khor3    51:17 | they will hold the privileges and estates that your ancestors gave 06Khor3    51:20 | when Sahak the Great arrived and had confirmed all of Artashir’s 06Khor3    51:20 | the Persian king Artashir died, and in succession to him reigned 06Khor3    51:21 | the same friendship with Armenia and with King Vṙamshapuh and with 06Khor3    51:21 | Armenia and with King Vṙamshapuh and with Sahak the Great, and 06Khor3    51:21 | and with Sahak the Great, and there was peace between Vṙam 06Khor3    51:21 | there was peace between Vṙam and Arcadius 06Khor3    51:22 | Vṙamshapuh ruled our country and was subject to both kings 06Khor3    51:22 | Vṙam for the Persian part and to Arcadius for the Greek 06Khor3    52:2 | that time Arcadius fell ill and terrible earthquakes and fires occurred 06Khor3    52:2 | fell ill and terrible earthquakes and fires occurred in Byzantium on 06Khor3    52:2 | Greek empire was in turmoil and their armies fought each other 06Khor3    52:3 | down to Mesopotamia to pacify and organize it and make a 06Khor3    52:3 | to pacify and organize it and make a reckoning of the 06Khor3    52:5 | named Habel approached the king and promised to adapt for the 06Khor3    52:6 | paid no heed to this and returned to Armenia, where he 06Khor3    52:6 | company of Sahak the Great and Mesrop to take measures for 06Khor3    52:8 | man honored in our land and faithful to himself of the 06Khor3    52:9 | been well instructed by Daniel and having arranged in the Greek 06Khor3    52:9 | down long before, they returned and gave it to Sahak the 06Khor3    52:9 | it to Sahak the Great and Mesrop 06Khor3    52:10 | After they had studied them and had set a few young 06Khor3    53:2 | certain Plato, a pagan rhetorician and keeper of the archive 06Khor3    53:3 | efforts he had no success, and the rhetorician confessed his ignorance 06Khor3    53:4 | from the archives of Edessa, and had been converted to Christianity 06Khor3    53:4 | to Christianity: “Seek him out and you will find your desire 06Khor3    53:5 | Bishop Babylos, passed through Phoenicia and made for Samosata. Epiphanius had 06Khor3    53:7 | And he saw not a dream 06Khor3    53:8 | And not only did he have 06Khor3    53:10 | New Testament into Armenian - he and his pupils John of Ekeḷeats’ 06Khor3    53:10 | his pupils John of Ekeḷeats’ and Joseph of Palin. At the 06Khor3    54:1 | scripts of the Armenians, Georgians, and Aḷuank’ 06Khor3    54:2 | same friendship with our country and with our king Vṙamshapuh, but 06Khor3    54:3 | the script for our language, and at the command of Vṙamshapuh 06Khor3    54:3 | at the command of Vṙamshapuh and Sahak the Great he brought 06Khor3    54:3 | well spoken, with pleasing voices and long breath - and established schools 06Khor3    54:3 | pleasing voices and long breath - and established schools in every province 06Khor3    54:3 | of its right of ordination and used the Greek script and 06Khor3    54:3 | and used the Greek script and not Syriac 06Khor3    54:4 | to the land of Georgia and fashioned letters for them through 06Khor3    54:4 | a translator of the Greek and Armenian tongues, and with the 06Khor3    54:4 | the Greek and Armenian tongues, and with the help of their 06Khor3    54:4 | help of their king Bakur and the bishop Moses 06Khor3    54:5 | After selecting children and dividing them into two groups 06Khor3    54:5 | for them Tēr of Khordzean and Mushē of Tarawn from among 06Khor3    54:6 | Aḷuania to their king Arsvaḷen and their archbishop Jeremiah. They willingly 06Khor3    54:6 | They willingly accepted his teaching and gave him selected children 06Khor3    54:7 | for that guttural, harsh, barbarous, and very rough tongue of the 06Khor3    54:8 | his pupil Jonathan as overseer and also appointing priests for the 06Khor3    54:9 | previously been burned by Mehrujan, and again at the division of 06Khor3    55:1 | Armenia for the second time, and after him that of Shapuh 06Khor3    55:4 | Yazkert agreed and fulfilled his requests; restoring the 06Khor3    55:5 | from the fortress of Anyisheli and exiled beyond Sagastan. But Khosrov 06Khor3    55:6 | him by social intercourse, festivities, and the pleasures of the chase 06Khor3    55:6 | the pleasures of the chase and that by marriage with foreigners 06Khor3    55:7 | After Hamazasp died and when Sahak was in mourning 06Khor3    55:8 | country, bringing with him Hrahat and all the exiles. But he 06Khor3    55:9 | asses they rode into difficult and rocky parts. Shapuh began to 06Khor3    55:12 | boars among reeds with fire, and Shapuh did not dare to 06Khor3    55:12 | while the fire surrounded it. And looking to both sides he 06Khor3    55:12 | sides he rode this way and that 06Khor3    55:15 | that I should go first. And so, if you call the 06Khor3    55:16 | And spurring his horse he crossed 06Khor3    55:20 | from the seed of Sanasar, and I have the right with 06Khor3    55:23 | ordered him to be arrested and held in the hall. But 06Khor3    56:1 | coming of Shapuh to Armenia, and the anarchy after him 06Khor3    56:2 | to arrest the Armenian magnates and bring them to Persia 06Khor3    56:4 | And on that same day Shapuh 06Khor3    56:5 | But under the valiant and successful Nersēs Chichrakats’i, who had 06Khor3    56:5 | gathered together with their armies and gave battle to the Persian 06Khor3    56:5 | They cut down their army, and Aprsam Spanduni killed their general 06Khor3    56:5 | each seeking his own safety, and wandered about in all the 06Khor3    56:5 | about in all the mountains and inaccessible areas. In this affray 06Khor3    56:5 | the Vanandats’ik’ showed particular heroism and courage 06Khor3    56:6 | for three years with tumult and great confusion and was ruined 06Khor3    56:6 | with tumult and great confusion and was ruined and despoiled. Therefore 06Khor3    56:6 | great confusion and was ruined and despoiled. Therefore, taxes were not 06Khor3    56:6 | closed to the common people, and all organization was thrown into 06Khor3    56:6 | organization was thrown into confusion and destroyed 06Khor3    56:7 | Second became king of Persia, and he sought vengeance from our 06Khor3    56:7 | made peace with the Greeks and did not approach their sector 06Khor3    57:1 | mission of Mesrop to Byzantium and copies of five letters 06Khor3    57:2 | fashion. Therefore, he sent Mesrop and Vardan, his own grandson, to 06Khor3    57:7 | but to order that we and our teaching be received 06Khor3    57:11 | of the imperial court, greetings and blessing 06Khor3    57:12 | teacher of our land, Mesrop, and my grandson Vardan, so that 06Khor3    57:17 | have sent our teacher Mesrop and my grandson Vardan to the 06Khor3    57:17 | Vardan to the royal court. And I beseech your valiant lordship 06Khor3    57:19 | been noised abroad concerning him, and he gave them no mean 06Khor3    57:19 | to send them on quickly and in an honorable fashion 06Khor3    57:21 | He himself Anatolius took Mesrop and Vardan, entrusted them to the 06Khor3    57:21 | the bishop of Derjan, Gind, and escorted them off with great 06Khor3    57:22 | Thus they entered Byzantium, and on being presented to the 06Khor3    57:22 | obtained both what they wished and what they had not anticipated 06Khor3    57:23 | And they returned with a letter 06Khor3    57:25 | The emperor Theodosius, Augustus and Caesar of the Romans, to 06Khor3    57:26 | your letters to be opened and have been informed of what 06Khor3    57:26 | for wholeheartedly supporting heathen kings and not even deigning to inform 06Khor3    57:27 | And we especially blame you for 06Khor3    57:28 | study it with all diligence and receive you with honor as 06Khor3    57:28 | as the archbishop of Caesarea, and that allowances and expenses should 06Khor3    57:28 | of Caesarea, and that allowances and expenses should be provided by 06Khor3    57:29 | as a refuge for yourselves and our armies 06Khor3    57:30 | And on your account, we have 06Khor3    57:30 | son-in-law, a general and have inscribed Mesrop among the 06Khor3    57:34 | Constantinople, to my beloved brother and colleague Sahak, bishop of Armenia 06Khor3    57:35 | earlier the love of Gregory and of Nersēs your blessed fathers 06Khor3    57:36 | And we are even more amazed 06Khor3    57:37 | Yet you passed him by and wished to quench your thirst 06Khor3    57:37 | Omnipotent saw your vain labors and showered upon you the grace 06Khor3    57:38 | authority to instruct our sector, and either to convert the sect 06Khor3    57:39 | And as for this Mesrop whom 06Khor3    58:1 | instruction of our western regions, and peace in the whole, and 06Khor3    58:1 | and peace in the whole, and the reign of Artashir 06Khor3    58:2 | When Mesrop and General Vardan arrived, they found 06Khor3    58:2 | command, with even more ardent and enthusiastic help he brought the 06Khor3    58:3 | For the nobles and governors and magnates and those 06Khor3    58:3 | For the nobles and governors and magnates and those who were 06Khor3    58:3 | nobles and governors and magnates and those who were the most 06Khor3    58:3 | they immediately began to teach, and they rapidly instructed the western 06Khor3    58:4 | he might come between them and bring them all into unity 06Khor3    58:6 | instruction of the western region and entrusted to him his grandsons 06Khor3    58:6 | to him his grandsons Hmayeak and Hamazaspean, the brothers of Vardan 06Khor3    58:7 | to examine the pestilential Borborites, and if they would not come 06Khor3    58:7 | vengeance like enemies from enemies and by a just death the 06Khor3    58:8 | to the province of Ayrarat, and bringing together all the nobility 06Khor3    58:8 | he sent Smbat the aspet and Vardan the general, his grandson 06Khor3    58:9 | edict of amnesty for crimes, and at their request made Artashēs 06Khor3    59:2 | had come to our country and traveled through many of our 06Khor3    59:2 | fertile land, rich in water and crops. He judged the site 06Khor3    59:2 | of the Euphrates gush forth and advancing in their gentle course 06Khor3    59:2 | In it are innumerable fish and various feeding birds, from whose 06Khor3    59:3 | of the marsh are canes and a multitude of reeds; the 06Khor3    59:3 | have an abundance of grass and are prolific in citrus fruit 06Khor3    59:4 | are full of cloven-footed and ruminant beasts, so the herds 06Khor3    59:4 | grow to a great size and strength, and exhibit wonderful fatness 06Khor3    59:4 | a great size and strength, and exhibit wonderful fatness 06Khor3    59:5 | crystal-clear springs flowing forth, and at that spot he founded 06Khor3    59:5 | it he built very high and fearsome towers, the first of 06Khor3    59:6 | jutting towers like ships’ prows and passages with hollow compartments facing 06Khor3    59:7 | plain; but to the east and west he erected circular towers 06Khor3    59:8 | spot, he built numerous storehouses and named them Augusteum in honor 06Khor3    59:9 | And he brought in additional water 06Khor3    59:10 | filled the city with arms and a garrison and named it 06Khor3    59:10 | with arms and a garrison and named it Theodosiopolis that the 06Khor3    59:11 | And over the warm springs he 06Khor3    60:1 | Mesrop turns to preaching again, and the journey of the translators 06Khor3    60:2 | Mesrop, dwelling in the desert and in the forested places called 06Khor3    60:4 | in that same place: Leontius and Enoch in Sper, in Derjan 06Khor3    60:4 | in Derjan their bishop Gind, and in Ekeḷeats’ Danan, while he 06Khor3    60:4 | he himself went to Ayrarat and crossed into the province of 06Khor3    60:5 | in the time of anarchy and had spread among many people 06Khor3    60:6 | he brought many to orthodoxy, and the few recalcitrant ones he 06Khor3    60:8 | so that they became better and more firmly grounded than all 06Khor3    60:9 | Then Mesrop and Sahak the Great came and 06Khor3    60:9 | and Sahak the Great came and took the same pupils, Joseph 06Khor3    60:9 | took the same pupils, Joseph and his other companion from the 06Khor3    60:9 | Koḷb who was called Eznik, and sent them to Mesopotamia, to 06Khor3    60:9 | to translate into our language and bring back without delay, so 06Khor3    60:10 | effect that Sahak the Great and Mesrop were preparing to send 06Khor3    60:10 | being zealous for good learning. And as they were very competent 06Khor3    60:10 | letters they set to translating and writing 06Khor3    60:11 | pupils, whose names were Leontius and Koriun, departed of their own 06Khor3    60:12 | Then John and Ardzan also arrived there; they 06Khor3    60:12 | earlier by Sahak the Great and Mesrop, but traveling slowly and 06Khor3    60:12 | and Mesrop, but traveling slowly and idly procrastinating had lingered in 06Khor3    61:2 | the episcopal throne of Byzantium. And following the Jewish interpretation he 06Khor3    61:2 | the mother of a man and not the mother of God 06Khor3    61:3 | Son by grace from Mary and another was Son from the 06Khor3    61:4 | of Emesa, Theodotius of Ancyra, and many others, altogether two hundred 06Khor3    61:4 | two hundred fathers, anathematized Nestorius and confessed our Lord Jesus Christ 06Khor3    61:4 | as one Son of God and the all-holy Virgin Mary 06Khor3    61:5 | And because Sahak the Great and 06Khor3    61:5 | And because Sahak the Great and Mesrop were not present at 06Khor3    61:5 | of Alexandria, Proclus of Constantinople, and Acacius of Melitene wrote to 06Khor3    61:5 | Mopsuestia - the teacher of Nestorius and the pupil of Diodore - had 06Khor3    61:6 | names we mentioned earlier, arrived and found Sahak the Great and 06Khor3    61:6 | and found Sahak the Great and Mesrop in Ashtishat in Tarawn 06Khor3    61:6 | presented to them the letters and canons of the council of 06Khor3    61:6 | Ephesus in six canonical chapters, and accurate copies of the Scriptures 06Khor3    61:7 | Receiving these, Sahak the Great and Mesrop zealously translated again what 06Khor3    61:7 | what had once been translated and made with them a new 06Khor3    61:8 | points. Therefore, Sahak the Great and Mesrop sent us to Alexandria 06Khor3    61:8 | Alexandria to study elegant style and for accurate instruction at the 06Khor3    62:1 | on the doctors, Moses himself, and his journey for study, with 06Khor3    62:2 | Those who pursue science and are skilled in astronomical studies 06Khor3    62:2 | their light from the moon, and the moon shines from the 06Khor3    62:2 | shines from the sun’s light, and the orb of the sun 06Khor3    62:2 | its rays into both zones, and each zone shines through the 06Khor3    62:2 | according to its order, revolution, and time 06Khor3    62:3 | circle through the southern regions, and reach the city of Edessa 06Khor3    62:3 | worship at the holy places and to remain for a while 06Khor3    62:4 | from the extremes of cold and heat, from floods and aridity 06Khor3    62:4 | cold and heat, from floods and aridity, set in the most 06Khor3    62:4 | with all kinds of fruit and furnished with a natural wall 06Khor3    62:4 | produce sufficient food by itself; and through its irrigation it masters 06Khor3    62:4 | irrigation it masters both dryness and moisture for the cultivation of 06Khor3    62:4 | as an island, surrounding it and flowing throughout it by means 06Khor3    62:5 | has been built the great and harmonious city of Alexandria, temperately 06Khor3    62:5 | temperately situated between the sea and an artificial lake. The air 06Khor3    62:5 | by their breezes of sea and lake, for from the mouths 06Khor3    62:5 | that open to the sea and those that come from the 06Khor3    62:5 | light ones from the sea and heavy ones from the lake 06Khor3    62:7 | burden, the worshipping of serpents, and the distribution of cakes; but 06Khor3    62:7 | martyrs, the welcoming of strangers, and the giving of presents to 06Khor3    62:9 | the tombs of saints Peter and Paul, we did not remain 06Khor3    63:3 | Great they raised a complaint and invited him to help them 06Khor3    63:3 | in deposing their own king, and in bringing a Persian as 06Khor3    63:5 | with the Greek emperor Theodosius, and not hand him over to 06Khor3    63:5 | the lawless to be derided and mocked 06Khor3    63:6 | But they were unwilling and tried to make him accept 06Khor3    63:7 | to wolves my erring sheep and not bind up the wounded 06Khor3    63:7 | not bind up the wounded and sick but cause his ruin 06Khor3    63:8 | him I would be eager and would not hesitate, hoping to 06Khor3    63:8 | be for his greater destruction, and I refuse in accordance with 06Khor3    63:10 | And how could it be that 06Khor3    63:12 | And they all in unison went 06Khor3    63:12 | to accuse their king Artashir and Sahak the Great of sympathies 06Khor3    64:1 | kingdom by their own will, and the debasement of the archiepiscopal 06Khor3    64:2 | summoned the Armenian king Artashir and Sahak the Great to court 06Khor3    64:4 | he adopted a seductive tone and note: “Since you are my 06Khor3    64:4 | Since you are my blood and kin, I speak out of 06Khor3    64:4 | by the king of Persia, and he will set your grandson 06Khor3    64:4 | the Armenians with a rank and dignity equal to that of 06Khor3    64:5 | the sake of vain glory and love of power should I 06Khor3    64:6 | eagerly listened to his detractors, and most especially to the base 06Khor3    64:7 | For the malicious and contentious princes had promised him 06Khor3    64:8 | be stripped of his crown and imprisoned, and all the possessions 06Khor3    64:8 | of his crown and imprisoned, and all the possessions of his 06Khor3    64:8 | Great should be treated likewise and the domains of the Catholicos 06Khor3    64:8 | be confiscated to the court; and that in his place Surmak 06Khor3    64:10 | province of Bznunik’ for himself and his family 06Khor3    64:11 | another occupant for the throne, and he gave them a Syrian 06Khor3    64:12 | years he led a dissolute and prodigal life, seizing the revenues 06Khor3    64:13 | begged Vṙam to change him and give them someone else of 06Khor3    65:1 | Persia of Sahak the Great and his vicar Samuel 06Khor3    65:2 | princes were divided into two, and from both sides they had 06Khor3    65:2 | Vachē, lord of the Artsrunik’, and Hmayeak, lord of Ashots’, for 06Khor3    65:2 | Manech, lord of the Apahunik’, and Spandarat, lord of the Arsharunik’ 06Khor3    65:3 | bishops with the blessed Mesrop and all the clergy of the 06Khor3    65:4 | So Vṙam agreed and fulfilled the requests of both 06Khor3    65:4 | he might be a rival and antipatriarch to Sahak, and he 06Khor3    65:4 | rival and antipatriarch to Sahak, and he set as his duties 06Khor3    65:4 | duties: to assist the marzban and to oversee the assessment of 06Khor3    65:4 | required taxes, the law courts, and other secular institutions 06Khor3    65:5 | And Sahak the Great he set 06Khor3    65:5 | give the traditional religious instruction and to ordain those whom Samuel 06Khor3    65:6 | him in the crowded chamber and note: “I bid you swear 06Khor3    65:6 | remain loyal to our service and not to plan rebellion, not 06Khor3    65:6 | to Armenia at our hands and convert our benevolence into malevolence 06Khor3    65:7 | stood up, adopting a modest and grave demeanor as for an 06Khor3    65:7 | demeanor as for an oration, and with a diffident expression and 06Khor3    65:7 | and with a diffident expression and an even humbler voice began 06Khor3    65:7 | to speak of his services and their ingratitude. He also reproached 06Khor3    65:7 | reproached them for their deceitful and honeyed words, their cruel plots 06Khor3    65:7 | honeyed words, their cruel plots and evil deeds; he added to 06Khor3    65:7 | poured scorn on their religion and finished with a marvelous exposition 06Khor3    65:8 | The king himself was astonished and confused, and all the multitude 06Khor3    65:8 | himself was astonished and confused, and all the multitude of the 06Khor3    65:8 | Persian court stood on tiptoe and pricked up their ears. Finally 06Khor3    65:8 | given him as an eloquent and stout-hearted man who spoke 06Khor3    65:9 | it was established by Artashir and has been conducted until today 06Khor3    65:10 | And second, that he restore the 06Khor3    65:10 | restore the domains of my and your kinsman, the young Gazavon 06Khor3    65:10 | Amatuni, of their ancestral rank and original honor for lesser ones 06Khor3    65:10 | least let him entrust him and his sons with the royal 06Khor3    65:12 | Vṙam agreed to this and ordered that it all be 06Khor3    65:12 | that it all be done; and reestablishing his grandson Vardan the 06Khor3    65:13 | ears by anyone with accuracy and that we are not willing 06Khor3    65:14 | I am an old and sick man with no leisure 06Khor3    65:14 | with no leisure from translating, and I think only of speed 06Khor3    65:14 | your wishes may be accomplished and I may be free of 06Khor3    65:14 | free of your pressing demands and entreaties. I consider you to 06Khor3    65:14 | with compassion equal to ours, and not, as the poets say 06Khor3    65:14 | that princes are the relatives and kin and of the same 06Khor3    65:14 | are the relatives and kin and of the same descent as 06Khor3    66:2 | Samuel came and occupied the archiepiscopal throne, following 06Khor3    66:2 | successors for the dead bishops, and as for the living he 06Khor3    66:2 | royal taxes to expel them and seize all their domains for 06Khor3    66:3 | hated by all the bishops and despised. For although they endured 06Khor3    66:5 | Saint Gregory baptized King Trdat and all the Armenians 06Khor3    66:7 | went to Sahak the Great, and admitting their faults, begged him 06Khor3    66:7 | gain the Persian king’s confirmation, and they all sealed an edict 06Khor3    66:8 | But he did not accept; and when he was importuned and 06Khor3    66:8 | and when he was importuned and pressed by many of them 06Khor3    66:9 | When the princes heard it and realized that it was by 06Khor3    66:9 | family, they burst into tears; and lamenting over themselves according to 06Khor3    67:1 | world of Sahak the Great and blessed Mesrop 06Khor3    67:3 | the Greek army at Nisibis and ordered the forces of Azerbaijan 06Khor3    67:3 | enter our country. They arrived and camped in disorder near the 06Khor3    67:4 | illness befell Sahak the Great, and his pupils took him to 06Khor3    67:4 | place very familiar to him and which offered safety from the 06Khor3    67:6 | memory. He honored the image and was fearful of his caller 06Khor3    67:6 | changed his life for life; and he led such a life 06Khor3    67:7 | leave this for another place and time outside this book, as 06Khor3    67:8 | Jeremiah, with his fellow pupils and the Mamikonean princess, his granddaughter 06Khor3    67:8 | general, took Sahak’s venerable body and laid it to rest in 06Khor3    67:9 | each one’s province, built monasteries, and gathered brethren 06Khor3    67:11 | but he was gentle, kind, and benevolent, and he showed everyone 06Khor3    67:11 | was gentle, kind, and benevolent, and he showed everyone that he 06Khor3    67:16 | first instructed by him, Goḷt’n; and others that it should be 06Khor3    67:17 | was powerful both in faith and in secular authority, because at 06Khor3    67:18 | And the same vision of the 06Khor3    67:18 | the entire crowd, until Vahan and Tatik his servant had laid 06Khor3    68:1 | throne from the Arsacid family and of the archbishopric from the 06Khor3    68:2 | the north. For your king and priest, counselor and teacher, have 06Khor3    68:2 | your king and priest, counselor and teacher, have been removed. Peace 06Khor3    68:2 | root, orthodoxy has been shaken, and heresy has been strengthened through 06Khor3    68:3 | the splendor of the sanctuary and has been deprived of the 06Khor3    68:3 | deprived of the noble pastor and his companion 06Khor3    68:4 | pastured in a verdant place and by peaceful waters [cf. Ps. 22:2] nor gathered 06Khor3    68:4 | nor gathered in a fold and protected from wolves, but scattered 06Khor3    68:4 | but scattered to the wilderness and precipices 06Khor3    68:5 | Blessed were the first and second departures, for the groom 06Khor3    68:5 | second departures, for the groom and his best man were absent 06Khor3    68:5 | were absent for a while, and you the bride endured it 06Khor3    68:6 | And once when some paramour audaciously 06Khor3    68:6 | Although force removed the groom and presumptuous sons dishonored their parent 06Khor3    68:6 | justly dishonor their alien father and strange stepfather - nonetheless you did 06Khor3    68:7 | this body with his companion and colleague 06Khor3    68:8 | them to dwell with Christ and rest in Abraham’s bosom and 06Khor3    68:8 | and rest in Abraham’s bosom and see the choirs of angels 06Khor3    68:9 | uncared for in your widowhood, and we who have been deprived 06Khor3    68:12 | abandoned by his own people, and the son of Nabat succeeded 06Khor3    68:13 | Elijah was raised up [cf. 4 Kings 2:11] and Elisha did not remain to 06Khor3    68:14 | was led off to captivity [cf. 4 Kings 25:7], and no Zerubabel is anywhere to 06Khor3    68:15 | to abandon our ancestral laws, and Matathias does not oppose him 06Khor3    68:15 | him. War has surrounded us and Maccabaeus does not save us 06Khor3    68:16 | Now there are struggles within and terrors without: terrors from the 06Khor3    68:16 | without: terrors from the pagans and struggles from the schismatics; and 06Khor3    68:16 | and struggles from the schismatics; and there is no counselor among 06Khor3    68:16 | counselor among us to advise and prepare for war 06Khor3    68:17 | shall I strengthen my mind and tongue and repay in words 06Khor3    68:17 | strengthen my mind and tongue and repay in words my fathers 06Khor3    68:17 | my fathers for my birth and raising 06Khor3    68:18 | me birth through their teaching, and they raised me by sending 06Khor3    68:19 | And while they hoped for our 06Khor3    68:19 | in my most erudite wisdom and perfect aptitude, while we swiftly 06Khor3    68:19 | dance at marriages, being bold and nimble of foot, and to 06Khor3    68:19 | bold and nimble of foot, and to sing wedding songs - now 06Khor3    68:19 | I lament over a tomb and piteously sigh. I did not 06Khor3    68:19 | or hear their last words and blessing 06Khor3    68:21 | his eyes toward the just and their awesomeness to the perverse 06Khor3    68:21 | hope that eased long journeys and gave relief to labors 06Khor3    68:24 | teaching - those who are shaken and rent by every word, alternating 06Khor3    68:24 | every word, alternating many teachers and many books, as one of 06Khor3    68:24 | equally displeased at every word and make of themselves a bad 06Khor3    68:24 | bad example in mocking us and despising us as unstable and 06Khor3    68:24 | and despising us as unstable and devoid of any useful science 06Khor3    68:25 | Who will silence and reprimand them, console us with 06Khor3    68:25 | them, console us with praise, and put a limit to talking 06Khor3    68:25 | put a limit to talking and silence 06Khor3    68:26 | reflect on these matters, sighing and tears burst out inside me 06Khor3    68:26 | tears burst out inside me and make me wish to utter 06Khor3    68:26 | me wish to utter sad and mournful words 06Khor3    68:27 | family through their wicked planning and who before dying has tasted 06Khor3    68:27 | has been removed the beautiful and advantageous crown that brings wealth 06Khor3    68:27 | Or is it my father and high priest and his lofty 06Khor3    68:27 | my father and high priest and his lofty mind who, wherever 06Khor3    68:27 | perfect eloquence, whereby he guided and brought harmony, and taking the 06Khor3    68:27 | he guided and brought harmony, and taking the reins into his 06Khor3    68:27 | into his hands directed persons and bridled dissentient tongues [cf. James 1:26]? Or is 06Khor3    68:27 | it myself, who remain abandoned and deprived of the affection of 06Khor3    68:27 | my instruction, who irrigated justice and with a flood banished iniquity 06Khor3    68:27 | iniquity? Or myself, dried out and desiccated by thirst for the 06Khor3    68:29 | Awake, Jeremiah, awake and lament like a prophet over 06Khor3    68:29 | the miseries we have suffered and the distress we shall endure 06Khor3    68:30 | The teachers are ignorant and presumptuous, taking honor by themselves 06Khor3    68:30 | presumptuous, taking honor by themselves and not called by God, elected 06Khor3    68:30 | by God, elected by money and not by the Spirit; lovers 06Khor3    68:30 | the Spirit; lovers of gold and envious, they have abandoned gentleness 06Khor3    68:30 | abandoned gentleness, where God dwells, and have become wolves, tearing their 06Khor3    68:32 | frivolous, lazy, haters of learning and instructive words, lovers of commerce 06Khor3    68:32 | instructive words, lovers of commerce and buffoonery 06Khor3    68:33 | students are lazy to study and eager to teach; they are 06Khor3    68:34 | insubordinate, blusterers, loafers, topers, pernicious, and they flee their patrimonies 06Khor3    68:38 | And love and shame have been 06Khor3    68:38 | And love and shame have been entirely removed 06Khor3    68:39 | that God has abandoned us and that the elements have changed 06Khor3    68:40 | very rainy, autumn like winter, and winter has become very icy 06Khor3    68:40 | has become very icy, tempestuous and extended. The winds bring snowstorms 06Khor3    68:40 | winds bring snowstorms, burning heat, and pestilence. The clouds bring thunder 06Khor3    68:40 | pestilence. The clouds bring thunder and hail; the rains are unseasonable 06Khor3    68:40 | hail; the rains are unseasonable and useless; the air is very 06Khor3    68:40 | the air is very cold and causes frost, the rising of 06Khor3    68:40 | of the waters is useless and their receding intolerable. The earth 06Khor3    68:40 | earth is barren of fruit and living creatures do not increase 06Khor3    68:40 | increase, but there are earthquakes and shakings 06Khor3    68:42 | The kings are cruel and evil rulers, imposing heavy and 06Khor3    68:42 | and evil rulers, imposing heavy and onerous burdens and giving intolerable 06Khor3    68:42 | imposing heavy and onerous burdens and giving intolerable commands. Governors do 06Khor3    68:42 | Governors do not correct disorders and are unmerciful. Friends are betrayed 06Khor3    68:42 | are unmerciful. Friends are betrayed and enemies strengthened. Faith is sold 06Khor3    68:43 | Brigands have come in abundance and from all sides. Houses are 06Khor3    68:43 | all sides. Houses are sacked and possessions ravaged. There is bondage 06Khor3    68:43 | is bondage for the foremost and prison for the famous. There 06Khor3    68:43 | exile abroad for the nobility and innumerable outrages for the common 06Khor3    68:43 | common people. Cities are captured and fortresses destroyed; towns are ruined 06Khor3    68:43 | fortresses destroyed; towns are ruined and buildings burned. There are famines 06Khor3    68:43 | There are famines without end and every kind of illness and 06Khor3    68:43 | and every kind of illness and death. Piety has been forgotten 06Khor3    68:43 | death. Piety has been forgotten and expectation is for hell 06Khor3    68:44 | may Christ God protect us and all those who worship him 06Khor3    68:44 | who worship him in truth. And to him be glory from 07Seb1    7:0 | the rise of the Ismaelites and their rule from Egypt to 07Seb1    7:1 | Arsacid rule declined in Armenia and the reign of king Vramshapuh 07Seb1    7:1 | it. He undertook a terrible and dreadful plan, in concert with 07Seb1    7:1 | in concert with the venomous and most important Chaldaeans and all 07Seb1    7:1 | venomous and most important Chaldaeans and all the leading nobles of 07Seb1    7:2 | profit but was greatly harmed, and piety flourished more gloriously than 07Seb1    7:3 | reign of the maleficent Yazkert, and how he wished to destroy 07Seb1    7:3 | how the valiant Armenian nobles and the head of the Mamikonean 07Seb1    7:3 | his fully armed fellow warriors and their troops, armed themselves for 07Seb1    7:4 | up the shield of faith, and putting on like a strong 07Seb1    7:4 | on them in great force; and how they fulfilled their own 07Seb1    7:5 | Peroz; Vardan’s rebellion against Khosrov, and the revolt of the Persian 07Seb1    7:5 | Ormizd; the death of Ormizd and the reign of Khosrov; the 07Seb1    7:5 | Khosrov; the death of Maurice and the reign of Phocas; the 07Seb1    7:5 | Phocas; the capture of Egypt and the slaughter at Alexandria 07Seb1    7:6 | raid into Atrpatakan, their plunder and booty and return through P’aytakaran 07Seb1    7:6 | Atrpatakan, their plunder and booty and return through P’aytakaran; the coming 07Seb1    7:6 | to the city of Nakhchawan and the battle of Archesh 07Seb1    7:8 | the brigand in the south; and how the armies of Ismael 07Seb1    7:8 | of Ismael were unexpectedly stirred, and in a moment of time 07Seb1    7:8 | beyond the great river Euphrates and to the border of Armenia 07Seb1    7:9 | and from the shore of the 07Seb1    7:9 | the cities of Syrian Mesopotamia, and Ctesiphon and Veh Artashir and 07Seb1    7:9 | of Syrian Mesopotamia, and Ctesiphon and Veh Artashir and Marand, Hamadan 07Seb1    7:9 | and Ctesiphon and Veh Artashir and Marand, Hamadan, as far as 07Seb1    7:9 | as the city of Gandzak and the great Hrat in the 07Seb1    8:0 | against Peroz. Death of Peroz and reign of Kawat. Vahan is 07Seb1    8:0 | of Armenia. Death of Kawat and reign of Anushěṙvan Khosrov. Rebellion 07Seb1    8:0 | Vardan. Khosrov’s battle with him and defeat 07Seb1    8:1 | suppression of all the privileges and rituals and usages of Christianity 07Seb1    8:1 | all the privileges and rituals and usages of Christianity. Such severe 07Seb1    8:1 | Such severe tribulation of persecution and contempt assailed the princes, that 07Seb1    8:1 | Vahan rebelled, expelled the Persians, and seized power by force 07Seb1    8:2 | orders to kill the rebel, and to put all males to 07Seb1    8:2 | drawn up contingent facing contingent and line facing line. And they 07Seb1    8:2 | contingent and line facing line. And they promptly attacked each other 07Seb1    8:3 | of dust around the armies and poured it onto the Persians 07Seb1    8:3 | slaughter occurred on both sides, and one could not distinguish the 07Seb1    8:3 | the Armenian army gained strength and defeated the Persian army with 07Seb1    8:4 | collected the tribute of Armenia and restored the great churches which 07Seb1    8:4 | in the city of Vałarshapat and in Dvin and in Mzrayk’ 07Seb1    8:4 | of Vałarshapat and in Dvin and in Mzrayk’, and in many 07Seb1    8:4 | in Dvin and in Mzrayk’, and in many places in Armenia 07Seb1    8:4 | in many places in Armenia. And he renewed again the prosperity 07Seb1    8:5 | the area of the K’ushans and that frontier, since the king 07Seb1    8:6 | note: ’I shall first go and defeat him; and then at 07Seb1    8:6 | first go and defeat him; and then at my leisure I 07Seb1    8:7 | a terrible battle. They defeated and destroyed the host of the 07Seb1    8:8 | Armenians, summoned Vahan to court, and greatly honoured him. He bestowed 07Seb1    8:8 | of marzpan of the country and the principality of the Mamikoneans 07Seb1    8:8 | an oath of full submission, and despatched him peaceably to his 07Seb1    8:9 | were unable to wage war and remained in submission down to 07Seb1    8:9 | down to the marzpan Surēn and Vardan lord of the Mamikoneans 07Seb1    8:10 | son of Kawat, Vardan rebelled and rejected submission to Persian rule 07Seb1    8:10 | of Dvin, seized much booty, and turned their allegiance to the 07Seb1    8:11 | land of Siwnik’, had rebelled and seceded from the Armenians. He 07Seb1    8:11 | to the city of P’aytakaran, and that he might set that 07Seb1    8:11 | longer be applied to them. And the order was carried out 07Seb1    8:12 | an oath with the Armenians and confirmed the same pact which 07Seb1    8:12 | two kings - the blessed Trdat and Constantine. He gave them an 07Seb1    8:12 | it from top to bottom, and expelled the Persian troops who 07Seb1    8:13 | had set it on fire and burned it. Therefore, a great 07Seb1    8:14 | Mihrewandak attacked them with [20,000] troops and many elephants. There was a 07Seb1    8:14 | put them to the sword, and took from them all the 07Seb1    8:14 | escaped with a few men, and they returned to their own 07Seb1    8:15 | host of fully armed troops and many elephants. He marched through 07Seb1    8:15 | province of Artaz, crossed Bagrewand, and passed by the city of 07Seb1    8:15 | way, he came to Melitene and camped opposite it 07Seb1    8:16 | drew up contingent facing contingent and line to line, and engaged 07Seb1    8:16 | contingent and line to line, and engaged each other in battle 07Seb1    8:16 | the face of the land, and the conflict became very dense 07Seb1    8:16 | Lord delivered the Persian king and all his army to defeat 07Seb1    8:17 | their enemies by the sword, and fled before them with great 07Seb1    8:17 | take for flight, they went and cast themselves into the great 07Seb1    8:18 | taking refuge in the elephants and cavalry. He fled through Ałdznik 07Seb1    8:18 | cavalry. He fled through Ałdznik and returned to his own residence 07Seb1    8:19 | treasures. They captured the queen and the women, and appropriated the 07Seb1    8:19 | the queen and the women, and appropriated the entire (royal) pavilion 07Seb1    8:19 | appropriated the entire (royal) pavilion, and the golden carriage of great 07Seb1    8:19 | was set with precious stones and pearls and was called by 07Seb1    8:19 | with precious stones and pearls and was called by them the 07Seb1    8:20 | river with the movpet-movpetan and a further host of the 07Seb1    9:0 | The belief in Christ and baptism of Anushěṙuan Khosrov. The 07Seb1    9:0 | Anushěṙuan Khosrov. The Persian marzpans and generals who came to Armenia 07Seb1    9:1 | was a lover of peace and promoter of prosperity. When that 07Seb1    9:1 | occurred, thenceforth he was prompted and aroused to anger, reckoning himself 07Seb1    9:1 | father to the whole country and not a master, and I 07Seb1    9:1 | country and not a master, and I cared for them all 07Seb1    9:1 | for them all like sons and friends 07Seb1    9:2 | the Passes of the Chor and of the Ałuank’; he captured 07Seb1    9:2 | the king of the Egerians, and seized by arms Antioch in 07Seb1    9:3 | He built a city and named it Veh Anjatok’ Khosrov 07Seb1    9:3 | noy. He also captured Dara and Kalinikos, and seized in a 07Seb1    9:3 | also captured Dara and Kalinikos, and seized in a raid the 07Seb1    9:4 | one God, who created heaven and earth, whom the Christians profess 07Seb1    9:4 | Christians profess to worship: Father and Son and holy Spirit. For 07Seb1    9:4 | to worship: Father and Son and holy Spirit. For he only 07Seb1    9:4 | For he only is God, and there is none save him 07Seb1    9:5 | to distant places on duty, and to remove the others from 07Seb1    9:5 | who was called Eran Catholicos, and was baptized by him. He 07Seb1    9:5 | be celebrated in his room and the precepts of the Lord’s 07Seb1    9:5 | Lord’s Gospel to be read, and he communicated in the life 07Seb1    9:5 | in the life-giving body and blood of the Lord. Then 07Seb1    9:5 | took leave of the Catholicos and of the Lord’s Gospel, and 07Seb1    9:5 | and of the Lord’s Gospel, and sent him to his own 07Seb1    9:6 | The Christians took his body and placed it in the sepulcher 07Seb1    9:7 | battles, others gained a victory and departed 07Seb1    9:8 | He stayed for one year and departed 07Seb1    9:9 | Mihran with [20,000] fully armed troops and many elephants. He had with 07Seb1    9:9 | the races of the Huns - and also a command from the 07Seb1    9:9 | root out, dig out, exterminate and mercilessly destroy the land 07Seb1    9:10 | Persians) put to the sword and slew those whom they found 07Seb1    9:10 | He waged war in Iberia and was defeated. He came to 07Seb1    9:10 | defeated. He came to Armenia and seized Angł by a false 07Seb1    9:11 | a battle at the city and at Khalamakhik’, and another battle 07Seb1    9:11 | the city and at Khalamakhik’, and another battle in Vanand at 07Seb1    9:11 | He stayed for seven years and departed 07Seb1    9:12 | came himself, as I said, and fought a great battle at 07Seb1    9:13 | at Bolorapahak where the Murtse and Araxes join; and one in 07Seb1    9:13 | the Murtse and Araxes join; and one in Bagrewand at Kt’ni 07Seb1    9:13 | He stayed for two years and departed 07Seb1    9:14 | at first, he was defeated, and then was victorious. He stayed 07Seb1    9:14 | He stayed for one year and departed 07Seb1    9:15 | Then came the great Parthian and Pahlaw aspet. He made a 07Seb1    9:15 | made a campaign in Shirakawan and was victorious. He stayed for 07Seb1    9:15 | He stayed for seven years and departed 07Seb1    9:16 | battle. There they were defeated, and then gained a victory’. Returning 07Seb1    9:16 | campaign in Bznunik’ at Tsałkajur and was victorious. He stayed for 07Seb1    9:16 | He stayed for four years and departed 07Seb1    9:17 | his time Ormizd was killed, and his son Khosrov reigned. He 07Seb1    9:17 | He stayed for two years and departed 07Seb1    9:18 | of the peace between Persians and Greeks and between the two 07Seb1    9:18 | peace between Persians and Greeks and between the two kings Maurice 07Seb1    9:18 | between the two kings Maurice and Khosrov 07Seb1    9:19 | troops killed him at Gaṙni, and having rebelled went themselves to 07Seb1    9:22 | inner (land), disturbing the sea and the dry land, to bring 07Seb1    9:23 | wrath evoked from on high and the anger flaming up below 07Seb1    9:23 | below; the torrents of fire and blood, and the raids of 07Seb1    9:23 | torrents of fire and blood, and the raids of brigands; the 07Seb1    9:23 | attacks, the cry of demons and the roar of dragons, the 07Seb1    9:23 | dragons, the races of Chaldaeans and of men descended from giants 07Seb1    9:24 | great passion, attacking each other, and the fulfilment of the command 07Seb1    9:24 | Like the whirlwind they arose and burst out to destroy everything 07Seb1    9:24 | everything within, to raze mountains and hills, to rend the plains 07Seb1    9:24 | crush in pieces the stones and rocks beneath the heels of 07Seb1    9:24 | the heels of their horses and trampling hooves 07Seb1    9:25 | the story of the destructive and ruinous Khosrov, cursed by God 07Seb1    10:0 | The reign of Ormizd and slaughter of the nobles. Vahram 07Seb1    10:0 | Vahram’s troops rebel against Ormizd and make Vahram their king. The 07Seb1    10:0 | Ormizd. The nobles kill Ormizd and appoint his son Khosrov asking 07Seb1    10:1 | Khakan, king of the T’etals, and the wife of Khosrov his 07Seb1    10:1 | he was even more notable and ferocious on his maternal side 07Seb1    10:2 | he eliminated all the nobles and ancient lines and original (princely 07Seb1    10:2 | the nobles and ancient lines and original (princely) houses from the 07Seb1    10:2 | the great asparapet, the Parthian and Pahlaw, who was descended from 07Seb1    10:2 | brigand Khosrov, king of Armenia, and fled to the court of 07Seb1    10:2 | Anak, restoring his original Parthian and Pahlaw (lands), crowned and honoured 07Seb1    10:2 | Parthian and Pahlaw (lands), crowned and honoured him, and made him 07Seb1    10:2 | lands), crowned and honoured him, and made him second in the 07Seb1    10:3 | two sons, one called Vndoy and the second Vstam. (Ormizd) had 07Seb1    10:3 | imprisoned in Gruandakan. Vstam escaped and fled. He stirred up no 07Seb1    10:4 | the army of the T’etals and forcibly occupied Bahl and all 07Seb1    10:4 | T’etals and forcibly occupied Bahl and all the land of the 07Seb1    10:4 | river which is called Vehrot and as far as the place 07Seb1    10:5 | the multitude of his army and killed their king in the 07Seb1    10:5 | in the battle. He seized and appropriated all the treasures of 07Seb1    10:6 | Persian king through his messengers, and a small part of the 07Seb1    10:6 | precious things of his control. And all the treasure he bestowed 07Seb1    10:7 | had come with the news, and had read the army’s letter 07Seb1    10:7 | the army’s letter of greeting, and had received the gifts - the 07Seb1    10:7 | although he was outwardly joyful and humoured the men, yet inwardly 07Seb1    10:7 | ’The feast is exceedingly grand, and I acknowledge the token of 07Seb1    10:8 | by a company of auxiliaries and royal guards, with orders to 07Seb1    10:8 | to go to the army and seize the whole treasure. They 07Seb1    10:8 | the whole treasure. They went and began to demand it 07Seb1    10:9 | servants), rebelled from his service, and installed Vahram as their king 07Seb1    10:9 | they returned from the east and made for Asorestan in order 07Seb1    10:9 | eliminate the house of Sasan, and confirm Vahram on the royal 07Seb1    10:9 | throne. Rapidly they joined forces and went off, taking a multitude 07Seb1    10:9 | taking a multitude of brave and warlike eastern people 07Seb1    10:10 | land of Persia, Yovhan patrik and a Greek army were keeping 07Seb1    10:10 | besieged, attacking it with catapults, and were close to destroying the 07Seb1    10:10 | news arrived, they abandoned it and went off, making their way 07Seb1    10:10 | control of the whole country, and put all the men and 07Seb1    10:10 | and put all the men and women to the sword. Taking 07Seb1    10:10 | sword. Taking all the plunder and captives and booty’, they returned 07Seb1    10:10 | all the plunder and captives and booty’, they returned to their 07Seb1    10:11 | uproar reached the Sasanian court and Ormizd the Persian king, not 07Seb1    10:11 | were at the royal court and the companies of auxiliaries and 07Seb1    10:11 | and the companies of auxiliaries and life-guards, he decided to 07Seb1    10:11 | to take the royal treasure and all the personnel of the 07Seb1    10:11 | personnel of the royal court and to cross the great river 07Seb1    10:11 | the pontoon-bridge at Vehkawat and to cut the cables of 07Seb1    10:12 | out. For the king’s counsellors and the auxiliaries and the guards 07Seb1    10:12 | king’s counsellors and the auxiliaries and the guards took counsel and 07Seb1    10:12 | and the guards took counsel and decided to kill Ormizd and 07Seb1    10:12 | and decided to kill Ormizd and to install as king his 07Seb1    10:13 | mother of the royal prince and daughter of that asparapet who 07Seb1    10:13 | died, (was) sister of Vndoy and of Vstam, and Vndoy himself 07Seb1    10:13 | of Vndoy and of Vstam, and Vndoy himself was a wise 07Seb1    10:13 | Vndoy himself was a wise and prudent man valiant of heart 07Seb1    10:13 | they planned to release him and make him their leader and 07Seb1    10:13 | and make him their leader and head of the undertaking 07Seb1    10:14 | of Gruandakan, they released him and all those imprisoned with him 07Seb1    10:14 | messenger with very fast horses, and wrote to his brother Vstam 07Seb1    10:15 | hall all the nobles, generals, and troops who were present at 07Seb1    10:15 | his eyes on the spot and then killed him. They installed 07Seb1    10:15 | over the land of Persia, and began to make preparations for 07Seb1    10:16 | to reign, his uncles Vndoy and Vstam took him and crossed 07Seb1    10:16 | Vndoy and Vstam took him and crossed the great river Tigris 07Seb1    10:16 | the whole palace, the treasure and royal harem, and installed himself 07Seb1    10:16 | the treasure and royal harem, and installed himself on the throne 07Seb1    10:16 | wood to be lashed together, and crossed the river in order 07Seb1    10:18 | said, yet they are Christians and merciful; and when they take 07Seb1    10:18 | they are Christians and merciful; and when they take an oath 07Seb1    10:18 | entered the city called Khalab and stopped there 07Seb1    11:0 | letters of Vahram to Musheł and his response. The battle in 07Seb1    11:0 | army is defeated. The flight and death of Vahram 07Seb1    11:1 | Maurice prominent men with gifts, and wrote as follows: ’Give me 07Seb1    11:1 | follows: ’Give me the throne and royal station of my fathers 07Seb1    11:1 | royal station of my fathers and ancestors; send me an army 07Seb1    11:1 | able to defeat my enemy; and restore my kingdom; then I 07Seb1    11:2 | as the city of Nisibis - and of the land of Armenia 07Seb1    11:2 | authority as far as Ayrarat and the city of Dvin, and 07Seb1    11:2 | and the city of Dvin, and up to the shore of 07Seb1    11:2 | of the lake of Bznunik’ and to Arestawan; and a great 07Seb1    11:2 | of Bznunik’ and to Arestawan; and a great part of the 07Seb1    11:2 | the death of us both; and let this oath be secure 07Seb1    11:2 | oath be secure between us and between our sons who will 07Seb1    11:3 | king gathered all the senate and asked their advice. He note 07Seb1    11:3 | have killed their king Ormizd and installed his son as king 07Seb1    11:3 | came with a large army and seized the kingdom for himself 07Seb1    11:3 | come to me in flight and seeks from us an army 07Seb1    11:3 | us an army in support, and promises to act thus 07Seb1    11:4 | they are an impious nation and altogether deceitful. In their distress 07Seb1    11:4 | Let them slaughter each other, and we shall have relief.’ 07Seb1    11:5 | Khosrov was in great danger and saw death before his eyes 07Seb1    11:6 | his son-in-law P’iłipikos and had him bring a favourable 07Seb1    11:6 | received an oath from him, and gave him a royal army 07Seb1    11:6 | from the region of Armenia, and Nersēs stratelat from Syria with 07Seb1    11:8 | over the plains. With promptness and in all preparedness, they set 07Seb1    11:9 | taking his army, the elephants, and all the royal treasures, set 07Seb1    11:9 | the royal treasures, set off and reached Atrpatakan. They encamped a 07Seb1    11:10 | wrote a letter to Musheł and the other Armenian nobles, which 07Seb1    11:11 | assist me, so that you and I in unison might remove 07Seb1    11:11 | behold, you have gathered together and come against me in battle 07Seb1    11:12 | of Sasan destroy your land and sovereignty? Why otherwise did your 07Seb1    11:12 | otherwise did your fathers rebel and extricate themselves from their service 07Seb1    11:13 | to remove yourselves from them, and to join me and lend 07Seb1    11:13 | them, and to join me and lend me assistance. If I 07Seb1    11:13 | Aramazd, by the lord Sun and the Moon, by fire and 07Seb1    11:13 | and the Moon, by fire and water, by Mihr and all 07Seb1    11:13 | fire and water, by Mihr and all the gods, that I 07Seb1    11:13 | you the kingdom of Armenia, and whoever you wish you may 07Seb1    11:13 | as far as the Caucasus and the Pass of the Ałuank’ 07Seb1    11:13 | the Pass of the Ałuank’; and on the side of Syria 07Seb1    11:13 | side of Syria, Aruastan, Nisibis, and Nor Shirakan as far as 07Seb1    11:14 | be reckoned sufficient for you and me; and be content with 07Seb1    11:14 | sufficient for you and me; and be content with that until 07Seb1    11:15 | tradition, salt was wrapped up and sealed with the missive 07Seb1    11:16 | When they received the letter and had read it, they made 07Seb1    11:18 | them, reckoning sufficient for you and me all this land and 07Seb1    11:18 | and me all this land and all the treasures of this 07Seb1    11:19 | shall show you armoured elephants, and on them an army of 07Seb1    11:19 | you, fast Arabian horses, axes and swords of tempered steel, and 07Seb1    11:19 | and swords of tempered steel, and blows as many as may 07Seb1    11:19 | may be necessary for you and Khosrov.’ 07Seb1    11:20 | follows: ’Kingship is from God, and he gave it to whom 07Seb1    11:20 | sorry for your own self, and not for us. I know 07Seb1    11:20 | in God, but in valour and the strength of elephants. But 07Seb1    11:20 | valiant men will envelop you, and they will burst upon you 07Seb1    11:20 | they will burst upon you and the multitude of your elephants 07Seb1    11:21 | will be a fearsome crashing and flashing; warriors will assail you 07Seb1    11:21 | white horses with heavy lances, and will penetrate your host like 07Seb1    11:21 | down from heaven to earth and burn up the brushwood of 07Seb1    11:21 | the brushwood of the plains and the forests, green and dry 07Seb1    11:21 | plains and the forests, green and dry alike. For if God 07Seb1    11:21 | away your power like dust, and the royal treasure will return 07Seb1    11:22 | were with them that Vndoy and Vstam whom I mentioned above 07Seb1    11:22 | Vstam whom I mentioned above, and about [8,000] Persian mounted troops 07Seb1    11:23 | front line facing front line, and crashed against each other in 07Seb1    11:23 | fought from dawn to evening, and both sides became weary in 07Seb1    11:24 | to resist the Greek army and fled. But the latter pursued 07Seb1    11:24 | scattering corpses over the plains and roads. Many they slew with 07Seb1    11:24 | they slew with their swords, and many they captured. Binding their 07Seb1    11:25 | backs of the elephants. Fearlessly and intrepidly they fought. After killing 07Seb1    11:25 | fought. After killing many elephants and their riders and handlers, by 07Seb1    11:25 | many elephants and their riders and handlers, by force they turned 07Seb1    11:26 | tent was the royal treasure and all the numberless and immensely 07Seb1    11:26 | treasure and all the numberless and immensely precious treasures of the 07Seb1    11:26 | many gilded cushions with sumptuous and varied decoration. They went in 07Seb1    11:26 | phalanx, a multitude of camels and mules carrying their loads. They 07Seb1    11:27 | little of the scattered treasure and restored it to their treasury 07Seb1    11:27 | day over all his enemies, and his rule was confirmed 07Seb1    11:28 | the multitude of captured cavalry and elephant-riders to be stripped 07Seb1    11:28 | hands tied on their shoulders, and to be trampled under the 07Seb1    11:28 | Vahram, because he had escaped and fled. He went and took 07Seb1    11:28 | escaped and fled. He went and took refuge in Bahl Shahastan 07Seb1    12:0 | emperor Maurice. Maurice defends Khosrov and summons Musheł to the palace 07Seb1    12:1 | was sitting in his tent and the Persian army was encamped 07Seb1    12:1 | army was encamped around him, and the Greek army was distant 07Seb1    12:1 | vast amount of their booty, and all his greatest nobles were 07Seb1    12:2 | who would not kill him and exterminate all the male line 07Seb1    12:2 | treasure from his own treasures, and release him to go his 07Seb1    12:3 | is secured by its treasures, and they have taken as booty 07Seb1    12:4 | The king replied and note: ’The treasures of my 07Seb1    12:4 | important, that that traitor escaped and fled. He is a brave 07Seb1    12:4 | He is a brave man and may once more gather another 07Seb1    12:5 | but gave him a horse and arms and let him go 07Seb1    12:5 | him a horse and arms and let him go.’ They 07Seb1    12:5 | cruel courage, they were terrified and their hearts were inclined away 07Seb1    12:6 | he was a young lad and immature. Nor did he recall 07Seb1    12:6 | mind on those false words and note: ’Let Musheł be summoned 07Seb1    12:6 | ’Let Musheł be summoned here and be bound feet and hands 07Seb1    12:6 | here and be bound feet and hands, until I inform the 07Seb1    12:7 | a letter to be written, and despatched one of his messengers 07Seb1    12:7 | so that when he comes and I shall signal with my 07Seb1    12:7 | his hands behind (his back) and bind him. But be prepared 07Seb1    12:7 | he is a valiant man, and perhaps either he will die 07Seb1    12:8 | And if he himself should die 07Seb1    12:8 | from his waist his belt and sword, saying that one is 07Seb1    12:9 | Musheł was making an accounting and review among his soldiers to 07Seb1    12:9 | see the number of living and dead, those who had fallen 07Seb1    12:9 | came before him, greeted him and offered him the letter 07Seb1    12:10 | Musheł took the letter and said to him: ’Is it 07Seb1    12:10 | replied: ’It is a salutation and peace; and I do not 07Seb1    12:10 | is a salutation and peace; and I do not know anything 07Seb1    12:11 | men from among both nobles and non-nobles, whom he knew 07Seb1    12:11 | to be worthy of honour and in whose horsemanship he had 07Seb1    12:12 | out equipped as he was, and he ordered them all to 07Seb1    12:12 | armour. Thus, they equipped themselves and set out 07Seb1    12:13 | they had entered the camp and had approached the royal pavilion 07Seb1    12:13 | post most of them outside and to present himself to the 07Seb1    12:14 | remained as they were, armed and each on his horse 07Seb1    12:15 | The king was frightened, and all his army. They began 07Seb1    12:15 | tent, the door-keepers approached and note: ’Remove your belt and 07Seb1    12:15 | and note: ’Remove your belt and sword and put off your 07Seb1    12:15 | ’Remove your belt and sword and put off your armour, because 07Seb1    12:15 | suspicion fell into his heart, and he began to prepare and 07Seb1    12:15 | and he began to prepare and ready himself for escape 07Seb1    12:16 | been raised by my ancestors and forefathers as a companion to 07Seb1    12:16 | as a companion to kings; and now I have arrived at 07Seb1    12:16 | arrived at the royal court and the place of formality. Should 07Seb1    12:16 | I put aside my armour and remove my baldric and belt 07Seb1    12:16 | armour and remove my baldric and belt, which I never undo 07Seb1    12:16 | his young men to run and bring forward his troops in 07Seb1    12:16 | forward his troops in support, and he himself turned to go 07Seb1    12:20 | fashion, but had turned back and departed. The king began to 07Seb1    12:20 | began to conceal his perfidy and note: ’So let that plan 07Seb1    12:20 | For he was a youth, and the strength of his army 07Seb1    12:20 | of his army was weak and modest. They summoned him back 07Seb1    12:21 | did obeisance to the king, and stood up. The king did 07Seb1    12:21 | hand as previously to receive and greet him, but sat sullenly 07Seb1    12:21 | sat sullenly as he was. And they stood there in this 07Seb1    12:22 | The king was frightened and uncertain; out of fear he 07Seb1    12:22 | or trivial. The other turned and hastily left the tent. They 07Seb1    12:22 | him his horse; he mounted and departed 07Seb1    12:23 | that, he was greatly frightened and wished to conceal his plot 07Seb1    12:23 | of the tent, went outside, and sent a leading noble after 07Seb1    12:23 | salt sealed as an oath, and summoned him, saying: ’So that 07Seb1    12:23 | may depart hence with honour and respect, and not reckon in 07Seb1    12:23 | hence with honour and respect, and not reckon in your mind 07Seb1    12:24 | hour to attack the tent and kill him. And he gave 07Seb1    12:24 | the tent and kill him. And he gave the order to 07Seb1    12:24 | around Khosrov’s tent. But he and his troops came to their 07Seb1    12:24 | desisted from their proposed sedition and departed 07Seb1    12:25 | encountered them. They seized him and took him along with them 07Seb1    12:26 | the patrik Yovhan, saw him and recounted all the wicked plans 07Seb1    12:26 | guards, who also stood up and related all the events which 07Seb1    12:27 | The princes and all the army were in 07Seb1    12:27 | turmoil; but remembering the oath and the emperor’s perturbation, they did 07Seb1    12:27 | would write to the king and inform him about all these 07Seb1    12:28 | booty of their sovereign, crowns and a diadem set with emeralds 07Seb1    12:28 | a diadem set with emeralds and pearls, a great quantity of 07Seb1    12:28 | a great quantity of gold and silver, rare precious gems, and 07Seb1    12:28 | and silver, rare precious gems, and elegant robes from among the 07Seb1    12:28 | kings used for their adornment, and royal horses with their own 07Seb1    12:29 | an accusation against king Khosrov; and they despatched with the gifts 07Seb1    12:29 | a treasure for their king, and have written an accusation concerning 07Seb1    12:30 | catch them on their way and to slay Musheł promptly and 07Seb1    12:30 | and to slay Musheł promptly and secretly; taking the royal treasure 07Seb1    12:31 | quickly learned about these events and sent a very powerful force 07Seb1    12:31 | not a single one escape. And word of this did not 07Seb1    12:32 | The king received the gifts and sent a letter with profound 07Seb1    12:33 | according to each one’s rank and dismissed them from him. He 07Seb1    12:33 | himself set out from Atrpatakan and reached Asorestan, his own royal 07Seb1    12:33 | the throne of the kingdom, and he carried out his promise 07Seb1    12:33 | Aruastan as far as Nisibis; and the land of Armenia which 07Seb1    12:33 | as the town of Gaṙni and up to the shore of 07Seb1    12:33 | of the lake of Bznunik’ and up to Arestawan, and the 07Seb1    12:33 | Bznunik’ and up to Arestawan, and the province of Gogovit as 07Seb1    12:33 | Gogovit as far as Hats’iwn and Maku. The region of the 07Seb1    12:34 | were in the Greek sector, and a few in the Persian 07Seb1    12:34 | that Musheł to the palace, and he saw his country no 07Seb1    13:1 | wife. She built a monastery and a church near the royal 07Seb1    13:1 | church near the royal residence, and established there priests and ministers 07Seb1    13:1 | residence, and established there priests and ministers. She appointed allowances and 07Seb1    13:1 | and ministers. She appointed allowances and money for clothing from the 07Seb1    13:1 | she adorned it with gold and silver 07Seb1    13:3 | when the days were fulfilled and she reached the end of 07Seb1    13:4 | dare to convert to Christianity, and none of the Christians to 07Seb1    13:5 | And whoever does not wish to 07Seb1    13:5 | door of the royal apartment, and they would read the gospel 07Seb1    13:5 | receive gifts from the king and depart. And no one dared 07Seb1    13:5 | from the king and depart. And no one dared say anything 07Seb1    14:1 | the body of Kay Khosrov, and the Christians said it was 07Seb1    14:2 | to beseech Christ with fasts and prayers that that source of 07Seb1    14:3 | that place; with fervent requests and tearful laments they begged Christ 07Seb1    14:3 | They brought mules for it and a royal carriage, took the 07Seb1    14:3 | royal carriage, took the body and set off. But when they 07Seb1    14:3 | the middle of the city and flowed outside, dried up. The 07Seb1    14:3 | The whole populace with sighing and lamentation followed it 07Seb1    14:4 | attached to the litter stopped, and no one was able to 07Seb1    14:4 | broke right through the crowd and the troops, and ran into 07Seb1    14:4 | the crowd and the troops, and ran into the city. When 07Seb1    14:4 | of the river were released and flowed, and the springs gushed 07Seb1    14:4 | river were released and flowed, and the springs gushed forth in 07Seb1    14:5 | brought to it the corpse and ordered them to act as 07Seb1    14:5 | it wished. They left it and departed 07Seb1    15:1 | concerning all the Armenian princes and their troops: ’They are a 07Seb1    15:1 | troops: ’They are a perverse and disobedient race, he said; they 07Seb1    15:1 | said; they are between us and cause trouble. Now come, I 07Seb1    15:1 | come, I shall gather mine and send them to Thrace; you 07Seb1    15:1 | to Thrace; you gather yours and order them to be taken 07Seb1    15:2 | they should gather them all and sent them to Thrace. He 07Seb1    15:2 | the command was carried out. And they began to flee from 07Seb1    15:2 | to flee from that region and to submit to the Persians 07Seb1    15:2 | received them all with honours and bestowed on them gifts greater 07Seb1    16:0 | princes go to the Persians, and others to the Greeks 07Seb1    16:1 | of Vaspurakan with much treasure and many honours, so that in 07Seb1    16:2 | his went to meet him and encountered him on the borders 07Seb1    16:2 | following: Atat Khorkhoṙuni, Samuēl Vahewuni and Mamak Mamikonean, Step’anos Siwni, and 07Seb1    16:2 | and Mamak Mamikonean, Step’anos Siwni, and Kotit, lord of the Amatunik’ 07Seb1    16:2 | Kotit, lord of the Amatunik’, and T’ēodoros Trpatuni, and about two 07Seb1    16:2 | the Amatunik’, and T’ēodoros Trpatuni, and about two thousand cavalry 07Seb1    16:3 | wage war against both kings, and by force restore our own 07Seb1    16:3 | they divided out the treasure and encamped at the fen called 07Seb1    16:4 | The auditor went to court and informed the king of all 07Seb1    16:4 | for an army in support, and sent back to Armenia the 07Seb1    16:4 | Armenia, to take his troops and march against them in war 07Seb1    16:5 | there should not be battle and the shedding of blood between 07Seb1    16:5 | should desist from their folly and submit to the authority of 07Seb1    16:5 | the authority of the king. And they confirmed this for them 07Seb1    16:5 | kings sent me to you, and I have brought you the 07Seb1    16:5 | the king of kings.’ And he swore an oath to 07Seb1    16:6 | They began to waver and to split apart from each 07Seb1    16:6 | Kotit, lord of the Amatunik’, and Step’anos and still others in 07Seb1    16:6 | of the Amatunik’, and Step’anos and still others in their company 07Seb1    16:6 | of Persia. But Atat Khorkhoṙuni and Samuēl Vahewuni fled with their 07Seb1    16:6 | the land of the Ałuank’ and made for the Huns. After 07Seb1    16:7 | the edge of the river and camped on the near side 07Seb1    16:7 | the king of the Greeks and submitted to him. Some went 07Seb1    16:7 | Some went to the auditor and returned to their own land 07Seb1    16:7 | assembled all the Armenian princes and soldiers who were from the 07Seb1    16:7 | sector. Urging them with entreaties and sweet words, he brought them 07Seb1    16:7 | brought them all to unity, and formed various contingents 07Seb1    16:8 | country with a few troops and departed: ’Until I give news 07Seb1    16:8 | news about you, he said, and an order comes for you 07Seb1    16:8 | others would come to them and increase their number 07Seb1    16:9 | He bestowed on him compliments and honours, gave him many presents 07Seb1    16:9 | honours, gave him many presents, and sent him to Thrace 07Seb1    17:0 | princes in the Greek sector and their death. Enemies from the 07Seb1    17:1 | Sargis, Varaz Nersēh, Nersēs, Vstam, and T’ēodoros Trpatuni. They planned to 07Seb1    17:1 | he learned of it somehow and fled for refuge into the 07Seb1    17:2 | came across, took much booty and went to the inaccessible land 07Seb1    17:3 | them, with the general Heraclius and Hamazasp Mamikonean. When they (the 07Seb1    17:3 | Daniel. They destroyed the bridge, and posted themselves at the defile 07Seb1    17:3 | stopped at the river-bank and pondered what they should do 07Seb1    17:4 | them. They seized the priest and said to him: ’Show us 07Seb1    17:4 | ’ He led the army and pointed out the ford below 07Seb1    17:4 | rear, some held the bridgehead and the entrance to the valley 07Seb1    17:4 | while others entered the fortress and attacked them. There was a 07Seb1    17:5 | the battle they killed Nersēs and Vstam and Samuēl, who made 07Seb1    17:5 | they killed Nersēs and Vstam and Samuēl, who made no little 07Seb1    17:5 | carnage around them. But Sargis and Varaz Nersēh they captured with 07Seb1    17:5 | to the city of Karin and then cut off their heads 07Seb1    17:6 | ’I am an old man and a sinner; I beg you 07Seb1    17:6 | first. But T’ēodoros Trpatuni escaped and fled to the court of 07Seb1    17:6 | ordered him to be bound and handed over to his enemies 07Seb1    17:6 | to be put to death. And with great cruelty he had 07Seb1    17:7 | wished to eliminate the kingdom and the nation of the Roman 07Seb1    17:7 | nation of the Roman empire, and to rule themselves over the 07Seb1    18:1 | region, because there was peace and he had no problems in 07Seb1    18:1 | all to cross the sea and to gather in the regions 07Seb1    18:2 | cavalry from Armenia to assemble, and the chief nobles, (and those 07Seb1    18:2 | assemble, and the chief nobles, ( and those) who were experienced and 07Seb1    18:2 | and those) who were experienced and capable of standing firm and 07Seb1    18:2 | and capable of standing firm and fighting in battle in the 07Seb1    18:2 | numbers, all of them willing and of elite stature; to be 07Seb1    18:2 | to be formed into battalions and that, equipped with arms, they 07Seb1    18:2 | of Thrace against the enemy, and Musheł Mamikonean as their general 07Seb1    18:3 | great victory to the emperor and all the palace 07Seb1    18:4 | passed through some narrow places, and ravaged the whole country. When 07Seb1    18:4 | They defeated the Greek army and destroyed them with great slaughter 07Seb1    18:4 | defeated them with the sword, and they were barely able to 07Seb1    18:5 | high tree in the forest, and killed him. A great number 07Seb1    18:5 | great number of Armenian nobles and troops were exterminated and slaughtered 07Seb1    18:5 | nobles and troops were exterminated and slaughtered on that day 07Seb1    18:6 | the king gathered another army and ordered it merely to act 07Seb1    19:1 | of the land of Armenia, and to unite them in communion 07Seb1    19:1 | the command, stood their ground and remained unmoved 07Seb1    19:2 | into two: one named Movsēs and the other Yovhan - Movsēs in 07Seb1    19:2 | Movsēs in the Persian sector and Yovhan in the Greek 07Seb1    19:3 | Gregory in Dvin were taken and placed in safe-keeping in 07Seb1    20:0 | to collect troops from Armenia and send them under the command 07Seb1    20:0 | the command of Sahak Mamikonean and Smbat Bagratuni. Smbat turns back 07Seb1    20:0 | Smbat Bagratuni. Smbat turns back; and his plan to rebel. Smbat 07Seb1    20:0 | to rebel. Smbat is captured and brought to Constantinople. Sentence is 07Seb1    20:0 | The exploits of Smbat there and his finding mercy. His subsequent 07Seb1    20:1 | emperor to seek out again and find from Armenia elite armed 07Seb1    20:1 | elite armed cavalry, [2,000] in number, and to put them under two 07Seb1    20:1 | them under two reliable men, and to despatch them in great 07Seb1    20:2 | They sought out and chose [2,000] armed men and put 07Seb1    20:2 | out and chose [2,000] armed men and put these [2,000] under two reliable 07Seb1    20:2 | reliable men: [1,000] to Sahak Mamikonean, and [1,000] under the command of Smbat 07Seb1    20:2 | with one thousand via Sebastea, and Smbat Bagratuni with the other 07Seb1    20:2 | his force to the palace, and presented himself to the king 07Seb1    20:3 | these events. Then through letters and trustworthy messengers he promised with 07Seb1    20:3 | He also promised great rewards and gifts to the troops, and 07Seb1    20:3 | and gifts to the troops, and in this way he cajoled 07Seb1    20:4 | They proceeded in unity and presented themselves to the king 07Seb1    20:4 | king fully equipped the troops and despatched them to the borders 07Seb1    20:5 | Armenian nobles began to unite, and sought a way to extricate 07Seb1    20:5 | the king of the Greeks and to enthrone their own king 07Seb1    20:6 | them informed against the others and brought news of the plot 07Seb1    20:6 | ear. Then they dispersed here and there and stole away 07Seb1    20:6 | they dispersed here and there and stole away 07Seb1    20:7 | Smbat with another seven men, and brought him before the king 07Seb1    20:7 | on them to be stripped and thrown into the arena 07Seb1    20:8 | a man gigantic in stature and handsome of appearance, strong and 07Seb1    20:8 | and handsome of appearance, strong and of solid body. He was 07Seb1    20:8 | who had demonstrated his valour and strength in many battles 07Seb1    20:9 | trees on his big-limbed and powerful horse, grasping the branch 07Seb1    20:9 | he would hold it firmly, and forcefully tightening his thighs and 07Seb1    20:9 | and forcefully tightening his thighs and legs around the horse’s middle 07Seb1    20:9 | saw this they were awestruck and astonished 07Seb1    20:10 | him, dressed him in breeches, and threw him into the arena 07Seb1    20:11 | its forehead with his fist, and slew it on the spot 07Seb1    20:12 | bull... raised a great shout ... and when the bull grew weary 07Seb1    20:12 | struggle, he twisted its neck and broke both horns over its 07Seb1    20:12 | Losing strength, the bull retreated and turned to flee. But he 07Seb1    20:12 | after it, seized its tail, and held on to the hoof 07Seb1    20:13 | pipe, he throttled the lion and killed it. The roar of 07Seb1    20:13 | large crowd filled the land and they requested mercy from the 07Seb1    20:14 | fell at the king’s feet and begged him to show mercy 07Seb1    20:14 | been dear to the king and his wife, and they had 07Seb1    20:14 | the king and his wife, and they had called him their 07Seb1    20:14 | astonished at the man’s strength and toughness. Heeding the supplications of 07Seb1    20:14 | the supplications of his wife and of all the palace, he 07Seb1    20:15 | in the baths. They washed and clothed him, and summoned him 07Seb1    20:15 | They washed and clothed him, and summoned him to the royal 07Seb1    20:15 | be put on a ship and to be exiled to distant 07Seb1    20:15 | him) to cross to Africa and to be made tribune among 07Seb1    21:0 | He shows them great honours, and settles their troops in the 07Seb1    21:1 | As for the nobles and troops on the Persian side 07Seb1    21:1 | above that the auditor departed and left them until the royal 07Seb1    21:2 | court. These are the nobles and troops who went with each 07Seb1    21:2 | went with each one’s contingent and banner to the court of 07Seb1    21:3 | Kotit, lord of the Amatunik’, and others from the nobles with 07Seb1    21:4 | When they reached Asorestan and the site of the royal 07Seb1    21:4 | king. He joyfully received them, and with notable splendour favoured them 07Seb1    21:4 | be given their own quarters, and summoned every day to the 07Seb1    21:5 | in the territory of Ispahan, and that they should be cared 07Seb1    22:0 | murder of Vndoy. The flight and rebellion of Vstam, and his 07Seb1    22:0 | flight and rebellion of Vstam, and his going to the regions 07Seb1    22:1 | above, to be arrested, bound and killed. But his brother Vstam 07Seb1    22:2 | nonetheless he was informed somehow and did not fall into his 07Seb1    22:2 | his deceitful trap, but rebelled and took refuge in the inaccessible 07Seb1    22:2 | He gathered all their troops and put them under his own 07Seb1    22:3 | Khosrov took his own army and went to attack him; the 07Seb1    22:4 | the secure land of Gełam, and then from there he journeyed 07Seb1    22:4 | the troops of that region and having been thus (reinforced) to 07Seb1    22:5 | The king marched to Asorestan and reached his own royal residence 07Seb1    23:0 | seizure of the auditor’s treasure, and departure of some into the 07Seb1    23:1 | the royal court Gagik Mamikonean and Khosrov, lord of the Vahewunik’ 07Seb1    23:2 | writ of condemnation against him and sealed it with his own 07Seb1    23:2 | the bishop of his house, and also with the seals of 07Seb1    23:3 | ordered Step’anos to be bound and cast into prison. They cut 07Seb1    23:4 | learned what had happened, rebelled and pillaged the land. They took 07Seb1    23:4 | the taxes of that land, and set out for the fortress 07Seb1    23:5 | Peroz’s army arrived in pursuit, and put some of them to 07Seb1    23:5 | captured, while others barely escaped and took refuge in the secure 07Seb1    23:5 | the land of the Parthians and presented themselves before him 07Seb1    24:0 | Vrkan. He subdues the rebels and establishes good order in the 07Seb1    24:1 | prince over all that region, and favoured him even more with 07Seb1    24:1 | him even more with honours and authority. He heaped gold and 07Seb1    24:1 | and authority. He heaped gold and silver on him, and robed 07Seb1    24:1 | gold and silver on him, and robed him in expensive and 07Seb1    24:1 | and robed him in expensive and splendid garments 07Seb1    24:2 | He gave him the belt and sword that had belonged to 07Seb1    24:2 | put under his control Persian and Armenian troops, and ordered him 07Seb1    24:2 | control Persian and Armenian troops, and ordered him to go to 07Seb1    24:3 | lands called Amał, Ṙoyean, Zrēchan and Taparastan had rebelled against the 07Seb1    24:3 | smote them with the sword, and brought them into subjection to 07Seb1    24:4 | a community deported from Armenia and settled on the edge of 07Seb1    24:4 | desert which extends from T’urk’astan and Delhastan. They had forgotten their 07Seb1    24:4 | lost the use of writing, and lacked the priestly order. There 07Seb1    24:4 | captive with our own men; and furthermore not a few from 07Seb1    24:4 | few from the Greek empire and from the region of Syria 07Seb1    24:5 | were confirmed in the faith and learned to write and speak 07Seb1    24:5 | faith and learned to write and speak their language. A certain 07Seb1    25:0 | attack into Asorestan against Khosrov and his death en route through 07Seb1    25:0 | with the (people of) Gełum and his defeat 07Seb1    25:1 | kings of the K’ushans, Shawk and Pariovk. Assembling all the troops 07Seb1    25:1 | attacked Asorestan with a large and powerful army in order to 07Seb1    25:1 | in order to kill Khosrov and seize his kingdom for himself 07Seb1    25:1 | forces were (posted) to right and left at a distance from 07Seb1    25:1 | at a distance from him; and the king of the K’ushans 07Seb1    25:2 | him with a few men, and dismounting from his horse he 07Seb1    25:2 | times. The other came forward and ordered him to mount his 07Seb1    25:3 | from their places, struck Vstam and killed him. Pariovk, meeting his 07Seb1    25:3 | rode in pursuit, came up and seized Vstam’s wife and all 07Seb1    25:3 | up and seized Vstam’s wife and all his baggage and goods 07Seb1    25:3 | wife and all his baggage and goods, then rapidly turned back 07Seb1    25:3 | goods, then rapidly turned back and departed 07Seb1    25:4 | discouraged, lost their mutual solidarity, and went off each to his 07Seb1    25:4 | who had rebelled in Ispahan and joined Vstam, went with them 07Seb1    25:4 | the range which crosses it, and had come to the village 07Seb1    25:4 | were opposed by Shahr Vahrich and Smbat, marzpan of Gurkan, with 07Seb1    25:5 | army, put them to flight, and pursued them. Many they killed 07Seb1    25:5 | pursued them. Many they killed, and many they captured. Then they 07Seb1    25:5 | they captured. Then they returned and camped near the site of 07Seb1    25:5 | Many died among the soldiers and among the Armenians who were 07Seb1    26:1 | certain man had a dream and became aware of it. His 07Seb1    26:1 | said, ’of wonderful appearance came and said to me: “A battle 07Seb1    26:1 | place in three months’ time, and many will fall in the 07Seb1    26:1 | the site of the battle, and this will be a sign 07Seb1    26:1 | the surface of the earth, and his body will shine out 07Seb1    26:1 | among all the corpses. Go and take for yourself whatever you 07Seb1    26:2 | And be careful, he said, not 07Seb1    26:2 | miraculous.’” He rose up and went, and when he reached 07Seb1    26:2 | He rose up and went, and when he reached the place 07Seb1    26:2 | they had stripped that one and all the bodies. He had 07Seb1    26:3 | amidst the corpses. He approached and took the bag. He saw 07Seb1    26:3 | a silver box in it, and a cross inside that, in 07Seb1    26:3 | He signed himself with it, and taking it went to join 07Seb1    26:4 | the troops left that place and went to the strongholds of 07Seb1    26:4 | king requested Vahrich at court, and sent great thanks to Smbat 07Seb1    26:4 | because he had fought loyally, and when defeated had not abandoned 07Seb1    27:0 | with the enemy in Taparastan and his victory. Smbat is more 07Seb1    27:1 | of the enemy gathered together and went and camped in the 07Seb1    27:1 | enemy gathered together and went and camped in the province of 07Seb1    27:1 | also gathered his own troops and attacked them in battle. The 07Seb1    27:1 | them all to the sword, and the survivors fled to their 07Seb1    27:2 | with them requested an oath and pact, and came before Smbat 07Seb1    27:2 | requested an oath and pact, and came before Smbat; and that 07Seb1    27:2 | pact, and came before Smbat; and that Yovsēp’ was with them 07Seb1    27:2 | him (Smbat), described the vision, and told of the many signs 07Seb1    27:2 | barbarians. Then Smbat stood up and genuflected before it; taking hold 07Seb1    27:3 | much thanks, greatly honoured him and promoted him above all the 07Seb1    27:3 | stockings set with precious stones and pearls. His son, called Varaztirots’ 07Seb1    27:3 | one of his own sons and was respected by the whole 07Seb1    27:5 | late Catholicos Movsēs had died, and there was no vardapet in 07Seb1    27:5 | as guardian of the church and primate of its salvific role 07Seb1    27:6 | church. He gathered master-stonemasons and set over them reliable superintendents 07Seb1    27:6 | set over them reliable superintendents, and commanded them to bring it 07Seb1    27:7 | The commander of the fortress and the marzpan wrote a letter 07Seb1    27:7 | very close to the fortress and there is danger from an 07Seb1    27:7 | ’Let the fortress be demolished, and the church built in that 07Seb1    28:0 | which is called Khosrov-Shum, and is sent against the K’ushans 07Seb1    28:0 | is surrounded by the K’ushans and defeated because of the disobedience 07Seb1    28:1 | When the winter had passed and spring-time had come, the 07Seb1    28:1 | the messengers arrived with letters and summoned him with great splendour 07Seb1    28:1 | the royal court. He went and presented himself to the king 07Seb1    28:1 | was seated on a rug and a pahlak 07Seb1    28:2 | him splendidly with a hat and robe of silk woven with 07Seb1    28:2 | set with gems, a necklace, and silver cushions. He bestowed on 07Seb1    28:3 | gave him four-keyed trumpets and guards for his court from 07Seb1    28:3 | the K’ushans in the east, and he bade him make marzpan 07Seb1    28:3 | own original army of compatriots, and went directly to the east 07Seb1    28:4 | him with each one’s contingent and banner: Varazshapuh Artsruni; Sargis Tayets’i 07Seb1    28:4 | Varazshapuh Artsruni; Sargis Tayets’i; Artavazd and Vstam and Hmayeak Apahuni; Manuēl 07Seb1    28:4 | Sargis Tayets’i; Artavazd and Vstam and Hmayeak Apahuni; Manuēl, lord of 07Seb1    28:4 | Gołt’nik’; Sargis Dimak’sean; Sargis Trpatuni; and others of the nobles. His 07Seb1    28:5 | of him, they came together and departed. He followed in hot 07Seb1    28:5 | He followed in hot pursuit, and quickly caught them up. When 07Seb1    28:5 | K’ushan army turned in flight and was defeated by the army 07Seb1    28:5 | Many of them were killed, and many fled 07Seb1    28:6 | He withdrew and camped at Apr Shahr, in 07Seb1    28:6 | in the province of Tos; and with [300] men took up quarters 07Seb1    28:7 | of [300,000] came to their support, and crossed the river called Vehrot 07Seb1    28:7 | via the Gymnosophists, the Shanin and Brahmn, and flows into India 07Seb1    28:7 | Gymnosophists, the Shanin and Brahmn, and flows into India 07Seb1    28:8 | they sent out raids westwards; and unexpectedly coming up they surrounded 07Seb1    28:9 | village. He mounted his horse, and with three men - whose names 07Seb1    28:9 | were Sargis Dimak’sean, Sargis Trpatuni, and one of the armed men 07Seb1    28:9 | through the crush of soldiers, and escaped 07Seb1    28:11 | they defeated the Persian troops and put Datoyean to flight. They 07Seb1    28:11 | They themselves sent out raids and made incursions as far as 07Seb1    28:11 | as the borders of Ṙeyy and of the province of Ispahan 07Seb1    28:11 | Chembukh, they crossed the river and returned to their own country 07Seb1    28:12 | from court came to Smbat and Datoyean, a certain senior noble 07Seb1    28:12 | in bonds to the court and put to death by the 07Seb1    28:13 | Then Smbat assembled the army and rearmed it. He also brought 07Seb1    28:13 | other troops to his support, and went to attack the nation 07Seb1    28:13 | the nation of the Keushans and the Hephthalite king. The latter 07Seb1    28:13 | force. They reached the battlefield and drew up their lines opposite 07Seb1    28:14 | that our armies be destroyed? And how will my and your 07Seb1    28:14 | destroyed? And how will my and your valour be recognized? Come 07Seb1    28:14 | a champion from my side, and you from yours, so that 07Seb1    28:15 | both men of gigantic strength and fully covered in armour 07Seb1    28:16 | king, chain-mail from Bahl and a solid cuirass, was split 07Seb1    28:16 | was split by Smbat’s lance, and he powerfully struck him as 07Seb1    28:16 | a corpse to the ground and slew him 07Seb1    28:17 | king (killed), they were terrified and turned in flight. The others 07Seb1    28:17 | the capital of the K’ushans, and they plundered the whole country 07Seb1    28:17 | country: Harew, Vatagēs, all Tokhorastan, and Tałakan. He also captured many 07Seb1    28:17 | returned with a great victory and much booty, and went and 07Seb1    28:17 | great victory and much booty, and went and camped in the 07Seb1    28:17 | and much booty, and went and camped in the province of 07Seb1    28:17 | in the province of Marg and Margṙot 07Seb1    28:18 | news rapidly reached king Khosrov and described in full the acts 07Seb1    28:18 | place. King Khosrov was happy and greatly rejoiced, and he ordered 07Seb1    28:18 | was happy and greatly rejoiced, and he ordered a large elephant 07Seb1    28:18 | be distributed to his host. And he wrote him a letter 07Seb1    28:18 | the court in great honour and splendour 07Seb1    29:0 | Armenian nobles from the Persians and their submission to the Khak’an 07Seb1    29:1 | king ordered all the nobles and his army to go out 07Seb1    29:1 | he proceeded with great splendour and glory and presented himself to 07Seb1    29:1 | with great splendour and glory and presented himself to the king 07Seb1    29:2 | he welcomed him with joy, and stretched out his hand to 07Seb1    29:2 | He (Smbat) kissed his hand and fell on his face. Then 07Seb1    29:2 | have done your duty loyally and we are especially grateful to 07Seb1    29:2 | here, close by. Take, eat and drink, and devote yourself to 07Seb1    29:2 | by. Take, eat and drink, and devote yourself to our happiness 07Seb1    29:3 | the palace of king Khosrov, and after remaining there a short 07Seb1    29:3 | Armenia to his ancestral sepulcher, and placed it in a tomb 07Seb1    29:4 | Then they rebelled and submitted to the great Khakean 07Seb1    30:0 | his taking refuge with Khosrov and being honoured by him. Then 07Seb1    30:0 | Then his rebellion from Khosrov and his death. The Persian and 07Seb1    30:0 | and his death. The Persian and Greek governors in Armenia in 07Seb1    30:1 | I say about Atat Khorkhoṙuni and his further rebellion? He was 07Seb1    30:1 | men. He splendidly honoured him and those accompanying him with a 07Seb1    30:1 | accompanying him with a worthy and appropriate reception. He gave him 07Seb1    30:1 | reception. He gave him gold and silver vessels and very many 07Seb1    30:1 | him gold and silver vessels and very many treasures 07Seb1    30:2 | his leave from the king and departed. But while he was 07Seb1    30:2 | way he decided to rebel and go to the Persian king 07Seb1    30:2 | his way to the coast, and encountering a ship, he said 07Seb1    30:2 | across. He immediately set out and travelled rapidly to Armenia 07Seb1    30:3 | they learned of his departure, and troops of various cities went 07Seb1    30:3 | a battle on the way and was victorious in them all 07Seb1    30:4 | The Persians received him, and he secured himself in the 07Seb1    30:4 | all his troops, came up, and completely surrounded the fortress 07Seb1    30:5 | was informed of these events, and he sent against them the 07Seb1    30:5 | the Greeks) left the city and departed. He rapidly went to 07Seb1    30:5 | honoured him, gave him treasures, and authorized a stipend from the 07Seb1    30:6 | One year later Maurice died and Phocas became king. He (Atat 07Seb1    30:6 | He (Atat) decided to rebel and go to the Greek king 07Seb1    30:6 | began to organize Arabian horses and to prepare arms, and brought 07Seb1    30:6 | horses and to prepare arms, and brought over brigands. News of 07Seb1    30:6 | this reached the king’s ears, and he ordered him to be 07Seb1    30:6 | him to be bound feet and hands, and to be killed 07Seb1    30:6 | be bound feet and hands, and to be killed by cudgels 07Seb1    30:7 | of that treaty in Armenia and in the city of Dvin 07Seb1    30:7 | troops killed him in Dvin and went in rebellion to Gełumk’ 07Seb1    30:8 | be gathered thence for me and settled in the land of 07Seb1    30:8 | of a great disturbance arrived, and Priscus set out with the 07Seb1    31:0 | murder of the emperor Maurice and the reign of Phocas. Rebellion 07Seb1    31:0 | Rebellion of the generals Heraclius and Nersēs from Phocas. The siege 07Seb1    31:0 | by the army of Phocas, and of Dara by the army 07Seb1    31:0 | Urha; he captures the city and returns with Theodosius, son of 07Seb1    31:0 | son of Maurice. The capture and destruction of Dara by Khosrov 07Seb1    31:0 | by the army of Phocas, and the murder of Nersēs 07Seb1    31:1 | Thrace rebelled from the emperor and installed as their king a 07Seb1    31:1 | Constantinople, killed the king Maurice and his sons, and installed Phocas 07Seb1    31:1 | king Maurice and his sons, and installed Phocas on the throne 07Seb1    31:2 | country that T’ēodos had escaped and gone to the Persian king 07Seb1    31:3 | there in the royal capital, and in the city of Alexandria 07Seb1    31:3 | city of Alexandria in Egypt, and in Jerusalem and Antioch. In 07Seb1    31:3 | in Egypt, and in Jerusalem and Antioch. In all regions of 07Seb1    31:3 | they took up the sword and slaughtered each other 07Seb1    31:4 | with an army against Antioch and Jerusalem and all regions of 07Seb1    31:4 | army against Antioch and Jerusalem and all regions of that land 07Seb1    31:4 | land. He came, attacked Antioch and Jerusalem with the sword, and 07Seb1    31:4 | and Jerusalem with the sword, and exterminated the large population of 07Seb1    31:5 | of Alexandria, rebelled against Phocas and forcibly took over the land 07Seb1    31:5 | general Nersēs rebelled in Mesopotamia, and with his army seized control 07Seb1    31:5 | army came to attack him, and they kept the city and 07Seb1    31:5 | and they kept the city and his army besieged 07Seb1    31:6 | the host of his army and marched westwards. On reaching the 07Seb1    31:6 | city of Dara, he besieged and attacked it. In the area 07Seb1    31:6 | of Armenia, he assembled troops and appointed a certain great prince 07Seb1    31:7 | jumped into the river Euphrates and perished; the others were scattered 07Seb1    31:7 | for him to enter inside; and they opened the gate 07Seb1    31:8 | a crown on his head, and sent him to him, saying 07Seb1    31:9 | besieged Dara for a year and a half. They mined the 07Seb1    31:9 | the city below the wall; and having destroyed the wall, they 07Seb1    31:9 | wall, they captured the city and put all (the inhabitants) to 07Seb1    31:10 | Taking the booty and plunder of the city they 07Seb1    31:10 | because his army was weary and exhausted from the battle for 07Seb1    31:10 | Greek territory reached Urha, attacked and captured the city. Arresting Nersēs 07Seb1    31:10 | Arresting Nersēs, they killed him and shed blood 07Seb1    32:0 | on the plain of Ełevard and the Persian defeat. Another battle 07Seb1    32:0 | on the plain of Shirak and the Greek defeat. A third 07Seb1    32:0 | goes to the royal court and then is killed 07Seb1    32:1 | reached the province of Ayrarat and the city of Dvin in 07Seb1    32:2 | The Persian army attacked them and a battle took place on 07Seb1    32:2 | They defeated the Persian army and destroyed them with great slaughter 07Seb1    32:2 | put the survivors to flight, and pursued them 07Seb1    32:4 | alarmed at the internal conflict and terrified of an assault by 07Seb1    32:5 | the site of their camp and crossed to the other side 07Seb1    32:6 | up their lines to confront and approach each other, the inhabitants 07Seb1    32:6 | men came out from there and fell upon their rear with 07Seb1    32:6 | upon their rear with scythes and sickles. They caused great losses 07Seb1    32:6 | left (many) wounded, seized plunder and booty, and returned to their 07Seb1    32:6 | wounded, seized plunder and booty, and returned to their own fortress 07Seb1    32:7 | latter, in pursuit, slew many and left them scattered over the 07Seb1    32:7 | them scattered over the plains and roads. The few survivors fled 07Seb1    32:7 | Then they took the booty and returned to their own camp 07Seb1    32:7 | fortress in unison, captured it, and slaughtered many with the sword 07Seb1    32:7 | the side of the river, and fled. All the others they 07Seb1    32:8 | were captured from that fortress; and in like fashion they took 07Seb1    32:8 | the booty of the province, and their army returned to Atrpatakan 07Seb1    32:9 | came. The Greek army assembled and settled in Tsałkotn, near to 07Seb1    32:9 | Khorkhoṙuni. The Persian army came and camped near them to their 07Seb1    32:9 | proposed that battle be avoided, and they would give up the 07Seb1    32:9 | would give up the fortress and go away peacefully 07Seb1    32:10 | then they agreed (among themselves), and the proposal was not confirmed 07Seb1    32:10 | arms or saddled his horse. And if anyone had armed himself 07Seb1    32:10 | arms, greatly hurting the men, and cut the horses’ girths with 07Seb1    32:11 | The Persian army came up and formed their opposing line near 07Seb1    32:11 | of archers drew (their bows) and emptied their quivers on them 07Seb1    32:11 | their arrows all the men and horses alike. The horses, who 07Seb1    32:11 | agitated; they trampled the tents and the whole camp 07Seb1    32:12 | The enemy pierced the fortification and poured into the camp; there 07Seb1    32:12 | one section (of the wall) and escaped in flight, some on 07Seb1    32:12 | in flight, some on foot and others on horseback. T’ēodos Khorkhoṙuni 07Seb1    32:12 | horseback. T’ēodos Khorkhoṙuni took refuge and entrenched himself in the fortress 07Seb1    32:12 | they should abandon the fortress and depart with their baggage and 07Seb1    32:12 | and depart with their baggage and all their equipment 07Seb1    32:13 | the gate of the town, and they all departed according to 07Seb1    32:13 | Persian general summoned T’ēodos Khorkhoṙuni and said to him: ’I do 07Seb1    32:13 | king - how you acted sincerely and loyally, for you delivered their 07Seb1    32:13 | our hands in that fashion; and then how you delivered the 07Seb1    32:13 | delivered the fortress without trouble and the land into subjection of 07Seb1    32:14 | wrote according to that promise and had him taken to court 07Seb1    32:14 | received him in friendly fashion, and appointed a stipend for him 07Seb1    32:14 | appointed a stipend for him and a clothing allowance from the 07Seb1    32:14 | a suspicion of treachery arose, and he ordered him to be 07Seb1    32:14 | himself marched to the interior and subjected the land 07Seb1    32:15 | region of Basean. He defeated and expelled the Greeks, and putting 07Seb1    32:15 | defeated and expelled the Greeks, and putting them to flight he 07Seb1    32:15 | cities of Angł, Gaylatuk’, Erginay, and at Dara the city of 07Seb1    33:0 | a large force to Asorestan, and Ashtat with T’ēodos son of 07Seb1    33:0 | Maurice to Armenia. All Asorestan and Mesopotamia are subjected to the 07Seb1    33:0 | Persians. Ashtat defeats the Greeks and attacks Karin. T’ēodos reveals himself 07Seb1    33:0 | Death of the Catholicoi Yovhan and Abraham; Komitas is installed on 07Seb1    33:0 | Caesarea of Cappadocia by Shahēn, and the killing of Vasak Artsruni 07Seb1    33:1 | king Khosrov returned from Dara and rested his army once more 07Seb1    33:1 | yet another host of troops; and sent across the territory of 07Seb1    33:1 | territory of Asorestan a large and very powerful force with Khoṙeam 07Seb1    33:1 | way those who will submit, and keep them in peace and 07Seb1    33:1 | and keep them in peace and prosperity. But put to the 07Seb1    33:1 | those who may offer resistance and make war.’ 07Seb1    33:2 | Yeztayar with a large army, and included with him the caesar 07Seb1    33:3 | besieged the city of Urha, and attacked it. But the (Edessans 07Seb1    33:3 | multitude of the (Persian) troops and their victory in the engagements 07Seb1    33:3 | their victory in the engagements, and since they had no expectation 07Seb1    33:3 | from anywhere, parleyed for peace, and requested an oath that they 07Seb1    33:4 | Similarly, Amida, and T’ela, and Ṙashayenay, and all 07Seb1    33:4 | Similarly, Amida, and T’ela, and Ṙashayenay, and all the cities 07Seb1    33:4 | Amida, and T’ela, and Ṙashayenay, and all the cities of Syrian 07Seb1    33:4 | of Syrian Mesopotamia willingly submitted and were preserved in peace and 07Seb1    33:4 | and were preserved in peace and prosperity. They went to the 07Seb1    33:4 | to the city of Antioch, and these too willingly submitted with 07Seb1    33:4 | submitted with all the cities and their inhabitants, fleeing from the 07Seb1    33:5 | in the province of Basean, and in even more fearful manner 07Seb1    33:5 | a great battle at Du and Ordru. They defeated the Greek 07Seb1    33:5 | They defeated the Greek army and crushed them with great slaughter 07Seb1    33:5 | Many died in the battle, and the number of those slain 07Seb1    33:6 | around the city of Karin and initiated military action against it 07Seb1    33:6 | from within for a while, and not insignificant was the slaughter 07Seb1    33:6 | king.’ They then acquiesced and opened the gate. The chief 07Seb1    33:6 | of the city came out and presented themselves to him. On 07Seb1    33:7 | posted guards there, then went and seized Dzit’aṙich, the city in 07Seb1    33:7 | Dzit’aṙich, the city in Hashteank’, and Satała and Arastiay and Nicopolis 07Seb1    33:7 | city in Hashteank’, and Satała and Arastiay and Nicopolis, and departed 07Seb1    33:7 | Hashteank’, and Satała and Arastiay and Nicopolis, and departed 07Seb1    33:7 | Satała and Arastiay and Nicopolis, and departed 07Seb1    33:8 | smote them with the sword, and expelled them from the country 07Seb1    33:9 | from the city of Karin and to settle them in the 07Seb1    33:9 | taken into captivity the blessed and aged Catholicos Yovhan with all 07Seb1    33:10 | succeeded to the patriarchal throne; and in his time the construction 07Seb1    33:11 | the regions of the west and reaching Caesarea of Cappadocia. Then 07Seb1    33:11 | the city left the city and departed. But the Jews went 07Seb1    33:11 | went out to meet him and submitted 07Seb1    33:12 | that city for a year and they seized Vasak Artsruni, son 07Seb1    33:12 | the prince of the Artsrunik’ and killed him opposite the gate 07Seb1    33:12 | mourned him for his valour and bravery; as he was a 07Seb1    33:12 | as he was a powerful and tall youth 07Seb1    33:13 | and especially because he had been 07Seb1    33:13 | had been raised among them, and had been trained by them 07Seb1    34:0 | makes a foray into Ayrarat and returns in flight. Heraclius establishes 07Seb1    34:0 | the throne of the kingdom and goes to Asorestan. His defeat 07Seb1    34:0 | city of Jerusalem, its capture and a fearful slaughter. Captivity of 07Seb1    34:2 | the throne of the kingdom, and made peace in the whole 07Seb1    34:3 | sent messengers with splendid treasures and letters to king Khosrov to 07Seb1    34:3 | saying: ’That kingdom is mine, and I established T’ēodos, son of 07Seb1    34:4 | become king without our permission and offers us our own treasure 07Seb1    34:4 | his messengers to be killed, and made no response to his 07Seb1    34:5 | troops, camped around the city, and prevented them from raiding. Putting 07Seb1    34:5 | ordered him to act defensively, and went himself to his own 07Seb1    34:6 | the warm days of summer and the countryside was filled with 07Seb1    34:6 | set the city on fire, and coming out in force defeated 07Seb1    34:6 | Greeks, put them to flight and pursued them. Then they entered 07Seb1    34:6 | Then they entered Armenian territory, and the Persian army wintered in 07Seb1    34:7 | on Melitene, he captured it and brought it into subjection. He 07Seb1    34:7 | into subjection. He went on and joined the army of Khoṙeam 07Seb1    34:8 | fought a battle in Persia and won. Then Ĕṙoch Vehan. It 07Seb1    34:8 | in which he himself fell and all his army 07Seb1    34:9 | law of the emperor Maurice, and having exercised command over a 07Seb1    34:9 | head, take on the priesthood, and become a soldier in the 07Seb1    34:10 | compulsion Heraclius appointed him general and sent him to the east 07Seb1    34:10 | Armenia, the province of Ayrarat, and camped on the plain of 07Seb1    34:11 | his army to pursue him and to exterminate the army without 07Seb1    34:11 | reached the province of Ayrarat and camped on the bank of 07Seb1    34:12 | Aragats, he passed through Shirak and Vanand near the city of 07Seb1    34:12 | near the city of Karin, and reached his own frontier 07Seb1    34:13 | was fatigued from the long and so dangerous journey - for many 07Seb1    34:13 | had perished on the way, and since the horses of many 07Seb1    34:13 | few days, then proceeded gently and reached Asorestan. They camped at 07Seb1    34:13 | where they had been previously; and spreading out to right and 07Seb1    34:13 | and spreading out to right and left, they seized and occupied 07Seb1    34:13 | right and left, they seized and occupied the whole land 07Seb1    34:14 | the magnates of the palace, and confirmed him on the throne 07Seb1    34:14 | the multitude of his troops and set out for Asorestan, to 07Seb1    34:15 | a great battle in Asia, and the blood of the soldiers 07Seb1    34:15 | There was a terrible tumult and conflict, and limitless slaughter in 07Seb1    34:15 | a terrible tumult and conflict, and limitless slaughter in the confusion 07Seb1    34:15 | put the Greeks to flight and pursued them, and valiantly gained 07Seb1    34:15 | to flight and pursued them, and valiantly gained the victory 07Seb1    34:16 | seized the city of Tarsus and all the inhabitants of the 07Seb1    34:17 | Hebrews, rebelling against the Christians and embracing ancestral rancour, caused great 07Seb1    34:17 | went to them (the Persians) and made close union with them 07Seb1    34:17 | that they should willingly submit and be left in peace and 07Seb1    34:17 | and be left in peace and prosperity 07Seb1    34:18 | the inhabitants of Jerusalem) agreed and submitted. They offered to the 07Seb1    34:18 | They offered to the general and the (Persian) princes splendid gifts 07Seb1    34:18 | officers of the Persian king, and themselves rebelled against his authority 07Seb1    34:18 | the city of Jerusalem, Jewish and Christian. The larger number of 07Seb1    34:18 | Christians had the upper hand and slew many of the Jews 07Seb1    34:19 | Jews jumped from the walls and went to the Persian army 07Seb1    34:19 | Ĕṙazmiozan, gathered his troops, went and camped around Jerusalem, and besieged 07Seb1    34:19 | went and camped around Jerusalem, and besieged it. He attacked it 07Seb1    34:20 | they put to the sword and slew all the populace of 07Seb1    34:20 | the populace of the city. And they stayed within the city 07Seb1    34:20 | days. Then they came out and camped outside the city and 07Seb1    34:20 | and camped outside the city and burnt the city with fire 07Seb1    34:21 | the number of fallen corpses, and the total of those killed 07Seb1    34:21 | of those killed was [17,000] people; and the living whom they captured 07Seb1    34:21 | patriarch, whose name was Zak’aria, and the custodian of the Cross 07Seb1    34:21 | they began to torture them; and many of the clergy they 07Seb1    34:22 | place where it lay hidden, and they took it away into 07Seb1    34:22 | away into captivity. The silver and gold of the city they 07Seb1    34:22 | the city they melted down and brought to the king’s court 07Seb1    34:23 | prisoner, to rebuild the city, and to reestablish (its inhabitants) there 07Seb1    34:23 | be expelled from the city. And they promptly carried out the 07Seb1    35:1 | Lord Komitas, most good, blessed, and spiritual, archbishop and metropolitan of 07Seb1    35:1 | good, blessed, and spiritual, archbishop and metropolitan of the land of 07Seb1    35:1 | Armenia, Modestos, a humble priest and locum-tenens of Jerusalem 07Seb1    35:2 | ’Blessed is God and the Father of our Lord 07Seb1    35:2 | Jesus Christ, Father of mercies and God of all consolations, who 07Seb1    35:2 | our mind at their coming, and we recognized that God had 07Seb1    35:3 | until now. Blessing his power and his wonders, we shall repeat 07Seb1    35:3 | Inscrutable indeed are his judgments, and his paths unsearchable 07Seb1    35:4 | has given him a loan and he will repay him? For 07Seb1    35:4 | all things are from him and through him and in him 07Seb1    35:4 | from him and through him and in him. To him be 07Seb1    35:5 | he made our opponents friendly and bestowed on us pity and 07Seb1    35:5 | and bestowed on us pity and mercy in front of all 07Seb1    35:5 | captors, slayers of the Lord and Jews, who thought that by 07Seb1    35:5 | sake, our Lord Jesus Christ and true God, and who audaciously 07Seb1    35:5 | Jesus Christ and true God, and who audaciously waged war and 07Seb1    35:5 | and who audaciously waged war and burnt these honourable places - God’s 07Seb1    35:6 | the (site of the) honourable and worshipful passion and his holy 07Seb1    35:6 | the) honourable and worshipful passion and his holy and life-receiving 07Seb1    35:6 | worshipful passion and his holy and life-receiving tomb and the 07Seb1    35:6 | holy and life-receiving tomb and the holy Golgotha have been 07Seb1    35:6 | inscriptions that the divine cult and the mother of churches, Sion 07Seb1    35:6 | the mother of churches, Sion, and ( the site of) his Ascension 07Seb1    35:6 | the site of) his Ascension and - to say in a word 07Seb1    35:8 | he raised up this world and granted it knowledge of himself 07Seb1    35:9 | churches of Jerusalem were reestablished and are in use. There is 07Seb1    35:9 | in this city of God and its surroundings, as they will 07Seb1    35:10 | creates everything, as you said, and renews it as in the 07Seb1    35:10 | peace to the holy churches and by granting us pastors and 07Seb1    35:10 | and by granting us pastors and prelates for his churches. May 07Seb1    35:10 | to pray unceasingly for us, and not desist at all in 07Seb1    35:10 | desist at all in remembering and recalling us and the poor 07Seb1    35:10 | in remembering and recalling us and the poor of Jerusalem, and 07Seb1    35:10 | and the poor of Jerusalem, and in fulfilling whatever is needful 07Seb1    35:10 | may attain this good end and the desired gifts. But I 07Seb1    35:10 | also beg your fatherly holiness and the saintly bishops with you 07Seb1    36:2 | Therefore ’the heavens rejoice, and let the earth exult’; let 07Seb1    36:2 | earth exult’; let the church and its children delight in their 07Seb1    36:2 | in the highest to God, and peace to earth, goodwill to 07Seb1    36:4 | from me the chief-bishop, and from all the orthodox bishops 07Seb1    36:4 | from all the orthodox bishops and priests, deacons and readers, and 07Seb1    36:4 | orthodox bishops and priests, deacons and readers, and from all the 07Seb1    36:4 | and priests, deacons and readers, and from all the congregations of 07Seb1    36:4 | you ’who have been afflicted and oppressed, beaten and punished’, but 07Seb1    36:4 | been afflicted and oppressed, beaten and punished’, but protected and caressed 07Seb1    36:4 | beaten and punished’, but protected and caressed, consoled and loved by 07Seb1    36:4 | but protected and caressed, consoled and loved by the heavenly Father 07Seb1    36:4 | Venerable brother Modestos, for you and all the churches in Jerusalem 07Seb1    36:4 | of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and 07Seb1    36:4 | and the love of God, and peace be multiplied.’ 07Seb1    36:5 | consoled from the many troubles and grievous afflictions and cruel torments 07Seb1    36:5 | many troubles and grievous afflictions and cruel torments which were oppressing 07Seb1    36:6 | through that (letter) of yours, and made us forget our sadness 07Seb1    36:6 | the joy of this news and the report of the rebuilding 07Seb1    36:6 | the report of the rebuilding and peace of Jerusalem. But the 07Seb1    36:6 | to the heart of Jerusalem and console her, because she was 07Seb1    36:7 | his wounds we were healed, and the chastisement of our peace 07Seb1    36:7 | our people by the coming and going of those journeys 07Seb1    36:8 | they forgot all the troubles and sadness of this country. Secondly 07Seb1    36:8 | their sins through repentance, fasts and mercy, through sleepless and unresting 07Seb1    36:8 | fasts and mercy, through sleepless and unresting travelling by day and 07Seb1    36:8 | and unresting travelling by day and night. Thirdly, because they baptized 07Seb1    36:8 | the mountain of the Lord and to the house of the 07Seb1    36:9 | saying: ’To approach Mount Sion and the city of the living 07Seb1    36:9 | God, the Jerusalem in heaven, and ( to) the myriad hosts of 07Seb1    36:9 | the myriad hosts of angels and the churches of the first 07Seb1    36:9 | sitting in the heavenly tabernacle and on the base that received 07Seb1    36:10 | ’turned his face from us’, and ’the sun looked on us 07Seb1    36:10 | souls have indeed been disobedient and troubled. ’Justice (belongs) to the 07Seb1    36:10 | to the Lord our God, and to us shame of face 07Seb1    36:11 | the Gospel, with unceasing mouths and unresting tongues let us bless 07Seb1    36:11 | of good, worker of wonders, and distributor of gifts. For although 07Seb1    36:11 | of your judgment by sword and fire was so fearful and 07Seb1    36:11 | and fire was so fearful and severe, yet the wise architect 07Seb1    36:11 | the wise architect, who chose and purified you like gold in 07Seb1    36:11 | renew his glory over you and work his wonderful consolation in 07Seb1    36:12 | of robbers who stripped him, and having inflicted many wounds left 07Seb1    36:12 | wounds left him half-dead and departed. Priests on their journey 07Seb1    36:12 | on their journey saw him and passed by; Jews and Levites 07Seb1    36:12 | him and passed by; Jews and Levites and impious ones saw 07Seb1    36:12 | passed by; Jews and Levites and impious ones saw him and 07Seb1    36:12 | and impious ones saw him and passed by. He himself journeyed 07Seb1    36:12 | in pity, bound his wound, and bestowed on him mercy and 07Seb1    36:12 | and bestowed on him mercy and his life-giving blood 07Seb1    36:13 | He instructed oil and wine to be poured on 07Seb1    36:13 | to be poured on him and ( his wound) to be bound 07Seb1    36:13 | him brought to that inn and cured; and as for the 07Seb1    36:13 | to that inn and cured; and as for the three dahekans 07Seb1    36:13 | have in hand liberal provision. And whatever you will spend on 07Seb1    36:14 | king has arrived to save and console them. But the crown 07Seb1    36:14 | the flowers of his passion. And his death will be a 07Seb1    36:15 | the Jews were greatly pining and wasting away, my friend, because 07Seb1    36:15 | behold have given forth shoots and multiplied. And the One on 07Seb1    36:15 | given forth shoots and multiplied. And the One on high has 07Seb1    36:15 | filled (Jerusalem) with olive-trees and palm-trees, which the children 07Seb1    36:16 | consoled, be united, make peace. And may the God of peace 07Seb1    36:16 | may the God of peace and love be with you.’ 07Seb1    37:1 | the building was too low and dark which St. Sahak had 07Seb1    37:1 | Sahak had built, the patriarch and Catholicos of Armenia, son of 07Seb1    37:2 | there was revealed a luminous and incomparable royal pearl, that is 07Seb1    37:3 | in the bosom of holiness and dedicated to God. ’The just 07Seb1    37:3 | had desired to see you’, and the blessed Komitas ’was devoted 07Seb1    37:4 | blessed one was nine palms and four fingers. The whole northern 07Seb1    37:4 | the discovery), came to worship; and healing of all (kinds of 07Seb1    37:4 | people. He built the church and left the blessed one in 07Seb1    37:5 | roof of the holy cathedral, and renewed the unstable wall. He 07Seb1    38:0 | the throne of the kingdom and goes to Caesarea. From there 07Seb1    38:0 | From there he invades Armenia and takes Dvin, Nakhchawan, and Gandzak 07Seb1    38:0 | Armenia and takes Dvin, Nakhchawan, and Gandzak. Khoṙeam attacks Heraclius. Adroit 07Seb1    38:1 | with his army to Chalcedon and camped facing Byzantium; his intention 07Seb1    38:1 | intention was to cross over and capture the capital city 07Seb1    38:2 | his kingdom, unwillingly he befriended and honoured them like meritorious and 07Seb1    38:2 | and honoured them like meritorious and dear guests. He went to 07Seb1    38:2 | to meet him with gifts, and gave magnificent presents to the 07Seb1    38:2 | magnificent presents to the general and princes 07Seb1    38:3 | distributed donatives to the army, and food and provisions to all 07Seb1    38:3 | to the army, and food and provisions to all the troops 07Seb1    38:3 | ship, stood off at sea, and parleyed with them as follows 07Seb1    38:3 | do you wish to do, and why have you come to 07Seb1    38:3 | perchance God be not pleased, and the depths of the sea 07Seb1    38:4 | sins have brought this about, and not your valour. What does 07Seb1    38:4 | try, because God established it and no one is able to 07Seb1    38:5 | him install whom he wishes, and we shall accept him. But 07Seb1    38:5 | Romans able to kill him and destroy the empire of the 07Seb1    38:6 | the same from him: reconciliation and friendship. I also request from 07Seb1    38:6 | Remove from my land fire and sword and captivity; and from 07Seb1    38:6 | my land fire and sword and captivity; and from these three 07Seb1    38:6 | fire and sword and captivity; and from these three things you 07Seb1    38:7 | to seek from him conciliation and peace with me.’ They 07Seb1    38:7 | ’ They received the gifts and agreed to act in accordance 07Seb1    38:8 | from Byzantium to oppose him, and there was a battle at 07Seb1    38:8 | lost [4,000] men with their ships, and did not venture to undertake 07Seb1    38:10 | honoured among the gods, lord and king of all the earth 07Seb1    38:10 | king of all the earth, and offspring of the great Aramazd 07Seb1    38:10 | Aramazd, to Heraclius our senseless and insignificant servant 07Seb1    38:11 | but you call yourself lord and king. My treasure which is 07Seb1    38:11 | spend; my servants you defraud; and having collected an army of 07Seb1    38:11 | did he not save Caesarea and Jerusalem and the great Alexandria 07Seb1    38:11 | not save Caesarea and Jerusalem and the great Alexandria from my 07Seb1    38:12 | subjected to myself the sea and the dry land? So, is 07Seb1    38:12 | trespasses. “Arise, take your wife and children and come here. I 07Seb1    38:12 | take your wife and children and come here. I shall give 07Seb1    38:12 | shall give you estates, vineyards and olive-trees whereby you may 07Seb1    38:12 | may make a living.’ And we shall look upon you 07Seb1    38:13 | shall stretch out my hand and seize you. And then you 07Seb1    38:13 | my hand and seize you. And then you will see me 07Seb1    38:14 | be read before the patriarch and the magnates. Entering the house 07Seb1    38:14 | the ground before the Lord and wept bitterly, so that he 07Seb1    38:15 | Heraclius and all the senators decided to 07Seb1    38:15 | preparations to take his wife and go to the east. At 07Seb1    38:16 | made preparations with his wife and the eunuchs and princes of 07Seb1    38:16 | his wife and the eunuchs and princes of the court. He 07Seb1    38:16 | He celebrated Easter in Constantinople, and on the morning after Easter 07Seb1    38:16 | travelled from Chalcedon, reached Caesarea, and pitched his tent in the 07Seb1    38:16 | the troops to be summoned and the letter to be read 07Seb1    38:16 | to be read before them, and he described his coming out 07Seb1    38:17 | arrival. They wished him victory and note: ’Wherever you may go 07Seb1    38:17 | are with you to stand and die. May all your enemies 07Seb1    38:17 | the face of the earth and removes the insults paid him 07Seb1    38:18 | for the city of Karin; and having reached Dvin in Ayrarat 07Seb1    38:18 | in Ayrarat, he ravaged it and Nakhchawan. Proceeding to Gandzak in 07Seb1    38:19 | they had equipped his horses and he had put them under 07Seb1    38:19 | yet his army was small and they were unable to put 07Seb1    38:19 | stored his treasures at Ctesiphon, and prepared himself for flight 07Seb1    38:20 | Nisibis; he took his troops and captives, returned by the difficult 07Seb1    38:20 | the difficult terrain of Media, and reached P’aytakaran. Khosrov was informed 07Seb1    38:20 | informed that Heraclius had retreated and had reached P’aytakaran, and was 07Seb1    38:20 | retreated and had reached P’aytakaran, and was intending to pass into 07Seb1    38:21 | into Gardman to oppose him, and camped opposite him at the 07Seb1    38:21 | Tigranakert. Shahēn with [30,000] troops arrived and camped behind Heraclius in the 07Seb1    38:21 | were camped on this side, and the former on that side 07Seb1    38:21 | the former on that side; and the camp of Heraclius was 07Seb1    38:22 | He struck promptly with force, and routed them. He marched through 07Seb1    38:22 | them. He marched through Tsłukk’, and escaped through the mountainous terrain 07Seb1    38:23 | Shahr Varaz with his army, and Shahēn with his survivors, pursued 07Seb1    38:23 | at the town of Vrnjunik’ and camped in its fields. The 07Seb1    38:24 | reached Bagrewand, crossed into Apahunik’, and camped at the village called 07Seb1    38:25 | learned that Khoṙeam had come and was lying in wait for 07Seb1    38:25 | same manner, chose elite men and elite horses, and attacked him 07Seb1    38:25 | elite men and elite horses, and attacked him with [20,000]. On reaching 07Seb1    38:25 | one of the cavalry escaped and brought the bad news to 07Seb1    38:25 | ’The enemy has attacked you; and they have slaughtered the vanguard 07Seb1    38:26 | was angry at the man, and ordered him to be bound 07Seb1    38:26 | him to be bound feet and hands, saying: ’Up to now 07Seb1    38:26 | arrived with such an army, and will he not flee from 07Seb1    38:26 | sides, set it on fire, and burned the multitude of the 07Seb1    38:27 | in flight, they immediately seized and slew him. None of them 07Seb1    38:28 | Heraclius took the booty and plunder of their camp, and 07Seb1    38:28 | and plunder of their camp, and returning with a great victory 07Seb1    38:28 | that his army could rest and reequip. Marching to the region 07Seb1    38:28 | of Asia, they spread out and lingered there 07Seb1    38:29 | Then Heraclius took his army and returned to Armenia. Passing through 07Seb1    38:29 | province of Gogovit. Ṙoch Vehan and the Persian army thought that 07Seb1    38:29 | to the province of Her and Zarewand, directly towards Ctesiphon in 07Seb1    38:30 | Vehan. He took his army and pursued him to the city 07Seb1    38:30 | way he marched rapidly day and night until he had come 07Seb1    38:30 | they turned to the west, and he went on to Nineveh 07Seb1    38:31 | was mist on the plain, and the Persian army did not 07Seb1    38:32 | massacred them to a man and slew their general in the 07Seb1    38:32 | made an appeal: ’God-loving and beneficent lord, have mercy on 07Seb1    38:32 | them to be let go. And Heraclius ordered raids to be 07Seb1    39:0 | to Vehkawat. Heraclius takes Ctesiphon and returns to Atrpatakan. Khosrov’s return 07Seb1    39:0 | Atrpatakan. Khosrov’s return to Ctesiphon and his murder. His son Kawat 07Seb1    39:0 | murder. His son Kawat reigns and makes a treaty with Heraclius 07Seb1    39:1 | the river Tigris at Vehkawat and cut the cables of the 07Seb1    39:1 | the pontoon-bridge. Heraclius arrived and camped nearby, outside the city 07Seb1    39:2 | Atrpatakan with all the baggage and the host of his army 07Seb1    39:2 | So, king Khosrov returned home, and ordered the pontoon-bridge to 07Seb1    39:2 | repaired. But the king’s harem and sons and the treasure and 07Seb1    39:2 | the king’s harem and sons and the treasure and the stable 07Seb1    39:2 | and sons and the treasure and the stable of royal horses 07Seb1    39:3 | to gather the surviving nobles and addressed them with fearsome condemnations 07Seb1    39:3 | Then they took counsel together and note: ’Although we escaped from 07Seb1    39:4 | an oath with each other; and going by night across the 07Seb1    39:4 | they seized control of it and posted guards over it. They 07Seb1    39:4 | made his son Kawat king, and secretly removed the horses with 07Seb1    39:4 | he was shaken with fear and terrified. He sought a horse 07Seb1    39:4 | none. King Kawat came up and crossed with all his troops 07Seb1    39:5 | himself, entered the royal garden; and going under a thick bush 07Seb1    39:5 | found him. They seized him and brought him to the hall 07Seb1    39:5 | King Kawat gave the order, and they killed him 07Seb1    39:6 | king Kawat gave an order and they killed them all at 07Seb1    39:6 | at the same time, [40] men. And he claimed for himself the 07Seb1    39:6 | claimed for himself the women and treasures and royal stable 07Seb1    39:6 | himself the women and treasures and royal stable 07Seb1    39:7 | a treaty with the emperor and to give up all the 07Seb1    39:8 | to be written to Heraclius, and he gave up all his 07Seb1    39:8 | taken to him, salt-sealed and brought with the letter; and 07Seb1    39:8 | and brought with the letter; and he sent a certain prince 07Seb1    39:9 | good news, presented the letter, and offered the gifts, king Heraclius 07Seb1    39:9 | offered the gifts, king Heraclius and all his army greatly thanked 07Seb1    39:9 | of captives to be released and all the plunder to be 07Seb1    39:10 | He wrote a solemn covenant and confirmed peace with an oath 07Seb1    39:10 | called Eustathius, with magnificent gifts. And he honoured Ṙashnan, showered him 07Seb1    39:10 | showered him with precious treasures, and sent him back. He himself 07Seb1    39:11 | Kawat; he presented the letter, and offered the gifts. King Kawat 07Seb1    39:11 | him the terms of peace and of the territories divided by 07Seb1    39:12 | troops, come back into Persia, and abandon Greek territory - although the 07Seb1    39:12 | off Eustathius laden with treasures, and he departed 07Seb1    40:0 | the throne of the Catholicosate, and after him Ezr. Death of 07Seb1    40:0 | Artashir. Khoṙeam, at the request and with the help of Heraclius 07Seb1    40:0 | Heraclius, takes Ctesiphon, kills Artashir, and rules himself He returns the 07Seb1    40:0 | Bor, Khosrov’s sister, of Azarmidukht, and of Ormizd for short periods 07Seb1    40:0 | of Ormizd for short periods, and then of Yazkert, Kawat’s son 07Seb1    40:1 | Smbat Bagratuni called Khosrov Shum, and gave him the office of 07Seb1    40:1 | tanutēr. He made him marzpan, and sent him to Armenia with 07Seb1    40:2 | blessed Catholicos Komitas had died and that position was vacant, he 07Seb1    40:2 | out to be a proud and haughty man whose tongue was 07Seb1    40:3 | He stirred up much trouble and created strife between the aspet 07Seb1    40:3 | created strife between the aspet and his brother by his slander 07Seb1    40:3 | the patriarchate for two years; and in the third-year complaints 07Seb1    40:3 | They assembled all the bishops and princes and held an enquiry 07Seb1    40:3 | all the bishops and princes and held an enquiry. Two men 07Seb1    40:3 | came from his own family and testified about him before the 07Seb1    40:4 | sent some of the bishops and removed from him the hood 07Seb1    40:4 | dismissed him from his position, and expelled him in dishonour. Then 07Seb1    40:4 | Gregory. He was a humble and gentle man, who did not 07Seb1    40:4 | to provoke anyone to anger; and no indecorous word came from 07Seb1    40:5 | the prosperity of the country and wishing to make peace throughout 07Seb1    40:6 | ’Your king Kawat has died, and the throne of the kingdom 07Seb1    40:6 | I bestow it on you, and on your offspring after you 07Seb1    40:6 | make a pact between me and you with an oath, in 07Seb1    40:6 | with an oath, in writing and with a seal.’ Then 07Seb1    40:6 | Then Khoṙeam was easily persuaded, and he abandoned Alexandria. Taking all 07Seb1    40:6 | place. Then he left them and went in person with a 07Seb1    40:7 | would give him that kingdom, and promised it likewise to his 07Seb1    40:7 | to his sons after him, and as large a force as 07Seb1    40:8 | a search for the Cross and shall have it brought to 07Seb1    40:8 | in writing, with a seal and with salt.’ And he 07Seb1    40:8 | seal and with salt.’ And he requested a small force 07Seb1    40:9 | kill the young king Artashir, and he himself sat on the 07Seb1    40:9 | be put to the sword, and others he had taken in 07Seb1    40:10 | had come. They took it and promptly departed. He also gave 07Seb1    40:10 | gave them no few presents, and with great joy he sent 07Seb1    40:11 | put on a royal robe, and seated on a horse he 07Seb1    40:11 | from behind, struck him down and killed him. They installed as 07Seb1    40:11 | daughter, who was his wife; and they appointed as chief minister 07Seb1    40:12 | a single man at midnight, and I shall fulfil your wish 07Seb1    40:12 | on him, struck him down and killed him. The queen held 07Seb1    40:12 | the throne for two years and died 07Seb1    40:13 | from the family of Sasan; and after Khosrov, Azarmidukht, Khosrov’s daughter 07Seb1    40:13 | after Khosrov, Azarmidukht, Khosrov’s daughter; and after her, Ormizd, grandson of 07Seb1    40:14 | parts: one force in Persia and the east; one force was 07Seb1    40:14 | in the area of Asorestan; and one force in Atrpatakan. But 07Seb1    40:14 | his rule was in Ctesiphon, and all honoured him in unison 07Seb1    41:0 | accepts the council of Chalcedon and receives as a gift the 07Seb1    41:1 | When the blessed, pious, and late-lamented king Heraclius had 07Seb1    41:1 | gathered his army with ardent and happy heart. He set out 07Seb1    41:1 | retinue, honouring the holy, wonderful, and heavenly discovery, and brought it 07Seb1    41:1 | holy, wonderful, and heavenly discovery, and brought it to the holy 07Seb1    41:2 | was the sound of weeping and wailing; their tears flowed from 07Seb1    41:2 | the emotion of their hearts and from the rending of the 07Seb1    41:2 | the princes, all the troops, and the inhabitants of the city 07Seb1    41:3 | Lord’s chants from the fearful and agonizing emotion of the king 07Seb1    41:3 | agonizing emotion of the king and the whole multitude. He set 07Seb1    41:3 | back up in its place, and put all the vessels of 07Seb1    41:3 | the churches in their places, and distributed alms and money for 07Seb1    41:3 | their places, and distributed alms and money for incense to all 07Seb1    41:3 | incense to all the churches and inhabitants of the city 07Seb1    41:4 | in the time of Khosrov and Maurice. The Lord’s Cross remained 07Seb1    41:5 | Mzhēzh Gnuni came from Armenia, and took control of all the 07Seb1    41:5 | territory of the Greek borders, and to communicate with the emperor 07Seb1    41:5 | make for ourselves another Catholicos, and do you hold your authority 07Seb1    41:6 | the king’s hand, anathematizing Nestorius and all heretics; but it did 07Seb1    41:6 | of Asorestan, visited the king, and communicated with him 07Seb1    41:7 | of Kołb as a gift; and receiving this gift, he returned 07Seb1    41:7 | the general satisfied his wishes and established detachments of soldiers and 07Seb1    41:7 | and established detachments of soldiers and the distribution of stores over 07Seb1    41:9 | brother as darik’pet to go and winter at Dvin, and then 07Seb1    41:9 | go and winter at Dvin, and then arrest the aspet and 07Seb1    41:9 | and then arrest the aspet and bring him back 07Seb1    41:10 | gave him a strong warning and note: ’Look out for yourself 07Seb1    41:10 | the aspet, taking his wife and children, fled by night and 07Seb1    41:10 | and children, fled by night and travelled to Taron. Arriving there 07Seb1    41:10 | there, he gathered his troops and requested an oath from king 07Seb1    41:11 | king Heraclius swore to him and note: ’Remain with me a 07Seb1    41:11 | royal residences, cushions of silver, and very many treasures. And his 07Seb1    41:11 | silver, and very many treasures. And his son Smbat was dear 07Seb1    41:12 | the heart of his father and destroyed his splendid soul and 07Seb1    41:12 | and destroyed his splendid soul and the beauty of his face 07Seb1    41:12 | the beauty of his face, and was the cause of his 07Seb1    41:12 | cause of his own (destruction) and that of many. For he 07Seb1    41:12 | nephew of Heraclius called Magistros, and many of the magnates of 07Seb1    41:12 | the magnates of the city and Vahan Khorkhoṙuni. They all conspired 07Seb1    41:12 | all conspired to kill Heraclius and set his son Athalarikos on 07Seb1    41:13 | the murder of the king and his sons. Rather, he note 07Seb1    41:13 | to participate in that act, and I will not join with 07Seb1    41:14 | the next morning his son and nephew and all their fellow 07Seb1    41:14 | morning his son and nephew and all their fellow-conspirators be 07Seb1    41:14 | their fellow-conspirators be arrested and the nose and right hand 07Seb1    41:14 | be arrested and the nose and right hand of them all 07Seb1    41:14 | your acting thus towards me, and not wishing to lay your 07Seb1    41:14 | your hand on my life and that of my sons, I 07Seb1    41:15 | But go and stay where I shall command 07Seb1    41:15 | where I shall command you, and I shall have mercy upon 07Seb1    41:15 | them. But he ordered him and his wife and children to 07Seb1    41:15 | ordered him and his wife and children to be taken to 07Seb1    41:15 | be taken to an island and the city of constraint which 07Seb1    41:16 | Dawit’ Sahaṙuni, whom Mzhēzh arrested and sent to the palace. But 07Seb1    41:16 | way he cut his bonds and killed the men who were 07Seb1    41:16 | were escorting him. He returned and united under his command the 07Seb1    41:16 | the Greek general, he defeated and killed both him and Varaz 07Seb1    41:16 | defeated and killed both him and Varaz Gnel Gnuni. Then he 07Seb1    41:16 | the army with the agreement and support of all the troops 07Seb1    41:17 | him the title of curopalates, and confirmed him in his service 07Seb1    41:18 | But only the pious and valiant prince of the province 07Seb1    41:18 | his region in continuous readiness, and by constant attention day and 07Seb1    41:18 | and by constant attention day and night in accordance with his 07Seb1    42:0 | Ismaelites. The appearance of Mahmet and his uniting the Ismaelites. The 07Seb1    42:0 | first battle between the Greeks and Ismaelites in Arabia. Defeat of 07Seb1    42:0 | the Persians. Death of Heraclius and the reign of his son 07Seb1    42:0 | into Armenia. Capture of Dvin and captivity of [35,000] men from Dvin 07Seb1    42:1 | fulfilled: ’His hands on all, and the hands of all on 07Seb1    42:2 | clans of the Jews went and gathered at the city of 07Seb1    42:2 | army had departed from them and had left the city in 07Seb1    42:2 | peace, they shut the gate and fortified themselves within. They did 07Seb1    42:3 | of the city, they went and stood before him. Then he 07Seb1    42:3 | he ordered them to go and remain in each one’s habitation 07Seb1    42:3 | remain in each one’s habitation, and they departed. Taking desert roads 07Seb1    42:3 | summoned them to their aid and informed them of their blood 07Seb1    42:5 | to them as a preacher and the path of truth. He 07Seb1    42:5 | especially because he was learned and informed in the history of 07Seb1    42:6 | wine, not to speak falsely, and not to engage in fornication 07Seb1    42:6 | promised this land to Abraham and his seed after him forever 07Seb1    42:7 | And he brought about as he 07Seb1    42:7 | are the sons of Abraham, and God is accomplishing his promise 07Seb1    42:7 | accomplishing his promise to Abraham and his seed for you. Love 07Seb1    42:7 | only the God of Abraham, and go and seize your land 07Seb1    42:7 | God of Abraham, and go and seize your land which God 07Seb1    42:8 | Sur, which is opposite Egypt’; and they went from the desert 07Seb1    42:9 | Masē, K’ołdad, T’eman, Yetur, Nap’ēs and Kedmay. These are the tribes 07Seb1    42:9 | put them to the sword, and put to flight T’ēodos the 07Seb1    42:9 | emperor Heraclius. Then they returned and camped in Arabia 07Seb1    42:10 | the sons of Israel gathered and united together; they formed a 07Seb1    42:10 | Abraham as a hereditary possession and to his seed after him 07Seb1    42:11 | long enough. Abandon it peacefully and we shall not come into 07Seb1    42:12 | one of his trusted eunuchs, and ordered them to go to 07Seb1    42:13 | when they reached the Jordan and crossed into Arabia, they left 07Seb1    42:13 | camps on the river bank and went on foot to attack 07Seb1    42:13 | in ambush on either side, and arranged the multitude of their 07Seb1    42:13 | tethered them around the camp and their tents, and bound their 07Seb1    42:13 | the camp and their tents, and bound their feet with cords 07Seb1    42:14 | the fortification of the camp, and began to slaughter them. Unexpectedly 07Seb1    42:14 | rose up from their places and attacked them. Fear of the 07Seb1    42:14 | fell on the Greek army, and they turned in flight before 07Seb1    42:14 | in up to their shins; and there was great distress from 07Seb1    42:14 | the heat of the sun, and the enemy’s sword pursued them 07Seb1    42:15 | So, all the generals fell and were slain. The number of 07Seb1    42:15 | A few of them escaped and fled to a place of 07Seb1    42:16 | the Ismaelites) crossed the Jordan and camped at Jericho. Then dread 07Seb1    42:16 | the inhabitants of the land, and they all submitted to them 07Seb1    42:16 | in flight the Lord’s Cross and all the vessels of the 07Seb1    42:17 | One part went to Egypt and seized (the country) as far 07Seb1    42:18 | And in the twinkling of an 07Seb1    42:18 | of the great river Euphrates; and on the other side of 07Seb1    42:18 | the river (they occupied) Urha and all the cities of Mesopotamia 07Seb1    42:19 | was eclipsed at that time, and their army was divided into 07Seb1    42:19 | regions of the east, went and besieged Ctesiphon, because there the 07Seb1    42:19 | their general Ṙostom, [80,000] armed men, and marched to do battle with 07Seb1    42:19 | Then they left the city and crossed to the other side 07Seb1    42:20 | others also crossed the river and pursued them closely, but the 07Seb1    42:20 | latter pressed hard behind them, and they camped on the plain 07Seb1    42:20 | there with [3,000] fully-armed men; and prince Grigor, lord of Siwnik’ 07Seb1    42:21 | them, but they pursued them and put them to the sword 07Seb1    42:21 | the leading nobles were killed, and the general Ṙostom was also 07Seb1    42:21 | Musheł with his two nephews, and Grigor lord of Siwnik’ with 07Seb1    42:22 | gathered together in one place and installed Khoṙokhazat as their general 07Seb1    42:22 | the inhabitants of the cities, and their king, and made haste 07Seb1    42:22 | the cities, and their king, and made haste to bring them 07Seb1    42:22 | After they had set out and had gone some distance, unexpectedly 07Seb1    42:23 | Terrified, they abandoned the treasures and the inhabitants of the city 07Seb1    42:23 | the inhabitants of the city, and fled. Their king also fled 07Seb1    42:23 | fled. Their king also fled and took refuge with the army 07Seb1    42:23 | Ismaelites) took all the treasure and returned to Ctesiphon, taking also 07Seb1    42:23 | the inhabitants of the cities, and they ravaged the whole land 07Seb1    42:24 | had ordered to be exiled, and to restore them to each 07Seb1    42:25 | that he would bring him and his wife and children back 07Seb1    42:25 | bring him and his wife and children back, and establish him 07Seb1    42:25 | his wife and children back, and establish him in his former 07Seb1    42:25 | oath be false. Release him, and let him go in peace 07Seb1    42:26 | Heraclius died, and his son Constantine reigned. And 07Seb1    42:26 | and his son Constantine reigned. And no one was chosen as 07Seb1    42:26 | because the princes were disunited and had separated from each other 07Seb1    42:27 | of Taron; they seized it and Bznunik’ and Ałiovit. Continuing their 07Seb1    42:27 | they seized it and Bznunik’ and Ałiovit. Continuing their march to 07Seb1    42:27 | valley of Berkri through Ordspoy and Gogovit, they debouched in Ayrarat 07Seb1    42:27 | army - T’ēodoros Vahewuni, Khach’ean Aṙawełean, and Shapuh Amatuni 07Seb1    42:28 | They fled to Dvin, and on reaching the bridge of 07Seb1    42:29 | the whole land with raiding, and gathered very much booty and 07Seb1    42:29 | and gathered very much booty and many captives. They came and 07Seb1    42:29 | and many captives. They came and camped at the edge of 07Seb1    42:30 | By means of the smoke and the shooting of arrows they 07Seb1    42:30 | mounted the wall, entered inside, and opened the city gate 07Seb1    42:31 | The enemy army rushed within and put the multitude of the 07Seb1    42:31 | the city, they came out and camped in the same encampment 07Seb1    42:32 | in the province of Gogovit, and he attacked them with a 07Seb1    42:32 | was unable to resist them and fled before them. They pursued 07Seb1    42:32 | before them. They pursued him and slew most of them. Then 07Seb1    42:35 | as the great Taurus mountain, and from the western sea as 07Seb1    42:35 | sea as far as Media and Khuzhastan. Then they penetrated with 07Seb1    42:36 | The king commanded ships and many sailors to be gathered 07Seb1    42:36 | to Pars, Sakastan, Sind, Krman, ( and) the land of Kuran and 07Seb1    42:36 | and) the land of Kuran and Makuran as far as the 07Seb1    42:37 | the troops rapidly made preparations and carried out their orders. They 07Seb1    42:37 | They burned the whole land; and taking booty and plunder they 07Seb1    42:37 | whole land; and taking booty and plunder they returned. After making 07Seb1    43:0 | Concerning the Jews and their wicked plots 07Seb1    43:1 | they rebuilt it with base and construction as a place for 07Seb1    43:1 | expelled them from that place and called the same house of 07Seb1    43:2 | end to end with blood and to exterminate all the Christians 07Seb1    43:3 | to the place of prayer, and whose blood they had scattered 07Seb1    43:3 | had scattered on the walls and floor of the building. When 07Seb1    43:3 | man saw them, he stopped and said something to them. They 07Seb1    43:3 | They responded, passed by him, and departed 07Seb1    43:4 | he saw the wicked deed, and immediately turned back to seize 07Seb1    43:4 | find them, he kept silent and went home. Then many people 07Seb1    43:4 | people entered, saw the crime, and broke the news to the 07Seb1    43:4 | The prince gave an order, and they assembled all the Christians 07Seb1    43:5 | man came, stood before them and note: ’Why would you shed 07Seb1    43:5 | the Jews to be gathered, and I shall point out the 07Seb1    43:5 | he went into their midst and identified the three men who 07Seb1    44:0 | The death of Constantine and reign of Heraclius, son of 07Seb1    44:0 | wife. Valentinus comes to Constantinople and installs as king Constans, son 07Seb1    44:0 | of Constantine. War between Persians and Ismaelites in the province of 07Seb1    44:0 | in the province of Media, and defeat of the Persians. The 07Seb1    44:0 | Daniel. Wicked plot of Valentinus and his death. Return from exile 07Seb1    44:1 | T’umas seizes T’ēodoros by deceit, and sends him in bonds to 07Seb1    44:1 | to Constantinople. T’ēodoros is vindicated and returns to Armenia with the 07Seb1    44:1 | of Ismael into three sections and their invasion of Ayrarat, the 07Seb1    44:1 | the region of Sephakan gund, and Ałuank’ 07Seb1    44:2 | Heraclius his son Constantine reigned, and he appointed as general over 07Seb1    44:4 | he cut out her tongue and then killed her with her 07Seb1    44:4 | king Constans, son of Constantine, and called him Constantine after the 07Seb1    44:4 | he himself assembled his troops and went to the east 07Seb1    44:5 | Constans king of the Greeks, and in the tenth year of 07Seb1    44:5 | against them [40,000] armed with swords; and they joined battle with each 07Seb1    44:7 | whole land, they put man and beast to the sword. Capturing 07Seb1    44:8 | who set fire to sea and land? However, the blessed Daniel 07Seb1    44:8 | ’The thick wings were plucked, and it was exterminated from the 07Seb1    44:9 | the extermination of devilish idolatry: ’And it stood as on the 07Seb1    44:9 | the feet of a man, and the heart of a man 07Seb1    44:9 | man was given it.’ ’And behold the second beast was 07Seb1    44:9 | beast was like a bear, and it stood to one side’ 07Seb1    44:9 | kingdoms of the Persians, Medes and Parthians 07Seb1    44:10 | of a bird on it, and the beast had four heads 07Seb1    44:10 | kingdom of the north, Gog and Magog and their two companions 07Seb1    44:10 | the north, Gog and Magog and their two companions, to which 07Seb1    44:10 | ’The fourth beast was fearful and amazing, and its teeth were 07Seb1    44:10 | beast was fearful and amazing, and its teeth were of iron 07Seb1    44:10 | its teeth were of iron, and its claws of bronze. It 07Seb1    44:10 | claws of bronze. It ate and broke in pieces, and crushed 07Seb1    44:10 | ate and broke in pieces, and crushed the remnants under foot 07Seb1    44:11 | greater than all (other) kingdoms; and it will consume the whole 07Seb1    44:11 | consume the whole earth.’ ’And the ten horns, the ten 07Seb1    44:11 | the ten kings, shall arise. And after them will rise up 07Seb1    44:11 | than all the previous ones’; and what follows in order 07Seb1    44:12 | deceive the senate by sophistry and to elevate himself to royal 07Seb1    44:12 | the inhabitants of the city; and joining many other troops to 07Seb1    44:12 | of God around the patriarch, and told him to remove the 07Seb1    44:13 | Valentinus: ’What is this union and plot of theirs? How did 07Seb1    44:13 | me permission, I shall go and destroy their union and plot 07Seb1    44:13 | go and destroy their union and plot. And I shall chase 07Seb1    44:13 | destroy their union and plot. And I shall chase them off 07Seb1    44:13 | accomplished.’ He note: ’Go and do as you have proposed 07Seb1    44:13 | have proposed.’ He arose and went with a thousand men 07Seb1    44:14 | The patriarch stood up and note: ’It is inappropriate and 07Seb1    44:14 | and note: ’It is inappropriate and wrong to do such a 07Seb1    44:14 | place.’ Antoninus attacked him and struck him a blow on 07Seb1    44:14 | Then the crowd was aroused, and they fell on him. They 07Seb1    44:14 | the middle of the city and burned him with fire 07Seb1    44:15 | Valentinus was informed, and trembling gripped him. Immediately the 07Seb1    44:15 | the crowd descended on him, and dragging him out of his 07Seb1    44:15 | the throne of the kingdom; and they made general a certain 07Seb1    44:16 | God softened the king’s heart, and he ordered them to be 07Seb1    44:16 | as friends of the kingdom, and appointed his son Smbat as 07Seb1    44:16 | spat’ar among all the spat’ars and kandidat 07Seb1    44:17 | And then he reestablished him in 07Seb1    44:17 | Likewise (he promoted) Vahan Khorkhoṙuni and still others. He sent to 07Seb1    44:17 | the pact between the emperor and the prince of the Medes 07Seb1    44:17 | the prince of the Medes and made peace proposals to him 07Seb1    44:18 | received from him many gifts, and promised him with an oath 07Seb1    44:18 | suddenly they attacked him, seized and bound him, and had him 07Seb1    44:18 | him, seized and bound him, and had him taken before the 07Seb1    44:19 | be released from his bonds and that the writ of accusation 07Seb1    44:19 | him in a friendly way and with the honour due his 07Seb1    44:20 | appointed for him a stipend and sustenance from the treasury. Then 07Seb1    44:20 | Ṙshtunik’, on his own words, and justice was done in his 07Seb1    44:21 | Then the aspet and T’ēodoros, lord of Ṙshtunik’, met 07Seb1    44:21 | of Ṙshtunik’, met each other and shed tears on each other’s 07Seb1    44:23 | took three men with him, and on reaching the seashore showed 07Seb1    44:23 | permit. He boarded a ship and crossed the sea. Travelling rapidly 07Seb1    44:23 | bird he quickly reached Tayk’, and entrenched himself there, because the 07Seb1    44:24 | to secure all the roads and to search all the fortresses 07Seb1    44:24 | he had come to Armenia and entrenched himself in Tayk’ 07Seb1    44:25 | the princes of the army and the nobles of Armenia, ordered 07Seb1    44:25 | of prince of the country, and that his wife and children 07Seb1    44:25 | country, and that his wife and children be brought to him 07Seb1    44:26 | The Catholicos went and confirmed the oath with him 07Seb1    44:26 | anywhere else. Then he returned; and they wrote to king Constans 07Seb1    44:26 | follows; ’I am your servant, and I am not at all 07Seb1    44:26 | came”, therefore I was frightened and fled 07Seb1    44:27 | worthy, I shall serve loyally and live and die for your 07Seb1    44:27 | shall serve loyally and live and die for your Piety.’ 07Seb1    44:27 | him to be made curopalates and to be given a crown 07Seb1    44:27 | a crown of that rank and the rank of prince of 07Seb1    44:27 | of prince of the country. And he ordered his wife and 07Seb1    44:27 | And he ordered his wife and children to be sent with 07Seb1    44:27 | be sent with great èclat; and he had taken to him 07Seb1    44:28 | suddenly an illness struck him and he died. They took his 07Seb1    44:28 | died. They took his body and brought it for burial beside 07Seb1    44:28 | his ancestral position of tanutēr and aspet, and he made him 07Seb1    44:28 | position of tanutēr and aspet, and he made him drungar of 07Seb1    44:29 | from among his own relatives, and sent him to the camp 07Seb1    44:29 | to Armenia with great honour, and bestowed on him the same 07Seb1    44:29 | should so wish. He came and was reestablished in the same 07Seb1    44:30 | Ismaelite army came to Atrpatakan and split into three. One division 07Seb1    44:30 | the region of Sephakan gund, and one division to Ałuank’. Now 07Seb1    44:30 | entire region with the sword, and took plunder and captives. They 07Seb1    44:30 | the sword, and took plunder and captives. They gathered in Herewan 07Seb1    44:30 | captives. They gathered in Herewan and attacked the fortress, but were 07Seb1    44:31 | They came to Ordspu, and it too they were unable 07Seb1    44:31 | to take. They left there and camped in Artsap’k’, facing the 07Seb1    44:32 | they followed the same path and entered the fortress. They held 07Seb1    44:32 | the place while they slept, and slew them 07Seb1    45:0 | T’ēodoros Ṙshtuni smites the Ismaelites, and releases the booty and captives 07Seb1    45:0 | Ismaelites, and releases the booty and captives which they had taken 07Seb1    45:0 | the borders of Tayk’, Iberia, and Ałuank’. Naval battle by Constantinople 07Seb1    45:0 | Ałuank’. Naval battle by Constantinople and disastrous defeat of the Ismaelites 07Seb1    45:1 | one end to the other, and put them to the sword 07Seb1    45:1 | the sword. Many jumped down and were killed. They brought the 07Seb1    45:1 | killed. They brought the women and children down from the fortress 07Seb1    45:1 | captives could not be counted, and there were very many cattle 07Seb1    45:2 | of all the Ismaelite troops, and none survived save a few 07Seb1    45:2 | few who escaped on foot and found safety in the fen 07Seb1    45:2 | the hands of the Ismaelites, and he crushed Ismael with a 07Seb1    45:2 | of Ismael were killed, Ot’man and Ogbay, and it was a 07Seb1    45:2 | were killed, Ot’man and Ogbay, and it was a great victory 07Seb1    45:3 | the king received them, he and all the palace were very 07Seb1    45:3 | the palace were very happy, and he returned great thanks 07Seb1    45:4 | as far as Tayk’, Iberia, and Ałuank’, taking booty and prisoners 07Seb1    45:4 | Iberia, and Ałuank’, taking booty and prisoners. It moved on to 07Seb1    45:4 | its garrison) with the sword, and they took captive the women 07Seb1    45:4 | they took captive the women and children 07Seb1    45:5 | prepared. He boarded a ship and undertook an attack on Constantinople 07Seb1    45:5 | army opposed him with ships and destroyed them on the high 07Seb1    45:5 | They repelled many by fire, and drove off many in flight 07Seb1    45:6 | However, king Constans was terrified, and he reckoned it better to 07Seb1    45:6 | it better to give tribute and make peace through ambassadors, and 07Seb1    45:6 | and make peace through ambassadors, and bide his time that perchance 07Seb1    45:6 | might look on the earth and have mercy on them. He 07Seb1    45:6 | parley for peace through ambassadors, and the Ismaelites encouraged the Greeks 07Seb1    45:7 | prince of the Ismaelite army, and conclude the terms of the 07Seb1    45:7 | Procopius saw the royal command and had heard the opinion of 07Seb1    45:7 | indicated the amount of tribute and discussed the border. He received 07Seb1    45:7 | border. He received the treaty and departed 07Seb1    45:9 | a channel) of the river, and put to cultivation all the 07Seb1    45:9 | rough ground. He planted vines and trees, and surrounded his residence 07Seb1    45:9 | He planted vines and trees, and surrounded his residence with a 07Seb1    45:10 | in communion in the body and blood of the Lord 07Seb1    45:11 | to Constans, the Greek king and to the patriarch: ’We are 07Seb1    45:11 | reckon the council of Chalcedon and the Tome of Leo to 07Seb1    45:11 | an insult to Jesus Christ, and they anathematize them.’ Then 07Seb1    45:11 | the patriarch, gave a command, and they wrote an edict to 07Seb1    45:11 | union of faith with Rome and should not scorn the council 07Seb1    45:11 | should not scorn the council and that Tome 07Seb1    45:12 | their opposition. All the bishops and nobles of Armenia gathered at 07Seb1    45:12 | the Christ-loving Catholicos Nersēs and the pious Armenian general T’ēodoros 07Seb1    45:13 | They saw the king’s orders and heard the arguments of the 07Seb1    46:0 | Romans, which the Armenian bishops and Catholicos Nersēs wrote, with the 07Seb1    46:0 | Nersēs wrote, with the nobles and the general T’ēodoros, lord of 07Seb1    46:1 | The true and orthodox Letter of Nicaea 07Seb1    46:3 | commandment from the inspired prophets and Christ’s apostles to pray with 07Seb1    46:3 | supplications for your pious rule, and for all the princes and 07Seb1    46:3 | and for all the princes and troops, and especially all your 07Seb1    46:3 | all the princes and troops, and especially all your divinely protected 07Seb1    46:3 | love of God has reposed and the grace of the divine 07Seb1    46:4 | behold, that kingdom is greater and more powerful than all kingdoms 07Seb1    46:4 | grace of God, the nobles and the Christ-loving army. We 07Seb1    46:4 | the midst of the evil and impious kings of Persia 07Seb1    46:5 | when they removed the kingdom and destroyed all the army of 07Seb1    46:5 | of the land of Armenia, and took into captivity men and 07Seb1    46:5 | and took into captivity men and women, laying their bright sword 07Seb1    46:6 | Eventually Kawat and his son Khosrov commanded: ’Let 07Seb1    46:6 | each hold his own faith, and let no one oppress the 07Seb1    46:7 | the regions of the East and of Asorestan to gather at 07Seb1    46:7 | gather at the royal court, and he note: ’I hear that 07Seb1    46:7 | two sides to the Christians, and the one excommunicates the other 07Seb1    46:8 | may confirm what is orthodox and reject what is erroneous.’ 07Seb1    46:8 | erroneous.’ All the bishops and priests and all the believers 07Seb1    46:8 | All the bishops and priests and all the believers of those 07Seb1    46:8 | believers of those regions assembled; and he appointed over them as 07Seb1    46:8 | Smbat Bagratuni, called Khosrov Shum, and the royal chief-doctor 07Seb1    46:9 | Zak’arias the patriarch of Jerusalem, and many other philosophers whom he 07Seb1    46:9 | to elucidate (the matter) justly, and to inform the king of 07Seb1    46:10 | gathered in the royal hall, and there was an outcry. For 07Seb1    46:10 | in faith by the record and seal of the old kings 07Seb1    46:10 | kings; while others were Nestorians, and many others of a profusion 07Seb1    46:10 | the chief-rabbi came forward and note: ’Let that man not 07Seb1    46:10 | not be called God.’ And they reported his words to 07Seb1    46:11 | The king responded and note: ’By whose command did 07Seb1    46:11 | place? Let him be beaten and depart.’ Likewise, he ordered 07Seb1    46:11 | councils of) Nicaea, Constantinople, Ephesus, and Chalcedon should be examined 07Seb1    46:12 | Komitas, bishop of the Mamikonēik’, and Matt’ēos of the Amatunik’. They 07Seb1    46:13 | time of Theodosius the Less; and that of Chalcedon in the 07Seb1    46:13 | Martine.’ The king responded and note: ’The commands of three 07Seb1    46:14 | concerning Nestorius, who he was and whence, and at which council 07Seb1    46:14 | who he was and whence, and at which council, and what 07Seb1    46:14 | whence, and at which council, and what he had said, he 07Seb1    46:14 | They informed him about everything, and note: ’At Nicaea and Constantinople 07Seb1    46:14 | everything, and note: ’At Nicaea and Constantinople the kings Constantine and 07Seb1    46:14 | and Constantinople the kings Constantine and Theodosius the Great themselves; but 07Seb1    46:14 | Ephesus, Cyril bishop of Alexandria; and at Chalcedon the bishop Theodoret 07Seb1    46:15 | were the Catholicos called Eran and other bishops from Asorestan, Aruastan 07Seb1    46:15 | bishops from Asorestan, Aruastan, Khuzhastan, and other lands; for which reason 07Seb1    46:15 | them all to be demolished and that they should be put 07Seb1    46:15 | they would abandon their error and follow the royal path 07Seb1    46:16 | included Viroy, Catholicos of Ałuank’, and many other bishops from Greek 07Seb1    46:16 | other bishops from Greek territory’, and the princes who had submitted 07Seb1    46:16 | a disputation to be held, and requested an account from both 07Seb1    46:16 | Ephesus under Theodosius the Less, and Chalcedon under Marcian, and that 07Seb1    46:16 | Less, and Chalcedon under Marcian, and that everything should be investigated 07Seb1    46:16 | that everything should be investigated and made intelligible 07Seb1    46:17 | When he knew everything reliably and had truly understood, he questioned 07Seb1    46:17 | must divide ourself into two and say two kings, not one 07Seb1    46:18 | natures - whether from my father and mother, or from soul and 07Seb1    46:18 | and mother, or from soul and body. But the Godhead, if 07Seb1    46:18 | is not in every place and cannot be or cause whatever 07Seb1    46:19 | Zak’arias, the patriarch of Jerusalem, and the philosopher from the city 07Seb1    46:20 | were (the councils) of Constantinople and Ephesus. In conformity with these 07Seb1    46:21 | the ring of king Kawat and his son Khosrov, and they 07Seb1    46:21 | Kawat and his son Khosrov, and they realized the conformity with 07Seb1    46:22 | Asorestan were Kamyishov the metropolitan and ten other bishops, and the 07Seb1    46:22 | metropolitan and ten other bishops, and the pious queen Shirin, and 07Seb1    46:22 | and the pious queen Shirin, and the valiant Smbat, and the 07Seb1    46:22 | Shirin, and the valiant Smbat, and the great chief-doctor. Then 07Seb1    46:22 | sealed with his own ring and deposited in the royal treasury 07Seb1    46:23 | to the empire of darkness’, and made us worthy of the 07Seb1    46:23 | Christ God for your pious and God-loving rule that it 07Seb1    46:23 | over the whole universe, sea and land. Although you are in 07Seb1    46:24 | And the light of the glory 07Seb1    46:24 | the divinely gracious, the valiant and victorious, the blessed saviour Heraclius 07Seb1    46:25 | the unity of the faith, and the statement of profession of 07Seb1    46:25 | saw it we offered obeisance and with great joy glorified Christ 07Seb1    46:25 | with great joy glorified Christ and blessed his beneficence. Now in 07Seb1    46:25 | the beginning was the Word, and the word was with God 07Seb1    46:25 | the word was with God, and the Word was God.’ 07Seb1    46:26 | And the same again in his 07Seb1    46:26 | eyewitnesses, on whom we looked; and our hands touched the word 07Seb1    46:26 | the word became flesh.’ ’And the life was revealed; and 07Seb1    46:26 | ’And the life was revealed; and we saw and bear witness 07Seb1    46:26 | was revealed; and we saw and bear witness and describe for 07Seb1    46:26 | we saw and bear witness and describe for you the eternal 07Seb1    46:26 | which was with the Father and appeared to us.’ 07Seb1    46:27 | one has seen God.’ And Paul says: ’Whom none of 07Seb1    46:27 | ’We were indeed eye-witnesses’, and: ’On whom we looked; and 07Seb1    46:27 | and: ’On whom we looked; and our hands touched the word 07Seb1    46:27 | touched the word of life’, and: ’Who was with the Father 07Seb1    46:27 | ’Who was with the Father and appeared to us’? This is 07Seb1    46:27 | yet this is very humble and benevolent with regard to human 07Seb1    46:28 | ’Me’, he said, as one, and not ’us’, as two. There 07Seb1    46:28 | possesses immortality, dwelling in awesome and unapproachable light’. Whereas here (he 07Seb1    46:28 | he speaks) about the humanity and the divinity, because the invisible 07Seb1    46:28 | was) the divine paternal nature and the human maternal nature 07Seb1    46:29 | One form was begotten, God and man, like a lamp. (Paul 07Seb1    46:29 | declares: ’There is one God, and one mediator between God and 07Seb1    46:29 | and one mediator between God and mankind.’ ’Now there is 07Seb1    46:29 | by the union of Abraham and Sarah Isaac was born. So 07Seb1    46:29 | born from the holy Spirit and Mary, one nature by a 07Seb1    46:29 | one nature by a distinct and unconfused union, ineffable according to 07Seb1    46:29 | to God from the Father, and because her virginity was not 07Seb1    46:30 | Jesus Christ is one, God and man. The life hung on 07Seb1    46:30 | he who came with fire and Spirit and blood, Jesus Christ 07Seb1    46:30 | came with fire and Spirit and blood, Jesus Christ. Not only 07Seb1    46:30 | with water, but with blood and water. And it is the 07Seb1    46:30 | but with blood and water. And it is the Spirit which 07Seb1    46:31 | the three which testify: Spirit and water and blood. And the 07Seb1    46:31 | which testify: Spirit and water and blood. And the three are 07Seb1    46:31 | Spirit and water and blood. And the three are one. (Even 07Seb1    46:31 | the Son) into two natures and two persons and two minds 07Seb1    46:31 | two natures and two persons and two minds. But by saying 07Seb1    46:31 | minds. But by saying ’he’ and ’him’ he made the unity 07Seb1    46:32 | demonstrates by saying: ’The Spirit and the water and the blood 07Seb1    46:32 | ’The Spirit and the water and the blood, and the three 07Seb1    46:32 | the water and the blood, and the three are one.’ 07Seb1    46:32 | the three are one.’ And elsewhere he says: ’The blood 07Seb1    46:32 | Christ is Son of God and of man, and the two 07Seb1    46:32 | of God and of man, and the two together (are) one 07Seb1    46:33 | that the Godhead is incorporeal and immortal is clear to all 07Seb1    46:33 | is more filled with wonder and beneficence, a marvel and sign 07Seb1    46:33 | wonder and beneficence, a marvel and sign of great love for 07Seb1    46:33 | the incorporeal was made incarnate, and the invisible was seen, the 07Seb1    46:33 | became a son of man and joined his humanity to the 07Seb1    46:34 | ’as far as to death and the death of the Cross’ 07Seb1    46:34 | us all handed him over’. And again: ’If they had known 07Seb1    46:34 | for the sake of sin; and he condemned sin in the 07Seb1    46:35 | they tortured, some they stoned, and some they slew. Then he 07Seb1    46:36 | come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours 07Seb1    46:36 | the inheritance will be ours.” And casting him out of the 07Seb1    46:36 | he is) both the word and the flesh, and the flesh 07Seb1    46:36 | the word and the flesh, and the flesh of the word 07Seb1    46:36 | the beginning were eye-witnesses and servants of the word, taught 07Seb1    46:37 | And they in turn transmitted the 07Seb1    46:37 | the same to their disciples, and furthermore confirmed that same tradition 07Seb1    46:37 | the episcopate: like Justin, Enanklitos, and Clement in Rome; Ananias in 07Seb1    46:37 | Dionysius the Areopagite in Athens; and the other Dionysius in Corinth 07Seb1    46:37 | the other Dionysius in Corinth; and the other Timothy in Ephesus 07Seb1    46:37 | the other Timothy in Ephesus; and Titus in Crete; and Polycarp 07Seb1    46:37 | Ephesus; and Titus in Crete; and Polycarp in Smyrna of Asia 07Seb1    46:37 | Polycarp in Smyrna of Asia; and Euodia, that is Peter, in 07Seb1    46:37 | that is Peter, in Antioch; and Irenaeus of Gaul, disciple of 07Seb1    46:38 | numberless multitude of wonderful bishops and priests and inspired orators, philosophers 07Seb1    46:38 | of wonderful bishops and priests and inspired orators, philosophers, and admirable 07Seb1    46:38 | priests and inspired orators, philosophers, and admirable clergy of the church 07Seb1    46:39 | the faith) from the apostles and confirmed the same at Nicaea 07Seb1    46:39 | everything was created in heaven and on earth; who for our 07Seb1    46:39 | earth; who for our sake and for our salvation was made 07Seb1    46:39 | Gregory learned from his predecessors and taught to us: ’Who believed 07Seb1    46:39 | he made known his divinity; and those who stumbled because of 07Seb1    46:40 | was incarnate in one nature, and he joined and united this 07Seb1    46:40 | one nature, and he joined and united this humanity with his 07Seb1    46:41 | Gregory, who instructed king Trdat and the princes of Armenia almost 07Seb1    46:41 | where St Grigorios was raised and educated, who indeed ordained him 07Seb1    46:42 | was confirmed, when) the holy and true fathers assembled at Nicaea 07Seb1    46:42 | the God-loving king Constantine; and they removed all the raving 07Seb1    46:42 | raving of the impious sect and sowed the true faith throughout 07Seb1    46:42 | faith from the holy council and the great king Constantine, which 07Seb1    46:42 | king Constantine, which he brought and presented to the Christ-loving 07Seb1    46:42 | the Christ-loving king Trdat and the holy patriarch Gregory, together 07Seb1    46:43 | On this we stand firm, and we reckon the same sufficient 07Seb1    46:44 | when king Trdat made ready and took with him the holy 07Seb1    46:44 | him the holy bishop Grigorios, and his son bishop Ṙstakēs, and 07Seb1    46:44 | and his son bishop Ṙstakēs, and on the military side the 07Seb1    46:44 | senior-ranking of his palace, and with [70,000] men, elite leaders from 07Seb1    46:44 | presented St. Gregory to Constantine; and he prostrated himself at the 07Seb1    46:45 | in the Lord Jesus Christ. And with an oath the two 07Seb1    46:46 | recognize other councils held elsewhere. And we consider as follows: that 07Seb1    46:46 | faith from the blessed Constantine and the council of Nicaea. Let 07Seb1    46:46 | who excelled in philosophical skill and comprehended the divine vision, have 07Seb1    46:47 | Our holy and true Catholicos Gregory, raised and 07Seb1    46:47 | and true Catholicos Gregory, raised and educated in Caesarea of Cappadocia 07Seb1    46:47 | Dionysius, Victor, bishops of Rome, and Dionysius of Alexandria, Peter the 07Seb1    46:47 | Nyssa the brother of Basil, and numberless other pastors of orthodoxy 07Seb1    46:48 | of piety have often attacked and ruined our land, just as 07Seb1    46:48 | did they exterminate the testaments and vardapets of the church. Now 07Seb1    46:48 | the church. Now our testaments and vardapets are no more. We 07Seb1    46:48 | We are ignorant of books and literature. But in so far 07Seb1    46:48 | of St Gregory, promptly assented. And in the following way the 07Seb1    46:50 | almighty Father, creator of heaven and earth, of things visible and 07Seb1    46:50 | and earth, of things visible and invisible. And in one Lord 07Seb1    46:50 | of things visible and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ 07Seb1    46:50 | God from true God, born and not created. The same nature 07Seb1    46:50 | Father, through whom everything visible and invisible was made in heaven 07Seb1    46:50 | invisible was made in heaven and earth 07Seb1    46:51 | the sake of us men and for our salvation, descended, was 07Seb1    46:51 | holy Spirit. He took soul and body and mind and everything 07Seb1    46:51 | He took soul and body and mind and everything which pertains 07Seb1    46:51 | soul and body and mind and everything which pertains to man 07Seb1    46:51 | which pertains to man, truly and not seemingly 07Seb1    46:52 | that is, crucified, was buried and rose on the third day 07Seb1    46:52 | come with the same body and in the glory of the 07Seb1    46:52 | Father to judge the living and the dead, of whose kingdom 07Seb1    46:52 | in the holy Spirit, uncreated and perfect, who spoke in the 07Seb1    46:52 | who spoke in the law and the prophets and the gospels 07Seb1    46:52 | the law and the prophets and the gospels, who descended to 07Seb1    46:52 | Jordan, preached in the apostles, and dwelt in the saints 07Seb1    46:53 | in one baptism, in repentance and forgiveness of sins, in the 07Seb1    46:53 | the eternal judgment of souls and bodies, in the kingdom of 07Seb1    46:53 | in the kingdom of heaven and in the life everlasting 07Seb1    46:55 | eternity, worshipping the holy Trinity and the consubstantial divinity of Father 07Seb1    46:55 | the consubstantial divinity of Father and Son and holy Spirit, now 07Seb1    46:55 | divinity of Father and Son and holy Spirit, now and always 07Seb1    46:55 | Son and holy Spirit, now and always and for ages of 07Seb1    46:55 | holy Spirit, now and always and for ages of ages. Amen 07Seb1    46:56 | they were summoned to Rome and met king Constantine; and they 07Seb1    46:56 | Rome and met king Constantine; and they taught him the true 07Seb1    46:56 | taught him the true faith, and by (their) testimony confirmed the 07Seb1    46:57 | of the giver of life and our Saviour Jesus Christ, Diocletian 07Seb1    46:57 | up persecution against the Christians and destroyed all the churches in 07Seb1    46:57 | of his life Constantius died, and his son Constantine reigned in 07Seb1    46:57 | son Constantine reigned in Gaul and Spain. He was a true 07Seb1    46:58 | He confronted Maximianos and Maximintos his son, and Likianos 07Seb1    46:58 | Maximianos and Maximintos his son, and Likianos and Markianos, and defeated 07Seb1    46:58 | Maximintos his son, and Likianos and Markianos, and defeated and slew 07Seb1    46:58 | son, and Likianos and Markianos, and defeated and slew them. For 07Seb1    46:58 | Likianos and Markianos, and defeated and slew them. For he believed 07Seb1    46:58 | one God lord of all, and in his son Jesus Christ 07Seb1    46:58 | in his son Jesus Christ; and he knew that he gave 07Seb1    46:58 | the Christians to build churches and to clear the places where 07Seb1    46:58 | where martyrs had been laid; and he treated the Christians with 07Seb1    46:59 | of Nicaea, so the bishops and many holy men convened. They 07Seb1    46:59 | brought them into the palace. And while they were gathered together 07Seb1    46:59 | he came into their midst and confessed: ’I am a Christian 07Seb1    46:59 | confessed: ’I am a Christian and a servant of the Lord 07Seb1    46:59 | of the Lord God omnipotent, and of Jesus Christ his beloved 07Seb1    46:59 | Constantine. They examined the scriptures, and wrote down the true faith 07Seb1    46:60 | Nero until the blessed Constantine, and from Constantine to king Marcian 07Seb1    46:60 | Constantinople, Antioch, Caesarea, Athens, Cilicia, and altogether all the vardapets of 07Seb1    46:61 | the Cross of his son, and did not reckon it a 07Seb1    46:61 | the Lord ’chariot of God’, and once ’Mount Sinai’, and once 07Seb1    46:61 | God’, and once ’Mount Sinai’, and once ’height of heaven’ 07Seb1    46:62 | of God, thousands of drivers, and the Lord among them in 07Seb1    46:62 | He ascended to the heights and took captivity captive.’ Furthermore 07Seb1    46:62 | of God, thousands of drivers, and the Lord among them’, because 07Seb1    46:62 | myriad-fold is the power and glory of the Cross of 07Seb1    46:62 | up the creator of heaven and earth 07Seb1    46:63 | And thousands of Jews erected it 07Seb1    46:63 | thousands of Jews erected it. ’And the Lord among them in 07Seb1    46:63 | to the myriad-fold power and glory of the Cross, whereby 07Seb1    46:63 | of God: ’Holy God, holy and powerful, holy and immortal, who 07Seb1    46:63 | God, holy and powerful, holy and immortal, who was crucified for 07Seb1    46:64 | have universal canons for rites and sacraments for men and women 07Seb1    46:64 | rites and sacraments for men and women, that those who have 07Seb1    46:64 | saying: ’Marriage is altogether honourable, and beds are pure.’ 07Seb1    46:65 | if one is a virgin and the other (married) for the 07Seb1    46:65 | repent together for three years, and then to participate in the 07Seb1    46:65 | to the saying: ’Who eats and drinks unworthily, eats and drinks 07Seb1    46:65 | eats and drinks unworthily, eats and drinks judgment for himself, because 07Seb1    46:66 | And the divine voice proclaims: ’Not 07Seb1    46:67 | see that among the old and early philosophers fornication was considered 07Seb1    46:67 | fornication was considered very impure and loathsome. For Solon the Athenian 07Seb1    46:67 | Athenians: to refrain from fornication, and not to accept a bastard 07Seb1    46:67 | Lacedaemonians: to refrain from fornication, and not to bury a bastard 07Seb1    46:71 | be right for the impure and unclean among us earthly (creatures 07Seb1    46:71 | one not be forbidden entrance, and would one not be expelled 07Seb1    46:71 | would one not be expelled and flee 07Seb1    46:72 | to approach the living fire and taste of the royal and 07Seb1    46:72 | and taste of the royal and heavenly table. But would one 07Seb1    46:72 | would one not be expelled and cast out, in accordance with 07Seb1    46:73 | this faith) from St. Gregory and the God-loving kings Constantine 07Seb1    46:73 | the God-loving kings Constantine and Trdat; and afterwards the light 07Seb1    46:73 | loving kings Constantine and Trdat; and afterwards the light of Nicaea 07Seb1    46:73 | same tradition we stand firm, and we shall not deviate from 07Seb1    46:74 | said, they defined as holy and true the council convened in 07Seb1    46:75 | after the union of Word and body; and they professed the 07Seb1    46:75 | union of Word and body; and they professed the Trinity a 07Seb1    46:76 | they established their own enormity and note: One Lord Jesus Christ 07Seb1    46:76 | natures was more soundly preserved. And uniting them both into one 07Seb1    46:77 | They said it is unworthy and impossible to consider God becoming 07Seb1    46:77 | to consider God becoming man and being born of a woman 07Seb1    46:77 | being born of a woman, and enduring all human passions, and 07Seb1    46:77 | and enduring all human passions, and being nailed to the cross 07Seb1    46:77 | being nailed to the cross and dying 07Seb1    46:78 | to conceive without a man, and uncorrupted to bring forth God 07Seb1    46:78 | bring forth God made man. And it would be impossible for 07Seb1    46:78 | five thousand from five loaves, and to change water into wine 07Seb1    46:78 | to change water into wine, and to open the eyes of 07Seb1    46:78 | of the blind with spittle, and to walk on the water 07Seb1    46:78 | to walk on the water, and to cast out the demons 07Seb1    46:78 | to cast out the demons, and to raise the dead, and 07Seb1    46:78 | and to raise the dead, and so on. But we and 07Seb1    46:78 | and so on. But we and all who confess the right 07Seb1    46:79 | after the union we condemn and anathematize in accordance with the 07Seb1    46:79 | that God is truly Emmanuel, and for that reason the Virgin 07Seb1    46:80 | in the body by nature, and one Christ the same with 07Seb1    46:80 | same with the body God and at the same time man 07Seb1    46:80 | two persons after the union, and merely speak of proximity and 07Seb1    46:80 | and merely speak of proximity and adherence, as if he gained 07Seb1    46:80 | by honour or by nobility, and not unity by nature, let 07Seb1    46:81 | may see your good works and glorify your Father who is 07Seb1    46:82 | in writing your God-loving and pious majesty of the definition 07Seb1    46:83 | the good from God worthily, and to bless your God-loving 07Seb1    46:83 | to bless your God-loving and beneficent lordship, so that you 07Seb1    46:83 | over all the earth, sea and land, very victoriously 07Seb1    47:1 | veil of the old south and the blowing on us of 07Seb1    47:1 | we sinned against the Lord and we angered the Holy One 07Seb1    47:2 | the mother of all nations, and its kingdom is the kingdom 07Seb1    47:3 | of these are the Indians, and in that direction the nations 07Seb1    47:3 | of Abraham born from Hagar and K’etura: Ismaēl, Amram, Madan, Madiam 07Seb1    47:3 | Madan, Madiam, Yek’san, Yesbok, Melisawē; and the sons of Lot, Amon 07Seb1    47:3 | the sons of Lot, Amon and Moab; and the sons of 07Seb1    47:3 | of Lot, Amon and Moab; and the sons of Esau, that 07Seb1    47:3 | of Esau, that is Edom; and still more who were to 07Seb1    47:3 | of these, from the great and fearsome desert where Movsēs and 07Seb1    47:3 | and fearsome desert where Movsēs and the sons of Israel dwelt 07Seb1    47:4 | ’ That is the great and fearsome desert whence the tempest 07Seb1    47:4 | nations emerged in a storm and occupied all the land, trampled 07Seb1    47:4 | occupied all the land, trampled and smote it 07Seb1    47:6 | disorder of the Roman empire, and the disasters of the slaughter 07Seb1    47:6 | civil war was never free, and the flowing of the blood 07Seb1    47:6 | the slaughter of prominent men and counsellors in the kingdom who 07Seb1    47:7 | slew all the leading men; and there did not remain in 07Seb1    47:7 | the inhabitants of the country and the princes in the kingdom 07Seb1    47:7 | They also killed Georg Magistros, and Manuēl, the virtuous man who 07Seb1    47:9 | the army in that region and dear to all the troops 07Seb1    47:9 | army of the Thracian princes; and Manuēl exercised in Constantinople the 07Seb1    47:10 | The king did not openly and with authority summon the Magistros 07Seb1    47:10 | to himself the aspet Smbat and made him swear on the 07Seb1    47:10 | for peace with the Magistros and bring him by a ruse 07Seb1    47:11 | the princes of the army, and passed on the royal command 07Seb1    47:11 | on the royal command. They and all the army, since they 07Seb1    47:11 | the Magistros) into their (Smbat and his party’s) hands. Having seized 07Seb1    47:11 | seized him, they bound him and brought him before the king 07Seb1    47:12 | But the king pardoned him; and removing him from their clutches 07Seb1    48:0 | Armenian princes come to him and demonstrate their loyalty 07Seb1    48:1 | in the land of Persia and of Khuzhastan marched eastwards to 07Seb1    48:2 | the boundaries of the K’ushans and slew all his troops. He 07Seb1    48:2 | all his troops. He fled and sought refuge among the troops 07Seb1    48:2 | the east to their king and, having rebelled, had fortified himself 07Seb1    48:2 | an oath from the Ismaelites and went into the desert in 07Seb1    48:3 | of the T’etalk’ seized Yazkert and slew him; he had governed 07Seb1    48:3 | the rule of the Persians and of the race of Sasan 07Seb1    48:4 | the success of this victory and that the Persian kingdom had 07Seb1    48:4 | to conduct war by sea and land in order to efface 07Seb1    48:5 | same year the Armenians rebelled and removed themselves from (allegiance to 07Seb1    48:5 | allegiance to) the Greek kingdom and submitted to the king of 07Seb1    48:5 | made a pact with death and contracted an alliance with hell 07Seb1    48:6 | of Ismael spoke with them and note: ’Let this be the 07Seb1    48:6 | of my treaty between me and you for as many years 07Seb1    48:6 | keep in your country [15,000] cavalry, and provide sustenance from your country 07Seb1    48:6 | provide sustenance from your country; and I shall reckon it in 07Seb1    48:7 | enemy shall not enter Armenia; and if the Romans attack you 07Seb1    48:7 | the emperor wrote many intercessions and supplications to them and summoned 07Seb1    48:7 | intercessions and supplications to them and summoned them to himself, they 07Seb1    48:8 | ’I am coming to you, and I shall give you a 07Seb1    48:8 | you a subsidy as assistance; and we shall decide together what 07Seb1    48:9 | The complaint and murmuring of all the Roman 07Seb1    48:9 | concerning the lord of Ṙshtunik’ and the Armenians reached the king 07Seb1    48:9 | brought them upon us unexpectedly and caused them to defeat us 07Seb1    48:9 | let us go to Armenia and investigate our affairs.’ 07Seb1    48:10 | wishes. He took his army and went to Armenia with [100,000] (troops 07Seb1    48:10 | some Ismaelite men met him and presented to him a letter 07Seb1    48:10 | go, I shall attack you, and I shall ensure that you 07Seb1    48:11 | responded: ’That land is mine, and I am going there. If 07Seb1    48:11 | judge.’ He left there and came to the city of 07Seb1    48:11 | the [12th] year of his reign and the [20th] year of the rule 07Seb1    48:12 | a few days. The princes and troops of the so-called 07Seb1    48:12 | called Fourth Armenia presented themselves, and also all the other troops 07Seb1    48:12 | also all the other troops and princes who had left the 07Seb1    48:12 | from the province of Ekełeats’, and all the troops of those 07Seb1    48:12 | the troops of those places, and the men of Karin, and 07Seb1    48:12 | and the men of Karin, and Tayk’, and Basean 07Seb1    48:12 | men of Karin, and Tayk’, and Basean 07Seb1    48:13 | men of Shirak, the Khorkhoṙunik’, and the men of the house 07Seb1    48:13 | Musheł Mamikonean with his clansmen and certain other princes, and the 07Seb1    48:13 | clansmen and certain other princes, and the army from the region 07Seb1    48:13 | Varazhnunik’, the Gnt’unik’, the Spandunik’, and others with them 07Seb1    48:14 | to the king the intention and plan for rebellion of the 07Seb1    48:14 | of the lord of Ṙshtunik’, and the frequent coming and going 07Seb1    48:14 | Ṙshtunik’, and the frequent coming and going to him of the 07Seb1    48:14 | of Ismael. Then the king and all his army cursed the 07Seb1    48:14 | the title of his authority, and sent another person to replace 07Seb1    48:15 | they reached him, he arrested and bound them, and had (some 07Seb1    48:15 | he arrested and bound them, and had (some) taken to the 07Seb1    48:15 | to the fortress of Bałēsh and others to the islands of 07Seb1    48:15 | to the island of Ałt’amar: and he commanded the troops of 07Seb1    48:16 | as allies the Iberians, Ałuank’, and Siwnik’, who in accordance with 07Seb1    48:16 | went to their respective countries and fortified themselves there. But T’ēodoros 07Seb1    48:16 | the lord of the Ṙshtunik’, and Varaz Nersēh of Dashtkar, took 07Seb1    48:16 | Dashtkar, took up positions outside. And they seized the treasures, for 07Seb1    48:16 | the church, of the princes, and of the merchants 07Seb1    48:17 | army to engage in plunder and go to winter in Armenia 07Seb1    48:17 | the country. Then the Catholicos and Musheł with all the Armenian 07Seb1    48:17 | princes fell on their faces, and with great supplications and tearful 07Seb1    48:17 | faces, and with great supplications and tearful entreaties requested mercy, lest 07Seb1    48:17 | trespasses he be totally angered and ruin the country 07Seb1    48:18 | The king heeded their entreaties and sent away the larger part 07Seb1    48:18 | prince of the Armenian cavalry, and sent him to the region 07Seb1    48:18 | his troops to Iberia, Ałuank’, and Siwnik’ to separate them from 07Seb1    48:19 | from both the mountain side and the plain. Although the Iberians 07Seb1    48:19 | later they capitulated; but Ałuank’ and Siwnik’ and Sephakan Gund did 07Seb1    48:19 | capitulated; but Ałuank’ and Siwnik’ and Sephakan Gund did not submit 07Seb1    48:19 | took away whatever they found, and returned to the king 07Seb1    49:0 | Catholicos of Armenia, Nersēs; he and other bishops communicate with the 07Seb1    49:0 | takes Trebizond, goes to Muawiya, and receives office of prince over 07Seb1    49:0 | prince over Armenia, Iberia, Ałuank’ and Siwnik’. Preparation of the Ismaelites 07Seb1    49:1 | Greeks, had studied the language and literature of the Romans, and 07Seb1    49:1 | and literature of the Romans, and travelled through those lands with 07Seb1    49:1 | with the council of Chalcedon and the Tome of Leo 07Seb1    49:2 | man virtuous in conduct, fasting, and prayer. But he kept the 07Seb1    49:2 | poison hidden in his heart, and he planned to convert Armenia 07Seb1    49:3 | intention until king Constans came and stayed in the residence of 07Seb1    49:3 | the residence of the Catholicos, and the council of Chalcedon was 07Seb1    49:3 | Greek by a Roman priest; and the king, Catholicos, and all 07Seb1    49:3 | priest; and the king, Catholicos, and all the bishops took communion 07Seb1    49:4 | today. He muddied the pure and clean and crystalline waters of 07Seb1    49:4 | muddied the pure and clean and crystalline waters of the springs 07Seb1    49:5 | one by one the bishops, and demoralized them through fear, so 07Seb1    49:6 | in front of the king and had to keep silent. For 07Seb1    49:6 | keep silent. For he (Nersēs) and all the bishops had previously 07Seb1    49:6 | anathematized the council of Chalcedon and the Tome of Leo, and 07Seb1    49:6 | and the Tome of Leo, and had refused communion with the 07Seb1    49:6 | sealed it with his ring and with the rings of all 07Seb1    49:6 | rings of all the bishops and greatest princes; and they had 07Seb1    49:6 | the bishops and greatest princes; and they had given it to 07Seb1    49:7 | when the liturgy was offered and all the bishops had communicated 07Seb1    49:7 | he descended from the bema and hid himself in the crowd 07Seb1    49:8 | finished the act of communion and the king had entered his 07Seb1    49:8 | entered his chamber, the Catholicos and the Roman priests came forward 07Seb1    49:8 | the Roman priests came forward and made a complaint against that 07Seb1    49:8 | with us. He reckoned us and you unworthy, went down from 07Seb1    49:8 | went down from the bema, and hid in the crowd.’ 07Seb1    49:9 | The king was troubled and ordered two men to arrest 07Seb1    49:9 | two men to arrest him and bring him before him in 07Seb1    49:10 | bishop note: ’If God wills and your majesty.’ The king 07Seb1    49:10 | you? I am your king, and he is your Catholicos and 07Seb1    49:10 | and he is your Catholicos and our father. Yet you reckon 07Seb1    49:11 | ’I am a sinful man and unworthy; I do not merit 07Seb1    49:11 | with Christ from the altar and his hands.’ The king 07Seb1    49:12 | see you face to face and speak mouth to mouth. We 07Seb1    49:12 | to mouth. We are ignorant and foolish men; we know neither 07Seb1    49:12 | literature unless we first study and comprehend. But who can counter 07Seb1    49:12 | ritual emanate from this place and this man 07Seb1    49:13 | this he convened a council and summoned to it all the 07Seb1    49:13 | document composed concerning the faith, and sealed it with his own 07Seb1    49:13 | it with his own ring, and then with ours, and then 07Seb1    49:13 | ring, and then with ours, and then with the rings of 07Seb1    49:14 | ’May God bless your beneficent and pious reign forever, as you 07Seb1    49:14 | you rule over all sea and land very victoriously.’ 07Seb1    49:15 | The king blessed the bishop and note: ’May God bless you 07Seb1    49:15 | way that befits your wisdom, and I am grateful.’ 07Seb1    49:16 | to come quickly to Constantinople, and he departed immediately. He appointed 07Seb1    49:17 | with him. Then he went and stayed in Tayk’, and returned 07Seb1    49:17 | went and stayed in Tayk’, and returned no more to his 07Seb1    49:17 | For the prince of Ṙshtunik’ and the other princes with him 07Seb1    49:18 | the island of Ałt’amar, he and his son-in-law Hamazasp 07Seb1    49:18 | himself troops from the Ismaelites, and [7,000] men came to his support 07Seb1    49:18 | He installed them in Ałiovit and Bznunik’, and went himself to 07Seb1    49:18 | them in Ałiovit and Bznunik’, and went himself to join them 07Seb1    49:18 | went himself to join them and remained among them 07Seb1    49:19 | days of winter had passed and it was near to the 07Seb1    49:19 | great Easter, the Romans fled and entered Tayk’. They were driven 07Seb1    49:19 | They were driven from there, and were unable to halt anywhere 07Seb1    49:19 | captured the city of Trebizond, and took away very large quantities 07Seb1    49:19 | large quantities of booty, plunder, and captives 07Seb1    49:20 | prince of Ismael in Damascus, and visited him with grand presents 07Seb1    49:20 | of gold embroidered with gold and a banner of his own 07Seb1    49:20 | prince of Armenia, Iberia, Ałuank’, and Siwnik’, as far as the 07Seb1    49:20 | far as the Caucasus mountain and the Pass of Chor. Then 07Seb1    49:21 | Constans the treaty between Constans and Muawiya, prince of Ismael, was 07Seb1    49:21 | to assemble in the west and to wage war against the 07Seb1    49:21 | that they might take Constantinople and exterminate that kingdom as well 07Seb1    50:0 | to Chalcedon. A tempest destroys and scatters the fleet of the 07Seb1    50:0 | The princes of Armenia unite and divide Armenia among themselves. Distress 07Seb1    50:1 | from childhood. Deny that Jesus and turn to the great God 07Seb1    50:2 | troops to their respective lands. And I shall make you a 07Seb1    50:2 | great prince in your regions and send prefects to your cities 07Seb1    50:2 | an inventory of the treasures and order them to be divided 07Seb1    50:2 | four parts: three for me, and one for you. I shall 07Seb1    50:2 | soldiers as you may wish, and take tribute from you, as 07Seb1    50:4 | the region of India, Aruastan, and from the region of Egypt 07Seb1    50:4 | They prepared warships in Alexandria and in all the coastal cities 07Seb1    50:4 | filled the ships with arms and artillery – [300] great ships with a 07Seb1    50:5 | light ships to be built, and he put in them (only 07Seb1    50:5 | they might rapidly dart to and fro over the waves of 07Seb1    50:5 | took his troops with him and marched to Chalcedon 07Seb1    50:6 | him, those on the coast and in the mountains and on 07Seb1    50:6 | coast and in the mountains and on the plains. On the 07Seb1    50:7 | rapidly go to their support. And he had the letter of 07Seb1    50:8 | God, fell on his face and note: ’See, Lord, the insults 07Seb1    50:9 | Fill their faces with indignity, and they will seek your name 07Seb1    50:9 | will be put to shame and disquieted for ever and ever 07Seb1    50:9 | shame and disquieted for ever and ever; and they will perish 07Seb1    50:9 | disquieted for ever and ever; and they will perish full of 07Seb1    50:9 | that your name is Lord, and you only are raised on 07Seb1    50:9 | stripped off his purple (robes) and put on sackcloth, sat on 07Seb1    50:9 | on sackcloth, sat on ashes, and ordered a fast to be 07Seb1    50:10 | with all the small ships and all their equipment. For they 07Seb1    50:10 | on board the ships mangonels, and machines to throw fire, and 07Seb1    50:10 | and machines to throw fire, and machines to hurl stones, archers 07Seb1    50:10 | machines to hurl stones, archers and slingers, so that when they 07Seb1    50:10 | from the top of towers, and break into the city. He 07Seb1    50:10 | to be deployed in lines and to attack the city 07Seb1    50:11 | violence of a fierce wind, and there arose a storm, a 07Seb1    50:11 | a storm, a great tempest, and the sea was stirred up 07Seb1    50:11 | summits of very high mountains, and the wind whirled around over 07Seb1    50:11 | around over them; it crashed and roared like the clouds, and 07Seb1    50:11 | and roared like the clouds, and there were gurglings from the 07Seb1    50:12 | destroyed, the ships broke up, and the host of soldiers were 07Seb1    50:12 | of the sea. Cast hither and thither in the tossing of 07Seb1    50:12 | the sea opened its mouth and swallowed them. There remained not 07Seb1    50:13 | the violence of the wind and the turbulence of the sea 07Seb1    50:14 | But the Greeks defeated them, and it fled to Aruastan pillaging 07Seb1    50:15 | After the autumn had passed and winter was approaching, the army 07Seb1    50:15 | the army of Ismael came and took up quarters at Dvin 07Seb1    50:15 | them, or abandon their country and depart 07Seb1    50:16 | them in war, to go and exterminate them completely 07Seb1    50:17 | out on their way, cold and winter snow beset them. Therefore 07Seb1    50:17 | they departed rapidly for Asorestan, and caused no harm to Armenia 07Seb1    50:18 | Armenian princes, from both Greek and Arab territory, Hamazasp and Musheł 07Seb1    50:18 | Greek and Arab territory, Hamazasp and Musheł, and all the others 07Seb1    50:18 | Arab territory, Hamazasp and Musheł, and all the others, came together 07Seb1    50:18 | came together at one place and made a pact with each 07Seb1    50:18 | there should be no sword and shedding of blood among them 07Seb1    50:18 | shedding of blood among them, and that they should pass in 07Seb1    50:19 | of Ṙshtunik’ had fallen ill and withdrawn to the island of 07Seb1    50:19 | number of each one’s cavalry, and they appointed tax-gatherers for 07Seb1    50:19 | appointed tax-gatherers for gold and silver 07Seb1    50:20 | sick when illness seizes them and they are deprived of speech 07Seb1    50:20 | might fall into the sea and be unable to find a 07Seb1    50:21 | to strike the Armenian (troops) and expel them, and to put 07Seb1    50:21 | Armenian (troops) and expel them, and to put the Iberians to 07Seb1    51:0 | Ismaelites beyond the Chor Pass, and flight of the survivors across 07Seb1    51:1 | rebelled from submission to Ismael and killed the chief of the 07Seb1    51:1 | Ismael. They made their refuge and retreat the fastnesses of the 07Seb1    51:1 | terrain along the river Gaz and the mountain range of Media 07Seb1    51:1 | the mountain range of Media, and the strength of those active 07Seb1    51:1 | the strength of those active and intrepid peoples who inhabited them 07Seb1    51:1 | peoples who inhabited them, Gel and Delum 07Seb1    51:2 | unable to endure their cruel and oppressive subjection and the burden 07Seb1    51:2 | their cruel and oppressive subjection and the burden of the tax 07Seb1    51:2 | for each dram one man, and they abolished the cavalry and 07Seb1    51:2 | and they abolished the cavalry and the office of prince of 07Seb1    51:3 | bring together the surviving militia and to organize battalions, in the 07Seb1    51:3 | the teeth of the dragon and from the cruel beast 07Seb1    51:4 | of Media, because the Ket’rus and Scythians, who are the Gełk’ 07Seb1    51:4 | Scythians, who are the Gełk’ and Delumk’, had not submitted to 07Seb1    51:5 | perished in the rough terrain and deep valleys by falling down 07Seb1    51:5 | impenetrable fens by the valiant and brave warriors. So, they hastened 07Seb1    51:5 | hastened away from those regions and made for the north, towards 07Seb1    51:6 | reached the Pass of Chor, and crossing within the pass, they 07Seb1    51:6 | the guards of that place - and defeated them 07Seb1    51:7 | battle with a great shock, and the Ismaelite army suffered defeat 07Seb1    51:7 | the T’etalk’. They smote them and put them to the sword 07Seb1    51:8 | skin of their teeth, naked and unshod, on foot and wounded 07Seb1    51:8 | naked and unshod, on foot and wounded, reached the area of 07Seb1    52:0 | to the Ismaelites. T’ēodoros Ṙshtuni and other princes submit to the 07Seb1    52:0 | the Ismaelites. Battle between Greeks and Ismaelites at Nakhchawan, and destruction 07Seb1    52:0 | Greeks and Ismaelites at Nakhchawan, and destruction of the Greeks. Capture 07Seb1    52:0 | the lands of Armenia, Ałuank’, and Siwnik’ by the Ismaelites, and 07Seb1    52:0 | and Siwnik’ by the Ismaelites, and the giving of hostages. Death 07Seb1    52:0 | the throne of the Catholicosate and completes the construction of the 07Seb1    52:1 | his submission to the Ismaelites and is summoned to the palace 07Seb1    52:1 | their division into four parts and mutual slaughter. The victory of 07Seb1    52:1 | his opponents, his sole rule and making of peace. Conclusion 07Seb1    52:2 | Mamikonean’, rebelled from the Greeks and submitted to Ismael. In the 07Seb1    52:2 | end. T’ēodoros, lord of Ṙshtunik’, and all the princes of the 07Seb1    52:2 | the country submitted in unison, and in every way hastened to 07Seb1    52:3 | of his brother the blessed and pious Artavazd Dimak’sean was betrayed 07Seb1    52:3 | pious Artavazd Dimak’sean was betrayed and handed over to the merciless 07Seb1    52:4 | days of piercing winter cold, and the Greeks were pressing hard 07Seb1    52:4 | but unexpectedly crossed the river and went and fortified themselves in 07Seb1    52:4 | crossed the river and went and fortified themselves in Zarehawan. When 07Seb1    52:4 | sacked the fortress of Dvin and went on to Nakhchawan. They 07Seb1    52:5 | slew them with the sword, and put the survivors to flight 07Seb1    52:6 | Mawrianos fled and took refuge in Iberia. Then 07Seb1    52:6 | besieged the city of Karin, and attacked its (inhabitants). The latter 07Seb1    52:6 | the gates of the city and submitted 07Seb1    52:7 | the city, they collected gold and silver and all the large 07Seb1    52:7 | they collected gold and silver and all the large amount of 07Seb1    52:7 | the land of Armenia, Ałuank’, and Siwnik’, and stripped all the 07Seb1    52:7 | of Armenia, Ałuank’, and Siwnik’, and stripped all the churches. They 07Seb1    52:7 | leading princes of the country, and the wives, sons, and daughters 07Seb1    52:7 | country, and the wives, sons, and daughters of many people 07Seb1    52:8 | brought to his own province and buried in the tomb of 07Seb1    52:9 | man, a lover of reading and study. But he was not 07Seb1    52:9 | But he was not trained and experienced in the details of 07Seb1    52:10 | seeking from On High leadership and success for his own valour 07Seb1    52:11 | king, as I said above, and went with him to Constantinople 07Seb1    52:11 | received him with great honour; and they gave him gifts and 07Seb1    52:11 | and they gave him gifts and sent him back to his 07Seb1    52:11 | his own place. He came and stayed in Tayk’ until the 07Seb1    52:11 | the lord of Ṙshtunik’ died and the Arab invasion had come 07Seb1    52:11 | he returned to his position and was reestablished on the throne 07Seb1    52:12 | their submission to the Ismaelites and turned their allegiance to the 07Seb1    52:12 | lord of the Mamikoneank’ curopalates, and gave him silver cushions and 07Seb1    52:12 | and gave him silver cushions and the rank of prince of 07Seb1    52:12 | other princes (he gave) honours, and treasures to the soldiers 07Seb1    52:14 | to withdraw from their service. And Hamazasp had a brother among 07Seb1    52:14 | So (the Ismaelites) requested him and still others from among the 07Seb1    52:15 | withdrew from submission to them, and through precipitate negotiations submitted to 07Seb1    52:15 | in unison with the prince and the army of Ałuank’ and 07Seb1    52:15 | and the army of Ałuank’ and the princes of Siwnik’ with 07Seb1    52:15 | the Persians had been destroyed and the Ismaelites ruled. These were 07Seb1    52:15 | ruled. These were then subdued and included with Armenia 07Seb1    52:16 | They took prisoner Musheł and others of the princes who 07Seb1    52:17 | of the sons of Ismael, and their unity was split. They 07Seb1    52:17 | They fell into mutual conflict and divided into four sections. One 07Seb1    52:17 | part, those who occupied Asorestan and the north; one part, those 07Seb1    52:17 | one part, those in Egypt and in the regions of the 07Seb1    52:17 | the territory of the Arabs and the place called Askarawn 07Seb1    52:18 | to fight with each other and to kill each other with 07Seb1    52:18 | slaughter. The army in Egypt and that in the area of 07Seb1    52:18 | plundered the multitude of treasures, and installed another king. Then they 07Seb1    52:19 | the region of the Arabs, and inflicted great slaughter on them 07Seb1    52:20 | the Greeks, made a treaty, and joined him. The host of 07Seb1    52:20 | troops, about [15,000], believed in Christ and were baptized. The blood of 07Seb1    52:21 | least moment from the sword and captivity and fierce battles by 07Seb1    52:21 | from the sword and captivity and fierce battles by sea and 07Seb1    52:21 | and fierce battles by sea and by land, until Muawiya prevailed 07Seb1    52:21 | by land, until Muawiya prevailed and conquered. Having brought them into 07Seb1    52:21 | of the sons of Ismael and makes peace with all 07Seb1    52:22 | thought of my own mind, and not in accordance with the 07Seb1    52:23 | to the Lord’s word: ’Heaven and earth shall pass away, but 07Seb1    52:23 | anger; it will burn down and descend to the lowest hell 07Seb1    52:24 | tyrannies of their great princes. And: ’I shall heap all evils 07Seb1    52:24 | heap all evils upon them, and with my arrows I shall 07Seb1    52:24 | whole earth exterminated through famine and sword and great fear 07Seb1    52:24 | exterminated through famine and sword and great fear 07Seb1    52:25 | who will drag them hither and thither across the earth.’ 07Seb1    52:25 | ’The fourth wild beast, fearsome and astonishing and very powerful; its 07Seb1    52:25 | wild beast, fearsome and astonishing and very powerful; its teeth are 07Seb1    52:25 | powerful; its teeth are iron and its claws bronze. It ate 07Seb1    52:25 | its claws bronze. It ate and tore in pieces, and the 07Seb1    52:25 | ate and tore in pieces, and the remnants it trampled underfoot 07Seb1    52:25 | remnants it trampled underfoot,’ and so on 07Seb1    52:26 | upon them in readiness.’ And that too will be fulfilled 08Ghev1    1:0 | succeeded by Abu Bakr [632-634], ’Umar [634-644], and ’Uthman [644-656] who ruled for thirty 08Ghev1    1:0 | reputation for bravery was widespread, and he terrified them. Thus Heraclius 08Ghev1    1:0 | held the rule of Judaea and Asorestan until the end of 08Ghev1    1:2 | Arabs began to form brigades and mass troops against Constantine’s realm 08Ghev1    1:2 | against Constantine’s realm, against Judaea and Asorestan, having for support the 08Ghev1    1:2 | to “Go against the countries and put them under your rule 08Ghev1    1:2 | select ones of the countries, and drink the blood of the 08Ghev1    1:3 | The Jews were their supporters and leaders, having gone to the 08Ghev1    1:3 | to the camp at Madiam and told them: “God promised Abraham 08Ghev1    1:3 | world in service (to him); and we are his heirs and 08Ghev1    1:3 | and we are his heirs and sons of the patriarch. Because 08Ghev1    1:3 | God became disgusted with us and lifted the scepter of kingship 08Ghev1    1:3 | too, are children of Abraham and sons of the patriarch 08Ghev1    1:4 | Arise with us and save us from service to 08Ghev1    1:4 | the emperor of the Byzantines, and together we shall hold our 08Ghev1    1:4 | were encouraged further hearing this, and went against Judaea 08Ghev1    1:5 | that the Saracens have arisen and attacked Judaea and Asorestan 08Ghev1    1:5 | have arisen and attacked Judaea and Asorestan 08Ghev1    1:6 | troops, go fight against them and block them, so they do 08Ghev1    1:6 | our country, bringing the sword and death to it. Now put 08Ghev1    1:6 | Now put on your armor and organize your troops 08Ghev1    1:8 | marauder who had grown strong and was coming against them 08Ghev1    1:9 | their incalculable number of camels and horses 08Ghev1    1:10 | a great distance from themselves. And, leaving their horses at the 08Ghev1    1:10 | sun’s heat, the hot rocks and sand, and from the weight 08Ghev1    1:10 | the hot rocks and sand, and from the weight of their 08Ghev1    1:11 | quickly leaped on their mounts and attacked, delivering many blows to 08Ghev1    1:11 | blows to the Byzantine troops and putting the rest to flight 08Ghev1    1:11 | them to the Byzantine camp, and generally killing many of them 08Ghev1    1:11 | up with looted Byzantine treasures and after robbing those who had 08Ghev1    1:12 | Thereafter they ruled over Judaea and Asorestan, putting the land and 08Ghev1    1:12 | and Asorestan, putting the land and country of the blessed city 08Ghev1    1:12 | from that time forth, Judaea and Asorik’ ceased paying taxes to 08Ghev1    1:12 | unable to resist the Ishmaelites. And so Ishmael came to rule 08Ghev1    2:0 | assembled a multitude of troops and came against the shah of 08Ghev1    2:2 | destroying them with the sword, and they struck and killed the 08Ghev1    2:2 | the sword, and they struck and killed the shah. With that 08Ghev1    2:3 | The Ishmaelites pillaged the country and the royal treasury and took 08Ghev1    2:3 | country and the royal treasury and took the spoil to their 08Ghev1    2:4 | large body of troops separated and started raiding the land of 08Ghev1    2:4 | capturing the districts of Mark’ and Goght’n and the village dastakert 08Ghev1    2:4 | districts of Mark’ and Goght’n and the village dastakert of Naxjawan 08Ghev1    2:4 | the sword; others, with women and children, were made captives and 08Ghev1    2:4 | and children, were made captives and taken across the Arax (Erasx 08Ghev1    2:5 | captives to their own land, and the other brigade raiding through 08Ghev1    2:5 | near the borders of Bazudzor and Marduts’ayk’. Prince T’e’odoros of the 08Ghev1    2:5 | the marauding Ishmaelites have arisen and are coming against us 08Ghev1    2:6 | the multitude of his troops and not in God Who determines 08Ghev1    2:7 | the land of the Armenians and by the laziness of the 08Ghev1    2:7 | impatiently wrote to Procopius two and three times. General Procopius, getting 08Ghev1    2:8 | T’e’odorus left him, saddened, and immediately ordered the forces under 08Ghev1    2:8 | under his authority to “arm and go against the Ishmaelites 08Ghev1    2:9 | The troops mounted their horses and went to a hill named 08Ghev1    2:9 | took booty from the fallen, and went on to the district 08Ghev1    2:10 | The survivors took to flight and the Arabs pursued them to 08Ghev1    2:10 | pursued them to their camp and then they themselves returned to 08Ghev1    2:11 | the Arab army turned about and returned to its own land 08Ghev1    2:12 | second year of Abu Bakr and ’Uthman and ’Umar, the Ishmaelite 08Ghev1    2:12 | of Abu Bakr and ’Uthman and ’Umar, the Ishmaelite caliphs 08Ghev1    3:0 | that the marauders had arisen and were coming against the land 08Ghev1    3:1 | He took his troops and wanted to get hold of 08Ghev1    3:1 | left Armenian forces behind them and headed to the capital city 08Ghev1    3:2 | encountered there were women, children, and other people who were not 08Ghev1    3:2 | They came against the city and quickly took the fortress. They 08Ghev1    3:2 | killed the men they discovered and took into captivity the women 08Ghev1    3:2 | took into captivity the women and children, some [35,000] souls 08Ghev1    3:4 | enter, were pulled apart, demolished, and trampled under the loathsome feet 08Ghev1    3:4 | of the infidels. Priests, deacons, and worshippers were slaughtered by the 08Ghev1    3:4 | were slaughtered by the insolent and merciless enemy. Delicate women, who 08Ghev1    3:4 | never experienced adversity, were whipped and dragged into the square crying 08Ghev1    3:5 | of captives with their sons and daughters were in the same 08Ghev1    3:5 | in the same calamity, groaning and sighing. They did not know 08Ghev1    3:5 | infidel’s sword, or the sons and daughters left alive who were 08Ghev1    3:5 | who were to be seized and taken, to be alienated from 08Ghev1    3:5 | from the faith of Christ and its spiritual and divine glorification 08Ghev1    3:5 | of Christ and its spiritual and divine glorification 08Ghev1    3:6 | Though there were many weeping and mourning the pitiful sight of 08Ghev1    3:6 | to gather up the bodies and bury them 08Ghev1    3:7 | the beasts of the earth. And there was none to bury 08Ghev1    3:9 | Armenians with the lords (naxarars) and Prince (T’e’odoros R’shtuni) saw the 08Ghev1    3:9 | against them, their resolve weakened and they were unable to attack 08Ghev1    3:9 | though they saw their women and children being led away into 08Ghev1    3:9 | they just sat sobbing, lamenting, and grieving for their women and 08Ghev1    3:9 | and grieving for their women and children 08Ghev1    3:10 | to the country of Syria, and then they ceased coming against 08Ghev1    3:11 | rule, they assembled a force and again attacked the land of 08Ghev1    3:11 | of this expedition) were ’Uthman and Oqba 08Ghev1    3:12 | they divided into three fronts and began their raiding 08Ghev1    3:13 | land of Vaspurakan, capturing towns and fortresses as far as the 08Ghev1    3:13 | Another front went through Taro’n, and the third front reached Kogovit 08Ghev1    3:13 | the third front reached Kogovit and besieged the fortress of Artsap’ 08Ghev1    3:13 | They found the guards sleeping, and so they took that fortress 08Ghev1    3:14 | took six hundred armed men and quickly went against the marauders 08Ghev1    3:14 | at the fortress suddenly, T’e’odoros and his troops killed some [3,000] of 08Ghev1    3:14 | men, pursued the few survivors, and retrieved the captives. Then, collecting 08Ghev1    3:14 | Then, collecting the enemy’s loot and booty, they turned back joyfully 08Ghev1    3:15 | earlier, it took its spoil and captives and went to the 08Ghev1    3:15 | took its spoil and captives and went to the land of 08Ghev1    3:16 | the Ishmaelites—Abu Bakr, ’Uthman, and ’Umar—died 08Ghev1    4:0 | held authority for nineteen years and four months, and then died 08Ghev1    4:0 | nineteen years and four months, and then died [661-680]. (We shall now 08Ghev1    4:0 | the land of the Armenians, and the deaths of the princes 08Ghev1    4:3 | had worked against general Procopius, and put in his stead a 08Ghev1    4:4 | the (presiding) prince, saying: “Arise and come with us to battle 08Ghev1    4:5 | deal treacherously with his allies, and to unite with the enemy 08Ghev1    4:6 | the general of the Byzantines and ( together) they set off for 08Ghev1    4:6 | then went to the general and requested that he be appointed 08Ghev1    4:7 | two sides clashed in battle and the wounded fell on both 08Ghev1    4:8 | other side of the river and severed the bridge’s (connecting) ropes 08Ghev1    4:9 | though some of them escaped and fled to Byzantine territory. Thereafter 08Ghev1    4:10 | not pay taxes to me and come under the yoke of 08Ghev1    4:11 | chief-priest of the Armenians and builder of (the church of 08Ghev1    4:11 | Gregory, together with the princes and lords of the land assembled 08Ghev1    4:11 | lords of the land assembled and agreed to become tributary to 08Ghev1    4:12 | The Arabs) requested hostages, and ( the assembly) gave (them) two 08Ghev1    4:12 | Grigor from the Mamikonean House and Smbat from the Bagratuni House 08Ghev1    4:13 | of the Ishmaelites, took them and levied a 08Ghev1    4:14 | his reign Mu’awiya summoned Grigor and Smbat, who were hostages at 08Ghev1    4:14 | presiding) prince of the Armenians [ca. 662-684/85], and sent them back to the 08Ghev1    4:15 | him, living for two years and five months before dying. He 08Ghev1    4:16 | al-Malik was a cruel and warlike man. In the second 08Ghev1    4:16 | was a fierce conflict, warfare, and a great bloodletting among the 08Ghev1    4:16 | three years, claiming innumerable lives, and which fulfilled the prophecy of 08Ghev1    4:16 | shall enter their own hearts and their bows shall be broken 08Ghev1    4:16 | the shedding of innocent blood and the merciless slaughter which (the 08Ghev1    4:16 | of the guilty was shed and God demanded vengeance upon those 08Ghev1    4:17 | reign, free from all raids and attacks. For he was a 08Ghev1    4:17 | in the faith, charitable, hospitable, and ( a man who) cared about 08Ghev1    4:17 | he built a wonderfully appointed and adorned house of worship as 08Ghev1    4:18 | the Tachiks, the Armenians, Georgians, and Aghuanians ceased to pay tribute 08Ghev1    4:18 | the land of the Armenians and they killed Prince Grigor and 08Ghev1    4:18 | and they killed Prince Grigor and many Georgian and Aghuanian lords 08Ghev1    4:18 | Prince Grigor and many Georgian and Aghuanian lords and princes in 08Ghev1    4:18 | many Georgian and Aghuanian lords and princes in battle 08Ghev1    4:19 | the Armenians, seizing numerous districts and villages. Then, collecting their loot 08Ghev1    4:19 | villages. Then, collecting their loot and captives, they returned to their 08Ghev1    5:0 | conflagration caused by the Romans, and the death of Ashot 08Ghev1    5:1 | among the Armenian lords, rich and mighty in authority, virtuous and 08Ghev1    5:1 | and mighty in authority, virtuous and modest in all wordly matters 08Ghev1    5:1 | all wordly matters, more noble and more acquainted than all others 08Ghev1    5:1 | work, was interested in education, and adorned the churches of God 08Ghev1    5:1 | of God with doctoral arts and groups of clerics and splendid 08Ghev1    5:1 | arts and groups of clerics and splendid (ritual) vessels, all out 08Ghev1    5:2 | seat (ostan) of his realm, and placed in it the icon 08Ghev1    5:3 | light from its own tail, and they called it a comet 08Ghev1    5:3 | coming of) famine, the sword, and great violence 08Ghev1    5:4 | the reign of Emperor Justinian [II, 685-695, 705-711] and during the reign of Ashot 08Ghev1    5:4 | land of Armenia. They came and destroyed the land with looting 08Ghev1    5:4 | numerous beautiful buildings to fire and turning them into ruins. And 08Ghev1    5:4 | and turning them into ruins. And then (the Byzantine troops) returned 08Ghev1    5:5 | Justinian, cut off his nose, and exiled him. In his place 08Ghev1    5:5 | Leontius) [695-698], Apsimeros Tiberius (Tiberius) [III] Apsimar, [698-705] and Theodosius [III, 715-717]. Meanwhile Justinian had gone 08Ghev1    5:5 | the king of the Khazars, and requested auxiliary troops from him 08Ghev1    5:6 | The Khaqan provided many troops and sent along with them an 08Ghev1    5:6 | Arriving in Constantinople, (Justinian) fought and conquered his adversaries and established 08Ghev1    5:6 | fought and conquered his adversaries and established his reign for a 08Ghev1    5:6 | own land with many gifts and valuable goods 08Ghev1    5:7 | Armenians. These sons of sin and children of impiety worked their 08Ghev1    5:7 | of Mark’, at Xram, Jugha, and Xoshakunik’ for they tortured the 08Ghev1    5:7 | tortured the men, demanding taxes, and they planned to molest the 08Ghev1    5:7 | the women with their loathsome and obscene intercourse 08Ghev1    5:9 | attack, he became more violent and ordered his troops to spread 08Ghev1    5:11 | Smbat’s soldiers gave a shout and ( the remaining troops) arrived quickly 08Ghev1    5:11 | remaining troops) arrived quickly, striking and killing the enemy. They took 08Ghev1    6:1 | Byzantines, who was called Apsimar and who succeeded Emperor Justinian, again 08Ghev1    6:1 | Byzantines had slain. 1 They came and fought against him in the 08Ghev1    7:1 | again inflamed his malevolent heart and ( the caliph) ordered his troops 08Ghev1    7:1 | military commander was the bloodthirsty and diabolical Muhammad (Mahmet) (ibn Marwan 08Ghev1    7:2 | coming they had taken precautions and sought refuge in the fortresses 08Ghev1    7:4 | they descended into the fortresses and put their swords to work 08Ghev1    7:4 | to work, killing the men, and taking captive the women and 08Ghev1    7:4 | and taking captive the women and children. Such a crisis descended 08Ghev1    7:5 | impiety came to a head, and Muhammad began to spew forth 08Ghev1    7:6 | had seen the wonderful, venerable, and revered church vessels which the 08Ghev1    7:6 | vessels which the kings, princes and lords of this land had 08Ghev1    7:6 | the goodly discipline of vardapets and worshippers, and they heard the 08Ghev1    7:6 | discipline of vardapets and worshippers, and they heard the angelic hymns 08Ghev1    7:7 | things wounded their inflamed souls and so they treacherously planned a 08Ghev1    7:8 | one of their own servants and threw him into a ditch 08Ghev1    7:9 | whom they themselves had killed, and were unable to find him 08Ghev1    7:9 | him. They visited many difficulties and dangers upon the monastic community 08Ghev1    7:10 | Then they initiated a search and found the dead servant’s body 08Ghev1    7:10 | up all kinds of falsehoods and then seized everyone from the 08Ghev1    7:10 | the youngest to the oldest, and put them into prison. They 08Ghev1    7:10 | had been done to them and asking what sort of death 08Ghev1    7:11 | clerics) themselves as they wished, and to confiscate the church’s belongings 08Ghev1    7:12 | murderer from the very start and never knew righteousness, as we 08Ghev1    7:13 | ropes, cut off their hands and feet, hanged them from trees 08Ghev1    7:13 | feet, hanged them from trees, and ended their lives 08Ghev1    7:14 | the beauty of its altar, and the sound of heavenly glorification 08Ghev1    7:16 | fragrance of sweet-smelling incense, and gone were the prayers of 08Ghev1    7:17 | the people who glorify Him and to give them such bitter 08Ghev1    7:18 | also share in His glory, and so that those who were 08Ghev1    7:18 | would be reborn with Him and eternally inherit the rest they 08Ghev1    7:19 | fire, darkness, unending lament, tears, and the gnashing of teeth, about 08Ghev1    8:0 | plan to eliminate the nobility and their cavalry from Armenia 08Ghev1    8:1 | Smbat of the Bagratuni House and to other lords and their 08Ghev1    8:1 | House and to other lords and their cavalry. When Smbat realized 08Ghev1    8:1 | Vard, son of Prince T’e’odoros, and his brother, Ashot, as well 08Ghev1    8:2 | decision adopted was to yield and leave the land, and to 08Ghev1    8:2 | yield and leave the land, and to go to the Byzantine 08Ghev1    8:3 | land of Vaspurakan then separated and departed, going to a plain 08Ghev1    8:3 | the monk was a blessed and select man, full of spiritual 08Ghev1    8:4 | He lamented and bemoaned the destruction of the 08Ghev1    8:4 | the destruction of the land and the churches and the draining 08Ghev1    8:4 | the land and the churches and the draining away of the 08Ghev1    8:4 | that they should be careful and beware of treachery 08Ghev1    8:5 | to the grace of God, and sent them away 08Ghev1    8:6 | bank of the Arax River and crossed into the borders of 08Ghev1    8:7 | of Naxjawan chased after them and did not let off the 08Ghev1    8:7 | than five thousand of them and they wanted to devour the 08Ghev1    8:8 | that the marauders had arisen and were coming upon them, they 08Ghev1    8:8 | crossed the Arax River again and encamped at the town of 08Ghev1    8:9 | dwelling place, our vineyards, forests, and estates. Why do you also 08Ghev1    8:10 | the roads of the town and placed guards over them until 08Ghev1    8:11 | hand of God for aid and a just verdict on themselves 08Ghev1    8:11 | a just verdict on themselves and their enemies. As soon as 08Ghev1    8:11 | they celebrated the divine mass and those worthy of it communed 08Ghev1    8:11 | communed in the Lord’s body and blood, regarding it as their 08Ghev1    8:12 | meal to strengthen their bodies, and then immediately arose and organized 08Ghev1    8:12 | bodies, and then immediately arose and organized themselves brigade by brigade 08Ghev1    8:12 | organized themselves brigade by brigade and front by front, and went 08Ghev1    8:12 | brigade and front by front, and went into battle 08Ghev1    8:14 | days were already quite cold and icy, and then the weather 08Ghev1    8:14 | already quite cold and icy, and then the weather turned even 08Ghev1    8:15 | who escaped the sword fled and went on to the Arax 08Ghev1    8:15 | ice, the ice gave way and those who had escaped the 08Ghev1    8:17 | before him with many entreaties and was able to save those 08Ghev1    8:17 | her on foot, naked, barefoot, and wounded. She bandaged their wounds 08Ghev1    8:17 | brought them back to health, and outfitted them with goodly clothing 08Ghev1    8:18 | her own herd for them and then sent them to the 08Ghev1    8:18 | received great thanks from him and also magnificent gifts 08Ghev1    8:19 | to him choice Tachik horses and the noses which they had 08Ghev1    8:20 | offering thanks to the Creator and expressing gratitude to Smbat, the 08Ghev1    8:20 | Smbat, the lords with him, and their troops. He also bestowed 08Ghev1    8:21 | emperor, took his own troops, and went to the land of 08Ghev1    8:21 | entered the fortress called T’uxark’, and took precautions against the sons 08Ghev1    8:22 | again God showed His mercy and came to their aid 08Ghev1    8:23 | sword except for two hundred and eighty men who fled into 08Ghev1    8:23 | unable to get at them and so they planned to set 08Ghev1    8:24 | itself should give them up and expel them. After a while 08Ghev1    8:25 | went to the Armenian troops and note: “We have heard that 08Ghev1    8:25 | misery, that they feel pity and show mercy. Show mercy to 08Ghev1    8:25 | mercy. Show mercy to us and grant us our lives as 08Ghev1    8:25 | our lives as a gift, and take our belongings as booty 08Ghev1    8:27 | grant me my own life and do not kill me, and 08Ghev1    8:27 | and do not kill me, and in exchange I will deliver 08Ghev1    8:27 | went back into the church and note: “We have no hope 08Ghev1    8:27 | us mercy. Rather, come on and let us get out of 08Ghev1    8:28 | words, they all went outside and were immediately put to the 08Ghev1    8:28 | divided it up amongst themselves, and departed to their own places 08Ghev1    9:0 | troops, he summoned general Muhammad and his forces and ordered him 08Ghev1    9:0 | general Muhammad and his forces and ordered him to take a 08Ghev1    9:0 | take a multitude of soldiers and go against the land of 08Ghev1    9:0 | of the Armenians, to kill and take captives 08Ghev1    9:1 | Muhammad immediately organized troops and forcefully and boastingly threatened to 08Ghev1    9:1 | immediately organized troops and forcefully and boastingly threatened to implement the 08Ghev1    9:1 | the Armenians (Sahak Dzorap’orets’i, kat’oghikos [677-703]), and some bishops of the land 08Ghev1    9:1 | of peace to their general, and to place themselves under the 08Ghev1    9:2 | in peace, blessing his flock and their shepherds who trusted him 08Ghev1    9:2 | their shepherds who trusted him, and entrusting them to the grace 08Ghev1    9:3 | He passed many lodging-places and reached the city of Harran 08Ghev1    9:4 | adopted by the united lords and common people of Armenia and 08Ghev1    9:4 | and common people of Armenia and the matters which they request 08Ghev1    9:4 | suddenly called me to Him, and thus I have not managed 08Ghev1    9:4 | have not managed to meet and talk with you 08Ghev1    9:5 | you by the living God and the covenant which God made 08Ghev1    9:5 | sword from shedding their blood and stop your hand from pillaging 08Ghev1    9:5 | stop your hand from pillaging, and they will obey you wholeheartedly 08Ghev1    9:6 | to what we believe in and confess to. Let none of 08Ghev1    9:7 | Lord will advance your rule and implement your will, and subdue 08Ghev1    9:7 | rule and implement your will, and subdue everyone under your control 08Ghev1    9:8 | will not heed my words and choose to invade my land 08Ghev1    9:8 | Lord will shatter your ambitions, and will not guarantee the course 08Ghev1    9:8 | the course of your footsteps, and He will turn around the 08Ghev1    9:8 | to you on all sides and will not allow your rule 08Ghev1    9:9 | him about the Armenian kat’oghikos and gave him his letter. Having 08Ghev1    9:9 | Muhammad inquired about his demise, and they told him that he 08Ghev1    9:11 | Muhammad took Sahak’s hand and began speaking with him as 08Ghev1    9:13 | body of the blessed patriarch and laid it to rest in 08Ghev1    9:14 | land saw the written assurances and pledges, they trusted them and 08Ghev1    9:14 | and pledges, they trusted them and thereafter they served the Ishmaelites 08Ghev1    10:0 | Ishmaelites, ruling for ten years and eight months before dying 08Ghev1    10:1 | the families of Armenian lords and their cavalry due to a 08Ghev1    10:1 | that they were an irritant and obstacle to their rule 08Ghev1    10:3 | in the district of Vanand, and struck camp there. When Muhammad 08Ghev1    10:3 | his forces with great preparation and went against them in battle 08Ghev1    10:4 | they deployed—front against front and brigage against brigade—and the 08Ghev1    10:4 | front and brigage against brigade— and the fight began. Then the 08Ghev1    10:4 | lost their appetite for war and fled, taking refuge in fortresses 08Ghev1    10:5 | The enemy grew stronger and slew many with the sword 08Ghev1    10:7 | Muhammad took the unjust order and commanded a certain Kasim, who 08Ghev1    10:7 | the city the Armenian lords and their cavalry on the pretext 08Ghev1    10:7 | military census, giving them stipends, and dismissing them 08Ghev1    10:8 | treachery of the cunning hunters, and quickly went there. As soon 08Ghev1    10:9 | And the Arabs put them under 08Ghev1    10:9 | Arabs put them under guard and pondered how to destroy them 08Ghev1    10:9 | the men from noble clans, and then set fire to those 08Ghev1    10:10 | danger awaiting them, they one and all took refuge in God 08Ghev1    10:10 | solely to Him for help and crying out: “You who are 08Ghev1    10:10 | to us who are persecuted and surrounded by dangers, save us 08Ghev1    10:11 | servants. For behold, Your sanctuary and the place where Your name 08Ghev1    10:12 | Therefore, praising Your blessed and awesome name, we place in 08Ghev1    10:12 | hands our souls, our breath, and our bodies.” Having said this 08Ghev1    10:12 | sought blessing from On High, and died 08Ghev1    10:13 | lords into prison in fetters and subjected them to unendurable torture 08Ghev1    10:13 | demanding much weight in gold and silver. And they told them 08Ghev1    10:13 | weight in gold and silver. And they told them: “When we 08Ghev1    10:14 | them from these Arab pirates, and treasures kept on dry land 08Ghev1    10:14 | infidels condemned them to death and hanged them 08Ghev1    10:15 | from the Bagratid clan, Grigor and Koriwn from the Artsrunid clan 08Ghev1    10:15 | the Artsrunid clan, Varaz-Shapuh and his brother from the Amatuni 08Ghev1    10:15 | brother from the Amatuni clan, and numerous other Armenian lords whom 08Ghev1    10:16 | of the Armenians in perpetual and disastrous crises. Plagued by these 08Ghev1    10:16 | the people raised their groans and sobbing cries On High 08Ghev1    10:17 | Meanwhile Curopalate Smbat and the lords with him arose 08Ghev1    10:17 | the lords with him arose and quit the land, requesting a 08Ghev1    10:17 | in from the Byzantine emperor and pasturage for their herds. The 08Ghev1    10:17 | of the land of Egeria. And they dwelled there for six 08Ghev1    10:19 | Muhammad to return to him and sending as his replacement a 08Ghev1    10:19 | Despite this he was sagacious and full of wordly knowledge, as 08Ghev1    10:19 | as a narrator of legends and fables 08Ghev1    10:20 | return to their own land and giving them a written oath 08Ghev1    10:20 | city they were dwelling in and its treasures, ravished the church’s 08Ghev1    10:20 | the church’s ornaments as spoil, and returned to Armenia, detaching themselves 08Ghev1    10:21 | this, he regretted their ingratitude and summoned the leaders of the 08Ghev1    10:21 | of the church—the metropolitan and archbishops—and ordered them to 08Ghev1    10:21 | church—the metropolitan and archbishops— and ordered them to write anathemas 08Ghev1    10:21 | write anathemas in a book. And he ordered that these anathemas 08Ghev1    10:22 | had an effect on them and became the cause of their 08Ghev1    10:23 | the land of the Armenians and pacified it by stopping all 08Ghev1    10:23 | attacks upon it, severely rebuking and subduing the boastful callousness of 08Ghev1    10:24 | the city of Dwin mightier and larger than before and fortified 08Ghev1    10:24 | mightier and larger than before and fortified it with gates and 08Ghev1    10:24 | and fortified it with gates and locks, and surrounded it with 08Ghev1    10:24 | it with gates and locks, and surrounded it with a moat 08Ghev1    10:24 | one who destroyed Dwin before, and now I shall rebuild it 08Ghev1    10:25 | I crawled through a passageway and emerged on top of the 08Ghev1    10:25 | which resulted in the weakening and flight of the guards who 08Ghev1    10:25 | who were protecting the wall and the triumph of the Ishmaelites 08Ghev1    10:25 | the triumph of the Ishmaelites. And we destroyed this city.” They 08Ghev1    11:0 | the prince of the Ishmaelites and promised that he would bring 08Ghev1    11:0 | of the Chinese into submission and service to him. The caliph 08Ghev1    11:0 | troops, as many as [200,000] men, and gave them to him 08Ghev1    11:1 | left the area of Damascus and headed to the East, crossing 08Ghev1    11:1 | the land of the Persians, and Khurasan, until he reached a 08Ghev1    11:3 | a desert, devoid of inhabitants, and put an end to your 08Ghev1    11:4 | him all of his p’shtipans and hamaharzes and deliberated as to 08Ghev1    11:4 | of his p’shtipans and hamaharzes and deliberated as to what response 08Ghev1    11:5 | who ruled the whole world, and the kings of the Macedonians 08Ghev1    11:5 | the kings of the Macedonians and the Persians were unable to 08Ghev1    11:6 | more impudent than any dog and are tangled up in the 08Ghev1    11:6 | desires about my beautiful virgins, and this has forced you to 08Ghev1    11:6 | you to risk your life and the lives of those soldiers 08Ghev1    11:7 | Then you can get up and go back to your place 08Ghev1    11:8 | to Chenbakur: “Give me [30,000] girls and I will leave you in 08Ghev1    11:8 | the Chinese agreed to this and sent a messenger to Muhammad 08Ghev1    11:9 | put curtains around some carts and to conceal in them his 08Ghev1    11:10 | a short distance from them and then sent word to General 08Ghev1    11:10 | word to General Muhammad: “Come and take the [30,000] girls which you 08Ghev1    11:10 | which you requested from me and which I selected from throughout 08Ghev1    11:11 | this side of the river, and I will give those arriving 08Ghev1    11:11 | renowned men from their troops and sent them across the river 08Ghev1    11:12 | the Arabs in their midst and put their swords to work 08Ghev1    11:13 | that no one could survive. And no one did survive excepting 08Ghev1    11:13 | one did survive excepting Muhammad and a few men who leaped 08Ghev1    11:13 | men who leaped onto horses and jumped into the river, trusting 08Ghev1    11:14 | Walid ruled for ten years and eight months before dying 08Ghev1    12:0 | caliph, ruling for two years and eight months and then dying 08Ghev1    12:0 | two years and eight months and then dying. Here follows an 08Ghev1    12:1 | them to General Maslama (Mslim), and sent him to the Caspian 08Ghev1    12:1 | the Caspian Gates. They arrived and fought against the Huns (Khazars 08Ghev1    12:1 | city of Darband (Derbend), striking and afflicting them. The Arabs demolished 08Ghev1    12:2 | Marcian (Markianos) [450-457] built this city and these towers at great expense 08Ghev1    12:2 | of Ishmael will demolish it and rebuild it once more with 08Ghev1    12:4 | took a multitude of troops and crossed through the Chora (Darband 08Ghev1    12:4 | of the Huns. He went and pitched camp close to T’argu 08Ghev1    12:4 | Arab bandits who had arisen and had come against them, they 08Ghev1    12:5 | up a host of troops, and all his gigantic and strong 08Ghev1    12:5 | troops, and all his gigantic and strong-bodied forces—whose renown 08Ghev1    12:5 | was acclaimed among all peoples— and he came and encamped close 08Ghev1    12:5 | all peoples—and he came and encamped close to the Arabs 08Ghev1    12:7 | he began to doubt himself and wondered whether he could find 08Ghev1    12:8 | his army’s equippage, concubines, servants and serving women and all the 08Ghev1    12:8 | concubines, servants and serving women and all the rest of the 08Ghev1    12:8 | to take to the road and escape from the clutches of 08Ghev1    12:9 | And thus did he return from 08Ghev1    13:0 | caliph [717-720], ruling for two years and five months 08Ghev1    13:1 | Muhammad had seized numerous fortresses and had enslaved men and women 08Ghev1    13:1 | fortresses and had enslaved men and women 08Ghev1    13:2 | return to their own places and brought peace to the lands 08Ghev1    13:5 | of your so imaginative religion, and to make a profound study 08Ghev1    13:6 | why was it that Jesus and His disciples came naked into 08Ghev1    13:6 | came naked into this world, and returned the same? Why is 08Ghev1    13:6 | the books of the Prophets and the Psalms, in order to 08Ghev1    13:7 | suspecting that you had doubts, and regarded as insufficient the testimony 08Ghev1    13:7 | He was near to God, and knew His person better than 08Ghev1    13:7 | to justify these same Scriptures, and follow them in what suits 08Ghev1    13:8 | of Israel who read it and understood it, and that it 08Ghev1    13:8 | read it and understood it, and that it was many times 08Ghev1    13:8 | were forgetful, subject to error, and perhaps acting under the inspiration 08Ghev1    13:8 | under the inspiration of Satan, and those who, by their hostile 08Ghev1    13:9 | the evangelists Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, who have spoken of 08Ghev1    13:11 | they made Jesus the associate and the equal of the unique 08Ghev1    13:11 | the equal of the unique and all-powerful God? Why do 08Ghev1    13:11 | do they profess three gods, and arbitrarily change all the laws 08Ghev1    13:12 | could have dwelt in flesh and blood, and in the unclean 08Ghev1    13:12 | dwelt in flesh and blood, and in the unclean entrails of 08Ghev1    13:12 | adore the bones of Apostles and Prophets, and also pictures and 08Ghev1    13:12 | bones of Apostles and Prophets, and also pictures and the cross 08Ghev1    13:12 | and Prophets, and also pictures and the cross, which anciently served 08Ghev1    13:13 | lawgiver, as being the equal and the like of Jesus, when 08Ghev1    13:13 | the one on an ass and the other on a camel 08Ghev1    14:0 | Jesus Christ, our true God and sovereign of those who know 08Ghev1    14:4 | with you, since our Lord and Master Himself has bidden us 08Ghev1    14:4 | refrain from exposing our unique and divine doctrine to heretics, for 08Ghev1    14:4 | it being turned into ridicule, and least of all before those 08Ghev1    14:4 | the predictions of the Prophets and the testimony of the Apostles 08Ghev1    14:5 | written to you several times and shall write to you again 08Ghev1    14:5 | to those who question us [cf. I Peter 3:15], and maintain silence before those who 08Ghev1    14:6 | by God to examine all and hold fast to that which 08Ghev1    14:6 | epoch as your legislator Muhammad, and these writings make it unnecessary 08Ghev1    14:7 | hearken, if it please you, and in hearkening to me, you 08Ghev1    14:9 | you came into this world and you shall quit it naked 08Ghev1    14:9 | naked from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return; the 08Ghev1    14:9 | I return; the Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away 08Ghev1    14:10 | you are used to elude and mutilate the evidence of Holy 08Ghev1    14:10 | which you have not read and you still do not. You 08Ghev1    14:10 | of the things of God and faith, who catch hold of 08Ghev1    14:10 | appears favorable to your opinions, and employ it in your defense 08Ghev1    14:11 | in the Psalms of David and in the books of the 08Ghev1    14:11 | time we have searched for and found such words of the 08Ghev1    14:11 | it is by the grace and the will of God that 08Ghev1    14:11 | after it was founded, propagated and believed. It is by these 08Ghev1    14:12 | contended ourselves with these words and had faith in them, without 08Ghev1    14:12 | regarding that as something doubtful and uncertain 08Ghev1    14:13 | had faith in the infallible and positive statements of the Gospel 08Ghev1    14:13 | no contradiction between the Old and the New Testaments, seeing that 08Ghev1    14:13 | same time produce both good and bad, truth and lies 08Ghev1    14:13 | both good and bad, truth and lies 08Ghev1    14:14 | people, God placed declarations, parables and clear predictions in the mouths 08Ghev1    14:14 | should be instructed in advance and prepared to receive Jesus Christ 08Ghev1    14:14 | prepared to receive Jesus Christ, and not oppose Him, as they 08Ghev1    14:15 | borne testimony to His Person, and having become incarnate, cited in 08Ghev1    14:16 | to His super-human nature, and the more humble ones to 08Ghev1    14:17 | who have written about Him, and whose writings have been falsified 08Ghev1    14:18 | truth cannot deny what is and, at the same time, affirm 08Ghev1    14:19 | existence of the Holy Scriptures and accuse them of being sinful 08Ghev1    14:19 | not, however, as mere man and deprived of the Word of 08Ghev1    14:19 | God, but as perfect man and perfect God 08Ghev1    14:20 | itself inspired both the Old and the New Testaments is in 08Ghev1    14:21 | this, he has forgotten himself, and if it is some other 08Ghev1    14:21 | lied the worse. Listen then, and think more clearly 08Ghev1    14:22 | must accept nothing without witnesses, and he adds that the Mosaic 08Ghev1    14:23 | of the mission of Christ, and it was to him that 08Ghev1    14:24 | the same hope, blessed Jacob, and then he, with the same 08Ghev1    14:24 | comes to whom it belongs; and to him shall be the 08Ghev1    14:25 | to the same end, ordained and designated Joshua, David, Solomon, the 08Ghev1    14:26 | Add to these the twelve and the seventy disciples of our 08Ghev1    14:26 | of our Lord, one hundred and eleven persons in all in 08Ghev1    14:26 | in all in the Old and New Testaments. You despise then 08Ghev1    14:26 | has spoken through them all, and the Word of God manifest 08Ghev1    14:27 | testimony borne by one hundred and eleven servants of God, speaking 08Ghev1    14:27 | the favored servants of God, and compels you to regard them 08Ghev1    14:27 | God has said through them and prevents others from admitting same 08Ghev1    14:28 | the book of the Jews and follow certain passages on your 08Ghev1    14:28 | the Law captured several times and lost to the sons of 08Ghev1    14:28 | of Israel who read it and were knowledgeable of it?” Again 08Ghev1    14:29 | human beings as they were and descendants of Adam, were exposed 08Ghev1    14:29 | to all sorts of error and to the seductions of Satan 08Ghev1    14:29 | to the seductions of Satan, and those who by their hateful 08Ghev1    14:29 | not only at your incredulity and training, but also at the 08Ghev1    14:30 | base himself on a lie, and it is a lie to 08Ghev1    14:30 | adopt part of a testimony and reject the other half. However 08Ghev1    14:30 | you are not informed, listen and learn 08Ghev1    14:31 | of authentic documents from holy and pious men of the Hebrew 08Ghev1    14:31 | days amount to twenty-two, and so the Old Testament contains 08Ghev1    14:32 | which five sound the same, and that is not without real 08Ghev1    14:34 | the name of the Law, and called by the Hebrews Torah 08Ghev1    14:34 | Torah, by the Syrians Oratha, and by us Nomos. They contain 08Ghev1    14:34 | the covenant accorded to Abraham and geared to his descendant who 08Ghev1    14:34 | his descendant who is Christ, and the laws concerning civil procedure 08Ghev1    14:34 | the laws concerning civil procedure and sacrifice, laws which far removed 08Ghev1    14:35 | them were agreeable to God, and those who were not; of 08Ghev1    14:35 | two kingdoms, that of Israel and of Judah; and finally of 08Ghev1    14:35 | of Israel and of Judah; and finally of their captivity 08Ghev1    14:36 | called by the Hebrews Koheleth and Shirat’shirim, but by us Parimon 08Ghev1    14:36 | Shirat’shirim, but by us Parimon and Samatan. The books of the 08Ghev1    14:36 | the twelve Prophets, of Isaiah and Jeremiah, as well as Daniel 08Ghev1    14:36 | Jeremiah, as well as Daniel and Ezekiel all contain the prophecies 08Ghev1    14:37 | or three books at most and eliminate the rest, because thus 08Ghev1    14:38 | which exists between us Christians and the Jews, the sole cause 08Ghev1    14:38 | the testimonies of the Prophets, and have been unwilling to recognize 08Ghev1    14:40 | that, the temple, the testaments, and the priesthood continued to exist 08Ghev1    14:40 | Lord Himself submitted to circumcision and the other ceremonies, one after 08Ghev1    14:41 | the Prophets, ordained these ceremonies, and that far from being contradictory 08Ghev1    14:41 | to Him, they were pleasant and served as solid testimonies to 08Ghev1    14:41 | solid testimonies to His economy and His mission 08Ghev1    14:42 | the two captivities of Israel and Judah, continued to exist up 08Ghev1    14:42 | the time of our Savior, and from which, the Lord drew 08Ghev1    14:44 | Babylon, there we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion 08Ghev1    14:44 | captors required of us songs, and our tormentors words of praise 08Ghev1    14:45 | grace of the Holy Spirit, and he composed everything infallibly, as 08Ghev1    14:45 | the people returned from captivity and came back to Jerusalem, bringing 08Ghev1    14:46 | in every respect, is imperfect and forgetful. Yet God, who is 08Ghev1    14:46 | eternal, whose power is great, and whose wisdom is without limitation 08Ghev1    14:46 | who is exempt from forgetfulness and conjectures, it is He who 08Ghev1    14:48 | and reasonable people will know that 08Ghev1    14:48 | the Scriptures, than such holy and authoritative people. This will sufficed 08Ghev1    14:49 | paradise or hell, to judgment and resurrection in the Law of 08Ghev1    14:50 | Joshua did He command Moses, and what He commanded Samuel and 08Ghev1    14:50 | and what He commanded Samuel and David and all the other 08Ghev1    14:50 | He commanded Samuel and David and all the other Prophets, in 08Ghev1    14:51 | God wished to reveal Himself and proclaim His will to man 08Ghev1    14:52 | should He send other prophets? And if He was going to 08Ghev1    14:53 | the Law the resurrection, judgment, and hell 08Ghev1    14:54 | I, even I, am he, and there is no god beside 08Ghev1    14:54 | god beside me; I kill and I make alive; I wound 08Ghev1    14:54 | I make alive; I wound and I heal; and there is 08Ghev1    14:54 | I wound and I heal; and there is none that can 08Ghev1    14:55 | I whet my glittering sword, and my hand takes hold on 08Ghev1    14:55 | take vengeance on my adversaries, and will requite those who hate 08Ghev1    14:55 | these words to further development and completion by later Prophets 08Ghev1    14:56 | statement that “Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John have written the Gospel 08Ghev1    14:56 | it was written by God and brought down from the heavens 08Ghev1    14:56 | it was ’Umar, Abu Turab, and Salman the Persian, who composed 08Ghev1    14:58 | had decided on be-forehand, and having announced them before the 08Ghev1    14:58 | still needed assistance from God and promised to send the Holy 08Ghev1    14:58 | comfort them in the distress and sorrow they felt at the 08Ghev1    14:58 | the departure of their Lord and Master 08Ghev1    14:59 | His disciples for His ascension, and remind them of all that 08Ghev1    14:61 | will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all 08Ghev1    14:61 | not to men in general, and you know well that His 08Ghev1    14:62 | Prophets successively, one by one, and yet, even through them all 08Ghev1    14:63 | of the shadows of idolatry, and shall arrive at a certain 08Ghev1    14:63 | of the Gospel of Christ, and finally, from the Gospel to 08Ghev1    14:66 | Yet this religion, so young, and professed by a single nation 08Ghev1    14:67 | both the existence of God, and the resurrection, along with your 08Ghev1    14:67 | along with your pretended Prophet, and the Hariuri 08Ghev1    14:68 | so much full of hatred and enmity against you), that they 08Ghev1    14:68 | they call you both infidels and enemies, considering the assassination of 08Ghev1    14:68 | preferable to any other justice, and regarding death at your hands 08Ghev1    14:69 | people speaking a single language, and having at your head a 08Ghev1    14:69 | same time chief, sovereign, pontiff and executioner, would it be astonishing 08Ghev1    14:70 | or less, since Christ appeared, and His Gospel has been spread 08Ghev1    14:70 | the other, among all peoples and all languages, from the civilized 08Ghev1    14:70 | the civilized countries of Greece and Rome to the most remote 08Ghev1    14:70 | remote countries of the barbarians; and if there some minor divergence 08Ghev1    14:71 | all the voluptuous, impure, unclean, and impious people who conduct themselves 08Ghev1    14:71 | who conduct themselves like pagans, and among whose number you count 08Ghev1    14:71 | faith is only a blasphemy, and their baptism only a desecration 08Ghev1    14:72 | who live far from us and speak a tongue other than 08Ghev1    14:74 | languages in which the wonderous and salvific knowledge of God has 08Ghev1    14:75 | well know, far from us, and differing from us both in 08Ghev1    14:75 | us both in their language and their habits. You yourself, on 08Ghev1    14:75 | up all your ancient books and replaced them with others composed 08Ghev1    14:75 | himself, according to his taste, and spread everywhere in your nation 08Ghev1    14:76 | so many different languages, find and bring together skilled interpreters, and 08Ghev1    14:76 | and bring together skilled interpreters, and have them examine the books 08Ghev1    14:76 | have them examine the books and make any addition or subtraction 08Ghev1    14:78 | the Gospels of our Lord and the books of the Prophets 08Ghev1    14:78 | Prophets, regarding them as falsified and recomposed by men according to 08Ghev1    14:78 | the Scriptures) which you twist and modify at will. Whenever, for 08Ghev1    14:81 | Come, let us go down, and there confuse their language [Genesis 11:7]; “The 08Ghev1    14:81 | The Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah (brimstone and) fire from 08Ghev1    14:81 | on Sodom and Gomorrah (brimstone and) fire from the Lord” [Genesis 19:24]. These 08Ghev1    14:82 | Book of God, are empty and futile. To whom then could 08Ghev1    14:82 | the light of His glory, and to the Holy Spirit, who 08Ghev1    14:82 | the Holy Spirit, who sanctifies and enlightens all? And yet we 08Ghev1    14:82 | who sanctifies and enlightens all? And yet we are accused by 08Ghev1    14:83 | to this, I beg you, and then answer to it. Although 08Ghev1    14:83 | Although the sun is one and the rays emanate from it 08Ghev1    14:83 | the sun is one thing and the rays something different. Yet 08Ghev1    14:83 | Yet take away these rays and there is no more sun 08Ghev1    14:83 | there is no more sun. And if any one says that 08Ghev1    14:84 | light, visible to the eye and created by God, which the 08Ghev1    14:84 | God, which the night obscures and which the height of the 08Ghev1    14:85 | from them what pleases you and change or delete what is 08Ghev1    14:86 | God, the Creator of heaven and earth, rational, whose Word, holy 08Ghev1    14:86 | earth, rational, whose Word, holy and ingenious, created all things and 08Ghev1    14:86 | and ingenious, created all things and governs them 08Ghev1    14:87 | And this Word is not like 08Ghev1    14:87 | mouths, remains incomprehensible (to others), and as soon as it has 08Ghev1    14:87 | it has gone out, decomposes and dissipates. This Word is what 08Ghev1    14:87 | ray of light without quality and which nothing dims, a ray 08Ghev1    14:87 | as to surpass the intelligence and all explanation 08Ghev1    14:88 | as light originates from fire, and as word emanates from reason 08Ghev1    14:89 | Scriptures. Adam was a man, ( and in rendering him such homage 08Ghev1    14:90 | it was his soul, reason and word which God created in 08Ghev1    14:90 | the image of His Spirit and His Word. Man, being created 08Ghev1    14:90 | being created in this manner and receiving free will, became the 08Ghev1    14:91 | in him by the Creator, and being now a despised creature 08Ghev1    14:91 | pattern of hatred, plunder, murder and avidity, ending up into idolatry 08Ghev1    14:91 | idolatry, which is the first and the last of all iniquities 08Ghev1    14:91 | the last of all iniquities, and into such unchasteness as I 08Ghev1    14:92 | turning humanity worshippers of himself and rejoice at seeing himself adored 08Ghev1    14:93 | adoration rendered unto the Tempter and by the subsequent misery into 08Ghev1    14:93 | true compassionate benefactor of men. And, as there existed no other 08Ghev1    14:93 | coming to know his Creator and flee from the enemy, from 08Ghev1    14:94 | of the knowledge of God and receive the light, for which 08Ghev1    14:95 | And because the Word of God 08Ghev1    14:95 | assume our flesh, our soul and all that is proper to 08Ghev1    14:95 | proper to man save sin, and because no one among men 08Ghev1    14:95 | as to His lowering Himself; and, on the other hand, all 08Ghev1    14:97 | And it will so be that 08Ghev1    14:97 | the most powerful of them, and who announces things difficult to 08Ghev1    14:98 | God, David prophesied of Him and note: “But I am a 08Ghev1    14:98 | But I am a worm, and no man; scorned by men 08Ghev1    14:98 | no man; scorned by men, and despised by the people 08Ghev1    14:100 | Prophet) adds: “Ask of me, and I will make the nations 08Ghev1    14:100 | make the nations your heritage, and the ends of the earth 08Ghev1    14:102 | Lord the heavens were made, and all their host by the 08Ghev1    14:102 | The Lord has sent me and his Spirit 08Ghev1    14:103 | the whole way to knowledge, and gave her to Jacob his 08Ghev1    14:103 | her to Jacob his servant and to Israel whom he loved 08Ghev1    14:104 | Afterward she appeared upon earth and lived among men. She is 08Ghev1    14:104 | of the commandments of God, and the law that endures forever 08Ghev1    14:104 | endures forever.” [Baruch 3:35-4:1]. “Turn, O Jacob, and take her; walk toward the 08Ghev1    14:105 | of the knowledge of God; and the second is that of 08Ghev1    14:105 | first rising of that light, and not to revolt against it 08Ghev1    14:105 | to them): “Turn, O Jacob, and take her; walk toward the 08Ghev1    14:107 | in spite of his will, and mentioned by Moses in his 08Ghev1    14:107 | Jacob, your encampments, O Israel.” [Numbers 24:5]. And a little further on (he 08Ghev1    14:107 | come forth from his descendant and shall rule over many nations 08Ghev1    14:107 | shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted 08Ghev1    14:108 | And again: “I see him, but 08Ghev1    14:108 | come forth out of Jacob, and a scepter shall rise out 08Ghev1    14:108 | shall crush the chief Moab, and break down all the sons 08Ghev1    14:109 | of Moab stand for Satan and all his demons, who maintain 08Ghev1    14:109 | the idolatry of the Moabites and those peoples subject to their 08Ghev1    14:109 | things, the genitals of man and woman, instruments of the most 08Ghev1    14:110 | king thy justice, O God, and the righteousness to the royal 08Ghev1    14:111 | of God, the celestial King, and by His human (nature) as 08Ghev1    14:112 | live while the sun endures, and as long as the moon 08Ghev1    14:112 | dominion from sea to sea, and from the River to the 08Ghev1    14:112 | be made for him continually, and blessings invoked for him all 08Ghev1    14:113 | man, a descendant of David, and not to Him who, in 08Ghev1    14:113 | nature is Son of God and Word of God; and who 08Ghev1    14:113 | God and Word of God; and who in the end must 08Ghev1    14:114 | his days may righteousness flourish, and peace abound, till the moon 08Ghev1    14:116 | is deceitful above all things, and desperately corrupt; who can understand 08Ghev1    14:117 | seen the Word of God, and have believed that He was 08Ghev1    14:118 | us a child is born. . . and the government will be upon 08Ghev1    14:118 | will be upon his shoulder, and his name will be called 08Ghev1    14:118 | free of sin; Wonderful Counsellor and Mighty God are attributes of 08Ghev1    14:119 | the increase of his government and of peace there will be 08Ghev1    14:119 | upon the throne of David, and over his kingdom, to establish 08Ghev1    14:119 | his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice 08Ghev1    14:119 | to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time 08Ghev1    14:119 | righteousness from this time forth and for evermore 08Ghev1    14:120 | establish his line for ever and his throne as the days 08Ghev1    14:121 | is this throne of David? And how is it eternal and 08Ghev1    14:121 | And how is it eternal and as the days of the 08Ghev1    14:121 | the increase of his government and of peace there will be 08Ghev1    14:121 | upon the throne of David, and over his kingdom, to establish 08Ghev1    14:121 | his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice 08Ghev1    14:121 | to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time 08Ghev1    14:121 | righteousness from this time forth and for evermore 08Ghev1    14:122 | passage that the most powerful and most glorious kingdom of Christ 08Ghev1    14:122 | himself will transport His eternal and inaccessible kingdom higher in the 08Ghev1    14:122 | Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son and shall 08Ghev1    14:122 | conceive and bear a son and shall call his name Emmanuel 08Ghev1    14:124 | my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to those who 08Ghev1    14:124 | not my face from shame and spitting.” [Isa. 50:5b, 6]. Also through Zechariah God 08Ghev1    14:125 | And they weighed out as my 08Ghev1    14:125 | was sold by His disciple, and handed over to death, as 08Ghev1    14:125 | as carefully as you wish and will find it such as 08Ghev1    14:126 | marred, be-yond human semblance, and his form beyond that of 08Ghev1    14:126 | told them they shall see, and that which they have not 08Ghev1    14:127 | believed what we have heard? And to whom has the arm 08Ghev1    14:127 | him like a young plant), and like a root out of 08Ghev1    14:127 | we should look at him, and no beauty that we should 08Ghev1    14:127 | desire him. He was despised and rejected by men; a man 08Ghev1    14:127 | men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and as 08Ghev1    14:127 | sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men 08Ghev1    14:127 | their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not 08Ghev1    14:128 | he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we 08Ghev1    14:128 | him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But he was wounded 08Ghev1    14:128 | chastisement that made us whole, and with his stripes we are 08Ghev1    14:129 | everyone to his own way; and the Lord has laid on 08Ghev1    14:129 | us all. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he 08Ghev1    14:129 | is led to the slaughter, and like sheep that before its 08Ghev1    14:130 | By oppression and judgment he was taken away 08Ghev1    14:130 | judgment he was taken away; and as his generation, who considered 08Ghev1    14:130 | the transgression of my people? ( And they made his grave with 08Ghev1    14:130 | his grave with the wicked and with a rich man in 08Ghev1    14:130 | he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in 08Ghev1    14:131 | word of your Muhammad deny and turn into lie the so 08Ghev1    14:132 | Miriam, the daughter of Amram, and sister of Aaron, was the 08Ghev1    14:132 | whereas between the first Miriam and the mother of the Lord 08Ghev1    14:132 | years less two thousand years, and thirty-two generations? If you 08Ghev1    14:132 | a countenance that was sensitive and not of stone, truly you 08Ghev1    14:133 | Your objections are totally irrelevant, and offer nothing but a multitude 08Ghev1    14:133 | but a multitude of gross and inadmissible falsifications. The source of 08Ghev1    14:134 | the Mosaic Code, the Psalms and the Gospels, you pretend that 08Ghev1    14:134 | you pretend that the Hebrews and we have altered them, though 08Ghev1    14:134 | that ours have been falsified and corrupted, where are yours in 08Ghev1    14:134 | This deception is most shameful and dishonorable 08Ghev1    14:135 | you have never seen them, and we are bound not to 08Ghev1    14:135 | some quotations, after forcing them and altering them, do you still 08Ghev1    14:135 | Gospel which your legislator knew, and then I shall be convinced 08Ghev1    14:136 | region indicated by the Law, and for not communicating as the 08Ghev1    14:136 | This objection is completely nonsense and false, because the region to 08Ghev1    14:138 | different passages of the Gospels and see if you are dealing 08Ghev1    14:139 | God was both perfect man and perfect God, so that whosoever 08Ghev1    14:140 | The truth of the Gospel and the faithful are manifested by 08Ghev1    14:140 | which are the most eminent and the most humiliating. Had those 08Ghev1    14:141 | during His life-giving death, and the sweat which covered His 08Ghev1    14:141 | on behalf of Adam’s sweat, and of which He had said 08Ghev1    14:141 | power to lay it down, and I have power to take 08Ghev1    14:142 | sent me into the world and I shall return to Him 08Ghev1    14:142 | I came from the Father, and have come into the world 08Ghev1    14:142 | I am leaving the world and going to the Father.” [John 16:28]. As 08Ghev1    14:143 | is not in His human and visible nature (that one believes 08Ghev1    14:144 | rejects Him who sent me”, and “ He who sees me, sees 08Ghev1    14:144 | was sent as a man, and He sent (His disciples) as 08Ghev1    14:144 | a little later on, “I and my Father are one.” [John 10:30]. In 08Ghev1    14:144 | Thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom Thou hast 08Ghev1    14:145 | Thee, the only true God, and Moses with the other Prophets 08Ghev1    14:145 | Moses with the other Prophets, and then Jesus. Put aside then 08Ghev1    14:147 | who practice virtue, became indignant and approached the Lord as a 08Ghev1    14:147 | the enemy of our (humanity), and refusing to reveal to him 08Ghev1    14:148 | Satan found his temptations useless and retired for a while at 08Ghev1    14:148 | time angels approached (the Lord) and worshipped Him? Obviously, angels did 08Ghev1    14:149 | to die? Pay close attention and think about this. You easily 08Ghev1    14:149 | our Lord, but you despise and reject all the glorious ones 08Ghev1    14:151 | the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God 08Ghev1    14:151 | the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He 08Ghev1    14:151 | things were made through him, and without him was not anything 08Ghev1    14:152 | as the Father knows me and I know the Father” [John 10:15], “the 08Ghev1    14:152 | am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God 08Ghev1    14:152 | your Father, to my God and your God 08Ghev1    14:153 | Father by His divine nature, and our Father by grace, because 08Ghev1    14:153 | in His quality as man, and in His being as God 08Ghev1    14:154 | With regard to circumcision and the sacrifice, you pretend that 08Ghev1    14:154 | altering the former into baptism and the latter into the communion 08Ghev1    14:154 | into the communion of bread and cup. We have not modified 08Ghev1    14:154 | down in the Old Testament and established the true law. This 08Ghev1    14:154 | with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, not 08Ghev1    14:155 | day of Easter, the Passover, and which He had given to 08Ghev1    14:156 | bread, which He blessed, broke, and gave to the disciples. He 08Ghev1    14:156 | These He called His body and His blood, and commanded that 08Ghev1    14:156 | His body and His blood, and commanded that we take and 08Ghev1    14:156 | and commanded that we take and drink in remembrance of Him 08Ghev1    14:156 | sacrifice of the lamb, innocent and pure 08Ghev1    14:157 | names, indicating their true sense and significance 08Ghev1    14:158 | covenant in this secret member and not in others more visible 08Ghev1    14:158 | not in others more visible and glorious, remains unknown to you 08Ghev1    14:159 | favor of God to himself, and that he received the precept 08Ghev1    14:159 | nothing other than his faithfulness and love to God. As for 08Ghev1    14:160 | as well as the Sabbath and the sacrificial system, what new 08Ghev1    14:162 | sprinkle clean water upon you, and you shall be clean from 08Ghev1    14:162 | clean from all your uncleanliness, and from all your idols I 08Ghev1    14:163 | His Gospel, saying: “Go therefore and make disciples of ail nations 08Ghev1    14:163 | the name of the Father and of the Son and of 08Ghev1    14:163 | Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.” [Matt. 28:19]. This 08Ghev1    14:163 | a light to the nations” and “ the people who sat in 08Ghev1    14:165 | resurrection, to say our prayers, and render thanks to the Creator 08Ghev1    14:165 | note: “Let there be light, and there was light.” [Gen. 1:3]. It was 08Ghev1    14:165 | the resurrection of the Word and the only-begotten Son of 08Ghev1    14:167 | Lord? It was for you and such as resemble you that 08Ghev1    14:167 | Prophet: “Look, you outrageous people, and you will be outraged and 08Ghev1    14:167 | and you will be outraged and reduced yourselves. For I am 08Ghev1    14:168 | in the midst of blood and flesh and different impurities 08Ghev1    14:168 | midst of blood and flesh and different impurities 08Ghev1    14:169 | assures us, saying: “He commanded and they were created; He established 08Ghev1    14:169 | created; He established them forever and ever.” [Psalm 148:5b-6]. All these beings, the 08Ghev1    14:169 | with the sun, the moon and the stars, celestial bodies and 08Ghev1    14:169 | and the stars, celestial bodies and vegetation of the earth, and 08Ghev1    14:169 | and vegetation of the earth, and the animals, it appears occupy 08Ghev1    14:169 | superior place in your mind, and seem purer and more precious 08Ghev1    14:169 | your mind, and seem purer and more precious than man 08Ghev1    14:170 | but by the all-powerful and all-holy hand of God 08Ghev1    14:170 | the creative hands (of God), and honored by Him with resemblance 08Ghev1    14:173 | procreation of the human species, and the elimination of the excesses 08Ghev1    14:173 | of the excesses of food and drink serve for the conservation 08Ghev1    14:174 | such as, defilement, murder, blasphemy and other such crimes, are considered 08Ghev1    14:174 | for the purpose of procreation and the health of human life 08Ghev1    14:175 | greater value than a bush and all other created things, for 08Ghev1    14:175 | I will live in them and move among them.” [2 Cor. 6:16]. And again 08Ghev1    14:175 | them and move among them.” [2 Cor. 6:16]. And again, “But this is the 08Ghev1    14:175 | look, he that is humble and contrite in spirit, and trembles 08Ghev1    14:175 | humble and contrite in spirit, and trembles at my word 08Ghev1    14:176 | calls just men His habitation, and that He is not offended 08Ghev1    14:176 | not offended by their natural and human infirmities, which you call 08Ghev1    14:176 | of the saints of God and their relics, that God declared 08Ghev1    14:177 | many times in such glorious and majestic terms, above all, of 08Ghev1    14:178 | and in another passage: “Many are 08Ghev1    14:179 | is marvellous to His saints” [Psalm 68:35], and Solomon speaks in these terms 08Ghev1    14:179 | But the righteous live forever, and their reward is with the 08Ghev1    14:180 | tomb of the prophet Elisha and had touched his bones, came 08Ghev1    14:181 | that which seems to me and to you unclean is just 08Ghev1    14:182 | of converting them to apostasy, and putting to death all those 08Ghev1    14:183 | of Christian servants of God, and mingled their blood with that 08Ghev1    14:184 | words pertaining to the cross and pictures. We honor the cross 08Ghev1    14:184 | given by God to Moses, and from the messages of the 08Ghev1    14:184 | high priest (Aaron) was clean and holy having the form of 08Ghev1    14:186 | says: “The cypress, the plane, and the pine, to beautify the 08Ghev1    14:186 | the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place 08Ghev1    14:188 | the disciples of the Lord, and burned with love for the 08Ghev1    14:188 | world in a similar figure, and who has glorified His saints 08Ghev1    14:188 | But as for the wood and the colors on it, we 08Ghev1    14:190 | was existing long before Muhammad, and was the object of a 08Ghev1    14:190 | passages from the holy Gospels and from your own history 08Ghev1    14:191 | in the form of serpents, and sometimes they seem to indulge 08Ghev1    14:191 | You, deceived by the illusion, and imprudently following them, make yourselves 08Ghev1    14:191 | to them here on earth and in the world to come 08Ghev1    14:192 | their (the demons’) revolting violence, and though, like their father Satan 08Ghev1    14:193 | stone that you call rukn and which you adore and kiss 08Ghev1    14:193 | rukn and which you adore and kiss without knowing why; the 08Ghev1    14:193 | demon, from which the birds and the beasts flee with all 08Ghev1    14:193 | beasts flee with all haste and extreme aversion; the stones cast 08Ghev1    14:193 | flight; having your head shaven, and the rest 08Ghev1    14:194 | unchaste approach of your prophet and the manner full of artifice 08Ghev1    14:195 | fact is that your legislator and all of you continue to 08Ghev1    14:196 | be such as it is, and that is what you really 08Ghev1    14:197 | in the bed of another. And what shall I say of 08Ghev1    14:197 | them of all your fortune, and then, when you are tired 08Ghev1    14:199 | limits to your bad faith, and not being able to satisfy 08Ghev1    14:200 | In a speaking of Satan and the souls of the just 08Ghev1    14:201 | just were abandoned by God and were lost after death. Filled 08Ghev1    14:201 | death. Filled with this thought, and struck by the extreme humiliation 08Ghev1    14:201 | to the condition of men, and so incited His disciples to 08Ghev1    14:201 | His disciples to betray Him, and the Jews to put Him 08Ghev1    14:202 | he was seized with horror, and in order to hinder the 08Ghev1    14:203 | though inseparable from His humanity, and as true God engendered from 08Ghev1    14:203 | let his enemies be scattered” [Psalm 68:1]; and according to another prediction made 08Ghev1    14:204 | since He was spiritual, immortal and incorruptible, than for the human 08Ghev1    14:204 | He had taken upon Himself and met His death. He assured 08Ghev1    14:204 | resurrection the resurrection of men, and rendered certain the hope that 08Ghev1    14:205 | true that Satan, enfeebled, lost and led along by his despair 08Ghev1    14:205 | led along by his despair and that of his legions, sees 08Ghev1    14:205 | those cults which are strange and contrary to the will of 08Ghev1    14:206 | him mounted on an ass and a camel. The meaning of 08Ghev1    14:206 | side of the sea, neighboring and bordering Babylonia 08Ghev1    14:207 | horsemen one on an ass and the other on a camel 08Ghev1    14:207 | riders are really only one and the same, as the Prophet 08Ghev1    14:208 | although have read the Law and the Prophets, yet influenced by 08Ghev1    14:208 | Satan, have refused to submit and accept the Gospel destined to 08Ghev1    14:208 | The ox knows his owner, and the ass its master’s crib 08Ghev1    14:208 | Prophet refers to the Midianites and the Babylonians, because these animals 08Ghev1    14:209 | And the same enemy who led 08Ghev1    14:209 | riders) really represent only one and the same man, as the 08Ghev1    14:209 | these two horses the Jews and the pagans whom He dominated 08Ghev1    14:209 | comes mounted on two horses, and cries at the top of 08Ghev1    14:209 | his voice: “Fallen is Babylon; and all the images of her 08Ghev1    14:210 | enemy who deplored its desolation, and who, not finding any refuge 08Ghev1    14:210 | the infidelity of the Jews and the debauchery of the pagans 08Ghev1    14:211 | like the Jews, the creative and substantial divinity of the Word 08Ghev1    14:211 | substantial divinity of the Word and of the Holy Spirit. As 08Ghev1    14:211 | Holy Spirit. As for destiny and knowledge of the future, and 08Ghev1    14:211 | and knowledge of the future, and as to the demons who 08Ghev1    14:212 | devastating raids which bring death and captivity to all peoples. Behold 08Ghev1    14:212 | all peoples. Behold your religion and your conduct. Behold your glory 08Ghev1    14:213 | As for us, instructed in and convinced of the marvelous mystery 08Ghev1    14:213 | the doctrines of the Gospel, and wait humbly for the happiness 08Ghev1    14:213 | women who remain forever virgin, and to have children by them 08Ghev1    14:213 | tales caused by extreme ignorance and paganism 08Ghev1    14:214 | from us such idle stories and fabulous tales. “For the kingdom 08Ghev1    14:214 | of God is not food and drink”, as says the Holy 08Ghev1    14:214 | the Holy Spirit, “but righteousness and peace” [Rom. 14:17], because “in the resurrection 08Ghev1    14:215 | given over to carnal vices, and who have never put limit 08Ghev1    14:216 | the sake of our unshakable and imperishable faith, we have endured 08Ghev1    14:216 | have endured at your hands and will still endure much suffering 08Ghev1    14:216 | of ’saints’, a name precious and incomparable, as predicted by the 08Ghev1    14:217 | And again, “In the world you 08Ghev1    14:217 | the world; thine they were, and thou gavest them to me 08Ghev1    14:217 | gavest them to me*’ [John 17:6], and “ they are not of the 08Ghev1    14:218 | right arm of the Lord, and on the light of His 08Ghev1    14:218 | do at the opportune time and according to His will 08Ghev1    14:219 | you, persisting in your tyranny and your usurpation, you attribute to 08Ghev1    14:220 | with eagerness all the sufferings and all the tortures which befall 08Ghev1    14:220 | of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, so that we may 08Ghev1    14:220 | of God, for the praise and glory of those who loved 08Ghev1    14:220 | Word, his only- begotten (Son), and the Holy Spirit, now and 08Ghev1    14:220 | and the Holy Spirit, now and forever. Amen 08Ghev1    15:0 | reply written by Emperor Leo and sent by one of his 08Ghev1    15:1 | letter (‘Umar) became more kindly and tolerant of Christian peoples and 08Ghev1    15:1 | and tolerant of Christian peoples and on every occasion demonstrated his 08Ghev1    15:1 | one who released the captives and pardoned everyone’s offenses without charge 08Ghev1    16:0 | true incarnation of our Lord and Savior and his disciples be 08Ghev1    16:0 | of our Lord and Savior and his disciples be broken up 08Ghev1    16:0 | his disciples be broken up and destroyed 08Ghev1    16:1 | unable to move that rock and instead was crushed by it 08Ghev1    16:3 | Yazid) was approaching his demise and was close to death, the 08Ghev1    16:3 | of that demon choked him and he perished. And thus did 08Ghev1    16:3 | choked him and he perished. And thus did he receive a 08Ghev1    16:3 | from the Lord of all, and thus did he perish bitterly 08Ghev1    17:1 | tax service through diverse evils, and at showing dissatisfaction with the 08Ghev1    17:2 | groaning from the unrelenting, inescapable, and unendurable oppression. Thereafter his hand 08Ghev1    18:1 | to assemble a large force and to go against the land 08Ghev1    18:1 | of the Iranians, ruining Artawe’t and Gandzak shahastan as well as 08Ghev1    18:1 | the districts called E”t’shibaguan and Spantaran P’eroz and Ormizd P’eroz 08Ghev1    18:1 | E”t’shibaguan and Spantaran P’eroz and Ormizd P’eroz 08Ghev1    18:2 | Khazar encountered the Ishmaelite army and its general, who was named 08Ghev1    18:2 | Khazars) killed all of them and spread about raiding in the 08Ghev1    18:2 | They left the army equippage and those whom they had enslaved 08Ghev1    18:3 | Arabs) killed many of them and took those they had enslaved 08Ghev1    18:4 | fortress which they were besieging and went against the brigand who 08Ghev1    18:7 | had already secured the victory. And so, (treacherously) he put some 08Ghev1    18:7 | sword, put some to flight, and expropriated their booty and captives 08Ghev1    18:7 | flight, and expropriated their booty and captives. He insulted, upbraided, and 08Ghev1    18:7 | and captives. He insulted, upbraided, and tortured (Sai’id al-Harashi) and 08Ghev1    18:7 | and tortured (Sai’id al-Harashi) and even wanted to kill him 08Ghev1    18:7 | al-Harashi’s) clansmen had arisen and were creating an uproar 08Ghev1    18:8 | checked these plans of his and returned to the Ishmaelite caliph 08Ghev1    19:0 | that he submit to him and pay taxes 08Ghev1    19:1 | reached the land of Bithynia and encamped by the banks of 08Ghev1    19:2 | of the land into fortresses and fortified cities to shield them 08Ghev1    19:3 | them merely to remain there and hold them without warfare 08Ghev1    19:4 | to spread about raiding here and there, to take a lot 08Ghev1    19:4 | take a lot of booty and captives and return to their 08Ghev1    19:4 | lot of booty and captives and return to their own land 08Ghev1    19:4 | ordered his troops to arm and attack them 08Ghev1    19:5 | the Byzantine troops) had arisen and were approaching the Ishmaelite troops 08Ghev1    19:5 | Byzantine army had stirred up and was) accompanied by a great 08Ghev1    19:6 | The Ishmaelites) separated their equippage and divided their mass into three 08Ghev1    19:6 | fronts, setting up ambuscades here and there. Maslama himself was at 08Ghev1    19:6 | one part of the troops and clashed with the pursuers 08Ghev1    19:7 | who faced them were unprepared and landed in the midst of 08Ghev1    19:7 | ambuscades sprang out, trapping them and they put to the sword 08Ghev1    19:7 | surrounding areas taking the districts and cities of that country. It 08Ghev1    19:8 | magnitude of the victory, he and his lords made merry. He 08Ghev1    19:8 | magnificent gifts to his brother and blessed the triumph which he 08Ghev1    19:9 | the loot including the men and women slaves and equippage, he 08Ghev1    19:9 | the men and women slaves and equippage, he divided it among 08Ghev1    20:0 | entrusted it to general Maslama, and sent it against Byzantium 08Ghev1    20:1 | he would destroy that empire and raze to the foundations the 08Ghev1    20:1 | foundations the city called Constantinople and the numerous institutions of (the 08Ghev1    20:1 | house of God on earth. And ( he swore that) he would 08Ghev1    20:3 | a letter full of contempt and ridicule, with the following import 08Ghev1    20:3 | following import: “Why this stubborness, and why have you not come 08Ghev1    20:4 | kingdoms which we have smashed and pulverized like clay pots? All 08Ghev1    20:4 | ours because the Lord’s command and the promise (made) to our 08Ghev1    20:4 | father Ishmael has been fulfilled. And indeed, we have conquered every 08Ghev1    20:5 | ruined many of your cities, and with my own sword I 08Ghev1    20:6 | I have eliminated your kingdom and wrecked the fortifications of that 08Ghev1    20:6 | whose walls you rely on. And as for that place of 08Ghev1    20:6 | bath house for my soldiers and the wood of the cross 08Ghev1    20:6 | is great before the Lord and He will aid us 08Ghev1    20:7 | Maslama wrote these and worse insults to Emperor Leo 08Ghev1    20:7 | the patriarch Germanus, [715-730], the senate, and the entire multitude of the 08Ghev1    20:8 | Then the emperor himself arose and went to the blessed sanctury 08Ghev1    20:9 | give aid (to the Byzantines) and to exact vengeance on the 08Ghev1    20:10 | have corrupted Your holy place and Your enemies have boasted of 08Ghev1    20:10 | set themselves their own victory and did not recognize the visitation 08Ghev1    20:11 | This verse and many others like it did 08Ghev1    20:12 | You insolently envision our Savior and His throne 08Ghev1    20:13 | repay you for your wickedness and that He will silence that 08Ghev1    20:13 | against the King of Kings and His city, and this temple 08Ghev1    20:13 | of Kings and His city, and this temple to the glory 08Ghev1    20:13 | the glory of His name, and against me, the protector of 08Ghev1    20:14 | right hand of the Lord and His arm and the protecting 08Ghev1    20:14 | the Lord and His arm and the protecting power of the 08Ghev1    20:14 | you slaughtered with your sword and those you led into slavery 08Ghev1    20:15 | take measure of our weakness and be counseled to behave according 08Ghev1    20:16 | But He can sink you and all your multitude in the 08Ghev1    20:17 | waters upon the Egyptian troops and destroyed them by drowning. That 08Ghev1    20:18 | now, if you turn around and distance yourself from me you 08Ghev1    20:18 | what is good for yourself and for your troops. Otherwise quickly 08Ghev1    20:18 | do whatever is obsessing you. And let the Lord determine what 08Ghev1    20:18 | Lord determine what is good and pleasing in His presence, and 08Ghev1    20:18 | and pleasing in His presence, and let Him pronounce the verdict 08Ghev1    20:18 | Let Him save His people and deliver us those who have 08Ghev1    20:19 | he became even more furious and rose up like a wild 08Ghev1    20:20 | soldiers to prepare the boats and they implemented this command at 08Ghev1    20:20 | away with all his gear, and approached the city of Constantinople 08Ghev1    20:21 | the wall to be secured, and closed the doors of the 08Ghev1    20:21 | the fortress with a chain, and did not allow anyone to 08Ghev1    20:21 | a visitation from On High and ( was waiting to see) vengeance 08Ghev1    20:22 | ordered the patriarch, the senate, and the entire multitude of the 08Ghev1    20:22 | city to take the invincible and glorious sign of Christ’s Cross 08Ghev1    20:23 | glorified Heaven with fragrant incense and glowing candles and torches before 08Ghev1    20:23 | fragrant incense and glowing candles and torches before and behind the 08Ghev1    20:23 | glowing candles and torches before and behind the victorious and venerable 08Ghev1    20:23 | before and behind the victorious and venerable Cross to pay honor 08Ghev1    20:24 | multitude opened the city gates and emerged, raising up the Cross 08Ghev1    20:24 | the Cross over the waters and crying out: “Help us, Christ 08Ghev1    20:25 | depths of the sea churned and violently pounding waves rose up 08Ghev1    20:25 | a massive destruction of ships, and a great drowning of the 08Ghev1    20:26 | who had escaped the disaster and were on dry land, (the 08Ghev1    20:27 | already devoured their own horses and mules and now turned to 08Ghev1    20:27 | their own horses and mules and now turned to slaughtering their 08Ghev1    20:27 | turned to slaughtering their concubines and servants to eat and satiate 08Ghev1    20:27 | concubines and servants to eat and satiate their hunger. Then did 08Ghev1    20:27 | to have mercy on them and give them provisions. For out 08Ghev1    20:28 | He summoned (Maslama) to him and greatly upbraided him, recalling his 08Ghev1    20:28 | my troops to the sword and lead the inhabitants of my 08Ghev1    20:29 | are the son of death and unworthy of life. Indeed, the 08Ghev1    20:29 | Lord has judged my case and turned your impiety back upon 08Ghev1    20:29 | back upon your own heads and demanded from you the blood 08Ghev1    20:29 | forth my hand against you and not judge you as is 08Ghev1    20:29 | not be killed; rather, go and narrate (to others) the powers 08Ghev1    20:30 | release me to go home and I will vow that I 08Ghev1    20:31 | so ordered. Maslama readied himself and boarded a vessel, cautiously traversing 08Ghev1    20:31 | vessel, cautiously traversing the Mediterranean and returning to his own country 08Ghev1    20:31 | he was greeted with sighs and sobs, the beating of foreheads 08Ghev1    20:31 | sobs, the beating of foreheads and the pouring of ashes over 08Ghev1    20:32 | And he, with his head bowed 08Ghev1    20:32 | God.” Thereafter he went home and, to the day of his 08Ghev1    21:1 | words of peace with them and summoned Ashot, Vasak’s son, from 08Ghev1    21:1 | Armenians, by order of Hisham, and exalted him with many honors 08Ghev1    21:2 | had been exalted by Hisham and by General Marwan, they were 08Ghev1    21:3 | Marwan sent Grigor and Dawit’ of the Mamikonean clan 08Ghev1    21:3 | clan to the Ishmaelite caliph, and he wrote an accusation against 08Ghev1    21:4 | the desert called Yemen (Eman) and placed in confinement in prison 08Ghev1    21:5 | paid) to the Armenian lords and to their cavalry had been 08Ghev1    21:5 | been withheld. (Ashot) faced Hisham and spoke words of truth and 08Ghev1    21:5 | and spoke words of truth and wisdom in his presence 08Ghev1    21:6 | And ( the caliph) exalted him worthily 08Ghev1    21:6 | the caliph) exalted him worthily and acceded to his request. He 08Ghev1    22:0 | Prince Ashot with the lords and their cavalry, and went off 08Ghev1    22:0 | the lords and their cavalry, and went off with them to 08Ghev1    22:1 | Varach’an, Balanjar), beating its defenders and capturing the city. When the 08Ghev1    22:1 | the brigands had overpowered them and taken the city, many of 08Ghev1    22:2 | gathered up the (remaining) multitude and the booty and, together with 08Ghev1    22:2 | remaining) multitude and the booty and, together with Prince Ashot, Marwan 08Ghev1    22:2 | Hun areas with great triumph and much spoil. When he reached 08Ghev1    22:2 | fifth portion of the captives and loot and sent it to 08Ghev1    22:2 | of the captives and loot and sent it to their caliph 08Ghev1    22:3 | extending great thanks to Marwan and his troops, and deprecating his 08Ghev1    22:3 | to Marwan and his troops, and deprecating his brother Maslama by 08Ghev1    22:5 | divided up the remaining loot and captives amongst his troops, giving 08Ghev1    22:5 | giving a portion to Ashot and to the other respected lords 08Ghev1    22:5 | respected lords, (giving them) servants and serving maids. (Marwan) himself ruled 08Ghev1    22:5 | land, ending all violent attacks and iniquitous deeds. He amputated the 08Ghev1    22:5 | deeds. He amputated the hands and feet of robbers, thieves, and 08Ghev1    22:5 | and feet of robbers, thieves, and enemies of order, and then 08Ghev1    22:5 | thieves, and enemies of order, and then put them to death 08Ghev1    23:0 | Walid) [II, 743-744] who ruled for (one and a half) years 08Ghev1    23:1 | he occupied himself with drunkenness and unbridled, lecherous sex 08Ghev1    23:2 | was steeped in such senseless and loathsome obscenity, they consulted reliable 08Ghev1    23:3 | the honor of our caliphate and deviated from the precepts of 08Ghev1    23:3 | of our law-giver (Muhammad) and deports himself with disgraceful behavior 08Ghev1    23:3 | he is worthy of death and should be killed 08Ghev1    23:4 | Walid) in a drunken stupor, and slew him with a sword 08Ghev1    24:1 | entire multitude of his forces and went off to make war 08Ghev1    24:1 | the death of al-Walid and his son. Finding some (men 08Ghev1    24:1 | slain (caliph), (Marwan) united them and all the men of his 08Ghev1    24:3 | final prayer, they stopped fighting and sat and mourned their fallen 08Ghev1    24:3 | they stopped fighting and sat and mourned their fallen, prepared the 08Ghev1    24:3 | their fallen, prepared the corpses and took them to the cemetary 08Ghev1    24:4 | day they resumed the fight and prolonged it. But then Marwan 08Ghev1    24:4 | the opposing side, slaying Sulaiman, and he himself held authority (Marwan 08Ghev1    24:5 | Damascus, then started to fight and destroyed (the city’s) iron gates 08Ghev1    24:5 | been steadfastly resisting, were (captured and) tied to four posts and 08Ghev1    24:5 | and) tied to four posts and had their faces scraped off 08Ghev1    24:5 | scraped off with serrated knives and thus died bitter deaths 08Ghev1    24:6 | into spaces between the rocks and cruelly crushed to death. Girls 08Ghev1    24:7 | For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not 08Ghev1    24:8 | upon the house of Haz’ael, and it shall devour the strongholds 08Ghev1    24:8 | break the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitants from 08Ghev1    24:8 | from the valley of Aven, and I shall destroy all the 08Ghev1    24:8 | all the inhabitants of Harran and the people of Syria shall 08Ghev1    24:10 | mentally, sick in their senses and sick in their hearts and 08Ghev1    24:10 | and sick in their hearts and ( these sicknesses) fostered the tendencies 08Ghev1    25:1 | Syria, al-Walid was slain and they were detained there, since 08Ghev1    25:1 | the former hostages) slipped away and came back to the Armenians 08Ghev1    25:2 | area where they created hardship and great anguish in the country 08Ghev1    25:2 | subjected (the people) to violent and forcible revenue collection until the 08Ghev1    25:3 | began to oppose Ashot’s authority and were attempting to set traps 08Ghev1    25:3 | night while he was sleeping and his forces were dispersed throughout 08Ghev1    25:3 | the brigands coming against him and he escaped their clutches by 08Ghev1    25:3 | booty from Prince Ashot’s treasures and returned home 08Ghev1    25:4 | fortress of Dariwnk’, his wife and entire family, and left guards 08Ghev1    25:4 | his wife and entire family, and left guards to protect the 08Ghev1    25:5 | to Marwan the Ishmaelite caliph and informed him about the source 08Ghev1    25:5 | of the disturbance between himself and his lords. When the Patrician 08Ghev1    25:5 | lords. When the Patrician (Ashot) and his troops arrived at the 08Ghev1    25:5 | Marwan’s forces enjoyed numerous successes and destroyed his foes for they 08Ghev1    25:6 | this, they abandoned the fight and sustained some very serious losses 08Ghev1    25:6 | serious losses on that day. And so, after defeat on the 08Ghev1    25:8 | the revolt of Smbat’s sons and what Grigor’s brother Dawit’ had 08Ghev1    25:8 | ordering that Dawit’ be arrested and given over to a certain 08Ghev1    25:8 | Oqba (Ok’ba) to be tried and judged as the latter saw 08Ghev1    25:9 | him to be treacherously taken and placed in the hands of 08Ghev1    25:9 | merciless executioner. (The executioner) took and bound him with wicked restraints 08Ghev1    25:9 | bound him with wicked restraints and put him into confinement in 08Ghev1    25:10 | inquiring what he (would) order. And he ordered that his hands 08Ghev1    25:10 | he ordered that his hands and feet be cut off and 08Ghev1    25:10 | and feet be cut off and then that he be tied 08Ghev1    25:10 | Thus (Dawit’) died a pitiful and ignoble death. As is said 08Ghev1    25:10 | of behavior unpleasing to God and of the hatred which they 08Ghev1    25:11 | established the rule of Ashot and sent him to the country 08Ghev1    26:0 | drop their yoke of obedience and to rebel from the Ishmaelites 08Ghev1    26:0 | Mamikonean clan suggested this plan and he did this with the 08Ghev1    26:2 | the unanimity of the lords and their cavalry—since one and 08Ghev1    26:2 | and their cavalry—since one and all were enthused by this 08Ghev1    26:2 | his lords one by one and beseeched them with much conversation 08Ghev1    26:2 | it is a devious plan and a disastrous proposition. Clearly our 08Ghev1    26:2 | we cannot withstand their troops, and we will be unable to 08Ghev1    26:3 | It will bring only trouble and danger to our aim. If 08Ghev1    26:3 | you prefer, accept my counsel and let us not do it 08Ghev1    26:3 | as we are currently doing and let us keep our property 08Ghev1    26:3 | our property, our vineyards, forests, and farms 08Ghev1    26:5 | Ashot unwillingly united with Grigor and the other lords and made 08Ghev1    26:5 | Grigor and the other lords and made a vow on the 08Ghev1    26:6 | the commander of our land and went and took refuge in 08Ghev1    26:6 | of our land and went and took refuge in the fortresses 08Ghev1    26:6 | Tayk’ with all their families and belongings. They were particularly relying 08Ghev1    26:7 | sinfulness (the Paulician heretics) went and mingled with the rebels’ brigade 08Ghev1    26:7 | of elders. Rather, like strangers and foreigners, they spread around capturing 08Ghev1    26:7 | they spread around capturing brothers and their kinfolk and, taking much 08Ghev1    26:7 | capturing brothers and their kinfolk and, taking much booty, they inflicted 08Ghev1    26:7 | much booty, they inflicted torments and beatings upon their brothers 08Ghev1    26:8 | result, God withdrew his forgiveness and shattered their unity. Indeed their 08Ghev1    26:8 | Prince Ashot broke with them and went to the village of 08Ghev1    26:8 | of the lords accompanied him and wanted to unite with the 08Ghev1    26:9 | who were with him went and informed that malicious Grigor about 08Ghev1    26:10 | he quickly assembled his troops and pursued (Ashot) over the mountains 08Ghev1    26:10 | up with him at night and besieged the place where he 08Ghev1    26:11 | him to blind his eyes. ( And by this deed) he reduced 08Ghev1    26:11 | it to a shadowy darkness and plunging into deep sorrow not 08Ghev1    26:12 | they could do was sit and lament, moan and cry. For 08Ghev1    26:12 | was sit and lament, moan and cry. For the splendid crown 08Ghev1    26:12 | had fallen from their heads and was ruined. And thereafter the 08Ghev1    26:12 | their heads and was ruined. And thereafter the glory of the 08Ghev1    26:13 | from some feat of valor— and broadcast the tidings of his 08Ghev1    26:14 | For his stomach became frightfully and dangerously swollen and he grew 08Ghev1    26:14 | became frightfully and dangerously swollen and he grew feverish. And thus 08Ghev1    26:14 | swollen and he grew feverish. And thus did he quit this 08Ghev1    27:1 | Marwan still held the caliphate and was fighting with his own 08Ghev1    27:2 | Muhammad) separated from the rest and went as fugitives to the 08Ghev1    27:2 | to the land of Khurasan and concealed themselves there for a 08Ghev1    27:3 | as general over themselves Kahat’ba and a certain Abu Muslim who 08Ghev1    27:4 | They united and slew the leader of the 08Ghev1    27:4 | the leader of the land and attracted their troops to their 08Ghev1    27:5 | They struck and killed many of them while 08Ghev1    27:5 | of Abdullah (were the attackers) and they were called the sons 08Ghev1    27:5 | crossed the Tigris River, conquering and subduing many cities. Meanwhile all 08Ghev1    27:5 | against them were decisively crushed, and ( the Abbasid rebels) subdued everyone 08Ghev1    27:6 | the residents of al-Kufa and Basra, when they saw the 08Ghev1    27:6 | army’s) brutal power, they cooperated and added to their forces. When 08Ghev1    27:6 | panic, opened the royal treasury, and distributed it to his troops 08Ghev1    27:7 | drew near to each other and deployed brigade against brigade. When 08Ghev1    27:7 | were wounded on both sides and innumerable corpses fell on the 08Ghev1    27:9 | of Abdullah grew (even) stronger and attacked with bestial ferocity, reaching 08Ghev1    27:9 | that some [300,000] cavalry were killed and that their blood flowed in 08Ghev1    27:10 | his troops were forced back and trapped in Marwan’s camp. (The 08Ghev1    27:10 | to the fortress-like base and the very tent of Marwan 08Ghev1    27:10 | where (Marwan) himself was seized and killed. All these evil (events 08Ghev1    27:10 | war, the capture of cities, and the shedding of blood—transpired 08Ghev1    28:1 | to bankruptcy with many afflictions and torments, to the point that 08Ghev1    28:2 | He made many orphans and widows suffer greatly and tortured 08Ghev1    28:2 | orphans and widows suffer greatly and tortured priests and servants of 08Ghev1    28:2 | suffer greatly and tortured priests and servants of the churches mockingly 08Ghev1    28:2 | the names of the dead and their families 08Ghev1    28:3 | many silver zuze’s per capita and placing a lead seal around 08Ghev1    28:4 | lords of the clans voluntarily and involuntarily gave gifts of horses 08Ghev1    28:4 | involuntarily gave gifts of horses and mules, precious clothing and other 08Ghev1    28:4 | horses and mules, precious clothing and other gold and silver goods 08Ghev1    28:4 | precious clothing and other gold and silver goods, to fill the 08Ghev1    28:5 | the area of the Iranians and Medes as far as the 08Ghev1    28:5 | of Khurasan, thence to Egypt and the land of Pentapolis as 08Ghev1    28:7 | in charge of making judgements and collecting taxes in the land 08Ghev1    28:8 | same House as Prince Ashot, and the son of his father’s 08Ghev1    28:9 | all the expenses for clothing and feeding these brigades 08Ghev1    29:0 | Copronymous, [740-775] left his imperial seat and came to the Karin area 08Ghev1    29:1 | the walls of the citadel and Emperor Constantine, son of Leo 08Ghev1    29:1 | of Leo, opened the treasury and withdrew a large amount of 08Ghev1    29:1 | a large amount of gold and silver. He also found in 08Ghev1    29:1 | Lord’s Cross, which he removed and took with him 08Ghev1    29:2 | Byzantine territory the city’s troops and Saracen population with their families 08Ghev1    29:3 | And they too departed along with 08Ghev1    29:3 | power of the Lord’s Cross and the emperor’s glory. They left 08Ghev1    29:3 | glory. They left their birthplace and, separating (from their own people 08Ghev1    29:4 | assembled the troops under him and went to that city of 08Ghev1    29:4 | to that city of Karin and imposed the poll tax on 08Ghev1    29:5 | led the sons of Ishmael and their families there and settled 08Ghev1    29:5 | Ishmael and their families there and settled them to hold and 08Ghev1    29:5 | and settled them to hold and protect the city from (their 08Ghev1    29:5 | the city from (their) foes. And he stipulated that the provisions 08Ghev1    30:1 | practised their natural evil everywhere and did not desist. Now there 08Ghev1    30:2 | Sahak and Hamazasp, lords of the Artsruni 08Ghev1    30:2 | with only a few men and fell in among the enemy 08Ghev1    30:2 | in number, they surrounded them and wanted to slay them 08Ghev1    30:3 | And when Sahak and Hamazasp saw 08Ghev1    30:3 | And when Sahak and Hamazasp saw the brigands rising 08Ghev1    30:3 | brigands rising up against them and that there was nowhere to 08Ghev1    30:3 | killed a host of enemies, and tried to cut their way 08Ghev1    30:4 | stabbed, fell from his horse and was surrounded by the enemy 08Ghev1    30:5 | his own life. He dismounted and hamstrung his horse, and then 08Ghev1    30:5 | dismounted and hamstrung his horse, and then commenced furious single combat 08Ghev1    30:6 | Subsequently their brother Gagik and the lords with them learned 08Ghev1    30:6 | site of that battle lamenting and crying. However, they were unable 08Ghev1    30:6 | to bury the dead, sighing and lamenting 08Ghev1    30:7 | fell into Gagik Artsruni’s hands. And he killed Sulaiman and many 08Ghev1    30:7 | hands. And he killed Sulaiman and many with him 08Ghev1    31:0 | treaty between the Khazars’ forces and himself 08Ghev1    31:1 | hand maidens, ladies in waiting, and servants. But Khatun lived for 08Ghev1    31:1 | for only a short while and then died 08Ghev1    31:2 | Khaqan) assembled an enormous force and entrusted it to one of 08Ghev1    31:3 | the very mighty Kura River and seizing numerous districts of the 08Ghev1    31:3 | Geghawu, Shak’e’, Bex, Xeni, Kambexchan, and Xoghmaz 08Ghev1    31:4 | were countless flocks of sheep and herds of cattle, which (the 08Ghev1    31:5 | K’ue’shkap’or, Dzelt’d, Tsuk’e’t’, Ve’lists’xe’, T’iane’t’, and Erk 08Ghev1    31:6 | up a multitude of captives and a great deal of booty 08Ghev1    31:6 | there like an irrational animal and the ruination of the land 08Ghev1    31:7 | country of the Aghuanians dispelled and ( the Khazar leader himself) united 08Ghev1    31:7 | himself) united with the caliph and ( even) sent his son as 08Ghev1    32:0 | Armenians. He was an impious and bloodthirsty creature against whom many 08Ghev1    32:1 | Armenian lords who gave up and abandoned their legacies, fleeing to 08Ghev1    32:1 | legacies, fleeing to Byzantine territory and seeking refuge near Emperor Constantine 08Ghev1    32:2 | foreign) place to flee to. And so he migrated to the 08Ghev1    32:2 | their cavalry. Then he arose and commenced raiding in the land 08Ghev1    32:2 | Zidr’o’, Tasuk, Gaznak, Ormi, Surenapat and other neighboring districts where (Gagik’s 08Ghev1    32:2 | God, similar to the infidels, and unbefitting Christians 08Ghev1    32:3 | Her), wounding many Armenian troops and putting the rest to flight 08Ghev1    32:4 | to resume his impious deeds, and retreated into the fortress where 08Ghev1    32:5 | discuss) peace. (Muse’) arrested (Gagik) and turned him over to the 08Ghev1    32:5 | who put him in shackles and threw him into a prison 08Ghev1    32:5 | a prison of unbearable narrowness and demanded from him the silver 08Ghev1    32:6 | worthless man. (Gagik’s) sons, Hamazasp and Sahak, were kept in bondage 08Ghev1    32:7 | eventually) became reconciled with them and ordered that they be sent 08Ghev1    33:0 | during the overseership of Yazid and during the caliphate of the 08Ghev1    33:2 | Many fled to the caves and crevices of the country and 08Ghev1    33:2 | and crevices of the country and hid there; while others, unable 08Ghev1    33:2 | demanded of them in silver and per capita as a result 08Ghev1    33:2 | bonds of bankruptcy. The lords and grandees, one and all, ate 08Ghev1    33:2 | The lords and grandees, one and all, ate from a furnace 08Ghev1    33:3 | the fact that Prince Sahak and the patriarch, Lord Trdat from 08Ghev1    33:4 | Mansur) who angrily summoned Yazid and, as his replacement, sent Muslim’s 08Ghev1    33:5 | summoned back for no cause and Hasan (ibn Kahtaba al-Tai’i 08Ghev1    33:6 | And yet, (the prime mover in 08Ghev1    33:6 | High: hosts of locusts, hail, and absence of rainfall. Such were 08Ghev1    33:7 | of Khurasan. Even more bitterly and more frequently did they work 08Ghev1    33:7 | abominable acts, increasing the disasters and worsening the plight of our 08Ghev1    33:7 | sins. Indeed famine, the sword, and slaughter increased during his clan’s 08Ghev1    33:8 | patriarchs, ridiculing of bishops, beating and torture of priests, as well 08Ghev1    33:8 | priests, as well as persecution and dispersal of the lords. The 08Ghev1    33:8 | to endure this. They groaned and heaved, reeling from the unendurable 08Ghev1    33:9 | hanged. Others were stripped naked and thrown into a lake in 08Ghev1    33:9 | most bitter cold of wintertime and then guards were stationed around 08Ghev1    33:9 | stationed around to torture them. And thus did they die cruel 08Ghev1    33:9 | thus did they die cruel and painful deaths. We are unable 08Ghev1    34:0 | lives into their own hands ( and decided to act). However they 08Ghev1    34:1 | than to live in danger, and so they opted for rebellion 08Ghev1    34:2 | troops. There he received weapons and ( other) war materiel. (Although) he 08Ghev1    34:2 | himself took up shield, helmet, and all the armaments (of war 08Ghev1    34:3 | he killed the tax collector and seized whatever he found there 08Ghev1    34:4 | took his own (Mamikonean) House and went to the land of 08Ghev1    34:6 | the sparapet (commander-in-chief), and other lords and pursued (Artawazd’s 08Ghev1    34:6 | in-chief), and other lords and pursued (Artawazd’s forces) to the 08Ghev1    34:6 | seized part of the booty, and sent them fleeing to the 08Ghev1    34:7 | So (the Armenian rebels) went and secured themselves in the land 08Ghev1    34:7 | the land of the Egerians and ( Artawazd) personally took over the 08Ghev1    34:7 | of power over the Egerians and over the Ve’r’i, who are 08Ghev1    34:8 | be gathered with added force and violence. Thus there was additional 08Ghev1    34:10 | the Armenian lords with him and withdrew from submission to the 08Ghev1    34:10 | Ishmael in his own district and ( even) in his own home 08Ghev1    34:11 | collector named Abu Mjur (Apumchur) and those with him and put 08Ghev1    34:11 | Apumchur) and those with him and put them to his sword 08Ghev1    34:12 | folk) who were grieving physically and spiritually flocked to him 08Ghev1    34:13 | enemies from all quarters arose and came against him. But before 08Ghev1    34:14 | strong explosion of falling rocks and many of the horsemen were 08Ghev1    34:14 | of the horsemen were trampled and died. (As for Mushegh), he 08Ghev1    34:14 | gathered up the weapons, booty and horses of the fallen and 08Ghev1    34:14 | and horses of the fallen and gave them to his own 08Ghev1    34:15 | he gathered up his troops and those from the city of 08Ghev1    34:15 | Abu Njib (Apunchip) to go and avenge the blood of the 08Ghev1    34:16 | general took approximately [4,000] choice cavalrymen and cautiously passed along the royal 08Ghev1    34:17 | Here Mushegh and some [200] of his men pounced 08Ghev1    34:18 | them including the general himself. And they wiped them out. In 08Ghev1    34:19 | of Dwin. All the men and women of (the governor’s) people 08Ghev1    34:19 | people came before him, shrieking and wailing and casting dirt over 08Ghev1    34:19 | before him, shrieking and wailing and casting dirt over their heads 08Ghev1    34:19 | casting dirt over their heads and striking their foreheads, tearing their 08Ghev1    34:19 | their foreheads, tearing their collars and filling all the city’s broad 08Ghev1    34:19 | city’s broad streets with sobbing and lamentation 08Ghev1    34:20 | descended on the Saracens’ brigade, and it did not dare sally 08Ghev1    34:21 | certain of (its eventual) success, and pursued the foolish plan 08Ghev1    34:22 | began prophesizing (the following) vain and futile words: “Lo, the time 08Ghev1    34:22 | House of T’orgom (the Armenians), and by means of you vengeance 08Ghev1    34:23 | fighting your war. Arm yourselves and fear not 08Ghev1    34:24 | daily basis narrate such false and delusional visions, and everyone believed 08Ghev1    34:24 | such false and delusional visions, and everyone believed him and called 08Ghev1    34:24 | visions, and everyone believed him and called him a seer 08Ghev1    34:26 | And he as if involuntarily moved 08Ghev1    34:26 | moved by his own firm and arrogant thoughts went after that 08Ghev1    34:26 | thoughts went after that deceitful and fanatical man 08Ghev1    34:27 | came together in some spot and swore an oath to die 08Ghev1    34:28 | brigades. They arose from there and went to the city of 08Ghev1    34:29 | They besieged it with walls and throughout the entire winter they 08Ghev1    34:29 | against it. They erected towers and punched holes in the city’s 08Ghev1    34:30 | associate himself with this harmful and disastrous affair, since he was 08Ghev1    34:30 | since he was a prudent and brilliant man 08Ghev1    34:31 | themselves from the monk’s fanatical and damaging counsel. He note: “You 08Ghev1    34:31 | note: “You are too young, and I know that you cannot 08Ghev1    34:31 | of that many headed dragon; and furthermore (their leader) has a 08Ghev1    34:31 | limitless host at his disposal and his treasury can supply them 08Ghev1    34:32 | at the sight of them and does not dare go against 08Ghev1    34:33 | Byzantine emperor, his personal bravery, ( and the qualities of) his forces 08Ghev1    34:33 | the qualities of) his forces and materiel. He never once thought 08Ghev1    34:35 | concerns are for your safety, and for the needs and peace 08Ghev1    34:35 | safety, and for the needs and peace of our land. The 08Ghev1    34:35 | ways. Either you will return and then submit to them, and 08Ghev1    34:35 | and then submit to them, and your country will remain in 08Ghev1    34:35 | flight with all your comrades and their families, abandon the inheritance 08Ghev1    34:35 | the inheritance of your fathers and their dwellings, forests, fields, even 08Ghev1    34:35 | fields, even your fathers’ graves— and go into exile to the 08Ghev1    34:36 | hands in a single day and die a disagreeable death. For 08Ghev1    34:36 | things about the godless caliph, ( and I know that) he will 08Ghev1    34:37 | in the undertaking before them, and not to entertain doubts. But 08Ghev1    34:37 | broke away from each other and became disunited 08Ghev1    34:38 | of the Artsrunik’ House, Hamazasp and his brothers, stayed where they 08Ghev1    34:38 | of Vaspurakan; Vasak, Ashot’s son, and those of the Amatunik’ and 08Ghev1    34:38 | and those of the Amatunik’ and Trunik’ Houses, remained where they 08Ghev1    34:38 | in the village of Dariwnk’ and in the hideouts of Maku 08Ghev1    34:38 | looking for food, took it, and returned to their keeps 08Ghev1    34:39 | the city of Dwin came and began raiding here and there 08Ghev1    34:39 | came and began raiding here and there in the districts around 08Ghev1    34:39 | districts around them. They looted and shed blood in the village 08Ghev1    34:39 | village of Ptghunk’, in T’alin, and in Koghb causing great bloodshed 08Ghev1    34:39 | in Koghb causing great bloodshed and killing many people 08Ghev1    34:40 | clan of the Khurasan brigade, and entrusted them to a general 08Ghev1    34:42 | general (Amir), with great caution and extensive preparation, went to the 08Ghev1    34:44 | that city at the time and notified the Armenian lords about 08Ghev1    34:44 | lords about the enemy’s arrival, and instructing them to assemble in 08Ghev1    34:45 | save the city from besiegement and thereby show himself as loyal 08Ghev1    34:45 | mind, they ignored his words and persisted in carrying forward their 08Ghev1    34:46 | land of Vaspurakan (including) Hamazasp and his brothers and those from 08Ghev1    34:46 | including) Hamazasp and his brothers and those from the Amatunik’ clan 08Ghev1    34:47 | Bagratunik’ clan with his forces, and they advanced upon the village 08Ghev1    34:47 | destroy it to its foundations and to kill the soldiers in 08Ghev1    34:48 | in the district of Ar’beran and waited for the others to 08Ghev1    34:49 | soldiers for the battle. One and all wanted to do this 08Ghev1    34:49 | news reached them. Someone arrived and informed them that a large 08Ghev1    34:49 | sons of Ishmael had arrived and were awaiting them 08Ghev1    34:50 | did not believe (the messenger) and beat and tortured him as 08Ghev1    34:50 | believe (the messenger) and beat and tortured him as a liar 08Ghev1    34:51 | Xlat’) with a multitudinous host and lay in ambush near the 08Ghev1    34:52 | ambuscade where they were concealed and pounced on the Armenian troops 08Ghev1    34:52 | since they were naked, weaponless, and unskilled in warfare. (The Arabs 08Ghev1    34:52 | panic, fell into the river and drowned 08Ghev1    34:53 | three from the Trunik’ House and one from the village of 08Ghev1    34:54 | Hrotits’ (December). The enemy pursued and struck the Armenian troops as 08Ghev1    34:54 | Then (the Arabs) turned back and their army greatly rejoiced 08Ghev1    34:55 | the infidel enemy was delighted and overjoyed. After catching their breath 08Ghev1    34:56 | them were all the craftsmen and creators of armaments who prepare 08Ghev1    34:56 | of armaments who prepare weapons and war materiel 08Ghev1    34:57 | had become very severe there and, unwillingly, (the Arabs) wanted to 08Ghev1    34:58 | Armenian fighting force lost heart and lifed the siege of the 08Ghev1    34:58 | have left for Byzantine parts and saved themselves from the iniquitous 08Ghev1    34:58 | the destruction of our land and the desecration of Christ’s churches 08Ghev1    34:59 | quit the city of Karin, and crossed through the confines of 08Ghev1    34:60 | they crossed the Arsanias River and courageously attacked the enemy, (after 08Ghev1    34:60 | after first) leaving their equipment and horses two stadia distant. They 08Ghev1    34:61 | putting the enemy to flight, and killing many of them 08Ghev1    34:62 | strength, turned from their flight, and resisted (the Armenians) with a 08Ghev1    34:62 | then fled with their cavalry and the commoners who were with 08Ghev1    34:62 | many of them had fallen ( and their corpses) covered the plain 08Ghev1    34:63 | bravely die for our land and our people. Let our eyes 08Ghev1    34:63 | eyes not witness our sanctuaries and the sites of the glorification 08Ghev1    34:64 | our enemy’s sword confront us and have their way with us 08Ghev1    34:64 | the truth of our faith and not for earthly concerns. For 08Ghev1    34:65 | for assistance, saying: “God, help and accompany us quickly. Pity the 08Ghev1    34:65 | upon Your name, Oh Lord, and glorify You in the dangers 08Ghev1    34:65 | For countless evils surround us and hold us and the hour 08Ghev1    34:65 | surround us and hold us and the hour of our death 08Ghev1    34:66 | The Armenians offered these and even more fervent pleas (to 08Ghev1    34:67 | was fighting on their side and appeared to the enemy in 08Ghev1    34:67 | that they had seen clerics and priests with gospels, candles, and 08Ghev1    34:67 | and priests with gospels, candles, and incense at the front encouraging 08Ghev1    34:68 | venerable hope of eternal life, and thus they became valiant martyrs 08Ghev1    34:69 | Sparapet (commander-in-chief) Smbat and his ally and comrade Sahak 08Ghev1    34:69 | chief) Smbat and his ally and comrade Sahak from the Bagratuni 08Ghev1    34:69 | the Bagratuni House; General Mushegh and Samue’l, lord of the Mamikonean 08Ghev1    34:69 | the Mamikonean House, a vibrant and handsome young man who was 08Ghev1    34:69 | House, Vahan dashnak (the dagger), and many lords and commoners who 08Ghev1    34:69 | the dagger), and many lords and commoners who cannot be named 08Ghev1    34:70 | lay there) in a pitiful and dishonored state, since their bodies 08Ghev1    34:70 | to the sun, dust, rain, and tempests 08Ghev1    34:71 | Then again lamentations and wailing greatly increased in our 08Ghev1    34:71 | of Armenia. For great leaders and respectable military commanders were snuffed 08Ghev1    34:71 | snuffed out in one moment. And thus the country was plunged 08Ghev1    34:71 | was plunged into deep despair and the deepest sorrow over the 08Ghev1    34:71 | the loss of these brave and preeminent warriors. For (the country 08Ghev1    34:71 | was bereft of their help and was betrayed into the hands 08Ghev1    34:71 | the hands of the bestial and crazed enemy 08Ghev1    34:72 | called upon God’s loving mercy and sought His assistance for the 08Ghev1    34:72 | His assistance for the hopeless and those living in doubt on 08Ghev1    34:73 | in the town of Arche’sh, ( and occurred) on a Monday in 08Ghev1    34:73 | no way to grieve for and mourn the dead openly and 08Ghev1    34:73 | and mourn the dead openly and to have funeral meals in 08Ghev1    35:0 | in the district of Bagrewand and adjacent areas, causing great crises 08Ghev1    35:0 | They stubbornly resolved to wreck and ruin the (Christian) temples of 08Ghev1    35:0 | the (Christian) temples of prayer and to pollute the churches of 08Ghev1    35:1 | been erected at the entrances and exits as (a source of 08Ghev1    35:1 | as (a source of) refuge and protection for those who had 08Ghev1    35:1 | worship the consubstantial Trinity, burning and eliminating them 08Ghev1    35:2 | fanatical spite the priests, monks, and their servitors—as though they 08Ghev1    35:2 | places they ravished Church vessels and relics of God’s saints and 08Ghev1    35:2 | and relics of God’s saints and carried them off as booty 08Ghev1    35:2 | turned again to the fortresses and conquered the strongholds where people 08Ghev1    35:2 | peace, giving them written oaths and bringing them down from the 08Ghev1    35:3 | he had enjoyed some wonderful and valiant triumph and went through 08Ghev1    35:3 | some wonderful and valiant triumph and went through the land of 08Ghev1    35:3 | to stand before the caliph and receive a reward from him 08Ghev1    35:4 | God was delivered upon him and he perished in the country 08Ghev1    35:4 | severed his spirit, breath, sinews, and mind 08Ghev1    35:5 | the blood of (His) sons and repayment for those who hated 08Ghev1    35:5 | who hated Him. (God) cleansed and preserved the country of His 08Ghev1    35:5 | country of His (believing) people, and drew back the scepter (used 08Ghev1    35:5 | scepter (used for punishing) them. And once again (people) were secure 08Ghev1    36:3 | soldiers who opened the door. And he saw flames shooting up 08Ghev1    36:3 | the sky. (The soldiers) took and hurled this malefactor down the 08Ghev1    36:3 | pit where he was trapped and received the punishment that he 08Ghev1    37:1 | more noble than his father and of much better disposition. He 08Ghev1    37:1 | al-Mansur had kept closed, and distributed gifts to his troops 08Ghev1    37:2 | gates, allowing merchants to trade and to satisfy the requirements of 08Ghev1    37:2 | requirements of those in need. And then there was plenty in 08Ghev1    37:2 | was plenty in the country, and the discovery of (new sources 08Ghev1    37:2 | new sources of) silver expanded, and the inhabitants of the country 08Ghev1    37:3 | rested somewhat from the cruel and calamitous tribulations because of the 08Ghev1    37:4 | ’Abas (al-’Abas ibn Muhammad), and sent it to Byzantine territory 08Ghev1    37:4 | perished, Emperor Constantine [V] also died, and his son, Leo [IV, 775-780] occupied his 08Ghev1    37:5 | Tachat from the Andzewats’i House, and Artawazd from the Mamikonean House 08Ghev1    37:6 | reached the areas of Cilicia and Bishan where they raided throughout 08Ghev1    37:6 | land capturing numerous cities, districts and villages. Those resisting them in 08Ghev1    37:6 | Byzantine territory. Then they went and presented their booty to the 08Ghev1    37:7 | his troops with great adulation and gave very magnificent gifts to 08Ghev1    38:0 | emissaries (to Constantinople), puffing greatly and hoping thereby to terrify (the 08Ghev1    38:0 | seed to the Byzantine emperor and wrote 08Ghev1    38:2 | but whatever is the will and pleasure of God, that is 08Ghev1    38:3 | countryside to the cities, strongholds, and secure fortresses. And the caliph 08Ghev1    38:3 | cities, strongholds, and secure fortresses. And the caliph, having assembled countless 08Ghev1    38:3 | general whom we mentioned earlier, and sent them against the country 08Ghev1    38:4 | arrived in the Galatia country and besieged the expansive city called 08Ghev1    38:4 | by this host of soldiers and besieged for some three months 08Ghev1    38:4 | well) protected by its walls and the surrounding areas had been 08Ghev1    38:5 | River are near the city and form swamps all around it 08Ghev1    38:5 | damage, but could only sit and maintain the siege. Yazid (ibn 08Ghev1    38:5 | had also assembled his forces and came to the aid of 08Ghev1    38:6 | cities of Koloneia, Govat’a, Kastighon and the district of Marit’ene’s and 08Ghev1    38:6 | and the district of Marit’ene’s and fought them. But none (of 08Ghev1    38:6 | these battles) bore any fruit, and ( Yazid) returned in great humiliation 08Ghev1    38:6 | of the city of Amorium and returned to the land of 08Ghev1    39:0 | Emperor Leo, Constantine’s son, died and his son Constantine [VI] succeeded him 08Ghev1    39:1 | son Harun (Aharon) as general, and sent (the army) against the 08Ghev1    39:2 | to arise to get food, and thus there was severe famine 08Ghev1    39:3 | received him with great ceremony and delight, and honored him because 08Ghev1    39:3 | with great ceremony and delight, and honored him because of his 08Ghev1    39:5 | appointed him general over [60,000] men; and he remained obedient to the 08Ghev1    39:5 | after the death of Constantine and his son Leo, and the 08Ghev1    39:5 | Constantine and his son Leo, and the accession of Constantine [VI, 776-780], Emperor 08Ghev1    39:6 | lift the blockade on them and convey them to the country 08Ghev1    39:8 | confirmed in writing, (Tachat) arose and quit the country of the 08Ghev1    39:8 | Byzantines with his entire House and extricated the Ishmaelite troops from 08Ghev1    39:9 | son, styled (Tachat) his father and gave him very splendid gifts 08Ghev1    39:9 | gave him very splendid gifts. And when Tachat came before the 08Ghev1    39:9 | the latter personally thanked him and gave him many valuable items 08Ghev1    39:9 | Armenians (presiding prince of Armenia) and sent him back to his 08Ghev1    39:10 | by order of the caliph and had come to ’Uthman (ibn 08Ghev1    39:10 | ostikan) [781-785] who was then governor and chief of the country, (‘Uthman 08Ghev1    39:10 | prince’s order. Instead he delayed and sent emissaries to their caliph 08Ghev1    39:10 | had rebelled from (Arab) authority and aided the Byzantine emperor should 08Ghev1    39:11 | country), they seized (Tachat’s) emissaries and imprisoned them 08Ghev1    39:12 | of (Caliph) Muhammad (al-Mahdi) and his son Harun until the 08Ghev1    39:12 | of Caliph Muhammad (al-Mahdi) and his son Harun a great 08Ghev1    39:13 | of the lords of Armenia and went to the country of 08Ghev1    39:13 | the troops of the Huns and the Khazars 08Ghev1    39:14 | sparapet (commander-in-chief) Bagarat and Nerse’h Kamsarakan and other Armenian 08Ghev1    39:14 | chief) Bagarat and Nerse’h Kamsarakan and other Armenian lords during the 08Ghev1    39:16 | bear the extremely hot weather and died, (among them) Tachat and 08Ghev1    39:16 | and died, (among them) Tachat and the sparapet Bagarat and Nerse’h 08Ghev1    39:16 | Tachat and the sparapet Bagarat and Nerse’h Kamsarakan and other troops 08Ghev1    39:16 | sparapet Bagarat and Nerse’h Kamsarakan and other troops. Caliph Muhammad (al 08Ghev1    39:16 | lamentable deaths of prince Tachat and the lords with him 08Ghev1    39:17 | He terminated (‘Uthman’s) rule and sent as a replacement a 08Ghev1    39:18 | Mahdi) reigned for eight years and then died, as Rauh arrived 08Ghev1    40:1 | He was a wanton, impudent and possessed person, so manipulated by 08Ghev1    40:1 | as targets instead of objects and shot arrows at them, and 08Ghev1    40:1 | and shot arrows at them, and killed them 08Ghev1    40:2 | name he was contentious (xazmabar) and fiendish 08Ghev1    40:3 | the Artsrunid princes Hamazasp, Sahak, and Mehruzhan 08Ghev1    40:4 | enemy (Khouzaima) saw their magnificent and glorious aspect, and the excellent 08Ghev1    40:4 | their magnificent and glorious aspect, and the excellent readiness of their 08Ghev1    40:4 | immediately had them seized, bound, and put in prison for three 08Ghev1    40:4 | for three months—these protomartyrs and heroes 08Ghev1    40:5 | to Caliph Musa (al-Hadi) and received back an order to 08Ghev1    40:5 | kill them. This wrathful verdict and unjust death sentence was sent 08Ghev1    40:6 | who was sympathetic to them and a friend, if there was 08Ghev1    40:7 | And he told them: “The only 08Ghev1    40:7 | to escape from their clutches and live is to agree to 08Ghev1    40:7 | to convert to our faith and to accept the word of 08Ghev1    40:8 | terrified about his temporal death and condemned his person to loss 08Ghev1    40:8 | yoke of faith in Christ and separated from the flock of 08Ghev1    40:9 | of fear of imminent death and not willingly, perhaps Christ will 08Ghev1    40:10 | donned the armor of faith and put on their heads the 08Ghev1    40:10 | the fortifying helmets of salvation and replied (to K’ubeida): “God forbid 08Ghev1    40:12 | prayer they united with God and anticipated inheriting eternal life 08Ghev1    40:14 | adherence to the Christian faith and their enthusiasm for it, he 08Ghev1    40:15 | the ground on the right and left. The martyr was attached 08Ghev1    40:15 | armpits on the forked ends and his hands tightly tied to 08Ghev1    40:16 | his heart that he lamented and sighed and called on the 08Ghev1    40:16 | that he lamented and sighed and called on the Lord for 08Ghev1    40:17 | him from the painful bonds and led the venerable Hamazasp to 08Ghev1    40:17 | between the two wooden struts and also beat him with even 08Ghev1    40:18 | they immediately raised their swords and chopped off their heads. Thus 08Ghev1    40:18 | their heads. Thus did (Sahak and Hamazasp) surrender their souls and 08Ghev1    40:18 | and Hamazasp) surrender their souls and depart this life 08Ghev1    40:19 | bodies be hanged on wood. And he appointed soldiers to guard 08Ghev1    40:19 | that no Christian would steal and bury the bodies. So full 08Ghev1    40:19 | bodies removed from the wood and the bones of these venerable 08Ghev1    40:20 | hundredfold more in this world and eternal life in the world 08Ghev1    40:22 | the caliphate for one year and then died. During his day 08Ghev1    40:22 | raised up by his hands and feet and cut in two 08Ghev1    40:22 | by his hands and feet and cut in two at a 08Ghev1    41:0 | son of Muhammad (al-Mahdi) and the brother of Musa (al 08Ghev1    41:0 | brother of Musa (al-Hadi), and was a greedy, money-loving 08Ghev1    41:1 | giving to his brother Atrpatakan and Armenia together with Iberia (Georgia 08Ghev1    41:1 | Armenia together with Iberia (Georgia) and Aghuania 08Ghev1    41:2 | country godless men of unrestrained and avaricious behavior who had never 08Ghev1    41:2 | four months), who reigned briefly and did neither good nor bad 08Ghev1    41:2 | did neither good nor bad and so seemed good 08Ghev1    41:3 | who was a greedy malefactor and the worst of them all 08Ghev1    41:3 | the city of Barda’a (Partaw) and confirmed Sulaiman as prince over 08Ghev1    41:5 | Ibn Ducas (Ibndoke’), an impious and malevolent man, son of one 08Ghev1    41:6 | the lords, common folk, bishops and the kat’oghikos Esayi (Esayi [I] Eghipatrushets’i 08Ghev1    41:6 | kat’oghikos Esayi (Esayi [I] Eghipatrushets’i), [775-788] came and pleaded with (Ibn Ducas) to 08Ghev1    41:7 | to double the yearly collection and to take it immediately, and 08Ghev1    41:7 | and to take it immediately, and they implemented the command 08Ghev1    42:1 | disasters, voluntarily left their flocks and herds and fled, while the 08Ghev1    42:1 | left their flocks and herds and fled, while the enemy captured 08Ghev1    42:1 | the enemy captured their livestock and property and took them as 08Ghev1    42:1 | captured their livestock and property and took them as spoil 08Ghev1    42:2 | their belongings, naked, barefoot, starving, and unable to make a living 08Ghev1    42:2 | their number exceeded [12,000] including women and children. Their leaders were Shapuh 08Ghev1    42:2 | Shapuh from the Amatunik’ House and his son Hamam and others 08Ghev1    42:2 | House and his son Hamam and others of the Armenian lords 08Ghev1    42:2 | others of the Armenian lords and their cavalry 08Ghev1    42:3 | The impious and brutal enemy pursued them with 08Ghev1    42:4 | are in the Tayk’ area and it flows in a northwesterly 08Ghev1    42:4 | northwesterly direction crossing through Egeria and into the Pontic (Black) Sea 08Ghev1    42:6 | He called them to him and gave honors to the lords 08Ghev1    42:6 | gave honors to the lords and their cavalry. He settled the 08Ghev1    42:8 | passed to Christ with blessed and orthodox faith [A.D. 788], and (Ibn Ducas 08Ghev1    42:8 | with blessed and orthodox faith [A.D. 788], and ( Ibn Ducas) decided to examine 08Ghev1    42:8 | examine all the Church’s property and possessions 08Ghev1    42:9 | he summoned all the clerics and terrified them with violent threats 08Ghev1    42:10 | in the treasuries they revealed and placed before him without exception 08Ghev1    42:10 | him without exception: precious gold and silver vessels, some with precious 08Ghev1    42:10 | vessels, some with precious gems, and royal garments for the blessed 08Ghev1    42:10 | garments for the blessed altar and for conducting the divine service 08Ghev1    42:11 | but then changed his mind and took (only) whatever appealed to 08Ghev1    42:11 | to him from the treasuries and splendid vestments and vessels 08Ghev1    42:11 | the treasuries and splendid vestments and vessels 08Ghev1    42:12 | bribes, selling off all belongings and properties until (the Church’s) villages 08Ghev1    42:12 | properties until (the Church’s) villages and servants were freed and its 08Ghev1    42:12 | villages and servants were freed and its debts (were paid 08Ghev1    43:1 | Shapuh Bagratuni for the glory and praise of the most holy 08Ghev1    43:1 | Trinity which is blessed now and forever, amen 08Ghev1    43:2 | a copy of this work) and paid me, the unworthy scribe 09Draskh1    1:1 | ceasing of the ages, times and seasons, thus depriving us humans 09Draskh1    1:1 | of what is very reliable and ever feasible, men, however, assisted 09Draskh1    1:1 | men, however, assisted by God and emboldened a little in small 09Draskh1    1:1 | had passed, composing not pompous and imaginary epics, but making known 09Draskh1    1:2 | the fathers who teach us and the elderly who narrate to 09Draskh1    1:3 | the needs that men have, and with a true understanding of 09Draskh1    1:3 | understanding of thoughts they composed and set in writing the histories 09Draskh1    1:3 | worthy of much respect, desirable and useful 09Draskh1    1:4 | the skiff of this treatise and took the trouble of hastily 09Draskh1    1:5 | well versed poets, those wonderful and amazing men who lived before 09Draskh1    1:5 | prospering of cities, districts, villages and households (gerdastanac’), and the works 09Draskh1    1:5 | districts, villages and households (gerdastanac’), and the works of the Aryans 09Draskh1    1:5 | the works of the Aryans and non-Aryans, or the confusions 09Draskh1    1:5 | non-Aryans, or the confusions and peace, lest childishly emboldened, I 09Draskh1    1:5 | duplicate what was already written and reject the art of the 09Draskh1    1:5 | the art of the poets and make it look ridiculous to 09Draskh1    1:6 | And now, let me not waste 09Draskh1    1:6 | death ready at the door, and my anxiety hastens me to 09Draskh1    1:6 | to narrate the disastrous calamities and the terrible turmoils that came 09Draskh1    1:6 | terrible turmoils that came upon and overwhelmed us 09Draskh1    1:8 | expansion of all the races and peoples that were descended from 09Draskh1    1:8 | from the sons of Noah, and then I shall separate from 09Draskh1    1:8 | other two our own Japheth and single him out 09Draskh1    1:10 | Japhethids to our own Togarmah, and leaving the rest out of 09Draskh1    1:10 | building activities, or political affairs and decent conduct, and who were 09Draskh1    1:10 | political affairs and decent conduct, and who were the first to 09Draskh1    1:10 | over the house of Togarmah, and subsequently his descendants governed us 09Draskh1    1:11 | was spread throughout the world and especially among the Armenian people 09Draskh1    1:11 | was one of the twelve, and by the Apostle Thaddeus, one 09Draskh1    1:11 | to our land as preachers and doctors 09Draskh1    1:13 | an account of) his sons and grandsons who became worthy of 09Draskh1    1:13 | of occupying his holy throne, and also of the rest of 09Draskh1    1:13 | of their successors until today, and of the deeds that were 09Draskh1    1:13 | Armenian people was completely destroyed, and ( narrate) how once again, through 09Draskh1    1:14 | behavior, wisdom, contests, building activities and peacemaking, you will notice that 09Draskh1    1:14 | narrative may not be disrupted, and show the reliability of this 09Draskh1    1:15 | and on his courageous contests, vigorous 09Draskh1    1:15 | his courageous contests, vigorous trials, and well-regulated conduct. I shall 09Draskh1    1:15 | illustrious, famous, magnanimous, well known and valiant men 09Draskh1    1:16 | sword, the trembling, famine, captivity and extermination of the wretched land 09Draskh1    1:18 | the king’s death, through cunningness and subtlety the ostikan implanted enmity 09Draskh1    1:18 | implanted enmity between king Smbat and the great prince Gagik, his 09Draskh1    1:18 | nephew (sister’s son), by crowning and making the latter rule as 09Draskh1    1:19 | and how after the death of 09Draskh1    1:19 | Arcruni, Ashot son of Smbat, and his namesake, (Ashot) son of 09Draskh1    1:20 | to visit the Emperor Constantine, and in an elegant manner receiving 09Draskh1    1:20 | was properly laden with eminence and an abundance of gifts, and 09Draskh1    1:20 | and an abundance of gifts, and sent back to his country 09Draskh1    1:21 | king”, wicked deeds, turmoils, trembling and destructive confusions as well as 09Draskh1    1:21 | as unworthy works, unexpected devastation and fear of death were provoked 09Draskh1    1:22 | you may lend (your) ears and acquire the story by following 09Draskh1    1:22 | books of the Divine Scriptures, and also of the chronicles of 09Draskh1    1:22 | of the reliable pagan historians, and compare them with our genealogical 09Draskh1    1:23 | sons of Noah, who multiplied and spread throughout the surface of 09Draskh1    1:24 | they call Noah Xisuthra (K’siwsat’ros), and Shem Xerxes (K’serk’ses)—yet they 09Draskh1    1:25 | age the Lord inundated, annihilated and completely cleansed the surface of 09Draskh1    1:25 | lawless, the wild wanton cannibals and most wicked idolaters, until no 09Draskh1    1:26 | both those that are pure and those that are impure. Thus 09Draskh1    1:26 | the likeness of each specie, and in accordance with the former 09Draskh1    1:26 | man might grow, multiply, fill and rule the earth and every 09Draskh1    1:26 | fill and rule the earth and every thing that is in 09Draskh1    1:27 | discussing the genealogies of Shem and Ham, and write briefly (about 09Draskh1    1:27 | genealogies of Shem and Ham, and write briefly (about the descendants 09Draskh1    1:27 | necessary for the present treatise, and must be put aside for 09Draskh1    1:27 | put aside for another time and place 09Draskh1    2:1 | the inundations descending from heaven and the drowning of all the 09Draskh1    2:1 | living under the abysmal waters, and after the most unwilling navigation 09Draskh1    2:1 | most unwilling navigation of Noah and his coming out on shore 09Draskh1    2:1 | with his children, their wives and still others and non-rational 09Draskh1    2:1 | their wives and still others and non-rational brutes, once again 09Draskh1    2:2 | first a son was born and was named Gomer (Gamir), and 09Draskh1    2:2 | and was named Gomer (Gamir), and the territory in his possession 09Draskh1    2:3 | Then Magog was born, and the descendants of Magog are 09Draskh1    2:3 | Magog are the Celts (Keghtk’) and ( Gaghatac’ik’) Galatians 09Draskh1    2:5 | the Thessalians (T’etaghk’) were named, and Meshech (Mosok’), who ruled over 09Draskh1    2:6 | our very own Ashkenaz (Ask’anaz) and Togarmah (T’orgom) who named the 09Draskh1    2:7 | Rip’at), whence the Sauromatians (Soramatk’), and Togarmah, who according to Jeremiah 09Draskh1    2:7 | Jeremiah subjugated the Ashkenazian army and called it the House of 09Draskh1    2:8 | progeny are the Sicilians (Sikilac’ik’) and Athenians (At’enac’ik’), and Tarshish (T’arsis 09Draskh1    2:8 | Sicilians (Sikilac’ik’) and Athenians (At’enac’ik’), and Tarshish (T’arsis), the ancestor of 09Draskh1    2:8 | ancestor of the Iberians (Virk’) and the Tyrrhenians (Tiwrenac’ik’), and Kitris 09Draskh1    2:8 | Virk’) and the Tyrrhenians (Tiwrenac’ik’), and Kitris (Kitiim) whose offsprings are 09Draskh1    2:9 | race, where so many patriarchates and races are descended from one 09Draskh1    2:9 | races are descended from one and the same generation 09Draskh1    2:10 | been said about these matters, and a clear account of past 09Draskh1    2:10 | would be driven to doubts, and ( in your hesitation) surely hold 09Draskh1    2:10 | contempt in your thoughts, words and deeds 09Draskh1    2:11 | And now if you, Oh studious 09Draskh1    2:11 | as accomplishments worthy of gratitude, and consider that I should not 09Draskh1    2:11 | relevant to the present treatise and merely wasteful of time, I 09Draskh1    2:12 | begat three sons: Ashkenaz, Riphath and Togarmah. And as Tiras ruled 09Draskh1    2:12 | sons: Ashkenaz, Riphath and Togarmah. And as Tiras ruled alone over 09Draskh1    2:12 | own territories into three parts and hand these over to his 09Draskh1    2:12 | to his sons to possess, and thus he carried out his 09Draskh1    2:13 | the suzerainty over the Sarmatians, and to Riphath that over the 09Draskh1    2:13 | people, over whom he ruled, and called the former Ashkenazian the 09Draskh1    2:14 | as the House of Togarmah and thus can be quite certain 09Draskh1    2:14 | some who give different accounts, and others who tell allegorical epics 09Draskh1    2:15 | four hundred years to Togarmah and the beginning of the rule 09Draskh1    2:16 | over the land of Armenia, and how her naxarardoms came to 09Draskh1    2:17 | man of Syrian extraction, proficient and well-versed in Chaldaean and 09Draskh1    2:17 | and well-versed in Chaldaean and Greek letters, was sent at 09Draskh1    2:17 | of the kings of Persia, and in his search he found 09Draskh1    2:17 | nations as a vain effort, and excerpting only the parts that 09Draskh1    2:18 | stories became known to us and we learned that the handsome 09Draskh1    2:18 | the handsome Hayk, that valiant and victorious champion, was the son 09Draskh1    2:18 | was the son of Togarmah, and the first patriarch and progenitor 09Draskh1    2:18 | Togarmah, and the first patriarch and progenitor of our nation 09Draskh1    2:19 | design to build the enormous and arrogant tower 09Draskh1    2:20 | seemingly by divine ordinance, toppled and destroyed the great tower, and 09Draskh1    2:20 | and destroyed the great tower, and proved to them the futility 09Draskh1    3:0 | Valor of Hayk against Bel and His Descendants 09Draskh1    3:1 | same as Bel, became arrogant and haughty, and exalting himself, attempted 09Draskh1    3:1 | Bel, became arrogant and haughty, and exalting himself, attempted to impose 09Draskh1    3:2 | our Hayk most vehemently resisted and liberating himself from the domination 09Draskh1    3:2 | he had sired in Babylon, and also with his daughters, grandchildren 09Draskh1    3:2 | slaves born in the household, and outsiders who had joined him 09Draskh1    3:3 | men skilled in archery, swordsmanship and the lance; they encountered each 09Draskh1    3:4 | iron-studded breastplate of Nimrod, and piercing through his back, pinned 09Draskh1    3:4 | as his own paternal lot, and named the country Hayk’ (= 09Draskh1    3:5 | he regulated many civic transactions, and occupied himself with building the 09Draskh1    3:6 | over our people, he went and lived in a beautiful plain 09Draskh1    3:6 | tall summits of dazzling whiteness and took possession of the courses 09Draskh1    3:6 | rapid rivers that cut across and pass through its length, which 09Draskh1    3:6 | valleys of the northern mountain and named the mountain Aragac after 09Draskh1    3:7 | Aramaneak sired a son, Armayis, and having lived for many years 09Draskh1    3:8 | magnificently with blocks of sandstone, and named it Armawir 09Draskh1    3:10 | Aramayis sired a son, Amasia, and died shortly after his birth 09Draskh1    3:11 | the same city of Armawir, and built up the foot of 09Draskh1    3:11 | he named Masis after himself, and called the district situated in 09Draskh1    3:11 | few years he sired Gegham, and then he died 09Draskh1    3:12 | sea. There he built villages and gerdastans, and named the mountain 09Draskh1    3:12 | he built villages and gerdastans, and named the mountain Gegham after 09Draskh1    3:12 | the mountain Gegham after himself, and the settlement by the sea 09Draskh1    3:13 | Having sired two sons, Harma and Sisak, Gegham ordered the former 09Draskh1    3:13 | former to live in Armawir and rule over his paternal house 09Draskh1    3:14 | where it flows in torrents and penetrates the narrow passages of 09Draskh1    3:15 | there, Gegham built the great and beautiful dastakert of Geghami, which 09Draskh1    3:15 | later named Garni after Garnik, and died 09Draskh1    3:16 | Harma begot Aram, and died after a few years 09Draskh1    3:18 | but also the Cappadocians (Kaputkec’is), and named that land Armenia Proton 09Draskh1    3:19 | region of Pontus First Armenia, and the country between Pontus and 09Draskh1    3:19 | and the country between Pontus and the limits of the city 09Draskh1    3:19 | city of Melitene Second Armenia, and the territory from Melitene to 09Draskh1    3:19 | boundaries of Cop’k’ Third Armenia, and the region from Cop’k’ to 09Draskh1    3:19 | to the city of Martyropolis, and to the province of Aghdznik’ 09Draskh1    3:21 | Aram begot Ara the Fair, and having lived many years, he 09Draskh1    3:22 | the welfare of the land, and named his place of residence 09Draskh1    3:23 | of years, the lustful, passionate and wanton Shamiram, hearing by way 09Draskh1    3:23 | embassies promised him generous gifts and munificent profits, provided that he 09Draskh1    3:24 | men) immediately to reach Armenia and encounter Ara not to persecute 09Draskh1    3:24 | him, but rather to subdue and seize him in order to 09Draskh1    3:25 | Kardos Ara after his father, and placed him in charge of 09Draskh1    3:25 | died in war with Shamiram, and was survived by his most 09Draskh1    3:25 | extremely prudent person in words and deeds, who formerly ruled over 09Draskh1    3:25 | a part of our land, and subsequently conquered all of it 09Draskh1    3:28 | Bazuk, Hoy, Yusak, Kaypak, Skayordi, and after all of these, one 09Draskh1    4:0 | The Reign of Paroyr and His Successors until Vahe 09Draskh1    4:1 | time Paroyr expelled the foreigners, and having renewed the ascendancy of 09Draskh1    4:3 | the friendship of valorous men and also drawn to himself along 09Draskh1    4:3 | Paroyr, granted him royal insignia and honor, and having seized the 09Draskh1    4:3 | him royal insignia and honor, and having seized the kingdom of 09Draskh1    4:3 | these men, ruled over Assyria and Nineveh 09Draskh1    4:4 | the succession of (our) kings and not patriarchs 09Draskh1    4:6 | his son Hrach’e, whose fame and physical appearance did justice to 09Draskh1    4:6 | always appeared to be handsome and with sparkles in his eyes 09Draskh1    4:8 | our land with great honor and glory; the branches of the 09Draskh1    4:10 | He was followed by Pachoych, and then by Kronak, after whom 09Draskh1    4:11 | successor was the second Haykak, and after him came Eruand, who 09Draskh1    4:12 | source of so many names and stories, let him know that 09Draskh1    4:12 | at the time of Tiberius and are to be found in 09Draskh1    4:12 | to be found in Nineveh and Edessa, were delivered to our 09Draskh1    4:14 | accomplishing numerous deeds of valor, and regulating many civic transactions, he 09Draskh1    4:14 | the power from the Medes, and took charge of it 09Draskh1    4:16 | took the latter’s court captive, and assisted by Anoysh, the mother 09Draskh1    4:16 | Anoysh, the mother of dragons, and holding Cyrus, he seized and 09Draskh1    4:16 | and holding Cyrus, he seized and annexed the domains of the 09Draskh1    4:16 | the domains of the Medes and the Persians 09Draskh1    4:17 | limits of our abode. More and more he exalted our people 09Draskh1    4:17 | more he exalted our people and endowed her with riches. He 09Draskh1    4:17 | yoke of certain others subservient and tributary to himself 09Draskh1    4:18 | derives its origin from him, and is assumed to be of 09Draskh1    4:19 | was a very wise, virtuous, and assiduous man, praiseworthy in his 09Draskh1    4:19 | man, praiseworthy in his ways and works, who conducted his life 09Draskh1    4:21 | Tigran sired Bab, Tiran and Vahagn. In (sagas sung to 09Draskh1    4:21 | the tune of) the plectrum and the lyre the latter is 09Draskh1    4:21 | have fought against the vishaps and vanquished them 09Draskh1    4:22 | the province (nahang) of Iberia, and was worshipped with [72] sacrifices 09Draskh1    4:23 | Vahuni, (for) Vahagn had children, and the Araweneank’ traced their lineage 09Draskh1    4:24 | Arawen begot Nerseh, and Nerseh was the father of 09Draskh1    4:27 | one another in barbaric confusion and resisted each other until they 09Draskh1    4:27 | come in as a native, and relinquished their own stories 09Draskh1    4:28 | have always respected brevity, authenticity and compression of style 09Draskh1    5:0 | Reign of Vagharshak the Parthian and His Reforms; His Successors until 09Draskh1    5:1 | ruling over us as king and about his descendants who succeeded 09Draskh1    5:1 | succeeded him on the throne and were called Arsacids (Arshakuni). As 09Draskh1    5:6 | ruled over the Persians, Medes and Babylonians, and was called Parthian 09Draskh1    5:6 | the Persians, Medes and Babylonians, and was called Parthian, that is 09Draskh1    5:7 | possession of all the kingdoms, and since he had despotically undertaken 09Draskh1    5:7 | brother Vagharshak, a prudent, wise and valiant man, as king of 09Draskh1    5:8 | properly regulated many civil transactions and works that were beneficial to 09Draskh1    5:9 | them in the royal court, and through the entire extent of 09Draskh1    5:9 | appointed men that were honorable and helpful, descendants of Hayk and 09Draskh1    5:9 | and helpful, descendants of Hayk and other valiant men 09Draskh1    5:10 | Vagharshak also appointed him sparapet ( and put him) in charge of 09Draskh1    5:10 | him) in charge of thousands and myriads of soldiers 09Draskh1    5:11 | also took possession of Pontus and Caesarea, which is called Mazaca 09Draskh1    5:12 | to refrain from plundering, pillaging, and indulging in other vile habits 09Draskh1    5:12 | vile habits (such as these), and submit to the royal commands 09Draskh1    5:12 | submit to the royal commands and tributes, so that the royal 09Draskh1    5:12 | of the dignity of cushion and princedom 09Draskh1    5:13 | such as were befitting royalty and useful in uniting the kingdom 09Draskh1    5:14 | mentioned, Vagharshak appointed his coronant, and then the chamberlains, bodyguards, and 09Draskh1    5:14 | and then the chamberlains, bodyguards, and the supervisors of the hunt 09Draskh1    5:14 | the hunt to pursue deer and fowl for victuals, and servants 09Draskh1    5:14 | deer and fowl for victuals, and servants as well as guardians 09Draskh1    5:14 | stewards of temples, cupbearers, eagle and falcon bearers, officers responsible for 09Draskh1    5:14 | of the king) with snow, and others who supplied the winterquarters 09Draskh1    5:14 | porters of the royal court, and eunuchs. He set as viceroy 09Draskh1    5:15 | koghmnakals), governors (kusakals), nahapets, spasalars, and commanders. He also set bdeshxs 09Draskh1    5:15 | in the land of Gugark’, and the other in the southeast 09Draskh1    5:16 | the times for councils, assemblies, and festivities, and also designated two 09Draskh1    5:16 | for councils, assemblies, and festivities, and also designated two mentors, of 09Draskh1    5:16 | king’s memory his benevolent deeds, and of reminding him of what 09Draskh1    5:16 | him of what was right and philanthropic in case of unjust 09Draskh1    5:16 | the fulfillment of the laws and the exacting of penalty on 09Draskh1    5:17 | would live together in harmony and brotherhood, which is the source 09Draskh1    5:17 | is the source of prosperity and peace 09Draskh1    5:18 | established such a proper order, and having left a good and 09Draskh1    5:18 | and having left a good and notable name for himself, he 09Draskh1    5:20 | against the people of Pontus and defeated them. It is reported 09Draskh1    5:20 | snakes, deep into a rock, and left it there to be 09Draskh1    5:22 | laws, like the blessed Eleazar and the sons of Simeon 09Draskh1    5:24 | to king Arshakan of Persia, and reduced the latter to subjection 09Draskh1    5:24 | conceded to Artashes the primacy, and he himself held the second 09Draskh1    5:25 | the west against the Lydians, and taking captive king Croesus, ordered 09Draskh1    5:27 | over the sea, conquered Pontus and Thrace 09Draskh1    5:28 | put to flight the Phokians, and accepted the submission of the 09Draskh1    5:30 | the peoples of the west and filled the ocean with numerous 09Draskh1    5:30 | to cut down one another, and Artashes, who had vanquished so 09Draskh1    6:0 | The Reign of Tigran [II] and His Works; The Rule of 09Draskh1    6:0 | Works; The Rule of Artawazd and Arjam 09Draskh1    6:2 | who had come against him, and forced the latter to turn 09Draskh1    6:2 | back. Having entrusted Mazaka (Mizhak) and the rest of Asia Minor 09Draskh1    6:3 | The same Mithridates also went and occupied the city of Amaseia 09Draskh1    6:3 | of Alexander son of Nek’tanib, and fortified it with extensive bastions 09Draskh1    6:5 | and erected on the eastern facade 09Draskh1    6:5 | monuments built with polished stones and houses with firm foundation, which 09Draskh1    6:5 | Shamiram had raised in Van and Xaznat’geghp’a 09Draskh1    6:6 | Tigran, after setting many laws and regulations, launched an attack on 09Draskh1    6:6 | launched an attack on Palestine, and took captive many Jews 09Draskh1    6:7 | multitude (of the Roman forces), and took flight in the region 09Draskh1    6:8 | Then Pompey conquered Mazaka (Mizhak) and seized the son of Mithridates 09Draskh1    6:8 | the treachery of Pilate’s father, and entrusted the younger Mithridates to 09Draskh1    6:9 | his uncle Tigran, left him and found asylum with Caesar, who 09Draskh1    6:9 | Mazaka, (Mizhak) which he enlarged and endowed it with magnificent buildings 09Draskh1    6:9 | endowed it with magnificent buildings, and called it Caesarea in honor 09Draskh1    6:10 | a large army to Palestine and Jerusalem 09Draskh1    6:11 | displayed numerous deeds of bravery and valor, and putting Herod to 09Draskh1    6:11 | deeds of bravery and valor, and putting Herod to flight, they 09Draskh1    6:11 | high priest of the Jews, and with a great number of 09Draskh1    6:12 | only for a short time, and died after a reign of 09Draskh1    6:13 | Jerusalem, which they instantly besieged and conquered. They put Antigonos to 09Draskh1    6:13 | They put Antigonos to death and once again made Herod king 09Draskh1    6:15 | But rather being a glutton and a slave of the belly 09Draskh1    6:15 | gave chase to the hunt, and onager, and enlarged the dumps 09Draskh1    6:15 | to the hunt, and onager, and enlarged the dumps 09Draskh1    6:16 | the prick of the word and awakened from his sleep, he 09Draskh1    6:16 | he gathered a large army and marching into Mesopotamia, which Antony 09Draskh1    6:16 | taken from him, he defeated and drove out the Roman armies 09Draskh1    6:17 | the multitude of his forces and ferociously attacked not only our 09Draskh1    6:17 | Artawazd, but also other nations and kingdoms, all of which he 09Draskh1    6:17 | seized our Artawazd in Mesopotamia, and totally wiped out the Armenian 09Draskh1    6:17 | totally wiped out the Armenian and Persian forces 09Draskh1    6:18 | who was in Jerusalem, Artawazd and the many riches from the 09Draskh1    6:19 | Artashes, the king of Persia, and set Arjam, the son of 09Draskh1    6:20 | not come to Arjam’s aid, and the latter was left without 09Draskh1    6:21 | was stripped of his honor and put to prison, because he 09Draskh1    6:21 | prison, because he had released and sent back to Palestine Hyrkanos 09Draskh1    6:21 | whom Tigran had taken captive and brought (here). Since Zoray, the 09Draskh1    6:21 | had calumniated him before Arjam, and as there was reason to 09Draskh1    6:21 | either foresake the Judaic faith and adore the idols, or be 09Draskh1    6:21 | be hung on a cross and perish (together) with his family 09Draskh1    6:22 | death one of his relatives, and brought his sons to the 09Draskh1    6:22 | king with his entire family and was reinstated in his former 09Draskh1    7:0 | Conversion to Christianity; His Works and the Enlightenment of the Armenian 09Draskh1    7:4 | There rose great dissention, discord, and confusion of war between Abgar 09Draskh1    7:4 | confusion of war between Abgar and Herod, but the latter could 09Draskh1    7:4 | to his insolence towards Christ and the massacre of the children 09Draskh1    7:5 | latter gave battle to Abgar and was killed by him 09Draskh1    7:6 | Soon after that Herod died, and his son Archelaus occupied his 09Draskh1    7:7 | king of Persia, also died and discord prevailed among his children 09Draskh1    7:8 | Abgar went to reconcile them, and having persuaded them, he restored 09Draskh1    7:8 | restored harmony in their midst, and made Artashes king 09Draskh1    7:9 | families of) the remaining brothers and the sister into three houses 09Draskh1    7:9 | names: Kareni Pahlaw, Surenay Pahlaw, ( and the sister’s) Aspahapeti Pahlaw. Subsequently 09Draskh1    7:9 | descended) from the Sureni Pahlaw, and K’amsar, whose progeny were the 09Draskh1    7:11 | the nahapet of the Apahuni, and Anan, the confidants of king 09Draskh1    7:11 | Abgar had gone to Jerusalem and witnessed the wonderful healing of 09Draskh1    7:11 | healing of our God Christ, and upon their return had told 09Draskh1    7:11 | letter of supplication (to Christ), and begged Him to come and 09Draskh1    7:11 | and begged Him to come and heal him from his ailment 09Draskh1    7:12 | Savior considered it worth answering and wrote to him that those 09Draskh1    7:12 | disciples to cure your ailments and grant life to you and 09Draskh1    7:12 | and grant life to you and to those who are with 09Draskh1    7:13 | of the Savior to Abgar and with it he also carried 09Draskh1    7:16 | miraculous sign on his face, and falling on his knees, prostrated 09Draskh1    7:17 | put his hand on Abgar and cured him. He also healed 09Draskh1    7:17 | also healed all the sick and the ailing, both those in 09Draskh1    7:17 | the court of the king, and those in the entire city 09Draskh1    7:17 | the entire city. Abgar himself and the entire population of the 09Draskh1    7:17 | of the city were baptized, and the numbers of the believers 09Draskh1    7:18 | certain Adde, a mitre maker, and having left him in his 09Draskh1    8:0 | The Apostasy of Sanatruk and the Armenians; the Martyrdom of 09Draskh1    8:0 | Thaddeus, Sanduxt, the Blessed Oskeank’ and Suk’iasank’ 09Draskh1    8:0 | The Origin of Saint Grigor, and the Second Enlightenment of the 09Draskh1    8:1 | himself to a great hope and partaken in the glory of 09Draskh1    8:1 | professing the immovable hope, died and ascended to the upper tower 09Draskh1    8:1 | deprived of the royal crown, and instead Artashir himself ruled 09Draskh1    8:2 | naxarars, he renounced his faith, and after a short period of 09Draskh1    8:2 | time put the blessed apostle and ( with him) his own daughter 09Draskh1    8:2 | death by means of torments and the sword; they were both 09Draskh1    8:2 | the house of Sureni Pahlaw and the Parthian Arsacid line, charmed 09Draskh1    8:2 | numerous attractive promises of Artashir, and pretending to have detached himself 09Draskh1    8:2 | the cause of his flight and feigning friendship he would carry 09Draskh1    8:2 | his treachery without any difficulty, and attain the fulfillment of Artashir’s 09Draskh1    8:3 | pride to the Armenian people and as a cure for all 09Draskh1    8:3 | such reasons Anak set out and arrived at the district of 09Draskh1    8:4 | sources of the Euphrates river and whose leader was called Oski 09Draskh1    8:5 | Sat’enik was irritated by them, and put the blessed Oski and 09Draskh1    8:5 | and put the blessed Oski and his saintly companions to the 09Draskh1    8:6 | the blessed men, went away and took refuge on mount Jrabashx 09Draskh1    8:6 | with hair from heaven’s due, and because of that they were 09Draskh1    8:6 | Artashir, assassinated Xosrov, but he and his entire family were also 09Draskh1    8:7 | Armenia was killed by Anak, and Armenia was in a state 09Draskh1    8:7 | the court of the Alans and made written inquiries about the 09Draskh1    8:7 | on the mountain called Jrabashx, and having cross-examined them about 09Draskh1    8:7 | certain nurses escaping the imminent and wicked attack carried two nursling 09Draskh1    8:7 | the matters of the crown and the other was instructed in 09Draskh1    8:8 | with his disposition, military skill and martial trials, acquired his ancestral 09Draskh1    8:9 | whereas the other, after numerous and unbearable torments, extremely bitter agonies 09Draskh1    8:9 | unbearable torments, extremely bitter agonies and fifteen years of confinement in 09Draskh1    8:9 | the depths of poisonous (reptiles), and became resplendant in our salvation 09Draskh1    8:9 | joyful procession of the incomprehensible and ineffable Trinity shining within him 09Draskh1    8:10 | of the blessed apostles Bartholomew and Thaddeus and thus became (for 09Draskh1    8:10 | blessed apostles Bartholomew and Thaddeus and thus became (for those of 09Draskh1    8:10 | here a minister of holiness and our (spiritual) parent in accordance 09Draskh1    8:10 | in accordance with the gospel, and a forefather 09Draskh1    8:11 | a living martyr with gracious and befitting veneration, and falling on 09Draskh1    8:11 | with gracious and befitting veneration, and falling on his knees sought 09Draskh1    8:11 | his knees sought votive supplications and blessings. After having honored him 09Draskh1    8:11 | him thus, Constantine had him and Trdat mount on a gold 09Draskh1    8:11 | on a gold plated cart and saw them off on their 09Draskh1    9:0 | Council of Nicaea; Concerning Arius; and the Retirement of Saint Grigor 09Draskh1    9:1 | was deceived by the demon and maintained that the Son was 09Draskh1    9:1 | Father, not equal with Him and not born of Him before 09Draskh1    9:1 | before infinity, but rather created and begotten after time 09Draskh1    9:2 | at the order of Constantine and among those who were summoned 09Draskh1    9:3 | There three hundred and eighteen church fathers through the 09Draskh1    9:3 | of the Holy Spirit anathematized and rejected Arius from communion with 09Draskh1    9:6 | the author of our enlightenment and the precursor of (those who 09Draskh1    10:0 | The Death of Saint Aristakes and King Trdat 09Draskh1    10:1 | in every way a holy and a righteous course by trying 09Draskh1    10:1 | the course set by Christ, and made an effort to keep 09Draskh1    10:1 | some by their own will and others by force. He always 09Draskh1    10:1 | a sword upon his thigh and admonished those who were engaged 09Draskh1    10:2 | in the province of Cop’k’ and nursing rancor ventured to kill 09Draskh1    10:2 | the blessed man by sword and fled to the region west 09Draskh1    10:3 | of Aristakes carried his body and buried it in the village 09Draskh1    10:4 | where joyful bliss prevails eternally and one hears of no tidings 09Draskh1    10:6 | cave of Mane, was deceased, and was unknowingly buried by shepherds 09Draskh1    10:7 | as if by divine ordinance and bringing them to the village 09Draskh1    10:8 | deceived by people of unpleasant and disobedient nature, and was given 09Draskh1    10:8 | of unpleasant and disobedient nature, and was given a deadly drink 09Draskh1    10:8 | buried in the same awan and the same garden near the 09Draskh1    10:9 | chapel of John the Baptist and the martyr At’anagines, he was 09Draskh1    10:9 | constantly chastised for their unjust and perverse deeds 09Draskh1    10:10 | he yielded to the wickedness, and escaped to the district of 09Draskh1    10:11 | of P’aytakaran, rose in insurrection and crowned himself king. At his 09Draskh1    11:0 | The Reign of Xosrov and Tiran and the Pontificate of 09Draskh1    11:0 | Reign of Xosrov and Tiran and the Pontificate of Saint Yusik 09Draskh1    11:1 | Vrt’anes the Great set out and went to the emperor Constantius 09Draskh1    11:1 | emperor Constantius son of Constantine and earnestly begged him to make 09Draskh1    11:1 | place of his father Trdat, and pleaded as follows: “Let your 09Draskh1    11:1 | by Christ prevail over us, and let not the godless Persians 09Draskh1    11:2 | man in a proper manner and carrying out his wishes set 09Draskh1    11:3 | Tiran, the son of Xosrov, and went to the emperor Constantius 09Draskh1    11:4 | the emperor greatly honored Vrt’anes, and having readily complied with his 09Draskh1    11:4 | wishes, gloriously crowned Tiran king, and sent him to Armenia. Upon 09Draskh1    11:5 | the Great, the chosen vessel and the minister of the mysteries 09Draskh1    11:5 | of the mysteries of God and the preacher of the apostolic 09Draskh1    11:5 | the span of his life, and departing from this world he 09Draskh1    11:7 | the virtues of his ancestors and distinguished himself in every discipline 09Draskh1    11:8 | impious Julian ruled in Rome, and arrogantly turning against the knowledge 09Draskh1    11:8 | of God, became an idolater and forsook Christ, and raised persecutions 09Draskh1    11:8 | an idolater and forsook Christ, and raised persecutions against the churches 09Draskh1    11:9 | Tiran had taken the image and at his own will placed 09Draskh1    11:9 | Yusik came to that place and tried to dissuade Tiran from 09Draskh1    11:10 | when he shut his ears ( and refused) to listen to him 09Draskh1    11:10 | the emperor) from his hands and throwing it to the ground 09Draskh1    11:10 | trampled it under his feet and destroyed it 09Draskh1    11:11 | went into a wicked rage and ordered Yusik beaten with clubs 09Draskh1    11:14 | sons of Saint Yusik, Pap and At’anagine, contrived a horrible destruction 09Draskh1    11:14 | flashes (of lightning) glided down and destroyed both of them at 09Draskh1    11:15 | a certain P’arnerseh from Astishat and set him on the patriarchal 09Draskh1    11:16 | no longer than three years and died 09Draskh1    12:0 | Pontificate of Nerses the Great and His Banishment. The Council of 09Draskh1    12:1 | dove descended on his head and astounded all the clerics of 09Draskh1    12:2 | adorned with light he returned and being zealous in spiritual matters 09Draskh1    12:3 | all the roots of cruelty and instead implanted mercy. He built 09Draskh1    12:3 | for lepers, hospitals for invalids and all those that were disabled 09Draskh1    12:3 | was collected) from the villages and the estates so that they 09Draskh1    12:4 | also founded inns, hotels, hospices and asylums in the towns and 09Draskh1    12:4 | and asylums in the towns and the villages. Moreover, in the 09Draskh1    12:4 | the hermitages he built cloisters and scetes for the celibate priests 09Draskh1    12:4 | scetes for the celibate priests and the anchorites 09Draskh1    12:5 | prohibited marriage between close relatives and suppressed the indecent lamentations over 09Draskh1    12:6 | When the king and the naxarars of Armenia beheld 09Draskh1    12:6 | of Armenia beheld the nature and the scope of his reforms 09Draskh1    12:6 | the scope of his reforms and also took note of his 09Draskh1    12:7 | transported from Ephesus to Constantinople, and emboldened by this, he had 09Draskh1    12:8 | at the hands of John, and His crucifixion, burial and resurrection 09Draskh1    12:8 | John, and His crucifixion, burial and resurrection on the third day 09Draskh1    12:9 | that of Luke at Rome and that of John at Ephesus 09Draskh1    12:10 | like manner our king Arshak, and the naxarars of Armenia also 09Draskh1    12:10 | over the house of Togarmah, and deservedly presented as an authentic 09Draskh1    12:10 | proof the holy apostles Bartholomew and Thaddeus, whom the Lord had 09Draskh1    12:10 | had designated as the missionaries and evangelists of the race of 09Draskh1    12:10 | to be found among us, and the living martyr Grigorios received 09Draskh1    12:11 | seven. This is still so and shall remain to be so 09Draskh1    12:12 | altogether invested with nine ranks, and the chief bishops of the 09Draskh1    12:12 | chief bishops of the Iberians and the Albanians were placed under 09Draskh1    12:13 | In Sebastia, Melitene and Martyropolis metropolitans were set up 09Draskh1    12:13 | Bishops, priests, deacons, subdeacons, lectors and psalmodists were appointed to the 09Draskh1    12:14 | The latter were dispersed throughout and befittingly adorned all of the 09Draskh1    12:15 | who had rebelled against him and ordered his brother Trdat, who 09Draskh1    12:15 | hastily came to the emperor and appeased his wrath. He was 09Draskh1    12:15 | in a manner befitting patriarchs and receiving from the emperor the 09Draskh1    12:15 | had been put to death and the other hostages whom he 09Draskh1    12:16 | brother, the impious Valens, ruled and immediately sent the great general 09Draskh1    12:16 | Great to go (to Theodosius) and beg for peace. Nerses, not 09Draskh1    12:16 | The latter heeded Nerses’s words and taking with him the patriarch 09Draskh1    12:17 | the holy man of God and gave orders to banish him 09Draskh1    12:17 | fish with the ebbing tide and fed them for eight months 09Draskh1    12:18 | him in an incomprehensible manner and justly rendered him what he 09Draskh1    12:19 | Theodosius the Great, a pious and a godly man, took over 09Draskh1    12:19 | repelled all the shady snares and established the foundations of stainless 09Draskh1    12:20 | And then a council of altogether 09Draskh1    12:20 | council of altogether one hundred and fifty bishops met in Byzantium 09Draskh1    12:20 | fifty bishops met in Byzantium and pronounced anathema on Macedonius and 09Draskh1    12:20 | and pronounced anathema on Macedonius and all the pneumatomachoi 09Draskh1    13:0 | The Reign of Pap and His War against Mehruzhan the 09Draskh1    13:0 | Death of Nerses the Great and the Succession of the Katholikoi 09Draskh1    13:1 | Arshak the king of Armenia and putting him in fetters confined 09Draskh1    13:1 | a sword through his heart and committed suicide 09Draskh1    13:2 | Theodosius complied with his wishes and immediately sent Pap to Armenia 09Draskh1    13:3 | and when the encounter became intense 09Draskh1    13:3 | the Great ascended Mount Npat and like Moses raising his arms 09Draskh1    13:4 | And the Armenian armies became strong 09Draskh1    13:4 | the Armenian armies became strong and filled the entire plain (of 09Draskh1    13:4 | seized the impious Mehruzhan Arcruni and bending an iron rod into 09Draskh1    13:4 | the shape of a crown and exposing it to sparkling flames 09Draskh1    13:4 | placed it on his head and thus put him to death 09Draskh1    13:5 | always derived pleasure from wanton and lewd acts for which the 09Draskh1    13:5 | the blessed Nerses continually chided and admonished him 09Draskh1    13:6 | Deeply resenting this and not daring to do anything 09Draskh1    13:6 | in the village of Xagh and deprived him of this life 09Draskh1    13:6 | to the village of T’il and was buried there. Nerses occupied 09Draskh1    13:7 | Shahak, a descendant of Aghbianos and a praiseworthy man endowed with 09Draskh1    13:7 | praiseworthy man endowed with virtue and religious instruction. Contrary to the 09Draskh1    13:7 | Antioch, Alexandria, Rome, Ephesus, Constantinople and Jerusalem, so that the patriarchate 09Draskh1    13:8 | Theodosius had King Pap seized and put to death, and instead 09Draskh1    13:8 | seized and put to death, and instead he set up Varazdat 09Draskh1    13:10 | Thule (T’ulis) in the Ocean and crowned the two sons of 09Draskh1    13:10 | two sons of Pap, Arshak and Vagharshak 09Draskh1    13:11 | a pontificate of three years and his brother Aspurakes, who excelled 09Draskh1    13:13 | disposition, bravery, lack of bravery and warfare of these two (kings 09Draskh1    13:14 | pupil of Nerses the Great and a clerk at the royal 09Draskh1    13:14 | court, abandoned the worldly honors and turning to solitary life followed 09Draskh1    13:14 | the ascent of his life and the miracles that God revealed 09Draskh1    14:0 | Pontificate of Sahak the Great and the Spread of Literacy among 09Draskh1    14:2 | And since Sahak was indeed a 09Draskh1    14:2 | ancestors), the testimony of saintly and righteous works deservedly followed his 09Draskh1    14:2 | the practice of total humility, and together with his students carried 09Draskh1    14:3 | Xosrov, the king of Armenia, and confined him in the fortress 09Draskh1    14:4 | to Artashir king of Persia, and was greatly honored by him 09Draskh1    14:4 | makes his servants appear venerable and respectable before the infidels. Then 09Draskh1    14:5 | the king of Persia, died, and Vram ruled instead 09Draskh1    14:6 | intelligent children with soft voices, and founded schools in several districts 09Draskh1    14:7 | this he went to Iberia and invented an alphabet suitable for 09Draskh1    14:7 | also he set up teachers and schools 09Draskh1    14:8 | would suit their highly consonantal and harsh tongue, and there also 09Draskh1    14:8 | highly consonantal and harsh tongue, and there also founded schools 09Draskh1    14:9 | Then he returned to Armenia and found the blessed Sahak ceaselessly 09Draskh1    14:10 | Yazkert, the king of Persia, and begged him to release Xosrov 09Draskh1    14:10 | Xosrov, who was in bondage, and send him to Armenia in 09Draskh1    14:10 | wishes of the blessed man, and gave Xosrov the sovereignty of 09Draskh1    14:11 | no longer than one year, and died 09Draskh1    14:13 | against the people of Armenia and disrupted all good order and 09Draskh1    14:13 | and disrupted all good order and caused much destruction and corruption 09Draskh1    14:13 | order and caused much destruction and corruption. Seeing the adversities of 09Draskh1    14:13 | two parts between the Emperor and the Persians 09Draskh1    14:14 | filled with the divine grace, and that his life was entirely 09Draskh1    14:14 | received him with great honor and favor, as if he were 09Draskh1    14:14 | by God through them (Sahak and Mesrop), and decreed that the 09Draskh1    14:14 | through them (Sahak and Mesrop), and decreed that the expenditure for 09Draskh1    14:15 | wishes of the blessed man and set up Artashir son of 09Draskh1    14:16 | to bring accusations against him and to show their annoyance at 09Draskh1    14:16 | complained to the blessed Sahak, and sought to make him an 09Draskh1    14:17 | the restitution of the fallen, and not the prostration 09Draskh1    14:19 | And thus he would not exchange 09Draskh1    14:20 | sword out of his tongue, and expected to occupy the (patriarchal 09Draskh1    14:21 | king confined Artashir in prison, and placed a Persian marzpan in 09Draskh1    14:21 | name of Brgishoy, an impudent and a rapacious man, who managed 09Draskh1    14:22 | And since the naxarars also hated 09Draskh1    14:22 | the Great only to teach and ordain those whom Shmuel had 09Draskh1    14:24 | blessed Sahak became severely ill and he was translated to Christ 09Draskh1    14:24 | the behavior of incorporeal beings, and leaving behind the immortal memory 09Draskh1    14:24 | he joined the angelic hosts, and sat in eternal bliss on 09Draskh1    14:25 | body was taken to Taron and buried in the village of 09Draskh1    14:26 | luminous portent accompanied the coffin, and became invisible only after they 09Draskh1    15:0 | Martyrdom of the Blessed Vardanians and the Ghewondian Priests 09Draskh1    15:1 | Armenia came to an end and along with it the patriarchal 09Draskh1    15:1 | he pleased, peace was disturbed and good order deteriorated. Then some 09Draskh1    15:1 | demon, forsook the Christian faith and obeyed the heathen laws 09Draskh1    15:2 | members among them, Shawasp Arcruni and Vndoy from the city of 09Draskh1    15:2 | ordered a temple of Ormizd and a house of fire-worship 09Draskh1    15:2 | son Sheroy high priest (k’rmapet) and laid down laws that were 09Draskh1    15:2 | scriptures, namely several intolerable customs and wicked practices that were full 09Draskh1    15:2 | were full of obscure gloomy and foul doctrines 09Draskh1    15:3 | the church had been obscured and the annual feasts had lost 09Draskh1    15:3 | splendor, he immediately gathered troops and daringly attacking them killed the 09Draskh1    15:3 | the marzpan Mshkan to flight and seizing the abominable Vndoy burned 09Draskh1    15:4 | the name of Saint Grigor and transferred there the patriarchal throne 09Draskh1    15:5 | And thus good order in the 09Draskh1    15:6 | and thenceforth the Armenians submitted to 09Draskh1    15:6 | for his faith in Christ and with his numerous companions became 09Draskh1    15:7 | were also other blessed bishops and the Ghewondian priests and their 09Draskh1    15:7 | bishops and the Ghewondian priests and their deacons (who were executed 09Draskh1    15:7 | Persia by the impious Peroz, and who placed on their heads 09Draskh1    16:0 | The Works of Vahan Mamikonian and the Katholikoi 09Draskh1    16:2 | set the offices of devotion and splendidly enriched all the canonical 09Draskh1    16:2 | hours of the holy church and also wrote treatises that forewarned 09Draskh1    16:2 | life, which must be safeguarded, and bore salvation to their souls 09Draskh1    16:3 | Mamikonean, the son of Hmayeak and the nephew of the blessed 09Draskh1    16:3 | the blessed patriarch Yovhannes Mandakuni and with the help of his 09Draskh1    16:3 | the forces coming against him, and collecting the taxes from our 09Draskh1    16:4 | And while Peroz was scheming to 09Draskh1    16:4 | destruction of Armenia, suddenly, he and his men were all massacred 09Draskh1    16:7 | Vahan to the royal court and giving him the marzpanate of 09Draskh1    16:8 | pleased God with his life and his devotion to the faith 09Draskh1    16:8 | repudiated the misty, airy, boastful and wicked heresy of the Chalcedonians 09Draskh1    16:8 | wicked heresy of the Chalcedonians and made the glistening brilliant and 09Draskh1    16:8 | and made the glistening brilliant and radiant apostolic faith flourish in 09Draskh1    16:9 | even greater love of truth and a life pleasing to God 09Draskh1    16:9 | tradition of the Holy Fathers and by means of edicts anathematized 09Draskh1    16:9 | edicts anathematized all the heretics and the Council of Chalcedon 09Draskh1    16:10 | council of the Armenian, Iberian and Albanian bishops in the New 09Draskh1    16:10 | of Armenia. They ([i.e.], the Iberians and the Albanians) likewise anathematized and 09Draskh1    16:10 | and the Albanians) likewise anathematized and repudiated the Council of Chalcedon 09Draskh1    16:10 | doctrine that condemned their lands, and stood firmly on the very 09Draskh1    16:11 | And thus at this time there 09Draskh1    16:11 | of the Greeks, the Armenians and the Albanians who had severally 09Draskh1    16:11 | Albanians who had severally anathematized and rejected the Council of Chalcedon 09Draskh1    16:12 | which had been extirpated, erased and eradicated, and renewed the unbearable 09Draskh1    16:12 | been extirpated, erased and eradicated, and renewed the unbearable threats of 09Draskh1    16:12 | of vexatious toils against holy and orthodox men and once again 09Draskh1    16:12 | against holy and orthodox men and once again smeared the floor 09Draskh1    16:18 | instead of his father Kawat and subsequently Vardan Mamikonean rose against 09Draskh1    16:18 | in the city of Dvin, and entered the service of the 09Draskh1    16:20 | in the district of Bagrewan, and set him on the holy 09Draskh1    16:21 | of Persia, gathered numerous forces and sent them against Vardan. A 09Draskh1    16:21 | in the plain of Xaghamax and because of the assiduous prayers 09Draskh1    16:22 | of the marzpan Vshnasn Vahram and received Christ’s crown of martyrdom 09Draskh1    16:22 | accompanied by all the bishops and the clerics of the church 09Draskh1    16:22 | body of the holy martyr and buried him near the east 09Draskh1    16:22 | church of the katholikos’ residence and built a holy martyrium with 09Draskh1    16:24 | patriarchal throne for seventeen years and died 09Draskh1    16:25 | from the village of Eghivard and had been nourished and educated 09Draskh1    16:25 | Eghivard and had been nourished and educated in the holy patriarchate 09Draskh1    16:26 | tenth year of his pontificate, and in the thirty-first year 09Draskh1    16:26 | of the great Movses scholars and those who were learned in 09Draskh1    16:26 | which is a perpetual cycle and the foundation for the different 09Draskh1    16:27 | the province of Iberia, Gugark’ and Egrisi 09Draskh1    16:28 | right path of true order and religion that (the people of 09Draskh1    16:28 | learned from our orthodox fathers and, allured by his presumptuous ambition 09Draskh1    16:30 | Movses greatly disputed and admonished him with graceful words 09Draskh1    16:30 | abandon the heterodox Hebraic aberration and turn to the true knowledge 09Draskh1    16:32 | of Persia, after numerous valiant and dauntless contests and the subjugation 09Draskh1    16:32 | numerous valiant and dauntless contests and the subjugation of many nations 09Draskh1    16:32 | God, the Only-Begotten-Son and the Holy Spirit of God 09Draskh1    16:32 | time of his death. Dishonoring and repudiating idolatrous impiety, he confessed 09Draskh1    16:33 | of the life-giving body and blood of the Lord and 09Draskh1    16:33 | and blood of the Lord and having embraced the Holy Gospel 09Draskh1    16:34 | The Christians took his body and with the order of priests 09Draskh1    16:35 | Ormizd ruled instead. His relatives and certain other naxarars plotted against 09Draskh1    16:35 | certain other naxarars plotted against and killed him in his own 09Draskh1    16:35 | him in his own chamber and in his place his son 09Draskh1    16:36 | prince Vahram plotted against him and declared himself king, he took 09Draskh1    16:37 | Xosrov, giving him many troops and Vahram was all at once 09Draskh1    16:38 | the royal throne of Persia and since he was under obligation 09Draskh1    16:38 | concede Mesopotamia along with Dara and Nisibis and the part of 09Draskh1    16:38 | along with Dara and Nisibis and the part of Armenia which 09Draskh1    16:38 | Ostan, [i.e.] the city of Dvin, and two other districts, namely Maseac’otn 09Draskh1    16:38 | two other districts, namely Maseac’otn and the region of Aragac 09Draskh1    16:39 | the village (awan) of Arest and Hac’iwn 09Draskh1    16:41 | country whose metropolis is Sebastia, and which was known as “First 09Draskh1    16:42 | Cappadocia, whose metropolis is Caesarea and which was formerly known as 09Draskh1    16:42 | as “Second Armenia”, “Third Armenia” and turned it into an eparchy 09Draskh1    16:43 | districts of the same name and is known as “Third Armenia 09Draskh1    16:47 | And he renamed that part of 09Draskh1    16:47 | the borders of Assyria (Asorestan) and had remained in the hands 09Draskh1    16:48 | Inner Armenia” ( = Armenia Profunda), and the region around the city 09Draskh1    16:49 | Maurice introduced all these changes and registered them in the royal 09Draskh1    16:50 | as the “First,” “Second,” “Third,” and “ Fourth” Armenias reflect on my 09Draskh1    17:0 | The Works and Heroic Acts of Smbat, and 09Draskh1    17:0 | and Heroic Acts of Smbat, and the Council of Dvin 09Draskh1    17:1 | all of his (Xosrov’s) enemies and, defeating through dauntless combat all 09Draskh1    17:2 | was greatly pleased with Smbat and lavished on him numerous gifts 09Draskh1    17:3 | been taken captive from Armenia and were settled in the region 09Draskh1    17:3 | desert which borders on T’urk’astan and is called Sagastan. They had 09Draskh1    17:3 | had forgotten their native tongue and their knowledge of (Armenian) letteres 09Draskh1    17:4 | Smbat, they were greatly overjoyed, and at his order receiving instructions 09Draskh1    17:6 | And thus he organized those who 09Draskh1    17:7 | had given very desirable gifts and high honors to Smbat who 09Draskh1    17:9 | received his authorization, Smbat departed and arriving at his own land 09Draskh1    17:9 | Aghbat’ank’, as patriarch of Armenia and personally laid the foundation of 09Draskh1    17:9 | Vardan, was built with bricks and wood 09Draskh1    17:10 | Let the fortress be demolished and let the church be built 09Draskh1    17:11 | that were given by Christ and wonderfully virtuous works endeavored to 09Draskh1    17:11 | a way to convert Kiwrion and his adherents from their way 09Draskh1    17:11 | the sprouting shoots of avarice and ambitious demeanor 09Draskh1    17:13 | order of the valiant Smbat and the other naxarars, the great 09Draskh1    17:13 | that leads one to God and comprehending with a thorough understanding 09Draskh1    17:13 | disunited the church of Christ and all of the followers and 09Draskh1    17:13 | and all of the followers and adherents of his wicked heresy 09Draskh1    17:14 | congregate, communicate, have business negotiations and establish marital ties with those 09Draskh1    17:14 | they might meet each other and consequently the flawless and orthodox 09Draskh1    17:14 | other and consequently the flawless and orthodox profession of our doctrine 09Draskh1    17:14 | our doctrine might be contaminated and the apostolic bastion might be 09Draskh1    17:15 | the Greek section (of Armenia) and made him reside in the 09Draskh1    17:15 | church with a superb structure and around it he established his 09Draskh1    17:17 | was an upright man, righteous and virtuous in his ways, and 09Draskh1    17:17 | and virtuous in his ways, and had never gone astray after 09Draskh1    17:17 | was split into two parts and subsequently both sides experienced excessive 09Draskh1    17:18 | deeds of valor, virtuous accomplishments and the twin combats with Ep’t’aghe 09Draskh1    17:18 | Ep’t’aghe king of the K’ushans and his slaying the latter, Smbat 09Draskh1    17:19 | brought his body to Armenia and buried him in Daroynk’, which 09Draskh1    17:20 | killed him in the palace and set up Phocas instead 09Draskh1    17:21 | the forces of the Greeks and defeated them so that one 09Draskh1    17:23 | seized along with the rest and taken to captivity where he 09Draskh1    17:23 | to captivity where he died and his body was brought to 09Draskh1    17:23 | body was brought to Awan and was buried near the church 09Draskh1    17:24 | pontificate of) twenty-three years and departed from this world. He 09Draskh1    17:24 | martyrium of the blessed Hrip’simeank’ and subsequently had become the bishop 09Draskh1    17:25 | Heraclius crowned his son instead and with numerous forces advanced on 09Draskh1    17:26 | population with a horrible massacre and took many captives, among whom 09Draskh1    17:26 | whom were their patriarch Zak’aria and the Holy Cross which had 09Draskh1    17:27 | formerly had been a dark and small building, with a more 09Draskh1    17:27 | a more wonderful befitting respectable and splendid structure. There he chanced 09Draskh1    17:28 | the seal of Saint Grigor and Saint Sahak. Subsequently the great 09Draskh1    17:30 | in the city of Vagharshapat and rebuilt it with proportioned and 09Draskh1    17:30 | and rebuilt it with proportioned and beautiful polished stones 09Draskh1    17:31 | Xosrov, the king of Persia, and ruled instead 09Draskh1    17:32 | son of the brave Smbat, and sent him to his land 09Draskh1    17:36 | own household rose against him and fabricated indecent reports. Subsequently they 09Draskh1    17:37 | evil (the katholikos) went away and built a hermitage near the 09Draskh1    17:37 | Maseac’otn. He gathered many monks and with his virtuous deeds and 09Draskh1    17:37 | and with his virtuous deeds and laborious toils distinguished himself in 09Draskh1    17:37 | distinguished himself in strict fasting and observance of prayers and nightly 09Draskh1    17:37 | fasting and observance of prayers and nightly vigils. He occupied the 09Draskh1    18:0 | Katholikos Ezr and Yovhannes Mayragomec’i 09Draskh1    18:1 | Kawat king of Persia died and left his kingdom to his 09Draskh1    18:2 | crowned Xorem king of Persia and in return requested from him 09Draskh1    18:2 | The latter went to Ctesiphon and putting to death the child 09Draskh1    18:3 | own kiosk in the hippodrome and crowned Bbor, the daughter of 09Draskh1    18:3 | Bbor, the daughter of Xosrov and wife of Xorem. After her 09Draskh1    18:3 | of the family of Sasan, and after him Azrmik, the daughter 09Draskh1    18:3 | Azrmik, the daughter of Xosrov, and after her Ormizd, the grandson 09Draskh1    18:4 | cross which had borne Christ and put it in its place 09Draskh1    18:5 | he appointed Mazhezh Gnuni strategos and sent him to Armenia. The 09Draskh1    18:5 | the Patriarch Ezr to go and associate with the emperor and 09Draskh1    18:5 | and associate with the emperor and enter into communion with him 09Draskh1    18:5 | you not agree to go and unite, we would set up 09Draskh1    18:6 | And since Ezr did not wish 09Draskh1    18:7 | And upon his departure he did 09Draskh1    18:7 | accomplished theologian of his time and was renowned for his knowledge 09Draskh1    18:8 | of faith. He immediately wrote and gave them (a document wherein 09Draskh1    18:9 | But both Ezr and those with him, as if 09Draskh1    18:9 | a bushel. They were betrayed and deceived with those who adhere 09Draskh1    18:10 | received honors from the emperor and, accepting as a gift one 09Draskh1    18:13 | And when the patriarch Ezr entered 09Draskh1    18:14 | faith of our orthodox fathers and has thought of making us 09Draskh1    18:15 | strict orders (to fetch him) and much against his will Yovhan 09Draskh1    18:16 | did not come to greet and visit us 09Draskh1    18:17 | Yovhan answered, “Audacity and boldness are not in my 09Draskh1    18:18 | faith of our orthodox fathers and by tearing down the apostolic 09Draskh1    18:18 | tearing down the apostolic bastion and destroying it for the man 09Draskh1    18:19 | with the fist) his chest and chin. Thereat Yovhan raised his 09Draskh1    18:19 | Thereat Yovhan raised his arms and note: “Behold I am leaving 09Draskh1    18:20 | uttered these words he departed and set his residence in the 09Draskh1    18:20 | of the fortress of Bjni. And since Yovhan lived there, Ezr 09Draskh1    18:20 | from Mayroy Monastery to Mayregom and gave Yovhan the surname Mayregomec’i 09Draskh1    18:21 | an austere course of life and pursued an entirely virtuous way 09Draskh1    18:21 | way of life under pressing and trying circumstances 09Draskh1    18:23 | of some of his opponents and archenemies 09Draskh1    18:25 | of which was formerly gloomy and dark, torn down and had 09Draskh1    18:25 | gloomy and dark, torn down and had a larger and more 09Draskh1    18:25 | down and had a larger and more magnificent edifice built with 09Draskh1    18:25 | edifice built with polished stones and lime mortar. Outside (the church 09Draskh1    19:0 | the Hagarites Inflicted on Armenia and the Works of Katholikos Nerses 09Draskh1    19:1 | Emperor Heraclius with his family and bondsmen. He went away to 09Draskh1    19:2 | Heraclius made Dawit’ Saharuni curopalate and set him up as prince 09Draskh1    19:2 | years with wisdom, great distinction and much success. The magnificent church 09Draskh1    19:3 | being dishonored by the naxarars and his forces, he was persecuted 09Draskh1    19:4 | wicked antagonism of the naxarars and their vain jealousy, the Armenians 09Draskh1    19:5 | Mount Sinai or the desert and had borne (children) into slavery 09Draskh1    19:6 | in the name of Christ and were adherents of the true 09Draskh1    19:6 | the truth of Abraham’s faith and Moses’ laws, yet, his godless 09Draskh1    19:7 | his offerings were not real and his mercy was merciless 09Draskh1    19:9 | nations were struck with fear and capitulated in submission 09Draskh1    19:10 | seized again by the enemy and they themselves capitulated in submission 09Draskh1    19:11 | Then the Emperor Heraclius died and his son Constans ruled instead 09Draskh1    19:12 | And because the naxarars of our 09Draskh1    19:12 | of our land were disunited and there was no general commanding 09Draskh1    19:13 | Ayrarat, spoiled the entire plain and laid siege to the city 09Draskh1    19:13 | to be sold as slaves and returned to Asorestan from whence 09Draskh1    19:15 | Then, T’eodoros lord of Rshtunik’ and the remaining naxarars of Armenia 09Draskh1    19:16 | Nevertheless, heeding the entreaty and admonishment of the naxarars, he 09Draskh1    19:17 | those who had fallen gathered and rebuilt the burnt martyrium of 09Draskh1    19:18 | been entombed amidst poisonous insects and had crushed the head of 09Draskh1    19:19 | Again he trusted the Lord and not taking into consideration the 09Draskh1    19:19 | foundations of a large beautiful and most magnificent house of God 09Draskh1    19:19 | he named after Saint Grigor, and whose completion he entrusted to 09Draskh1    19:20 | the relics of Saint Grigor and placed them under the four 09Draskh1    19:20 | hands of the destructive enslavers and become the pride of Christian 09Draskh1    19:21 | to those who sought it and cure the sick 09Draskh1    19:22 | authorization of the Emperor Constantine and set up T’eodoros, the lord 09Draskh1    19:24 | from the desert of Sin and crossing the sea with a 09Draskh1    19:24 | Sagastan, Sind, Moran, Taran, Makuran and India, all of which he 09Draskh1    19:24 | all of which he conquered and devastated. He overthrew the kingdoms 09Draskh1    19:25 | the Emperor Constantine was betrayed and killed by his stepmother Mardine 09Draskh1    19:26 | short time, put both Mardine and Eraklak to death, and crowned 09Draskh1    19:26 | Mardine and Eraklak to death, and crowned Constans, the son of 09Draskh1    19:27 | aspet Varaztiroc’ had taken flight and returned from among the Greeks 09Draskh1    19:27 | to be reconciled with him, and succeeded in having him appointed 09Draskh1    19:27 | having him appointed as curopalate and strategos of Armenia 09Draskh1    19:29 | assigned to his father’s office, and also T’eodoros, the lord of 09Draskh1    19:29 | land was given a ruler and became temporarily secure from the 09Draskh1    19:30 | of the South was torn, and a new south gale, the 09Draskh1    19:30 | xorshak (simoon), blew on us, and having burned the seedlings of 09Draskh1    19:31 | nations of the south stormed and dominated all the world. Seeing 09Draskh1    19:31 | the world. Seeing this, T’eodoros and the other naxarars, terrified by 09Draskh1    19:31 | truce in exchange for death and concluding an alliance in exchange 09Draskh1    19:32 | And thus, they seceded from the 09Draskh1    19:33 | however, gathered a large force and came to Armenia in order 09Draskh1    19:36 | And then, he gently came to 09Draskh1    19:36 | to the city of Dvin, and made his quarters at the 09Draskh1    19:36 | Liturgy in the holy church, and there he professed the Council 09Draskh1    19:36 | The Emperor, our patriarch Nerses and the other bishops who had 09Draskh1    19:37 | been received from Saint Grigor and had remained constant until then 09Draskh1    19:38 | the steps of the bema and quietly disappeared among the people 09Draskh1    19:39 | beholding your face in person and sharing the sacraments with you 09Draskh1    19:41 | document anathematizing all the heretics and especially the Council of Chalcedon 09Draskh1    19:42 | emperor became furious at this and admonished Nerses for his deceitful 09Draskh1    19:42 | he blessed the king (emperor) and the king blessed him 09Draskh1    19:43 | the emperor departed in haste, and the Patriarch Nerses, fearing the 09Draskh1    19:44 | After the first and second incursions into Armenia and 09Draskh1    19:44 | and second incursions into Armenia and the total subjugation of the 09Draskh1    19:44 | the land their wives, daughters and sons 09Draskh1    19:45 | Ishmaelite army. He died there and his body was brought back 09Draskh1    19:45 | his body was brought back and buried in the cemetery of 09Draskh1    19:46 | of the death of T’eodoros and the cessation of the Ishmaelite 09Draskh1    19:46 | returned to his see. He and the naxarars being of the 09Draskh1    19:46 | studious person fond of learning and well versed in all the 09Draskh1    19:48 | the standards of city dwellers and, bringing water from the K’asagh 09Draskh1    19:48 | K’asagh River, cultivated the sandy and rocky plain, planting orchards and 09Draskh1    19:48 | and rocky plain, planting orchards and gardens 09Draskh1    19:49 | of the extremely burdensome bondage and submitted to the service of 09Draskh1    19:50 | And the great Nerses asked the 09Draskh1    19:50 | emperor to make Hamazasp curopalate and strategos of Armenia. When the 09Draskh1    19:51 | They also killed their caliph and set up someone else instead 09Draskh1    19:52 | Egypt joined the Emperor Constantine and believed in Christ. As many 09Draskh1    19:53 | Mawi (Mu’awiyah) ascended to power and having also killed that particular 09Draskh1    19:53 | ruled over all the Hagarites and established peace throughout the entire 09Draskh1    20:0 | Rule of Grigor as Curopalate and the Misfortunes that Occurred in 09Draskh1    20:1 | from the emperor, he died and was buried with his ancestors 09Draskh1    20:3 | office of prince (of Armenia) and made him the commander in 09Draskh1    20:4 | The latter was a pious and a God-fearing man, the 09Draskh1    20:4 | of numerous regulations, amendments, prosperity and peace, safety and well matched 09Draskh1    20:4 | amendments, prosperity and peace, safety and well matched accomplishments. Although he 09Draskh1    20:4 | he were in a hermitage and strove for every righteous work 09Draskh1    20:5 | Nerses resigned from this life and his body was buried in 09Draskh1    20:5 | Illuminator). Thus appearing blessed, renowned and excellent among the fathers, he 09Draskh1    20:8 | seneschal of the great Nerses and while the latter was in 09Draskh1    20:9 | in the dastakert of Aruch and had it built in haste 09Draskh1    20:10 | And then, encircling it with a 09Draskh1    20:11 | his native place of residence, and set it as a domicile 09Draskh1    20:11 | for the congregation of priests and other clerics of the church 09Draskh1    20:11 | they serve the divine altar and tend to the welfare of 09Draskh1    20:11 | welfare of guests, the needy and the poor 09Draskh1    20:12 | who was of Persian origin and of royal blood, came to 09Draskh1    20:12 | to the great prince Grigor and begged him so that he 09Draskh1    20:13 | Grigor accepted him with joy and ordered the katholikos Anastas to 09Draskh1    20:13 | confirmation of the holy baptism. And since Dawit’ was formerly called 09Draskh1    20:13 | Dawit’ after his own father and gave him as his residence 09Draskh1    20:15 | well versed in this science, and ordered him to design what 09Draskh1    20:16 | Anania undertook the task and according to the way of 09Draskh1    20:17 | And while Anastas was thinking of 09Draskh1    20:17 | His successors neglected this matter and maintained the former eternally movable 09Draskh1    20:17 | maintained the former eternally movable and unstationary system 09Draskh1    20:19 | the Arab army in Armenia and drove him away 09Draskh1    20:20 | patriarchal throne for ten years and died 09Draskh1    20:21 | village of Ark’unashen in Dzorap’or and on his mother’s side from 09Draskh1    20:23 | prince Grigor who was killed and was buried with his ancestors 09Draskh1    20:23 | ancestors. Thenceforth peace was disturbed and a severe tremor jolted the 09Draskh1    20:25 | came to Armenia as governor and launched attacks on all the 09Draskh1    20:25 | all the fortresses in Armenia. And whatever he took possession of 09Draskh1    20:25 | of, he completely tore down and destroyed 09Draskh1    20:27 | that lived in the fortress and, taking the spoils, completely devastated 09Draskh1    20:28 | Abdllah (‘Abdullah), a wicked, insolent and an impudent man, extremely malicious 09Draskh1    20:28 | the venom of a serpent and tortured the princes and the 09Draskh1    20:28 | serpent and tortured the princes and the azats of Armenia with 09Draskh1    20:28 | azats of Armenia with bonds and plundered the property and the 09Draskh1    20:28 | bonds and plundered the property and the possessions of many people 09Draskh1    20:29 | the great Sahak in fetters and sent him to Damascus. Along 09Draskh1    20:29 | of the churches of Christ and made the old and the 09Draskh1    20:29 | Christ and made the old and the young wail, mourn and 09Draskh1    20:29 | and the young wail, mourn and grieve 09Draskh1    20:30 | him with severe blows, fetters and imprisonment because of his belief 09Draskh1    20:30 | of his belief in Christ and tried to persuade him to 09Draskh1    20:31 | did not consent to this and bravely revealed his indignation, Abdllah 09Draskh1    20:31 | nailed to a wooden board and shot an arrow through the 09Draskh1    20:31 | ghost to Christ. The bishops and the priests took his body 09Draskh1    20:31 | the priests took his body and buried it near the martyrium 09Draskh1    21:0 | The Anguish and Misfortune of the Armenian People 09Draskh1    21:1 | time, the battle of Vardanakert and the extermination of the Ishmaelite 09Draskh1    21:2 | not be reminded of Vardanadert and its capture 09Draskh1    21:3 | who had been extremely vexed and annoyed, put their trust in 09Draskh1    21:3 | trust in the celestial visitation and turned against the marauders of 09Draskh1    21:4 | And while a certain Ogbay (‘Okbay 09Draskh1    21:4 | Vanand caught up with him and massacred his entire forces. (‘Okbay 09Draskh1    21:4 | entire forces. (‘Okbay) himself fled and went to his caliph 09Draskh1    21:5 | he called to arms, (armaments and the lance) a large force 09Draskh1    21:5 | the lance) a large force and boasted with great bitterness that 09Draskh1    21:5 | army, which had been struck, and that he would burn, tear 09Draskh1    21:5 | he would burn, tear down and destroy the Armenian churches, take 09Draskh1    21:5 | captive all of the population and mercilessly put them to the 09Draskh1    21:7 | letter of supplication with implorations and beseeching prayers, especially reminding Ogbay 09Draskh1    21:7 | men that pursues every mortal and hastily puts him in a 09Draskh1    21:8 | away from his wicked thoughts and not carry out what he 09Draskh1    21:9 | receive it from his hands and perhaps feel so bad as 09Draskh1    21:11 | And upon his arrival, he immediately 09Draskh1    21:11 | of the man of God and according to their tradition he 09Draskh1    21:11 | as if he were alive, and greeted him in his tongue 09Draskh1    21:12 | from his hands, read it and remarked: “Yes, your wish shall 09Draskh1    21:13 | to the naxarars of Armenia and sent it to Armenia together 09Draskh1    21:13 | they had done to him and turning back went to his 09Draskh1    21:17 | by deceit, fraud, vain hopes and heartening promises they gathered in 09Draskh1    21:17 | place everyone, both the azats and the cavalry forces, and registered 09Draskh1    21:17 | azats and the cavalry forces, and registered their names in the 09Draskh1    21:17 | in the city of Naxjawan, and shutting on them the gates 09Draskh1    21:19 | church, filled it with fire, and through incendiary material raised the 09Draskh1    21:19 | of the wooden church burned, and hot bricks mixed with smoke 09Draskh1    21:19 | hot bricks mixed with smoke and fire fell from above, and 09Draskh1    21:19 | and fire fell from above, and killed all of them. Their 09Draskh1    21:20 | those who had been burnt, and brought them to the city 09Draskh1    21:21 | became a sea of tears, and was full of much lamentation 09Draskh1    21:21 | his son Walild became caliph, and after Walid his brother Sulayman 09Draskh1    21:21 | ruled for a short time, and after him, ’Umar ruled, in 09Draskh1    21:21 | torture by the same (‘Umar), and suffering a great deal in 09Draskh1    22:0 | Patriarchate of Yovhannes the Philosopher and His Works 09Draskh1    22:1 | towards the allurements of impiety, and accepted the heterodox doctrine of 09Draskh1    22:1 | of the wicked Chalcedonian heresy, and a certain princess, who was 09Draskh1    22:2 | And thus, being of one mind 09Draskh1    22:3 | the utmost of his ability, and for a second and a 09Draskh1    22:3 | ability, and for a second and a third time sent them 09Draskh1    22:4 | Then, drawing on his wisdom and the charity of his heart 09Draskh1    22:4 | bishop here in our country, and also a princess, his accomplice 09Draskh1    22:4 | been disobedient to your majesty, and do not join us, who 09Draskh1    22:4 | join us, who always remember and proclaim your name in our 09Draskh1    22:5 | the king of the Greeks, and are contriving to return our 09Draskh1    22:5 | soon detach themselves (from you), and surrender to the Greeks with 09Draskh1    22:5 | with respect to their taxes and all of their transactions 09Draskh1    22:6 | sent by the great patriarch, and sent his chief eunuch with 09Draskh1    22:7 | The eunuch came and putting them both in fetters 09Draskh1    22:7 | putting them both in fetters, and mounting them on camels, took 09Draskh1    22:7 | took them to the caliph. And thus, the great patriarch Eghia 09Draskh1    22:10 | philosopher Yovhannes, who was learned and well versed in all the 09Draskh1    22:10 | poetical writings, parts of speech and grammatical details, and also in 09Draskh1    22:10 | of speech and grammatical details, and also in the study of 09Draskh1    22:10 | the study of the species, and the genera of the species 09Draskh1    22:10 | under the topic of “substance” and are predicated on the individual 09Draskh1    22:10 | ignorant of the circumstantial differentiae, and the accidental predicates, both those 09Draskh1    22:10 | those that form a unity and those that do not 09Draskh1    22:11 | style he enriched the offices and wrote commentaries on each one 09Draskh1    22:12 | people repent their wicked deeds, and exhort them to do penance 09Draskh1    22:13 | to everything that was righteous and sound, he diligently and arduously 09Draskh1    22:13 | righteous and sound, he diligently and arduously armed himself with spiritual 09Draskh1    22:13 | spiritual works through fasting, prayers, and nightly vigils. Underneath (his outer 09Draskh1    22:14 | grinding gold with a file and mixing it with sweet ointments 09Draskh1    22:14 | his beard, which was white and reached down to the hem 09Draskh1    22:15 | joy to the well-wishers, and arouse fear in the wicked 09Draskh1    22:15 | arouse fear in the wicked and the immature so that they 09Draskh1    22:16 | And since the startling power of 09Draskh1    22:16 | the church with beautiful ornaments. ( And if stones could impress people 09Draskh1    22:18 | happened to visit the caliph, and told him about the elegance 09Draskh1    22:21 | all the more with elegant and splendid clothes and setting his 09Draskh1    22:21 | with elegant and splendid clothes and setting his gray beard like 09Draskh1    22:21 | of ebony painted with gold, and thus, graceful and robust, he 09Draskh1    22:21 | with gold, and thus, graceful and robust, he presented himself before 09Draskh1    22:22 | was amazed by his handsome and august stature. Then he ordered 09Draskh1    22:22 | for him to sit on, and began to inquire 09Draskh1    22:23 | elegantly? Your Christ honored modest and humble clothes; so did his 09Draskh1    22:24 | divine power were not hidden and were disseminated to all. He 09Draskh1    22:24 | his apostles the same grace and the power to perform miracles 09Draskh1    22:24 | with the fear of God, and they had no need for 09Draskh1    22:25 | try to impress the simple and immature minds of men with 09Draskh1    22:26 | awe by means of purple and gold-embroidered garments, beautiful ornaments 09Draskh1    22:26 | gold-embroidered garments, beautiful ornaments and armament. For should men behold 09Draskh1    22:26 | in cilice, or in wretched and vile clothes, they will not 09Draskh1    22:28 | And then, when they were left 09Draskh1    22:28 | took off his outer garment and revealing his undergarment which was 09Draskh1    22:29 | hair, the caliph was disgusted and struck with horror. He asked 09Draskh1    22:30 | times with beautiful royal garments, and also giving him gold and 09Draskh1    22:30 | and also giving him gold and silver, he sent him to 09Draskh1    22:31 | lived for a few years, and died after having occupied the 09Draskh1    23:0 | The Patriarchate of Dawit’ and Others and Their Works 09Draskh1    23:0 | Patriarchate of Dawit’ and Others and Their Works 09Draskh1    23:2 | the house of the katholikos, ( and) even before the tortures of 09Draskh1    23:3 | of the city of Dvin, and numerous deeds of wickedness vexed 09Draskh1    23:3 | was written (in the Scriptures), and built in the village of 09Draskh1    23:3 | church, which he adorned properly, and raised a suitable house in 09Draskh1    23:3 | for thirteen years, he died, and was buried near the same 09Draskh1    23:4 | village of Ot’mus, a saintly and chaste man, shining with virtue 09Draskh1    23:6 | And thus, he peacefully reached the 09Draskh1    23:6 | the point of Christ’s summons, and died after having occupied the 09Draskh1    23:7 | him on the patriarchal throne, and occupying it for only three 09Draskh1    23:9 | latter had been brought up and educated in the holy patriarchate 09Draskh1    23:9 | educated in the holy patriarchate and had displayed himself as one 09Draskh1    23:10 | Numerous vineyards, orchards with shrubs and arable lands were irrigated by 09Draskh1    23:11 | the village began to wither and waste away, and it was 09Draskh1    23:11 | to wither and waste away, and it was reduced to a 09Draskh1    23:12 | Suleyman), immediately summoned the bishop and begged him to find a 09Draskh1    23:14 | And early on Sunday morning, accompanied 09Draskh1    23:14 | holy cross to the withered and dried spring, and offered prayers 09Draskh1    23:14 | the withered and dried spring, and offered prayers blessing the site 09Draskh1    23:14 | offered prayers blessing the site and striking it with the staff 09Draskh1    23:14 | the spring in an abundant and limpid flow. The governor was 09Draskh1    23:14 | was greatly amazed at this and could never forget the signs 09Draskh1    23:16 | immediately sent for Bishop Sion, and gave orders to bring him 09Draskh1    23:16 | gave orders to bring him and set him on the patriarchal 09Draskh1    23:17 | the massacres of K’aghin, Aren, and the komopolis of T’alin, where 09Draskh1    23:17 | seven hundred people were killed, and one thousand two hundred were 09Draskh1    23:18 | After a most wonderful and solitary career of eight years 09Draskh1    23:18 | the course of his life and died. He was buried with 09Draskh1    23:21 | to a state of penury and wandering around with her suckling 09Draskh1    23:21 | the house of the katholikos, and remained there unnoticed by most 09Draskh1    23:21 | benumbed by the winter cold and parched by the summer sun 09Draskh1    23:22 | lodge in the open air and suffer with your suckling babe 09Draskh1    23:24 | child, for after being nourished and educated in the same patriarchate 09Draskh1    23:24 | elevated to the episcopal rank, and then summoned to the august 09Draskh1    23:25 | of thirteen years, he died and was buried with his ancestors 09Draskh1    23:27 | Yovab, who was from Ostan and the court of the Curopalate 09Draskh1    23:27 | of the Curopalate, succeeded him and presided for only about six 09Draskh1    24:0 | in the Village of Baguan, and the Usurpation of the Estate 09Draskh1    24:1 | the latter sent prefects (kusakals) and officials (gorcakals) to the several 09Draskh1    24:2 | And as the Arabs had (already 09Draskh1    24:2 | went (to assume his duties), and arriving at the hermitage of 09Draskh1    24:3 | that he noticed the beautiful and very splendid gold and silver 09Draskh1    24:3 | beautiful and very splendid gold and silver vessels of the divinely 09Draskh1    24:3 | of the sanctuary, the vestments and robes; he was lured by 09Draskh1    24:3 | the wicked lust (of avarice), and he cunningly tried to find 09Draskh1    24:4 | strangled by a secret plot, and cast during the course of 09Draskh1    24:4 | the night into a large and deep pit, whose entrance was 09Draskh1    24:5 | search for the smothered corpse, and having imprisoned all the blessed 09Draskh1    24:6 | of the clerics, he went and uncovered the pit (containing the 09Draskh1    24:6 | criminal raised a shrill cry, and held the blessed men responsible 09Draskh1    24:6 | which had never been seen, and thus holding the immaculate blood 09Draskh1    24:7 | Thereupon, the impious, sadistic and wicked executioner put to the 09Draskh1    24:7 | blessed regiment, over forty souls, and seizing at once all the 09Draskh1    24:7 | church, he satisfied his destructive and wicked lust 09Draskh1    24:8 | of refuge in the caves, and finding the corpse of the 09Draskh1    24:8 | slain by the murderous steel, and the church of Christ deprived 09Draskh1    24:9 | the (bodies of) the blessed, and were consoled through the (fulfillment 09Draskh1    24:11 | yoke of the ecclesiastical state, and had devoted himself to many 09Draskh1    24:11 | also well versed in philosophy, and particularly proficient in psalmody 09Draskh1    24:12 | Soghomon (just mentioned) accompanied him, and having become a monk there 09Draskh1    24:13 | him out of his cell, and were bringing him to the 09Draskh1    24:15 | no longer than one year, and died. He was buried with 09Draskh1    24:17 | The Hagarites completely dominated and subdued the Armenian people, and 09Draskh1    24:17 | and subdued the Armenian people, and the numbers of the nobility 09Draskh1    24:17 | those that survived remained quiet and subservient to their sway—as 09Draskh1    24:19 | from the district of Aragacotn and the congregation of Saint Grigor 09Draskh1    24:20 | to the city of Dvin and tyrannized his subjects 09Draskh1    24:21 | is to say, Artashat, Kawakert and Horovmoc’ Marg together with their 09Draskh1    24:21 | astray by his wicked desires and demonic avarice, he exerted great 09Draskh1    24:22 | his life on the line, and yielded in no way to 09Draskh1    24:22 | no way to the wicked and iniquitous proposals of the governor 09Draskh1    24:23 | imprisoned the man of God, and binding him with fetters, had 09Draskh1    24:25 | three sacks filled with treasures, and setting these on the heads 09Draskh1    24:26 | had purchased the estates (dastakert), and releasing the man of God 09Draskh1    24:27 | despite the great determination, fortitude and effort displayed by the patriarch 09Draskh1    24:27 | saved the dastakerts of Kawakert and Horovmoc’ Marg alone from the 09Draskh1    24:28 | And it was thus that (the 09Draskh1    24:29 | brother of the Great Yovsep’, and putting him to death at 09Draskh1    25:0 | Massacre of the Armenian People, and the Martyrdom of Many 09Draskh1    25:1 | entered the city of Dvin and resided there 09Draskh1    25:2 | land through his wife’s prerogatives, and occupied it as his own 09Draskh1    25:3 | Growing annoyed with the governor, and being envious of him, Sawada 09Draskh1    25:3 | as the lord of Siwnik’, and other azat lords. Then, Sawada 09Draskh1    25:4 | Sawada, to the sparapet Smbat and to Sahak, lord of Siwnik’ 09Draskh1    25:4 | lucre’s sake you behave insolently, and taking arrogant airs, you plot 09Draskh1    25:4 | accept me, then stand aside and give me passage, so that 09Draskh1    25:5 | The Patriarch also begged and implored them earnestly (to heed 09Draskh1    25:5 | whereat Dawit’ was deeply dismayed, and departed 09Draskh1    25:6 | thousand men, stout in heart and skilled in the use of 09Draskh1    25:6 | in the use of arms, and immediately went forth to war 09Draskh1    25:8 | had set upon them fiercely, and the two sides had clashed 09Draskh1    25:9 | dead, while the sparapet Smbat and Sawada fled having barely saved 09Draskh1    25:10 | and Khalid returned again to the 09Draskh1    25:13 | the patriarch’s days were fulfilled and he died after a pontificate 09Draskh1    25:15 | the hands of the iniquitous and unfair witnesses, or even the 09Draskh1    25:15 | at the hands of Judas and the impious highpriests 09Draskh1    25:16 | And as the commander (hramanatar) and 09Draskh1    25:16 | And as the commander (hramanatar) and presiding prince (ishxan ishxanac’) of 09Draskh1    25:16 | at that time, the unworthy and vain-tongued vilifiers of the 09Draskh1    25:16 | man of God approached him and spreading their tongues around the 09Draskh1    25:17 | Seduced by the diabolic tongues and venting hidden rancor, Bagarat treasured 09Draskh1    25:17 | words pleasing to his ears, and sent edicts to all not 09Draskh1    25:18 | stroke of the spiritual sword, and went into hiding at the 09Draskh1    25:19 | to Grigor, lord of Siwnik’, and to the remaining naxarars of 09Draskh1    25:19 | of Armenia, they came together and held a synod of bishops 09Draskh1    25:19 | deceit uttered by the empty and venomous tongues of the wicked 09Draskh1    25:21 | was done without his consent, and since he did not accept 09Draskh1    25:22 | fell from a high cliff, and his body was cut to 09Draskh1    25:23 | the course of the night and thus perished through the smashing 09Draskh1    25:24 | carried away by the torrent, and could not even be buried 09Draskh1    25:27 | prince Bagarat bound with fetters and sent him to the caliph 09Draskh1    25:28 | nature, gathered in one place, and uniting in a single body 09Draskh1    25:28 | upon the governor Abu Sa’id and killed him seemingly in revenge 09Draskh1    25:28 | were scattered to the winds and went to the caliph to 09Draskh1    25:29 | Siwnik’, who was called Sup’an, and Babgen, nahapet of Sisakan, quarrelled 09Draskh1    25:29 | Babgen, nahapet of Sisakan, quarrelled and levied forces to fight against 09Draskh1    25:29 | Sup’an was killed by Babgen, and Sup’an’s son Vasak flatteringly surnamed 09Draskh1    25:30 | an army, mustered his forces, and dividing them into detachments, handed 09Draskh1    25:31 | orders to bind with fetters and bring to him all the 09Draskh1    25:31 | to him all the princes and lords of the land, and 09Draskh1    25:31 | and lords of the land, and especially to slay all of 09Draskh1    25:33 | like lightening. He had Ashot and Dawit’ the children of Bagarat 09Draskh1    25:33 | the entire district (of Taron) and into the glens of the 09Draskh1    25:35 | district, they seized the rest, and dragging them with ropes, brought 09Draskh1    25:36 | those that were handsome, brave, and healthy, in order to convert 09Draskh1    25:36 | them to their impious faith, and ordered the rest of them 09Draskh1    25:37 | he had sent Prince Ashot and his brother Dawit’ to the 09Draskh1    25:37 | Then he departed from there and went to the region of 09Draskh1    25:40 | with all of his kinsmen, and after a few days of 09Draskh1    25:40 | the caliph with their wives and children 09Draskh1    25:41 | his hands on the districts, and gave orders to seize and 09Draskh1    25:41 | and gave orders to seize and bring to him every warrior 09Draskh1    25:42 | segregated those of fine stature and the craftsmen from the rest 09Draskh1    25:42 | convert them to their faith, and put all the others (who 09Draskh1    25:43 | forth with the plundering troops, and reached the region of the 09Draskh1    25:44 | destruction brought about by Bugha, and the carnage wrought by the 09Draskh1    25:44 | the salvation of his land, and went to greet Bugha with 09Draskh1    25:44 | greet Bugha with numerous presents and gifts 09Draskh1    25:45 | received by him with honor, and delivering himself in all matters 09Draskh1    25:45 | went before him as guide, and cleared the way, wherever he 09Draskh1    25:45 | of Bugha winning his vacillating and vain heart, so that the 09Draskh1    25:45 | the great sparapet his advisor and confidant 09Draskh1    25:46 | And ( in agreement) they marched forth 09Draskh1    25:46 | agreement) they marched forth together and entered into the city of 09Draskh1    25:47 | hands on the adjacent districts and sent out plundering troops. Whenever 09Draskh1    25:47 | by the neck with ropes and dragged them in this fashion 09Draskh1    25:47 | in the region of Taron and the ones whom he had 09Draskh1    25:47 | brought with him from Vaspurakan, and separating those of fine stature 09Draskh1    25:49 | asked them to forsake Christ and to embrace their faith, with 09Draskh1    25:49 | their faith, with wonderful passion and determination they took upon themselves 09Draskh1    25:51 | in prison, showered with blows and starved, so that terrified by 09Draskh1    25:52 | endured all insults, torments, racks and blows, until their bodies were 09Draskh1    25:53 | suffered, they underwent manifold torments and agonies, and confronted death with 09Draskh1    25:53 | underwent manifold torments and agonies, and confronted death with joy, because 09Draskh1    25:53 | from the side of Christ, and sprinkled over them 09Draskh1    25:54 | that they were all resolute and ready to die for their 09Draskh1    25:54 | have a change of heart and forsake their faith 09Draskh1    25:56 | And thus, with great perseverence they 09Draskh1    25:56 | perseverence they withstood many torments, and became companions of the meritorious 09Draskh1    25:56 | They perished by the sword and were crowned by Christ 09Draskh1    25:58 | And as they possessed joyful faces 09Draskh1    25:58 | possessed joyful faces, handsome statures and skill in the use of 09Draskh1    25:59 | valuable gifts, treasures of gold and silver, and promised to give 09Draskh1    25:59 | treasures of gold and silver, and promised to give them villages 09Draskh1    25:59 | promised to give them villages and estates (gerdastan), as well as 09Draskh1    25:59 | gerdastan), as well as fame and glory at the royal court 09Draskh1    25:60 | their determination in this matter, and like brave martyrs they were 09Draskh1    25:60 | in accordance with the Scriptures, and deeming death an advantage 09Draskh1    25:61 | to be applied to them, and bade that they be subjected 09Draskh1    25:61 | to every kind of torment and agony, which the tongue is 09Draskh1    25:61 | tongue is incapable of narrating and the pen is unable to 09Draskh1    25:62 | the hope in the promise and love of Christ, and the 09Draskh1    25:62 | promise and love of Christ, and the joy of martyrdom relieved 09Draskh1    25:65 | his heart to the heavens and note: “Jesus Christ, my hope 09Draskh1    25:66 | mine own self. Join me and those who are with me 09Draskh1    25:67 | great struggle with much perseverence, and having surmounted all the difficulties 09Draskh1    25:67 | they gave up their spirit and received from Christ the crown 09Draskh1    25:69 | altogether more than one hundred and fifty men, not including those 09Draskh1    25:69 | the faith in other districts and cities, and whose names are 09Draskh1    25:69 | in other districts and cities, and whose names are also inscribed 09Draskh1    25:71 | could not withstand the struggle, and becoming disheartened they turned back 09Draskh1    25:71 | of the furnace. Saddened, pale and disgraced, perhaps also incapable of 09Draskh1    25:71 | needs, they lost their name and eternal life, which is the 09Draskh1    25:71 | life, which is the highest and the most glorious honor, and 09Draskh1    25:71 | and the most glorious honor, and immediately became heirs to the 09Draskh1    26:0 | Commited by the Governor Bugha, and the Martyrdom of the Sparapet 09Draskh1    26:1 | against prince Vasak of Sisakan and his brother Ashot, as well 09Draskh1    26:1 | land with orders to seize and bring them immediately before him 09Draskh1    26:2 | the impregnable fortress of Baghk’, and escaped from the oppressors 09Draskh1    26:4 | Bugha sent forces to pursue and seize him 09Draskh1    26:5 | their pursuit, he turned back, and cut all of them down 09Draskh1    26:6 | devil, bound him with fetters and sent him forth to Bugha 09Draskh1    26:7 | The tyrant seized the prisoner, and subsequently, the raiding troops captured 09Draskh1    26:7 | troops captured his brother Ashot and their mother, the great princess 09Draskh1    26:8 | the end of his days and died in the (main) abode 09Draskh1    26:9 | those that had been captured and were kept in confinement. He 09Draskh1    26:9 | to follow immediately after him and come to carry out their 09Draskh1    26:10 | in the komopolis of Erazgawork’, and they ordained as patriarch Zak’aria 09Draskh1    26:11 | Meanwhile Bugha went and seized the great prince Atrnerseh 09Draskh1    26:12 | to the fortress of Gardman, and seized Ktrich, the prince of 09Draskh1    26:13 | the province (gawar) of Uti and captured in the village of 09Draskh1    26:14 | deceived Esayi, prince of Albania and seized him together with his 09Draskh1    26:14 | his relatives. The remaining lords and princes of the land of 09Draskh1    26:15 | prisoners that were in bonds and in confinement, and he carried 09Draskh1    26:15 | in bonds and in confinement, and he carried them away with 09Draskh1    26:16 | compensation, give him royal gifts and honors, and thus send him 09Draskh1    26:16 | him royal gifts and honors, and thus send him back to 09Draskh1    26:17 | had reached the royal court, and appeared before the caliph, they 09Draskh1    26:17 | the rest of the prisoners and confined him in prison. Nor 09Draskh1    26:18 | days, all the imprisoned lords and princes of Armenia and Albania 09Draskh1    26:18 | lords and princes of Armenia and Albania were given the alternative 09Draskh1    26:18 | foresaking the worship of Christ, and thus having received many gifts 09Draskh1    26:18 | thus having received many gifts and honors from them, returning to 09Draskh1    26:18 | returning to their native lands and homes, or of being cut 09Draskh1    26:18 | life through merciless torments, agonies and horrible death 09Draskh1    26:19 | with threats of cruel torments and prolonged their anguish, some of 09Draskh1    26:19 | conformed to the royal orders, and embraced their ungodly faith. Others 09Draskh1    26:20 | his perfect faith in Christ and the hope for eternal life 09Draskh1    26:20 | way did he go astray and follow their orders, as he 09Draskh1    26:21 | through the grace of baptism and to embrace a foreign, impious 09Draskh1    26:22 | they had tested his will, and recognized his unshakeable mind, they 09Draskh1    26:24 | with psalmody, songs of praise and spiritual chants, and buried him 09Draskh1    26:24 | of praise and spiritual chants, and buried him in the martyrium 09Draskh1    26:27 | the bitterness of eternal damnation, and did not heed the awesome 09Draskh1    26:28 | Father of Light crowned him and his name was inscribed in 09Draskh1    27:0 | of Ashot, Son of Smbat, and the Return of the Armenian 09Draskh1    27:2 | return of the Armenian princes and naxarars taken captive by Bugha 09Draskh1    27:2 | naxarars taken captive by Bugha, and the restoration to each one 09Draskh1    27:3 | as on who oppressed whom, and where each one met his 09Draskh1    27:5 | the sequence of my history, and shall attempt to present you 09Draskh1    27:6 | the might, bravery, wars, expeditions and attacks of Ashot, son of 09Draskh1    27:6 | the sparapet Smbat, against others and those of others against him 09Draskh1    27:7 | predecessors, because he accepted honors and rejected insults. Always engaged in 09Draskh1    27:7 | Always engaged in beneficient acts, and forming close friendships with everyone 09Draskh1    27:7 | by means of kind words, and brought them to his will 09Draskh1    27:8 | was generous toward all people, and won over the hearts of 09Draskh1    27:10 | the orders of the caliph, and investing him with many robes 09Draskh1    27:10 | the taxes (sak) of Armenia and all the royal bekar 09Draskh1    27:11 | Thus, he became first and foremost among the Armenian naxarars 09Draskh1    27:12 | to his house (through marriage), and to be distinguished from the 09Draskh1    27:13 | in the houses, city walls and palaces. Desolation and tremors filled 09Draskh1    27:13 | city walls and palaces. Desolation and tremors filled the city in 09Draskh1    27:13 | filled the city in general, and caused many people to perish 09Draskh1    27:13 | fled to the market places and the streets 09Draskh1    27:15 | merciful God with everlasting supplications and entreating solicitations and through divine 09Draskh1    27:15 | everlasting supplications and entreating solicitations and through divine ordinance he warded 09Draskh1    27:16 | About this time, the princes and naxarars of Armenia, who had 09Draskh1    27:16 | return gradually to their lands and homes one after the other 09Draskh1    27:17 | paternal religion given by Christ, and professed the worship of Christ 09Draskh1    27:18 | The Lord was pleased, and made them live in hope 09Draskh1    27:18 | for which they were blessed and praised by Him. They broke 09Draskh1    27:18 | Subsequently, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the 09Draskh1    27:18 | the voice of the bride and the voice of the bridegroom 09Draskh1    27:19 | They begot children and produced fruit. Each one lived 09Draskh1    27:19 | lived on his own land and the Lord visited them and 09Draskh1    27:19 | and the Lord visited them and blessed them with good things 09Draskh1    28:0 | Peace in Armenia and the Unity Among the Naxarars 09Draskh1    28:1 | Gaburn, as prince of Siwnik’, and obtained for him honor from 09Draskh1    28:2 | a brave man, sturdy, vigorous and handsome in stature, robust and 09Draskh1    28:2 | and handsome in stature, robust and skilled in warfare. He had 09Draskh1    28:2 | his valiance on many occasions and in numerous places, and was 09Draskh1    28:2 | occasions and in numerous places, and was renowned as well as 09Draskh1    28:3 | death of Ashot, the great and illustrious prince of the Arcruni 09Draskh1    28:3 | prince of the Arcruni house, and his burial in the cemetery 09Draskh1    28:4 | was a proud man, prudent, and haughty in his manner, powerful 09Draskh1    28:5 | And as he was the son 09Draskh1    28:5 | the latter with paternal care and thoughtful love always gave him 09Draskh1    28:5 | to accept this instruction obediently and wisely and through it he 09Draskh1    28:5 | this instruction obediently and wisely and through it he brought all 09Draskh1    28:6 | busied himself peacefully with building and made his ancestral domain a 09Draskh1    28:7 | accordance with his own caprices, and did not heed the advice 09Draskh1    28:8 | Ashot with great wisdom, meekness and temperance, and heeding his words 09Draskh1    28:8 | great wisdom, meekness and temperance, and heeding his words of advice 09Draskh1    28:8 | of prosperity on his domain and lived in peace in accordance 09Draskh1    28:9 | Vasak, flatteringly surnamed Gaburn, died and was buried in the cemetery 09Draskh1    28:10 | ancestors in wisdom, good fortune and erection of buildings 09Draskh1    28:11 | and devoted himself especially to the 09Draskh1    28:11 | himself especially to the construction and renovation of the churches of 09Draskh1    28:12 | Now the great and blessed patriarch Zak’aria, reaching the 09Draskh1    28:12 | year of his prelacy, died and was buried in the cemetery 09Draskh1    28:13 | from the komopolis of Garni, and ordered his consecration as prelate 09Draskh1    29:0 | Presiding Prince Ashot as King, and the Murder of Grigor Arcruni 09Draskh1    29:2 | in the midst of pearls, and his splendid white hair gave 09Draskh1    29:3 | He was wise and soft-spoken, temperate at banquets 09Draskh1    29:3 | He held the scales evenly and first examined his own conduct 09Draskh1    29:4 | of his family, the princes and naxarars of Armenia unanimously resolved 09Draskh1    29:4 | up as king over themselves, and informed the caliph through the 09Draskh1    29:5 | which the governor ’Isa brought and presented together with royal robes 09Draskh1    29:5 | gifts, honors, swift horses, weapons and ornaments 09Draskh1    29:6 | the anointment with the chrism, and crowned him king over the 09Draskh1    29:7 | houses, the cities, the shens and the dastakerts. The laws passed 09Draskh1    29:7 | applied equally to mountain dwellers and to the inhabitants of temperately 09Draskh1    29:8 | level lands into farms (agarak), and folds (gom), and enriched the 09Draskh1    29:8 | farms (agarak), and folds (gom), and enriched the pastures with vineyards 09Draskh1    29:8 | enriched the pastures with vineyards and orchards. In no way did 09Draskh1    29:8 | his kingdom the needed rules and ordinations, and for the most 09Draskh1    29:8 | the needed rules and ordinations, and for the most part, he 09Draskh1    29:8 | part, he was more powerful and wiser than all the other 09Draskh1    29:10 | who dwelt in the valleys and far-reaching dales of the 09Draskh1    29:11 | the barbarous peoples of Gugark’ and the marauders of the province 09Draskh1    29:11 | Banishing from their midst brigandage and murder, he turned all of 09Draskh1    29:11 | into obedient, law-abiding people, and set rulers as well as 09Draskh1    29:12 | he made an alliance with and paid a visit to the 09Draskh1    29:13 | in no way trivial, harmony and friendship to our king Ashot 09Draskh1    29:13 | he addressed as ’beloved son’, and he communicated this to all 09Draskh1    29:14 | Thus, Ashot completed and perfected the chain of his 09Draskh1    29:15 | laid hands on the districts and cities of the region of 09Draskh1    29:15 | of the region of Her and Zarawand, and subjected these places 09Draskh1    29:15 | region of Her and Zarawand, and subjected these places 09Draskh1    29:16 | And although leaders of the Ishmaelite 09Draskh1    29:16 | the territories of these cities and districts, showed themselves in agreement 09Draskh1    29:16 | showed themselves in agreement with, and submissive to prince Grigor, yet 09Draskh1    29:18 | came out of their hideout, and attacking the prince from the 09Draskh1    29:18 | struck him down with sword, and threw him to the ground 09Draskh1    29:19 | manner, he met his death, and was carried away to be 09Draskh1    29:21 | of the valiant acts, struggles and wars of Ashot, is to 09Draskh1    29:22 | died after living a godly and pious life, and was buried 09Draskh1    29:22 | a godly and pious life, and was buried in the cemetery 09Draskh1    29:23 | was an affable, peaceloving, pious and God-fearing man, who occupied 09Draskh1    30:0 | The Death of King Ashot and the dissension that Arose between 09Draskh1    30:0 | Arose between the Sparapet Abas and the Crown Prince Smbat and 09Draskh1    30:0 | and the Crown Prince Smbat and Concerning the Katholikos Georg 09Draskh1    30:1 | After the brilliant and complete restoration of the order 09Draskh1    30:1 | Ashot was taken gravely ill and died 09Draskh1    30:3 | summoned the great katholikos Georg, and receiving from his hand the 09Draskh1    30:3 | to say), the redeeming body and blood of the Lord, he 09Draskh1    30:3 | had great amounts of gold and silver distributed among the needy 09Draskh1    30:3 | silver distributed among the needy and the poor 09Draskh1    30:4 | treasury, the herds of horses and cattle and the flocks of 09Draskh1    30:4 | herds of horses and cattle and the flocks of sheep, so 09Draskh1    30:4 | for them at any time and place 09Draskh1    30:5 | And thus, he invisibly employed things 09Draskh1    30:5 | were externally profitable to cleanse and renovate the inner self of 09Draskh1    30:6 | his body in a coffin and brought it to the town 09Draskh1    30:6 | covered the coffin with robes and veils interwoven and adorned with 09Draskh1    30:6 | with robes and veils interwoven and adorned with gold; and carefully 09Draskh1    30:6 | interwoven and adorned with gold; and carefully selected detachments of military 09Draskh1    30:6 | military forces clad in arms and ornaments stood guard. The great 09Draskh1    30:6 | the church, also came forth and solemnly chanted psalms and raised 09Draskh1    30:6 | forth and solemnly chanted psalms and raised the voice of (their 09Draskh1    30:7 | princes of the royal house and other friends followed the coffin 09Draskh1    30:7 | other friends followed the coffin, and thus they arrived at the 09Draskh1    30:7 | Gugark’ to subordinate its people, and could not get back in 09Draskh1    30:8 | behold wailing virgins, princesses (tikin), and mistresses (tantikin) of the (naxarar 09Draskh1    30:8 | the (naxarar) houses shedding tears and lamenting along with the multitudes 09Draskh1    30:8 | the multitudes of the ramiks and non-ramiks (anramik). Then, building 09Draskh1    30:9 | set out in deep grief and arrived at his estate of 09Draskh1    30:9 | katholikos came to console him, and relieve him of his grief 09Draskh1    30:9 | might not alter his noble and pleasant nature. And, Atrnerseh, the 09Draskh1    30:9 | his noble and pleasant nature. And, Atrnerseh, the great prince of 09Draskh1    30:10 | Abas, the sparapet of Armenia and brother of the king Ashot 09Draskh1    30:10 | consolation. Abas received him honorably and well, but did not want 09Draskh1    30:10 | be forced to confront both, and thus be unable to obtain 09Draskh1    30:11 | his journey would be unwarranted and unaccountable, and that it might 09Draskh1    30:11 | would be unwarranted and unaccountable, and that it might be a 09Draskh1    30:11 | be a cause for confusion and turmoil 09Draskh1    30:12 | to depart, he set out and met Smbat, whom he forced 09Draskh1    30:12 | himself of his mourning attire and to put on the royal 09Draskh1    30:12 | had been honored by Smbat and given many valuable gifts, he 09Draskh1    30:13 | him bound with iron chains and confined him in the fortress 09Draskh1    30:14 | became more intense. Both Smbat and Abas summoned the mass of 09Draskh1    30:14 | the mass of their forces, and filled the land with devastation 09Draskh1    30:15 | Then, the great katholikos intervened, and advised them to speak of 09Draskh1    30:15 | Atrnerseh back to his realm, and to do away with the 09Draskh1    30:16 | The sparapet acted craftily, and pretending to be in agreement 09Draskh1    30:16 | in-law (sister’s husband) Gurgen, and send as hostage his son 09Draskh1    30:18 | beguiled by the deceitful demon, and treated the intervention of the 09Draskh1    30:19 | through this with deep sorrow and bitterness of heart, the great 09Draskh1    30:19 | great patriarch was greatly disturbed, and departed thence to go to 09Draskh1    30:20 | troops had become more intense and had reached his own doorstep 09Draskh1    30:21 | that lay about the fortress, and where the refugees from the 09Draskh1    30:21 | brave men of their arms and sturdy steeds, and confined Abas 09Draskh1    30:21 | their arms and sturdy steeds, and confined Abas to the fortress 09Draskh1    30:22 | Distressed and apprehensive because of this he 09Draskh1    30:22 | rely on his nephew’s justice and so asked him to send 09Draskh1    30:23 | his wishes. Sending the hostages and receiving Atrnerseh in return, he 09Draskh1    30:24 | the Ishmaelite prince of Atrpatakan and along with it he was 09Draskh1    30:24 | given robes wrought with gold, and swift steeds bedecked with ornaments 09Draskh1    30:24 | swift steeds bedecked with ornaments and shining armor forged with gold 09Draskh1    30:25 | at the place of assembly, and returned to the holy church 09Draskh1    30:25 | the solemn blessings on him, and investing him with gold-embroidered 09Draskh1    30:26 | sparapet Abas was greatly irritated and enraged at the katholikos for 09Draskh1    30:27 | And since they had previously let 09Draskh1    30:27 | tongues thread about the land, and had joined certain wicked men 09Draskh1    30:28 | the purity of his life, and the inspiring power of the 09Draskh1    30:28 | him, since he could discern and perceive with clarity of mind 09Draskh1    30:29 | entice the man of God and win him over to his 09Draskh1    30:29 | the unfruitful works of darkness, and recalled the testimony of the 09Draskh1    30:30 | he but consent to come and join the assembly of the 09Draskh1    30:31 | sighed deeply in his spirit and did not wish to write 09Draskh1    30:31 | did not wish to write and answer 09Draskh1    30:33 | in the precepts of God, and because I realized that I 09Draskh1    30:33 | are beloved, according to Paul and not hateful. I humbly fell 09Draskh1    30:33 | humbly fell (upon my knees and) bowed down before the altar 09Draskh1    30:35 | cloak of holiness covers him, and he is honored with the 09Draskh1    30:35 | virtue of his apostolic office and I shall always call him 09Draskh1    30:36 | unto me with severity, arrogance, and ignorance beyond limit to anathematize 09Draskh1    30:36 | limit to anathematize him unjustly, and have used the anathema pronounced 09Draskh1    30:37 | an exemplar. He forgives immediately, and proceeds to perfection, especially as 09Draskh1    30:37 | worldly life since his youth and reached old age 09Draskh1    30:38 | me it was entirely just and deserved; for I erred and 09Draskh1    30:38 | and deserved; for I erred and going astray, on my own 09Draskh1    30:38 | the holy fathers between us and the Chalcedonians. Therefore, with supplication 09Draskh1    30:38 | Chalcedonians. Therefore, with supplication, penance and worship I persuaded him to 09Draskh1    30:39 | Satan, the killer of body and soul from the beginning, calumniator 09Draskh1    30:39 | soul from the beginning, calumniator and sower of strife. You have 09Draskh1    30:40 | They have searched out iniquity; and have wearied themselves with searching 09Draskh1    30:41 | I know, and am confident in the Lord 09Draskh1    30:41 | who has neglected his sins and hates his brother when he 09Draskh1    30:41 | of a man of distinction and high position causes extensive harm 09Draskh1    30:42 | But I am a sinful and a weak man; for my 09Draskh1    30:42 | have gone over mine head; and they have pressed heavily upon 09Draskh1    30:42 | the Lord God of hosts, and blinded by the beam in 09Draskh1    30:43 | I wrote with many tears and a heart stricken with grief 09Draskh1    30:44 | righteousness to go unto him, and accomplish your desires according to 09Draskh1    30:44 | Will; let Him speak justice and judgment in your hearts, lest 09Draskh1    30:45 | But let my name and memory perish from the face 09Draskh1    30:45 | earth, my eyeballs see darkness, and not behold light; let my 09Draskh1    30:45 | let my ears be clogged, and my stinking mouth become dumb 09Draskh1    30:45 | my stinking mouth become dumb and my tongue cleave to the 09Draskh1    30:45 | my mouth; let the cloud and thick darkness of sins and 09Draskh1    30:45 | and thick darkness of sins and the shadow of death cover 09Draskh1    30:45 | grievous things against the righteous, and utter unrighteousness loftily 09Draskh1    30:46 | earth, pouring out mine indignation and sound forth with the sword 09Draskh1    30:47 | against the anointed of God, and be banished for a crime 09Draskh1    30:47 | a crime that is unforgivable and irrevocable 09Draskh1    30:48 | of God like Korah (Korx) and Dathan. But if not, the 09Draskh1    30:48 | earth shall open her mouth and swallow me together with the 09Draskh1    30:48 | the army of Abiram (Abiron), and I shall go down alive 09Draskh1    30:49 | Hades or promise of Heaven, and standing before the tribunal, I 09Draskh1    30:50 | unto the sons of men, and the secret things belong unto 09Draskh1    30:51 | which is beyond your ability, and do not judge by conjecture 09Draskh1    30:51 | to light what darkness hides, and fire will test each man’s 09Draskh1    30:51 | each man’s work, for surmises and opinions are semblance and empty 09Draskh1    30:51 | surmises and opinions are semblance and empty shadows that are beyond 09Draskh1    30:51 | shadows that are beyond truth, and are not considered evidence according 09Draskh1    30:51 | they stole it from us, and having changed the words, they 09Draskh1    30:52 | tend to justice. Public opinion and hearsay hold that those who 09Draskh1    30:52 | like unto you lack strength, and are overwhelmed by their mistakes 09Draskh1    30:54 | forth with an impudent face and be an unrighteous witness no 09Draskh1    30:55 | no reason, was not blessed, and we are all aware of 09Draskh1    30:56 | formerly assembled together with Annas and Caiaphas on account of the 09Draskh1    30:56 | on account of the Lord, and who have now gathered with 09Draskh1    30:56 | upon Mount Sion, ye priests and righteous old men. Proclaim fasts 09Draskh1    30:56 | righteous old men. Proclaim fasts and supplications. Sanctify the congregation with 09Draskh1    30:56 | Sanctify the congregation with tears and laments, for God will visit 09Draskh1    30:57 | Fathers labored on your behalf, and wearing boots on their feet 09Draskh1    30:57 | an entire year in fasting and praying 09Draskh1    30:58 | the dry bread of affliction, and drank the water of affliction 09Draskh1    30:58 | drank the water of affliction, and lay on pallets spread on 09Draskh1    30:58 | the ground. With excessive penance and groans they established as a 09Draskh1    30:58 | will. God looked at them and with enlightenment instructed them in 09Draskh1    30:59 | the assembly of the upright and the congregation of those that 09Draskh1    30:59 | those that love good things, and to assist in their work 09Draskh1    30:59 | in their work with prayers and ascetic practices. The same God 09Draskh1    30:59 | same God, who is mighty and living, shall do what pleases 09Draskh1    30:60 | those who have urged this, and shall become surety, so that 09Draskh1    30:60 | ally of the evil-doers and the lecherous (mcghneayk) in everlasting 09Draskh1    30:61 | has been sharpened in bitterness, and the crooked bow made ready 09Draskh1    30:61 | to shoot arrows of strife and conflict in order to strike 09Draskh1    30:61 | conflict in order to strike and kill those who are upright 09Draskh1    30:61 | the honor of the blessed, and scheme to rebut it through 09Draskh1    30:62 | the prophets were condemned, beaten, and smitten with the edge of 09Draskh1    30:62 | the zeal of the Pharisees and the cry of the Jews 09Draskh1    30:62 | unto the Word of God, and were lost to the ages 09Draskh1    30:62 | were lost to the ages and ages 09Draskh1    30:64 | the thirty pieces of silver, and arrived where he belonged 09Draskh1    30:65 | Those were intelligent and wise men, who were able 09Draskh1    30:65 | Son of God before God and the Emperor, and lawfully committed 09Draskh1    30:65 | before God and the Emperor, and lawfully committed him to the 09Draskh1    30:66 | the brother of the Lord and Narcissus, all three of them 09Draskh1    30:66 | loved wickedness more than goodness, and unrighteousness better than to speak 09Draskh1    30:67 | sharpened their tongues like serpents, and under whose lips is adders’ 09Draskh1    30:68 | deserter cannot become a witness and come forth before the tribunal 09Draskh1    30:68 | like that of a whore, and is no longer considered a 09Draskh1    30:70 | the sinners first come forth and repent in sackcloth and ashes 09Draskh1    30:70 | forth and repent in sackcloth and ashes, and subject themselves to 09Draskh1    30:70 | repent in sackcloth and ashes, and subject themselves to rules with 09Draskh1    30:71 | the bishops shall be chosen and righteous, and some shall come 09Draskh1    30:71 | shall be chosen and righteous, and some shall come from afar 09Draskh1    30:71 | examination as they may wish, and be certain. Then, let those 09Draskh1    30:71 | to cover the holy altar and the holy see with fire 09Draskh1    30:73 | universal tribunal may be easy, and you may receive glory and 09Draskh1    30:73 | and you may receive glory and honor from God throughout your 09Draskh1    30:74 | solemn letter, Abas was ashamed and gave the lie to the 09Draskh1    30:75 | certain ones of the arrogant, and excessively envious slanderers were seemingly 09Draskh1    30:76 | eyes of everyone including myself, and he perished 09Draskh1    30:77 | traitor burned with high fever and parching heat, until pustules broke 09Draskh1    30:77 | heat, until pustules broke forth and he died 09Draskh1    30:78 | The survivors, greatly distressed and trembling because of the deserved 09Draskh1    30:78 | patriarch to express their repentance, and were forgiven by him. The 09Draskh1    30:78 | likewise greatly dismayed at heart and alarmed by the swift actions 09Draskh1    30:78 | the patriarch, with excessive immolations and tears, and begged forgiveness for 09Draskh1    30:78 | with excessive immolations and tears, and begged forgiveness for his evil 09Draskh1    30:79 | patriarch received him with love and ungrudging heart, and with perfection 09Draskh1    30:79 | with love and ungrudging heart, and with perfection of faith, in 09Draskh1    30:79 | made them worthy of forgiveness and blessings 09Draskh1    30:80 | calamities, no one might scheme and suffer the same torments, derision 09Draskh1    30:80 | suffer the same torments, derision and scourges as those who fell 09Draskh1    30:80 | those who fell with Judas and reached their (deserved) place 09Draskh1    31:0 | between the Governor (Ostikan) Afshin and King Smbat, and the Insurrection 09Draskh1    31:0 | Ostikan) Afshin and King Smbat, and the Insurrection in the City 09Draskh1    31:1 | the latter with many gifts and worthy presents in accordance with 09Draskh1    31:2 | robes wrought with gold, goblets, and cups, and girdles of pure 09Draskh1    31:2 | with gold, goblets, and cups, and girdles of pure gold studded 09Draskh1    31:3 | as of the firm friendship and agreement with the Emperor, he 09Draskh1    31:3 | Emperor, he was greatly distressed and irritated at these matters, (which 09Draskh1    31:3 | ties of friendship between them, and having gathered numerous troops for 09Draskh1    31:3 | he decided to set out and come to Armenia 09Draskh1    31:4 | altogether thirty thousand brave warriors and skilled soldiers, and he marched 09Draskh1    31:4 | brave warriors and skilled soldiers, and he marched as far as 09Draskh1    31:6 | those items that you yourself and the caliph needed from the 09Draskh1    31:6 | the land of the Greeks, and present you with noteworthy garments 09Draskh1    31:6 | you with noteworthy garments, ornaments and vessels for your own use 09Draskh1    31:6 | have access to their land, and enrich your treasury with the 09Draskh1    31:7 | tone of the above words, and saw the select bodies of 09Draskh1    31:8 | out to meet each other, and exchanged many royal gifts and 09Draskh1    31:8 | and exchanged many royal gifts and presents, and after this Afshin 09Draskh1    31:8 | many royal gifts and presents, and after this Afshin returned to 09Draskh1    31:9 | King Smbat turned back, and arrived at the capital city 09Draskh1    31:10 | the city submissive to him, and he also noted that they 09Draskh1    31:10 | amount of the royal tributes and taxes. Thereupon, they also shut 09Draskh1    31:11 | a furious siege against them, and stirred up great confusion, pillage 09Draskh1    31:11 | confusion, pillage, devastation of forests and destruction by fire, all of 09Draskh1    31:11 | years so that distressed, irritated and harassed, they turned against one 09Draskh1    31:12 | who were the chief ostikans and commanders (hramanatar) of the city 09Draskh1    31:12 | city, two brothers, named Mahmet and Umayi, came out by night 09Draskh1    31:12 | Umayi, came out by night and took flight. The forces (of 09Draskh1    31:12 | of Smbat) learned of this, and going after them in pursuit 09Draskh1    31:12 | after them in pursuit, seized and brought them to the king 09Draskh1    31:13 | to the torture with chains and rods, and taking from them 09Draskh1    31:13 | torture with chains and rods, and taking from them many treasures 09Draskh1    31:13 | them many treasures of gold and silver, Smbat sent them in 09Draskh1    31:14 | and setting about to annex many 09Draskh1    31:14 | watched over all of them, and brought them into obedience, some 09Draskh1    31:14 | the great Curopalate of Georgia and his adherents persuaded by the 09Draskh1    31:14 | he repressed with daring force, and subdued them beneath his feet 09Draskh1    31:15 | of Karin in the northeast, and to the farther side of 09Draskh1    31:15 | shores of the great sea and the borders of Egrisi, as 09Draskh1    31:15 | that is to say, Gugark’, and Canark’ as far as the 09Draskh1    31:15 | course of the Kur River, and ( continued) on to the district 09Draskh1    31:15 | city of Hunarakert, to Tus and to Shamk’or 09Draskh1    31:16 | the limits of his domain and brought these beneath the yoke 09Draskh1    31:16 | of the royal tributes, bekars and taxes, and dedicated the weapon 09Draskh1    31:16 | royal tributes, bekars and taxes, and dedicated the weapon he used 09Draskh1    32:0 | of the City of Dvin and Mashtoc’ Vardapet’s Letter of Consolation 09Draskh1    32:1 | in the city of Dvin and caused extensive destruction, terror, ruin 09Draskh1    32:1 | caused extensive destruction, terror, ruin and loss of life to the 09Draskh1    32:1 | the palaces of the magnates and the houses of the common 09Draskh1    32:2 | It also demolished and destroyed the Divinely-built church 09Draskh1    32:3 | had suffocated under their roofs and mounds of earth because their 09Draskh1    32:3 | become as hard as rock and without compassion, made them resort 09Draskh1    32:3 | made them resort to lamentations and tearful cries 09Draskh1    32:4 | of the victims’ relatives, sympathizers and spouses, whose cries and lamentations 09Draskh1    32:4 | sympathizers and spouses, whose cries and lamentations, as well as the 09Draskh1    32:4 | wails of black-clad women and griefstricken men reached up to 09Draskh1    32:5 | were thrown into abysses, ravines and gorges 09Draskh1    32:8 | My gracious and beloved lords and dear brethren 09Draskh1    32:8 | My gracious and beloved lords and dear brethren, I learned of 09Draskh1    32:8 | sudden affliction of bitter tears and unbearable agonies of death that 09Draskh1    32:8 | death that came upon you, and turned your joy into mourning 09Draskh1    32:9 | Fire devoured everything and scattered the multitudes. Behold! Neither 09Draskh1    32:11 | Parents abandoned their children and children left their parents with 09Draskh1    32:11 | Their homes became their graves, and they were buried in their 09Draskh1    32:12 | Woe to you, fathers and brothers who suffered toils and 09Draskh1    32:12 | and brothers who suffered toils and oppression! The Lord spread His 09Draskh1    32:12 | His nets upon His people and with invisible swords struck them 09Draskh1    32:12 | dried them up like water and made them vanish like smoke 09Draskh1    32:13 | did not behold this new and unheard of condemnation which we 09Draskh1    32:13 | with your parents, brothers, families and children, and made the Lord 09Draskh1    32:13 | parents, brothers, families and children, and made the Lord hear the 09Draskh1    32:13 | are fired by unbearable perplexities and the sudden advent of blinding 09Draskh1    32:13 | is not to be found, and you are left with no 09Draskh1    32:14 | other care than setting straight and redeeming mankind. Because we are 09Draskh1    32:14 | are wont to forget God and He in turn forgets us 09Draskh1    32:14 | in accordance with His mercy and love 09Draskh1    32:15 | by the sword our wickedness and folly 09Draskh1    32:17 | we have all gone astray and have become unprofitable. Consequently, (you 09Draskh1    32:18 | together from the sun, rain, and other goodly things, so also 09Draskh1    32:18 | of destruction. But the reward and retribution of each individually will 09Draskh1    32:19 | up apply also to us, and treat everyone impartially, accept willingly 09Draskh1    32:19 | proof of your wisdom, knowledge and faith 09Draskh1    32:20 | accordance with your Christian faith and upright life, and are confident 09Draskh1    32:20 | Christian faith and upright life, and are confident in the fear 09Draskh1    32:20 | of the Lord through virtuous and orthodox practice 09Draskh1    32:21 | He shall console your spirits and make you hopeful for a 09Draskh1    32:21 | is to say, both pastor and flock, and make you forget 09Draskh1    32:21 | say, both pastor and flock, and make you forget the great 09Draskh1    32:21 | make you forget the great and profound grief. In return for 09Draskh1    32:21 | in the dwelling of light, and blotting out the record of 09Draskh1    32:21 | record of their words, deeds, and thoughts let Him place them 09Draskh1    32:21 | His beloved for the ages and ages 09Draskh1    32:22 | presence of a great multitude, and the rest of the people 09Draskh1    32:23 | infidels whose sins they shared, and spoke to one another thus 09Draskh1    32:24 | not come out of Segor and mingled with the Hagarites, from 09Draskh1    32:25 | much information concerning these miserable and indefensive calamities suffice you, lest 09Draskh1    32:25 | be annoying to your ears and let us look at subsequent 09Draskh1    33:0 | Afshin’s War against King Smbat, and the Confinement of the Katholikos 09Draskh1    33:1 | nations by a mighty hand, and the submission of the beastlike 09Draskh1    33:1 | of friendship between them thereafter, and discard his promise to obey 09Draskh1    33:3 | then secretly lay in wait and summoned the multitude of his 09Draskh1    33:3 | gushing torrents, overflowing, destroying, annihilating and eradicating the foundations of the 09Draskh1    33:4 | and although he tried to summon 09Draskh1    33:5 | turned to the fortified strongholds, and sent edicts to all the 09Draskh1    33:5 | Armenia responded to the summons and assembled together with a large 09Draskh1    33:6 | as spearmen, armed with weapons and armour. Subsequently, observing carefully the 09Draskh1    33:7 | melt his heart of rock, and take care of the reasonable 09Draskh1    33:7 | received him with friendly disposition, and in accordance with his fellowship 09Draskh1    33:7 | come to him. The righteous and simple minded man of God 09Draskh1    33:7 | trying to entrap the king, and forcibly bring him within his 09Draskh1    33:8 | the advice of the naxarars and did not venture to go 09Draskh1    33:10 | Georg bound with iron fetters and handcuffs 09Draskh1    33:11 | himself marched against king Smbat, and pitched camp not far from 09Draskh1    33:12 | days, he mustered his troops and came to blows with the 09Draskh1    33:13 | the hands of brave swordsmen and archers with well bent bows 09Draskh1    33:13 | his adversary to the ground and slay him. The survivors were 09Draskh1    33:13 | him. The survivors were dispersed and turning to flight they reached 09Draskh1    33:14 | swelling waves of the sea and the foamy billows rising like 09Draskh1    33:14 | pay him the royal taxes, and make an oath not to 09Draskh1    33:15 | with the wishes of Afshin and sent him valuable gifts, in 09Draskh1    33:15 | received prizes befitting the glory and dignity of kings 09Draskh1    33:17 | physically distressing agony of annoying and burdensome travail. He was assigned 09Draskh1    33:17 | attendant to wait upon him and either prepare his bed, or 09Draskh1    33:17 | water for him to drink and quench his thirst 09Draskh1    33:18 | time entirely to continuous psalmody and indefatigable prayers lest he might 09Draskh1    33:19 | the Hagarite ostikan demanded gold and silver from the great katholikos 09Draskh1    33:19 | set free from his bonds and sent to his see with 09Draskh1    33:20 | residence, we were deeply concerned— and the other clerics of the 09Draskh1    33:20 | to approach the chief naxarars and the princes of the land 09Draskh1    33:21 | of P’aytakaran at that time, and had taken the great katholikos 09Draskh1    33:22 | him, Hamam got him back and adding his own contribution to 09Draskh1    33:23 | great patriarch under Christian protection and his physical needs completely satisfied 09Draskh1    33:23 | the katholikos like a servant, and sent him to Armenia 09Draskh1    33:24 | held in all the churches, and ceaselessly the divine liturgy was 09Draskh1    34:0 | of Prince Ashot in Rebellion and the War between King Smbat 09Draskh1    34:0 | the War between King Smbat and Ahmad 09Draskh1    34:1 | of the region of Vaspurakan and the nephew of king Smbat 09Draskh1    34:1 | the fraudulent utterances of some, and violating the terms of agreement 09Draskh1    34:2 | Afshin with many worthy gifts, and secretly bribed his naxarars severally 09Draskh1    34:2 | the expectation of higher rank and honor, and (the hope) that 09Draskh1    34:2 | of higher rank and honor, and ( the hope) that they would 09Draskh1    34:2 | with which he was endowed and he was bidden farewell, whereafter 09Draskh1    34:3 | the other hand, observed silence, and awaiting a probable change of 09Draskh1    34:4 | he also went to Afshin, and returned empty-handed like his 09Draskh1    34:5 | anything out of his wrongs and deny him the fatherly patronage 09Draskh1    34:6 | tenderness as a beloved son, and bestowed on him great honors 09Draskh1    34:7 | of his wisdom, grace, valiancy and fortitude. Being the father-in 09Draskh1    34:7 | summoned the latter with fruitless and insidious intentions in mind. Deceiving 09Draskh1    34:7 | son-in-law Ashot, Gagik and Gurgen—on the pretext of 09Draskh1    34:7 | the pretext of friendly pastime, and bringing them together, he bound 09Draskh1    34:7 | bound them with iron fetters and confined them in prison. Then 09Draskh1    34:7 | himself the domain of Ashot and set himself up as prince 09Draskh1    34:9 | been permanently established in Armenia, and the naxarars were in accord 09Draskh1    34:9 | him, he decided to conquer and subordinate the district of Taron 09Draskh1    34:10 | law of the Arcruni family and a secretly converted Christian, who 09Draskh1    34:10 | in place of the bdeshxs— and confining him in prison, had 09Draskh1    34:10 | the possessions of his house and ( subordinated) the inhabitants of Mount 09Draskh1    34:11 | prince of Taron also died, and in his place they set 09Draskh1    34:11 | also opened hostilities against him, and the prince was killed in 09Draskh1    34:12 | But Ahmad made gradual progress, and tried to extend his sway 09Draskh1    34:13 | And as the son of the 09Draskh1    34:13 | of the great prince Dawit’ and the son-in-law of 09Draskh1    34:13 | summoned the naxarars of Armenia and mustering all of his forces 09Draskh1    34:15 | a secret agreement between Ahmad and Gagik, the ruler of Vaspurakan 09Draskh1    34:15 | to set out from there and march southward toward the komopolis 09Draskh1    34:17 | Ahmad of his double dealing, and having set a definite time 09Draskh1    34:17 | through mountainous, waterless, rocky, briary and impassable terrain, where the troops 09Draskh1    34:18 | worn out, frustrated by erratic and nerve-wearing wandering, dispirited and 09Draskh1    34:18 | and nerve-wearing wandering, dispirited and out of breath because of 09Draskh1    34:19 | of darkness, the invaders arrived and fell upon them 09Draskh1    34:20 | put on their armor, weapons and ornaments, and mounted their horses 09Draskh1    34:20 | their armor, weapons and ornaments, and mounted their horses. The king 09Draskh1    34:20 | come out in the open and show himself. He was followed 09Draskh1    34:20 | who marched at a gallop and putting the enemy forces to 09Draskh1    34:21 | to tear down his tent and have the porters pick it 09Draskh1    34:21 | the porters pick it up and turn on their heels. When 09Draskh1    34:21 | this, they considered it true and all did the same 09Draskh1    34:22 | war. He withdrew his forces and turned to flight 09Draskh1    34:23 | Ashot, a comely, inexperienced and innocent youth, of the great 09Draskh1    34:23 | of the race of Hayk and the son of the king’s 09Draskh1    34:23 | The remaining forces were scattered and each man went his own 09Draskh1    34:27 | clad himself in royal robes, and mounting on his mule, he 09Draskh1    34:28 | he, suddenly drew their swords, and falling upon the presumptuous prince 09Draskh1    34:28 | he fell to the ground and died. He was buried among 09Draskh1    34:30 | place, two of the principal and elderly princes, Mushegh of Mokk’ 09Draskh1    34:30 | elderly princes, Mushegh of Mokk’, and Gurgen of Andzewac’ik’, let animosity 09Draskh1    34:30 | let animosity rage between themselves, and fought against one another in 09Draskh1    34:31 | swift horse, which he admired, and as he happened to cross 09Draskh1    34:31 | ravine, the steed galloped neighing, and threw the prince down on 09Draskh1    34:31 | his body was brought back and buried among his ancestors 09Draskh1    35:0 | Afshin’s Attack on Smbat, and the Seizure of His Family 09Draskh1    35:1 | acts that had been committed, and heard of the flight of 09Draskh1    35:1 | the traitor, of the desertion and dispersion of the Armenian forces 09Draskh1    35:1 | for carrying out his wishes, and putting his mind to wicked 09Draskh1    35:1 | he rose with a roar, and set out like a violent 09Draskh1    35:1 | a violent torrent to come and inundate the house of Togarmah 09Draskh1    35:1 | of Togarmah with tumultuous flow, and to pour the bitterness of 09Draskh1    35:2 | to the regions of Gugark’ and Virk’ with the intention of 09Draskh1    35:3 | induced by him to rebel, and he could not conquer their 09Draskh1    35:3 | through the district of Vanand, and decided to pursue Smbat 09Draskh1    35:4 | warfare. Subsequently, he set out and besieged the fortress of Kars 09Draskh1    35:4 | who clad herself in cilice and led an ascetic life, and 09Draskh1    35:4 | and led an ascetic life, and his daughter-in-law, who 09Draskh1    35:5 | Hasan, a very trustworthy fellow and overseer of the entire household 09Draskh1    35:5 | fortress were stored the treasures and the riches of the king 09Draskh1    35:5 | of the king. Upon inquiring and learning of this from people 09Draskh1    35:6 | the gaping gates of destruction and coming to his senses at 09Draskh1    35:6 | assuring them safety from bloodshed and all other wicked acts in 09Draskh1    35:7 | of the fortress were opened, and Afshin entered 09Draskh1    35:8 | fortresses of a seemingly huge and ferocious beast, Afshin in no 09Draskh1    35:8 | of the common people (ramik) and relieved them from all oppressions 09Draskh1    35:8 | overseer of the royal household, and a small number of noble 09Draskh1    35:8 | as well as the treasures and the riches of the king 09Draskh1    35:9 | to the fortress of Kars and saw all the things that 09Draskh1    35:9 | his voice in giving thanks, and put his trust in the 09Draskh1    35:9 | would restore life to him and bring utter destruction upon his 09Draskh1    35:11 | Then envoys were sent back and forth between Smbat and Afshin 09Draskh1    35:11 | back and forth between Smbat and Afshin; making inquiries concerning this 09Draskh1    35:12 | to dispatch his eldest son, and the son of his brother 09Draskh1    35:13 | he considered Smbat’s oath untrustworthy and worthless. Only compliance with the 09Draskh1    35:13 | demands would give him assurance and undisturbed peace 09Draskh1    35:14 | not in accord with him, and finding no other way out 09Draskh1    35:14 | unwillingly complied with Afshin’s wishes, and sent to him his son 09Draskh1    35:14 | her arrival), he married her, and at the nuptials they danced 09Draskh1    36:0 | Pontificate of the Vardapet Mashtoc’ and Yovhannes the Historian 09Draskh1    36:1 | the province (gawar) of Vaspurakan, and the priests as well as 09Draskh1    36:1 | land together brought his body and buried it in the cemetery 09Draskh1    36:1 | had laid down his staff and the table of the divine 09Draskh1    36:2 | the brother of the king, and treating him with consideration, gave 09Draskh1    36:2 | consideration, gave him suitable gifts, and honored him like a close 09Draskh1    36:3 | his son-in-law Afshin, and his daughter, as well as 09Draskh1    36:3 | well as the other hostages, and the princess, that is, the 09Draskh1    36:3 | in-law of the king, and returned to king Smbat 09Draskh1    36:4 | from this world, the king and his associates elected to the 09Draskh1    36:4 | the patriarchal throne the angelic and heaven-graced man of God 09Draskh1    36:4 | power of the Holy Spirit, and who put forth shoots of 09Draskh1    36:5 | an ordinary diet of bread and water. In his frugality he 09Draskh1    36:6 | Greatly pleased by his wonderful and thoughtful manner, the king, the 09Draskh1    36:6 | king, the senior (gahamecar) princes and the illustrious azats set him 09Draskh1    36:6 | occasion to praise the fruitful and productive sprouts that appeared in 09Draskh1    36:6 | be postponed to another time and place 09Draskh1    36:7 | of God by his miraculous and praiseworthy teachings was in the 09Draskh1    36:7 | the path of righteous works and deeds, he died (rested in 09Draskh1    36:8 | wrote this book, a pitiable and wretched man, eager to quench 09Draskh1    36:8 | the order of the king and the multitude of the naxarars 09Draskh1    36:10 | Mashtoc’ ever since my childhood, and was related to him by 09Draskh1    36:11 | And yet, once again I preferred 09Draskh1    36:11 | the mother of all virtue, and thinking that obedience and manifesting 09Draskh1    36:11 | virtue, and thinking that obedience and manifesting no opposition were even 09Draskh1    36:11 | elevated to the present (office), and had as my only guiding 09Draskh1    36:12 | according to the divine canons, and dedicated to joyous worship 09Draskh1    36:13 | decorated the church with rare and beautiful ornaments, gold-broidered vestments 09Draskh1    36:13 | beautiful ornaments, gold-broidered vestments, and flaxen curtains. He also installed 09Draskh1    36:14 | every way the peace treaty and alliance with king Smbat. With 09Draskh1    36:14 | to him with utmost attentiveness and entrusted Smbat even with his 09Draskh1    36:15 | this, king Smbat summoned him and treated him with kindness. Subsequently 09Draskh1    36:15 | Atrnerseh king with great glory and proper ceremony, outfitting him in 09Draskh1    36:15 | over the land of Iberia, and granted him the second place 09Draskh1    36:16 | he always made concessions humbly, and with his gentle disposition he 09Draskh1    37:1 | to his practice of conniving, and devising insidious intrigues in his 09Draskh1    37:1 | them. Then he set out and came to the city of 09Draskh1    37:1 | annihilate king Smbat through treachery and cunningness 09Draskh1    37:2 | immediately mustered a small force, and with great haste took refuge 09Draskh1    37:3 | he gave up his intention, and made believe that he had 09Draskh1    37:3 | visit the king in friendship and charity 09Draskh1    37:4 | Then he set forth and arrived at the capital city 09Draskh1    37:4 | of friendship exempt from deceit, and leaving there in his place 09Draskh1    37:5 | brought with her gold, silver, and much money 09Draskh1    37:6 | she had brought with her, and falling on her knees, she 09Draskh1    37:6 | wretched state of her widowhood, and revealed her heart-rending privations 09Draskh1    37:6 | who took pity on her, and showed mercy; for very frequently 09Draskh1    37:8 | bank of the Axurean River, and the two men came to 09Draskh1    37:10 | with the king in word and deed, and having received many 09Draskh1    37:10 | king in word and deed, and having received many gifts and 09Draskh1    37:10 | and having received many gifts and honors from Smbat, he went 09Draskh1    37:12 | in the city of Dvin and received a stipend (rochik) from 09Draskh1    37:14 | brother whose name was Arues, and brought them with him to 09Draskh1    37:15 | executioners cross-examined them severely, and tried to convert them from 09Draskh1    37:16 | celestial life for irreparable destruction and a worthless life. Consequently, by 09Draskh1    37:17 | distressed by Afshin, deserted him, and taking with him the king’s 09Draskh1    37:17 | immediately came to king Smbat, and returned to him his son 09Draskh1    37:17 | returned to him his son and daughter-in-law 09Draskh1    37:18 | with the providence of God, and with the deliverance of the 09Draskh1    37:18 | eunuch to come to him and ( in appreciation for his service 09Draskh1    37:18 | service) gave him abundant gratuities and gifts, whereupon he sent him 09Draskh1    37:19 | was seized by his caliph and executed 09Draskh1    37:20 | considered the latter the instigator and cause of the wickedness that 09Draskh1    37:20 | king with a greater storm and a worse torrent of wickedness 09Draskh1    37:21 | the regions of his realm, and summoned immediately brave warriors with 09Draskh1    37:21 | brave warriors with steeds, arms and ornaments, and legions of infantry 09Draskh1    37:21 | with steeds, arms and ornaments, and legions of infantry soldiers 09Draskh1    37:22 | his forces were gathering together, and he was about to march 09Draskh1    37:22 | was about to march forth, and pour the venom in his 09Draskh1    37:22 | the venom in his enraged and embittered heart on (the head 09Draskh1    37:22 | affliction. His abdomen was inflamed, and his insides decayed. His ruptured 09Draskh1    37:22 | burst out of his abdomen, and before his spirit had departed 09Draskh1    37:23 | end in this painful condition, and descended to hell in utmost 09Draskh1    37:24 | struck by the same affliction and were in the same miserable 09Draskh1    37:25 | Those that survived, dispersed and each went his own way 09Draskh1    37:25 | not attain joy in life and perished without hope. The faithful 09Draskh1    37:25 | Who is Himself the vanquisher, and “ whose will it is that 09Draskh1    37:25 | all men should find salvation and come to know the truth 09Draskh1    37:26 | left the city at night and fled to the land of 09Draskh1    38:0 | The Discord between Ashot and Hasan Arcruni, and the Death 09Draskh1    38:0 | between Ashot and Hasan Arcruni, and the Death of Ashot 09Draskh1    38:1 | domain with a small army, and having reached a glen called 09Draskh1    38:1 | where the Gabawonac’ik’ (Gibeonites) lived, and took shelter under the roofs 09Draskh1    38:2 | Vasak who had renounced Christ, and of the paternal aunt of 09Draskh1    38:3 | the wicked wiles of Satan, and blinded by his own free 09Draskh1    38:3 | his warriors, bowmen, hatchetmen, swordsmen, and vigorous peltasts, and followed them 09Draskh1    38:3 | hatchetmen, swordsmen, and vigorous peltasts, and followed them closely behind. Marching 09Draskh1    38:4 | and surrounded the gates of the 09Draskh1    38:4 | the houses where prince Ashot and his retinue were spending the 09Draskh1    38:5 | in which the prince was, and began to run, when the 09Draskh1    38:5 | heavy tramping of his feet, and with the roof Hasan himself 09Draskh1    38:6 | whereupon they seized him immediately, and brought him to prince Ashot 09Draskh1    38:7 | of the confusion, they fled and vanished without a trace, like 09Draskh1    38:9 | Ashot put him in fetters, and brought him to the fortress 09Draskh1    38:10 | However, Hasan’s mother and brother—on his mother’s side 09Draskh1    38:11 | he advised me to go and resolve the matter, with the 09Draskh1    38:12 | I went and persuaded the princess to turn 09Draskh1    38:12 | from the danger of death and assure his safe return from 09Draskh1    38:14 | Subsequently, attracted by the futile and wicked advice of certain azats 09Draskh1    38:14 | had Hasan’s eyes put out, and through ignorance brought damnation upon 09Draskh1    38:14 | bring about their own destruction, and cannot acquire for themselves a 09Draskh1    38:15 | in me by the gospels, and having excommunicated the prince, returned 09Draskh1    38:16 | After one year, recklessness and ignorance robed Ashot’s becoming, stately 09Draskh1    38:16 | ignorance robed Ashot’s becoming, stately, and handsome stature like a garment 09Draskh1    38:17 | youth, he met his end, and afflicted us with deep grief 09Draskh1    38:18 | succeeded to his large domain, and king Smbat set up his 09Draskh1    39:0 | Brother of Afshin as Governor, and the Death of Shapuh and 09Draskh1    39:0 | and the Death of Shapuh and Dawit’ Brothers of King Smbat 09Draskh1    39:1 | been taken away from them, and from whose mouths righteous words 09Draskh1    39:2 | Then, he wrote a letter, and sent envoys with appropriate gifts 09Draskh1    39:2 | had dissociated him from them and their ways, which were always 09Draskh1    39:3 | the caliph read the letter and became aware of Smbat’s demands 09Draskh1    39:3 | gladly carried out his wishes, and reducing the amount of the 09Draskh1    39:4 | pure gold, a precious sword and swift steeds in full armor 09Draskh1    39:4 | swift steeds in full armor and ornament 09Draskh1    39:6 | end of his futile existence, and joined his ancestors 09Draskh1    39:7 | They greatly bemoaned Shapuh’s loss and buried him among his ancestors 09Draskh1    39:8 | Smbat set up the handsome and comely youth Ashot, the son 09Draskh1    39:9 | bank of the Axurean River, and decorating it with many valuable 09Draskh1    39:10 | a great amount of money, and tried very hard to bring 09Draskh1    39:11 | prince (ishxan ishxanac’) of Armenia, and a humble man with a 09Draskh1    39:11 | in the gloom of grief, and cast himself into the abyss 09Draskh1    39:11 | the hope of eternal life, and saved the works of the 09Draskh1    40:0 | Smbat; They Come to Terms and Confer Honor on One Another 09Draskh1    40:1 | bring Smbat to his side and make him an ally, just 09Draskh1    40:2 | but he was denied audience, and as he could not attain 09Draskh1    40:2 | goal, he rose in rebellion, and turning his back (on the 09Draskh1    40:2 | force. Then he set forth and reached the city of P’aytakaran 09Draskh1    40:2 | through the province of Uti, and went as far as Tashratap’ 09Draskh1    40:3 | sent forward a large force and occupied the defiles and the 09Draskh1    40:3 | force and occupied the defiles and the passes on the highways 09Draskh1    40:3 | in the regions of Ashoc’k’ and Tashirk’, in order not to 09Draskh1    40:4 | the mountain from the west, and marching through the lower flanks 09Draskh1    40:5 | of the mountain rather late, and went in pursuit of him 09Draskh1    40:6 | a man of Syriac origin and a Christian by faith. By 09Draskh1    40:6 | means of very friendly, pleasing and agreeable messages, and several generous 09Draskh1    40:6 | friendly, pleasing and agreeable messages, and several generous, circumspect measures, he 09Draskh1    40:6 | Smbat’s mind all his fears and apprehensions, and left the payment 09Draskh1    40:6 | all his fears and apprehensions, and left the payment of the 09Draskh1    40:6 | him as he might wish and desire, provided that he would 09Draskh1    40:7 | transmitted by the gratifying message, and being happy with it, Smbat 09Draskh1    40:7 | the conclusion of the dialogue and reciprocated equally all the fruits 09Draskh1    40:10 | each other with wonderful harmony and much friendship, exchanging generous gifts 09Draskh1    40:13 | of the winter season disappeared, and spring breezes began to emanate 09Draskh1    40:13 | changed his place of residence, and prepared numerous swift steeds, spirited 09Draskh1    40:13 | prepared numerous swift steeds, spirited and fierce, decorated with embellished ornaments 09Draskh1    40:13 | embellished ornaments, armor, golden reins and tassels, as well as a 09Draskh1    40:13 | crown made out of gold and sapphire, and over which was 09Draskh1    40:13 | out of gold and sapphire, and over which was a diadem 09Draskh1    40:13 | studded with rows of pearls and other valuable gems, and with 09Draskh1    40:13 | pearls and other valuable gems, and with these also numerous other 09Draskh1    40:13 | which were embroidered with gold and beautifully braided veils. He sent 09Draskh1    40:14 | steed swift like the wind, and adorned with ornaments, armor, and 09Draskh1    40:14 | and adorned with ornaments, armor, and multicolored garments. For his waist 09Draskh1    40:14 | a girdle studded with gems, and appointed him presiding prince (ishxan 09Draskh1    40:15 | a man in my position, and received a mule richly adorned 09Draskh1    40:16 | the generous gifts of Yusuf, and having accepted them with much 09Draskh1    40:16 | these equally with suitable beautiful and precious ornaments worn on robes 09Draskh1    40:16 | dyed with the kirmiz, cups and musical instruments, a belt made 09Draskh1    40:16 | the work of Roman craftsmen— and colored glass; in quantity what 09Draskh1    40:17 | bid farewell to the king and retired to the region of 09Draskh1    40:18 | the Armenians. He protected everyone, and granted them success in all 09Draskh1    40:18 | lived in his own patrimony, and taking possession of the land 09Draskh1    40:18 | his own, cultivated the vineyards and built orchards of olive and 09Draskh1    40:18 | and built orchards of olive and fruit trees. They sowed seeds 09Draskh1    40:18 | sowed seeds free from thorns, and reaped fruits a hundredfold. At 09Draskh1    40:18 | the yield of the vineyards, and the mountains rejoiced, because the 09Draskh1    40:18 | the grazing herds of cattle and sheep on their flanks grew 09Draskh1    40:19 | Our chief naxarars, being secure and at ease from the onslaught 09Draskh1    40:19 | erected in the hermitages, awans and agaraks churches built with solid 09Draskh1    40:20 | the race of Hayk, Grigor, and his brothers Sahak and Vasak 09Draskh1    40:20 | Grigor, and his brothers Sahak and Vasak, who ruled over the 09Draskh1    40:21 | Lord, according to the prophet, and watered the valley of lots 09Draskh1    40:22 | an indissoluble pact of friendship, and he was wont to send 09Draskh1    40:22 | him every year numerous gifts and honors 09Draskh1    40:23 | was more august than himself and a real father 09Draskh1    41:0 | Constantine, the King of Egrisi, and the Seizure of the Latter 09Draskh1    41:0 | Latter; the Hostilities between Atrnerseh and Smbat 09Draskh1    41:1 | conducted himself in a whimsical and arrogant manner, and instead of 09Draskh1    41:1 | a whimsical and arrogant manner, and instead of lifting up his 09Draskh1    41:1 | valleys of the Caucasus Mountains, and also the land of the 09Draskh1    41:2 | as those people were obedient and subservient to king Smbat, Atrnerseh 09Draskh1    41:2 | was his son-in-law, and advised him to banish from 09Draskh1    41:2 | his heart the vain, insidious and base schemes and not to 09Draskh1    41:2 | vain, insidious and base schemes and not to oppose stupidly those 09Draskh1    41:3 | when he shut his ears and did not wish to listen 09Draskh1    41:3 | to listen to his advice, and did not come to his 09Draskh1    41:3 | him with a large force, and also taking with him the 09Draskh1    41:5 | his father-in-law Atrnerseh and also some of his naxarars 09Draskh1    41:5 | one another face to face, and were speaking of trivial things 09Draskh1    41:5 | seized the king of Egrisi, and drove him forth like a 09Draskh1    41:6 | in the land of Vur and set up governors in that 09Draskh1    41:6 | with him Constantine of Egrisi, and putting him in fetters of 09Draskh1    41:6 | him all the (royal) robes, and through the innate benevolence of 09Draskh1    41:8 | Egrisi, who were sharply divided and prepared to set up as 09Draskh1    41:8 | reluctance in dismissing him immediately, and in setting him up in 09Draskh1    41:9 | of the king of Iberia, and Smbat did this in gratitude 09Draskh1    41:10 | golden crown studded with pearls, and girdled his waist with a 09Draskh1    41:11 | proper things necessary for travelling, and putting under his command an 09Draskh1    41:12 | After his return and the establishment of his rule 09Draskh1    41:12 | distinguished himself by his submissiveness, and loyal service that he offered 09Draskh1    41:13 | out of hostility towards him and he began thenceforth to arm 09Draskh1    41:14 | was amazed at his misjudgment and paid no attention to his 09Draskh1    42:0 | The Plot of Hasan and Atrnerseh to Assassinate Smbat 09Draskh1    42:1 | rebellion against the great caliph, and caused extensive carnage, after having 09Draskh1    42:1 | the command from the court and having cast it off to 09Draskh1    42:1 | this, he immediately sent edicts and envoys to all the quarters 09Draskh1    42:1 | the quarters of his domain and ( asked them) to exact vengeance 09Draskh1    42:2 | to wreak vengeance of Yusuf, and promising him to forego a 09Draskh1    42:3 | set aside the royal command, and against his wishes, as well 09Draskh1    42:3 | forces, marshalled them into battalions, and ordered them to be ready 09Draskh1    42:3 | to be ready in arms and ornaments. He pretended to be 09Draskh1    42:3 | exacting vengeance on the rebel, and made believe that he had 09Draskh1    42:4 | letter to the ostikan Yusuf, and ( professed) that the army which 09Draskh1    42:4 | help him in the rear, and not for any other hostile 09Draskh1    42:5 | he inclined toward to evil, and like an ancient python returning 09Draskh1    42:5 | reverted to his wicked thoughts, and waited for the right time 09Draskh1    42:5 | intention of annihilating, destroying, burning and slaying all of them 09Draskh1    42:7 | Yusuf became docile in spirit, and submitting to the caliph in 09Draskh1    42:8 | to say, from the caliph and the ostikan Yusuf, to pay 09Draskh1    42:8 | pay the royal taxes twice, and bear the onerous yoke of 09Draskh1    42:9 | not resist them by force, and envisaged the mischief by them 09Draskh1    42:9 | the tribute for one year, and temporarily drive away the storm 09Draskh1    42:10 | all the herds of horses and cattle, and flocks of sheep 09Draskh1    42:10 | herds of horses and cattle, and flocks of sheep toward the 09Draskh1    42:11 | took this course of action, and paid the tribute for that 09Draskh1    42:12 | ignorant to foresee the mockery and the scourging that were about 09Draskh1    42:13 | entire domain of the king, and a man against whom no 09Draskh1    42:13 | the evil passion of Achitophel, and venturing on undertakings that were 09Draskh1    42:14 | a breach between the king and some of his naxarars, among 09Draskh1    42:14 | fifteen of the chief Vanandac’i and Hawuni naxarars, who were his 09Draskh1    42:14 | with the king of Iberia, and they decided to assassinate Smbat 09Draskh1    42:14 | they decided to assassinate Smbat, and set him (Atrnerseh) in his 09Draskh1    42:15 | was immediately snared by them, and then they ventured upon the 09Draskh1    42:16 | father-in-law of Hasan, and their accomplice in the wicked 09Draskh1    42:16 | were of the same mind, and incited them to assassinate the 09Draskh1    42:16 | pretext of serving the king, and hiding their dark plot under 09Draskh1    42:17 | by the king of Iberia and the second Achitophel Hasan, as 09Draskh1    42:19 | been committed by Atrnerseh, Hasan and their accomplices, who were ready 09Draskh1    42:19 | their accomplices, who were ready and waiting in Erazgawork’ 09Draskh1    42:20 | tidings, Smbat immediately set out, and hastily reached the district of 09Draskh1    42:20 | failure of their plot, Atrnerseh and Hasan were terrified. Quickly they 09Draskh1    42:20 | ravaged whatever they could find, and taking the great riches deposited 09Draskh1    42:20 | the fortress of Ani, fled and took refuge in the strongholds 09Draskh1    42:21 | the same armor of truth, and protected with the girdle of 09Draskh1    42:22 | to meet the wicked enemy and the remaining embittered rebels 09Draskh1    42:23 | the guiltless escape the sword and bid his men to lay 09Draskh1    42:24 | the lure of wicked thoughts, and asked the king for forgiveness 09Draskh1    42:25 | The gentle and peaceable Smbat accepted his apologies 09Draskh1    42:25 | Smbat accepted his apologies humbly, and offered him terms of peace 09Draskh1    42:25 | offered him terms of peace, and took with him his oldest 09Draskh1    42:25 | naxarars who had betrayed him, and blinding all of them, some 09Draskh1    42:25 | the king of the Romans, and the rest to the king 09Draskh1    43:0 | of Gagik Arcruni as King, and the Great Confusion He Caused 09Draskh1    43:1 | the possession of his house and family ever since his grandfather 09Draskh1    43:1 | family ever since his grandfather and father, since he considered the 09Draskh1    43:2 | of the vanity of pride, and carried out all of his 09Draskh1    43:3 | Thereupon, getting ready many gifts and prizes, he set forth to 09Draskh1    43:3 | the ostikan Yusuf in Persia, and having offered him the intended 09Draskh1    43:4 | Yusuf received him with joy, and gave him a royal crown 09Draskh1    43:4 | crown, as well as honors and gifts befitting royalty, whereby he 09Draskh1    43:4 | dissolve the unanimity between (Smbat and Gagik), so that he could 09Draskh1    43:5 | to his domain, great confusion and grief came upon everyone. For 09Draskh1    43:7 | of secrecy) was drawn aside, and we became aware of the 09Draskh1    43:7 | was desirous of good conduct, and the other naxarars, I set 09Draskh1    43:7 | other naxarars, I set out, and went to Atrpatakan in Persia 09Draskh1    43:7 | embittered ostikan with numerous gifts and prizes from the royal treasuries 09Draskh1    43:7 | namely valuable gold-embroidered robes, and many cushions, which were the 09Draskh1    43:7 | horses, mules decked with ornaments and armor, and also treasures of 09Draskh1    43:7 | decked with ornaments and armor, and also treasures of gold and 09Draskh1    43:7 | and also treasures of gold and silver 09Draskh1    43:8 | stones of the holy church and took captive the people of 09Draskh1    43:8 | captive the people of Christ, and prevented Mother Sion from being 09Draskh1    43:9 | honored me with royal dignity and great respect, and also agreed 09Draskh1    43:9 | royal dignity and great respect, and also agreed to make peace 09Draskh1    43:9 | reason to cherish his vain and insolent arrogance, so that his 09Draskh1    43:10 | fatal perfidy, he seized me and confined me in a dark 09Draskh1    43:10 | guards, whose overwhelming uproar surrounded and stupefied me 09Draskh1    43:11 | Gurgen, the marzpan of Armenia and brother of the crown-bearer 09Draskh1    43:11 | bearer Gagik. Out of inexperience and ignorance, he tried to persuade 09Draskh1    43:11 | manner, he offered him gifts, and received from him credit befitting 09Draskh1    43:11 | asking his brother to come and visit him 09Draskh1    43:12 | his promise king Gagik came, and carried out his transactions. He 09Draskh1    43:12 | the tribute faithfully, as custom and regulation demands, and presented Yusuf 09Draskh1    43:12 | as custom and regulation demands, and presented Yusuf with gifts from 09Draskh1    43:12 | for their expedition into Armenia, and exact vengeance on king Smbat 09Draskh1    43:13 | it might find combustible material, and would devour and ravish everything 09Draskh1    43:13 | combustible material, and would devour and ravish everything without discrimination. He 09Draskh1    43:13 | once again crowned by Yusuf, and also exalted with honors, and 09Draskh1    43:13 | and also exalted with honors, and returned home to make the 09Draskh1    43:14 | my expectations were not fulfilled and I was subjected to more 09Draskh1    43:15 | drew up a large army, and with irreconcilable mischief in his 09Draskh1    43:15 | in his heart, set forth and came to our land, where 09Draskh1    43:16 | a few days, until Gagik and Gurgen, his forerunners, who had 09Draskh1    43:16 | been invited to come, arrived, and they marshalled the army into 09Draskh1    43:18 | Siwnik’, accompanied by his brothers and all of his forces, made 09Draskh1    43:18 | haste to hold the passes and defiles on the highways with 09Draskh1    43:18 | raised their arms against him and cut down many of the 09Draskh1    43:19 | mighty rage of the enemy, and took refuge in the fastnesses 09Draskh1    43:19 | in the fastnesses of caverns and in the glens of lofty 09Draskh1    43:20 | The impious ostikan turned back, and coming upon the fugitives who 09Draskh1    43:20 | put some to the sword and took the remaining captive 09Draskh1    43:23 | the lord of Siwnik’ arrived and submitted to the ostikan 09Draskh1    43:25 | sent (envoys) to king Smbat, ( and demanded from him) the total 09Draskh1    43:25 | for positive terms of peace and his own departure 09Draskh1    43:26 | from the reproach of God and men, he immediately complied with 09Draskh1    43:26 | immediately complied with his demands and paid approximately sixty thousand dahekans 09Draskh1    43:27 | of Dvin, behind iron bars and in fetters. Thenceforth I was 09Draskh1    43:27 | to beating, confinement, the rack and incarceration in dark and narrow 09Draskh1    43:27 | rack and incarceration in dark and narrow places by my executioners 09Draskh1    43:27 | into the depths of pits and dungeons which I suffered in 09Draskh1    43:28 | until dawn, the terrible clamor and the overwhelming uproar of the 09Draskh1    43:28 | never ceased to bother me, and because of that I could 09Draskh1    43:28 | that I could not sleep and rest my body 09Draskh1    44:0 | the Sparapet Ashot to Yusuf and the Release of the Katholikos 09Draskh1    44:1 | he made preparation against Smbat, and was thus preoccupied for several 09Draskh1    44:2 | the fastnesses of high mountains and in abysmal valleys, he returned 09Draskh1    44:3 | joined by the handsome, wise and generous sparapet of Armenia, namely 09Draskh1    44:3 | had voluntarily come to surrender, and submit to the Hagarite 09Draskh1    44:4 | grace of the second Pharaoh, and be able to turn the 09Draskh1    44:4 | livelihood of the new Israel, and save her from starvation, which 09Draskh1    44:5 | pharaoh did not acknowledge Joseph, and realized that he was cunningly 09Draskh1    44:6 | Yet, even then, the fickle and base rogue could not completely 09Draskh1    44:8 | kept me for acquiring gold, and I had frequently paid the 09Draskh1    44:8 | had run short of funds, and as there was no one 09Draskh1    44:9 | stained hands of the ostikan, and out of my fear of 09Draskh1    44:9 | I ran away from him and went to Madian like Moses 09Draskh1    44:9 | I fled the second Jezabel and took refuge in Sarephta of 09Draskh1    44:10 | the order of the Lord and wandered from one city to 09Draskh1    44:10 | with the great prince Sahak, and their king Atrnerseh, who rules 09Draskh1    44:10 | people were of our fold, and flocks of our pasture. Each 09Draskh1    44:11 | to the region of Gugark’ and resided there, expecting our salvation 09Draskh1    45:0 | The Gallantry of Ashot and Mushegh, the Sons of the 09Draskh1    45:0 | King; the Treachery of Sewordik’, and the Capture of Mushegh 09Draskh1    45:1 | from his place of refuge, and came to his estate in 09Draskh1    45:2 | be sent against king Smbat, and putting them under the command 09Draskh1    45:3 | haste to muster numerous forces and putting in their command his 09Draskh1    45:3 | their command his sons Ashot and Mushegh, ordered them to avoid 09Draskh1    45:6 | At that time, Ashot and Mushegh charging into the arena 09Draskh1    45:6 | anyone, distinguished themselves in battle, and through numerous acts of gallantry 09Draskh1    45:7 | turned suddenly on their heels, and in accordance with their insidious 09Draskh1    45:9 | multitude alone, he was seized and taken to the ostikan 09Draskh1    45:10 | the youthful royal prince (Mushegh), and held many a feast for 09Draskh1    45:11 | where at midday dusk, haze and somber darkness blinded the people 09Draskh1    45:11 | the arrows of the invaders and the spears of the Lord 09Draskh1    45:12 | midst of our reasonable vineyards and turned into thorny bushes that 09Draskh1    45:12 | thorny bushes that are destructive and defiled 09Draskh1    45:13 | will be tormented with agony and my stomach will shrink from 09Draskh1    45:13 | us because of our lawlessness, and the righteous sun looked askance 09Draskh1    45:13 | of the obstinate second Pharaoh and his relentless agents, who inflicted 09Draskh1    45:14 | deathly Ishmaelite winds blew bitterly and banishing us from our homes 09Draskh1    45:15 | mind, has become so dull and blank in view of these 09Draskh1    45:16 | to come to my succor and teach me how to play 09Draskh1    45:16 | how to play the philosopher, and grieve for the wounds received 09Draskh1    45:16 | brought about by the wrath and the admonitory mercy of the 09Draskh1    45:17 | He says, “Awake, stand up, and look at me, O Jerusalem 09Draskh1    45:17 | wrath which thou hast drunk and drained, and there is none 09Draskh1    45:17 | thou hast drunk and drained, and there is none to comfort 09Draskh1    45:18 | me but there was none; and I found no comforters 09Draskh1    45:19 | third passage he (Isaiah) says: “ And who shall sympathize with thee 09Draskh1    45:19 | shall sympathize with thee? Desolation, and destruction by famine and sword 09Draskh1    45:19 | Desolation, and destruction by famine and sword 09Draskh1    45:20 | prophet, our sons, who faint and are enslaved, persecuted and murdered 09Draskh1    45:20 | faint and are enslaved, persecuted and murdered, and lie at the 09Draskh1    45:20 | are enslaved, persecuted and murdered, and lie at the head of 09Draskh1    45:21 | And, indeed, such a deathly and 09Draskh1    45:21 | And, indeed, such a deathly and acrid stench rose in our 09Draskh1    45:21 | even though we were honored and blessed with the kindness of 09Draskh1    45:21 | whom we received good things, and contrary to the call of 09Draskh1    45:21 | were admonished with such misfortunes, and repaid for the sins in 09Draskh1    45:22 | he says, “Judah has fallen, and the glory of Sion has 09Draskh1    45:23 | churches were destroyed by axes and hammers. The host therein was 09Draskh1    45:23 | The host therein was burned and the altars raised in His 09Draskh1    45:23 | the heels of the impure and swine-like beasts wandering over 09Draskh1    45:24 | sharpened their tongues with insidiousness and impiety, and spoke before our 09Draskh1    45:24 | tongues with insidiousness and impiety, and spoke before our princes words 09Draskh1    45:24 | princes words that were deceptive and false. Liars and slanderers replaced 09Draskh1    45:24 | were deceptive and false. Liars and slanderers replaced men who were 09Draskh1    45:24 | replaced men who were just and truthful in words. Before the 09Draskh1    45:24 | the eyes of our generals and chief princes the true pastors 09Draskh1    45:25 | we received insults from deceitful and insolent men, who made us 09Draskh1    45:25 | away by the harsh insurgents and condemned to captivity in order 09Draskh1    45:26 | were some with pure hands and unblemished hearts, who suffered the 09Draskh1    45:26 | blows, tortures, fetters, torments, prison and unbearable toils. The latter were 09Draskh1    45:27 | the birds in the sky, and the bodies of the saints 09Draskh1    45:27 | the house of the Lord, and those who wished to do 09Draskh1    46:1 | turn my words into laments, and with a sad heart shall 09Draskh1    46:1 | air in accordance with Zacharias, and the double-edged sword purified 09Draskh1    46:1 | our land, which slaughtered many and was sent to inflict vengeance 09Draskh1    46:1 | accomplices of the latter, liars and perjurers 09Draskh1    46:2 | that came from the south, and the exhausting tortures that were 09Draskh1    46:2 | penetrated into their bodies, bones and minds 09Draskh1    46:3 | meet them (...] like a panther, and those that are clad in 09Draskh1    46:4 | of God will confront me, and publicly announce to us the 09Draskh1    46:4 | like lightening will come upon and insatiably devour the bodies of 09Draskh1    46:5 | seats in the highest places, and were highly exalted in the 09Draskh1    46:6 | executed them by sword, starvation and clubbing; the others, who he 09Draskh1    46:6 | prince Grigor, descended from Hayk, and the son of king Smbat’s 09Draskh1    46:6 | agony. His body was taken and buried in the sanctuary of 09Draskh1    46:7 | of king Smbat, the valiant and youthful Mushegh, who had been 09Draskh1    46:7 | subjected to the same torments, and given the fatal drug, whereupon 09Draskh1    46:9 | grief for those beloved people, and bemoan (them) with tears and 09Draskh1    46:9 | and bemoan (them) with tears and lamentations. For it was because 09Draskh1    46:9 | our days ended in mist and perished hopelessly 09Draskh1    46:10 | survived the penalty of horrible and insidious death, save for the 09Draskh1    46:10 | for the prudent king Gagik and the handsome sparapet Ashot, who 09Draskh1    46:10 | matter carefully in their minds, and through their wisdom perceived at 09Draskh1    46:10 | of the ostikan in everything, and made haste to carry out 09Draskh1    46:12 | to use his steel sabre, and having struck the guards headlong 09Draskh1    46:12 | ground, traversed a considerable distance, and suspending himself from the bastion 09Draskh1    46:13 | the guards could be heard and a force could be gathered 09Draskh1    46:13 | the road to the vineyard, and took refuge in the security 09Draskh1    46:14 | take refuge in the glens and rocky gorges. Thereupon, everyone in 09Draskh1    46:14 | hid themselves in the woods and ascended to the craggy dens 09Draskh1    46:15 | heavy burden of physical toil, and in no way remembered of 09Draskh1    46:16 | prisons, clad only in cilice and coarse close. They were handicapped 09Draskh1    46:16 | They were handicapped by poverty, and lacked their daily provisions. The 09Draskh1    46:17 | their end in unbearable agony, and became their children’s graves 09Draskh1    46:19 | were tormented with calamitous agonies and numerous sufferings 09Draskh1    46:20 | their ornaments stood in sorrow, and the vessels of their dining 09Draskh1    46:20 | with smoke. Thus, death prevailed, and having devoured the multitudes, it 09Draskh1    46:20 | caused tears to be shed, and covered the entire face of 09Draskh1    47:0 | The Exploits of Sahak and Vasak, and the Cruelites of 09Draskh1    47:0 | Exploits of Sahak and Vasak, and the Cruelites of Yusuf 09Draskh1    47:1 | At this time, Sahak and Vasak, the Hayk-descended legitimate 09Draskh1    47:1 | the period of the persecutions, and tried to see if they 09Draskh1    47:1 | way of escaping these afflictions, and take refuge in the strongholds 09Draskh1    47:2 | as if in an ark, and found asylum on the island 09Draskh1    47:2 | of Sewan with their wives and children and their mother, who 09Draskh1    47:2 | with their wives and children and their mother, who was a 09Draskh1    47:2 | who was a devout Christian and an ascetic, and the azat 09Draskh1    47:2 | devout Christian and an ascetic, and the azat troops, for the 09Draskh1    47:2 | azat troops, for the torrential and muddy turbidity of the Ishmaelite 09Draskh1    47:2 | become more severe than ever, and was blasting at the sandy 09Draskh1    47:3 | this, he gathered his forces and sent them against the latter 09Draskh1    47:4 | might fall into the muddy and wicked hands of the heathen 09Draskh1    47:4 | well as all their family and as much property as they 09Draskh1    47:4 | they could carry with them, and quickly reached the fortified district 09Draskh1    47:5 | general ravaged whatever was left, and took a considerable amount of 09Draskh1    47:6 | brothers attacked the enemy, wounded and slew many of them and 09Draskh1    47:6 | and slew many of them and put them to flight. Then 09Draskh1    47:6 | Then, they themselves set out and took refuge in the cavernous 09Draskh1    47:6 | the pine forests of Gardman and Arc’ax, where they waited for 09Draskh1    47:7 | the sister of king Smbat, and a woman renowned among the 09Draskh1    47:7 | the ascetics for her virtuous and most holy manner of life 09Draskh1    47:7 | later, after they had returned and again controlled their ancestral domain 09Draskh1    47:7 | domain, they brought her body and buried her in a grave 09Draskh1    47:8 | that all of his governors and satraps were withdrawing from action 09Draskh1    47:8 | the regions of our land, and since there was no one 09Draskh1    47:8 | throughout the land of Sisakan, and beyond its borders to Tashirk’ 09Draskh1    47:8 | beyond its borders to Tashirk’ and Kangark’ and the shore of 09Draskh1    47:8 | borders to Tashirk’ and Kangark’ and the shore of Lake Gegham 09Draskh1    47:9 | Gagik together with his naxarars and a large army to the 09Draskh1    47:9 | Vagharshakert, in order to besiege and seize it. The latter came 09Draskh1    47:9 | latter came to the fortress and for several days attacked it 09Draskh1    47:10 | orders of the wicked ostikan, and continued the siege for many 09Draskh1    47:11 | the non-azat, the powerful and the warrior, the pentecontarch and 09Draskh1    47:11 | and the warrior, the pentecontarch and the judge, the adviser and 09Draskh1    47:11 | and the judge, the adviser and the investigator, the wise and 09Draskh1    47:11 | and the investigator, the wise and the prudent, the old and 09Draskh1    47:11 | and the prudent, the old and the young, were all betrayed 09Draskh1    47:13 | Thereupon, everyone lamented with Jeremias and wished that their heads were 09Draskh1    47:13 | that their heads were seas, and their eyes founts of tears 09Draskh1    47:13 | they might cease their lamenting and moaning for the unbearable travails 09Draskh1    47:13 | blazing fires in the woods and reeds. Everyone suffered, and every 09Draskh1    47:13 | woods and reeds. Everyone suffered, and every heart was afflicted with 09Draskh1    48:0 | King Smbat Remains Helpless, and Surrenders to Yusuf: the Escape 09Draskh1    48:1 | of these events, king Gagik and his brother Gurgen at once 09Draskh1    48:1 | upon the Church of Christ and the faithful people of God 09Draskh1    48:1 | the deadly snares awaiting them, and terrified of the tyrant, they 09Draskh1    48:2 | and feeling remorse in their hearts 09Draskh1    48:2 | in accordance with the canons and decided to dissociate themselves (from 09Draskh1    48:2 | to dissociate themselves (from Yusuf) and to return to their domain 09Draskh1    48:3 | good intentions to king Smbat, and having come to secret terms 09Draskh1    48:3 | to carry out his plans and rid himself of the blame 09Draskh1    48:4 | in the strongholds of Erasxadzor, and still entertained the hope that 09Draskh1    48:5 | his confidence the great, wise and prudent prince of Armenia Grigor 09Draskh1    48:5 | prudent prince of Armenia Grigor, and had asked the caliph for 09Draskh1    48:7 | common lot of all men, and was succeeded by his brother 09Draskh1    48:8 | our king, the princes, governors and certain chiefs had diminished through 09Draskh1    48:8 | from him both in deed and in thought, some very much 09Draskh1    48:8 | very much against their will, and the others for no reason 09Draskh1    48:8 | friendship dissociated themselves from him and joined the enemy 09Draskh1    48:9 | annoyed at him, even rose and disgracefully attacked him intending to 09Draskh1    48:10 | of being rescued by men, and awaited only the heavenly succor 09Draskh1    48:11 | was not accessible to man, and the yoke of Ishmael had 09Draskh1    48:12 | raised the outcry of war and ( caused) many people to perish 09Draskh1    48:13 | bows, hurled stones with slings, and always inflicted utter carnage on 09Draskh1    48:14 | And as there were many believers 09Draskh1    48:14 | Hagarite, the latter always armed and sent them to fight against 09Draskh1    48:15 | view of all these crimes and the loss of Christians, who 09Draskh1    48:15 | the alternative of corporeal death and pronounced the verdict on himself 09Draskh1    48:15 | for the safety of others, and denied himself salvation. In accordance 09Draskh1    48:16 | his command in the fortress, and those Christians who had come 09Draskh1    48:17 | gold-woven lace, Laconian ornaments, and gauzy garments, and tried to 09Draskh1    48:17 | Laconian ornaments, and gauzy garments, and tried to deceive him with 09Draskh1    48:18 | have a treasure stored away, and by revealing such equity on 09Draskh1    48:18 | him like a fruitful tree, and deceive him in the manner 09Draskh1    48:19 | him, for through his perceptive and keen mind he recognized the 09Draskh1    48:19 | the sweet (words of) flattery and the bitter outcome 09Draskh1    48:20 | a stop to his vengeful and insidious actions, and went to 09Draskh1    48:20 | his vengeful and insidious actions, and went to the district of 09Draskh1    48:21 | of his princes was disheartened, and suddenly mounting his horse, he 09Draskh1    49:0 | of the Blessed King Smbat, and the Miracles that Appeared Over 09Draskh1    49:1 | to the city of Dvin and harassed king Smbat for no 09Draskh1    49:1 | to put him to death, and blending death with life, confined 09Draskh1    49:1 | life, confined him in prison and bound his feet with iron 09Draskh1    49:1 | lay his bed in darkness, and turned his day into night 09Draskh1    49:3 | in order to eradicate, destroy and devastate it, for the pious 09Draskh1    49:3 | the great prince of Siwnik’, and his wife, who was the 09Draskh1    49:3 | wife of Smbat’s brother Sahak, and other venerable men and women 09Draskh1    49:3 | Sahak, and other venerable men and women of the azat order 09Draskh1    49:4 | the fortress, they fought fiercely and ceaselessly raised the din of 09Draskh1    49:5 | to have a violent death and gradually began to subject him 09Draskh1    49:5 | gnashed his teeth at him, and gave him up to the 09Draskh1    49:5 | executioners, who tormented him severely, and poured the poison of their 09Draskh1    49:5 | caused frequent distress by clubbing and squeezing him between logs as 09Draskh1    49:6 | He was enfeebled and debilitated by severe starvation and 09Draskh1    49:6 | and debilitated by severe starvation and thirst not so much because 09Draskh1    49:6 | out of his own will, and offered his subsistence to God 09Draskh1    49:7 | as supplicatory expressions of gratitude and blessings to Christ. Because of 09Draskh1    49:8 | suffered were much more pitiable and horrible to the onlookers, than 09Draskh1    49:9 | drug that would bring grief and evil, they took away from 09Draskh1    49:9 | from the king his towel and forcing it into his mouth 09Draskh1    49:10 | placed him on the rack, and stretching him from the chin 09Draskh1    49:10 | the press of a carpenter, and piled many pieces of furniture 09Draskh1    49:10 | fall on him like rocks, and thus by means of such 09Draskh1    49:11 | to use the above method, and he did not cease breathing 09Draskh1    49:11 | they commenced to inflict unspeakable and merciless tortures and torments on 09Draskh1    49:11 | inflict unspeakable and merciless tortures and torments on his privy parts 09Draskh1    49:12 | After such unbearable anguish and agony, and terrible torments, they 09Draskh1    49:12 | such unbearable anguish and agony, and terrible torments, they decapitated him 09Draskh1    49:13 | Subsequently, the polluted and impious ostikan ordered him not 09Draskh1    49:13 | his cadaver on a pole, and crucified him in the city 09Draskh1    49:13 | share the cross with Him, and not lose the fortitude of 09Draskh1    49:14 | the place where the blessed and holy king had been crucified 09Draskh1    49:14 | the head of the king and bearing a resemblance to him 09Draskh1    49:15 | have witnessed (the above portent), and not hesitate to narrate what 09Draskh1    49:17 | converted to the Christian faith and by means of the light 09Draskh1    50:0 | on the Fortress of Ernjak and Its Conquest: the Valor of 09Draskh1    50:0 | Ashot, the son of Smbat, and His Reign 09Draskh1    50:1 | ostikan remained where he was, and putting the fortress of Ernjak 09Draskh1    50:1 | the inhabitants of the stronghold, and put many of them to 09Draskh1    50:1 | captive for their (Ishmaelites’) wicked and sodomitical intentions 09Draskh1    50:2 | took captive the renowned, religious, and wise mother of prince Smbat 09Draskh1    50:2 | together with her suckling babe, and the wife of his brother 09Draskh1    50:2 | the latter from the fortress and kept them in confinement at 09Draskh1    50:2 | at Dvin, in great distress and agony, so much so, that 09Draskh1    50:3 | Those, who were caressed and fondled at one time in 09Draskh1    50:3 | by means of their fingers, and thereby paid for the necessities 09Draskh1    50:3 | were taken away from them, and their ornaments as well as 09Draskh1    50:4 | could hear much wailing, crying and weeping 09Draskh1    50:5 | of the beneficient prince Smbat, and his brother Sahak, while the 09Draskh1    50:5 | in the region of Vaspurakan, and the latter in Gugark’, both 09Draskh1    50:5 | to fall upon the enemy and liberate their families from captivity 09Draskh1    50:5 | to marshall their forces immediately, and to come in time from 09Draskh1    50:6 | princess, the mother of Smbat, and his son, the prince, died 09Draskh1    50:6 | son, the prince, died there, and were buried together near the 09Draskh1    50:8 | Ashot, who was well renowned and skilled in the art of 09Draskh1    50:8 | valor accompanied by excessive vigor, and excelled over all his peers 09Draskh1    50:9 | a short period, he reconquered and took possession of all the 09Draskh1    50:9 | were in his father’s domain, and had been taken by the 09Draskh1    50:10 | been left) by the Saracens, and having fortified the strongholds with 09Draskh1    50:10 | the strongholds with guards, bulwarks and large amount of provisions, he 09Draskh1    50:11 | put his trust in God, and falling upon the Ishmaelite army 09Draskh1    50:12 | to turn them into casks and suspend them from the bastions 09Draskh1    50:13 | for the district of Shirak and falling upon the (enemy) forces 09Draskh1    50:13 | slew them also by sword, and caused those that had survived 09Draskh1    50:14 | of Gugark’ with great speed, and also took possession of all 09Draskh1    50:15 | that were men of distinction, and putting them in iron fetters 09Draskh1    50:16 | Having taken much booty and loot, he returned (from there 09Draskh1    50:16 | to the district of Tashirk’, and learning that the Ishmaelite army 09Draskh1    50:16 | approximately two hundred select men, and attacked the Ishmaelite forces against 09Draskh1    50:16 | he fought with great bravery, and putting all of them to 09Draskh1    50:16 | the sword, took the loot and returned to his army 09Draskh1    50:17 | together concerning their mutual problems, and then he went to the 09Draskh1    50:19 | When the king of Iberia and his armies realized that the 09Draskh1    50:19 | aid of Ashot, protecting him and making him prosperous, they came 09Draskh1    50:19 | to an agreement with him, and being of one mind with 09Draskh1    50:19 | of honor of a monarch and entrusted the future to God 09Draskh1    51:0 | Dauntless Feats of King Gagik; and the Disastrous Calamities that Came 09Draskh1    51:0 | that Came upon Our Land, and the Martyrdom of Multitudes 09Draskh1    51:1 | Gagik together with his handsome and pious brother Gurgen made extensive 09Draskh1    51:2 | fortitude, together with the spasalar and payazat forces they felled many 09Draskh1    51:3 | considerable confusion among the lords and feudal houses of Sisakan, who 09Draskh1    51:3 | to their densely wooded valleys and cavernous fastnesses. The latter made 09Draskh1    51:3 | lightening assaults on the enemy, and sending their armies against them 09Draskh1    51:4 | he roared in great anger, and poured out the poison of 09Draskh1    51:4 | satraps of their respective regions, and some of our people, panting 09Draskh1    51:4 | in the hearts of all and made us fruitful prey for 09Draskh1    51:5 | valleys, mountains, deserted places, crags, and strongholds. But the remaining multitude 09Draskh1    51:5 | worn out by hunger, thirst and despair, and scattered all over 09Draskh1    51:5 | by hunger, thirst and despair, and scattered all over the mountains 09Draskh1    51:6 | wintry chill of the snow, and fainted whereas others were burned 09Draskh1    51:6 | fainted whereas others were burned and parched by the sizzling heat 09Draskh1    51:7 | exhausted by the sudden flight, and had fallen into the hands 09Draskh1    51:7 | slain without discrimination or mercy and their blood sprinkled the face 09Draskh1    51:7 | like senseless brutes. Many men and women as well as young 09Draskh1    51:8 | from the mother-in-law, and the suckling babe from the 09Draskh1    51:9 | the scratches on comely faces and the tearing of hair were 09Draskh1    51:10 | They tortured the latter severely, and in accordance with the foreign 09Draskh1    51:10 | the same amount of gold and silver from the rich and 09Draskh1    51:10 | and silver from the rich and from the poor 09Draskh1    51:11 | all of them, both young and old, to death through the 09Draskh1    51:11 | death through the same agony, and deprived them of life. Like 09Draskh1    51:11 | crazy wicked incentive of avarice and could not be satisfied 09Draskh1    51:12 | of drinks containing deadly drugs, and planted poison in them, and 09Draskh1    51:12 | and planted poison in them, and they suffocated the rest in 09Draskh1    51:13 | were still on their feet and alive, they cut them open 09Draskh1    51:13 | sword from the chest down, and before they had breathed their 09Draskh1    51:14 | others who had been slighted and disregarded by them, and had 09Draskh1    51:14 | slighted and disregarded by them, and had ventured to depart quietly 09Draskh1    51:14 | depart quietly, they tracked down, and as if they were plants 09Draskh1    51:14 | their shoots with swords, axes, and sabres, crippled their hands and 09Draskh1    51:14 | and sabres, crippled their hands and feet as well as all 09Draskh1    51:14 | parts. They tied the heads and feet of certain others with 09Draskh1    51:15 | and made numerous strong men pull 09Draskh1    51:15 | ends, until their midriffs tore, and then, with the stroke of 09Draskh1    51:16 | the cleavage at the midriff, and tried to narrate the happenings 09Draskh1    51:17 | ordered the others tied unsparingly, and beat their flanks and abdomen 09Draskh1    51:17 | unsparingly, and beat their flanks and abdomen with lashes made out 09Draskh1    51:18 | And while they were still alive 09Draskh1    51:18 | were dashed to the ground and dragged 09Draskh1    51:19 | They cut off the ears and noses of some, amputated parts 09Draskh1    51:19 | amputated parts of their bodies, and severed their fingers. After intolerable 09Draskh1    51:19 | were tied down to logs, and their feet were fastened in 09Draskh1    51:20 | of their faith in Christ, and given the promise of gifts 09Draskh1    51:20 | the promise of gifts, honors and great riches. They made ready 09Draskh1    51:20 | them robes decked with ornaments and valuable trimmings in order to 09Draskh1    51:20 | the nobility they offered treasures and estates, on the condition that 09Draskh1    51:21 | in them the redeeming will and the hope of wonderful repose 09Draskh1    51:21 | the holy love of God and kindled in them the inherent 09Draskh1    51:21 | wicked wiles of the devil, and wash off the livid smear 09Draskh1    51:21 | the rancor of their opponent, and cut off the roots of 09Draskh1    51:22 | afraid of the horrible threats and torments that were being prepared 09Draskh1    51:23 | And thus, as they had all 09Draskh1    51:23 | closets, namely, “We are Christians and we cannot obey your impious 09Draskh1    51:23 | death sentence on the latter and executed them by the sword 09Draskh1    51:23 | given the wreath of victory and were crowned by God 09Draskh1    51:25 | and after they had been questioned 09Draskh1    51:25 | the enemy) made many welcome and delightful offers of goodly gifts 09Draskh1    51:26 | their hearts they believed injustice, and through their mouths confessed their 09Draskh1    51:27 | their backs, slapped their chins, and clubbed their necks, and drove 09Draskh1    51:27 | chins, and clubbed their necks, and drove them to the place 09Draskh1    51:28 | bearing executioners like a wall, and thus had the latter slay 09Draskh1    51:29 | took notice of a comely and handsome youth by the name 09Draskh1    51:30 | the assistance coming from High, and tearing himself loose from them 09Draskh1    51:30 | haste to join his friends, and willingly offered his head to 09Draskh1    51:31 | all the other immaculate offerings and immolations, so that the Heavenly 09Draskh1    51:32 | were Dawit’ of the one, and Gurgen of the other, both 09Draskh1    51:32 | been seized by the enslavers and brought before the tyrannical ostikan 09Draskh1    51:33 | The ostikan questioned the latter and promised to give them practically 09Draskh1    51:33 | gold-broidered ornaments, expensive laconian and purple clothing, byssus, girdles, golden 09Draskh1    51:33 | clothing, byssus, girdles, golden necklaces, and swift steeds richly adorned with 09Draskh1    51:33 | steeds richly adorned with armor and decorations. Then, stretching out his 09Draskh1    51:33 | out his arms, he embraced and kissed them frequently, and flattered 09Draskh1    51:33 | embraced and kissed them frequently, and flattered them with adulations, so 09Draskh1    51:33 | they might obey his commands, and spare the prime of their 09Draskh1    51:34 | in the armor of Christ, and proclaimed their good faith openly 09Draskh1    51:34 | before everyone: “We are Christians, and do not have the wish 09Draskh1    51:34 | Who holds immortality within himself and dwells in the unapproachable light 09Draskh1    51:34 | your falsities which are naught and are worth naught 09Draskh1    51:36 | be immolated, they offered mournful and supplicative pleas to God, so 09Draskh1    51:37 | And when the executioners were about 09Draskh1    51:38 | Christ, Who is our hope, and offer yourself as a reasonable 09Draskh1    51:38 | yourself as a reasonable sacrifice and votive immolation to Him, Who 09Draskh1    51:38 | Him, Who died for us and restored us to life 09Draskh1    51:39 | no thought to the toils, and not considering the agony of 09Draskh1    51:40 | Thus, he was beheaded, and crowned by Christ with an 09Draskh1    51:41 | also following a victorious war, and after fulfilling his destiny as 09Draskh1    51:41 | himself with the same spirit, and was killed by the same 09Draskh1    51:43 | they suffered the toilsome blows and were enrolled as the sons 09Draskh1    51:43 | the wiles of the enemy and pruned off the branches of 09Draskh1    51:43 | love of God the Father, and nothing can cause pain there 09Draskh1    51:44 | rejected everything that was defiant and wild, and purifying themselves from 09Draskh1    51:44 | that was defiant and wild, and purifying themselves from the filth 09Draskh1    51:44 | from the filth of defiled and condemned men, turned death, which 09Draskh1    51:44 | in order to be immolated, and at the expense of momentary 09Draskh1    51:44 | were impregnated by the awe and fear of the Lord, and 09Draskh1    51:44 | and fear of the Lord, and in their labor gave birth 09Draskh1    51:44 | the angels to save them, and because of their humility they 09Draskh1    51:45 | they heard the good tidings, and with joyful heart they trod 09Draskh1    51:45 | they trod upon their sufferings and death like incorporeal creatures. They 09Draskh1    51:45 | the dauntless martyrs in death, and having set out came near 09Draskh1    51:45 | received the wreath of victory and were reckoned among the company 09Draskh1    51:46 | completed the contest of Martyrdom, and shone brightly like the sun 09Draskh1    51:47 | wretched souls, possessed by satan, and terrified by momentary death, were 09Draskh1    51:47 | their hearts toward their useless and vain promises. They surrounded themselves 09Draskh1    51:47 | the labors of deathly sins and inundated themselves with torrents of 09Draskh1    51:47 | sweetness of the divine sacrament, and imbibed sufficiently the dregs of 09Draskh1    51:47 | the last (stage) of wickedness and the first step to idolatry 09Draskh1    51:47 | lives. On the contrary, quivering and shaking (in their fear), they 09Draskh1    51:47 | they were treated with hostility and were abused by all sides 09Draskh1    51:48 | disgraced because of their apostasy, and having reached the limits of 09Draskh1    51:48 | The notoriety of their destructive and disgraceful aberration was the only 09Draskh1    52:0 | Foreign Nations upon Our Land, and the Disunity among Our Naxarars 09Draskh1    52:1 | the people of Egrisi, Gugark’ and Uti, as well as the 09Draskh1    52:1 | never find their cities, awans and villages in a prosperous state 09Draskh1    52:1 | villages in a prosperous state, and for this reason they tried 09Draskh1    52:2 | the latter were also thieves and brigands, who rose in arms 09Draskh1    52:2 | a state of waste, desolation and ruin 09Draskh1    52:3 | They devastated many provinces and turned them into deserts, untrodden 09Draskh1    52:3 | turned them into deserts, untrodden and barren, almost like a land 09Draskh1    52:3 | which men had never passed, and where the Son of Man 09Draskh1    52:4 | themselves, they shed much blood and covered the face of our 09Draskh1    52:5 | Thus, depopulated, barren, desolate and devastated, our awans and shens 09Draskh1    52:5 | desolate and devastated, our awans and shens resembled the orchards that 09Draskh1    52:5 | our tillers were worn out and in mourning 09Draskh1    52:6 | Thus, our shame covered us, and through us the prophesy of 09Draskh1    52:6 | presence; it is made desolate, and overthrown by foreign nations 09Draskh1    52:7 | well as the princes, lords and naxarars of our land, and 09Draskh1    52:7 | and naxarars of our land, and raised our hopes high, thinking 09Draskh1    52:7 | not succumb to the contest and fall, but make the attempt 09Draskh1    52:7 | a solution to this misfortune, and befittingly unite in a common 09Draskh1    52:7 | common brotherhood with one spirit, and like David hurl the sling 09Draskh1    52:7 | new Goliath, or like Gideon and the cake of barley bread 09Draskh1    52:7 | of barley bread that tumbled and put to flight the forces 09Draskh1    52:8 | to liberate the catholic church, and liberate the necks of the 09Draskh1    52:9 | tried to surpass the rich, and the servants, in accordance with 09Draskh1    52:9 | masters crawl on the ground, and mount the fiery steeds of 09Draskh1    52:9 | who trampled them under foot and became arrogant in a great 09Draskh1    52:10 | other hand, our kings, lords and princes tried to break up 09Draskh1    52:10 | princes tried to break up and take away the homes of 09Draskh1    52:10 | one of the original naxarardoms, and in accord with their whims 09Draskh1    52:10 | their whims, created new payazats and spasalars of their own 09Draskh1    52:11 | Brother rose against brother, and kinsman against kinsman, because jealousy 09Draskh1    52:11 | kinsman, because jealousy, malevolence, agitation and absolute hatred turned them against 09Draskh1    52:12 | masse, they fought as enemies, and having always their swords ready 09Draskh1    52:13 | their cities, villages, awans, agaraks and houses. These crimes which they 09Draskh1    52:14 | Man shall fall upon man, and neighbor upon neighbor; the child 09Draskh1    52:14 | shall strike the old man and the base shall (insult) the 09Draskh1    52:15 | Thus, every virtue, uprightness, prosperity, and peace crumbled, and erosion and 09Draskh1    52:15 | uprightness, prosperity, and peace crumbled, and erosion and desolation came in 09Draskh1    52:15 | and peace crumbled, and erosion and desolation came in their place 09Draskh1    52:16 | us lamenting the former affluence and the present disorder: “Before him 09Draskh1    52:16 | is a garden of delight, and behind him a plain of 09Draskh1    53:0 | The Severity of the Elements and the Famine: The Calamities Brought 09Draskh1    53:0 | Brought upon by the Enemies, and the Carnivorous Beasts 09Draskh1    53:1 | to the bitter southerly gales, and the sweet desirable spring season 09Draskh1    53:2 | whereas now they are dishearted, and disabled; then our granaries were 09Draskh1    53:2 | while presently they are empty and discredited 09Draskh1    53:3 | now, they are withered away and have greatly diminished in number 09Draskh1    53:5 | they are flooded by hail and wicked storms 09Draskh1    53:6 | yore, the rain was pleasant and beneficial, whereas now it is 09Draskh1    53:6 | whereas now it is useless, and tempestuous, and ruins the crops 09Draskh1    53:6 | it is useless, and tempestuous, and ruins the crops as well 09Draskh1    53:8 | work ten yoke of oxen, and received one jar (full of 09Draskh1    53:8 | yield any fruits; the vine and the olive tree could not 09Draskh1    53:9 | the divine words, “We toiled, and others have come in for 09Draskh1    53:10 | any hope for the good, and shame covered our faces 09Draskh1    53:11 | the ransacking of the enemy and the fruitless barenness, severe famine 09Draskh1    53:12 | fire that came upon us, and the merciless sword of the 09Draskh1    53:12 | to the tents of Kedar, and were deprived of our possessions 09Draskh1    53:12 | our possessions, allowances of supplies, and food 09Draskh1    53:13 | Then the destructive famine began, and all the inhabitants of the 09Draskh1    53:13 | Ayrarat in the cities, villages and agaraks were distressed. Discolored like 09Draskh1    53:13 | were distressed. Discolored like corpses and in despair, they trembled 09Draskh1    53:14 | little for their daily subsistence, and ultimately reached the final stage 09Draskh1    53:14 | the final stage of penury and destitution 09Draskh1    53:15 | for food because of hunger, and accidentally having eaten either hemlock 09Draskh1    53:16 | a small amount of allowance, and did not remember the heartrending 09Draskh1    53:17 | stripped their heads of veils and their bodies of clothing, and 09Draskh1    53:17 | and their bodies of clothing, and coming out in the open 09Draskh1    53:18 | Some, weakened, debilitated, and devitalized by the horrible famine 09Draskh1    53:18 | famine, trembled like dead images and stumbled from side to side 09Draskh1    53:18 | they collided into one another and fell down 09Draskh1    53:19 | like great piles of corpses, and had been abandoned, while they 09Draskh1    53:19 | them a piece of bread, and perished thus 09Draskh1    53:20 | against them in a merciless and harsh manner, because they felt 09Draskh1    53:21 | wheat before it was crushed and kneaded, while others snatched away 09Draskh1    53:22 | food, it was through labor, and the wretched nourishment which they 09Draskh1    53:23 | At this point, I tremble and shudder with horror at the 09Draskh1    53:24 | sheep taken to be slaughtered and prepared meals for themselves 09Draskh1    53:25 | children with their own hands, and provided food for themselves. The 09Draskh1    53:25 | were wont to be fondled and caressed were thrown into the 09Draskh1    53:25 | trash, in which they tumbled, and which they ate in place 09Draskh1    53:26 | a piece of dry bread and tears came down their cheeks 09Draskh1    53:26 | this way, they withered away and breathed their last in the 09Draskh1    53:26 | the cities were thus dispersed and lost 09Draskh1    53:27 | perdition because of our wickedness, and they were destroyed in the 09Draskh1    53:29 | with pieces of sharp wood, and poured ashes taken from furnaces 09Draskh1    53:29 | with fire down their bosoms and heads 09Draskh1    53:30 | parts of some with thongs, and suspended them from tall balconies 09Draskh1    53:30 | few people could survive this, and one could witness such things 09Draskh1    53:30 | also to their kinsmen, friends and acquaintances 09Draskh1    53:31 | that prevailed over the cities, and the deathly night that covered 09Draskh1    53:31 | remained tossed on the streets and the squares. The sight was 09Draskh1    53:31 | The sight was so horrible and disgraceful that no one could 09Draskh1    53:32 | prey to dogs, carnivorous beasts and the birds in the sky 09Draskh1    53:32 | beasts became accustomed to it and the numbers of the devouring 09Draskh1    53:32 | were brutes. Both the venerable and the meek were cut down 09Draskh1    53:32 | its mist over the innocent, and weakened them, for departure from 09Draskh1    53:32 | of all men, whereas honor and punishment are reserved for the 09Draskh1    53:33 | a matter of few days, and devoured the people of Ashkenaz 09Draskh1    53:33 | wicked tempests struck every one, and because of our sins the 09Draskh1    53:34 | an expatriate dwelling in Gugark’ and Iberia, with the wise king 09Draskh1    53:34 | me greatly as his guest and arranged for a generous allowance 09Draskh1    53:34 | was tormented by great grief and expected to be delivered by 09Draskh1    54:0 | of Constantinople to Katholikos Yovhannes, and the Letter of the Latter 09Draskh1    54:1 | Nikolaos, hearing of the calamities and the hardships that had come 09Draskh1    54:1 | holy, God-loving, spiritual Father, and our very dear brother Lord 09Draskh1    54:1 | of God Archbishop of Constantinople, and servant of the servants of 09Draskh1    54:2 | unaware of the deep sorrow and ceaseless grief of our heart 09Draskh1    54:2 | of the Armenians, the Iberians, and the Albanians, who collectively comprise 09Draskh1    54:2 | tyrants have inflicted severe travail and afflictions 09Draskh1    54:3 | it with deep personal grief, and mourn with great sorrow 09Draskh1    54:4 | torments together with your flock, and were persecuted as well as 09Draskh1    54:4 | persecuted as well as clubbed and beaten by the impious and 09Draskh1    54:4 | and beaten by the impious and wicked rebels. What could be 09Draskh1    54:4 | that might have been proper and fit? What could be said 09Draskh1    54:5 | call upon the divine Providence and succour at all times, and 09Draskh1    54:5 | and succour at all times, and lifting up your arms, ask 09Draskh1    54:5 | namely the Armenians, the Iberians, and the Albanians 09Draskh1    54:6 | Think of the public welfare, and never again tolerate its loss 09Draskh1    54:6 | well as that of binding and absolving them with the Christ 09Draskh1    54:6 | to perform matters) in heaven and on earth. At least, stop 09Draskh1    54:7 | them return to human rationality and Christian serenity, wherewith salvation will 09Draskh1    54:7 | the lands of Armenia, Iberia, and Albania 09Draskh1    54:8 | to write to you first and give this brief friendly advice 09Draskh1    54:9 | like this to your curopalate, and to the chief (prince) of 09Draskh1    54:9 | animosities, to seek friendship, unity and peaceful coexistence with one another 09Draskh1    54:9 | well as with the Armenian and Albanian princes, to come together 09Draskh1    54:9 | princes, to come together unanimously and fight against the children of 09Draskh1    54:9 | you might not all perish, and the kindred races that are 09Draskh1    54:10 | or by means of letters, and encyclicals, as well as with 09Draskh1    54:10 | the help of) bishops, priests and holy men, and see to 09Draskh1    54:10 | bishops, priests and holy men, and see to it that they 09Draskh1    54:10 | such as the redemptive mysteries and salutary works 09Draskh1    54:11 | are thus of one accord and unified, the destructive evil will 09Draskh1    54:12 | And while you yourselves carry out 09Draskh1    54:12 | Abasgia, together with the princes and the nobility of Armenia might 09Draskh1    54:12 | Armenia might join our forces, and with the help of God 09Draskh1    54:12 | with the help of God and through your priestly intercession having 09Draskh1    54:13 | Only then, both you and we shall grant them remission 09Draskh1    54:14 | And as it befits your Holiness 09Draskh1    54:15 | peace of Christ among you and let your prayers, which shine 09Draskh1    54:16 | Having read this, and having embraced it with the 09Draskh1    54:16 | to these very same thoughts and ideas, so that he promised 09Draskh1    54:16 | promised to pursue peace, friendship and equable harmony with all the 09Draskh1    54:16 | of the lands of Armenia and Iberia, by making a solemn 09Draskh1    54:17 | the Lord, I mourned greatly, and tears coursed down my eyes 09Draskh1    54:18 | the house of the Lord, and His sanctuary seduced by the 09Draskh1    54:18 | witness to the wailing, lamenting and moaning of His priests. Remembering 09Draskh1    54:18 | my heart like a net, and having recovered by some degree 09Draskh1    54:18 | well as from the princes and the people, so that the 09Draskh1    54:19 | the capital city of Dvin, and roaring bitterly, tried to see 09Draskh1    54:20 | the corners of our land, and also tried to carry out 09Draskh1    54:20 | insidious complicity with the devil, and noticed that the invaders had 09Draskh1    54:20 | the mountainous fastnesses of Mokk’ and Korduk’, where he sheltered the 09Draskh1    54:21 | as well as his brother and the armed spasalar forces remained 09Draskh1    54:21 | Smbat, had also joined them and waited for God to send 09Draskh1    54:22 | in the torrents of wickedness, and as he could not sever 09Draskh1    54:22 | for this reason they (Gagik and his allies) carefully kept him 09Draskh1    54:23 | the will of the ostikan, and secured only the safety of 09Draskh1    54:24 | whom the king of Iberia and his forces had set up 09Draskh1    54:24 | victorious in many a contest and displayed heroic valor in battle 09Draskh1    54:24 | Saracens, but also the Iberians and the people of Gugark’, who 09Draskh1    54:24 | Taron, I saw the tempestuous and ceaseless incursions of the brigands 09Draskh1    54:24 | ceaseless incursions of the brigands, and wrote a letter to the 09Draskh1    54:26 | Sublime Autocrat and Emperor of the Romans, Augustus 09Draskh1    54:26 | Augustus Constantine, who are crowned and glorified by God, Great and 09Draskh1    54:26 | and glorified by God, Great and Victorious Kings of the universe 09Draskh1    54:26 | universe, who are God-loving and pious, overseers of the public 09Draskh1    54:26 | Leaders of so many nations and races, and indeed Godly Palm 09Draskh1    54:26 | so many nations and races, and indeed Godly Palm Trees planted 09Draskh1    54:27 | Greetings to you, peace, and much rejoicing as well as 09Draskh1    54:27 | made captive by the enemy, and turned barren like a waterless 09Draskh1    54:27 | her children. Yet, She exists and remains for the love of 09Draskh1    54:29 | Let the grace and peace of God the Father 09Draskh1    54:29 | peace of God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ abound 09Draskh1    54:30 | We ourselves, and the bishops with us, as 09Draskh1    54:30 | church were clubbed, beaten, tormented and persecuted by the deathly and 09Draskh1    54:30 | and persecuted by the deathly and insidious breath of Amalek, who 09Draskh1    54:30 | envy of the carnivorous devil, and in accord with his wild 09Draskh1    54:30 | us the tempest of bitterness and the wrathful exasperation of unbearable 09Draskh1    54:31 | ourselves the grace of joy and love of the Lord. Like 09Draskh1    54:31 | offer ceaseless prayers, beseeching implorations, and conciliatory solicitations as well as 09Draskh1    54:31 | righteous fruition of this life, and the true peace of the 09Draskh1    54:31 | heavenly king in the worthy and beautiful imperial palace which is 09Draskh1    54:32 | May you approach readily and calmly the life-bearing mystery 09Draskh1    54:32 | brings one closer to God, and in all piety, graceful sanctity 09Draskh1    54:32 | piety, graceful sanctity, genuine joy and great exaltation may the termination 09Draskh1    54:32 | worthy of your heroic glory and virtuous lives, whereby you are 09Draskh1    54:32 | lives, whereby you are pious and beloved, and have taken arms 09Draskh1    54:32 | you are pious and beloved, and have taken arms to exact 09Draskh1    54:33 | of God, our benefactor, autocrat, and Christ-crowned Emperor of the 09Draskh1    54:34 | We are doing this softly and gently, in accordance with what 09Draskh1    54:35 | And now I am grateful to 09Draskh1    54:37 | with all of its might, and like an adulterer with dissolute 09Draskh1    54:37 | the inheritance of the Lord, and to violate his holy temple 09Draskh1    54:37 | Lord to harrassment, destruction, subjugation and annihilation, and grinding with its 09Draskh1    54:37 | harrassment, destruction, subjugation and annihilation, and grinding with its teeth, devour 09Draskh1    54:37 | teeth, devour the new Israel and molest the place of the 09Draskh1    54:38 | protective bastion against the enemies, and as long as we lived 09Draskh1    54:38 | hated the kiss of holiness, and the tyranny of the accomplice 09Draskh1    54:39 | Dan defied your righteous majesty, and there was no one to 09Draskh1    54:39 | accursed serpent began to crawl and stealing through the spiritual palisade 09Draskh1    54:40 | once again began to blaze, and cause extensive fiery conflagrations. Those 09Draskh1    54:40 | persecutions against the holy church, and turned her into an orchard 09Draskh1    54:40 | down her gates with axes and burned down the sanctuary of 09Draskh1    54:40 | the sanctuary of the Lord, and desecrated the altar in His 09Draskh1    54:41 | They offered impious sacrifices and impure victims in the house 09Draskh1    54:41 | the Lord God they despised, and cast the bodies of the 09Draskh1    54:41 | on high before the beasts and the birds in the sky 09Draskh1    54:42 | that were engaged in war, and repelled them by means of 09Draskh1    54:42 | by means of extensive carnage and bloodshed. They scattered the naxarar 09Draskh1    54:42 | of the race of Togarmah, and banished the city dwellers as 09Draskh1    54:43 | Some were confined in prison, and bound with fetters, or shut 09Draskh1    54:43 | thirsty sword, or taken captive and sold with sadistic subtlety. Those 09Draskh1    54:43 | the face of the earth, and took refuge on mountains, in 09Draskh1    54:43 | refuge on mountains, in caves and crevices without any clothing, hungry 09Draskh1    54:43 | without any clothing, hungry daunted and terrified 09Draskh1    54:45 | by making them drink destructive and deadly drugs, and it consumed 09Draskh1    54:45 | drink destructive and deadly drugs, and it consumed the rest with 09Draskh1    54:47 | all those in the East, and your servant, who spiritually became 09Draskh1    54:47 | severe in repaying the benefactor and protector of the church with 09Draskh1    54:48 | in prison by that insolent and impious man, and he, who 09Draskh1    54:48 | that insolent and impious man, and he, who had pacified the 09Draskh1    54:48 | assistance of your imperial majesties, and had gathered the reasonable flock 09Draskh1    54:48 | of Christ to the glory and praise of God, was subjected 09Draskh1    54:49 | of being confined in prison and dark dungeons, unbearable pits and 09Draskh1    54:49 | and dark dungeons, unbearable pits and uncomfortable places 09Draskh1    54:50 | by means of merciless flogging and torments that would hasten his 09Draskh1    54:50 | means of the thirsty sword, and deprived all of us of 09Draskh1    54:50 | care of your faithful servant. And behold, presently internal strife, and 09Draskh1    54:50 | And behold, presently internal strife, and disaster from above trouble us 09Draskh1    54:50 | us in order to advise and give every assistance to the 09Draskh1    54:51 | Sedekia has been taken captive and Zorobabel is to be found 09Draskh1    54:52 | has been invited to come and fell Israel, and we are 09Draskh1    54:52 | to come and fell Israel, and we are surrounded on all 09Draskh1    54:53 | of Christ has become desolate, and like a widow she is 09Draskh1    54:53 | she is left unattended to and neglected, deprived and silent of 09Draskh1    54:53 | unattended to and neglected, deprived and silent of her annual feasts 09Draskh1    54:53 | once of their paternal succour and overseer. Wretched, forlorn and abandoned 09Draskh1    54:53 | succour and overseer. Wretched, forlorn and abandoned, this eastern land of 09Draskh1    54:54 | With tragic lamentations and tears she is suffering the 09Draskh1    54:54 | the evil, which has come and taken possession of us, and 09Draskh1    54:54 | and taken possession of us, and ( is bearing) the anguish of 09Draskh1    54:55 | fact that I was banished, and subjected to severe torments because 09Draskh1    54:55 | torments because of my sins, and that I was saved from 09Draskh1    54:56 | cast into a muddy cell, and chained with iron fetters. They 09Draskh1    54:56 | tormented me with racks, clubs and various other devices, which would 09Draskh1    54:57 | is known by His power, and cannot be described visually, preserved 09Draskh1    54:57 | described visually, preserved me physically and saved me from death. He 09Draskh1    54:57 | from death. He returned me and those with me from captivity 09Draskh1    54:57 | torrents coming from the south, and snatched me away from the 09Draskh1    54:58 | from the walls of Damascus and fled the enthnarch Aretas 09Draskh1    54:59 | threshold of your mighty, august, and imperial majesties 09Draskh1    54:60 | I seek from your pious and beneficent superintendence mercy not only 09Draskh1    54:60 | dregs the cup of indignation and mortification at the hands of 09Draskh1    54:61 | hand out of your wisdom and kindness to the end against 09Draskh1    54:61 | the insolence of the enemy, and rescue the inheritance which is 09Draskh1    54:61 | the Highest, which was seized and ravaged by the insurgents 09Draskh1    54:62 | rapacious wolves, the heathen insurgents and the wild barbarians, you should 09Draskh1    54:63 | which our waist is glued, and lift from our necks the 09Draskh1    54:63 | our lives. Cleanse this land and city, which became the target 09Draskh1    54:63 | the target of the hostility and envy of the impure, damned 09Draskh1    54:63 | envy of the impure, damned and wicked princes, who were hateful 09Draskh1    54:65 | peace through your willing kindness, and repay in peace the services 09Draskh1    54:65 | they owe your imperial majesties, and reach God in a tranquil 09Draskh1    54:66 | behalf of the entire reasonable and faithful flock entrusted to me 09Draskh1    54:67 | persecutions, toils, famine, the sword, and captivity, as well as the 09Draskh1    54:68 | am scorched by many tears, and remember the captivity of Sion 09Draskh1    54:68 | the protection of your merciful and imperial majesty, and have come 09Draskh1    54:68 | your merciful and imperial majesty, and have come to your threshold 09Draskh1    54:69 | not asking for a domicile and quarters that my predecessors the 09Draskh1    54:69 | the beginning of our conversion, and made secure by the might 09Draskh1    54:69 | with fearless ministration, undistracted heart and unwavering faith 09Draskh1    54:70 | intercession of the life-giving and redeeming Holy Cross 09Draskh1    54:71 | Do not deprive me and those with me from prostrating 09Draskh1    54:71 | the Cross that carried God, and do not deprive us of 09Draskh1    54:73 | with a restful living quarter and a peaceful life within your 09Draskh1    54:73 | within your august, magnificent, glorious and mighty kingdom, so that after 09Draskh1    54:73 | the hands of the Ishmaelites, and finding asylum under the auspices 09Draskh1    54:73 | flock of God among us, and always offer our ceaseless prayers 09Draskh1    54:73 | God for the peace, safety, and stability of the power of 09Draskh1    54:74 | With much assistance from you and by means of your glory 09Draskh1    54:74 | by means of your glory and grace we shall prepare the 09Draskh1    54:74 | a people of the Lord, and then by the will of 09Draskh1    54:75 | the auspices of the mighty and glorious Holy Cross, and under 09Draskh1    54:75 | mighty and glorious Holy Cross, and under the tutelage of your 09Draskh1    54:75 | would the flock of God, and the inheritance of Christ follow 09Draskh1    54:76 | sheep congregated in the meadow and pursue their lives under the 09Draskh1    54:76 | like the people of Italy and all of Asia 09Draskh1    54:77 | those, who will not come and who stray from the fold 09Draskh1    54:77 | their judgement, whosoever they be, and I shall remain irreproachable and 09Draskh1    54:77 | and I shall remain irreproachable and free from blame 09Draskh1    54:78 | And now, may the exalted, blazing 09Draskh1    54:78 | now, may the exalted, blazing and radiant Holy Cross, which dwells 09Draskh1    54:78 | which dwells in your universal and glorious city in the likeness 09Draskh1    54:79 | of the laws of Christ, and whose name is exalted with 09Draskh1    54:80 | May you rejoice greatly, and be merry in wonderful tranquility 09Draskh1    54:80 | be merry in wonderful tranquility and in a perfect state of 09Draskh1    54:81 | in the strength of Christ, and let us bless your name 09Draskh1    54:81 | name gloriously, Augustus Constantine, autocrat, and triumphant and beneficient king, Emperor 09Draskh1    54:81 | Augustus Constantine, autocrat, and triumphant and beneficient king, Emperor of the 09Draskh1    55:0 | Ashot Goes to the Emperor, and Yusuf Retreats before King Gagik 09Draskh1    55:1 | still be abounding around us, and learning of our distress and 09Draskh1    55:1 | and learning of our distress and destruction as well as of 09Draskh1    55:1 | the death of the beneficent and blessed king Smbat 09Draskh1    55:2 | Vaslikos in search of me and Ashot, son of Smbat, who 09Draskh1    55:2 | as king with many honors and affectionate tokens of intimacy, he 09Draskh1    55:2 | established between his father Basil and Ashot’s father Smbat, and urged 09Draskh1    55:2 | Basil and Ashot’s father Smbat, and urged us to make haste 09Draskh1    55:4 | who willingly gave his consent, and immediately set out on his 09Draskh1    55:4 | was treated with much hospitality and given royal honors in the 09Draskh1    55:4 | royal honors in the inns, and then he went to meet 09Draskh1    55:5 | princes with a proper throne, and unlike the other honorable guests 09Draskh1    55:5 | Ashot almost as his equal, and exalted him with royal dignity 09Draskh1    55:6 | the son of a martyr”, and “ my beloved son”, dressed him 09Draskh1    55:6 | dressed him in glorious purple, and gave valuable gold-broidered robes 09Draskh1    55:6 | robes, byssus with golden borders, and a girdle studded with gems 09Draskh1    55:7 | also presented him with swift and spirited horses, which were decked 09Draskh1    55:7 | were decked with beautiful armor and ornaments, as well as many 09Draskh1    55:7 | as well as many cups, and utensils, and many gold and 09Draskh1    55:7 | as many cups, and utensils, and many gold and silver wares 09Draskh1    55:7 | and utensils, and many gold and silver wares 09Draskh1    55:8 | return they received bountiful largesses and generous allowances 09Draskh1    55:9 | that time I received frequent and courteous invitations to go to 09Draskh1    55:9 | askance at my going there, and assume that I sought communion 09Draskh1    55:10 | initially the blessed lady Mani, and after her the thrice blessed 09Draskh1    55:11 | the lives of incorporeal beings, and surmounted the tyrannical demands of 09Draskh1    55:11 | set by the (divine) ordinance, and making themselves worthy of incomparable 09Draskh1    55:11 | crowned by Christ in exultation and glory 09Draskh1    55:12 | which was difficult of access and unfit for living because of 09Draskh1    55:13 | approached the cave with reverence, and stood by the rock where 09Draskh1    55:13 | heat of their sweaty toils and spiritual labors 09Draskh1    55:14 | with walls of solid rock, and was shut in by gates 09Draskh1    55:14 | in by gates. The holy and immaculate hand of Gregory had 09Draskh1    55:14 | of him who renovated us, and whose seat I possess; were 09Draskh1    55:15 | levelled mound, wherein the venerable and spiritual treasure (of relics) had 09Draskh1    55:15 | been buried by the shepherds, and on which site a church 09Draskh1    55:16 | There, in the glens and fastnesses of the caves, I 09Draskh1    55:16 | as hermits who wore cilice and lay on the ground. They 09Draskh1    55:16 | ground. They wore no shoes, and were poorly fed; as disciples 09Draskh1    55:16 | fed; as disciples of righteousness and descendants of virtue, they spent 09Draskh1    55:16 | their time in continuous prayer, and supplicatory implorations 09Draskh1    55:18 | this place are buried significant and immortal treasures, that is the 09Draskh1    55:18 | through life in all righteousness, and lit by the unapproachable light 09Draskh1    55:19 | lustre with an unquenchable light and radiated the glory of God 09Draskh1    55:19 | prostrated myself before the Lord, and cut off a twig from 09Draskh1    55:20 | hermitages on the mountain side and joined the monks in prayer 09Draskh1    55:20 | flattering words of our kings, and, deceived by their excellent promises 09Draskh1    55:21 | their minds with vain thoughts and obscure ideas, they went astray 09Draskh1    55:21 | along the path of iniquity, and because of our own (leaders 09Draskh1    55:22 | move away from this domicile, and dwell in the same holy 09Draskh1    55:23 | his venom, or utterly destroy and annihilate the king together with 09Draskh1    55:24 | his trust in the Lord, and raised not a small amount 09Draskh1    55:24 | against Yusuf’s governors, officials, armies and generals in the regions of 09Draskh1    55:24 | regions of Her, Zarewand, Marand, and Naxjawan. For several days he 09Draskh1    55:24 | combat against the enemy forces and generals, and shed much blood 09Draskh1    55:24 | the enemy forces and generals, and shed much blood 09Draskh1    55:25 | always spurned as a dishonorable and despicable person, he was enraged 09Draskh1    55:25 | he was enraged at this, and with great anger went about 09Draskh1    55:26 | reaching the region of Mardastan, and the district of Tosb, he 09Draskh1    55:26 | arrogantly that he would annihilate and utterly destroy everything, and put 09Draskh1    55:26 | annihilate and utterly destroy everything, and put to the sword all 09Draskh1    55:26 | sword all the tohms, families and children 09Draskh1    55:27 | were too weak to fight, and subsequently, singled out those who 09Draskh1    55:27 | withstand the enemy in war, and marched forth to their colony 09Draskh1    55:28 | themselves, uniting in one body, and armed with weapons as well 09Draskh1    55:28 | the fastnesses in rocky crevices, and hastened from one place to 09Draskh1    55:29 | swiftness of their flight back and forth, waving like billows—according 09Draskh1    55:30 | God, they departed from there and went to the southern regions 09Draskh1    55:30 | the district of Rotakk’, Her and Saghamas, and from there to 09Draskh1    55:30 | of Rotakk’, Her and Saghamas, and from there to the city 09Draskh1    55:31 | services of the sparapet Ashot, and his insensitive heart did not 09Draskh1    55:32 | Atrpatakan in Persia the great and pious princess, the mother of 09Draskh1    55:33 | a generous allowance, gave presents and honored him 09Draskh1    55:34 | But when king Gagik and his kinsmen as well as 09Draskh1    55:34 | of the wicked had withered, and vanished, they all glorified God 09Draskh1    55:35 | respective districts, cities, estates, villages, and houses. They had suffered no 09Draskh1    55:36 | Also the wise, prudent, and righteous prince of Andzewac’ik’, Atom 09Draskh1    55:36 | rear. Through his profound intelligence and especially by means of the 09Draskh1    55:36 | drove out of his land and his father’s domain without engaging 09Draskh1    55:38 | his service to Gagik. He and his land, which is covered 09Draskh1    55:38 | is covered with deep valleys and steep crags, were unscathed by 09Draskh1    56:0 | King Ashot to His Fatherland, and the Coronation of Ashot Sparapet 09Draskh1    56:1 | Romans. Thereupon, with much gratitude and thoughtful promises of services, he 09Draskh1    56:1 | Lord had come to Armenia, and had brought beneficence to that 09Draskh1    56:2 | to the request of Ashot, and prepared for him many valuable 09Draskh1    56:2 | amounts of money, beautiful ornaments and weapons, gold-covered stallions with 09Draskh1    56:2 | his command many Roman generals and forces, and sent him back 09Draskh1    56:2 | many Roman generals and forces, and sent him back to his 09Draskh1    56:3 | many people under his sway, and like a newly arrived guest 09Draskh1    56:4 | dastakert Koghb hostilely opposed him, and he could in no way 09Draskh1    56:5 | immediately took leave of Yusuf and returned to the capital city 09Draskh1    56:6 | sparapet of Armenia as king, and gird up his loins with 09Draskh1    56:6 | to his land. The latter and his name-sake, that is 09Draskh1    56:7 | the son of king Smbat, and the Roman forces, and also 09Draskh1    56:7 | Smbat, and the Roman forces, and also the rest of his 09Draskh1    56:7 | the rest of his estates and villages ransacked. Thereupon, like foreign 09Draskh1    56:7 | like foreign enemies, the sparapet and the king’s son fought one 09Draskh1    56:7 | in the heat of battle, and tried to outdo one another 09Draskh1    56:7 | one another in their antagonism and animosity 09Draskh1    56:8 | And as both of them had 09Draskh1    56:8 | one another in spiteful grudge and jealousy. For this reason, each 09Draskh1    56:9 | received him with great honors, and intimacy, and bestowed on him 09Draskh1    56:9 | with great honors, and intimacy, and bestowed on him glorious distinctions 09Draskh1    56:10 | was bereaved of his child, and he also was given the 09Draskh1    56:12 | expatriation at the right time, and going back and forth, tried 09Draskh1    56:12 | right time, and going back and forth, tried to persuade them 09Draskh1    56:12 | forth, tried to persuade them, and establish the proper brotherly unity 09Draskh1    56:12 | both of them heeded me, and having received their willing consent 09Draskh1    56:12 | them the conditions of unity and peaceful co-existence 09Draskh1    57:0 | The Uprising of Vasak and Ashot against King Ashot, and 09Draskh1    57:0 | and Ashot against King Ashot, and Their Defeat at the Hands 09Draskh1    57:1 | of the fortress to submission, and appointed Vasak and Ashot, two 09Draskh1    57:1 | to submission, and appointed Vasak and Ashot, two brothers of the 09Draskh1    57:1 | as commanders of the fortress and overseers of that province 09Draskh1    57:3 | And as there was a very 09Draskh1    57:4 | by his handsome brother Abas and two hundred fifty men, halted 09Draskh1    57:5 | But when Vasak and Ashot saw that the numbers 09Draskh1    57:5 | his forces had considerably decreased, and that no help was available 09Draskh1    57:5 | immediate vicinity, they became arrogant and gross, and stirring up much 09Draskh1    57:5 | they became arrogant and gross, and stirring up much commotion, secretly 09Draskh1    57:5 | as the detachments in Tiflis, and those in the glens of 09Draskh1    57:5 | swordsmen, shield-bearers, lance-bearers, and dagger bearers, and attacked unexpectedly 09Draskh1    57:5 | lance-bearers, and dagger bearers, and attacked unexpectedly 09Draskh1    57:6 | surrounding them, with many tears and implorations they called upon the 09Draskh1    57:7 | battle with a huge outroar, and armed with the manly armor 09Draskh1    57:7 | armor of horsemen, they bravely and vigorously rushed upon them. At 09Draskh1    57:7 | the multitudes protected by shields, and routed them. With only two 09Draskh1    57:7 | were able to cut down and disperse four thousand armed soldiers 09Draskh1    57:8 | or shot them with arrows and struck them down with lances 09Draskh1    57:8 | some of them to death, and amputated the noses as well 09Draskh1    57:10 | the host of the foreigners and completely annihilated them. Ashot himself 09Draskh1    57:10 | with his brother returned victoriously and joyfully with much booty to 09Draskh1    57:11 | the king at Mount Aragac, and turning back he set forth 09Draskh1    57:11 | the lord of Siwnik’, Babgen and Vasak, who had returned recently 09Draskh1    57:12 | ruled over their ancestral domain, and tried to renovate and rebuild 09Draskh1    57:12 | domain, and tried to renovate and rebuild their paternal realm, which 09Draskh1    57:12 | realm, which had been subverted and destroyed by the enemy 09Draskh1    57:13 | a period of two years, and returned to the tranquility of 09Draskh1    57:13 | the tranquility of the court and chamber of their lords 09Draskh1    57:14 | the Hayk-descended brothers Sahak and Vasak, the legitimate satraps of 09Draskh1    57:14 | distant land of their expatriation, and took over the rule of 09Draskh1    58:0 | against (the Anti-King) Ashot and Is Defeated by Him 09Draskh1    58:1 | other king, namely his namesake and the son of his paternal 09Draskh1    58:1 | taken possession of the awans and agaraks surrounding the city of 09Draskh1    58:2 | to arouse enmity between themselves and getting ready a great mob 09Draskh1    58:2 | mob composed of numerous warriors and marauders, king Ashot attacked suddenly 09Draskh1    58:2 | unexpected hours of the morning, and brought utter destruction upon the 09Draskh1    58:3 | After dispersing entirely Ashot’s army and routing the latter with only 09Draskh1    58:3 | the clothes he had on and his horse, the king plundered 09Draskh1    58:3 | enemy, their weapons, ornaments, horses, and many mules. Then he returned 09Draskh1    58:3 | to the city of Dvin and stayed there 09Draskh1    58:4 | order to intervene) between them, and with bitter tears uttered many 09Draskh1    58:4 | tears uttered many scolding words and expressed my utter disgust at 09Draskh1    58:5 | yielded temporarily to my pleas and consented to come to terms 09Draskh1    58:5 | reverted to their wicked envy and thus argued with each other 09Draskh1    58:5 | the rebukable instigation of evil and jealousy 09Draskh1    58:6 | each one pursued the other, and they went in circles around 09Draskh1    58:6 | own domains were completely ravaged and destroyed. They handed over the 09Draskh1    58:6 | They handed over the dignity and glory of their own families 09Draskh1    58:6 | their own families to foreigners and enriched them, whereas they spread 09Draskh1    58:7 | I was a peace-maker, and whenever I opened my mouth 09Draskh1    58:8 | son of king Smbat, went and married the daughter of the 09Draskh1    58:8 | this occasion, while they danced and performed the kak’aw, the ostikan 09Draskh1    58:8 | sent Ashot a royal crown and valuable ornaments for robes, both 09Draskh1    58:8 | ornaments for robes, both beautiful and becoming, horses with golden reins 09Draskh1    58:8 | reins, together with valuable weapons and armor, and an Ishmaelite cavalry 09Draskh1    58:8 | with valuable weapons and armor, and an Ishmaelite cavalry detachment to 09Draskh1    58:9 | dispatched, Ashot sent much money and treasures to the ostikan. Then 09Draskh1    58:9 | against one another in combat, and gave battle 09Draskh1    58:11 | the strength of his forces, and his own valiance, boasted arrogantly 09Draskh1    58:11 | his own valiance, boasted arrogantly and haughtily, whereat the Lord was 09Draskh1    58:12 | the king’s son (Ashot Erkat’), and the son of prince Sewaday 09Draskh1    58:12 | to flight before the enemy and many of them were felled 09Draskh1    58:13 | great prince of Iberia, Gurgen, and receiving from him a great 09Draskh1    58:13 | do battle with one another, and pleaded with them to use 09Draskh1    58:13 | They heeded (my) sound advice, and wisely accepted the benefit of 09Draskh1    59:0 | Makes War against Prince Movses, and Defeats Him 09Draskh1    59:1 | was his father-in-law, and subsequently, followed by the latter 09Draskh1    59:1 | had set up as prince and commander over the barbaric tribes 09Draskh1    59:3 | stream headlong down the ravines, and rising in rebellion, made haste 09Draskh1    59:4 | put down his rigid haughtiness and submit to him in order 09Draskh1    59:4 | order to live in peace and quiet 09Draskh1    59:5 | Movses answered him with arrogance and rudeness 09Draskh1    59:6 | Thereupon, the wise and intelligent king, accompanied by prince 09Draskh1    59:6 | choicest warriors, with bows, swords and spears. They arrayed the right 09Draskh1    59:6 | spears. They arrayed the right and the left wings, and setting 09Draskh1    59:6 | right and the left wings, and setting out like a company 09Draskh1    59:6 | foe with a great uproar and struck them with horrifying terror 09Draskh1    59:7 | they were suddenly dispersed here and there, and turning to flight 09Draskh1    59:7 | suddenly dispersed here and there, and turning to flight, left Movses 09Draskh1    59:8 | hastened to leave the valley, and fleeing westward, again found asylum 09Draskh1    59:9 | from the region of Sisakan, and decided to go to the 09Draskh1    59:9 | his side by attractive promises and so ransom his domain 09Draskh1    59:10 | made haste to pursue Movses, and galloping his horse through the 09Draskh1    59:10 | Movses, caught up with him, and striking his steel helmet with 09Draskh1    59:10 | steel helmet with his sword and piercing the strong helmet in 09Draskh1    59:10 | return, he brought him back, and cauterized his eyes; for he 09Draskh1    59:11 | it was befitting for kings, and bestowed on them many gifts 09Draskh1    59:12 | And as the latter were unsuccessful 09Draskh1    59:13 | under the guise of friendship, and having laid snares for him 09Draskh1    59:14 | as the emigrants in Erazgawork’, and barely escaping in the insidious 09Draskh1    59:15 | they (the conspirators) arrived there, and realized that they could not 09Draskh1    59:15 | they were struck with shame, and having looted the emigrants that 09Draskh1    59:17 | at ease at the coming and going of the king in 09Draskh1    59:17 | going of the king in and out of his territory 09Draskh1    59:18 | of assurance from the king and handed it over to Vasak 09Draskh1    59:18 | received him with great honor, and assured him that he would 09Draskh1    59:18 | treat him as his coadjutor and as one who is of 09Draskh1    59:19 | by the other king Ashot and his father-in-law Gurgen 09Draskh1    59:19 | law Gurgen through a messenger, and that these were full of 09Draskh1    59:19 | him with fetters of iron and confined him in the fortress 09Draskh1    59:20 | king in very caustic terms and upbraided him greatly for breaking 09Draskh1    59:20 | greatly for breaking his oath, and seizing Vasak and subordinating his 09Draskh1    59:20 | his oath, and seizing Vasak and subordinating his domain, he lay 09Draskh1    59:20 | to release him from prison, and set him up in his 09Draskh1    59:21 | possessed by a wild desire, and having broken his word, might 09Draskh1    60:0 | in Insurrection against King Ashot, and Is Seized by Him; On 09Draskh1    60:1 | he had brought with him, and thus crowning him king over 09Draskh1    60:2 | king also honored him greatly, and presented him with generous gifts 09Draskh1    60:2 | a large amount of gold and silver, part of which was 09Draskh1    60:3 | teeth horribly at king Gagik, and threatened him with intimidating words 09Draskh1    60:4 | as it may, the splendid and the great prince Sahak—who 09Draskh1    60:4 | voice of his great wisdom, and began to contrive evil against 09Draskh1    60:5 | And when the frost of the 09Draskh1    60:5 | of them respectively levied soldiers and prepared for war against one 09Draskh1    60:6 | of them for their arrogance and selfishness, and (urged them) to 09Draskh1    60:6 | for their arrogance and selfishness, and ( urged them) to display themselves 09Draskh1    60:6 | as exemplars of total virtue and fortitude. Thus, having persuaded the 09Draskh1    60:6 | between themselves. Then, the king and his father-in-law exchanged 09Draskh1    60:6 | a solemn oath in writing, and sealed their agreement with the 09Draskh1    60:6 | the sign given by Christ and the intercession of the Holy 09Draskh1    60:7 | this, the king turned back, and immediately came to the gates 09Draskh1    60:7 | where he shed much blood, and completely ransacking the place, reduced 09Draskh1    60:7 | the place, reduced the arrogant and brutal rebels to submission 09Draskh1    60:8 | them their hereditary fortress Ernjak and the district at her foot 09Draskh1    60:9 | two sides summoned their forces and encountered one another in combat 09Draskh1    60:10 | arrayed, the two sides met, and right then, when the forces 09Draskh1    60:10 | their horses with wicked intent, and attacking Vasak en masse, knocked 09Draskh1    60:10 | they turned on their heels and came to the city of 09Draskh1    60:11 | who mourned greatly over him, and bearing his body buried him 09Draskh1    60:12 | him, he turned his back and went to Iberia, where he 09Draskh1    60:12 | Atrnerseh, the king of Iberia, and they both declared war on 09Draskh1    60:12 | wickedness they caused unnecessary terror and utter destruction 09Draskh1    60:13 | Although the other king Ashot and Abas, the brother of Ashot 09Draskh1    60:13 | withstand the foe in battle and took refuge in the deep 09Draskh1    60:13 | refuge in the deep valleys and the densely wooded glens 09Draskh1    60:14 | the multitude of their peltasts, and armed with bows as well 09Draskh1    60:14 | as well as swords wounded and felled many of them, until 09Draskh1    60:14 | promised to submit to them, and sought terms of peace. As 09Draskh1    60:14 | peace. As for the destruction and devastation that they had caused 09Draskh1    60:15 | from the province of Uti, and informed him of the incursion 09Draskh1    60:15 | the fortresses of his domain, and his retreat into the mountainous 09Draskh1    60:16 | this, Atrnerseh, the most vigorous and prudent king of Iberia, put 09Draskh1    60:16 | who was his sister’s son, and considering this as something that 09Draskh1    60:16 | settled later at leisure, immediately and willingly sent king Ashot of 09Draskh1    60:16 | Ashot of Armenia to go and settle the affair of prince 09Draskh1    60:17 | Ashot left his forces behind, and chose only approximately three hundred 09Draskh1    60:17 | been seized by prince Sahak, and Vasak, the lord of Siwnik’ 09Draskh1    60:17 | there, had been set free and sent to the house of 09Draskh1    60:17 | held captive in the fortress, and set his own garrison in 09Draskh1    60:18 | fortress which was near Kayean, and having put the guards to 09Draskh1    60:18 | the fastnesses of his realm. And as it was near the 09Draskh1    60:18 | harvest prematurely reaped with scythes, and had given it to the 09Draskh1    60:19 | Ashot noticed the unpleasant distress and the confusion that had been 09Draskh1    60:19 | intention to ambush the king and entrap him 09Draskh1    60:20 | his camp that whole day and night 09Draskh1    60:22 | But now, supress your anger and turn the vain and vicious 09Draskh1    60:22 | anger and turn the vain and vicious snares that you have 09Draskh1    60:22 | fortresses that you have seized, and restore the captives taken from 09Draskh1    60:22 | that between a real father and his beloved son 09Draskh1    60:23 | not worthy of an answer, and becoming ever more enraged, told 09Draskh1    60:23 | meet him with my sword and give an immediate answer to 09Draskh1    60:24 | more than eight thousand men, and driving them forward he advanced 09Draskh1    60:24 | impregnable bastion might be created, and in their rear he marshalled 09Draskh1    60:24 | the cavalry armed with weapons and ornaments 09Draskh1    60:26 | plates, that protect the back and the flanks, and the plates 09Draskh1    60:26 | the back and the flanks, and the plates that cover thighs 09Draskh1    60:26 | the plates that cover thighs and arms 09Draskh1    60:27 | because of the long journey, and having descended from the mound 09Draskh1    60:28 | O Lord, for my wickedness and deception. On the other hand 09Draskh1    60:28 | compensate him for his wickedness, and save me from the iniquitous 09Draskh1    60:29 | wont to carry before him, and suddenly his two hundred soldiers 09Draskh1    60:29 | a loud cry in unison and made their horses run at 09Draskh1    60:30 | distinguish himself in the arena, and like a tempest having dispersed 09Draskh1    60:30 | in the depths of glens, and in the dense thickets of 09Draskh1    60:30 | two people, namely prince Sahak and his son Grigor, who were 09Draskh1    60:30 | Grigor, who were both seized and taken captive 09Draskh1    60:31 | seized the fortress of Gardman, and brought the entire province under 09Draskh1    60:32 | let go of the prince and his son, this would foreshadow 09Draskh1    60:32 | the case was with Vasak, and to be sure death would 09Draskh1    60:34 | everyone lose confidence in him and alienated them 09Draskh1    61:0 | Appointment of Subuki as Ostikan, and the Works of the Latter 09Draskh1    61:1 | was able to raise arms and inflict blows on the royal 09Draskh1    61:1 | unable to stand against them, and was seized and brought before 09Draskh1    61:1 | against them, and was seized and brought before the caliph in 09Draskh1    61:2 | God called upon king Gagik, and saved him from the ostikan’s 09Draskh1    61:2 | him from the ostikan’s ferocious and wicked threats 09Draskh1    61:3 | been set up as prince and commander over his entire house 09Draskh1    61:3 | over his domain by force, and after a short time was 09Draskh1    61:4 | Ashot on the same terms, and granted him the title of 09Draskh1    61:5 | forces a few days later, and sent them to the region 09Draskh1    61:6 | came upon them like lightning, and plundering the entire extent of 09Draskh1    61:7 | captive the enfeebled men, women and young children, who had been 09Draskh1    61:8 | prevail against Subuki in battle, and opened negotiations with the latter 09Draskh1    61:9 | ostikan Subuki with many gifts and prizes, and sought terms of 09Draskh1    61:9 | with many gifts and prizes, and sought terms of peace. The 09Draskh1    61:9 | The ostikan accepted the gifts and made a solemn oath to 09Draskh1    61:10 | of the enemy were stopped, and the domain of king Gagik 09Draskh1    61:10 | enjoyed a life of peace and tranquillity, safe from the attacks 09Draskh1    62:0 | The Rebellion of Vasak, and the Subordination of the Latter 09Draskh1    62:1 | of the fortress of Shamshulde, and the treason that he had 09Draskh1    62:1 | Ashot, who was called shahanshah, and surrendered to prince Gurgen of 09Draskh1    62:2 | with the wishes of Vasak, and sent him a solemn oath 09Draskh1    62:2 | oath, Vasak abandoned the fortress and came to prince Gurgen 09Draskh1    62:4 | immediately made him turn back, and bringing him before the gates 09Draskh1    62:6 | the shahanshah (of their condition), and the latter came in haste 09Draskh1    62:7 | laid siege to the fortress and waited for the opportune time 09Draskh1    62:8 | would return Vasak to them, and he was invited by them 09Draskh1    62:9 | three hundred vigorous archers, peltasts and swordsmen, and as soon as 09Draskh1    62:9 | vigorous archers, peltasts and swordsmen, and as soon as they had 09Draskh1    62:9 | door of the secret passageway and they all entered the fortress 09Draskh1    62:10 | learned of the guards’ deadly and insidious treachery, which they were 09Draskh1    62:10 | they abandoned the lower fortress and en masse rushed to the 09Draskh1    62:13 | them in a loud voice and note: “If you are struggling 09Draskh1    62:13 | so that I may enter and easily putting an end to 09Draskh1    62:14 | fortress were opened before him, and as soon as he had 09Draskh1    62:14 | of Gurgen taken into custody, and after a few days deprived 09Draskh1    62:14 | them of their eyes, nose and ears 09Draskh1    62:15 | nations were subdued by Ashot and became his subjects. By means 09Draskh1    63:0 | The Rebellion of Prince Amram, and the Defeat of the Shahanshah 09Draskh1    63:1 | at the province of Uti, and admonished with harsh words those 09Draskh1    63:1 | arrogant thoughts, he took note and curbing their barbarous mores by 09Draskh1    63:2 | levied troops from among them, and setting out arrived at the 09Draskh1    63:2 | obligations of a common ancestry, and on behalf of their mutual 09Draskh1    63:2 | in order to establish friendship and peace, so that the authority 09Draskh1    63:2 | common might not be forgotten and their domain deserted, filled with 09Draskh1    63:2 | domain deserted, filled with thorns, and bushes, or turned into a 09Draskh1    63:3 | would not hesitate in promoting and preparing suitable conditions for peace 09Draskh1    63:3 | preparing suitable conditions for peace, and that I might not allow 09Draskh1    63:3 | might not allow clandestine snares and seditious degeneration to steal into 09Draskh1    63:4 | accepted the dispatch with friendship, and immediately both of us set 09Draskh1    63:5 | Then, on my suggestion and advice, whereby I appealed to 09Draskh1    63:5 | shadowy confusion of wicked thoughts, and agreeing with one another in 09Draskh1    63:6 | aberration of the heathen officers, and brought them to submission. After 09Draskh1    63:6 | to submission. After much merrymaking and festivities held in honor of 09Draskh1    63:6 | so called shahanshah took leave and went to his beloved province 09Draskh1    63:7 | Bull’) for his robust physique, and whom the shahanshah had placed 09Draskh1    63:7 | because of his wicked thoughts, and having revealed his true colors 09Draskh1    63:8 | After having deserted and disgraced his own domain, he 09Draskh1    63:8 | entire naxarardom in that province and instigated them to rise in 09Draskh1    63:9 | unoccupied (with such concerns), he and his men might be able 09Draskh1    63:9 | to carry out their task and easily lay the snares 09Draskh1    63:10 | of the people had abandoned and turned their backs on him 09Draskh1    63:11 | clear to him, he withdrew and came to the king of 09Draskh1    63:11 | Egrisi received Ashot with friendship, and bestowing on him bounteous gifts 09Draskh1    63:11 | with all his heart, soul and power in regard to all 09Draskh1    63:12 | he gave Ashot much assistance, and having gathered numerous forces with 09Draskh1    63:12 | winged steeds, iron-studded armor, and fearful helmets, iron-studded breastplates 09Draskh1    63:12 | fearful helmets, iron-studded breastplates and strong shields, weapons, ornaments and 09Draskh1    63:12 | and strong shields, weapons, ornaments and spears, he handed them over 09Draskh1    63:13 | together with his cavalry forces, and thought that by encouraging the 09Draskh1    63:13 | immediate solution to the problem, and turn their arms ready at 09Draskh1    63:14 | their succor from all parts, and took refuge in the thick 09Draskh1    63:15 | he led away his forces and carelessly brought them into the 09Draskh1    63:15 | than the one single narrow and difficult passage that they had 09Draskh1    63:16 | The entire army was distressed and annoyed by the thought of 09Draskh1    63:17 | secret word to the enemy, and promised to hand over Ashot 09Draskh1    63:18 | was struck with great fear, and secretly affirming by oath the 09Draskh1    63:18 | the allegiance of his kinsmen and advisers, prepared steeds as swift 09Draskh1    63:18 | steeds as swift (as birds), and mounting on them unexpectedly in 09Draskh1    63:18 | night, cut through the cavalry, and set forth to the fortress 09Draskh1    63:19 | the entrance of that place, and subjected all the forces to 09Draskh1    63:21 | formerly sound, to impure thoughts, and abandoned the sweetness of divine 09Draskh1    63:21 | brought upon himself this condemnation and could not attain the conclusion 09Draskh1    64:0 | Discharge of the Ostikan Yusuf, and His Wicked Deeds 09Draskh1    64:1 | thinking, made the impossible possible and devoted the rest of his 09Draskh1    64:1 | wickedness, emulate closely his creator and according to the apostolic precept 09Draskh1    64:2 | please all of his neighbors and relatives, whom he had bound 09Draskh1    64:2 | bound to himself in friendship and obedience. Together with his beloved 09Draskh1    64:2 | the rest of his relatives and people who had been honored 09Draskh1    64:2 | by him, displayed his might and glory before the foe 09Draskh1    64:3 | those who were stubborn, wicked and hostile to peace, he waged 09Draskh1    64:3 | peace, he waged destructive war, and fell upon them with great 09Draskh1    64:4 | him how to save himself and assist many others 09Draskh1    64:5 | Church remained undisturbed. Prosperity, peace, and renovation as well as security 09Draskh1    64:5 | naturally over the land. Abundance and fertility were granted by the 09Draskh1    64:5 | by the grace of God, and in this way they lived 09Draskh1    64:5 | was praised in the streets (. . .) and attended constantly the gates of 09Draskh1    64:5 | constantly the gates of princes, ( and) (. . .) spoke boldly 09Draskh1    64:6 | Arabia. Also, many horsemen, brigands and swordsmen rose on the borders 09Draskh1    64:6 | on the borders of T’urk’astan, and together tried to exact vengeance 09Draskh1    64:7 | extent of the caliph’s realm, and fought many fierce battles. They 09Draskh1    64:7 | were killed, took many captives and turned the prosperous provinces and 09Draskh1    64:7 | and turned the prosperous provinces and villages into deserts 09Draskh1    64:8 | Yet, the leading men and the advisers at the royal 09Draskh1    64:8 | other. Ramik agitators also appeared and raised an uproar. After this 09Draskh1    64:8 | his sword to his side, and they shed a great amount 09Draskh1    64:9 | ostikan of Persia, Armenia, Georgia, and Albania, whom he himself had 09Draskh1    64:9 | whom he himself had seized and brought to the caliph, and 09Draskh1    64:9 | and brought to the caliph, and asked him to reestablish the 09Draskh1    64:10 | again by rising in rebellion, and that he was the man 09Draskh1    64:10 | a stop to the attacks and incursions of the enemy within 09Draskh1    64:11 | gave orders to release Yusuf, and sent him with a detachment 09Draskh1    64:11 | would concur with him, obey and fulfill his wishes, as well 09Draskh1    64:12 | a whirlwind hurried out impetuously and flying through Syrian Mesopotamia, passed 09Draskh1    64:13 | of his land to flee, and taking the refugees with him 09Draskh1    64:13 | secure mountain glens of Kogovit and Caghkotn, whereat he consoled himself 09Draskh1    64:13 | follows: “Although we are terrified and shaken by catastrophies, yet, there 09Draskh1    64:13 | the hands of the conquerors, and may escape becoming victims of 09Draskh1    64:13 | of the beastly Ishmaelite sword, and that the Christian laws may 09Draskh1    64:14 | of his army), the king and his brother Gurgen along with 09Draskh1    64:14 | along with the azat contingents and the cavalry clad themselves in 09Draskh1    64:14 | clad themselves in armor, ornaments and spears. They kept constant and 09Draskh1    64:14 | and spears. They kept constant and careful watch 09Draskh1    64:15 | Atom, with ingenious prudence, anticipation, and thoughtful care led the people 09Draskh1    64:15 | mountain fastnesses of his realm, and sheltered them in the security 09Draskh1    64:15 | depths of valleys, mountain gorges and the glens in the hills 09Draskh1    64:15 | the glens in the hills, and also guarded the refugees with 09Draskh1    64:16 | Yusuf marched down from there and having reached the province of 09Draskh1    64:16 | sent envoys to prince Atom and asked him to pay the 09Draskh1    64:16 | these he might go away and leave the land exempt from 09Draskh1    64:16 | the land exempt from ruin and destruction 09Draskh1    64:17 | the advantage of the people and not sparing his riches and 09Draskh1    64:17 | and not sparing his riches and money, immediately paid as much 09Draskh1    64:18 | direction of the Akanik’ mountain and came to the district of 09Draskh1    64:19 | dark color of his complexion, and having covered the true color 09Draskh1    64:19 | assumed the familiar white complexion, and sent envoys to the king 09Draskh1    64:19 | the king for an immediate and compassionate reconciliation 09Draskh1    64:20 | However, as he was avaricious and greedy, he demanded the royal 09Draskh1    64:20 | owed him for his coronation, and gave him leave to rule 09Draskh1    64:21 | the intention behind Yusuf’s thoughts and realized that there was no 09Draskh1    64:22 | thoughts out of his mind, and with some hesitation chose the 09Draskh1    64:22 | the amount of the tribute, and all of the royal bekar 09Draskh1    64:22 | that they might not clash and cause carnage in vindictive retaliation 09Draskh1    64:22 | outcome of wars was death, and an invitation to death meant 09Draskh1    64:23 | Yusuf’s disposal his own possessions, and having gathered from all of 09Draskh1    64:23 | relatives, the azats, the ramiks and the non-ramiks silver, gold 09Draskh1    64:23 | the non-ramiks silver, gold and great amounts of money, as 09Draskh1    64:23 | money, as well as horses and mules, he gave these to 09Draskh1    64:24 | gratitude, Yusuf immediately marched forth and came to the region of 09Draskh1    64:24 | of the districts of Her and Zarewand in the province (sic 09Draskh1    64:24 | had set up ostikans, deputies and officials in the region of 09Draskh1    64:24 | in the region of Albania and Atrpatakan 09Draskh1    64:25 | the chance to exact vengeance and closed the passes of the 09Draskh1    64:26 | travel futilely by the toilsome and unrewarding route. Having taken great 09Draskh1    64:26 | great amounts of money, gold and silver as booty, they all 09Draskh1    64:27 | after Yusuf’s confinement to prison, and made (the land) prosperous—died 09Draskh1    64:27 | took possession of his treasures and riches to the satisfaction of 09Draskh1    65:0 | Sisakan are Brought into Danger, and Katholikos Yovhannes Is Distressed 09Draskh1    65:1 | who was flatteringly nicknamed Subuki, and who had been sent to 09Draskh1    65:1 | Yusuf as ostikan, marched forth and reached the city of Naxjawan 09Draskh1    65:1 | as his wife was there, and he succumbed to the delights 09Draskh1    65:3 | gate of pity before him, and laconically promised to grant him 09Draskh1    65:3 | his inheritance. For he expected and waited also for his brother 09Draskh1    65:4 | the latter immediately set out and came near Nasr with many 09Draskh1    65:4 | with many gifts. Seemingly benumbed and in a certain state of 09Draskh1    65:4 | the wisdom in his heart, and not considering the matter completely 09Draskh1    65:5 | But Nasr conceived a plot, and having allied himself with both 09Draskh1    65:5 | both of them by word and not by heart, asked them 09Draskh1    65:6 | insidious deceit they set out and marched forth. When they were 09Draskh1    65:6 | by the foremost gaherec’ princes and the glorious nahapets of the 09Draskh1    65:7 | concealment of his wicked intention, and getting his hands on the 09Draskh1    65:7 | of them with iron fetters, and confined them, over forty in 09Draskh1    65:8 | And when daylight shed the darkness 09Draskh1    65:8 | mounted the captives on camels and mules, and entered the city 09Draskh1    65:8 | captives on camels and mules, and entered the city of Dvin 09Draskh1    65:9 | bound with ropes both Sahak and Babgen, who had been seized 09Draskh1    65:9 | who had been seized together, and putting them in iron fetters 09Draskh1    65:9 | the brothers to incarceration, bonds and danger of death 09Draskh1    65:11 | warned me to make haste and escape the siege that threatened 09Draskh1    65:11 | the threshold of my house, and begged me to take leave 09Draskh1    65:11 | begged me to take leave and avoid the scourge. They reminded 09Draskh1    65:11 | chased from city to city,” and, “ do not set yourselves against 09Draskh1    65:12 | rage of the heathen aberration, and feared that the hidden snares 09Draskh1    65:13 | Thus, seemingly crazed and out of our wits, we 09Draskh1    65:13 | show us (the proper course). And when the darkness of the 09Draskh1    65:13 | darkness of the night disappeared, and it was dawn, suddenly, at 09Draskh1    65:14 | the rarity of the phenomenon, ( and realizing) that it was not 09Draskh1    65:15 | from my mind) such doubts and did not follow them on 09Draskh1    65:15 | first examples the prophet Elijah and Peter, the head of the 09Draskh1    65:16 | residence of the blessed Sahak, and is located in the ravines 09Draskh1    65:16 | animals were to be found, and from there went to the 09Draskh1    65:17 | of all of our human and animal possessions, and only thought 09Draskh1    65:17 | our human and animal possessions, and only thought of our salvation 09Draskh1    65:18 | seemed to embark on boats, and setting sail to the thoughts 09Draskh1    65:19 | as for the material possessions and the livestock which we had 09Draskh1    65:19 | his mind might be content, and Mother Sion might not be 09Draskh1    65:19 | children of her nuptial chamber, and we ourselves returning to our 09Draskh1    65:20 | And thus, those who became aware 09Draskh1    65:20 | Once again we set out and arrived at the small fortress 09Draskh1    65:20 | stones, which was richly ornamented and adorned with paintings. I had 09Draskh1    65:21 | sent a letter to Nasr, and reminded him of the horrible 09Draskh1    65:21 | confinement in prison, fetters, severe and deadly torments 09Draskh1    65:22 | had fled fearing such agonies, and that should he assure me 09Draskh1    65:22 | bless God in His sanctuary, and according to my means I 09Draskh1    65:23 | the precepts of their Koran and with whatever terms of their 09Draskh1    65:24 | could turn myself to useful and pleasing things and by the 09Draskh1    65:24 | to useful and pleasing things and by the will of God 09Draskh1    66:0 | of the Fortress of Biwrakan and the Carnage that Was Made 09Draskh1    66:1 | to mar the Christian faith and strengthen their heathen sect. In 09Draskh1    66:1 | bizarre outbursts of his mind and the bitterness of his heart’s 09Draskh1    66:2 | the Christians, who are degenerates, and in particular with the lawgiver 09Draskh1    66:2 | the doctrines of our faith, and calls the Arabs, who are 09Draskh1    66:2 | the disciples of Muhammad, dogs and wolves 09Draskh1    66:3 | why are you thus encouraging and spreading their sect to an 09Draskh1    66:4 | where you will find treasures, and much money, as well as 09Draskh1    66:4 | leader of the Christian aberration, and bring him in fetters before 09Draskh1    66:4 | him in fetters before you and having ransacked all the possessions 09Draskh1    66:4 | must inflict retribution on them, and relentlessly shed much blood 09Draskh1    66:5 | judge expressed the same view, and thus aroused him to bite 09Draskh1    66:5 | bite like a wicked beast, and urged him to dishonor the 09Draskh1    66:5 | sent numerous forces, armed cavalry and infantry, to the monastery of 09Draskh1    66:6 | they unexpectedly entered the cave, and having seized the monks that 09Draskh1    66:6 | subjected them to great beating and torments in demanding from them 09Draskh1    66:6 | not immediately, but sometime later, and reached the blissful goal of 09Draskh1    66:7 | Christ, namely the evangelical, prophetic, and apostolic holy testaments, also all 09Draskh1    66:7 | the numerous swarms of bees, and having burnt the beautiful structures 09Draskh1    66:8 | And when they confronted Nasr, and 09Draskh1    66:8 | And when they confronted Nasr, and told him what they had 09Draskh1    66:8 | goal the contest between life and death, and sent out a 09Draskh1    66:8 | contest between life and death, and sent out a large number 09Draskh1    66:8 | Biwrakan by stealth, take me and the other clerics with me 09Draskh1    66:8 | remaining inhabitants of the fortress and ransack the place 09Draskh1    66:9 | had learned of their shadowy and dark plots sometime earlier, and 09Draskh1    66:9 | and dark plots sometime earlier, and had pondered on the matter 09Draskh1    66:10 | We escaped and went to the royal palace 09Draskh1    66:11 | with two particular priests, deacons and celibate monks remained there, either 09Draskh1    66:11 | calling of dedication to God and His foreknowledge of that had 09Draskh1    66:11 | close to the victorious contest and the crown of martyrdom. I 09Draskh1    66:12 | not remained unknown to me, and their clandestine snares had been 09Draskh1    66:12 | clandestine snares had been uncovered, and when they found out that 09Draskh1    66:12 | stopped to pitch a camp, and having gathered numerous forces, made 09Draskh1    66:12 | in order to be ready, and thus outraged pour the poison 09Draskh1    66:13 | irremediable intent of the heathen, and the impetuosity of the vehement 09Draskh1    66:13 | which were about to come, and realized that there was no 09Draskh1    66:13 | old men, who could not and were not fit to take 09Draskh1    66:13 | with what had been written, and shut their gates behind them 09Draskh1    66:14 | Avoiding the enemy and escaping from him, they hid 09Draskh1    66:14 | away from the impious tribulation, and put their hope in the 09Draskh1    66:16 | share the passion of Christ and His faithful.” Having thus defied 09Draskh1    66:17 | the fortress with an impious and terrible uproar and unrestrained heathen 09Draskh1    66:17 | an impious and terrible uproar and unrestrained heathen vehemence. Thereupon, shielding 09Draskh1    66:17 | their infantrymen on all sides, and guarding their rear with the 09Draskh1    66:18 | after the other they ascended and crammed the tops of the 09Draskh1    66:18 | when the night set in and the day came to its 09Draskh1    66:19 | gates of the holy Church, and asked the blessed bishop to 09Draskh1    66:19 | give them of the body and blood of the Lord that 09Draskh1    66:20 | latter moved his angelic lips and with gentle words instructed them 09Draskh1    66:20 | with the detachment of soldiers and multitudes of men to lift 09Draskh1    66:20 | in meditation without any grievances, and to beg for the confirmation 09Draskh1    66:21 | to you in his flesh and blood, which you are about 09Draskh1    66:21 | you are about to receive, and condemn the sinful designs against 09Draskh1    66:22 | darkness which encircles this world, and which has become thick around 09Draskh1    66:22 | the nudity of your forefather, and let them not snatch away 09Draskh1    66:23 | minds as if with fire, and urged all of them to 09Draskh1    66:23 | of the God of all, and exhorted them not to cease 09Draskh1    66:24 | salutary mystery among both men and women, old and young, and 09Draskh1    66:24 | both men and women, old and young, and all of all 09Draskh1    66:24 | and women, old and young, and all of all ages, in 09Draskh1    66:25 | But the shouts and battle cries of the Ishmaelite 09Draskh1    66:25 | more intense. The clamor, din and clash of their armor and 09Draskh1    66:25 | and clash of their armor and shields resounded throughout the land 09Draskh1    66:27 | battle to the enemy below, and shed much blood by striking 09Draskh1    66:28 | occupied himself with daily prayers and supplications, so that the bloody 09Draskh1    66:28 | supplications, so that the bloody and wild beasts might not contaminate 09Draskh1    66:28 | chose as his own inheritance and people, and called it His 09Draskh1    66:28 | his own inheritance and people, and called it His Body and 09Draskh1    66:28 | and called it His Body and His Part 09Draskh1    66:29 | because of their physical needs, and not be moved by the 09Draskh1    66:29 | but to cleanse their souls and consider the outcome of their 09Draskh1    66:29 | suffer with Christ His passion and imitate His faith in God 09Draskh1    66:30 | the overseer of the edifice and instructor of men, offered them 09Draskh1    66:31 | yourselves become stout in spirit and join the battle on behalf 09Draskh1    66:32 | resorted to such sound advice and no longer did they indulge 09Draskh1    66:32 | they fought with miraculous exertion and goodly war on behalf of 09Draskh1    66:32 | on behalf of their children and the flock of Christ 09Draskh1    66:33 | was plunged into the dark and dismal intent of exacting vengeance 09Draskh1    66:34 | way of life-bearing Hope, and having renounced mercy as well 09Draskh1    66:34 | the hands of the audacious and impious Hagaritres 09Draskh1    66:35 | Greatly pleased at this, and rejoicing in their hearts, the 09Draskh1    66:35 | latter immediately made an assault, and climbing over (the walls of 09Draskh1    66:36 | they revealed their hidden plots, and in a barbaric manner enforced 09Draskh1    66:36 | the land below (the fortress), and the corpses of the dead 09Draskh1    66:37 | vigils with extended arms, tears and implorations, so that He might 09Draskh1    66:37 | of the saints was resplendent and exalted in every respect 09Draskh1    66:38 | when the impious executioners arrived, and found them engaged in prayer 09Draskh1    66:38 | their shields, gnashing their teeth, and by their fiery red complexions 09Draskh1    66:39 | the church all at once, and having divested them of their 09Draskh1    66:39 | the eyes of their hearts and turned upon them. At first 09Draskh1    66:40 | blessed priests, the celibate monks, and the psalmodists to their death 09Draskh1    66:40 | as if they were sheep, and immolated them like the votive 09Draskh1    66:40 | immolated them like the votive and fragrant sacrifice of Christ. The 09Draskh1    66:41 | themselves with the true faith, and became worthy of clothing themselves 09Draskh1    66:41 | the ornamentation of the light, and of the glory of the 09Draskh1    66:43 | in distress, but rather willingly and compliantly offered his neck 09Draskh1    66:44 | devotion to the true faith, and was reckoned among the children 09Draskh1    66:45 | to the place of torments, and pushing them forward like sheep 09Draskh1    66:45 | with them to the ostikan, and thereby receive praise for their 09Draskh1    66:46 | Lord, Who art All-merciful, and All-caring, we thank Thee 09Draskh1    66:47 | accept our congregation in peace, and save the children of those 09Draskh1    66:47 | the cultivation of the soil, and paid taxes to us 09Draskh1    66:48 | all gathered in one place, and called on to the enemy 09Draskh1    66:49 | one by one to come and mingle with them in order 09Draskh1    66:49 | saying, “Christ is our life, and death is to our advantage 09Draskh1    66:50 | On the same day, and at the same time they 09Draskh1    66:50 | memory of a fruitful life, and was honored with the crown 09Draskh1    66:50 | with the crown of Christ, and the blessed priests martyred together 09Draskh1    66:50 | Movses of the celibate order, and the other Movses of the 09Draskh1    66:50 | Dawit’ of the ascetic order and Sargis of the secular order 09Draskh1    66:51 | of his childhood, very knowledgeable and renowned for his virtuous deeds 09Draskh1    66:51 | be immolated like a sheep and was illuminated with the unapproachable 09Draskh1    66:51 | was illuminated with the unapproachable and immortal light 09Draskh1    66:52 | from the land of Sagastan, and who had led a life 09Draskh1    66:52 | flesh like an incorporeal being, and received the ineffable and luminous 09Draskh1    66:52 | being, and received the ineffable and luminous crown. Finally, with the 09Draskh1    66:52 | whom we spoke in advance, and who was reckoned among the 09Draskh1    66:53 | multitude, both men of military and lay order killed on that 09Draskh1    66:54 | might acquire something from him and like leeches suck his blood 09Draskh1    66:55 | did not withstand the evil, and leaving behind everything that he 09Draskh1    66:56 | spoils taken from the dead, and the loot as well as 09Draskh1    66:56 | They took captive the children and wives of those that had 09Draskh1    66:56 | those that had been killed, and having mounted the venerable heads 09Draskh1    66:56 | merry raising a hellish clamor and singing lewd songs and dancing 09Draskh1    66:56 | clamor and singing lewd songs and dancing 09Draskh1    66:57 | that came into their grasp, and continued their march. At that 09Draskh1    66:57 | cries, unbearable laments, tearful moaning and the bitter imploration of the 09Draskh1    66:57 | of the multitude of women and children. The horrible agony of 09Draskh1    66:57 | all those that heard them, and caused them to break into 09Draskh1    66:58 | that their fathers’, brothers’, husbands’, and children’s blood, shed in vain 09Draskh1    66:59 | hope, they lifted their hands and begged the Lord to save 09Draskh1    66:59 | of the impious conquerors, captors, and spoke in this manner: “Let 09Draskh1    66:59 | the arrogant come against us, and let not the hands of 09Draskh1    66:59 | the other was a layman, and both of them had the 09Draskh1    66:60 | they confronted the impious ostikan, and brought forth the captives, the 09Draskh1    66:60 | of the chosen of God, and the spoils, he was greatly 09Draskh1    66:60 | spoils, he was greatly pleased and rejoiced at these. Then he 09Draskh1    66:60 | to dismiss all the captives, and let them go wherever they 09Draskh1    66:60 | killed were remembered before God, and His Providence had them mercifully 09Draskh1    66:61 | at the price of silver, and thus rescued them from their 09Draskh1    66:62 | be taken before the tribunal ( and given the option of) either 09Draskh1    66:63 | were brought before the judges, and questioned, they answered with a 09Draskh1    66:63 | of joy in their eyes, and determination in their hearts to 09Draskh1    66:63 | the divine worship of Christ, and convert to the ungodly religion 09Draskh1    66:63 | in the name of Christ, and do not desire to live 09Draskh1    66:64 | of them to the arena, and made them prey to the 09Draskh1    66:64 | sword. Thus, willingly tried, purified, and tested like silver in the 09Draskh1    66:64 | the orders of the angels, and received the crown of light 09Draskh1    66:64 | received the crown of light and life. The execution of these 09Draskh1    66:65 | repay them for their favor, and relieve them of their annual 09Draskh1    66:66 | deserved they died in agony, and all hope for life was 09Draskh1    67:0 | Exposure of the Princes Babgen and Vasak to Danger 09Draskh1    67:1 | to the province of Atrpatakan, and either persuade the rebellious Gibeonites 09Draskh1    67:2 | over the city of Dvin, and having turned over to him 09Draskh1    67:2 | the lords of Sisakan, Sahak and Babgen, so that they might 09Draskh1    67:2 | might be retained in confinement and in fetters until his return 09Draskh1    67:3 | a great number of forces, and set out for the district 09Draskh1    67:4 | thought of attacking the district, and taking captive the very few 09Draskh1    67:4 | had remained, ravaging (their possessions), and putting them to the sword 09Draskh1    67:4 | entire land was in ruins and had been stripped of its 09Draskh1    67:7 | a gallop he fell bravely and valiantly upon the enemy, and 09Draskh1    67:7 | and valiantly upon the enemy, and threw many of them headlong 09Draskh1    67:8 | the mist of nocturnal darkness, and fed to the sword whomsoever 09Draskh1    67:8 | met on the road—innocent and guileless priests, tillers of the 09Draskh1    67:8 | of the soil, herdsmen, travelers, and paupers 09Draskh1    67:9 | those innocent people to death, and having beheaded them, he brought 09Draskh1    67:9 | attained victory by personal valor and numerous battles. The number of 09Draskh1    67:10 | as great as the former, and having supplied them with horses 09Draskh1    67:10 | having supplied them with horses and arms, he set out to 09Draskh1    67:10 | on the so called shahanshah, and be able to entrap him 09Draskh1    67:11 | with seventy of the azats and his servants embarking on board 09Draskh1    67:11 | armed with well-bent bows, and well-versed in archery, so 09Draskh1    67:12 | went on board with them, and they set sail in order 09Draskh1    67:12 | of some of the enemy, and inflicted serious wounds on many 09Draskh1    67:12 | multitude of the enemy forces, and fled 09Draskh1    67:13 | took upon himself this humiliation and tried to take vengeance for 09Draskh1    67:13 | might launch an unexpected attack, and damage it somehow 09Draskh1    67:14 | he put on his armor and ornaments, and taking with him 09Draskh1    67:14 | on his armor and ornaments, and taking with him his spears 09Draskh1    67:14 | barely mounted on another horse and made his escape 09Draskh1    67:15 | to the assistance of Georg, and having slain great numbers of 09Draskh1    67:16 | of Dvin in such disgrace, and tried to exact vengeance on 09Draskh1    67:16 | Ashot, the scion of royalty, and remained with him until the 09Draskh1    67:17 | the token of his friendship, and generous bounties for all of 09Draskh1    67:17 | I took leave of him and went to the king of 09Draskh1    67:18 | residence together with its villages and estates (gerdastan) had been entirely 09Draskh1    67:18 | been entirely seized by Nasr, and we had been left without 09Draskh1    67:18 | the warriors had greatly diminished and declined 09Draskh1    67:19 | arrival, king Gagik received me, and looked after my welfare with 09Draskh1    67:19 | of spiritual friendship, firm faith, and unwavering hope. Together with his 09Draskh1    67:19 | protected me with undeniable love, and tended to my physical needs 09Draskh1    67:20 | he turned to his customary and cheerful thoughts, and assured us 09Draskh1    67:20 | his customary and cheerful thoughts, and assured us with certainty that 09Draskh1    67:20 | to our place of residence, and in particular would be mindful 09Draskh1    67:20 | peace for the entire land and concerned about the establishment of 09Draskh1    67:21 | out from Atrpatakan in Persia, and came to the region of 09Draskh1    67:22 | And as Smbat the prince of 09Draskh1    67:22 | march secretly against the prince and seize him, or to drive 09Draskh1    67:22 | men in order to enslave and ransack his land 09Draskh1    67:23 | himself with many cavalry contingents and with fortifications, he offered him 09Draskh1    67:23 | release his brother from incarceration, and set out to go to 09Draskh1    67:24 | name was Babgen, he released and sent him to prince Smbat 09Draskh1    67:24 | dahekans. Then, he would release and restore him to his own 09Draskh1    67:25 | threats that he had made, and struck with terror, they thought 09Draskh1    67:25 | be condemned to intolerable tortures and death 09Draskh1    67:27 | its inhabitants, he seized it and took possession of it without 09Draskh1    67:27 | subjugated all the villages, awans, and agaraks in its vicinity 09Draskh1    67:28 | glance to the heavens above, and if we conducted ourselves in 09Draskh1    67:28 | redeeming power of the Lord, and would no longer have fallen 09Draskh1    67:28 | ground because of their weakness, and many people would have called 09Draskh1    67:29 | down their enemies very quickly, and would have laid my hand 09Draskh1    67:30 | have become dull like cattle and the irrational beasts, and revealed 09Draskh1    67:30 | cattle and the irrational beasts, and revealed that the image of 09Draskh1    67:30 | are nourished in the woods, and by those that travel along 09Draskh1    67:30 | that travel along the highways, and the stones of the vale 09Draskh1    68:1 | loving pious kings, princes, leaders and commanders of Armenia, our brethren 09Draskh1    68:1 | commanders of Armenia, our brethren and apostles of the church, the 09Draskh1    68:1 | to come) to your senses and rejected rash and disorderly boasting 09Draskh1    68:1 | your senses and rejected rash and disorderly boasting so that I 09Draskh1    68:1 | exempt from this formidable tempest and the huge foaming waves that 09Draskh1    68:1 | waves that have risen, swollen and fallen upon the race of 09Draskh1    68:2 | heart shivered with terror, shuddered and trembled, for the Lord sharpened 09Draskh1    68:3 | swollen until the present time and did not calm down, I 09Draskh1    68:3 | was forced to come here and hastened to have this history 09Draskh1    68:4 | the sufferings that surrounded us and then by the urgent order 09Draskh1    68:6 | this treatise with a clear and open mind, each one of 09Draskh1    68:6 | particular the veracity of each and every account as he reads 09Draskh1    68:6 | as he reads my presentation; and thus far he shall be 09Draskh1    68:8 | listen willingly to my supplications and advice for unanimity; that you 09Draskh1    68:8 | who was a good gift, and be reckoned among the children 09Draskh1    68:8 | mingle with the base, enticing and vile daughters of men who 09Draskh1    68:9 | waters that descended from heaven and streamed through the earth, but 09Draskh1    68:9 | the sea, through a disciplined and restrained life you are gathered 09Draskh1    68:10 | of sulphur whirl you around and set you on fire with 09Draskh1    68:10 | destructive blaze. But leaving Sodom and Segor, soar up to the 09Draskh1    68:10 | for those who are alert and vigilant 09Draskh1    68:11 | both sides (of the highway) and death awaits those who fall 09Draskh1    68:12 | a diabolical confusion that deceived and deceives us through the passions 09Draskh1    68:13 | Shipwrecked because of a wicked and impure life, do not regret 09Draskh1    68:13 | do not regret your straight and correct conduct, nor become the 09Draskh1    68:13 | taste. But remain perfectly safe and unspoiled by the slanderous violator 09Draskh1    68:14 | might become negligent of yourselves and sink into abysmal depths. For 09Draskh1    68:14 | steered the helm with skill and knowledge, what good will it 09Draskh1    68:15 | yourselves naked of that luminous and redeeming garment in which you 09Draskh1    68:16 | was taken as not taken, and disavowing the Beloved Son’s divine 09Draskh1    68:16 | from that which is harmful and hostile to the soul, and 09Draskh1    68:16 | and hostile to the soul, and with a clear mind cast 09Draskh1    68:17 | triple orders of the seraphim, and properly divide the songs of 09Draskh1    68:20 | a crevice of the rock and behold only the backside (or 09Draskh1    68:21 | that is ready at hand; and then you shall know Him 09Draskh1    68:22 | you. But I, the unworthy and wretched Yovhannes, humbly katholikos of 09Draskh1    68:22 | Armenia, beg you who read and listen to the message of 09Draskh1    68:22 | of remembrance in your holy and pious prayers. For on the 09Draskh1    68:22 | of His visitation both you and I may perhaps receive our 09Draskh1    68:22 | Lord Who is always blessed and glorified by all the creatures 09Draskh1    68:22 | the creatures to the ages and ages. Amen 10Tovma1    1:0 | of the far-off times and the disappearance of archives in 10Tovma1    1:0 | to pursue rapidly this search and to set down in proper 10Tovma1    1:0 | set down in proper style and to register in this book 10Tovma1    1:0 | the written works of antiquarians and many historical accounts; and I 10Tovma1    1:0 | antiquarians and many historical accounts; and I have written down whatever 10Tovma1    1:1 | arranging them according to tribe and the dividing up of the 10Tovma1    1:1 | tribe the Artsruni family arose. And since the equality of the 10Tovma1    1:2 | the multifarious researches of Eusebius and the faithful account of Africanus 10Tovma1    1:2 | the faithful account of Africanus and Moses K’ert’oł, first I shall 10Tovma1    1:3 | set down the more unlikely and doubtful suggestions from other critical 10Tovma1    1:3 | so that by your intelligent and wise erudition you may be 10Tovma1    1:4 | begat three sons: Zrvan, Titan, and Yapitost’ē, who are Sem, Ham 10Tovma1    1:4 | Yapitost’ē, who are Sem, Ham, and Japheth. Sem begat Elam and 10Tovma1    1:4 | and Japheth. Sem begat Elam and Asur and Arp’aksat’ and Aram 10Tovma1    1:4 | Sem begat Elam and Asur and Arp’aksat’ and Aram and Lud 10Tovma1    1:4 | Elam and Asur and Arp’aksat’ and Aram and Lud. Asur built 10Tovma1    1:4 | Asur and Arp’aksat’ and Aram and Lud. Asur built the city 10Tovma1    1:5 | built Babylon, the first city, and was the first to rule 10Tovma1    1:5 | it for himself by force and established there the kingdom of 10Tovma1    1:6 | was the husband of Semiramis, and begat Ninuas, whose lineage extends 10Tovma1    1:6 | Hezekiah, leader of the Hebrews, and our Haramay 10Tovma1    1:7 | should) expound it in toto and write down the truth. Was 10Tovma1    1:8 | descendant of Sem, built Nineveh, and Senek’erim ruled over Nineveh by 10Tovma1    1:8 | ruled over Nineveh by succession and was called king of Assyria 10Tovma1    1:8 | us by Eusebius of Caesarea and Julian of Halicarnassos, (who) aver 10Tovma1    1:8 | Titan dominated Zrvan, captured Babylon, and built his royal capital there 10Tovma1    1:9 | was the tenth from Sem and from Ham. But Nineveh was 10Tovma1    1:9 | according to Ariston the Chaldaean and Eusebius of Caesarea and Moses 10Tovma1    1:9 | Chaldaean and Eusebius of Caesarea and Moses Khorenats’i and Julian of 10Tovma1    1:9 | of Caesarea and Moses Khorenats’i and Julian of Halicarnassos 10Tovma1    1:10 | from the family of Zrvan and seized for himself the kingdom 10Tovma1    1:10 | descendant) of Zrvan to rule and made a sworn pact that 10Tovma1    1:10 | named Dionysia—very opulent, licentious, and sensual. She called herself Semiramis 10Tovma1    1:11 | in the genealogy of kings and legislators, save only according to 10Tovma1    1:11 | chronology—like Got’ołia in Israel, and Cleopatra daughter of Ptolemy Dionysius 10Tovma1    1:12 | the other beginning from Abraham and coming down as far as 10Tovma1    1:13 | Joseph, from Jacob, from Hełi, and so successively 10Tovma1    1:15 | over Assyria, their native empire; and her descendants (ruled) legitimately one 10Tovma1    1:15 | great power. He captured Babylon and built Tarsus on the model 10Tovma1    1:16 | Senek’erim by his sons, Adramelēk’ and Sanasar came with a strong 10Tovma1    1:17 | overthrew the (descendants) of Sem and built Babylon in its place 10Tovma1    1:17 | became king he captured Babylon and rebuilt Nineveh and moved there 10Tovma1    1:17 | captured Babylon and rebuilt Nineveh and moved there (the capital of 10Tovma1    1:17 | the division of the nations and the world built Egypt and 10Tovma1    1:17 | and the world built Egypt and ( the descendants) of Ham there 10Tovma1    1:17 | canon table (of Eusebius) Ninos and Shamiram and Abraham and the 10Tovma1    1:17 | of Eusebius) Ninos and Shamiram and Abraham and the sixteenth dynasty 10Tovma1    1:17 | Ninos and Shamiram and Abraham and the sixteenth dynasty of Egypt 10Tovma1    1:17 | the sixteenth dynasty of Egypt, and also in the fourth book 10Tovma1    1:18 | So Ninos and Shamiram ruled over Asians and 10Tovma1    1:18 | and Shamiram ruled over Asians and Egyptians and subjected them to 10Tovma1    1:18 | ruled over Asians and Egyptians and subjected them to tribute, but 10Tovma1    1:20 | for identical periods of months and days according to the four 10Tovma1    1:20 | again according to the waxing and waning of the moon 10Tovma1    1:21 | the books of every nation and having them translated into Greek 10Tovma1    1:21 | what others had said previously, and not a personal effort to 10Tovma1    1:22 | to comprehend these matters critically and not skim over them, we 10Tovma1    1:23 | paradise sinks into the earth and reemerges into the visible world 10Tovma1    1:23 | invisible (bed) as four mighty and powerful rivers 10Tovma1    1:24 | trees? With inconceivable grace, glory, and honour he (God) crowned man 10Tovma1    1:24 | with sovereign authority (over it) and gave him paradise to enjoy 10Tovma1    1:24 | creation, which after the rank and station of the first was 10Tovma1    1:25 | Scripture) saying: “to till it and keep it,” this was not 10Tovma1    1:25 | it means to work righteousness and keep the commandment, so that 10Tovma1    1:25 | faithful in this small matter,” and not merely have dominion over 10Tovma1    1:26 | kindly benefits of the Creator and at the same time the 10Tovma1    1:26 | the same time the command, and fell into the camp of 10Tovma1    1:26 | appropriate to call him deceitful and stupid. He was not content 10Tovma1    1:26 | was not content, for himself and his offspring, in his enchantment 10Tovma1    1:27 | for this most false plan and foolish decision, whereby he forgot 10Tovma1    1:27 | forgot his composition of dust and intended to turn his back 10Tovma1    1:27 | back on his awesome God and Creator. He who sees all 10Tovma1    1:27 | voice: “Where are you, Adam?” and tenderly bewailed his fall that 10Tovma1    1:28 | gave me from the tree and I ate.” And if Adam 10Tovma1    1:28 | the tree and I ate.” And if Adam (accused) his ilk 10Tovma1    1:28 | if Adam (accused) his ilk and helpmate of such things, how 10Tovma1    1:28 | sin, first on the snake and then on the woman fell 10Tovma1    1:29 | if the worker of sin and the firstborn of all evils 10Tovma1    1:30 | the curse the two (good and evil) became understood. Notably by 10Tovma1    1:30 | of his error through repentance, and thus (to provide) some little 10Tovma1    1:31 | left the land (of Eden) and exchanged it for this laborious 10Tovma1    1:31 | exchanged it for this laborious and painful lot by an irremedial 10Tovma1    1:31 | painful lot by an irremedial and pitiful exchange. Made in the 10Tovma1    1:31 | of woes, leaving to himself and his posterity as inheritance for 10Tovma1    1:31 | life of labour with death and childbearing in grief 10Tovma1    1:32 | Here with many laments and groaning we must quote the 10Tovma1    1:32 | saying: “Man was in honour and did not understand; he became 10Tovma1    1:32 | equal to the irrational animals and was rendered like unto them 10Tovma1    1:33 | Adam approached his wife Eve, and she conceived and bore Cain 10Tovma1    1:33 | wife Eve, and she conceived and bore Cain. He called him 10Tovma1    1:33 | Cain. He called him “acquired” and “ through God”; but (he was 10Tovma1    1:33 | father’s threatened punishment of death and himself mirrored in his son 10Tovma1    1:34 | not most honoured or important, and faulty but not irreproachable, (Cain 10Tovma1    1:35 | Abel took from the firstborn and succulent 10Tovma1    1:36 | Secondly, his state of vicious and fearless envy, why his (offering 10Tovma1    1:37 | him aside from his parents and slew him wrongfully 10Tovma1    1:38 | because (it was) a brother and not some stranger. Neither fear 10Tovma1    1:39 | his parents with incomprehensible bitterness and new mourning 10Tovma1    1:40 | supposing God to be unaware, and answered with brazen face, when 10Tovma1    1:41 | the generations of the penitent and righteous patriarchs 10Tovma1    1:42 | Philo of Alexandria, the philosopher and teacher of old, renders as 10Tovma1    1:42 | presciently the cause of begetting and the multiplication of humanity. For 10Tovma1    1:42 | Adam had many other sons and daughters, but they were not 10Tovma1    1:42 | begat according to his form and according to his image”; and 10Tovma1    1:42 | and according to his image”; and again: “God raised up for 10Tovma1    1:43 | the honour of God’s care, and had hope even more ardently 10Tovma1    1:44 | years old he begat Malaliel. And in the latter’s [135th] year the 10Tovma1    1:44 | that same life through repentance. And ( he taught them) to be 10Tovma1    1:44 | be a model of righteousness and patience, not for themselves alone 10Tovma1    1:45 | And that I might repeat the 10Tovma1    1:46 | God in destroying the race and sons of disobedience, who did 10Tovma1    1:47 | to make judgment on all and to reprove all the impious 10Tovma1    1:47 | he mentions their blasphemous habits and all the arrogant words that 10Tovma1    1:47 | arrogant words that the sinners and impious spoke about him 10Tovma1    1:48 | And that the number of the 10Tovma1    1:49 | old when he begat Mathusala, and he lived in the latter’s 10Tovma1    1:50 | old when he begat Noah, and he lived in the latter’s 10Tovma1    1:53 | men increased on the earth, and everyone assiduously plotted evil in 10Tovma1    1:54 | like wild herds in disorder and all kinds of dissoluteness, taking 10Tovma1    1:54 | in (their) strength of limb and unbridled in boasting of the 10Tovma1    1:55 | his heart, he who knows and sees all things perfectly clearly 10Tovma1    1:55 | clearly before they come about; and with human voice he indicated 10Tovma1    1:56 | Listen and wonder here even more, how 10Tovma1    1:57 | And there were visions even more 10Tovma1    1:57 | were visions even more striking and novel: the saints say that 10Tovma1    1:57 | that the sound of axes and the chopping of groups (of 10Tovma1    1:57 | the ears of everyone near and far for the terror and 10Tovma1    1:57 | and far for the terror and admonition of the heedless nation 10Tovma1    1:57 | that perchance they might turn and be saved 10Tovma1    1:58 | remained in his unchanging nature and delayed the right compensation for 10Tovma1    1:58 | turn from his wicked path and be saved 10Tovma1    1:60 | dwelt opposite the garden, fasting and mourning in penitence, lamenting the 10Tovma1    1:60 | bodily interests, abstaining from meat and wine in a life of 10Tovma1    1:60 | commanded: eat meat, like vegetables and herbs. After the flood Noah 10Tovma1    1:60 | the flood Noah drank wine; and because he was inexperienced in 10Tovma1    1:60 | last moment. Oh fearsome sounds and trembling of the foundation of 10Tovma1    1:60 | of the foundation of heaven and earth. For if the course 10Tovma1    1:60 | course of a single thunderbolt and the crack of the clouds 10Tovma1    1:60 | to terrify even intelligent persons and cause them to faint, what 10Tovma1    1:60 | torrents that broke their banks and burst from the depths before 10Tovma1    1:61 | And those not similar to these 10Tovma1    1:61 | is, lovers of the body and not of the spirit. The 10Tovma1    1:61 | remained in the same place, and there died. There the ark 10Tovma1    1:61 | the ark had been built and terrible evils abounded on earth 10Tovma1    1:62 | was commanded by the only and awesome God: “Enter your ark 10Tovma1    1:62 | your ark with your sons and the wives of your sons 10Tovma1    1:64 | with his sons, his wife, and the wives of his sons 10Tovma1    1:65 | that a daughter of Noah and the ship’s architect with his 10Tovma1    1:65 | ship’s architect with his wife and sons and intimate friends (also 10Tovma1    1:65 | with his wife and sons and intimate friends (also entered the 10Tovma1    1:65 | said to be his daughter’s. And Eusebius of Caesarea says that 10Tovma1    1:66 | who trusted the just one and took refuge with him believed 10Tovma1    1:66 | him believed in his words and obeyed with fear his commands 10Tovma1    1:67 | And when Scripture says “about eight 10Tovma1    1:68 | as the father of all, and placed them in the ark 10Tovma1    1:68 | later (when treating) of him. “ And the Lord shut up the 10Tovma1    1:70 | were opened to fuse heaven and earth in one uninterrupted sea 10Tovma1    1:70 | spreading water exterminated every breathing and living creature; for a whole 10Tovma1    1:70 | on the mountains of Korduk’, and the patriarch offered holocausts of 10Tovma1    1:71 | that same punishment on men and established an eternal covenant: “I 10Tovma1    1:71 | is fire emerging from cloud, and those who worship the elements 10Tovma1    1:72 | clear air above the dense and compact moist clouds. Since it 10Tovma1    1:73 | the sons of men increased and divided the world into three 10Tovma1    1:73 | to the account of Herodotus, and as the great Epiphanius expounds 10Tovma1    1:73 | of Philo, that noble man and very learned philosopher; a follower 10Tovma1    1:74 | on a beast of burden and brought them to the land 10Tovma1    1:75 | placed, a place of death and execution, the same is “summit 10Tovma1    1:75 | execution, the same is “summit” and “ Golgotha” in Hebrew, with a 10Tovma1    1:75 | from the sons of Sem, and it was built up as 10Tovma1    1:75 | He remembered his eternal covenant and the word which he commanded 10Tovma1    1:76 | given by his father Egypt and Libya and (the territory) as 10Tovma1    1:76 | his father Egypt and Libya and ( the territory) as far as 10Tovma1    1:76 | as far as the Northwest. And to Sem (was given) Asorestan 10Tovma1    1:77 | of Eber, demonstrating God’s will and the natural law to the 10Tovma1    1:77 | who ruled over our land and the kings of Assyria before 10Tovma1    2:0 | Concerning Bel and the Babylonians and their fables 10Tovma1    2:0 | Concerning Bel and the Babylonians and their fables 10Tovma1    2:1 | of later (writers) concerning Bel and the Chaldaeans’ heroic follies does 10Tovma1    2:2 | book was written by him and guarded very carefully in Babylon 10Tovma1    2:3 | account of his earlier deeds and placed it in a bronze 10Tovma1    2:3 | the city of the Siparats’ik’. And others haver in many various 10Tovma1    2:3 | many various ramblings about times and events—which inconsistencies we do 10Tovma1    2:4 | his warlike deeds at Troy and his valiant and powerful victories 10Tovma1    2:4 | at Troy and his valiant and powerful victories was named god 10Tovma1    2:4 | was named god by them. And he (was even more powerful 10Tovma1    2:4 | the deceit of some magus and magician said he was a 10Tovma1    2:4 | was a son of Ammon and Aramazd, although he did not 10Tovma1    2:5 | or more myriads of years and successive eras of different sorts 10Tovma1    2:5 | successive eras of different sorts and barbarous—(called) shar and ner 10Tovma1    2:5 | sorts and barbarous—(called) shar and ner and sos—so also 10Tovma1    2:5 | barbarous—(called) shar and ner and sos—so also, he allegorised 10Tovma1    2:5 | as doubtful. He was arrogant and confident in the strength of 10Tovma1    2:5 | the strength of his arm and his massive stature; for they 10Tovma1    2:5 | were honoured by the Babylonians and preserved down to the time 10Tovma1    2:5 | time of Alexander of Macedon; and a king of the Babylonians 10Tovma1    2:6 | God, the evil became habitual and was unfailingly preserved. After a 10Tovma1    2:6 | accordance with his uncontrollable force and the size of his stomach 10Tovma1    2:6 | valour things that are infamous and shameful, so also the Babylonians 10Tovma1    2:6 | ate twelve measures of flour and forty sheep. For that reason 10Tovma1    2:6 | see how much he eats and drinks 10Tovma1    2:7 | with brains addled by mice and moles, unless you have anything 10Tovma1    2:8 | of the ancients, what madness and devilish inventions penetrated into the 10Tovma1    2:8 | former times: rebellion against God and grief for the holy angels 10Tovma1    2:8 | the people of that time and many blameless: if so many 10Tovma1    2:9 | vengeance from Bel in Babylon, and I shall take from his 10Tovma1    2:9 | has swallowed.” For certain phantoms and shadows of the ancients, according 10Tovma1    2:10 | initiative declared himself a god and reigned in Babylon with mighty 10Tovma1    2:10 | to worship it as god and offer it sacrifices. This was 10Tovma1    2:11 | or other shadowy appearances, dreamlike and deceitful demons—but he showed 10Tovma1    2:11 | have died before their fathers, and in their merciful compassion their 10Tovma1    2:12 | images in honour of giants and heroes and barbarian kings. And 10Tovma1    2:12 | honour of giants and heroes and barbarian kings. And in his 10Tovma1    2:12 | and heroes and barbarian kings. And in his time they became 10Tovma1    2:14 | the hunter (descended from) Ham and spurned him, saying: “Not only 10Tovma1    2:14 | but you are a dog, and a pack of dogs runs 10Tovma1    2:15 | blessings of the great patriarch and father of the world Noah 10Tovma1    2:15 | saying: “God will increase Japheth and cause him to dwell in 10Tovma1    2:15 | was the lot of Sem; and when Hayk fled and removed 10Tovma1    2:15 | Sem; and when Hayk fled and removed himself from Bel and 10Tovma1    2:15 | and removed himself from Bel and Babylon, he came to eastern 10Tovma1    2:16 | the mode of his death, and how his embalmed corpse was 10Tovma1    2:16 | calls the father of Nebrot’; and Ethiopia is part of Egypt 10Tovma1    2:16 | Ethiopia is part of Egypt and of greater Libya 10Tovma1    2:18 | And the fact that they say 10Tovma1    2:18 | say Ninos reigned after Bel and were unconcerned about those (in 10Tovma1    2:18 | notable exploits of valiant men and not about those of ignoble 10Tovma1    2:18 | were to portray the character and images of valiant men as 10Tovma1    2:18 | of valiant men as virile and splendid; while the feeble and 10Tovma1    2:18 | and splendid; while the feeble and effeminate (characters) of the ignoble 10Tovma1    2:18 | effeminate (characters) of the ignoble and lower sort were to be 10Tovma1    3:0 | of the Assyrians; how Zradasht and Manitop became leaders of the 10Tovma1    3:0 | the region of the East; and their erroneous teachings 10Tovma1    3:3 | became even more arrogant, haughty, and egoistic; he said he was 10Tovma1    3:3 | he was the original hero and first king. For, gathering the 10Tovma1    3:4 | have reigned over all Asia and Libya except only for India 10Tovma1    3:5 | And having subdued Zradasht the magus 10Tovma1    3:5 | the magus, king of Bactria and Media, he pursued him as 10Tovma1    3:5 | reigned powerfully over all Khuzhastan and the eastern regions and Persia 10Tovma1    3:5 | Khuzhastan and the eastern regions and Persia, even beyond Balkh and 10Tovma1    3:5 | and Persia, even beyond Balkh and Depuhan, over Govmayid and Guzban 10Tovma1    3:5 | Balkh and Depuhan, over Govmayid and Guzban, Sher-i-bamamakan and 10Tovma1    3:5 | and Guzban, Sher-i-bamamakan and Khochihrastan, and altogether as far 10Tovma1    3:5 | Sher-i-bamamakan and Khochihrastan, and altogether as far as the 10Tovma1    3:5 | he ruled with great valour and bravery for fifty-two years 10Tovma1    3:6 | also fortified Babylon with walls and put down the rebellion of 10Tovma1    3:7 | And since in her lascivious wicked 10Tovma1    3:7 | thinking only of her lovers ( and showering them) with expensive treasures 10Tovma1    3:7 | showering them) with expensive treasures and liberal honours, she appointed Zradasht 10Tovma1    3:7 | Zradasht as governor of Babylon and Khuzhastan and all eastern Persia 10Tovma1    3:7 | governor of Babylon and Khuzhastan and all eastern Persia. She herself 10Tovma1    3:8 | are indeed worthy of wonder, and also the revolt of Zradasht 10Tovma1    3:8 | Zradasht, the death of Semiramis and the saying about her talisman 10Tovma1    3:9 | father. He reigned over Assyria, and for a while also over 10Tovma1    3:9 | peace, being of pleasure-loving and unwarlike character 10Tovma1    3:10 | condemning the (stories) about Bel and the other heroes as being 10Tovma1    3:10 | heroes as being very ancient and obscure, he composed a new 10Tovma1    3:10 | about himself in order once and for all to separate the 10Tovma1    3:10 | all to separate the Persians and Medes from the Babylonians and 10Tovma1    3:10 | and Medes from the Babylonians and that in doctrine and repute 10Tovma1    3:10 | Babylonians and that in doctrine and repute he might no more 10Tovma1    3:11 | to become father of Ormizd and note: “May I have a 10Tovma1    3:11 | name, who will create heaven and earth.” So Zruan conceived twins 10Tovma1    3:11 | asked him: “Who are you?” And he replied: “I am your 10Tovma1    3:11 | My son Ormizd is luminous and sweet-smelling, but you are 10Tovma1    3:11 | smelling, but you are dark and evil-loving.” But since he 10Tovma1    3:11 | thousand years Ormizd was born, and he said to his brother 10Tovma1    3:12 | Realising his defeat Arhmn rebelled and revolted against Ormizd, becoming an 10Tovma1    3:12 | good, the latter made evil. And not to repeat every detail 10Tovma1    3:12 | that is good is Ormizd’s and noble, while evil things and 10Tovma1    3:12 | and noble, while evil things and demons are Haraman’s 10Tovma1    3:13 | think Zradasht’s teachings most ridiculous and say that he was a 10Tovma1    3:13 | some time may get angry and destroy you 10Tovma1    3:14 | be a war between Ormizd and Haraman. Being greatly famished, Ormizd 10Tovma1    3:14 | a bull, he stole it and led it aside. He sacrificed 10Tovma1    3:14 | piling up stones over it, and waited for evening in order 10Tovma1    3:14 | to remove secretly his plunder and satisfy his hunger 10Tovma1    3:15 | food but found it bad and spoiled; for lizards and spotted 10Tovma1    3:15 | bad and spoiled; for lizards and spotted lizards and newts and 10Tovma1    3:15 | for lizards and spotted lizards and newts and beetles had come 10Tovma1    3:15 | and spotted lizards and newts and beetles had come up and 10Tovma1    3:15 | and beetles had come up and eaten his prey. So thenceforth 10Tovma1    3:15 | his prey. So thenceforth woodlouse and every kind of insect captured 10Tovma1    3:16 | raving nonsense he also legislated. And it was not for frivolous 10Tovma1    3:16 | this devilish doctrine much oppression and death have ravaged and destroyed 10Tovma1    3:16 | oppression and death have ravaged and destroyed Armenia—as the history 10Tovma1    3:16 | history of the saints Vardan and his Companions indicates to you 10Tovma1    3:17 | but the nature of Ormizd. And Hephaistos and Prometheus, who are 10Tovma1    3:17 | nature of Ormizd. And Hephaistos and Prometheus, who are the sun 10Tovma1    3:17 | Prometheus, who are the sun and moon, stole the fire from 10Tovma1    3:17 | stole the fire from Ormizd and gave a part (of it 10Tovma1    3:17 | part (of it) to mankind. And earth is host to the 10Tovma1    3:17 | appears, so it (always) was and remains; and man is self 10Tovma1    3:17 | it (always) was and remains; and man is self-begotten 10Tovma1    3:19 | Persecuted in an unknown land and being found there untrustworthy, he 10Tovma1    3:19 | the middle of the world, and leaving there became our patriarch 10Tovma1    3:20 | say that unknown land was?” And they note: “There is an 10Tovma1    3:21 | a part of that mountain and saw that the regions of 10Tovma1    3:21 | night (giving) a diverse appearance; and in the daytime (it is 10Tovma1    3:22 | other accounts I rejected (them) and was strongly inclined to believe 10Tovma1    3:22 | in truth paradise was physical and tangible, and not spiritual or 10Tovma1    3:22 | paradise was physical and tangible, and not spiritual or between two 10Tovma1    3:23 | outside the borders of paradise. And the circumstances of the wonderful 10Tovma1    3:23 | day grows with incredible rapidity and then suddenly shrinks; the drops 10Tovma1    3:24 | And there are not only strange 10Tovma1    3:24 | there are not only strange and incomprehensible forms and types of 10Tovma1    3:24 | only strange and incomprehensible forms and types of plants but also 10Tovma1    3:24 | even) said of the demons. “ And we heard the lashing of 10Tovma1    3:24 | of the tormentors,” he says, “ and saw the blows falling on 10Tovma1    3:25 | voice (warning) not to gather and not to cut, otherwise that 10Tovma1    3:25 | otherwise that person would die and the group would be destroyed 10Tovma1    3:26 | fowl or beast, save heaven and earth 10Tovma1    3:27 | the sea. Placing the tents and all the camp (equipment) on 10Tovma1    3:27 | equipment) on board, we embarked and sailed to an island in 10Tovma1    3:27 | but a crab came out and dragged fifty-four soldiers into 10Tovma1    3:28 | on from there in fright and in two days arrived at 10Tovma1    3:28 | to instruct servants to try and see where the place of 10Tovma1    3:28 | friends, one hundred young men and twelve hundred soldiers only 10Tovma1    3:29 | us which had human faces and were larger than birds at 10Tovma1    3:30 | When I heard this, trembling and terror gripped me from fear 10Tovma1    3:30 | terror gripped me from fear and dread. I was forced to 10Tovma1    3:30 | these three guises: angels, men, and demons, but not as birds 10Tovma1    3:31 | of the area were awesome and tangible, altogether outside the (realm 10Tovma1    3:31 | They were guarded by diligent and alert, yet invisible, guards like 10Tovma1    3:32 | other (tales) from these fables and similar motiveless stories according to 10Tovma1    3:32 | to their believers in Zradasht and Manit’op 10Tovma1    3:33 | part of it to mankind, and kept most of it for 10Tovma1    3:33 | most of it for himself. And they say Hephaistos was lame 10Tovma1    3:33 | was lame in both feet, and has glowing embers in his 10Tovma1    3:33 | glowing embers in his hand ( and) tongs and hammers, and sits 10Tovma1    3:33 | in his hand (and) tongs and hammers, and sits forging men 10Tovma1    3:33 | hand (and) tongs and hammers, and sits forging men. Now if 10Tovma1    3:34 | Furthermore, since he worships fire and not the sun, which is 10Tovma1    3:34 | is it that the thief and weak one is worshipped like 10Tovma1    3:34 | are produced by striking stone and iron, or also by rubbing 10Tovma1    3:35 | into a clean clear glass and placed in the heat of 10Tovma1    3:35 | rendered void,” according to Scripture, “ and whose destruction will never abate 10Tovma1    3:36 | infatuated with their own thoughts, and their hearts were darkened in 10Tovma1    3:36 | held themselves to be wise and transformed the glory of the 10Tovma1    3:37 | dishonoured the laws of nature and ( then) turned away from the 10Tovma1    3:37 | should at least know themselves, and then from things visible comprehend 10Tovma1    3:37 | things),” he says, “are known and seen from created things—that 10Tovma1    3:37 | things—that is, his eternity and power and divinity—so that 10Tovma1    3:37 | is, his eternity and power and divinity—so that they may 10Tovma1    3:38 | movement—that is, the sun and moon and stars and other 10Tovma1    3:38 | is, the sun and moon and stars and other such (bodies 10Tovma1    3:38 | sun and moon and stars and other such (bodies). And it 10Tovma1    3:38 | stars and other such (bodies). And it is clear that they 10Tovma1    3:38 | they are moved by another; and if by another, then it 10Tovma1    3:39 | And because the movement of heaven 10Tovma1    3:39 | movement of heaven is one and the same, it is clear 10Tovma1    3:39 | moved by a single someone and not by many. For if 10Tovma1    3:39 | its movement would be varied and confused, not regular. And because 10Tovma1    3:39 | varied and confused, not regular. And because the heaven is eternally 10Tovma1    3:40 | a body has limited power and is not able to move 10Tovma1    3:40 | able to move heaven continuously and regularly. From this it is 10Tovma1    3:40 | the created is from matter and form; what is made from 10Tovma1    3:40 | from matter is not bodiless and does not have limitless power 10Tovma1    3:40 | power. Now he is uncreated and unlimited and not brought into 10Tovma1    3:40 | he is uncreated and unlimited and not brought into being by 10Tovma1    3:40 | brought into being by someone. And that which is uncreated, the 10Tovma1    3:40 | uncreated, the same is incorruptible; and what is incorruptible, the same 10Tovma1    3:40 | the eternal has no beginning and no end 10Tovma1    3:41 | has unlimited power, is bodiless and uncreated and incorruptible, is himself 10Tovma1    3:41 | power, is bodiless and uncreated and incorruptible, is himself not (created 10Tovma1    3:41 | but only to one, God; and he is Creator 10Tovma1    4:1 | called) Ninuas, son of Ninos and Semiramis, in the fifty-third 10Tovma1    4:1 | he ruled over all Asia and Armenia 10Tovma1    4:2 | rule over all eastern Persia and subjected it to tax, (ruling 10Tovma1    4:2 | did anything worthy of record, and none of them held power 10Tovma1    4:2 | twenty years. For their unwarlike and peace-loving character kept them 10Tovma1    4:2 | one saw them except concubines and eunuchs 10Tovma1    4:3 | indicate in resume their names and times and a little of 10Tovma1    4:3 | resume their names and times and a little of what happened 10Tovma1    4:4 | restored the kingdom of Nebrot and called himself Bel 10Tovma1    4:5 | in war she subjected it; and on her return she exercised 10Tovma1    4:5 | In her last year Esau and Jacob were born, called two 10Tovma1    4:5 | became king of the Thessalians ( and ruled) for thirty-five years 10Tovma1    4:12 | year Moses went from Egypt and laboured virtuously in the desert 10Tovma1    4:13 | year Moses became the leader and legislator of the Jews 10Tovma1    4:24 | was captured by the Athenians; and in his time the exploits 10Tovma1    4:27 | time David reigned in Jerusalem, and the kingdom of the Assyrians 10Tovma1    4:33 | his debauchery he was dissolute and corrupt in the affairs of 10Tovma1    4:33 | troops became wearied of him and caused him to be defeated 10Tovma1    4:33 | defeated in battle by Varbakes and Bēlos, the general of the 10Tovma1    4:34 | of the Assyrians from Bel and Ninos had been [1,300] years. Varbakes 10Tovma1    4:34 | him many troops in support, and reestablished the kingdom of Armenia 10Tovma1    4:36 | of those (kings) some Assyrians and Chaldaeans descended from the earlier 10Tovma1    4:36 | period of anarchy, to emigrate and assemble a numerous army in 10Tovma1    4:36 | in the regions of Damascus and Nineveh. After twenty-eight years 10Tovma1    4:36 | they again ruled over Babylon and lower Assyria, called Khuzhastan; they 10Tovma1    4:37 | Unable to oppose the Medes and Persians, they debouched in war 10Tovma1    4:37 | into the regions of Palestine and besieged Samaria. And because the 10Tovma1    4:37 | of Palestine and besieged Samaria. And because the kingdom of the 10Tovma1    4:38 | latter came out against Judaea and took captive to Assyria the 10Tovma1    4:38 | in the mountain of Media. And he destroyed the kingdom . . . which 10Tovma1    4:38 | someone who was called Nerełibd and who was a king 10Tovma1    4:39 | captured him with his allies, and established his own son Asordanis 10Tovma1    4:39 | He himself went to Mesopotamia and valiantly subjected Emat’ and Arbat’ 10Tovma1    4:39 | Mesopotamia and valiantly subjected Emat’ and Arbat’ and all the regions 10Tovma1    4:39 | valiantly subjected Emat’ and Arbat’ and all the regions of Damascus 10Tovma1    4:39 | all the regions of Damascus and Cilicia and many other (places 10Tovma1    4:39 | regions of Damascus and Cilicia and many other (places 10Tovma1    4:40 | attacked the land of Palestine and Jerusalem in order to blockade 10Tovma1    4:40 | command his army was destroyed and he returned to Nineveh. His 10Tovma1    4:40 | His two other sons Adramelēk’ and Sanasar plotted against him out 10Tovma1    4:56 | the kingdom of the Assyrians and Medes was completely destroyed by 10Tovma1    5:0 | gathered cavalry to attack Armenia and carry out his evil projects 10Tovma1    5:1 | Cappadocia, Georgia, Albania, the ferocious and gigantic troops of Ayrarat, and 10Tovma1    5:1 | and gigantic troops of Ayrarat, and all the numerous companions of 10Tovma1    5:1 | the numerous companions of soldiers and the sons of Senek’erim, in 10Tovma1    5:1 | of Senek’erim, in full readiness and immense numbers, to hasten without 10Tovma1    5:2 | to the region of Makan, and camped in the plain of 10Tovma1    5:3 | to aid Tigran. For Cyrus and Tigran had become mutual allies 10Tovma1    5:3 | Tigran had become mutual allies and were similar in every respect 10Tovma1    5:3 | were like-minded, very intelligent, and endowed with many noble qualities 10Tovma1    5:3 | noble qualities. But before Tigran and Cyrus had joined forces, Ashdahak 10Tovma1    5:3 | Ashdahak sent gifts to Cyrus and promised to give him control 10Tovma1    5:3 | Senek’erim: the regions of Nineveh and Tmorik’ with its fortress 10Tovma1    5:4 | often, sending ambassadors with messages and presents. Xerxes was informed of 10Tovma1    5:4 | of these deliberations by Adramelēk’ and Sanasar, the sons of Senek’erim 10Tovma1    5:4 | to Tigran, king of Armenia, and informed him of Ashdahak’s plans 10Tovma1    5:4 | of Senek’erim were greatly angered and irreconcilable towards Ashdahak on account 10Tovma1    5:4 | seized the kingdom from Sardanapalos and the ancestors of the family 10Tovma1    5:5 | a message from Tigran, Sanasar and his colleagues went with gifts 10Tovma1    5:5 | hurried up from the rear and seized the bronze-hammered muzzle 10Tovma1    5:6 | he reigned over the Medes and Persians 10Tovma1    5:7 | he brought them to Armenia and reduced them to the rank 10Tovma1    5:7 | serve as bearers of eagles and falcons. Promoting them to the 10Tovma1    5:7 | raised them to noble status and settled them in the province 10Tovma1    5:7 | them in Jołakhel, in Vranjunik’, and in Hakhram. He waited some 10Tovma1    5:8 | these events, in great speed and anxiety he assembled a host 10Tovma1    5:8 | the armies of the South and North to Xerxes and Arshēz 10Tovma1    5:8 | South and North to Xerxes and Arshēz, the latter’s son, (with 10Tovma1    5:8 | there quickly. They marched off and met him at Dmbuind in 10Tovma1    5:9 | a long time. King Cyrus and Xerxes arrived. Arshēz surrounded the 10Tovma1    5:9 | with his shield-bearing soldiers, and great tumult ensued 10Tovma1    5:10 | backpiece, shin guards, leg greaves, and helmet, so that he seemed 10Tovma1    5:10 | almost entirely covered in bronze; and when disposed in his massive 10Tovma1    5:11 | Then Xerxes and Arshēz, full of cunning, shouted 10Tovma1    5:11 | army—“Cyrus’s army is defeated and the king has fled.” Rejoicing 10Tovma1    5:11 | Lydians) abandoned their fortified positions and rushed after Cyrus, jostling each 10Tovma1    5:12 | Then Xerxes and Arshēz rapidly advanced to encounter 10Tovma1    5:12 | stripped him of his armour and his horse’s armour, and brought 10Tovma1    5:12 | armour and his horse’s armour, and brought him before Cyrus. Cyrus 10Tovma1    5:12 | brought him back to Khorasan, and from there he returned to 10Tovma1    5:12 | had been successfully concluded, Xerxes and his colleagues returned, receiving as 10Tovma1    5:12 | gift Tmorik’ with its fortress and the river banks of Nineveh 10Tovma1    5:13 | Persian kingdom, he captured Babylon and released the Jewish captives. The 10Tovma1    5:14 | has attacked to wage war and to wrest from me the 10Tovma1    5:14 | he sent this same Xerxes and Arshēz his son with [40,000] men 10Tovma1    5:15 | prophet Ezra, King Salat’iel, died and is buried in Marbakatina in 10Tovma1    5:15 | astonishing the whole Persian army and the barbarians too 10Tovma1    5:16 | the greatest to the least, and not a single one of 10Tovma1    5:16 | one of them survived. Xerxes and Arshēz brought the sons of 10Tovma1    5:17 | they returned in great strength and notable victory. These are the 10Tovma1    5:17 | victory. These are the Gog and Magog mentioned in the books 10Tovma1    5:17 | books of the prophets Amos and Ezekiel 10Tovma1    6:1 | people lived diversely, in confusion and anarchy, holding various lands, submitting 10Tovma1    6:19 | world. He rapidly attacked Dareh and killed him, exterminating the kingdom 10Tovma1    6:20 | gods, he lowered his eyes and gazed at the ground 10Tovma1    6:21 | haste to greet the king and say: “When valiant men meet 10Tovma1    6:22 | Astonished at his stoutheartedness and his wise argument, Alexander’s generals 10Tovma1    6:22 | wise argument, Alexander’s generals Ptolemy and Seleucus requested Asud as a 10Tovma1    6:22 | Alexander was full of wisdom and exceedingly intelligent, yet he was 10Tovma1    6:22 | had been given by Alexander— and had a liberal stipend arranged 10Tovma1    6:23 | established at the royal court and progressed through his great prowess 10Tovma1    6:23 | lived for thirty-three years and reigning for twelve 10Tovma1    6:24 | ruled his kingdom alone strictly and fearlessly, appointed four generals for 10Tovma1    6:24 | the world: Ptolemy for Egypt and India; Seleucus for Asia and 10Tovma1    6:24 | and India; Seleucus for Asia and all the North; Antipater for 10Tovma1    6:24 | the North; Antipater for Persia and all the East 10Tovma1    6:25 | Now by deceit and force Ptolemy held Jerusalem and 10Tovma1    6:25 | and force Ptolemy held Jerusalem and Judaea for twelve years; many 10Tovma1    6:25 | he brought down from there and settled in Egypt. Then Seleucus 10Tovma1    6:25 | held the kingdom of Assyria and Babylon and the upper regions 10Tovma1    6:25 | kingdom of Assyria and Babylon and the upper regions 10Tovma1    6:26 | him all dominion over Egypt and India; then he removed himself 10Tovma1    6:26 | there he went to Jerusalem and there worshipped God 10Tovma1    6:27 | was favoured with such splendour and the wealth of Egypt and 10Tovma1    6:27 | and the wealth of Egypt and India, yet remembering his original 10Tovma1    6:28 | he (Asud) died in Egypt and ( his body) remains there 10Tovma1    6:29 | after the death of Alexander and the anarchy in Armenia and 10Tovma1    6:29 | and the anarchy in Armenia and Persia, Arshak the Valiant ruled 10Tovma1    6:29 | Valiant ruled over the Medes and Persians and Egyptians and Elamites 10Tovma1    6:29 | over the Medes and Persians and Egyptians and Elamites, in the 10Tovma1    6:29 | Medes and Persians and Egyptians and Elamites, in the city of 10Tovma1    6:29 | brother Vałarshak came to Armenia and imposed disciplined order on that 10Tovma1    6:29 | disciplined order on that troubled and confused country 10Tovma1    6:30 | noble families, introducing titles, positions, and ranks. As for the descendants 10Tovma1    6:30 | Sanasar, they lived as need and circumstance dictated, now thus now 10Tovma1    6:30 | remembrance of that man’s nobility and his friendship to his ancestor 10Tovma1    6:30 | of the authority which Tigran and Cyrus had given them, they 10Tovma1    6:31 | his martial deeds of bravery and valour. He almost surpassed the 10Tovma1    6:31 | heroes of the Kushans, Medes, and Elamites. He gained a reputation 10Tovma1    6:31 | gained a reputation for victory and even more so for wise 10Tovma1    6:31 | intelligence, progressing in station, rank, and favour. For he was asked 10Tovma1    6:31 | ancestors), from which (father), when, and in whose time 10Tovma1    6:32 | mode, the circumstance, the occasion, and everything else, he requested him 10Tovma1    6:32 | him with him to Armenia, and named him Artsruni, as being 10Tovma1    6:33 | settlement of his ancestors Adramelēk’ and Sanasar in Arzn 10Tovma1    6:34 | because of their noble courage and their eagle-like audacity and 10Tovma1    6:34 | and their eagle-like audacity and boldness in battle 10Tovma1    6:36 | Dionysius; she reigned over Egypt and Alexandria. Opening the depository of 10Tovma1    6:37 | and likewise, all the other (acts 10Tovma1    6:37 | other (acts) according to family and place: the deeds of the 10Tovma1    6:37 | the deeds of the cowardly and insignificant indicated in accordance with 10Tovma1    6:38 | lover of literature wrote down and arranged with accuracy. Then they 10Tovma1    6:39 | earlier historians, from Mambrē Vertsanoł and his brother called Moses, and 10Tovma1    6:39 | and his brother called Moses, and another Theodore K’ert’oł; they had 10Tovma1    6:39 | with the other holy bishops and priests. At the command of 10Tovma1    6:39 | urgent task of critically investigating and arranging in abbreviated fashion the 10Tovma1    6:39 | the genealogies of past families, and diligently reviewing these histories in 10Tovma1    6:40 | Oh Gagik general of Armenia and prince of Vaspurakan, have undertaken 10Tovma1    6:40 | I reach the wide-spreading and extensive arena of written histories 10Tovma1    6:40 | shall expound (these matters) systematically and shall arrange them for your 10Tovma1    6:42 | leading prince of the Bagratunis and sparapet of Armenia, with his 10Tovma1    6:42 | of Armenia, with his family and all his relatives, he inflicted 10Tovma1    6:43 | down Enanos from the gibbet and saved his family from the 10Tovma1    6:44 | Jajuṙ received him with respect and ready provisions, and settled him 10Tovma1    6:44 | with respect and ready provisions, and settled him in the region 10Tovma1    6:44 | the Bagratuni house to come and live in that part of 10Tovma1    6:44 | marriage alliance between the Bagratunik’ and the Artsrunik’. It took place 10Tovma1    6:45 | for twenty years Arjam died and his son Abgar became king 10Tovma1    6:45 | of the renewal of creation and the illumination of all men 10Tovma1    6:46 | a great pleasure for me, and especially for everyone—or rather 10Tovma1    6:46 | pleasure) for you to hear and for me to write 10Tovma1    6:47 | historians demonstrate—especially the evangelist and apostle John, son of thunder 10Tovma1    6:48 | Philipp, who was from Bethsaida, and note: ’We wish to see 10Tovma1    6:48 | the Saviour with Abgar’s letters; and they heard his symbolic response 10Tovma1    6:49 | fulfil his (Abgar’s) desired request. And Christ, the source of life 10Tovma1    6:49 | a napkin in a glorious and ineffable manner 10Tovma1    6:50 | concerning the honourable, co-regnant, and magnificent princedom of the Artsrunik’ 10Tovma1    6:50 | as its noble families increased and multiplied had reached this period 10Tovma1    6:50 | this period of Abgar’s rule and belief in Christ 10Tovma1    6:51 | chief general of the army and commander of the kingdom of 10Tovma1    6:51 | first (Armenian) believer in Christ and was baptised at the hands 10Tovma1    6:51 | he demonstrated a most upright and pious way of life worthy 10Tovma1    6:52 | Artsruni, of his comprehensive intelligence and deep wisdom. So let us 10Tovma1    6:52 | us to linger with praises and ( thereby) neglect the thread of 10Tovma1    6:53 | son of Antipater of Ascalon and whose mother was Eupatra, an 10Tovma1    6:53 | Christ—as Josephus tells us, and also about what he did 10Tovma1    6:54 | five sons, among them Herod and Philipp, whose wife Herod had 10Tovma1    6:55 | with Abgar, king of Armenia, and with the great general Khuran 10Tovma1    6:55 | support Khuran Artsruni, a wise and valiant man, mighty with the 10Tovma1    6:55 | man, mighty with the bow and a well-armed cavalry man 10Tovma1    6:56 | alliance of Aretas with Abgar and Khuran provided a reason, yet 10Tovma1    6:56 | provided a reason, yet Abgar and Khuran in their love for 10Tovma1    6:56 | in their love for Christ and for the fame of the 10Tovma1    6:56 | the murder of the Baptist and the torments of Christ. And 10Tovma1    6:56 | and the torments of Christ. And it was the sixteenth year 10Tovma1    6:57 | the ascension of our Saviour and the death of the pious 10Tovma1    6:57 | idols that Abgar had scorned and rejected. He also trapped the 10Tovma1    6:57 | which the latter was mocked and despised 10Tovma1    6:58 | greater part of the army and went to Sanatruk at Shavarshan 10Tovma1    6:58 | was building collapsed on him and killed him—exacting vengeance for 10Tovma1    6:59 | Khuran performed many heroic exploits and victories with the soldiers that 10Tovma1    6:59 | honoured him with purple (robes) and a baton in the stadium 10Tovma1    6:59 | reigning for twenty-three years; and in place of Tiberius, Gaius 10Tovma1    6:59 | the Less reigned for three and one half years 10Tovma1    6:60 | because of the impious Sanatruk and had gone to the holy 10Tovma1    6:60 | in Jerusalem. Taking the queen’s and his own gold, he went 10Tovma1    6:60 | to distribute it to orphans and widows as well as all 10Tovma1    6:61 | There Khuran lived and there he died at a 10Tovma1    7:1 | he left his son Vach’ē and his brother Arshavir at Harran 10Tovma1    7:1 | queen went to Jerusalem, Vach’ē and Arshavir, being afraid to go 10Tovma1    7:1 | treaty of peace between Abgar and Nerseh and Khuran Artsruni 10Tovma1    7:1 | peace between Abgar and Nerseh and Khuran Artsruni 10Tovma1    7:2 | enter or leave the palace and through him conduct whatever business 10Tovma1    7:2 | the greatest to the least; and Arshavir he appointed as commander 10Tovma1    7:3 | nobles took offence at them and induced one of Nerseh’s relatives 10Tovma1    7:3 | by name, to approach Nerseh and say: “Why were you pleased 10Tovma1    7:3 | perhaps inflict harm on you and snatch the kingdom of Nineveh 10Tovma1    7:4 | Khuran, the father of Vach’ē and brother of Arshavir, had become 10Tovma1    7:4 | when Abgar went to Persia and they made a mutual treaty 10Tovma1    7:5 | they may depose your family and descendants from the throne of 10Tovma1    7:6 | because of these slanderers Vach’ē and Arshavir went to Artashēs king 10Tovma1    7:6 | to Artashēs king of Persia and remained there until the return 10Tovma1    7:6 | of Sanatruk, who came here and reigned as king after killing 10Tovma1    7:7 | regions of Media to Atrpatakan, and was residing with a certain 10Tovma1    7:7 | residing with a certain general and magus called Peroz-Vram. Smbat 10Tovma1    7:8 | He obediently went without delay, and explaining to Eruand the reasons 10Tovma1    7:8 | of Sanatruk as foster parents; and you swore by Artemis and 10Tovma1    7:8 | and you swore by Artemis and Aramazd that when you were 10Tovma1    7:8 | Artashēs. So Smbat took Artashēs and went to settle on the 10Tovma1    7:9 | of the province of Tosp, and called the spot Eruandakank’. Sahak 10Tovma1    7:9 | haste to return to Her and Zarevand. “For,” he said, “Eruand 10Tovma1    7:9 | across the border of Media.” And he had the child’s needs 10Tovma1    7:10 | was taken by his tutor and brought before Eruand. He had 10Tovma1    7:10 | had been unable to escape and go whither he might wish 10Tovma1    7:10 | his way he be siezed and condemned to death. But Eruand 10Tovma1    7:10 | the oath to his father and allowed him to go and 10Tovma1    7:10 | and allowed him to go and settle and live wherever he 10Tovma1    7:10 | him to go and settle and live wherever he might please 10Tovma1    7:11 | same time Smbat took Artashēs and came down from the mountain 10Tovma1    7:11 | days in safety from distrust and fear of Eruand 10Tovma1    7:12 | that is uninhabited by men and free from the attacks of 10Tovma1    7:12 | Eruand’s brigands. So, he came and stopped in the town of 10Tovma1    7:13 | around begging his daily sustenance, and came in his woe to 10Tovma1    7:14 | to the Persian king Artashēs; and demonstrating there many deeds of 10Tovma1    7:14 | the aid of an army and made him king over Armenia 10Tovma1    7:15 | Vach’ē and Arshavir then returned with Artashēs 10Tovma1    7:15 | of Artashēs, king of kings, and in the . . . year of the 10Tovma1    7:15 | court: the mountain of Sim and Ałdznik’ as far as the 10Tovma1    8:1 | flourishing in its systematic orderliness and prosperous administration, as the books 10Tovma1    8:1 | books of the historians explain, and he had married Sat’inik as 10Tovma1    8:2 | waves as they jumped in and out; it looked across to 10Tovma1    8:3 | himself among his proud nobility and seeing before him the shimmering 10Tovma1    8:3 | with bushy trees, wine-stocks, and various fruits 10Tovma1    8:4 | established thickly planted gardens, blooming and smelling sweetly from the variety 10Tovma1    8:4 | did they dazzle the eye and their smell delight the nose 10Tovma1    8:5 | protect the source of water; and he strengthened the wall around 10Tovma1    8:5 | so that it was secure and inaccessible to attackers. He set 10Tovma1    8:6 | set the image of Astłik, and nearby the treasure house of 10Tovma1    8:7 | And for the improvement of the 10Tovma1    8:7 | the west of the plain and along the shore of the 10Tovma1    8:7 | the lake he arranged walls and had the enclosure filled with 10Tovma1    8:8 | the construction of the city and made ready the inaccessible and 10Tovma1    8:8 | and made ready the inaccessible and secure fortress, he called the 10Tovma1    8:9 | autumn season to the fortified and beautifully built palace that adorned 10Tovma1    8:10 | from here to the Medes and Persians, he returned in great 10Tovma1    8:10 | he returned in great force and with royal magnificence to reign 10Tovma1    8:11 | since they were fellow countrymen and confidants of Sat’inik’s and had 10Tovma1    8:11 | countrymen and confidants of Sat’inik’s and had followed her, sent one 10Tovma1    8:11 | queen to reproach her vain and useless cult of the idols 10Tovma1    8:12 | because she distrusted the king and his sons, especially as she 10Tovma1    8:13 | at Artashēs’ court in splendid and prominent authority. Artashēs entrusted to 10Tovma1    8:13 | there—valiant men, well armed and good archers. But since their 10Tovma1    8:13 | powerful enough to wage war and serve the king, especially as 10Tovma1    8:13 | the time of Eruand’s death and Artashēs’ accession to the throne 10Tovma1    8:14 | in the castles of Jłmay and Sring, in the province of 10Tovma1    8:14 | she had named the castle, and she had many treasures and 10Tovma1    8:14 | and she had many treasures and a daughter called Anush 10Tovma1    8:15 | command of Artashēs, who confirmed and sealed the land for Sahak 10Tovma1    8:15 | their first principality, to cultivate and inhabit it, and pass on 10Tovma1    8:15 | to cultivate and inhabit it, and pass on the land in 10Tovma1    8:16 | They came across each other, and through lack of caution he 10Tovma1    8:17 | king took over the land and ordered a temple built there 10Tovma1    8:17 | temple built there to Heracles and Dionysius. For that reason he 10Tovma1    8:18 | consideration of his ancestors’ efforts and services the king promoted Hamam 10Tovma1    8:18 | promoted Hamam to the rank and station of his forefathers, and 10Tovma1    8:18 | and station of his forefathers, and gave him in inheritance the 10Tovma1    8:19 | But Hamam was haughty and arrogant, cowardly and lazy in 10Tovma1    8:19 | was haughty and arrogant, cowardly and lazy in war, and only 10Tovma1    8:19 | cowardly and lazy in war, and only served the king with 10Tovma1    8:19 | king heard of his weak and languid way of life, he 10Tovma1    8:20 | court one could only enter and leave the archives and treasuries 10Tovma1    8:20 | enter and leave the archives and treasuries through the king’s confidants 10Tovma1    8:21 | matter of the brigand Barkochba and his war in Syria. He 10Tovma1    8:21 | war in Syria. He went, and on his return found King 10Tovma1    8:24 | Then his squires, Babgean and the great aspet Ashot, together 10Tovma1    8:24 | news of the king’s death and made king in succession to 10Tovma1    9:0 | abolition of the Pahlavik kingdom and the rule of the Stahrian 10Tovma1    9:1 | was thus enjoying a tranquil and undisturbed existence menaced by no 10Tovma1    9:1 | the news of Artavan’s death and the domination of Persia by 10Tovma1    9:2 | Khosrov was struck with dismay and attempted to revenge the death 10Tovma1    9:3 | Then the country fell apart and everyone scattered, hastily fleeing wherever 10Tovma1    9:3 | revenge the blood of Khosrov and bring an end to the 10Tovma1    9:5 | to the reign of Trdat and the beginning of the illumination 10Tovma1    10:0 | Trdat’s return from Greek territory and establishment on the throne of 10Tovma1    10:0 | help of the Greek king; and concerning his belief in Christ 10Tovma1    10:1 | the land of his fathers and of his deeds are known 10Tovma1    10:1 | in one God the Father, and in His only Son the 10Tovma1    10:1 | Word (of) God, Jesus Christ, and in the one Holy Spirit 10Tovma1    10:1 | Spirit, co-equal in nature and glory with the Father and 10Tovma1    10:1 | and glory with the Father and the Son, in one perfect 10Tovma1    10:1 | Son, in one perfect Divinity; and his baptism with a holy 10Tovma1    10:1 | his baptism with a holy and pure confession in the Father 10Tovma1    10:1 | pure confession in the Father and Son and Holy Spirit at 10Tovma1    10:1 | in the Father and Son and Holy Spirit at the hand 10Tovma1    10:2 | intelligent, thoughtful, modest in speech and modest in look, who tried 10Tovma1    10:4 | And as we said above, because 10Tovma1    10:4 | above, because of his modest and humble character he willingly undertook 10Tovma1    10:4 | character he willingly undertook (this) and did not push himself forward 10Tovma1    10:4 | the grandee with the famous and the infamous. But being a 10Tovma1    10:4 | rank, he never claimed honourable and superior rank among the great 10Tovma1    10:6 | of the Artsruni families alone and have not pursued the multifarious 10Tovma1    10:6 | that are worthy of many and the greatest praises 10Tovma1    10:7 | fight of the saintly king and brave champion Trdat against both 10Tovma1    10:7 | champion Trdat against both incorporeal and corporeal warriors; his translation from 10Tovma1    10:7 | earthly toils to (heavenly) rest and embalming in great honour with 10Tovma1    10:7 | great honour with royal pomp and fame, as we read in 10Tovma1    10:7 | Moses the world-famous teacher and orator, the most accurate author 10Tovma1    10:9 | worthy commandments of the Lord, and in everything had recourse to 10Tovma1    10:10 | with regard to the king and the nobles. Musheł, Vahan (and 10Tovma1    10:10 | and the nobles. Musheł, Vahan ( and so on) held each his 10Tovma1    10:11 | they were very highly regarded and honoured by the kings 10Tovma1    10:12 | by a man of baneful and evil character who was called 10Tovma1    10:12 | the houses of the Artsrunik’ and Ṙshtunik’, for they were distinguished 10Tovma1    10:12 | Ṙshtunik’, for they were distinguished and famous families, valiant and renowned 10Tovma1    10:12 | distinguished and famous families, valiant and renowned, and respected by all 10Tovma1    10:12 | famous families, valiant and renowned, and respected by all 10Tovma1    10:13 | to destruction.” Tiran heeded him and ordered the proposition of that 10Tovma1    10:14 | to the Mamikonean generals, armed and with drawn swords Artavazd and 10Tovma1    10:14 | and with drawn swords Artavazd and Vasak Mamikonean wholeheartedly rushed into 10Tovma1    10:14 | Shavasp, son of Vach’ē Artsruni, and Mehedak Ṙshtuni, for they were 10Tovma1    10:14 | were very young in age, and took them to (their) fortresses 10Tovma1    10:15 | descendants of the two Artsruni and Ṙshtuni families; but these did 10Tovma1    10:15 | had treated the saints Vrt’anēs and Yusik and the great priest 10Tovma1    10:15 | the saints Vrt’anēs and Yusik and the great priest Daniel, so 10Tovma1    10:16 | he learned about the Artsruni and Rshtuni families and those of 10Tovma1    10:16 | the Artsruni and Rshtuni families and those of the Mamikonean nobility 10Tovma1    10:16 | nobility who had gone off and fortified themselves in the fortresses 10Tovma1    10:17 | family (directing) them to return and live without fear and be 10Tovma1    10:17 | return and live without fear and be promoted in rank and 10Tovma1    10:17 | and be promoted in rank and honour. The three noble families 10Tovma1    10:17 | heard the wise Vahan Amatuni and followed him back in trusting 10Tovma1    10:18 | the Great, Catholicos of Armenia, and arrived at Ashtishat in Taron 10Tovma1    10:18 | of Saint John the Baptist and the martyr Athanagines, which had 10Tovma1    10:19 | After entering the holy place and performing their prayers, they came 10Tovma1    10:19 | came out to walk around and enjoy themselves elsewhere. The malicious 10Tovma1    10:19 | even had presumptions against God and his saints. Having opened his 10Tovma1    10:19 | against heaven, like an insolent and shameless dog he drew his 10Tovma1    10:20 | a royal retreat for luxury and enjoyable entertainment. So, may my 10Tovma1    10:20 | would not have lived narrow and circumscribed lives equivalent to death 10Tovma1    10:20 | to his enticement or not. And I did not consider it 10Tovma1    10:21 | Nersēs heard of this evil and immoral proposition he heaped strong 10Tovma1    10:21 | immoral proposition he heaped strong and violent curses on the mardpet 10Tovma1    10:21 | violent curses on the mardpet. And the saint’s words were fulfilled 10Tovma1    10:21 | Shavasp Artsruni approached the mardpet and note: “Some white bears with 10Tovma1    10:21 | pleases you, let us go and hunt them 10Tovma1    10:22 | pierced the malicious one’s heart, and falling backwards he breathed out 10Tovma1    10:23 | those who despise his blessings and curses, accomplishing the task without 10Tovma1    10:24 | Valens ruled over the Greeks, and Shapuh king of kings over 10Tovma1    10:25 | Saint Nersēs interposed; he calmed and pacified the quarrel 10Tovma1    10:26 | negotiate a reconciliation between Valens and Arshak—which he did indeed 10Tovma1    10:26 | was Mehuzhan’s father-in-law, and they passed over to Shapuh 10Tovma1    10:28 | a great war between Shapuh and Arshak during Arshak’s lifetime. At 10Tovma1    10:28 | Arshak’s lifetime. At many times and in many places the Armenian 10Tovma1    10:28 | in many places the Armenian and Persian armies battled against each 10Tovma1    10:29 | to him, apparently for peace and friendship and making no reference 10Tovma1    10:29 | apparently for peace and friendship and making no reference to the 10Tovma1    10:29 | He went, following the summons and full of innocence. But (Shapuh 10Tovma1    10:29 | bound him in iron bonds and had him taken to the 10Tovma1    10:31 | Mehuzhan and Vahan took the Persian army 10Tovma1    10:31 | the Armenian land, ravaged hamlets and towns and farms, plundered possessions 10Tovma1    10:31 | land, ravaged hamlets and towns and farms, plundered possessions and all 10Tovma1    10:31 | towns and farms, plundered possessions and all patrimonies, and put to 10Tovma1    10:31 | plundered possessions and all patrimonies, and put to the sword all 10Tovma1    10:31 | entered the province of Ṙshtunik and sacked the house of Garegin 10Tovma1    10:32 | Ṙshtunik’, the wife of Garegin and sister of Vardan Mamikonean 10Tovma1    10:33 | they put her to torture and very cruel torments, trying to 10Tovma1    10:33 | to abandon the Christian religion and to accept the religion of 10Tovma1    10:33 | tied ropes to her legs, and suspended her from the northern 10Tovma1    10:34 | holy treasure in her bosom and brought it to rest in 10Tovma1    10:34 | which Saint Gregory had built and where are preserved in perpetual 10Tovma1    10:34 | altar, pastoral staff, engraved ring, and the girdle of his diligent 10Tovma1    10:35 | Mehuzhan and Vahan attacked another time, took 10Tovma1    10:35 | time, took Van Tosp, razed and destroyed the beautifully constructed fortresses 10Tovma1    10:35 | destroyed the beautifully constructed fortresses, and led into captivity the inhabitants 10Tovma1    10:35 | the city—five thousand Jews and eighteen thousand Christians—and the 10Tovma1    10:35 | Jews and eighteen thousand Christians— and the Jews that Barzap’ran had 10Tovma1    10:35 | Isfahan. Then they took Vałarshapat and Artashat, and led into captivity 10Tovma1    10:35 | they took Vałarshapat and Artashat, and led into captivity the Jews 10Tovma1    10:36 | without a shepherd in deserts and dangerous abysses and fall headlong 10Tovma1    10:36 | in deserts and dangerous abysses and fall headlong among wolves 10Tovma1    10:37 | But Mehuzhan came before Shapuh and began to calumniate the priest 10Tovma1    10:37 | the commands of your majesty and the religion of the Mazdaeans 10Tovma1    10:37 | the religion of the Mazdaeans and Aryans. Everywhere he is the 10Tovma1    10:37 | against the king of kings; and he dishonours fire and holds 10Tovma1    10:37 | kings; and he dishonours fire and holds the sun in no 10Tovma1    10:38 | received the sentence of martyrdom, and was perfected in the glory 10Tovma1    10:39 | of Armenia, to the East and the West. After ruling for 10Tovma1    10:40 | many insufferable afflictions on Armenia and Syria and Palestine. He led 10Tovma1    10:40 | afflictions on Armenia and Syria and Palestine. He led into captivity 10Tovma1    10:40 | four million Jews, sacked Judaea and the holy city of Jerusalem 10Tovma1    10:40 | the holy city of Jerusalem, and poured out on the Christians 10Tovma1    10:40 | the mortal poison of vipers and asps 10Tovma1    10:41 | Christ’s sake, many bishops, priests, and the other ecclesiastical ranks, and 10Tovma1    10:41 | and the other ecclesiastical ranks, and very many of the noblemen 10Tovma1    10:41 | the noblemen of the country and their wives, with terrible and 10Tovma1    10:41 | and their wives, with terrible and cruel tortures at which I 10Tovma1    10:42 | My mind is greatly amazed and astonished at their fortitude in 10Tovma1    10:42 | has the title Araveleay (East) and was composed by the blessed 10Tovma1    10:43 | He was the pupil and follower of the holy Levondians 10Tovma1    10:43 | follower of the holy Levondians, and wrote in that memoir the 10Tovma1    10:43 | a rock of Christ’s church; and in addition to him (the 10Tovma1    10:43 | names of) another hundred bishops and priests, who were martyred at 10Tovma1    10:44 | he inflicted on the Christians, and especially on the land of 10Tovma1    10:45 | for which they had come; and when they had gone some 10Tovma1    10:45 | raised his one-edged (sword) and inflicted such severe wounds on 10Tovma1    10:46 | vast multitude of battalions, flags, and ensigns without number. On reaching 10Tovma1    10:47 | Greek troops armed with shields and unfurled flags. The imperial trumpets 10Tovma1    10:47 | flags. The imperial trumpets sounded, and troop after troop of armed 10Tovma1    10:48 | a rope around his neck, and note: “Good for you, king 10Tovma1    10:48 | head of the impious one. And thus, the miserable wretch departed 10Tovma1    11:1 | took Pap, son of Arshak, and with a Greek army installed 10Tovma1    11:2 | Nersēs but travelled a perverse and contrary path, devoting himself to 10Tovma1    11:2 | path, devoting himself to impurity and all forms of vice which 10Tovma1    11:3 | deprived of the spiritual teacher and valiant shepherd Saint Nersēs. They 10Tovma1    11:3 | Mershapuh Artsruni, general of Armenia, and Vahan Amatuni and Mehuzhan’s brother 10Tovma1    11:3 | of Armenia, and Vahan Amatuni and Mehuzhan’s brother as escorts to 10Tovma1    11:3 | escorts to precede the cortège, and laid it to rest in 10Tovma1    11:4 | Greek general Terentius captured him and marched him in bonds to 10Tovma1    11:5 | an honourable man: Shahak, Zavēn, and Aspurakēs, who do not deserve 10Tovma1    11:6 | the Arsacid line, a valiant and warlike man who struck fear 10Tovma1    11:6 | struck fear into both great and small. He rebelled against the 10Tovma1    11:6 | He rebelled against the emperor and sent word to Shapuh, king 10Tovma1    11:7 | to the king, the battles and raids and pillaging of Armenia 10Tovma1    11:7 | king, the battles and raids and pillaging of Armenia performed by 10Tovma1    11:7 | of Armenia performed by Mehuzhan, and his death at the hand 10Tovma1    11:8 | emperor through the general Terentius. And before a reply had come 10Tovma1    11:9 | to him from the emperor and the Armenian nobles, he returned 10Tovma1    11:9 | more to Armenia, but lived and died there (in Persia), evincing 10Tovma1    11:9 | no deed worthy of record. And Zavēn had been appointed archbishop 10Tovma1    11:10 | made king over Armenia Arshak and Vałarshak, sons of Pap the 10Tovma1    11:10 | the emperor Theodosius also died and his sons Honorius and Arcadius 10Tovma1    11:10 | died and his sons Honorius and Arcadius succeeded to the throne 10Tovma1    11:11 | divided into two, between Greece and Persia. Arshak went to the 10Tovma1    11:11 | submit to the Persian empire. And many of the Armenian nobles 10Tovma1    11:11 | had killed his father Vahan and his mother Tachatuhi because of 10Tovma1    11:11 | of the Persian Magian religion, and Vasak Artrsuni 10Tovma1    11:12 | to submit to the heathen and barbarian Sasanian race. Their submission 10Tovma1    11:12 | to the land of Armenia. And they made the Persian king 10Tovma1    11:13 | Arsacid line king over Armenia. And Shapuh wrote a letter to 10Tovma1    11:13 | you from your own line and religion. Let it not seem 10Tovma1    11:13 | for you to return here and occupy each his own inheritance 10Tovma1    11:14 | Do not stubbornly follow Arshak and completely abandon your ancestral homeland 10Tovma1    11:14 | finding by his sword position and noble rank. But return here 10Tovma1    11:14 | noble rank. But return here and hold your lands without trouble 10Tovma1    11:15 | They heeded him and returned each man to his 10Tovma1    11:15 | man to his own dwelling; and taking Arshak’s treasures they brought 10Tovma1    11:15 | a great battle between Arshak and Khosrov on the shore of 10Tovma1    11:15 | to the province of Ekełeats’ and there died, having reigned for 10Tovma1    11:16 | sector the Greeks installed consuls and generals and counts, thenceforth appointing 10Tovma1    11:16 | Greeks installed consuls and generals and counts, thenceforth appointing no more 10Tovma1    11:17 | Vasak Artsruni went to Khosrov and took possession of his inheritance 10Tovma1    11:17 | took possession of his inheritance and his rank. He divided his 10Tovma1    11:17 | two sides, remaining deceitfully inconstant and craftily uncommitted: with the Christians 10Tovma1    11:17 | pretended to be a Christian, and with the Persians one of 10Tovma1    11:18 | the patriarchal see of Armenia, and had appointed the nobles who 10Tovma1    11:19 | Khosrov had promulgated his independence, and at the same time planning 10Tovma1    11:20 | offended at his father’s senseless and irrational character in behaving so 10Tovma1    11:20 | who should have been hated and inflicted with as many evils 10Tovma1    11:20 | himself of his military garb and mourned for Armenia—the decline 10Tovma1    11:20 | power of the Armenian monarchy and the despotism of the Persians 10Tovma1    11:21 | Even more did he lament and bewail unconsolably over his own 10Tovma1    11:21 | only ran after worldly glory and pursued the ash-cult of 10Tovma1    11:22 | Sahak, the great sparapet Sahak, and the other nobles until they 10Tovma1    11:22 | While they were all weeping and bitterly lamenting with inconsolable grief 10Tovma1    11:22 | his face before Saint Sahak and the sparapet Sahak (asking) to 10Tovma1    11:23 | must beware) lest some deceitful and malicious flatterers approach Artashir with 10Tovma1    11:23 | with some falsehood about us, and your father Vasak make some 10Tovma1    11:23 | some suggestion to the king and stir up confusion and trouble 10Tovma1    11:23 | king and stir up confusion and trouble, so that they suppose 10Tovma1    11:23 | will accomplish what you desire and long for, as may be 10Tovma1    11:25 | Less, who gave much help and many kinds of support to 10Tovma1    11:25 | in the province of Karin and providing a garrison of troops 10Tovma1    11:25 | of troops to guard (it) and resist Persian attacks 10Tovma1    11:26 | For Vṙam and Yazkert, having brought over half 10Tovma1    11:27 | with the pleasures of hunting and games 10Tovma1    11:28 | nobles regarded him with derision and scorn. For example, Atom, prince 10Tovma1    11:30 | Shavasp ostentatiously galloped off; boldly and openly he went at measured 10Tovma1    11:30 | the (Greek) sector of Armenia and entrusted to him Mesopotamia as 10Tovma1    11:31 | to Persia. His father died, and on the same day he 10Tovma1    11:31 | sword by his own people. And because Hamazasp Mamikonean had died 10Tovma1    11:31 | held the positions of marzpan and general of Armenia, at the 10Tovma1    11:31 | Sahak to both the Greek and Persian kings thenceforth no one 10Tovma1    11:31 | Armenia. But people were dispersed and scattered in whatever direction anyone 10Tovma1    11:32 | court. Taking his grandsons Hmayeak and Hamazaspean, he went to the 10Tovma1    11:32 | gone to the emperor Theodosius and to the archbishop Atticus with 10Tovma1    11:32 | with them also the script and examples of Armenian writing 10Tovma1    11:33 | The holy patriarch and pious emperor Theodosius received them 10Tovma1    11:33 | them with the five letters and five replies, and appointed the 10Tovma1    11:33 | five letters and five replies, and appointed the holy teacher among 10Tovma1    11:33 | teacher among the pre-eminent and chief doctors of the chair 10Tovma1    11:34 | the nobles, Saint Sahak calmed and appeased Vṙam’s anger and vengeful 10Tovma1    11:34 | calmed and appeased Vṙam’s anger and vengeful resentment against the Armenians 10Tovma1    11:34 | for their insults to Shapuh and making a firm peace with 10Tovma1    11:34 | the request of the nobles and Saint Sahak, Vṙam [II] made king 10Tovma1    11:35 | disorders of the Persian army and the royal registers of taxes 10Tovma1    11:35 | the last five years taxes and troops had been withheld from 10Tovma1    11:36 | But Artashir, haughtily and without shame, pursued a course 10Tovma1    11:36 | of shameful lasciviousness, of homosexuality and lust for women—not only 10Tovma1    11:36 | nauseated at his impure conduct and decided that Artashir would no 10Tovma1    11:37 | out. They went to Vṙam and not to Theodosius, the pious 10Tovma1    11:37 | not to Theodosius, the pious and like-minded Christian emperor; impiously 10Tovma1    11:37 | like-minded Christian emperor; impiously and thoughtlessly they committed that foolish 10Tovma1    11:38 | Vṙam, most delighted, heeded them and was happy to abolish the 10Tovma1    11:38 | summoned back to court Artashir and Saint Sahak with a host 10Tovma1    11:39 | with Surmak—a certain fanatical and vainglorious monk from Artskhē—they 10Tovma1    11:39 | to rule over the Armenians and impose tribute and military service 10Tovma1    11:39 | the Armenians and impose tribute and military service on them, but 10Tovma1    11:40 | Saint Sahak to the emperor and the patriarch; they cited the 10Tovma1    11:40 | cited the journey of Mesrop and Vardan to Greek territory, the 10Tovma1    11:40 | territory, the coming of Anatolius, and the building of the city 10Tovma1    11:41 | Sahak from the archiepiscopal throne and Artashir from his royal status 10Tovma1    11:42 | Armenian nobles saw the disorderly and unnecessary hardship inflicted on our 10Tovma1    11:42 | the nobles may abandon (me) and go over to the emperor 10Tovma1    11:42 | emperor, to pay him tribute and military service 10Tovma1    11:43 | Vach’ē, lord of the Artsrunik’, and Hmayeak, lord of Ashots’k’, and 10Tovma1    11:43 | and Hmayeak, lord of Ashots’k’, and others who had been won 10Tovma1    11:43 | to them approved Vṙam’s wishes and allowed the king (to appoint 10Tovma1    11:44 | Armenia was plunged into confusion and turbulence; it remained disunited and 10Tovma1    11:44 | and turbulence; it remained disunited and full of disorder, following the 10Tovma1    11:45 | taught; he lived an ascetic and angelic life, blessed by men 10Tovma1    11:45 | angelic life, blessed by men and feared by demons 10Tovma1    11:46 | the throne of the patriarchate, and they promised to follow his 10Tovma1    11:47 | the removal of the archiepiscopate and the monarchy from the Arsacid 10Tovma1    11:47 | the restoration of the patriarchate and monarchy from the same Arsacid 10Tovma1    11:47 | Christ’s coming, the future judgment, and the retribution to each according 10Tovma1    11:48 | martyrium of John the Baptist and the martyr Athenoginēs 10Tovma1    11:49 | of Armenia, formed the cortège and laid (his body) to rest 10Tovma1    11:50 | monarchy from the Arsacid house and of the patriarchate from the 10Tovma1    11:50 | locum-tenens for Saint Sahak, and ( then) Bishop Yovsēp and Moses 10Tovma1    11:50 | Sahak, and (then) Bishop Yovsēp and Moses and Mełēs 10Tovma1    11:50 | then) Bishop Yovsēp and Moses and Mełēs 10Tovma1    11:51 | ravines of the Taurus mountain and the torrents of Jermadzor. He 10Tovma1    11:52 | great Sahak Bagratuni, sparapet, aspet, and general of Armenia, the emperor 10Tovma1    11:52 | of Armenia to Hamazasp Mamikonean and his son Vardan. Therefore, Vardan 10Tovma1    11:52 | would disturb) his tranquil existence, and so came to the inaccessible 10Tovma1    11:52 | the inaccessible area of Mokk’ and remained (until) by the providence 10Tovma1    11:53 | the bishop of Ṙshtunik’, Sahak; and the bishop of Andzevats’ik’, Shmavon 10Tovma1    11:53 | the bishop of Andzevats’ik’, Shmavon. And he established groups of ministers 10Tovma1    11:53 | perform the Lord’s service day and night with indefatigable energy and 10Tovma1    11:53 | and night with indefatigable energy and liberal care for the poor 10Tovma1    11:54 | composition which begins with Adam and goes down to the emperor 10Tovma1    11:55 | He lived a full [120] years ( and died) at a ripe old 10Tovma1    11:55 | Koriun, fellow student of Moses and pupil of Saint Mesrop, confirms 10Tovma1    11:56 | literary men, Gagik of Vaspurakan and great general of Armenia. It 10Tovma1    11:56 | eloquent compositions, full of wisdom and most impressive, of these teachers 10Tovma1    11:57 | though devoid of wisdom, sense, and intelligence. But the command of 10Tovma2    1:0 | built castles in every area and region, while the Persian tyranny 10Tovma2    1:0 | the Persian tyranny waxed stronger and bands of tax gatherers made 10Tovma2    1:1 | mad ash-worshipping Mazdean religion and asked the king for the 10Tovma2    1:2 | set their hands to ravaging and razing churches, destroying houses of 10Tovma2    1:2 | of the Holy Spirit, bitterly and cruelly torturing the priests, ministers 10Tovma2    1:2 | the New Covenants, casting men and women into prison and torments 10Tovma2    1:2 | men and women into prison and torments in their onerous demands 10Tovma2    1:2 | persuade (the Armenians) to renounce and abandon the holy faith of 10Tovma2    1:3 | the seizure of their goods and possessions and cruel death. After 10Tovma2    1:3 | of their goods and possessions and cruel death. After the impious 10Tovma2    1:3 | Dvin a temple to Ormizd and lit therein the fire of 10Tovma2    1:3 | the country was in great and dangerous distress 10Tovma2    1:4 | had been inflicted (on Armenia), and roaring in his soul with 10Tovma2    1:4 | destruction of the holy faith and the ruin of Armenia, he 10Tovma2    1:4 | Tachat, lord of the Ṙshtunik’, and Vakhrich, lord of the Andzavats’ik’ 10Tovma2    1:5 | more than twelve hundred men; and with unexpected rapidity they suddenly 10Tovma2    1:5 | rapidity they suddenly attacked Shavasp and the marzpan Vndoy 10Tovma2    1:6 | the junction of the Araxes and Metsamawr, Shavasp Artsruni advanced against 10Tovma2    1:6 | one-edged (sword) with force and rapidity he sliced Shavasp in 10Tovma2    1:7 | But Tachat and Vakhrich, having surrounded the marzpan 10Tovma2    1:7 | Vakhrich, having surrounded the marzpan and his son Shiroy, captured them 10Tovma2    1:7 | his son Shiroy, captured them and brought them to Dvin. In 10Tovma2    1:8 | They demolished the temple and, razing the site to the 10Tovma2    1:8 | built royal palaces for themselves and splendid estates; the city they 10Tovma2    1:8 | defended with an encircling wall, and they brought peace to the 10Tovma2    1:9 | as he was a spirited and powerful man, shrewd and wise 10Tovma2    1:9 | spirited and powerful man, shrewd and wise, humble, liberal, and quick 10Tovma2    1:9 | shrewd and wise, humble, liberal, and quick-witted 10Tovma2    1:10 | plans for making Vahan king and went over to Vardan the 10Tovma2    1:10 | him the supervision of Armenia. And they obeyed him all the 10Tovma2    1:11 | killed there by the Kushans, and Yazkert ruled in his stead 10Tovma2    1:12 | the great desert of Apar, and all the rest. I consider 10Tovma2    1:13 | took place between Saint Vardan and Mshkan and the Persian army 10Tovma2    1:13 | between Saint Vardan and Mshkan and the Persian army on the 10Tovma2    1:13 | the Armenian troops, like holy and divine warriors, were martyred in 10Tovma2    1:14 | There Vahan Artsruni, with splendid and outstanding bravery, fought side by 10Tovma2    1:15 | two sides had joined battle and the left wing of the 10Tovma2    1:15 | the Persian champions to flight and strengthened the troops of his 10Tovma2    1:16 | valiant Vahan Artsruni supported (Vardan), and together they died—the valiant 10Tovma2    1:16 | together they died—the valiant and elect noble warriors Vardan and 10Tovma2    1:16 | and elect noble warriors Vardan and Vahan. Gaining the name of 10Tovma2    1:16 | army were perfected in Christ. And this is narrated in the 10Tovma2    1:17 | to your erudite intelligence accurately and without hesitation 10Tovma2    2:1 | had the title of bishop and most forcefully pursued the Nestorian 10Tovma2    2:2 | of Saint Gregory was proudly and splendidly held by Lord Christopher 10Tovma2    2:2 | to associate with the Nestorians, and wrote in similar terms also 10Tovma2    2:3 | to the district of Derjan, and the inhabitants, sovereign lords, and 10Tovma2    2:3 | and the inhabitants, sovereign lords, and bishops of the valley of 10Tovma2    2:4 | these letters by deceitful means and had them taken to King 10Tovma2    2:4 | writes proposes revolt against you and encourages the Armenian princes to 10Tovma2    2:5 | himself, Bartsuma came to Arznarziwn and the land of Mokk’ in 10Tovma2    2:5 | the command of Saint Vardan, and he fulfilled his request 10Tovma2    2:7 | the house of the Artsrunik’ and everything describing the martyrdom of 10Tovma2    2:9 | council of [636] bishops at Chalcedon, and in his reign Saint Vardan 10Tovma2    2:9 | in his reign Saint Vardan and Vahan Artsruni were martyred 10Tovma2    2:10 | the saintly Alan, taking Tachat and his brother Goter went to 10Tovma2    2:10 | troubles of the Persian disturbances and the ruin of the country 10Tovma2    2:10 | received them in a friendly and peaceful fashion and promoted them 10Tovma2    2:10 | a friendly and peaceful fashion and promoted them to rank and 10Tovma2    2:10 | and promoted them to rank and honour with splendid dignities, since 10Tovma2    2:10 | brave champions for Christ’s churches and the holy orthodox faith they 10Tovma2    2:10 | had heroically shed (their) blood and gained in addition the renown 10Tovma2    2:11 | these honourable men Vasak, Tachat, and Goter, who were of the 10Tovma2    2:13 | cannot agree zealously to flatter and please your majesty as your 10Tovma2    2:13 | to ask the Armenian prelates and to receive replies 10Tovma2    2:15 | a disciple of Saint Sahak, and they informed him of the 10Tovma2    2:16 | yield to the emperor’s demand, and if any danger befell them 10Tovma2    2:16 | dangers). They took the letter and laid it before the emperor 10Tovma2    2:16 | that their minds were firm and inflexible, did not trouble them 10Tovma2    2:17 | the emperor Leo I, Vasak and Tachat died there and were 10Tovma2    2:17 | Vasak and Tachat died there and were splendidly laid to rest 10Tovma2    2:18 | in the same religious austerity and angelic virtue, he left this 10Tovma2    2:19 | until the time of Jamasp and Kavat, until King Khosrov. And 10Tovma2    2:19 | and Kavat, until King Khosrov. And the Armenian nobles endured grievous 10Tovma2    2:19 | endured grievous oppression from arms and battles 10Tovma2    2:20 | Armenian nobles gathered around him and made a covenant and divine 10Tovma2    2:20 | him and made a covenant and divine pact, through the mediation 10Tovma2    2:20 | demonstrate obedient service with true and sincere loyalty, and to revenge 10Tovma2    2:20 | with true and sincere loyalty, and to revenge even with blood 10Tovma2    2:20 | to revenge even with blood and violent martyrdom the Persian raids 10Tovma2    2:20 | churches of Armenia, the oppression and ravaging and cruel bloodshedding endured 10Tovma2    2:20 | Armenia, the oppression and ravaging and cruel bloodshedding endured by the 10Tovma2    2:20 | bloodshedding endured by the Christians and the monasteries of the holy 10Tovma2    2:21 | forces, to ruin, take captive, and ravage the country. This (just 10Tovma2    2:21 | the elite of the cavalry and the strongest warriors from among 10Tovma2    2:21 | among the armed Persian host, and marched through the regions of 10Tovma2    2:21 | through the regions of Hashteank’ and Tsop’ to attack Vahan 10Tovma2    2:22 | Up, valiant (comrades), arm yourselves and your mounts; fight valiantly, do 10Tovma2    2:23 | straightaway they armed themselves and made preparations; mounting each his 10Tovma2    2:23 | disheartened. They abandoned each other and retreated until there remained only 10Tovma2    2:23 | with the brave Vahan: Mershapuh and Yashkur Artsruni, Nerseh Kamsarakan, and 10Tovma2    2:23 | and Yashkur Artsruni, Nerseh Kamsarakan, and some of the house of 10Tovma2    2:24 | of bronze, as one man and repeating together as if from 10Tovma2    2:25 | at the village called Eriz. And as dust is whirled around 10Tovma2    2:25 | Armenians) struck with the sword and routed most of them; the 10Tovma2    2:25 | they offered sacrifices to God and filled the needs of the 10Tovma2    2:25 | needs of the impoverished widows and orphans. The mouths of all 10Tovma2    3:1 | by his own trusted (nobles), and his son Khosrov, still very 10Tovma2    3:2 | the forces of the T’etalians and by force took control of 10Tovma2    3:2 | force took control of Balkh and all the land of the 10Tovma2    3:2 | emperor Maurice; his uncles Vndoy and Vstam took him and fled 10Tovma2    3:2 | Vndoy and Vstam took him and fled to the imperial court 10Tovma2    3:3 | noble men with splendid gifts and presents and a letter written 10Tovma2    3:3 | with splendid gifts and presents and a letter written at Khosrov’s 10Tovma2    3:4 | Great king, prince of sea and land, give me an army 10Tovma2    3:4 | me an army in support and establish me on the throne 10Tovma2    3:4 | able to defeat my enemy and reinstate my kingdom, I shall 10Tovma2    3:4 | a subject son to you and shall give you the regions 10Tovma2    3:4 | you the regions of Syria and all Arevastan as far as 10Tovma2    3:4 | as the city of Nisibis; and also (part) of Armenia, the 10Tovma2    3:4 | including the city of Dvin and the shore of the lake 10Tovma2    3:4 | of the lake of Bznunik’ and up to the district of 10Tovma2    3:4 | to the district of Aṙest; and the greater part of the 10Tovma2    3:4 | as the city of Tiflis. And we shall keep a peace 10Tovma2    3:4 | a peace treaty between us and our sons who succeed us 10Tovma2    3:5 | take a letter of welcome, and received from him an oath 10Tovma2    3:5 | Syria, Musheł a valiant warrior and man of great strength, and 10Tovma2    3:5 | and man of great strength, and all the troops of Greece 10Tovma2    3:5 | troops of Greece, Armenia, Georgia, and Albania. This numberless force came 10Tovma2    3:6 | Then Vahram wrote to Musheł and the other generals in this 10Tovma2    3:6 | help me from your side, and acting in unison we would 10Tovma2    3:7 | of Sasan destroy your land and principality, yet you come to 10Tovma2    3:8 | you to abandon these (Romans) and unite with me. For if 10Tovma2    3:8 | by the great god Ormizd and the sun and the moon 10Tovma2    3:8 | god Ormizd and the sun and the moon and fire and 10Tovma2    3:8 | the sun and the moon and fire and water and Mithra 10Tovma2    3:8 | and the moon and fire and water and Mithra and all 10Tovma2    3:8 | moon and fire and water and Mithra and all the gods 10Tovma2    3:8 | fire and water and Mithra and all the gods that you 10Tovma2    3:8 | given the kingdom of Armenia. And whomever you wish you will 10Tovma2    3:8 | you will make your king. And ( you will control) in Syrian 10Tovma2    3:8 | control) in Syrian territory Asorestan and Nisibis and Nushirakan as far 10Tovma2    3:8 | Syrian territory Asorestan and Nisibis and Nushirakan as far as the 10Tovma2    3:8 | the borders of the Tachiks. And I shall not have the 10Tovma2    3:9 | And I shall deliver so much 10Tovma2    3:9 | much for you to count, and a multitude of troops—as 10Tovma2    3:9 | the fashion of their religion, and he had salt wrapped in 10Tovma2    3:9 | salt wrapped in the declaration and taken to them. But having 10Tovma2    3:9 | to them. But having received and read it, they did not 10Tovma2    3:10 | you will see armed elephants and on them strong fully armed 10Tovma2    3:10 | down on you iron arrows and steel javelins with tempered shafts 10Tovma2    3:10 | shafts. They are mighty archers and their blows will be as 10Tovma2    3:10 | be as many as Khosrov and you may need 10Tovma2    3:11 | that royalty comes from God and he gives it to whomever 10Tovma2    3:11 | since you rely on yourself and not on God, on the 10Tovma2    3:11 | the multitude of your forces and the strength of elephants. But 10Tovma2    3:12 | power like dust.” Vndoy, Vstam, and the Persian troops there amounted 10Tovma2    3:12 | cavalry, apart from the Greek and Armenian troops 10Tovma2    3:13 | line (in) a violent melee and terrible clash. They fought each 10Tovma2    3:14 | with corpses. Many they captured and brought before Khosrov. On that 10Tovma2    3:14 | Vahram fled to Bahl Shahastan and was later killed at Khosrov’s 10Tovma2    3:14 | established on his royal throne, and he carried out his promises 10Tovma2    3:15 | as the lake of Bznunik’ and up to the region of 10Tovma2    3:15 | to the region of Aṙest; and the province of Kogovit as 10Tovma2    3:15 | Kogovit as far as Hats’iwn and Maku. And a great treaty 10Tovma2    3:15 | far as Hats’iwn and Maku. And a great treaty of friendship 10Tovma2    3:15 | two kings of the Persians and the Greeks 10Tovma2    3:16 | fourteenth year of King Khosrov and the twentieth year of the 10Tovma2    3:16 | Thrace rebelled against the emperor and proclaimed as their king a 10Tovma2    3:16 | they killed the emperor Maurice and installed Phocas on the royal 10Tovma2    3:17 | was stirred to great anger ( and decided) to avenge Maurice’s blood 10Tovma2    3:17 | his army, he wrought enormous and terrible damage in the Greek 10Tovma2    3:17 | Heraclius, who plotted against him and seized his throne 10Tovma2    3:18 | sent messengers with lavish treasures and letters to King Khosrov to 10Tovma2    3:18 | to make peace with me and remove your sword from my 10Tovma2    3:19 | saying: “That is my kingdom, and I shall install as emperor 10Tovma2    3:19 | Maurice’s son. He (Heraclius) came and ruled without our permission; he 10Tovma2    3:19 | seek reckoning for this treasure and shall not desist until I 10Tovma2    3:19 | many regions, (inflicting) ravage, captivity, and the sword 10Tovma2    3:20 | The Persian army in Palestine and its general named Ṙazmayuzan, also 10Tovma2    3:20 | subject to the Greek empire, and having killed the Persian governor 10Tovma2    3:21 | his troops, camped around Jerusalem and besieged it. For nineteen days 10Tovma2    3:22 | days; then they went out and camped outside the city—which 10Tovma2    3:24 | took it off into captivity and also brought an immense amount 10Tovma2    3:24 | an immense amount of gold and silver to the king’s court 10Tovma2    3:25 | the survivors in the city and its environs, a command was 10Tovma2    3:25 | them, to restore the city and reestablish everyone in his own 10Tovma2    3:26 | many troops, marched to Chalcedon, and encamped opposite Byzantium, intending to 10Tovma2    3:26 | Byzantium, intending to cross over and destroy the royal capital 10Tovma2    3:27 | splendid presents, gave the general and all the nobles grand gifts 10Tovma2    3:27 | money to all the troops, and for seven days organised banquets 10Tovma2    3:27 | for seven days organised banquets and joyous feasts for the whole 10Tovma2    3:28 | intend to do,” he said, “ and why have you come to 10Tovma2    3:29 | God should not be pleased and seek from you vengeance for 10Tovma2    3:29 | Our sins have wrought this and not your valour. But what 10Tovma2    3:30 | has been established by God and it is impossible to destroy 10Tovma2    3:30 | God, God’s will be done. And if he says: I shall 10Tovma2    3:30 | wishes; let him send him and we shall receive him. Behold 10Tovma2    3:31 | And if he seeks vengeance for 10Tovma2    3:31 | Phocas through my father Heraclius. And if he seeks land, here 10Tovma2    3:31 | has taken it from us and delivered it into your hands 10Tovma2    3:31 | other treasures, let him say and I shall give as many 10Tovma2    3:32 | Romans able to kill him and destroy the Persian kingdom at 10Tovma2    3:33 | say the same kind words and seek from him a treaty 10Tovma2    3:33 | seek from him a treaty and friendship. And from you I 10Tovma2    3:33 | him a treaty and friendship. And from you I shall seek 10Tovma2    3:33 | me: spare the land sword and fire and captivity, and you 10Tovma2    3:33 | the land sword and fire and captivity, and you will gain 10Tovma2    3:33 | sword and fire and captivity, and you will gain profit from 10Tovma2    3:34 | send to your king gifts and messengers with letters to seek 10Tovma2    3:34 | him peace for the land and a treaty with me.” They 10Tovma2    3:34 | me.” They accepted his requests and agreed to act according to 10Tovma2    3:34 | come from the army left and wintered in Syria 10Tovma2    3:35 | the army to prepare ships and cross over to Constantinople. Then 10Tovma2    3:36 | that undertaking, but spread out and occupied the whole land 10Tovma2    3:38 | Honoured by the gods and all kings, lord of earth 10Tovma2    3:38 | all kings, lord of earth and sea, offspring of the great 10Tovma2    3:38 | Khosrov to the senseless Heraclius and to our abject slave. You 10Tovma2    3:38 | us, but call yourself lord and king. You spend the royal 10Tovma2    3:39 | You deceive my servants, and gathering an army of brigands 10Tovma2    3:39 | continually wage war on me and say: I have confidence in 10Tovma2    3:39 | did he not save Caesarea and Antioch and Tarsus and Amasya 10Tovma2    3:39 | not save Caesarea and Antioch and Tarsus and Amasya and Jerusalem 10Tovma2    3:39 | Caesarea and Antioch and Tarsus and Amasya and Jerusalem and Alexandria 10Tovma2    3:39 | Antioch and Tarsus and Amasya and Jerusalem and Alexandria and the 10Tovma2    3:39 | Tarsus and Amasya and Jerusalem and Alexandria and the Thebaid, and 10Tovma2    3:39 | Amasya and Jerusalem and Alexandria and the Thebaid, and the other 10Tovma2    3:39 | and Alexandria and the Thebaid, and the other lands? Do you 10Tovma2    3:39 | myself the whole earth, sea, and dry land 10Tovma2    3:40 | forgive you all your sins and the harm you have done 10Tovma2    3:40 | done. Arise, take your wife and children and come here, and 10Tovma2    3:40 | take your wife and children and come here, and I shall 10Tovma2    3:40 | and children and come here, and I shall give you farms 10Tovma2    3:40 | you farms, vineyards, olive groves, and seeds for you to sow 10Tovma2    3:40 | seeds for you to sow and harvest; and we shall look 10Tovma2    3:40 | you to sow and harvest; and we shall look benignly upon 10Tovma2    3:41 | Jews—but they captured him and killed him on the cross 10Tovma2    3:41 | shall cast out my nets and seize you. So you will 10Tovma2    3:42 | be read before the patriarch and all the magnates. Then they 10Tovma2    3:42 | entered the house of God and spread the letter before the 10Tovma2    3:43 | Heraclius and all the senators decided to 10Tovma2    3:43 | himself would sail to Chalcedon and prepare to march to the 10Tovma2    3:43 | troops of the East, about [120,000], and attacked Khosrov 10Tovma2    3:44 | for the city of Karin and passed on to Shirak. Reaching 10Tovma2    3:44 | Reaching Dvin he sacked it, and also Nakhchavan and Ormi. Attacking 10Tovma2    3:44 | sacked it, and also Nakhchavan and Ormi. Attacking Gandzak in Atrpatakan 10Tovma2    3:44 | destroyed it; he plundered Hamadan and May, overthrew the great fire 10Tovma2    3:44 | great fire altar called Vshnasp, and filled the lake opposite the 10Tovma2    3:44 | the pyraeum with corpses. Humans and animals, men, women, and children 10Tovma2    3:44 | Humans and animals, men, women, and children, they indiscriminately put to 10Tovma2    3:45 | since Heraclius’s victory was assured, and everywhere he came across the 10Tovma2    3:46 | assail you, they will penetrate and strike you with the sword 10Tovma2    3:46 | strike you with the sword and trample you with their hooves 10Tovma2    3:47 | his hand to destroy you and break the rod of your 10Tovma2    3:47 | strip you of its light and clothe you in darkness. Then 10Tovma2    3:47 | upon you; a rumbling echo and shaking will be heard from 10Tovma2    3:47 | of numerous hosts of horses and the tumult of many armed 10Tovma2    3:48 | impenetrable darkness will fall; fog and misty gloom (will cover) your 10Tovma2    3:48 | gloom (will cover) your mountains and plains. Then the sword will 10Tovma2    3:48 | warriors. Many woodcutters will come and cut down your great forests 10Tovma2    3:48 | cut down your great forests and newly planted tall trees. Then 10Tovma2    3:48 | will come forth from you and consume you and the multitude 10Tovma2    3:48 | from you and consume you and the multitude of your sons 10Tovma2    3:48 | the multitude of your sons and daughters, intending its flames for 10Tovma2    3:49 | For whereby you became high and mighty, thereby you will be 10Tovma2    3:49 | thereby you will be humbled and fall. The magnificence of your 10Tovma2    3:49 | your palaces will be destroyed and ruined, demeaned everywhere. What you 10Tovma2    3:49 | demeaned everywhere. What you begat and cherished, you yourself will summon 10Tovma2    3:50 | decided to rally his troops and those of the royal court 10Tovma2    3:50 | the royal court called hamharz and p’ushtipan; all the elite of 10Tovma2    3:50 | them with a mighty force. And there was fog and thick 10Tovma2    3:50 | force. And there was fog and thick darkness over the face 10Tovma2    3:50 | upon them until he arrived and ( the two sides) joined together 10Tovma2    3:51 | for mercy to Heraclius: “Pious and benevolent lord, have mercy on 10Tovma2    3:52 | thousand men, wounded, barefoot, unarmed, and on foot. In the morning 10Tovma2    3:52 | spread over all the land and that the whole country should 10Tovma2    3:53 | city of Ctesiphon. He destroyed and ravaged all the palaces of 10Tovma2    3:53 | king, burned them with fire, and seized the many stored treasures 10Tovma2    3:53 | incalculable booty of gold, silver, and clothing, very many animals, and 10Tovma2    3:53 | and clothing, very many animals, and a multitude of prisoners as 10Tovma2    3:54 | Now the wives, concubines, and all the children of the 10Tovma2    3:54 | the children of the king and the royal horses were there 10Tovma2    3:54 | to gather the surviving nobles and troops of his army who 10Tovma2    3:55 | He upbraided them with severe and terrible criticism and threats: “Why 10Tovma2    3:55 | with severe and terrible criticism and threats: “Why did you too 10Tovma2    3:55 | giving encouragement to my slave and ( causing) so much harm? Did 10Tovma2    3:56 | they all took counsel together and note: “Although we escaped from 10Tovma2    3:57 | crossed the ford at Vehkavat and captured all the king’s wives 10Tovma2    3:57 | all the king’s wives, concubines, and children, and the royal horses 10Tovma2    3:57 | king’s wives, concubines, and children, and the royal horses on which 10Tovma2    3:57 | made his son Kavat king, and he marched against (Khosrov 10Tovma2    3:58 | Aryans has revolted against you, and they have made your son 10Tovma2    3:58 | to attack you.” Dismayed, fearful, and greatly terrified, Khosrov sought for 10Tovma2    3:59 | went into the dense groves and stayed hidden under a thick 10Tovma2    3:60 | in the bush, seized him, and brought him to the hall 10Tovma2    3:60 | come to him, condemn, insult, and debase him, and leave 10Tovma2    3:60 | condemn, insult, and debase him, and leave 10Tovma2    3:61 | also found fault with him and decreed a sentence of death 10Tovma2    3:61 | ordered some men to enter and kill him. They came in 10Tovma2    3:61 | hacked at him with axes, and killed him in the room 10Tovma2    3:63 | the throne of the kingdom and made general peace both with 10Tovma2    3:63 | peace both with the emperor and over the whole land of 10Tovma2    3:63 | he gave everything he wanted. And while King Kavat was planning 10Tovma2    3:63 | Kavat was planning the restoration and peace of his country, the 10Tovma2    3:63 | of his life overtook him and he died, having reigned for 10Tovma2    3:64 | Your king Kavat has died and his son is a young 10Tovma2    3:64 | kingdom has devolved on you and I shall agreed and gave 10Tovma2    3:64 | you and I shall agreed and gave over Heraclius, emperor of 10Tovma2    3:64 | regions of Antioch, of yours and I shall come to Asorestan 10Tovma2    3:65 | Khoṙeam agreed and gave over to Heraclius, emperor 10Tovma2    3:65 | all the regions of Antioch, and all the cities of those 10Tovma2    3:65 | the cities of those provinces, and Tarsus in Cilicia, and the 10Tovma2    3:65 | provinces, and Tarsus in Cilicia, and the greater part of Armenia 10Tovma2    3:65 | the greater part of Armenia, and everything that Heraclius had ever 10Tovma2    3:66 | Heraclius granted him the kingdom and promised as many troops as 10Tovma2    3:67 | him: “Please send trustworthy men, and when I reach the royal 10Tovma2    3:68 | salt according to their custom. And he requested from him a 10Tovma2    3:68 | Khoṙeam had received the troops and had entered the capital, he 10Tovma2    3:69 | it in its original wrapping, and he gave it to the 10Tovma2    3:69 | gave the bearers many gifts and dismissed them with great honours 10Tovma2    3:70 | Heraclius gathered all his troops, and with eager and joyful heart 10Tovma2    3:70 | his troops, and with eager and joyful heart went out to 10Tovma2    3:70 | army to honour the wondrous and heavenly treasure, and brought it 10Tovma2    3:70 | the wondrous and heavenly treasure, and brought it to the holy 10Tovma2    3:71 | excited fervour of their hearts, and their affected emotions, the emperor 10Tovma2    3:71 | emperor, princes, all the troops, and the inhabitants of the city 10Tovma2    3:71 | piteous tears of the crowd and their overflowing joy 10Tovma2    3:72 | Distributing to all the churches and the poor of the city 10Tovma2    3:72 | poor of the city blessing and money for incense, he himself 10Tovma2    3:72 | to Syrian Mesopotamia to occupy and secure for himself the cities 10Tovma2    3:72 | secure for himself the cities and all the borders which had 10Tovma2    3:72 | in the time of Khosrov and Maurice 10Tovma2    3:73 | And the holy cross of the 10Tovma2    3:74 | riding on a royal horse, and circulating among all his troops 10Tovma2    3:74 | his troops to show himself and encourage the army, when suddenly 10Tovma2    3:74 | upon him, struck him down and killed him 10Tovma2    3:76 | Bor ruled for two years and died. After her they introduced 10Tovma2    3:76 | certain Khosroy, a young boy, and made him their king. He 10Tovma2    3:76 | the Persian kingdom was weakened and split. After all this Yazkert 10Tovma2    3:78 | standing on feet of clay and iron 10Tovma2    4:0 | Persians came to an end and was succeeded by the even 10Tovma2    4:1 | Persian kingdom reached its end. And at that time there came 10Tovma2    4:1 | at that time there came and gathered in the city of 10Tovma2    4:1 | the Persian army had left and abandoned the city. They entered 10Tovma2    4:1 | the gates, fortified themselves therein, and began to rebel against Roman 10Tovma2    4:2 | besieged. The king’s brother Theodore and the host of the army 10Tovma2    4:2 | They took the desert road and went to Arabia to the 10Tovma2    4:2 | with Bałak, king of Moab. And because the Persian power had 10Tovma2    4:2 | restored the city of Madiam and dwelt in it 10Tovma2    4:3 | the sons of Abraham—we and you, brothers. You must come 10Tovma2    4:3 | must come to our help, and we shall take the land 10Tovma2    4:4 | the Ammonite temple called Samam and K’abar 10Tovma2    4:5 | Mahmet. His uncle Abutalp took and raised him until he reached 10Tovma2    4:5 | served him faithfully, pastured camels, and was the steward of his 10Tovma2    4:6 | Mahmet was a faithful man and very sagacious in all wordly 10Tovma2    4:6 | all wordly affairs, married him and turned over to him all 10Tovma2    4:6 | the supervision of the house and property 10Tovma2    4:7 | became a merchant by trade and skilled in commerce. He undertook 10Tovma2    4:7 | on mercantile business, to Egypt and the regions of Palestine. And 10Tovma2    4:7 | and the regions of Palestine. And while he was engaged in 10Tovma2    4:7 | Arians. Becoming acquainted with him and in the course of time 10Tovma2    4:7 | especially concerning the old testaments and that God has by nature 10Tovma2    4:8 | will become a great general and the leader of all your 10Tovma2    4:8 | of God’s promise to Abraham and of the rites of circumcision 10Tovma2    4:8 | of the rites of circumcision and sacrifices and all the other 10Tovma2    4:8 | rites of circumcision and sacrifices and all the other things which 10Tovma2    4:9 | strange voice, an influence fearsome and demonic, fell on him and 10Tovma2    4:9 | and demonic, fell on him and drove him out of his 10Tovma2    4:9 | to the land of Palestine and desiring to see the column 10Tovma2    4:9 | of Lot’s wife, she went and lingered there to rest. And 10Tovma2    4:9 | and lingered there to rest. And as she dozed, a strange 10Tovma2    4:9 | who (will) conquer the world.” And, indeed, a daughter of the 10Tovma2    4:10 | angel’s voice fell on me, and ordered me to go as 10Tovma2    4:10 | God the Creator of heaven and earth, to take upon myself 10Tovma2    4:10 | myself the title of leadership and to refute and destroy the 10Tovma2    4:10 | of leadership and to refute and destroy the false faith in 10Tovma2    4:11 | was caused by an angel. And many of them believed him 10Tovma2    4:12 | son of Aputalp came in and said to him: “For what 10Tovma2    4:12 | God the Creator of heaven and earth, but they reject me 10Tovma2    4:13 | a great outcry among them and such a dispute that many 10Tovma2    4:13 | of both sides were wounded; and Mahmet and Ali fled with 10Tovma2    4:13 | sides were wounded; and Mahmet and Ali fled with about forty 10Tovma2    4:14 | Jews, like zealots for God and as sons of Abraham and 10Tovma2    4:14 | and as sons of Abraham and mutual brothers, were emboldened to 10Tovma2    4:14 | brothers, were emboldened to unity and to proclaim that his words 10Tovma2    4:14 | were true. They joined him and made a pact, gave him 10Tovma2    4:14 | a wife from their nation, and made ready to support him 10Tovma2    4:15 | on their opponents, killed Apljehr and many of the Ammonite and 10Tovma2    4:15 | and many of the Ammonite and Moabite troops, destroyed the images 10Tovma2    4:15 | of Samam on the altar, and dared say that the temple 10Tovma2    4:15 | inhabitants of the neighbouring regions and wiped out by the sword 10Tovma2    4:16 | the success of this venture and the concord of the Jews 10Tovma2    4:16 | Jews, he proclaimed himself head and leader of them all. He 10Tovma2    4:16 | He appointed as his officers and generals Ali and Apubak’r and 10Tovma2    4:16 | his officers and generals Ali and Apubak’r and Amr and Ut’man 10Tovma2    4:16 | and generals Ali and Apubak’r and Amr and Ut’man 10Tovma2    4:16 | Ali and Apubak’r and Amr and Ut’man 10Tovma2    4:17 | promised this land to Abraham and his seed, and it was 10Tovma2    4:17 | to Abraham and his seed, and it was in their possession 10Tovma2    4:17 | possession for a long time. And if God was disgusted with 10Tovma2    4:17 | disgusted with their wicked deeds and gave it into your hands 10Tovma2    4:17 | are the sons of Abraham, and you know the promise made 10Tovma2    4:17 | shall take it by war— and not only that (land) but 10Tovma2    4:18 | wished, but simply ordered caution and not to wage war against 10Tovma2    4:20 | no support to the feet, and their tramping on foot, and 10Tovma2    4:20 | and their tramping on foot, and distressed in every way, (the 10Tovma2    4:20 | a great amount of booty and began fearlessly to spread over 10Tovma2    4:21 | Lord with other church ornaments and brought them in flight to 10Tovma2    4:21 | the imperial capital to Constans. And Ismael ruled over all Judaea 10Tovma2    4:22 | seeing his success rose up and went to Mahmet to show 10Tovma2    4:22 | mission was from an angel and not from a man, he 10Tovma2    4:22 | was very vexed at this and killed him secretly 10Tovma2    4:24 | saw him, he summoned him and attached him to him, and 10Tovma2    4:24 | and attached him to him, and ordered him to write a 10Tovma2    4:25 | agreed to write for him and set down a composite book 10Tovma2    4:26 | riding one on a donkey, and the other on a camel 10Tovma2    4:27 | prescribed) continual ablutions with water, and reckoned this was sufficient for 10Tovma2    4:27 | for the future, the ineffable and angelic renewal, he said were 10Tovma2    4:27 | were vast quantities of food and drink; should one wish to 10Tovma2    4:27 | one would find them ready. And there would be continual and 10Tovma2    4:27 | And there would be continual and insatiable intercourse with women who 10Tovma2    4:28 | for they are very many and opposed to God. And all 10Tovma2    4:28 | many and opposed to God. And all this he affirmed and 10Tovma2    4:28 | And all this he affirmed and set down for his nation 10Tovma2    4:29 | Now come and I shall tell you with 10Tovma2    4:29 | you, nation of Arabs, men and women of all the cities 10Tovma2    4:29 | the impiety of your tongue and filthiness of habits, whereby opening 10Tovma2    4:30 | come before the mighty God. And now with new and amazing 10Tovma2    4:30 | God. And now with new and amazing wounds he will judge 10Tovma2    4:31 | world will see you smoking, and fire will never leave you 10Tovma2    4:31 | potter’s furnace will you burn, and you will have no rest 10Tovma2    4:32 | All these evils he accomplished, and even more laws than these 10Tovma2    4:32 | in this fashion he died, and himself appointed Apubak’r to the 10Tovma2    4:32 | The latter lived for [2] years and died. Then the leadership of 10Tovma2    4:32 | son of Hatap, for [20] years and [6] months 10Tovma2    4:33 | He drove out the Greeks, and gathering a great army attacked 10Tovma2    4:33 | the land of the Parthians and their king called Yazkert. Yazkert 10Tovma2    4:33 | the borders of the Kushans and slaughtered all his troops. In 10Tovma2    4:33 | the kingdom of the Persians and of the race of Sasan 10Tovma2    4:34 | Persian kingdom begin with Cyrus ( and go down) to Dareh, who 10Tovma2    4:34 | killed by Alexander of Macedon, and the years of anarchy—which 10Tovma2    4:34 | which some historians count as [60] and others as [70]. That was followed 10Tovma2    4:34 | the kingdom of the Parthians, and ( his line) lasted down to 10Tovma2    4:34 | was killed by the Muslims. And the years of these reigns 10Tovma2    4:35 | Mawi, [20] years and [3] months and a few days 10Tovma2    4:35 | Mawi, [20] years and [3] months and a few days. There was 10Tovma2    4:35 | between Ali, son of Aputalp, and Mawi for [5] years and [3] months 10Tovma2    4:35 | Aputalp, and Mawi for [5] years and [3] months. For Ali claimed that 10Tovma2    4:35 | son of Mawi, for [3] years and [3] months. Abdlmelik’, son of Mruan 10Tovma2    4:35 | Abdlmelik’, son of Mruan, [21] years. And there was a great opposition 10Tovma2    4:35 | there was a great opposition and war (between him and] Abdula 10Tovma2    4:35 | opposition and war (between him and] Abdula, son of Zubayr, for 10Tovma2    4:35 | son of Zubayr, for [2] years and [3] months. In those same days 10Tovma2    4:36 | trapped the princes of Armenia and burned them all in the 10Tovma2    4:36 | in the city of Nakhchavan and in the town of Khram 10Tovma2    4:37 | Leo, emperor of the Greeks; and receiving a response from him 10Tovma2    4:38 | all, yet being very confounded and ashamed he abandoned the falsehood 10Tovma2    4:38 | refuted by the emperor’s letter, and thereby showed great benevolence to 10Tovma2    4:38 | their crimes, gave free pardon. And to his own race he 10Tovma2    4:39 | true incarnation of the Saviour and his disciples to be ground 10Tovma2    4:39 | to be ground to dust and broken in pieces 10Tovma2    4:40 | commanded pigs to be killed and exterminated from the land the 10Tovma2    4:41 | was strangled by a demon and perished 10Tovma2    4:51 | Mahmet, son of Aharon, and his wife Zupet, for [4] years 10Tovma2    4:54 | son of Mahmet, for [5] years and [6] months 10Tovma2    4:56 | repeat them. Furthermore, their names and the lengths of reign have 10Tovma2    4:56 | perhaps because of the troubled and contentious race that dwelt in 10Tovma2    4:56 | who reigned alone over everyone and built a city and royal 10Tovma2    4:56 | everyone and built a city and royal palace for the secure 10Tovma2    4:57 | that is, “servant of money,” and not of God, because of 10Tovma2    4:57 | because of his tremendous covetousness and insatiable avarice 10Tovma2    4:58 | have to speak about Jap’r and his evil deeds, not described 10Tovma2    4:58 | a long period of time; and we shall describe the unbearable 10Tovma2    5:0 | completion of the sixth jubilee and the seventieth olympiad, after the 10Tovma2    5:1 | A certain man, Jap’r, insolent and arrogant, began to lift his 10Tovma2    5:1 | horns in impiety, to roar and butt at the four corners 10Tovma2    5:1 | of the earth, to oppress and torment those who wished a 10Tovma2    5:1 | a peaceful life; for confusion and the shedding of blood were 10Tovma2    5:1 | He was in continuous irresolution and agitation: on whom or on 10Tovma2    5:1 | poison, or where to loose and shoot out the multitude of 10Tovma2    5:1 | the quiver of his evil and crafty mind 10Tovma2    5:2 | great folly, smitten by passion and with cancerous mien, raging like 10Tovma2    5:2 | he began to attack Armenia. And in accordance with the subtle 10Tovma2    5:3 | house, a most renowned man and very highly distinguished. Through him 10Tovma2    5:3 | valour were performed in battles and in single combat in view 10Tovma2    5:4 | He was more glorious and famous than those before him 10Tovma2    5:4 | Armenia, those in the East and the North, and especially those 10Tovma2    5:4 | the East and the North, and especially those in the land 10Tovma2    5:5 | Apusēt in the Tachik language and was also familiar with Hebrew 10Tovma2    5:6 | He set out and approached the borders of Armenia 10Tovma2    5:6 | with presents of gold, silver, and honourable garments, urging that he 10Tovma2    5:8 | the mutual pact between Ashot and Bagarat, he in no way 10Tovma2    5:8 | for his coming concerned taxes and other administrative matters. So, they 10Tovma2    5:8 | they had the royal taxes and dues given to him and 10Tovma2    5:8 | and dues given to him and sent him back whence he 10Tovma2    5:9 | He returned to Samarra and informed the caliph what he 10Tovma2    5:9 | caliph what he had done and how the Armenian princes were 10Tovma2    5:11 | entrusted the oversight of Armenia and the royal taxes to a 10Tovma2    5:11 | Zōrahay, who then ruled Arzn and the lower part of Ałdznik’ 10Tovma2    6:0 | between Bagarat, prince of Armenia, and Muse; and his victory through 10Tovma2    6:0 | prince of Armenia, and Muse; and his victory through Ashot, prince 10Tovma2    6:1 | a great disturbance between Bagarat and Musē. On the pretext of 10Tovma2    6:1 | tribute Musē had gathered troops and come to the land of 10Tovma2    6:2 | he drew out his line and closed off the whole of 10Tovma2    6:2 | flat valley. They were armed and fully prepared to face the 10Tovma2    6:3 | the Muslim army drawn up and compared it with the paucity 10Tovma2    6:3 | come to his aid promptly and rapidly in person and with 10Tovma2    6:3 | promptly and rapidly in person and with an army and arms 10Tovma2    6:3 | person and with an army and arms 10Tovma2    6:4 | before the great prince Ashot and he had read the begging 10Tovma2    6:4 | had read the begging letter and codicil of the nobles (which 10Tovma2    6:4 | which mentioned) their close relationship and the bond of the pact 10Tovma2    6:4 | oaths on the holy gospel and the Lord’s cross, then he 10Tovma2    6:5 | his own troops: Prince Ashot and his brothers Gurgēn and Grigor 10Tovma2    6:5 | Ashot and his brothers Gurgēn and Grigor with their forces; from 10Tovma2    6:5 | from the Artsruni family, Vahan and Vasak and Musheł and Apupelch 10Tovma2    6:5 | Artsruni family, Vahan and Vasak and Musheł and Apupelch and Gurgēn 10Tovma2    6:5 | Vahan and Vasak and Musheł and Apupelch and Gurgēn and Vasak 10Tovma2    6:5 | Vasak and Musheł and Apupelch and Gurgēn and Vasak and Apujap’r 10Tovma2    6:5 | Musheł and Apupelch and Gurgēn and Vasak and Apujap’r and Musheł 10Tovma2    6:5 | Apupelch and Gurgēn and Vasak and Apujap’r and Musheł and Apumayeay 10Tovma2    6:5 | Gurgēn and Vasak and Apujap’r and Musheł and Apumayeay and Vasak 10Tovma2    6:5 | Vasak and Apujap’r and Musheł and Apumayeay and Vasak and Vahan 10Tovma2    6:5 | Apujap’r and Musheł and Apumayeay and Vasak and Vahan and Hamazasp 10Tovma2    6:5 | Musheł and Apumayeay and Vasak and Vahan and Hamazasp and Vasak 10Tovma2    6:5 | Apumayeay and Vasak and Vahan and Hamazasp and Vasak, son of 10Tovma2    6:5 | Vasak and Vahan and Hamazasp and Vasak, son of Grigor, and 10Tovma2    6:5 | and Vasak, son of Grigor, and Apumkdēm and Mehuzhan and Grigor 10Tovma2    6:5 | son of Grigor, and Apumkdēm and Mehuzhan and Grigor—these all 10Tovma2    6:5 | Grigor, and Apumkdēm and Mehuzhan and Grigor—these all amounted to 10Tovma2    6:7 | Amatunik’, Shapuh with eight relatives and their troops 10Tovma2    6:8 | Hazir with six more relatives and their troops 10Tovma2    6:9 | Ĕntrunik’, Artavazd with seven relatives and their troops 10Tovma2    6:10 | And there were others from among 10Tovma2    6:11 | And many others of knightly rank 10Tovma2    6:11 | sounding, the flags were waving and the standards were flashing, shield 10Tovma2    6:11 | standards were flashing, shield bearers and lancers were shouting, the cavalry 10Tovma2    6:11 | the cavalry was galloping hither and thither, the champions were making 10Tovma2    6:11 | were making forays to attack, and the archers were flexing their 10Tovma2    6:12 | they fell on the Muslims and set on each other, one 10Tovma2    6:13 | rushed on the elite cavalry and broke its right wing, turning 10Tovma2    6:15 | fled into the fortified places and closely besieged the city and 10Tovma2    6:15 | and closely besieged the city and fortress, until its mistress came 10Tovma2    6:16 | victory. They plundered the encampment and stripped the corpses; collecting much 10Tovma2    6:16 | piled up masses of silver and gold, arms with decorated scabbards 10Tovma2    6:16 | with decorated scabbards, the ornaments and weapons of brave men, select 10Tovma2    6:16 | of brave men, select horses and their decorations. So, they returned 10Tovma2    6:16 | one’s place in great joy and merry jubilation 10Tovma2    6:17 | saw that his wicked plan and inclination had not been fulfilled 10Tovma2    6:17 | inclination had not been fulfilled and that his army had suffered 10Tovma2    6:18 | before the battle of Ałdznik’, and how Prince Ashot opposed them 10Tovma2    6:18 | how Prince Ashot opposed them and defeated them with the sword 10Tovma2    6:18 | appropriate to disregard in silence and forgetfulness such a great victory 10Tovma2    6:19 | When Apusēt’ returned to Syria and entrusted the oversight of the 10Tovma2    6:20 | troops until all the taxes and royal tribute were brought to 10Tovma2    6:20 | from every region of Armenia and each individual territory. When he 10Tovma2    6:20 | of Vaspurakan; he ravaged, plundered, and pillaged, sacking and despoiling goods 10Tovma2    6:20 | ravaged, plundered, and pillaged, sacking and despoiling goods and possessions. They 10Tovma2    6:20 | pillaged, sacking and despoiling goods and possessions. They (the Muslims) seized 10Tovma2    6:20 | the Muslims) seized men, women, and their inheritance 10Tovma2    6:21 | of the principality of Andzevats’ik’, and there too they plundered on 10Tovma2    6:22 | from court to capture, ravage, and ruin our country? Now we 10Tovma2    6:22 | royal taxes like rebels, disobedient and insubordinate to the authority of 10Tovma2    6:22 | the (due) amount of taxes and satisfy you. But do not 10Tovma2    6:22 | But do not mercilessly ravage and destroy my land 10Tovma2    6:23 | it unworthy of a response, and in the same fashion began 10Tovma2    6:23 | of Archuchk’ he stopped there and posted observers on the highest 10Tovma2    6:24 | much angered at the insult, and in his great wrath took 10Tovma2    6:24 | according to their various families, and attacked him, supported by the 10Tovma2    6:24 | division was entrusted to Gurgēn and Vahan Havnuni, who was his 10Tovma2    6:25 | The combat) began at dawn, and all day victory was on 10Tovma2    6:25 | struggle Ali’s brother was killed, and frightful torrents of blood flowed 10Tovma2    6:26 | Gurgēn, the prince’s brother, and Vahan Havnuni fought bravely, gaining 10Tovma2    6:26 | bravely, gaining a notable victory and putting the enemy’s side to 10Tovma2    6:26 | the corpses of the slain, and the streams of water that 10Tovma2    6:26 | few insignificant men were killed, and Lord Gurgēn was wounded 10Tovma2    6:27 | Armenian troops stripped the trappings and arms from the corpses of 10Tovma2    6:27 | corpses of the valiant men and noble horses, collecting much booty 10Tovma2    6:27 | noble horses, collecting much booty, and went to each one’s place 10Tovma2    6:28 | by Vasak Artsruni through treachery and malevolence, and more especially through 10Tovma2    6:28 | Artsruni through treachery and malevolence, and more especially through fear. For 10Tovma2    6:28 | the door of his dwelling, and he was fearfully anxious that 10Tovma2    6:28 | that the Muslims might penetrate and by discovering his store of 10Tovma2    6:29 | the nobles living in Armenia and piling (blame for) much damage 10Tovma2    6:30 | rabble, with unveiled faces, bareheaded, and having discarded the natural apparel 10Tovma2    6:31 | They complained, tearing their collars and pulling out their hair, scratching 10Tovma2    6:31 | their hair, scratching their faces and uttering loud shrieks in lamentation 10Tovma2    6:31 | uttering loud shrieks in lamentation and tearful sighing, moaning and imploring 10Tovma2    6:31 | lamentation and tearful sighing, moaning and imploring: “It is Ashot who 10Tovma2    6:31 | stopping of the royal taxes and the slaughter of your army 10Tovma2    6:31 | has general authority over life and death 10Tovma2    6:32 | from the gate of discord, and lamentation from the second gate 10Tovma2    6:32 | lamentation from the second gate, and crashing on the hills. Mourn 10Tovma2    6:32 | peoples have resembled the Canaanites; and all those who boasted in 10Tovma2    6:33 | flamed like a fiery furnace, and foamed like the piled-up 10Tovma2    6:34 | He assembled groups of counsellors and all the wise men of 10Tovma2    6:34 | the wise men of Syria and Babylonia to examine this matter 10Tovma2    6:35 | walk worthy of Christ’s faith, and that their deeds would bear 10Tovma2    6:36 | But although they agreed and diligently heard him, yet they 10Tovma2    6:36 | the devastation of the country, and the ruin of the patrimonial 10Tovma2    6:36 | he urged them to renounce and abandon the wicked and harmful 10Tovma2    6:36 | renounce and abandon the wicked and harmful deeds they were working 10Tovma2    6:37 | were committing the same impure and perverse sins as the Sodomites 10Tovma2    6:37 | Your father was a Canaanite and your mother a Hittite 10Tovma2    6:38 | returned to the same charge, and mindful of the oversight of 10Tovma2    6:38 | of thieves; they love bribes and are worthy of punishment. They 10Tovma2    6:38 | not provide justice to orphans, and they disregard the rights of 10Tovma2    6:39 | Let the king rule justly, and the prince govern by law 10Tovma2    6:39 | the prince govern by law.” And again: “Let them make just 10Tovma2    6:39 | Let them make just judgments and work mercy and justice, because 10Tovma2    6:39 | just judgments and work mercy and justice, because my words are 10Tovma2    6:39 | common people deserve mercy. Such and even more was the advice 10Tovma2    6:39 | even more was the advice and teaching of the holy patriarch 10Tovma2    6:39 | teaching of the holy patriarch and valiant shepherd Lord John, Catholicos 10Tovma2    6:40 | the laws of the Lord and had ears only for the 10Tovma2    6:40 | only for the cruel viper and incurable asp. They were drunk 10Tovma2    6:40 | which they would not see, and ears with which they would 10Tovma2    6:40 | upon us these terrible evils and irreversible downfall which, continuing (my 10Tovma2    6:40 | shall indicate in its place. And the saying of the prophet 10Tovma2    6:41 | You shall hear and not understand; you shall see 10Tovma2    6:41 | not understand; you shall see and not realise. For the heart 10Tovma2    6:41 | be abandoned by their inhabitants and houses emptied of men. And 10Tovma2    6:41 | and houses emptied of men. And my people will again be 10Tovma2    6:41 | did not know the Lord. And many were their corpses through 10Tovma2    6:41 | corpses through famine of bread and thirst for water 10Tovma2    6:42 | which was the sixth jubilee and seventy-second olympiad and twentieth 10Tovma2    6:42 | jubilee and seventy-second olympiad and twentieth in diction, and the 10Tovma2    6:42 | olympiad and twentieth in diction, and the year [300] according to the 10Tovma2    6:42 | the caliph with his counsellors and all the Babylonian magnates irrevocably 10Tovma2    6:42 | would lay hands on Ashot and his house and on Bagarat 10Tovma2    6:42 | on Ashot and his house and on Bagarat and his house 10Tovma2    6:42 | his house and on Bagarat and his house; for if they 10Tovma2    6:42 | will be able to resist and oppose us 10Tovma2    6:43 | Immediately gathering an army and forming a force of elite 10Tovma2    6:43 | of elite cavalry, with soldiers and generals, he entrusted it to 10Tovma2    6:43 | certain Yovsep’, son of Apusēt’. And he made the country over 10Tovma2    6:44 | resolved on against the Armenians and their princes, and matters turn 10Tovma2    6:44 | the Armenians and their princes, and matters turn out as we 10Tovma2    6:44 | out as we ardently desire, and you are able to bring 10Tovma2    6:44 | land in inheritance to you and your descendants 10Tovma2    6:46 | land of Vaspurakan through Atrpatakan and camped at Hadamakert, the Artsruni 10Tovma2    6:46 | to scatter raiders, to plunder and pile up for himself a 10Tovma2    6:47 | the prince, apparently in friendship and peace, for the matter of 10Tovma2    6:48 | So the prince armed himself and made all preparations, with the 10Tovma2    6:48 | through the regions of Mardastan and Dzor-Haskoy, and sent messengers 10Tovma2    6:48 | of Mardastan and Dzor-Haskoy, and sent messengers to the general 10Tovma2    6:49 | the world to watch over and care for the prosperity of 10Tovma2    6:49 | tyrannous yoke of heavy burdens and soften the severity of painful 10Tovma2    6:49 | citizens, the burden of taxes and the military, so that the 10Tovma2    6:49 | the land may be prosperous and peaceful and the royal taxes 10Tovma2    6:49 | may be prosperous and peaceful and the royal taxes come in 10Tovma2    6:50 | Such is our concern and ( it is) for you to 10Tovma2    6:50 | benevolent solicitude for the land and ( your) friendly kindness towards us 10Tovma2    6:50 | eager to serve you loyally and to fulfill your commands with 10Tovma2    6:50 | great despatch.” Many other agreeable and acceptable expressions in similar terms 10Tovma2    6:51 | Prince Ashot, sister of Sahak and Bagarat, prince of Tarōn, who 10Tovma2    6:51 | a woman wise in words and deeds, very intelligent and also 10Tovma2    6:51 | words and deeds, very intelligent and also pious, went with many 10Tovma2    6:51 | him to establish a treaty and peace with her sons and 10Tovma2    6:51 | and peace with her sons and the whole land of Vaspurakan 10Tovma2    6:52 | He accepted the gifts and carried out her request. Taking 10Tovma2    6:52 | request. Taking as hostages renowned and honourable men, he sent back 10Tovma2    6:52 | ensnare (the Armenians) by deceit and trickery 10Tovma2    6:53 | Khlat’, he entered the city and encamped in its fortress. Then 10Tovma2    6:53 | winter season that had arrived and the fierceness of the freezing 10Tovma2    6:54 | the part of the king and his army, went with innocent 10Tovma2    6:54 | army, went with innocent frankness and loyal intentions to fulfil his 10Tovma2    6:54 | accordance with the divine command and the royal order. He followed 10Tovma2    6:54 | whereby he had deceived him, and took with him the holy 10Tovma2    6:55 | But (the emir) seized him and all his relatives from the 10Tovma2    6:55 | bound them in iron bonds, and sent them to Samarra. He 10Tovma2    6:55 | those of the Artsruni nobility and those of their knights. The 10Tovma2    6:55 | in the regions of Syria and all the area of the 10Tovma2    6:56 | be their drawers of water and hewers of wood, causing them 10Tovma2    7:0 | the mountain people of Khoyt’ and their history 10Tovma2    7:1 | became especially severe with fog and tempests. The thick snow, levelling 10Tovma2    7:1 | his den midway between life and death, surviving the days of 10Tovma2    7:2 | ground with its warming strength and awakening to fertility the buried 10Tovma2    7:2 | to fertility the buried roots and plants that had been numbed 10Tovma2    7:2 | wind, then the slumbering beasts and birds, when they feel the 10Tovma2    7:2 | of the air as day and night become equal, come out 10Tovma2    7:2 | out from each one’s lair and nest in the season of 10Tovma2    7:2 | they go, both on men and on other animals 10Tovma2    7:3 | attack Armenia with sword, captivity, and terrible afflictions, to take the 10Tovma2    7:3 | affairs by their own orders and would install themselves with their 10Tovma2    7:5 | they marched against the city and besieged it. They slaughtered the 10Tovma2    7:5 | from Vaspurakan, freed the captives, and divided their booty among themselves 10Tovma2    7:6 | hid himself between the (inner and outer) dome, quaking in most 10Tovma2    7:6 | armed men surrounded the church, and some of them reached him 10Tovma2    7:6 | lungs. He breathed his last and was buried like a donkey 10Tovma2    7:7 | And I myself with my own 10Tovma2    7:7 | that man who struck him, and from him I learned the 10Tovma2    7:7 | Your general has been killed, and the land of Armenia has 10Tovma2    7:8 | of the mountain: what sort and manner of people they are 10Tovma2    7:8 | how they manage to live and supply their needs at great 10Tovma2    7:8 | their needs at great labour and enormous trouble. They dwell in 10Tovma2    7:8 | the mountains, in deep forests, and on mountaintops 10Tovma2    7:9 | from living so far apart and never greeting each other, and 10Tovma2    7:9 | and never greeting each other, and their mutual speech is a 10Tovma2    7:10 | the middle of the forests and irrigate by means of their 10Tovma2    7:11 | of boot made from goatskin. And one food and one garment 10Tovma2    7:11 | from goatskin. And one food and one garment suffice them both 10Tovma2    7:11 | garment suffice them both winter and summer. As weapons they have 10Tovma2    7:13 | killing of their own brothers and even of themselves. They are 10Tovma2    7:13 | They are called light-armed and couriers, and dwell in the 10Tovma2    7:13 | called light-armed and couriers, and dwell in the mountain that 10Tovma2    7:13 | the mountain that divides Ałdznik’ and Tarōn. Because of their obscure 10Tovma2    7:13 | Tarōn. Because of their obscure and inscrutable speech and way of 10Tovma2    7:13 | their obscure and inscrutable speech and way of life they are 10Tovma2    7:14 | who followed (to Armenia) Adramelēk’ and Sanasar, sons of Senek’erim king 10Tovma2    7:14 | of Senek’erim king of Assyria and Nineveh, from whose name they 10Tovma2    7:14 | themselves Sanasnayk’. They are hospitable and respectful to strangers 10Tovma3    1:0 | became of Armenia in general; and division among the princes, being 10Tovma3    1:0 | the princes, being mutually hostile and rebellious; and what (happened) under 10Tovma3    1:0 | being mutually hostile and rebellious; and what (happened) under them 10Tovma3    1:1 | hesitated to relate the dangers and tribulations which befell us from 10Tovma3    1:2 | For although we were oppressed and tormented with various afflictions by 10Tovma3    1:2 | these were few in number and for short periods of time 10Tovma3    1:2 | for short periods of time; and many more were they whom 10Tovma3    1:2 | with their hosts of knights and troops were still living in 10Tovma3    1:2 | were still living in unison and harmony and concord, though in 10Tovma3    1:2 | living in unison and harmony and concord, though in secret they 10Tovma3    1:3 | of the divine power departed and withdrew 10Tovma3    1:4 | plans were disregarded in combat and in other matters affecting the 10Tovma3    1:4 | the administration of the country. And just as someone might cut 10Tovma3    1:5 | plotted evil against his neighbour and his brother 10Tovma3    1:6 | They sent letters and messengers to the caliph secretly 10Tovma3    1:7 | that Armenians had not done; and all the damage and results 10Tovma3    1:7 | done; and all the damage and results of the revolt they 10Tovma3    1:8 | kingdom divided against itself perishes, and every city or house divided 10Tovma3    1:9 | the characters of the lion and the bulls, of which erudite 10Tovma3    1:10 | his kingdom to plan sure and infallible destruction for the land 10Tovma3    1:12 | the elite of the cavalry and cross over the river 10Tovma3    1:12 | The Lord opened his treasures and took out the vessels of 10Tovma3    1:12 | anger,” which he had gathered and preserved there under seal for 10Tovma3    1:12 | compensate us for our deeds and to strike our feet against 10Tovma3    1:13 | will easily submit to you and you will indubitably set them 10Tovma3    1:13 | faith in the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit 10Tovma3    1:14 | to renounce the Christian faith and to serve the religion of 10Tovma3    1:14 | the religion of our prophet and legislator 10Tovma3    1:14 | destruction; only for God, powerful and solicitous in all things, is 10Tovma3    1:14 | is written: “He will shut and there will be no one 10Tovma3    1:14 | to open; he will open and there will be no one 10Tovma3    1:15 | inflicting them with the bastinado and prison and various tortures, and 10Tovma3    1:15 | with the bastinado and prison and various tortures, and by threats 10Tovma3    1:15 | and prison and various tortures, and by threats and persuasion and 10Tovma3    1:15 | various tortures, and by threats and persuasion and the deceitful (promise 10Tovma3    1:15 | and by threats and persuasion and the deceitful (promise) of wealth 10Tovma3    1:15 | them to your royal will and extirpate the name of Christianity 10Tovma3    1:15 | seemed pleasing to the caliph, and he greatly rejoiced 10Tovma3    1:15 | he (the caliph) composed edicts and sent numerous messengers through all 10Tovma3    1:15 | the distant parts of Syria and Babylonia, Turkastan and Khuzhastan, Media 10Tovma3    1:15 | of Syria and Babylonia, Turkastan and Khuzhastan, Media and Elam, Egypt 10Tovma3    1:15 | Babylonia, Turkastan and Khuzhastan, Media and Elam, Egypt and as far 10Tovma3    1:15 | Khuzhastan, Media and Elam, Egypt and as far as inner Tachkastan 10Tovma3    1:15 | of Sakastan—to the troops and generals, governors of provinces and 10Tovma3    1:15 | and generals, governors of provinces and cities, to viziers, prefects, and 10Tovma3    1:15 | and cities, to viziers, prefects, and the magnates of those lands 10Tovma3    1:16 | Here there is weeping, lamentation, and mourning not for a single 10Tovma3    1:16 | but for all the clans and lands of Armenia 10Tovma3    1:16 | cavalry from his own region, and in the company of other 10Tovma3    1:17 | with joyful enthusiasm but unwillingly and by compulsion shall I describe 10Tovma3    1:17 | many kings into their hands, and down to our time no 10Tovma3    1:18 | reverses on us, our nation and army and our generals, as 10Tovma3    1:18 | us, our nation and army and our generals, as has Ashot 10Tovma3    1:19 | attack Armenia with famine, sword, and captivity. Bring hastily to us 10Tovma3    1:19 | bonds the princes, lords, governors, and prefects of that country, the 10Tovma3    1:19 | of that country, the nobility and their sons. And you yourselves 10Tovma3    1:19 | the nobility and their sons. And you yourselves will hold that 10Tovma3    1:19 | land for your own habitation, and it will be your land 10Tovma3    1:19 | as an inheritance for you and your children 10Tovma3    1:20 | But first bring Ashot and his family here, and do 10Tovma3    1:20 | Ashot and his family here, and do not worry about anyone 10Tovma3    1:21 | had come to him gifts and crowns, also giving under seal 10Tovma3    1:21 | also giving under seal villages and towns. He asked for the 10Tovma3    1:21 | number of troops; they searched and found it 10Tovma3    1:22 | each battalion, about the valiant and powerful warriors by name; also 10Tovma3    1:23 | how many trumpets would sound, and how many drums would beat 10Tovma3    1:24 | of all were the archers and stalwart bowmen of the Elamites 10Tovma3    1:24 | stalwart bowmen of the Elamites and Arabians—adroit with both hands 10Tovma3    1:24 | of the house of Ephrem and Benjamin 10Tovma3    1:25 | Bugha, a Turk by race, and he publicly commanded the multitude 10Tovma3    1:25 | multitude to heed his advice and obey his orders 10Tovma3    1:26 | the realm of the Muslims, and no one was able to 10Tovma3    1:27 | whose devilish intelligence was wicked and full of wiles, undertook these 10Tovma3    1:27 | malicious plans; greatly puffed up and haughty, he roared like a 10Tovma3    1:27 | striking terror into those far and near 10Tovma3    1:29 | His delight and pleasure were the flesh and 10Tovma3    1:29 | and pleasure were the flesh and blood of innocent men, and 10Tovma3    1:29 | and blood of innocent men, and his horribly ferocious rage could 10Tovma3    1:30 | prophet Habbakuk: “See, contemptuous ones, and be amazed and undone. For 10Tovma3    1:30 | contemptuous ones, and be amazed and undone. For I shall work 10Tovma3    1:31 | up against you the cruel and swift nation which will come 10Tovma3    1:31 | their own. They are fearsome and splendid; their judgment shall take 10Tovma3    1:31 | shall take place of itself and their sentence proceed of itself 10Tovma3    1:32 | will be their laughing-stock, and at all fortresses they will 10Tovma3    1:32 | all fortresses they will laugh and joke 10Tovma3    2:1 | his army into two divisions and had commanded them to enter 10Tovma3    2:1 | take prisoners, to ravage, exterminate, and put to the sword; to 10Tovma3    2:1 | to depopulate the populous villages and towns and to lead the 10Tovma3    2:1 | the populous villages and towns and to lead the survivors into 10Tovma3    2:2 | the deeds he had wrought and his rebellion from the rule 10Tovma3    2:3 | to a general named Zhirak and sent him through Ṙshtunik’ 10Tovma3    2:4 | to entrap the most mighty and valiant of men, Prince Ashot 10Tovma3    2:4 | unexpectedly attack us by night and cause a great disaster 10Tovma3    2:6 | Setting fire to villages, towns, and farms they made it a 10Tovma3    2:6 | a desert devoid of men and animals 10Tovma3    2:8 | their backs, lance in hand, and armed with bows and arrows 10Tovma3    2:8 | hand, and armed with bows and arrows, attacked the enemy. With 10Tovma3    2:8 | the Muslims, inflicting many wounds, and freed the mass of captives 10Tovma3    2:9 | the one (...) by the sword and was killed (...) “brother aided by 10Tovma3    2:9 | by brother like a secure and strong city,” or according to 10Tovma3    2:9 | single voice thousands will perish, and at the sound of five 10Tovma3    2:10 | A priest called Shapuh and one of the peasants of 10Tovma3    2:10 | they exhibited as much strength and heroic valour as if they 10Tovma3    2:10 | be a source of courage and bravery to many, of strength 10Tovma3    2:10 | of strength to the cowardly and encouragement to the most valiant 10Tovma3    2:11 | the capital city of Nakhchavan and of Mardpetakan, was captured. He 10Tovma3    2:11 | captured. He was white-haired and his outer body was aged 10Tovma3    2:11 | his inner being was rejuvenated and beautiful in the image of 10Tovma3    2:12 | Learned and familiar with Divine Scripture, wise 10Tovma3    2:12 | familiar with Divine Scripture, wise and knowledgeable, he sat digging the 10Tovma3    2:13 | see his tall handsome stature and the analogous beauty of his 10Tovma3    2:14 | to discharge his fetid, intoxicating, and bilious poison in the hope 10Tovma3    2:14 | refuge of the secure rock and to be able secretly to 10Tovma3    2:15 | and had as sword the Lord’s 10Tovma3    2:15 | shall give you a mouth and wisdom to which all your 10Tovma3    2:16 | words; he ordered great gifts and honours to be proffered and 10Tovma3    2:16 | and honours to be proffered and promised to make him splendid 10Tovma3    2:16 | promised to make him splendid and distinguished among the common multitudes 10Tovma3    2:16 | presence with the foremost princes and share the rank of the 10Tovma3    2:17 | submit to the great king, and accept the religion and faith 10Tovma3    2:17 | king, and accept the religion and faith (that are) worthy of 10Tovma3    2:17 | that are) worthy of life and praise from the great king 10Tovma3    2:17 | through obedience to our ruling and commanding king 10Tovma3    2:18 | unable to kill the spirit”; and: “ Do not let a seven 10Tovma3    2:18 | that they may see (it) and glorify the Heavenly Father 10Tovma3    2:19 | forth in beautiful but brief and unadorned form one by one 10Tovma3    2:19 | abides in the true faith, and the torments of the apostates 10Tovma3    2:19 | the torments of the apostates and the backsliders; he also cast 10Tovma3    2:19 | much calumny on their tyrannical and erring legislator Mahumat’ 10Tovma3    2:21 | his unhesitating faith, his fearless and haughty responses, and the great 10Tovma3    2:21 | his fearless and haughty responses, and the great indignity with which 10Tovma3    2:21 | with which he treated him and their legislator, he became exceedingly 10Tovma3    2:21 | legislator, he became exceedingly angry and ordered him to be put 10Tovma3    2:22 | devil who (assails) in secret and in open warfare. He note 10Tovma3    2:22 | He note: “Creator of justice and righteousness (and what follows).” Raising 10Tovma3    2:22 | Creator of justice and righteousness ( and what follows).” Raising his hands 10Tovma3    2:23 | sword, struck the blessed one, and cut off his head. In 10Tovma3    2:25 | had been among the executioners and had been present at the 10Tovma3    2:25 | martyrdom until the saint’s death, and had taken to heart the 10Tovma3    2:27 | Zhirak’ left there, entered Vantosp, and himself set fire to the 10Tovma3    2:28 | various regions of the land and guided Bugha on his way 10Tovma3    2:28 | Bugha on his way in and out of the country 10Tovma3    2:29 | the prince’s bodyguard; Vahram Truni and Hasan and other retainers from 10Tovma3    2:29 | bodyguard; Vahram Truni and Hasan and other retainers from among the 10Tovma3    2:30 | pursued him in large numbers and besieged the castle, making it 10Tovma3    2:34 | for battle with the prince, and led out to the front 10Tovma3    2:34 | powerful archers of the Elamites and their elite cavalry 10Tovma3    2:35 | arms of various kinds: sabres and hatchets, swords and spears, axes 10Tovma3    2:35 | kinds: sabres and hatchets, swords and spears, axes and slings, catapults 10Tovma3    2:35 | hatchets, swords and spears, axes and slings, catapults and projectile machines 10Tovma3    2:35 | spears, axes and slings, catapults and projectile machines, shields and lances 10Tovma3    2:35 | catapults and projectile machines, shields and lances 10Tovma3    2:36 | also carried for warfare fire and sulphur with naphtha; the fluid 10Tovma3    2:36 | finely (ground) sulphur with it and put this in the throwing 10Tovma3    2:37 | ramparts equipped the battle line and provoked battle. They put on 10Tovma3    2:37 | made from woollen fleeces, pressed and glued together by powerful arms 10Tovma3    2:38 | Their horses and riders they cover with armour 10Tovma3    2:38 | armour: frontlets for the horses and shields for the croups, and 10Tovma3    2:38 | and shields for the croups, and leg coverings on the four 10Tovma3    2:38 | extend armour over the chest, and breastplates of haughty aspect, and 10Tovma3    2:38 | and breastplates of haughty aspect, and collars that ring bells when 10Tovma3    2:40 | They themselves wear a cuirass and on their heads a helmet 10Tovma3    2:40 | their hands they put gauntlets and bind leg coverings on their 10Tovma3    2:40 | a lance in their hand, and keep their bows and arrows 10Tovma3    2:40 | hand, and keep their bows and arrows ready at their backs 10Tovma3    2:41 | Their ornaments and belts are embroidered with gold 10Tovma3    2:41 | belts are embroidered with gold and silver. The flapping of their 10Tovma3    2:41 | set up flags, the trumpets and lyres sound, the drums beat 10Tovma3    2:41 | shining on the armed array and glinting on the naked swords 10Tovma3    2:42 | Elamites took up their quivers and mounted their steeds.” The detachments 10Tovma3    2:42 | elite general of the Armenians and greatest of the nobles 10Tovma3    2:43 | In such— and even greater than this—an 10Tovma3    2:43 | armed preparedness, in horrible fright and great fear they trembled in 10Tovma3    2:43 | awe of our heroic prince and victorious warrior Ashot, and of 10Tovma3    2:43 | prince and victorious warrior Ashot, and of those battalions of nobles 10Tovma3    2:44 | mounted the wall in lordly and ostentatious fashion, striding like a 10Tovma3    2:44 | a lion cub, quite unconcerned and regarding as naught the marauders 10Tovma3    2:44 | the marauders who had attacked and surrounded him. For he counted 10Tovma3    2:44 | fellow warriors to be loyal and united, on the troops and 10Tovma3    2:44 | and united, on the troops and commanders, the battalions of nobles 10Tovma3    2:46 | counsel with his relatives, Vahan and Musheł Artsruni and the groups 10Tovma3    2:46 | relatives, Vahan and Musheł Artsruni and the groups of nobles in 10Tovma3    2:46 | had formed, disengage the warfare, and soothe the turbulence: he could 10Tovma3    2:46 | wished according to his desire, and they would hand over to 10Tovma3    2:46 | him in sealed agreements villages and farms, and would pay royal 10Tovma3    2:46 | sealed agreements villages and farms, and would pay royal taxes and 10Tovma3    2:46 | and would pay royal taxes and give hostages for peace 10Tovma3    2:47 | While they were considering and planning together in this fashion 10Tovma3    2:47 | as on the previous day and the day before that, they 10Tovma3    2:47 | go to the (enemy) general and seek peace 10Tovma3    2:48 | the prince in lamb’s clothing and sheep’s raiment, on the inside 10Tovma3    2:48 | at the Lord the frenzy and murderous force of their mortal 10Tovma3    2:48 | poison, to destroy their lord and ruin their land as intriguing 10Tovma3    2:48 | harmonious concord between brothers, relatives, and friends wherever they found it 10Tovma3    2:49 | of this land of Armenia, and in accordance with the command 10Tovma3    2:49 | to your rule the princes and lords, the prefects and governors 10Tovma3    2:49 | princes and lords, the prefects and governors, the rulers of cities 10Tovma3    2:49 | governors, the rulers of cities and of borderlands of all Armenia 10Tovma3    2:49 | to punish by bastinado, prison, and various tortures rebels and opponents 10Tovma3    2:49 | prison, and various tortures rebels and opponents in a manner worthy 10Tovma3    2:49 | manner worthy of their villainy, and to remove from the country 10Tovma3    2:49 | remove from the country discord and from a peaceful land turmoil 10Tovma3    2:49 | right for peace-loving kings and royal princes and doers of 10Tovma3    2:49 | loving kings and royal princes and doers of God’s will and 10Tovma3    2:49 | and doers of God’s will and his faithful, loyal servants 10Tovma3    2:50 | the bodyguard of our prince, and other groups of nobles and 10Tovma3    2:50 | and other groups of nobles and military leaders, having in our 10Tovma3    2:50 | in-chief of the Muslims and colleague of the great king 10Tovma3    2:51 | you will graciously allow us and our clan, the native inhabitants 10Tovma3    2:51 | remain in each one’s dwelling and be at peace, we shall 10Tovma3    2:51 | arms or battles or warfare, and you will have to make 10Tovma3    2:51 | rebels against His Imperial Majesty and your honour if you examine 10Tovma3    2:52 | members of the Artsruni family, and a great number of nobles 10Tovma3    2:52 | a great number of nobles and their sons with their valiant 10Tovma3    2:52 | have gathered all the troops and common people of the land 10Tovma3    2:52 | of the land, men strong and warlike, who do not flinch 10Tovma3    2:52 | this state of affairs continues and the question of battle does 10Tovma3    2:52 | he will come upon you and inflict a terrible disaster on 10Tovma3    2:52 | a terrible disaster on you and your royal army 10Tovma3    2:53 | he is a valiant man and a warrior, and the troops 10Tovma3    2:53 | valiant man and a warrior, and the troops with him are 10Tovma3    2:53 | sake of their own homes and lands and families and clans 10Tovma3    2:53 | their own homes and lands and families and clans 10Tovma3    2:53 | homes and lands and families and clans 10Tovma3    2:54 | are many secure fortresses, Jłmar and Sring, and the castle of 10Tovma3    2:54 | secure fortresses, Jłmar and Sring, and the castle of Chakhuk. And 10Tovma3    2:54 | and the castle of Chakhuk. And if they divide into three 10Tovma3    2:54 | three, four, or more groups and turn these strongholds to their 10Tovma3    2:54 | trouble, frustrate all your plans, and inflict on you a shameful 10Tovma3    2:54 | inflict on you a shameful and humiliating defeat—as on the 10Tovma3    2:55 | he note: “Whatever you wish and eagerly desire will certainly be 10Tovma3    2:55 | without doubt. Only let Ashot and his relatives not escape my 10Tovma3    2:56 | the prince realised their treachery and hypocritical deceit and that they 10Tovma3    2:56 | their treachery and hypocritical deceit and that they were not taking 10Tovma3    2:56 | the general, see for sure, and we shall understand and know 10Tovma3    2:56 | sure, and we shall understand and know how we may be 10Tovma3    2:58 | They replied: “Arise and go yourself and hear in 10Tovma3    2:58 | replied: “Arise and go yourself and hear in person from him 10Tovma3    2:58 | him what his pleasure is; and let their charge of your 10Tovma3    2:59 | speaking equivocally, were secretly grumbling, and were disobeying and neglecting his 10Tovma3    2:59 | secretly grumbling, and were disobeying and neglecting his orders, he responded 10Tovma3    2:59 | you are doing in secret, and why are you hatching clandestine 10Tovma3    2:60 | all evil in your eyes and have wronged you and have 10Tovma3    2:60 | eyes and have wronged you and have dealt with you falsely 10Tovma3    2:60 | a response before my face and indicate expressly one by one 10Tovma3    2:60 | Let all the soldiers hear, and do not be ashamed to 10Tovma3    2:61 | under her wings for protection, and you were everywhere kept in 10Tovma3    2:62 | hatred for my love,’ and what he says later as 10Tovma3    2:62 | on his right hand,’ and what follows in that psalm 10Tovma3    2:65 | of you with appropriate care and love. That the extensive goods 10Tovma3    2:65 | of my house by you and for you—the like of 10Tovma3    2:66 | thereby. On seeing your sons and children, in affectionate compassion I 10Tovma3    2:67 | pursuers the capture of myself and my children, to throw (me 10Tovma3    2:67 | become the cause of carnage and captivity for the whole land 10Tovma3    2:68 | to oppose the irresistible force and might of the caliph. The 10Tovma3    2:69 | of your rebelliousness is removed and that the wretches who have 10Tovma3    2:69 | each to his own place, and that the country may see 10Tovma3    2:69 | who have come to ruin and destroy 10Tovma3    2:70 | the harm for you too, and so no one will be 10Tovma3    2:71 | he ate a little bread and wine, gave thanks, and turned 10Tovma3    2:71 | bread and wine, gave thanks, and turned sorrowfully to his family 10Tovma3    2:71 | Then he left the castle and went to present himself before 10Tovma3    2:72 | heard the same response two and then three times, he heaped 10Tovma3    2:72 | on him. On hearing observant and wise replies from him, he 10Tovma3    2:73 | greatly loved by the general and had received the greatest gifts 10Tovma3    2:73 | had received the greatest gifts and honours, was unable to endure 10Tovma3    2:73 | In deep distress, he groaned and sighed in his soul 10Tovma3    2:74 | the fall of Prince Ashot and the other nobles. But he 10Tovma3    2:74 | the impious caliph. He burned and seethed secretly in his heart 10Tovma3    2:74 | the ruin of the country and the merciless torments of those 10Tovma3    2:75 | boldly entered the tyrant’s hall, and fearlessly standing before the general 10Tovma3    2:75 | have found favour with you, and you have honoured my person 10Tovma3    2:75 | you have honoured my person and have shown me greater respect 10Tovma3    2:75 | have shown me greater respect and consideration than all the (other 10Tovma3    2:75 | all the (other) Armenian princes and royal magnates—and they have 10Tovma3    2:75 | Armenian princes and royal magnates— and they have all heard of 10Tovma3    2:75 | regard for me be vain and hollow, so that those who 10Tovma3    2:75 | those who greatly hate us and are our enemies may see 10Tovma3    2:75 | are our enemies may see and be ashamed, while our friends 10Tovma3    2:75 | be ashamed, while our friends and those who love us may 10Tovma3    2:76 | to appoint him his colleague and equal in honour in his 10Tovma3    2:77 | of gifts that are eternal and undying, that cannot wither, waste 10Tovma3    2:78 | Immediately and with unhesitant rapidity he ordered 10Tovma3    2:79 | And he gave him messengers, lightly 10Tovma3    2:79 | messengers, lightly armed men, axemen, and men with maces, so that 10Tovma3    2:80 | So he removed them and brought them each to his 10Tovma3    2:81 | man who will save them and by judgment will deliver them 10Tovma3    2:81 | by judgment will deliver them.” And again: “He will bring back 10Tovma3    2:81 | his people, not by bribes and not by offerings, says the 10Tovma3    2:82 | own home in great joy and cheerful rejoicing, making an appointment 10Tovma3    3:0 | The captivity and banishment from our country of 10Tovma3    3:0 | our country of the prince and the nobles and their families 10Tovma3    3:0 | the prince and the nobles and their families 10Tovma3    3:1 | those days, while the prince and the nobles with their families 10Tovma3    3:1 | formed a detachment of soldiers and elite cavalry, fully armed and 10Tovma3    3:1 | and elite cavalry, fully armed and equipped, and sent away to 10Tovma3    3:1 | cavalry, fully armed and equipped, and sent away to Samarra the 10Tovma3    3:1 | to Samarra the prince Ashot and his son Grigor, Vahan Artsruni 10Tovma3    3:1 | his son Grigor, Vahan Artsruni and his son Gagik who was 10Tovma3    3:2 | Musheł the brother of Vahan and the princess Hranush, and others 10Tovma3    3:2 | Vahan and the princess Hranush, and others of the nobility, bound 10Tovma3    3:2 | others of the nobility, bound and set on camels under tent 10Tovma3    3:2 | member of the Artsruni family and their nobles, the mighty horsemen 10Tovma3    3:2 | them away from the troops, and deliver him from my hands 10Tovma3    3:3 | feet bound with double chains and had him put in prison 10Tovma3    3:3 | he might sit in tribunal and bring them to a judicial 10Tovma3    3:3 | them to a judicial interrogation and examination of the (charges) concerning 10Tovma3    3:4 | His vizier had written and informed the monarch of whatever 10Tovma3    4:1 | still girt with their swords, and had their shields on their 10Tovma3    4:1 | eyes, they saw their wives and children had been brought among 10Tovma3    4:2 | the pass of the valley and drawing their swords, rushed on 10Tovma3    4:2 | the sword, many they killed and even more they wounded, while 10Tovma3    4:2 | wounded, while all the captives and their families they rescued from 10Tovma3    4:2 | families they rescued from them and brought through the pass of 10Tovma3    4:3 | gathered to attack them; surrounding and capturing them, they brought them 10Tovma3    4:3 | brought them to the general and told him what deeds of 10Tovma3    4:4 | were worthy to receive honour and gifts from him rather than 10Tovma3    4:6 | in the hope of blessings and in the love of Christ 10Tovma3    4:7 | cut off by the sword, and they greatly rejoiced that they 10Tovma3    4:7 | received the sentence of martyrdom and died as martyrs for the 10Tovma3    4:7 | Gēorg from the Akēts’i family; and of the other, Khosrov from 10Tovma3    4:8 | young man, himself a Muslim and a Persian by race who 10Tovma3    4:8 | love of Christ’s faith, came and attached himself to the patrik 10Tovma3    4:8 | he (the patrik) had deferred and hindered his eager desire for 10Tovma3    4:9 | the fortress with the prisoners; and at the time when it 10Tovma3    4:9 | the captives to abandon Christ and not be put to death 10Tovma3    4:9 | death. Many had been swayed and turned to Satan, while some 10Tovma3    4:10 | are you dying in vain and to no purpose?” But he 10Tovma3    4:10 | a Christian.” But (Vahram) persisted and note: “Do not die, you 10Tovma3    4:10 | tears: “I am a Christian, and I die for Christ. I 10Tovma3    4:10 | the name of) the Father and the Son and the Holy 10Tovma3    4:10 | the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, not by 10Tovma3    4:11 | you not see me coming and entering the holy church with 10Tovma3    4:13 | And he ran through the camp 10Tovma3    4:13 | the camp, shouting, crying out, and waving his hands, saying: “I 10Tovma3    4:13 | they cut off his head and went to inform the general 10Tovma3    4:14 | bright light descended from heaven and shone over his holy body 10Tovma3    4:15 | And the whole host of the 10Tovma3    4:16 | the foreigners who will come and rely on the Lord, to 10Tovma3    4:16 | Lord, to love his name and be servants and handmaidens to 10Tovma3    4:16 | his name and be servants and handmaidens to him, and all 10Tovma3    4:16 | servants and handmaidens to him, and all those who will keep 10Tovma3    4:16 | who will keep my sabbaths and not profane them, and who 10Tovma3    4:16 | sabbaths and not profane them, and who will keep my commandments 10Tovma3    4:16 | who will keep my commandments and remain in my covenant—I 10Tovma3    4:16 | them to my holy hill and shall make them rejoice in 10Tovma3    4:16 | of my prayers. Their holocausts and their offerings will be acceptable 10Tovma3    4:17 | are not from this fold; and them too must I lead 10Tovma3    4:17 | too must I lead hither. And they will hear my voice 10Tovma3    4:17 | they will hear my voice and become one flock and one 10Tovma3    4:17 | voice and become one flock and one shepherd. And I shall 10Tovma3    4:17 | one flock and one shepherd. And I shall give them eternal 10Tovma3    4:18 | killed gloriously for the Father and the Son and the Holy 10Tovma3    4:18 | the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. His name 10Tovma3    4:20 | nations, from among all magnates and all governors, Persians, Elamites, Babylonians 10Tovma3    4:20 | all governors, Persians, Elamites, Babylonians, and Arabs, who had come with 10Tovma3    4:20 | the command of the caliph and the great general, more than 10Tovma3    4:20 | be it by deceitful trickery and cunning fraud and falsity, or 10Tovma3    4:20 | deceitful trickery and cunning fraud and falsity, or by war and 10Tovma3    4:20 | and falsity, or by war and strength of arms, with all 10Tovma3    4:20 | of arms, with all vigilance and by royal power—however they 10Tovma3    4:21 | by a host of nobles and magnates from the Artsruni principalities 10Tovma3    4:21 | magnates from the Artsruni principalities and all their troops. They encamped 10Tovma3    4:21 | the provinces of Ałbag, Zarehvan, and Akē, and from the mountainous 10Tovma3    4:21 | of Ałbag, Zarehvan, and Akē, and from the mountainous regions of 10Tovma3    4:21 | the mountainous regions of Ałz and Aṙnoy-otn, one side of 10Tovma3    4:21 | of the mountain of Joł and the other 10Tovma3    4:22 | sea. As in a great and impregnable fortress they had taken 10Tovma3    4:22 | in the valiant general Gurgēn and the Armenian troops with him 10Tovma3    4:22 | Bugha so that henceforth he and his land might have peace 10Tovma3    4:22 | for his brother, while he and all his would render submission 10Tovma3    4:23 | princess had entered the camp and come before the general, she 10Tovma3    4:24 | here until I dismiss you and fulfill the desire of your 10Tovma3    4:25 | to be left at liberty and arranged for her a daily 10Tovma3    4:26 | of the land where Gurgēn and his army were, and camped 10Tovma3    4:26 | Gurgēn and his army were, and camped on the bank of 10Tovma3    4:27 | Tiflis, Yusp’ son of Raham, and Abuheshm, lord of El; with 10Tovma3    4:28 | them without hesitation or fear and without any suspicion; that they 10Tovma3    4:28 | gifts at the general’s orders, and he would rule in his 10Tovma3    4:30 | not reveal their wicked plot and sent him back to say 10Tovma3    4:30 | without any hesitation. Two, three, and even more times they confirmed 10Tovma3    4:30 | should come to them fearlessly and boldly. They themselves sent all 10Tovma3    4:30 | sent all their troops off and came up to the Armenian 10Tovma3    4:30 | away from us our troops and there are but few with 10Tovma3    4:30 | few men, more or less, and let us see each other 10Tovma3    4:31 | of) Apupelch, brother of Gurgēn, and went himself to follow the 10Tovma3    4:31 | they all burst into tears and wept. Before he reached the 10Tovma3    4:31 | his troops will be discouraged, and we shall easily defeat them 10Tovma3    4:33 | with a multitude of soldiers; and the army of the fugitives 10Tovma3    4:33 | armour, the sparkle of swords, and here and there men fleeing 10Tovma3    4:33 | sparkle of swords, and here and there men fleeing in terror 10Tovma3    4:34 | were informed of the action, and they obeyed, for the voices 10Tovma3    4:36 | was an awesome thundering, shocks, and echoes. From the bright shining 10Tovma3    4:36 | bright shining of the arms and glittering of the swords, from 10Tovma3    4:36 | at the time of hail and rain. Such was the impression 10Tovma3    4:36 | the neighing of the horses and their rapid attack 10Tovma3    4:37 | every part of the camp, and when they had finished their 10Tovma3    4:37 | they had finished their prayers and said blessings, they gave glory 10Tovma3    4:37 | they gave glory to God and said “Amen.” Then they sat 10Tovma3    4:37 | eat bread. Only Lord Apumkdēm and his entourage kept watch by 10Tovma3    4:37 | entourage kept watch by night and observed the intention of the 10Tovma3    4:37 | He commanded (everyone) to arm and equip themselves with swords and 10Tovma3    4:37 | and equip themselves with swords and to prepare the armour of 10Tovma3    4:38 | Armenian) forces, to form line, and prepare for battle. His groom 10Tovma3    4:38 | he uncovered his sword, helmet, and cuirass which he had put 10Tovma3    4:38 | which he had put on, and shouted at him so that 10Tovma3    4:38 | neighing of his valiant steed, and his rapid gallop, he might 10Tovma3    4:38 | warned, turn at the noise, and be saved from the destructive 10Tovma3    4:39 | rider bearing down on him, and realised that it was a 10Tovma3    4:39 | naked sword in his hand and pursues us all by himself 10Tovma3    4:39 | horse’s bridle towards him (Apumkdēm), and after encountering each other they 10Tovma3    4:41 | elite horses, they came forward and stood gathered in one spot 10Tovma3    4:41 | high rock. They stood firm and solid, having the impenetrable strength 10Tovma3    4:43 | to send messengers to Apuheshm and the commanders with him to 10Tovma3    4:43 | to give them treasures, villages, and farms, sealed in writing and 10Tovma3    4:43 | and farms, sealed in writing and confirmed by witnesses, yet despite 10Tovma3    4:44 | to prepare, to form ranks and a line against the Muslims 10Tovma3    4:44 | raised his hands to heaven, and praying with copious tears repeated 10Tovma3    4:44 | tears repeated the Thirty-fourth and Sixty-second Psalms. At that 10Tovma3    4:44 | that moment the Muslims attacked and joined battle, (their) captains rushing 10Tovma3    4:46 | house of the Artsrunik’: Gurgēn and Vasak and Pelch and Musheł 10Tovma3    4:46 | the Artsrunik’: Gurgēn and Vasak and Pelch and Musheł and Sahak 10Tovma3    4:46 | Gurgēn and Vasak and Pelch and Musheł and Sahak and Apumkdēm 10Tovma3    4:46 | Vasak and Pelch and Musheł and Sahak and Apumkdēm and Ashot 10Tovma3    4:46 | Pelch and Musheł and Sahak and Apumkdēm and Ashot 10Tovma3    4:46 | Musheł and Sahak and Apumkdēm and Ashot 10Tovma3    4:47 | Gnunik’: Vahan and Shapuh and Apuset’ and the 10Tovma3    4:47 | Gnunik’: Vahan and Shapuh and Apuset’ and the patrik and 10Tovma3    4:47 | Vahan and Shapuh and Apuset’ and the patrik and Apuselm and 10Tovma3    4:47 | and Apuset’ and the patrik and Apuselm and Vardan 10Tovma3    4:47 | and the patrik and Apuselm and Vardan 10Tovma3    4:48 | Gazrikk’: Apuselm and Vasak and Vahan 10Tovma3    4:48 | Gazrikk’: Apuselm and Vasak and Vahan 10Tovma3    4:49 | Amatunik’: Musheł and Asit’ and Sahak 10Tovma3    4:49 | Amatunik’: Musheł and Asit’ and Sahak 10Tovma3    4:50 | Varazhnunik’: Mleah and Ṙstom and Varazshapuh 10Tovma3    4:50 | Varazhnunik’: Mleah and Ṙstom and Varazshapuh 10Tovma3    4:51 | Entrunik’: Gēorg and Yisē and Sahkawn 10Tovma3    4:51 | Entrunik’: Gēorg and Yisē and Sahkawn 10Tovma3    4:53 | Vahevunik’: K’abarak and Khrakhat 10Tovma3    4:54 | Andzevats’ik’: the patrik and Gēorg, Davit’ and Hasan and 10Tovma3    4:54 | the patrik and Gēorg, Davit’ and Hasan and the general Davit’ 10Tovma3    4:54 | and Gēorg, Davit’ and Hasan and the general Davit’. These set 10Tovma3    4:54 | general Davit’. These set out and arranged the battle line 10Tovma3    4:56 | in order along the line and addressed petitions to the Lord 10Tovma3    4:56 | raised up the holy gospel and their banner—the holy cross 10Tovma3    4:56 | ministers completed the Lord’s service and the choir sang the (song 10Tovma3    4:58 | Muslims’ force, broke their ranks, and turned them. Roaring like dragons 10Tovma3    4:58 | dragons, they struck like lions and smote like wild boars; they 10Tovma3    4:58 | delivered (the enemy) to massacre and defeat, each striking his opponent 10Tovma3    4:58 | his opponent to the ground and rushing after another 10Tovma3    4:59 | the shining of the armour and glinting of the swords and 10Tovma3    4:59 | and glinting of the swords and whistling of the bowstrings it 10Tovma3    4:59 | out like lightning from clouds, and the mountain appeared to be 10Tovma3    4:60 | the many wounded, those disarmed, and the prisoners 10Tovma3    4:61 | it was a spiritual battle and not a physical one; they 10Tovma3    4:61 | fighting for the holy churches and the people of God 10Tovma3    4:62 | the (enemy) troops, turned them, and put them to flight. Some 10Tovma3    4:62 | in the direction of El and others in the direction of 10Tovma3    4:62 | in the direction of Atrpatakan and Persia 10Tovma3    4:63 | defeated, they spurred their horses and were the first to flee 10Tovma3    4:64 | For when battle was joined and the lines faced each other 10Tovma3    4:64 | the likeness of light came and stood in the ranks. He 10Tovma3    4:64 | hand he had a sword and in his left a censer 10Tovma3    4:65 | mounted on a white horse and fanned the smoke towards the 10Tovma3    4:65 | thicker the Armenians took strength, and when it lessened they had 10Tovma3    5:0 | heeds the summons of Bugha, and what occurred; and the letter 10Tovma3    5:0 | of Bugha, and what occurred; and the letter supposedly from the 10Tovma3    5:1 | They were unable to write and inform the commander-in-chief 10Tovma3    5:1 | they could not hide it and keep it concealed 10Tovma3    5:2 | appease their commander by silence and excuses, yet they would not 10Tovma3    5:2 | number of the killed clearly and openly: that a mere nine 10Tovma3    5:2 | theirs, let alone the wounded and the disarmed and the prisoners 10Tovma3    5:2 | the wounded and the disarmed and the prisoners. Unwillingly they had 10Tovma3    5:3 | somewhat calmed the mountainous waves and quieted the tumultuous billows, and 10Tovma3    5:3 | and quieted the tumultuous billows, and appeased the tyrant’s fury 10Tovma3    5:4 | return to his own land and repossess his inheritance, to dwell 10Tovma3    5:4 | inheritance, to dwell in peace and be independent, and that no 10Tovma3    5:4 | in peace and be independent, and that no one was to 10Tovma3    5:5 | trickery, whereby they hunted down and misled the Armenians 10Tovma3    5:6 | despatched Hamdoy the Persian emir and Het’m of the royal army 10Tovma3    5:6 | ten thousand cavalry fully armed and in a greater state of 10Tovma3    5:6 | army), with a letter written and sealed but full of deceit 10Tovma3    5:6 | sealed but full of deceit and treacherous falsity in accordance with 10Tovma3    5:8 | he had read the letter and the oaths made on the 10Tovma3    5:8 | privy parts of their women and their erring legislator Muhammad agreeing 10Tovma3    5:9 | no heed to the damage and losses of troops, nor did 10Tovma3    5:9 | Rather he had the standards and flags unfurled, placed a princely 10Tovma3    5:9 | princely crown on his head and royal garments on his person 10Tovma3    5:9 | girded him with a sword, and set him on a finely 10Tovma3    5:10 | With an escort in front and behind in uniform and fully 10Tovma3    5:10 | front and behind in uniform and fully armed, to the sound 10Tovma3    5:10 | to the sound of trumpets and the beating of drums and 10Tovma3    5:10 | and the beating of drums and other musical instruments echoing around 10Tovma3    5:10 | soldiers on every side, sergeants and axe bearers to push aside 10Tovma3    5:11 | had been written by Bugha and was full of gall. It 10Tovma3    5:11 | come from the caliph personally and from court. This is the 10Tovma3    5:11 | the letter which they forged and gave him: “To Bugha, commander 10Tovma3    5:11 | from) Jap’r ruler of sea and land, the equal of our 10Tovma3    5:11 | equal of our legislator Muhammad and faithful mediator between God and 10Tovma3    5:11 | and faithful mediator between God and man, king over all the 10Tovma3    5:11 | whose hands are entrusted death and life 10Tovma3    5:12 | in the land of Armenia. And I have given into your 10Tovma3    5:12 | rapidly deliver to us Ashot and his brothers 10Tovma3    5:13 | over to my enemies’ side and joined those rebels, since you 10Tovma3    5:14 | to us in bonds Gurgēn and his family and those nobles 10Tovma3    5:14 | bonds Gurgēn and his family and those nobles of Vaspurakan. Otherwise 10Tovma3    5:15 | treacherously to treat you faithlessly and be false to our oaths 10Tovma3    5:15 | our oaths. See for yourself and know that I have no 10Tovma3    5:16 | his feet into iron fetters, and likewise Lord Grigor Artsruni who 10Tovma3    5:16 | they marched them to Samarra and shut them in the royal 10Tovma3    5:16 | royal prison where Prince Ashot and other nobles from the Artsruni 10Tovma3    5:17 | hair, rending her garments, moaning, and sighing, as the prophet Amos 10Tovma3    5:17 | the prophet Amos note: “Shave and cut (your hair) over your 10Tovma3    5:18 | Armenian nobles began to scatter and separate. Each went to occupy 10Tovma3    5:18 | to occupy his fortified place, and they made haste to enter 10Tovma3    5:18 | haste to enter the castles and fortresses in Vaspurakan. Their troops 10Tovma3    5:18 | in Vaspurakan. Their troops scattered and dispersed over the whole face 10Tovma3    5:19 | a sword against the shepherd and against his companion. I shall 10Tovma3    5:19 | I shall strike the shepherd and the sheep will be scattered 10Tovma3    5:19 | the sheep will be scattered.” And again the aforementioned (prophet) says 10Tovma3    5:20 | everything as he had wished and in accordance with the impious 10Tovma3    5:20 | with fearless audacity to scatter and spread over the face of 10Tovma3    5:20 | him (Bugha) with their families, and had set to dividing the 10Tovma3    5:21 | cast lots, drew boundary lines, and dwelt unafraid in the castles 10Tovma3    5:23 | Villages, farms, and towns were turned into ruins 10Tovma3    5:23 | towns were turned into ruins and stripped of their charm and 10Tovma3    5:23 | and stripped of their charm and grace; the different plants and 10Tovma3    5:23 | and grace; the different plants and trees in their varieties on 10Tovma3    5:23 | became) a plain of destruction. And as fire runs through reeds 10Tovma3    5:24 | like the locust, the caterpillar, and the grub with the grasshopper 10Tovma3    5:24 | upon the fruit-bearing trees and the sensitive pasture, in such 10Tovma3    5:24 | in such fashion they destroyed and consumed the resources of the 10Tovma3    5:24 | resources of the human race and their property, just as this 10Tovma3    5:25 | our land both on coming and going 10Tovma3    6:0 | undertaking of the Artsruni nobles; and the confession in Christ of 10Tovma3    6:0 | Christ of Lord Grigor Artsruni and Lord Yovhannēs, bishop of Artsrunik’ 10Tovma3    6:0 | Lord Yovhannēs, bishop of Artsrunik’ and the priest Grigor; and their 10Tovma3    6:0 | Artsrunik’ and the priest Grigor; and their history 10Tovma3    6:1 | the narrative are grievous, sad, and full of bitterness, concerning the 10Tovma3    6:1 | undertaking of our great princes and nobles. My story is full 10Tovma3    6:1 | story is full of tears, and I am incapable of telling 10Tovma3    6:1 | being false to the orthodox and pure apostolic confession of faith 10Tovma3    6:1 | Catholic church in the Father and Son and Holy Spirit 10Tovma3    6:1 | in the Father and Son and Holy Spirit 10Tovma3    6:2 | the perdition of our lords and the misfortunes they brought on 10Tovma3    6:3 | it out in order, briefly and in short. I shall summarize 10Tovma3    6:3 | or to hide the immense and terrible misfortunes which befell us 10Tovma3    6:4 | events accomplished in their time and later, (and trust me) as 10Tovma3    6:4 | in their time and later, ( and trust me) as a truthful 10Tovma3    6:4 | trust me) as a truthful and honest historian 10Tovma3    6:5 | of leisure, while the prince and his entourage with their families 10Tovma3    6:5 | his entourage with their families and others not related were still 10Tovma3    6:5 | the magnates of the city and the nobles and princes from 10Tovma3    6:5 | the city and the nobles and princes from the royal line 10Tovma3    6:6 | the call of the trumpet and the royal heralds, but anxious 10Tovma3    6:6 | but anxious to see who and what sort of people these 10Tovma3    6:7 | his entire empire, the kings and royal princes subjected to his 10Tovma3    6:7 | exerted himself with great effort and over a long time, incessantly 10Tovma3    6:7 | long time, incessantly by day and night; he had been weighed 10Tovma3    6:7 | weighed down by great uncertainty and suspense; sleep at night had 10Tovma3    6:7 | not seemed sweet to him, and the delights of the daytime 10Tovma3    6:8 | trap through the astute dissembling and treachery of the generals of 10Tovma3    6:9 | everyone ran to see them and to discover what the outcome 10Tovma3    6:10 | vast multitude of common people, and ordered the prisoners to be 10Tovma3    6:10 | so he could interrogate them and hear their response 10Tovma3    6:11 | frowning; he was puffed up and full of insolence, acting in 10Tovma3    6:11 | insolence, acting in an arrogant and haughty fashion. He boiled up 10Tovma3    6:11 | haughty fashion. He boiled up and vomited out the bitterness of 10Tovma3    6:11 | fetid bile of his poisonous and evil disposition. Excited to an 10Tovma3    6:11 | Excited to an uncontrollable passion and hot-blooded, tempestuous furor, he 10Tovma3    6:11 | of a snake, indiscriminately scattering and spreading it out to the 10Tovma3    6:11 | it out to the ruin and destruction of many 10Tovma3    6:12 | meaning, saying: “Who are you, and from what country, and what 10Tovma3    6:12 | you, and from what country, and what are your names? Have 10Tovma3    6:13 | were obstinate subordinates, insignificant, wild, and ferocious? Before subjecting us to 10Tovma3    6:13 | we are, whence (we come), and from whom we are descended 10Tovma3    6:14 | before the Lord our God and have disregarded the rules of 10Tovma3    6:14 | So behold we have come and stand before you, Imperial Majesty 10Tovma3    6:14 | Imperial Majesty, ruler over life and death; as the Lord may 10Tovma3    6:15 | we have held many races and kings in subjection to our 10Tovma3    6:15 | have not paid such care and consideration to any of them 10Tovma3    6:15 | as we have to you and your country 10Tovma3    6:16 | perpetually meditating resistance to me and refusing to accept the governors 10Tovma3    6:16 | refusing to accept the governors and overseers of our land, the 10Tovma3    6:16 | troops, form cavalry, provoke battles and wars, draw up battle lines 10Tovma3    6:16 | wars, draw up battle lines, and destroy our armies with the 10Tovma3    6:16 | troubles, you ruined the land and held back the taxes due 10Tovma3    6:17 | in order that the affection and mercy which we claim to 10Tovma3    6:18 | we now see you, personable and handsome, with noble countenance, decorous 10Tovma3    6:18 | handsome, with noble countenance, decorous and elegant, (we realise that) you 10Tovma3    6:18 | You are men of valour, and from your appearance it is 10Tovma3    6:18 | tribunal before me with cheerful and joyful faces, like innocent and 10Tovma3    6:18 | and joyful faces, like innocent and benevolent men, full of our 10Tovma3    6:18 | you as your wicked deeds and the damage you have caused 10Tovma3    6:19 | Without suffering tortures and cruel torments, submit to us 10Tovma3    6:19 | cruel torments, submit to us and our legislator Mahumaf; receive (his 10Tovma3    6:19 | legislator Mahumaf; receive (his) faith and divinely bestowed religion, which is 10Tovma3    6:19 | is far removed from falsehood and full of whatever is opposed 10Tovma3    6:19 | to falsehood. Abandon your vain and erring cult, which in your 10Tovma3    6:20 | your lives will be spared, and you will live and rule 10Tovma3    6:20 | spared, and you will live and rule over your land and 10Tovma3    6:20 | and rule over your land and your homes—you and your 10Tovma3    6:20 | land and your homes—you and your sons. You will not 10Tovma3    6:20 | habitation through death by torture and take up your abode in 10Tovma3    6:21 | religion of your royal empire and of your leader it is 10Tovma3    6:21 | or reliable, but most trustworthy and acceptable is the witness of 10Tovma3    6:21 | of many concerning matters great and small, and concerning life and 10Tovma3    6:21 | concerning matters great and small, and concerning life and death 10Tovma3    6:21 | and small, and concerning life and death 10Tovma3    6:22 | You disdain and reject the argument of one 10Tovma3    6:22 | argument of one person unsupported and uncontrolled, as is your so 10Tovma3    6:23 | Now there are one hundred and eleven prophets who produced true 10Tovma3    6:23 | eleven prophets who produced true and accurate testimony of Christ’s divinity 10Tovma3    6:23 | mouth, apart from the gospel and his apostles 10Tovma3    6:24 | We have received and believe in the truth; we 10Tovma3    6:25 | fire, sword, water, for torments and every contrivance of torture 10Tovma3    6:26 | These and more similar, elaborate and well 10Tovma3    6:26 | These and more similar, elaborate and well contrived arguments they put 10Tovma3    6:28 | turned livid; he became insolent, and roaring like a bloodthirsty wild 10Tovma3    6:29 | astray by that, were deceived and confirmed in your folly 10Tovma3    6:30 | you, if you, without delay and without troubling me further, abandon 10Tovma3    6:30 | of Christ, save your souls and live. Then I shall forgive 10Tovma3    6:30 | the crime of your rebellion, and you will be on good 10Tovma3    6:30 | on good terms with me and rule over your land 10Tovma3    6:31 | his bellowing sparks were struck, and “ through his nostrils came forth 10Tovma3    6:32 | And because of their feebleness and 10Tovma3    6:32 | And because of their feebleness and their unstable and fickle minds 10Tovma3    6:32 | their feebleness and their unstable and fickle minds, they loved the 10Tovma3    6:33 | of death fell on them; and especially since they did not 10Tovma3    6:33 | masters, as the Saviour said and which in its place I 10Tovma3    6:34 | Tarōn, was taken to Samarra, and became an apostate. He opened 10Tovma3    6:34 | apostate. He opened the wide and spacious road, the path of 10Tovma3    6:34 | son of Nabat, who sinned and made Israel transgress, as is 10Tovma3    6:34 | going astray, whereby he seduced and destroyed many nations, remains from 10Tovma3    6:35 | own will before their arrest and had apostatised. In him Satan 10Tovma3    6:36 | on himself as an indissoluble and inseparable sheath the power of 10Tovma3    6:37 | shameful error—wicked, selfish, unrepentant, and without scruple—let us eject 10Tovma3    6:38 | those who, although they erred and perished, yet repented and stood 10Tovma3    6:38 | erred and perished, yet repented and stood upright again after their 10Tovma3    6:38 | the great camp of captivity and from the teeth of the 10Tovma3    6:38 | he, both in his going and his returning, kept to the 10Tovma3    6:38 | kept to the same mind and the same error, wretchedly brazen 10Tovma3    6:39 | he turned away from God and averted his face from the 10Tovma3    6:39 | the true confession of faith and from worship of the Son 10Tovma3    6:39 | turned their backs to me and not their faces.” And in 10Tovma3    6:39 | me and not their faces.” And in accordance with his perverse 10Tovma3    6:40 | willed obsession he went astray and followed the love of power 10Tovma3    6:40 | His life was without faith and his death without hope 10Tovma3    6:41 | Artsrunik’, the blessed priest Grigor, and Lord Grigor Artsruni, taking courage 10Tovma3    6:41 | They rebuked their erring legislator and trampled under foot their promised 10Tovma3    6:42 | be bound in iron bonds and placed in prison 10Tovma3    6:43 | had been arrested by Herod and imprisoned 10Tovma3    6:44 | disregard his homonym Saint Gregory and to endure being plunged into 10Tovma3    6:44 | to be united with them and complete the number three, that 10Tovma3    6:45 | And together they sang the psalm 10Tovma3    6:46 | is Christ, he grew stubborn and ordered his servants to bind 10Tovma3    6:46 | bind them with double chains and to cast them into an 10Tovma3    6:48 | on the breastplate of righteousness and girding themselves with truth, shoeing 10Tovma3    6:49 | instructed our hands for war and our fingers for combat,” and 10Tovma3    6:49 | and our fingers for combat,” and what follows 10Tovma3    6:50 | not only the blessed bishop and the ascetic priest fought beside 10Tovma3    6:50 | surround those who fear him and preserve them 10Tovma3    6:52 | this temporal time in secure and firm faith; full of tears 10Tovma3    6:52 | firm faith; full of tears and sighings they recalled the heavenly 10Tovma3    6:52 | God sitting beside the rivers and weeping as they recalled their 10Tovma3    6:52 | those three young men, bound and thrown into the terrible furnace 10Tovma3    6:52 | all night their same blessings and begged the giver of all 10Tovma3    6:53 | to me all who labour and are laden, and I shall 10Tovma3    6:53 | who labour and are laden, and I shall give you rest 10Tovma3    6:53 | I shall give you rest,” and: “ Who denies himself for my 10Tovma3    6:53 | served the needs of myself and of those with me 10Tovma3    6:54 | of affliction. For shining pure and refined gold attests in itself 10Tovma3    6:55 | My habitation was among snakes, and they twined themselves around my 10Tovma3    6:57 | he might leave the body and enter God’s presence. Christ did 10Tovma3    6:57 | to the duty of Easter. And the champions rejoiced in the 10Tovma3    6:59 | them all, entrusted those far and near to God’s grace, commended 10Tovma3    6:59 | himself to the blessed bishop and the ascetic priest, and with 10Tovma3    6:59 | bishop and the ascetic priest, and with a good confession, in 10Tovma3    6:60 | had strengthened the holy martyr and put Satan to shame 10Tovma3    6:61 | nobles came before the king and asked for the saint’s body 10Tovma3    6:61 | it away, they wrapped it and buried it in the tomb 10Tovma3    7:2 | Elkesites was long ago quenched and suppressed by the valiant holy 10Tovma3    7:2 | appear as a bitter root, and many were contaminated thereby 10Tovma3    7:3 | into the error of idolatry. And he (Elkesai) had the thought 10Tovma3    7:4 | people) to refute the Elkesites; and when the persecution ended he 10Tovma3    7:7 | from the divinely inspired Scriptures and travel the level road; let 10Tovma3    7:7 | by uttering a pure confession and keep our minds unsullied in 10Tovma3    7:8 | straight course cannot be steered, and it may be shipwrecked by 10Tovma3    7:10 | the faith of the heart and the confession of the lips 10Tovma3    7:10 | the true confession in Father and Son and Holy Spirit. “For 10Tovma3    7:10 | confession in Father and Son and Holy Spirit. “For with the 10Tovma3    7:10 | heart we believe in righteousness, and with the mouth we confess 10Tovma3    7:10 | who honour with the lips and disdain in their hearts. For 10Tovma3    7:10 | Scripture), “honour with their lips, and their hearts have gone far 10Tovma3    7:11 | fruit,” as the Saviour said. And elsewhere: “Surely, they do not 10Tovma3    7:11 | Father who is in heaven. And who will confess me before 10Tovma3    7:12 | Thus, both by threats and by promises he demands the 10Tovma3    7:13 | is near in your mouth and in your heart, that is 10Tovma3    7:13 | of faith which we preach.” And to Timothy he wrote that 10Tovma3    7:14 | says: “I am a man and I have impure lips; I 10Tovma3    7:15 | much more worthy of laments and tears are those who are 10Tovma3    7:16 | blood of the new covenant, and insulted the Spirit of Grace 10Tovma3    7:17 | the utterance of the tongue. And the Creator of the tongue 10Tovma3    7:17 | else who created the tongue, and there is no one else 10Tovma3    7:19 | of the gifts of tongues, and for the duplicity of his 10Tovma3    7:19 | he punished? What (did) Anania and Saphira in the matter of 10Tovma3    7:19 | the matter of the estate and the falsity of the same 10Tovma3    7:19 | falsity of the same? Understand and consider 10Tovma3    7:20 | For unless honesty of heart and truth of the mouth are 10Tovma3    7:20 | are worthless, to be rejected, and alien to the holy, apostolic 10Tovma3    7:21 | it is unbefitting that good and evil be set together, or 10Tovma3    7:22 | a conception of the mind and speech is the offspring of 10Tovma3    7:22 | so are likewise the branch and the fruit. If the origin 10Tovma3    7:24 | the faith of (our) hearts, and the confession of (our) lips 10Tovma3    7:24 | is near in your mouth and in your heart, that is 10Tovma3    7:24 | of faith which we preach.” And David says: “In what I 10Tovma3    7:24 | believed, the same I spoke.” And Paul: “We believe what we 10Tovma3    7:24 | We believe what we say.” And again Paul: “If you confess 10Tovma3    7:24 | your mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in your heart that 10Tovma3    7:24 | heart we believe in righteousness and with the mouth we confess 10Tovma3    7:25 | we are brought before kings and judges for testimony concerning me 10Tovma3    7:25 | a good confession (of faith) and bear witness like the Saviour 10Tovma3    7:25 | the witness of our Lord.” and David: “I spoke your testimonies 10Tovma3    7:25 | spoke your testimonies before kings, and I was not ashamed.” And 10Tovma3    7:25 | and I was not ashamed.” And the Saviour: “If anyone think 10Tovma3    7:26 | let us halt this discussion and hasten on, lest by stretching 10Tovma3    8:0 | in the city of Dvin; and a memorial of the martyrs 10Tovma3    8:1 | we described the sea dragon and its natural habits, so also 10Tovma3    8:2 | icy north wind, they stir; and when they feel the warmth 10Tovma3    8:2 | they greatly rejoice, happily exulting and elated to reach the warmer 10Tovma3    8:2 | the edge of the sea, and on the seashore they settle 10Tovma3    8:2 | on the seashore they settle and spend the time of summer 10Tovma3    8:2 | But because of the gigantic and obese mass of their heavy 10Tovma3    8:3 | And it happens that collapsing in 10Tovma3    8:3 | happens that collapsing in narrow and shallow places in the water 10Tovma3    8:3 | may remain stuck there immobilised, and easily fall into the hands 10Tovma3    8:3 | it moves, all the fish and beasts of the sea are 10Tovma3    8:3 | terrified, because these same fishes and serpents with other creatures are 10Tovma3    8:4 | sun declines in its course, and the winter season stands at 10Tovma3    8:4 | of lofty trees their leaves, and benumbs the strength of the 10Tovma3    8:4 | dragon is afflicted with distress and anguish by the power of 10Tovma3    8:4 | to descend to the deep and warm places of the unfathomed 10Tovma3    8:4 | unfathomed depths, there he winters. And the creatures there he treats 10Tovma3    8:5 | just like the other birds and beasts who naturally divide the 10Tovma3    8:5 | into two or three summer and winter abodes in order to 10Tovma3    8:5 | in warmer places by themselves, and dwell alone according to their 10Tovma3    8:6 | caliph’s presence with a numerous and mighty army and came up 10Tovma3    8:6 | a numerous and mighty army and came up onto earth in 10Tovma3    8:6 | fear gripped the whole country and its rulers; attacking them, he 10Tovma3    8:7 | from the land (of Iraq) and the unfathomable depths, from the 10Tovma3    8:7 | the other less powerful whales and the smaller fish. For no 10Tovma3    8:8 | And our account is not without 10Tovma3    8:8 | who in these times survive and were then present there 10Tovma3    8:10 | had with him numerous prisoners and captives without number whom he 10Tovma3    8:10 | to be led into slavery and depart far from the patrimony 10Tovma3    8:11 | desires against the holy church and had destroyed many of the 10Tovma3    8:11 | light into sons of darkness, and heirs of God into the 10Tovma3    8:11 | into the portion of Satan, and fellow heirs of Christ into 10Tovma3    8:11 | Christ into companions of demons, and inhabitants of the kingdom into 10Tovma3    8:12 | blessed men of noble rank, and others of the cavalry, by 10Tovma3    8:12 | of the cavalry, by clans and families. But they did not 10Tovma3    8:12 | ensnare them among those lost and gone astray from the faith 10Tovma3    8:13 | nor did they pay heed and obeisance to the glory of 10Tovma3    8:13 | wordly desires. For they knew and realised that the life of 10Tovma3    8:13 | of this world is vanity and falsehood, an easily forgotten dream 10Tovma3    8:13 | falsehood, an easily forgotten dream and quickly fleeting shadow; whereas the 10Tovma3    8:13 | fleeting shadow; whereas the life and gifts which God has prepared 10Tovma3    8:13 | for those who love him and who endure in the true 10Tovma3    8:13 | the true faith are eternal and perpetual and unending 10Tovma3    8:13 | faith are eternal and perpetual and unending 10Tovma3    8:14 | impure apostates from the holy and pure Christian faith are eternal 10Tovma3    8:14 | pure Christian faith are eternal and everlasting. As precept we have 10Tovma3    8:14 | too deny before my Father.” And: “ Whoever wishes to save his 10Tovma3    8:14 | his soul will lose it”; and: “ Who lost his life for 10Tovma3    8:14 | my sake will find it.” And: “ What will it profit a 10Tovma3    8:14 | he gain the whole world and lose his soul?” Or: “What 10Tovma3    8:15 | of Man came to seek and save the lost.” Meditating on 10Tovma3    8:15 | gospel, they laughed at, jeered, and mocked the tyrant, despising him 10Tovma3    8:16 | written: “The man who plans and is contemptuous is presumptuous and 10Tovma3    8:16 | and is contemptuous is presumptuous and will accomplish nothing”—then in 10Tovma3    8:16 | then in his great presumption and fierce wrath and immense irritation 10Tovma3    8:16 | great presumption and fierce wrath and immense irritation and unquenchable fury 10Tovma3    8:16 | fierce wrath and immense irritation and unquenchable fury his mind became 10Tovma3    8:17 | God’s presence. Rejoicing with delight and exultation, with joyous and cheerful 10Tovma3    8:17 | delight and exultation, with joyous and cheerful hearts and unsullied enthusiasm 10Tovma3    8:17 | with joyous and cheerful hearts and unsullied enthusiasm, they headed for 10Tovma3    8:17 | young groom to the wedding and as happy as a husband 10Tovma3    8:17 | had put on by water and the Holy Spirit 10Tovma3    8:18 | a robe decorated with flowers and colours of many hues, they 10Tovma3    8:18 | saving cross on their heads. And instead of necklaces they were 10Tovma3    8:19 | reached the place of execution and the arena of their martyrdom 10Tovma3    8:19 | or doubt, with much endurance and thankful blessing. Drawing swords the 10Tovma3    8:20 | God, look to help us; and Lord, hasten to succour us 10Tovma3    8:20 | Lord, hasten to succour us,” and what follows. “Since we die 10Tovma3    8:21 | title of martyr for Christ and the honour of the All 10Tovma3    8:22 | Mleah Varazhnuni, Gēorg Bolkats’i, Vasak, and many others whose names are 10Tovma3    8:23 | while he faced the sword and the executioner was beating him 10Tovma3    8:23 | him like a senseless thing— and not the slightest sword cut 10Tovma3    8:23 | to the executioner to ask and see why he was not 10Tovma3    8:23 | hand he looked this way and that, saying: “Oh, most feeble 10Tovma3    8:23 | that, saying: “Oh, most feeble and cowardly of men, effeminate and 10Tovma3    8:23 | and cowardly of men, effeminate and wretched soldier, worthless dog to 10Tovma3    8:23 | the executioner smote his neck and cut off his head 10Tovma3    8:24 | steadiness of heart, great fortitude, and valiant heroism which the blessed 10Tovma3    8:24 | who had strengthened the saints and shamed Satan with his associates 10Tovma3    8:25 | city as food for dogs and birds of the sky. For 10Tovma3    8:26 | Christians took their precious bodies and covered them with an honourable 10Tovma3    8:26 | They were seven in number, and the holy martyrs were killed 10Tovma3    9:0 | as the son of Ismael; and concerning the siege of the 10Tovma3    9:1 | winter drew to a close and the season of spring approached 10Tovma3    9:1 | the air cleared of fog and mist and the warm south 10Tovma3    9:1 | cleared of fog and mist and the warm south wind blew 10Tovma3    9:1 | of Dvin. Roots took hold and plants began to gather strength 10Tovma3    9:1 | to gather strength, the birds and beasts recognised the time of 10Tovma3    9:1 | hunters got ready their equipment and the merchants prepared plans for 10Tovma3    9:1 | them to the flowering meadows, and everyone in his own way 10Tovma3    9:2 | was forming his own destructive and ruinous plans. Intending also that 10Tovma3    9:2 | plans. Intending also that lands and governors should not have respite 10Tovma3    9:2 | he had done to Ashot and his land; he recalled his 10Tovma3    9:2 | he recalled his valiant courage; and since he had been unable 10Tovma3    9:2 | Armenians) with even worse torments and to trample them as he 10Tovma3    9:3 | like a wild pig, foaming, and grinding his teeth. To those 10Tovma3    9:4 | from his presence; they retired and occupied the strongholds, castles, cities 10Tovma3    9:4 | occupied the strongholds, castles, cities, and mountains, gathering around them the 10Tovma3    9:4 | gathering around them the soldiers and inhabitants of their lands in 10Tovma3    9:5 | Welcomed by him, he (Smbat) and his people with their possessions 10Tovma3    9:5 | precaution of ensuring by letters and gifts to the caliph and 10Tovma3    9:5 | and gifts to the caliph and the general that he would 10Tovma3    9:5 | he would follow their orders and make no plans or do 10Tovma3    9:6 | had departed from the caliph; and the sparapet had acted as 10Tovma3    9:6 | his guide in the warfare and on his departure from and 10Tovma3    9:6 | and on his departure from and entrance into the (various) provinces 10Tovma3    9:7 | the land of the East and ordered an attack on the 10Tovma3    9:7 | houses of the city’s inhabitants, and all the effects and furniture 10Tovma3    9:7 | inhabitants, and all the effects and furniture 10Tovma3    9:8 | filled with evildoing, surpassed Sodom and Jericho 10Tovma3    9:9 | reached the great river Kura and crossed when the rapid spring 10Tovma3    9:9 | allowed his army to advance and besiege the city. No one 10Tovma3    9:9 | so some supposed that horse and rider were an iron statue 10Tovma3    9:10 | in ambush drew a longbow and struck him with an arrow 10Tovma3    9:10 | spear at the same eye, and they caused Ashkhēt’ to drown 10Tovma3    9:11 | easily burning wood of cedar and juniper trees 10Tovma3    9:12 | of Shamshvilde, dressed in sable and bearing a rod in his 10Tovma3    9:12 | they had been sent two and three times. Then Zhirak’ went 10Tovma3    9:12 | three times. Then Zhirak’ went and seized him and brought him 10Tovma3    9:12 | Zhirak’ went and seized him and brought him before Bugha, who 10Tovma3    9:13 | her husband through her beauty and liberal treasures. But she became 10Tovma3    9:14 | had his head cut off and taken to court, and took 10Tovma3    9:14 | off and taken to court, and took the wife in marriage 10Tovma3    9:16 | complaint that she had raised and the evidence of witnesses that 10Tovma3    9:16 | your wife, but the caliph’s,” and of what occurred. This was 10Tovma3    10:1 | the East. With fearless audacity and arrogance, he made forays throughout 10Tovma3    10:2 | people dwell in mountain fastnesses and live in peace undisturbed by 10Tovma3    10:2 | outside enemies. The royal taxes and tribute remain in their own 10Tovma3    10:2 | will. They live in unity and concord among themselves, dwelling separately 10Tovma3    10:3 | They live without a leader, and each has his own customs 10Tovma3    10:3 | pleases, even marrying their mothers and sisters 10Tovma3    10:4 | Many among them joined him and believed in Christ, like the 10Tovma3    10:4 | in Christ, like the Tsanars and the Apkhaz. The rest, paying 10Tovma3    10:5 | they should turn in friendship and unanimity to obedience to the 10Tovma3    10:5 | to obedience to the caliph and receive honours, and through him 10Tovma3    10:5 | the caliph and receive honours, and through him accept the title 10Tovma3    10:6 | take refuge in impregnable fortresses and trusted in the number of 10Tovma3    10:6 | the number of their troops and the valour of their warriors 10Tovma3    10:6 | Then they descended the mountains and occupied the foothills, making preparations 10Tovma3    10:7 | And they closed the fortified passes 10Tovma3    10:7 | they closed the fortified passes and defiles of the valleys which 10Tovma3    10:8 | them, they arranged their line and gave battle to the army 10Tovma3    10:8 | The royal army was defeated and returned to their camp, and 10Tovma3    10:8 | and returned to their camp, and the mountaineers returned to their 10Tovma3    10:9 | day they again joined battle, and the royal army was defeated 10Tovma3    10:9 | once more battle was joined, and the royal army was defeated 10Tovma3    10:10 | set up fortifications, built quarters, and made dwellings. For nine days 10Tovma3    10:10 | nine days they remained there and attacked more than nineteen times 10Tovma3    10:10 | royal troops were severely defeated and were decimated by the army 10Tovma3    10:10 | returned humiliated, covered with shame and ignominy, ridiculed and despondent 10Tovma3    10:10 | with shame and ignominy, ridiculed and despondent 10Tovma3    10:11 | was noted as a reader and was known as “son of 10Tovma3    10:12 | that Bugha had brought troops and was already coming to attack 10Tovma3    10:12 | intending to resist with force and courageous heart—especially as he 10Tovma3    10:12 | he (Bugha) had been defeated and beaten by the Tsanars 10Tovma3    10:13 | said, “for we have stronger and higher fortresses than they, and 10Tovma3    10:13 | and higher fortresses than they, and it is easier to secure 10Tovma3    10:13 | a glorious thing for himself and his clan, and he will 10Tovma3    10:13 | for himself and his clan, and he will receive a martyr’s 10Tovma3    10:13 | behalf of the holy church and God’s people 10Tovma3    10:14 | Such and more similar (exhortations) did the 10Tovma3    10:15 | to the plain of Gagarats’ik’ and entered the great city of 10Tovma3    10:16 | He began to rage and plotted to spew out his 10Tovma3    10:17 | the land—all the men and women from the land of 10Tovma3    10:17 | a host of common peasants and a few legions of soldiers 10Tovma3    10:19 | obedient subjects, to remove tribulations and relieve distress like guardians, but 10Tovma3    10:19 | or ravage it with sword and captivity. If you had come 10Tovma3    10:19 | you would have brought benefits and prosperity to these people, not 10Tovma3    10:19 | to these people, not ruin and turmoil 10Tovma3    10:20 | long as my strength endures and I live, I shall oppose 10Tovma3    10:20 | oppose (you) with the power and force of the Lord God 10Tovma3    10:20 | shall meet you with arms and a bow and a sword 10Tovma3    10:20 | with arms and a bow and a sword, with valiant men 10Tovma3    10:20 | a sword, with valiant men and select horses. If it pleases 10Tovma3    10:20 | pleases you to save yourself and your army, remove yourself from 10Tovma3    10:20 | army, remove yourself from here and leave our territory 10Tovma3    10:21 | life through your mad passions, and scatter your bones in the 10Tovma3    10:21 | your bones in the desert, and become food for the beasts 10Tovma3    10:21 | the beasts of the earth and the birds of the air 10Tovma3    10:21 | Samuel Agag, or David Goliath. And as the Israelites slew all 10Tovma3    10:21 | Israelites slew all the foreigners and God was pleased with them 10Tovma3    10:21 | shall I deal with you and your army 10Tovma3    10:23 | not, (there will be) war and struggle and battle. You are 10Tovma3    10:23 | will be) war and struggle and battle. You are the target 10Tovma3    10:23 | battle. You are the target, and mine the bow that pierces 10Tovma3    10:23 | pierces; you are the adversary, and mine the victorious warriors; you 10Tovma3    10:23 | warriors; you are the enemy, and mine the troops that condemn 10Tovma3    10:23 | the victory; yours the body, and mine the lance; yours the 10Tovma3    10:23 | the lance; yours the neck, and mine the sword 10Tovma3    10:24 | your power, play with you and all your haughty pride 10Tovma3    10:25 | the hunters; you the bird, and we descend from the heights 10Tovma3    10:25 | we descend from the heights and take (you) in the net 10Tovma3    10:25 | net; you the sea serpent, and we the hook, dragging you 10Tovma3    10:25 | like the stag without horns, and we the eagles (swooping down 10Tovma3    10:25 | as carrion to my young and the foxes who live in 10Tovma3    10:26 | is none of your business. And lest you are pained by 10Tovma3    10:27 | that were full of vigour and terrible indignity, he was thrown 10Tovma3    10:27 | was thrown into great perturbation and stood seized with astonishment. All 10Tovma3    10:27 | his plans had been destroyed and scattered. He did not know 10Tovma3    10:27 | the Muslims) decided to write and inform the caliph about that 10Tovma3    10:28 | However, Apumusē, armed and accoutred in full array, descended 10Tovma3    10:28 | great damage, took much booty, and returned to his position and 10Tovma3    10:28 | and returned to his position and encampment 10Tovma3    10:29 | command of a certain general and stationed him to the north 10Tovma3    10:29 | piled up stones, erected catapults, and made preparations 10Tovma3    10:30 | to battle. They formed ranks and filled the line with the 10Tovma3    10:30 | they set up their tall and long-flapping flags and standards 10Tovma3    10:30 | tall and long-flapping flags and standards. They formed in their 10Tovma3    10:30 | the vast number of arms and armoured formations of horses and 10Tovma3    10:30 | and armoured formations of horses and their riders? There are valiant 10Tovma3    10:30 | can number all the arms and treasures in the caliph’s treasury 10Tovma3    10:31 | They went out to battle and fought, and the encounter grew 10Tovma3    10:31 | out to battle and fought, and the encounter grew ardent 10Tovma3    10:32 | fled back to their camp, and entered the strongholds they had 10Tovma3    10:32 | fugitives; they descended the mountain and turned to plunder the corpses 10Tovma3    10:32 | to keep guard over themselves and the whole mass of inhabitants 10Tovma3    10:33 | flight back to their camp and themselves returned safe and sound 10Tovma3    10:33 | camp and themselves returned safe and sound, without a single one 10Tovma3    10:33 | general with a great victory and much booty 10Tovma3    10:34 | greatly disturbed in his mind and driven frantic in his search 10Tovma3    10:34 | himself up in his tent and took no respite or rest 10Tovma3    10:36 | mingle cowardice with their valour, and allow all (these) countries to 10Tovma3    10:36 | you made every land tremble and shake, so no one was 10Tovma3    10:36 | you weaken your mighty arms and hands? Surely you are not 10Tovma3    10:37 | an army has been gathered and a war fought and swords 10Tovma3    10:37 | gathered and a war fought and swords and a battle waged 10Tovma3    10:37 | a war fought and swords and a battle waged, sometimes they 10Tovma3    10:37 | waged, sometimes they are victorious, and sometimes defeated? Which of those 10Tovma3    10:40 | to grow weary or discouraged, and not to give up waging 10Tovma3    10:41 | soldiers put on their armour and swords and-made preparations, there 10Tovma3    10:41 | on their armour and swords and- made preparations, there was such 10Tovma3    10:41 | great noise of trumpets, lyres, and harps that the mountain almost 10Tovma3    10:41 | the world—such a loud and fearsome thunder and crashing and 10Tovma3    10:41 | a loud and fearsome thunder and crashing and flashing of arms 10Tovma3    10:41 | and fearsome thunder and crashing and flashing of arms as were 10Tovma3    10:42 | out company by company rapidly and eagerly one after the other 10Tovma3    10:42 | eagerly one after the other; and everyone who saw them was 10Tovma3    10:43 | the open on a hill, and stood there watching in fearful 10Tovma3    10:43 | stood there watching in fearful and tremendous amazement 10Tovma3    10:44 | the future coming of Christ and the awesome thunderings and crashings 10Tovma3    10:44 | Christ and the awesome thunderings and crashings that will then occur 10Tovma3    10:44 | occur: the bolts of fire and fearsome consternation on earth, and 10Tovma3    10:44 | and fearsome consternation on earth, and how the bands of angels 10Tovma3    10:44 | forward one after the other, and how the Lord’s cross will 10Tovma3    10:44 | shine forth with awesome rays, and whatever accompanies these at the 10Tovma3    10:44 | he passed beyond the visible. And since he was versed in 10Tovma3    10:44 | in the divinely inspired Scriptures and was familiar with and knowledgeable 10Tovma3    10:44 | Scriptures and was familiar with and knowledgeable of eloquent precepts, at 10Tovma3    10:45 | more than two hundred thousand, and they had formed ranks and 10Tovma3    10:45 | and they had formed ranks and drawn up their lines, and 10Tovma3    10:45 | and drawn up their lines, and champions had called their opponents 10Tovma3    10:45 | priest, marched out to battle and confronted them. He was like 10Tovma3    10:46 | the force of the Ałuank’ and fearlessly rushed upon them, but 10Tovma3    10:46 | the latter turned to prayer and invoked God to their aid 10Tovma3    10:47 | their ranks, turned them back, and pushed them off the mountain 10Tovma3    10:47 | the Ałuank’. These turned back and amassed an incalculable booty 10Tovma3    10:48 | one? I shall speak concisely and abbreviate my account. The war 10Tovma3    10:48 | for nearly a full year. And not in a single confrontation 10Tovma3    10:48 | their battles was twenty-eight, and the royal army was defeated 10Tovma3    10:48 | defeated in that many encounters and actions 10Tovma3    10:49 | a rebel against the caliph and for this reason to be 10Tovma3    10:49 | Bugha responsibility for the rebellion and the losses to the army 10Tovma3    10:50 | will see even more sword and battle than you have seen 10Tovma3    10:51 | will weep bitterly.” They wrote and informed the caliph of what 10Tovma3    10:51 | of what they had done and how the royal army had 10Tovma3    10:52 | their positions with great care and agreed with each other not 10Tovma3    10:54 | bidding him submit to them and go to Bugha. In it 10Tovma3    10:54 | a pardon for the damage and losses to the army and 10Tovma3    10:54 | and losses to the army and the mass of booty, also 10Tovma3    10:54 | to confirm the spoken message and gifts of honourable and expensive 10Tovma3    10:54 | message and gifts of honourable and expensive garments with a decorated 10Tovma3    10:54 | garments with a decorated helmet and sword. Only he was to 10Tovma3    10:54 | to heed the caliph’s summons and not disobey his wishes. The 10Tovma3    10:54 | the caliph with great honour and consideration 10Tovma3    10:55 | hastened down from the mountain and presented himself to Bugha. Before 10Tovma3    10:55 | him companies equipped with arms and select horses. He had brought 10Tovma3    10:55 | before him (Apumusē) richly adorned and noble horses as well as 10Tovma3    10:55 | horses as well as singers and rhapsodists with many musical instruments 10Tovma3    10:55 | many musical instruments in front and behind while he was still 10Tovma3    10:56 | received him in a friendly and peaceful fashion with splendid honour 10Tovma3    10:56 | peaceful fashion with splendid honour and gifts in accordance with the 10Tovma3    10:57 | by companies of armed soldiers and elite cavalry 10Tovma3    10:58 | courage, strengthened in his mind and determination in accordance with his 10Tovma3    11:1 | custom of each person’s station and eminence of rank, whether this 10Tovma3    11:2 | to indicate both the event and the place involved, either to 10Tovma3    11:3 | The Muslim soldiers arrested him and brought him to the general 10Tovma3    11:3 | much harm to state affairs, and falsely rather than rightly condemned 10Tovma3    11:4 | Eventually a great and fearsome tumult was stirred up 10Tovma3    11:4 | was stirred up against him, and his calumniators cried with one 10Tovma3    11:5 | to stakes with their feet and hands bound. He had iron 10Tovma3    11:5 | He had iron rods brought, and they tortured them with the 10Tovma3    11:5 | to die for Christ’s name and to receive the crown of 10Tovma3    11:6 | He interrogated him cruelly and with the authority of his 10Tovma3    11:6 | faith of Christ,” he said,” and I shall forgive you the 10Tovma3    11:6 | have wrought; you will live and enjoy royal honours and gifts 10Tovma3    11:6 | live and enjoy royal honours and gifts. Do not add to 10Tovma3    11:7 | Mukat’l responded, full of faith and with a true confession in 10Tovma3    11:7 | confession in the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit: “Who allowed me 10Tovma3    11:7 | be martyred for the truth and die for Christ’s name, to 10Tovma3    11:7 | of Kings, Prince of life and death, God for eternity, Jesus 10Tovma3    11:8 | But your threats and tortures, which you say you 10Tovma3    11:8 | joke of children or madmen, and your words like those of 10Tovma3    11:8 | senseless man or a crazy and raving dotard 10Tovma3    11:9 | the caliph, their legislator (Muhammad), and himself. Then he ordered his 10Tovma3    11:9 | he ordered his two hands and his two feet to be 10Tovma3    11:9 | of God. With great fortitude and thanksgiving he endured the tortures 10Tovma3    11:10 | alive, (Bugha) had a massive and very tall gibbet erected; he 10Tovma3    11:10 | on the top of it and suspended in a very high 10Tovma3    11:10 | his head with a sword and set it back up again 10Tovma3    11:11 | gloriously for the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—to whom be 10Tovma3    11:12 | blessed Solomon, known as Sevordi, and Kakhay of the upper land 10Tovma3    11:12 | words that reeked of gall and putridity like the stench that 10Tovma3    11:12 | away from the divine religion and the worship of the Son 10Tovma3    11:13 | But they battled valiantly and responded to the tyrant with 10Tovma3    11:13 | one sole King of Kings and in the Lord of Lords 10Tovma3    11:16 | While they were still alive and thanking Christ for the unconquerable 10Tovma3    11:16 | furnace. He had wood brought, and they placed the blessed Solomon 10Tovma3    11:17 | themselves, took up Christ’s cross, and followed the summons. They lost 10Tovma3    11:20 | sword, struck the blessed one, and cut off his head. Immediately 10Tovma3    11:22 | the inhabitants of the mountain and had inflicted severe losses on 10Tovma3    11:22 | the people of the mountain and defeated them, they arrested the 10Tovma3    11:22 | they arrested the blessed Yovnan and had him taken in bonds 10Tovma3    11:23 | Yovnan) had resisted the general and reminded him about the revolt 10Tovma3    11:23 | reminded him about the revolt and his involvement in harm to 10Tovma3    11:23 | faith in the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit 10Tovma3    11:24 | wish to live with me and enjoy the life of this 10Tovma3    11:24 | this world, to receive gifts and honours from me, submit to 10Tovma3    11:24 | Christian faith that you observe, and serve the true religion and 10Tovma3    11:24 | and serve the true religion and faith that we have learned 10Tovma3    11:24 | the opposite of this, torments and death, and be deprived of 10Tovma3    11:24 | of this, torments and death, and be deprived of life by 10Tovma3    11:25 | you cast before me vain and fanciful deceit, promising me a 10Tovma3    11:25 | deceit, promising me a deceitful and false hope in order to 10Tovma3    11:26 | not despise my royal words and lose your life, to become 10Tovma3    11:27 | I long since despised you and had not the slightest fear 10Tovma3    11:27 | you I put your general and his troops to the sword 10Tovma3    11:27 | sword, his booty I distributed, and on the second occasion I 10Tovma3    11:27 | mingle cowardice with my valour and capitulate through fear of death 10Tovma3    11:28 | fought much, as you know and as you now hear from 10Tovma3    11:28 | not then die for Christ and for eternal life, or shall 10Tovma3    11:29 | the caliph) heard such replies and more of the same tenor 10Tovma3    11:29 | tenor delivered in a resolute and fearless manner with great audacity 10Tovma3    11:30 | confession in the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, to whom be 10Tovma3    11:31 | at all remained in security, and notably that no one continued 10Tovma3    11:31 | they would receive their principalities and enjoy royal gifts and honours 10Tovma3    11:31 | principalities and enjoy royal gifts and honours, and be subject to 10Tovma3    11:31 | enjoy royal gifts and honours, and be subject to the caliph 10Tovma3    11:33 | the latter had been arrested and the general knew that from 10Tovma3    11:34 | companies of armed soldiers, accoutred and prepared, according to the various 10Tovma3    11:34 | according to the various families and the number of Armenian lords 10Tovma3    11:34 | them with swords, shields, lances, and lit torches. Entering at their 10Tovma3    11:34 | bonds, put them on camels, and brought them to Samarra 10Tovma3    11:35 | Vasak, lord of Vayots’-dzor, and Philippe, prince of Siunik’, and 10Tovma3    11:35 | and Philippe, prince of Siunik’, and Nerseh, prince of Garit’ayank’; and 10Tovma3    11:35 | and Nerseh, prince of Garit’ayank’; and then Esayi Apumusē, who had 10Tovma3    11:36 | Ashot, son of the sparapet, and Musheł and Smbat, brothers of 10Tovma3    11:36 | of the sparapet, and Musheł and Smbat, brothers of Ashot, whom 10Tovma3    11:36 | their father to the caliph and the general. For he had 10Tovma3    11:36 | wishes with all his strength and devotion 10Tovma3    11:37 | Gurgēn in the general’s place and the other Artsruni families 10Tovma3    11:38 | to Partaw, to winter there and to see how he might 10Tovma3    11:38 | He despatched a certain Abraham and sent him as governor of 10Tovma3    11:38 | him as governor of Armenia and overseer of the royal taxes 10Tovma3    12:0 | the removal of the princes, and ( concerning) the wars 10Tovma3    12:1 | valiant Gurgēn, Musheł his brother, and Apujap’r, Apumk’dēm, Vasak, and another 10Tovma3    12:1 | brother, and Apujap’r, Apumk’dēm, Vasak, and another Vasak, and Musheł, and 10Tovma3    12:1 | Apumk’dēm, Vasak, and another Vasak, and Musheł, and Ashot, and Sahak 10Tovma3    12:1 | and another Vasak, and Musheł, and Ashot, and Sahak, and others 10Tovma3    12:1 | Vasak, and Musheł, and Ashot, and Sahak, and others from the 10Tovma3    12:1 | Musheł, and Ashot, and Sahak, and others from the house of 10Tovma3    12:1 | the house of the Artsrunik’, and their knights 10Tovma3    12:2 | on woes. For they fought and quarrelled with each other in 10Tovma3    12:2 | who had escaped the sword and captivity of Bugha. Some of 10Tovma3    12:2 | of the principality, others Apujap’r, and some Vasak 10Tovma3    12:3 | his brother or his relative; and they shall say: Be our 10Tovma3    12:3 | shall say: Be our prince, and our nourishment shall be with 10Tovma3    12:3 | the land fell into confusion and was filled with turmoil. Wherever 10Tovma3    12:3 | laid waste by raiding, plundering, and rapine 10Tovma3    12:4 | fall on man,” he says, “ and man on his fellow. The 10Tovma3    12:4 | shall smite the old man, and the unworthy the honourable.” For 10Tovma3    12:4 | their anarchy there were confusions and each man did as was 10Tovma3    12:5 | For the humble and weak through poverty wandered about 10Tovma3    12:5 | distress, while the more powerful and strong became ferocious like beasts 10Tovma3    12:5 | whole country by their shameless and unimpeded brigandage 10Tovma3    13:0 | How Gurgēn remained alone, and the many wars in the 10Tovma3    13:1 | story of the noble, glorious, and victorious champion, I mean Gurgēn 10Tovma3    13:1 | most splendid, distinguished, grand, eminent, and prestigious. He descended from two 10Tovma3    13:1 | being a scion of Senek’erim and of the Mamikoneans from Chen 10Tovma3    13:2 | sides he inherited royal blood and station: from his father that 10Tovma3    13:2 | his father that of Senek’erim, and from his mother that of 10Tovma3    13:2 | I should richly eulogise him and deploy my rhetoric to the 10Tovma3    13:2 | the occasion to write history and not engage in panegyrics, I 10Tovma3    13:2 | leave to other more competent and intelligent men, freeing myself from 10Tovma3    13:3 | the equal of the martyrs and in praising as sacrificial his 10Tovma3    13:3 | blood for his native land, and soul and body for the 10Tovma3    13:3 | his native land, and soul and body for the saints of 10Tovma3    13:3 | the saints of Christ’s church and the believers in the Father 10Tovma3    13:3 | believers in the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, in order to 10Tovma3    13:3 | order to preserve them safe and unsullied. As a good shepherd 10Tovma3    13:5 | those who are logically minded and understanding. We shall carry forward 10Tovma3    13:7 | describing the judges of Israel and the holy prophets”; in this 10Tovma3    13:9 | the troubled time of Bugha and when the patriarch Yovhannēs was 10Tovma3    13:9 | in the province of Bagrevand and stayed there, for K’urdik was 10Tovma3    13:10 | through the land of Vaspurakan and had marched to the East 10Tovma3    13:11 | order to recover the fortress, and there Gurgen demonstrated much valour 10Tovma3    13:11 | many of the elite Greeks, and completely despoiled them, so that 10Tovma3    13:12 | whom he would receive gifts and honour and promotion in rank 10Tovma3    13:12 | would receive gifts and honour and promotion in rank 10Tovma3    13:13 | the castle to the general and appease the emperor 10Tovma3    13:16 | waging war with your army, and caused no little shedding of 10Tovma3    13:16 | Now behold, he has arrived and awaits your orders. May you 10Tovma3    13:17 | And Bugha sent word to the 10Tovma3    13:17 | with the sparapet without fear and ( accept) his profound thanks 10Tovma3    13:18 | spot with the foot soldiers and mass of common people, being 10Tovma3    13:18 | leader they appointed Apujap’r Artsruni, and with him Sahak Apumk’dēm, Apujap’r 10Tovma3    13:19 | Raiding the provinces of Chuash and T’oṙnawan, they took plunder. But 10Tovma3    13:19 | to the city of Berkri, and in unison with the citizens 10Tovma3    13:19 | out to meet the army and commanders of Vaspurakan at a 10Tovma3    13:20 | For the Muslims had retreated and fled before Apumk’dēm. In a 10Tovma3    13:20 | Apumk’dēm had slain eight men and stripped them of their horses 10Tovma3    13:20 | them of their horses, arms, and accoutrements. He had inflicted great 10Tovma3    13:20 | great losses on the Muslims and had again made incursions in 10Tovma3    13:21 | small bush, as they say, and fell headlong, breaking its back 10Tovma3    13:21 | fell headlong, breaking its back and throwing its rider, the valiant 10Tovma3    13:23 | the coward in the chest and killed him 10Tovma3    13:24 | him, cut off his head, and brought it to their general 10Tovma3    13:25 | But Lord Apujap’r and those with him fought bravely 10Tovma3    13:25 | fought bravely against the Muslims and carried the day 10Tovma3    13:26 | their general had been killed and that their right arm had 10Tovma3    13:26 | turned in flight. Breaking ranks and destroying their line, they separated 10Tovma3    13:26 | destroying their line, they separated and abandoned the battle, every man 10Tovma3    13:27 | The enemy fell on these and slaughtered them, filling the wide 10Tovma3    13:28 | The springs there and the other muddy rivulets of 10Tovma3    13:29 | to the capital of Ṙshtunik’ and stayed there; (later) he returned 10Tovma3    13:29 | entered the capital of Ṙshtunik’ and appointed as their prince Vasak 10Tovma3    13:30 | of) Vaspurakan by the Muslims and of Vasak’s becoming prince reached 10Tovma3    13:31 | attacked the fortresses called Jłmar and Sring, seized them, and captured 10Tovma3    13:31 | Jłmar and Sring, seized them, and captured Vasak, appropriating for himself 10Tovma3    13:33 | slaughtering them with the sword and bow, and removed all the 10Tovma3    13:33 | with the sword and bow, and removed all the tribes of 10Tovma3    13:34 | citizens of Berkri called Ut’manik and those of the nobility of 10Tovma3    13:35 | with four hundred men, unworried and unsuspecting. Suddenly at dawn the 10Tovma3    13:35 | his horse. They formed line and filled out the ranks; the 10Tovma3    13:36 | Muslim force recovered a little and stood firm. Then Lord Gurgēn 10Tovma3    13:36 | on which he was mounted and attacked the left wing of 10Tovma3    13:36 | ranks he turned them back, and one wing of the Muslims 10Tovma3    13:37 | He pursued them and slaughtered them with such vigour 10Tovma3    13:38 | as far as their borders, and then returned thinking they had 10Tovma3    13:38 | defeated by the valiant Gurgēn, and their power that was broken 10Tovma3    13:40 | many brigands who attacked Gurgēn, and the hard battles that he 10Tovma3    13:40 | relatives false to their pacts and oaths 10Tovma3    13:41 | But they (Gurgēn and his party), keeping their hope 10Tovma3    13:41 | raising the standard of victory. And the Lord omnipotent was with 10Tovma3    13:42 | news of his (Gurgēn’s) valour and strategic skill in mounting attacks 10Tovma3    13:42 | princely sword to gird him and a noble belt to encircle 10Tovma3    13:42 | his waist, rods as batons, and a spirited horse that stamped 10Tovma3    13:43 | trusted in his own stead, and thus promoted him to the 10Tovma3    13:46 | for not setting down methodically and in order my description of 10Tovma3    13:46 | written (about them) before us and have set down a comprehensive 10Tovma3    13:47 | the Apkhaz. With their support and that of elite Gēorgian troops 10Tovma3    13:48 | Gurgēn) on terms of peace and friendship for the division of 10Tovma3    13:49 | However, the disturbers and enemies of peace did not 10Tovma3    13:51 | time Vahan, son of Ashot and nephew of Sahak, returned from 10Tovma3    13:52 | like a torrent of water, and expelled Vahan and his troops 10Tovma3    13:52 | of water, and expelled Vahan and his troops. Descending to the 10Tovma3    13:52 | mustered together, drew up line, and joined battle. Many they slaughtered 10Tovma3    13:52 | joined battle. Many they slaughtered, and Shapuh the prince of the 10Tovma3    13:53 | few swords struck at him, and a certain Juanshēr unexpectedly smote 10Tovma3    13:53 | face, putting out his eyes, and returned after this great victory 10Tovma3    13:54 | one year after his return, and died. They took him and 10Tovma3    13:54 | and died. They took him and buried him in the monastery 10Tovma3    13:55 | encounters in battle. Ceaselessly, day and night, he and the noble 10Tovma3    13:55 | Ceaselessly, day and night, he and the noble troops who had 10Tovma3    13:55 | not merely demonstrate their prowess and victorious courage in certain places 10Tovma3    13:55 | a single person, in armour and ( bearing) a sword for battle 10Tovma3    13:55 | for battle, they attacked fortresses and beat down their garrisons with 10Tovma3    13:55 | down their garrisons with sword and bow, to the flashing of 10Tovma3    13:55 | to the flashing of sword and lance, and even in combats 10Tovma3    13:55 | flashing of sword and lance, and even in combats by night 10Tovma3    13:56 | waged a continuously victorious struggle and returned in great triumph 10Tovma3    13:57 | the standard of victory everywhere and in all places. Like the 10Tovma3    13:57 | of our country to blood and destruction, to slaughter and death 10Tovma3    13:57 | blood and destruction, to slaughter and death by the sword. He 10Tovma3    13:57 | the sword. He was blessed and eulogised by those far and 10Tovma3    13:57 | and eulogised by those far and near, by the natives and 10Tovma3    13:57 | and near, by the natives and foreigners in the land 10Tovma3    13:58 | at the sight of him and distraught with great fear, for 10Tovma3    13:59 | the land from the impurity and deceit of its oppressors, like 10Tovma3    13:59 | impiety of Antiochus from Israel, and made peace for all his 10Tovma3    14:0 | return of Derenik to Armenia, and the beginning of the Lord’s 10Tovma3    14:1 | calendar—equivalent to six jubilees and olympiads and indictions—and the 10Tovma3    14:1 | to six jubilees and olympiads and indictions—and the third year 10Tovma3    14:1 | jubilees and olympiads and indictions— and the third year of the 10Tovma3    14:1 | will know the seventy-seventh and you will understand how to 10Tovma3    14:1 | Anointed (will be) seven weeks and sixty-two weeks.” In like 10Tovma3    14:3 | their blood for the true and unsullied confession in Christ, and 10Tovma3    14:3 | and unsullied confession in Christ, and for the exertions of the 10Tovma3    14:3 | Grigor Artsruni, the valiant champion and victorious martyr and confessor of 10Tovma3    14:3 | valiant champion and victorious martyr and confessor of Christ, and through 10Tovma3    14:3 | martyr and confessor of Christ, and through the chief shepherd, Saint 10Tovma3    14:3 | shepherd, Saint Yovhannēs the bishop, and the heroic priest Grigor 10Tovma3    14:4 | not have mercy on Jerusalem and the cities of Juda? This 10Tovma3    14:4 | This is the seventieth year.” And he inclined them to the 10Tovma3    14:5 | The Lord heard their prayers and turned from the anger of 10Tovma3    14:5 | of his wrath in pity and mercy, as the blessed prophets 10Tovma3    14:6 | princes in his banqueting hall and had promised to restore to 10Tovma3    14:6 | inheritance, he then commanded Ashot and his son Grigor to be 10Tovma3    14:7 | girded them with a sword and belt adorned with precious stones 10Tovma3    14:7 | stones, (gave them) a select and richly ornamented horse, then despatched 10Tovma3    14:7 | the chamber in glorious splendor and notable honour to the sound 10Tovma3    14:7 | to the sound of singing and the blowing of trumpets. Heralds 10Tovma3    14:7 | Heralds proclaimed with voices loud and clear that the principality of 10Tovma3    14:7 | had been given to Ashot and his son Grigor, holding in 10Tovma3    14:8 | the caliph in great joy and indescribable happiness, and entered his 10Tovma3    14:8 | great joy and indescribable happiness, and entered his own land, the 10Tovma3    14:10 | sole control over his principality and domains, and to restore order 10Tovma3    14:10 | over his principality and domains, and to restore order to the 10Tovma3    14:10 | land that had been troubled and ruined 10Tovma3    14:11 | princely title, or the violent and bellicose assaults of the Muslims 10Tovma3    14:12 | of wild beasts, disturbances within and without openly gripped the land 10Tovma3    14:13 | for the latter had seized and was occupying the castles of 10Tovma3    14:13 | occupying the castles of Sring and Jłmar. But when he reached 10Tovma3    14:14 | this he was not unresponsive, and with wise courage abandoned the 10Tovma3    14:14 | we shall divide the land and live in security.” 14 But Gurgēn 10Tovma3    14:14 | prowess in many other wars and of the defeats he had 10Tovma3    14:14 | inflicted on the Muslim army, and was suspicious of what he 10Tovma3    14:15 | And second, because he did not 10Tovma3    14:15 | they had negotiated under oath and aware of what his own 10Tovma3    14:17 | great honour of the consulate and decorate him with the insignia 10Tovma3    14:18 | two emirs, one called Bshir and the other Zk’ri, fell on 10Tovma3    14:18 | fell on (Gurgēn), captured him, and brought him to Ashot son 10Tovma3    14:19 | which still exercised tyrannical control, and ( because) the captives and his 10Tovma3    14:19 | control, and (because) the captives and his father the sparapet were 10Tovma3    14:20 | Gurgēn) come to him, insisting and intimidating with threats that he 10Tovma3    14:21 | he mocked him, choosing bonds and imprisonment, even death with valour 10Tovma3    14:22 | bound Gurgēn with triple bonds and also put chains on his 10Tovma3    14:22 | sent him through Persian Atrpatakan, and brought him to the prison 10Tovma3    14:22 | addressed him with various threats and persuasive words that he might 10Tovma3    14:22 | might abandon the Christian religion and join the other apostates from 10Tovma3    14:23 | with the weapons of Satan and frequently sent him to him 10Tovma3    14:26 | he was even more confirmed and strengthened in the faith, in 10Tovma3    14:26 | the faith, in the love and hope of Christ. Cast into 10Tovma3    14:26 | the name of Christ—hunger and thirst, with great fortitude 10Tovma3    14:27 | Gurgēn lived one more year and then departed this world, having 10Tovma3    14:28 | They brought him and laid him to rest in 10Tovma3    14:29 | power of Christ, became glorious and renowned throughout the whole land 10Tovma3    14:29 | the whole land of Armenia; and the country had respite from 10Tovma3    14:30 | churches to shine with ornamentation and splendid rituals; those scattered rushed 10Tovma3    14:30 | own places to build, plant, and forget the pains and afflictions 10Tovma3    14:30 | plant, and forget the pains and afflictions they had endured 10Tovma3    14:31 | Jap’rmot’ok’l was greatly puffed up and waxing haughty against the Christians 10Tovma3    14:31 | Senek’erim our ancestor against Jerusalem and the people of Israel—suddenly 10Tovma3    14:31 | his own son Mot’ēin attacked and slew him. He reigned in 10Tovma3    14:31 | reigned in his father’s place, and died after six months 10Tovma3    14:32 | of his uncle Muht’is reigned, and having lived for three months 10Tovma3    14:34 | Christ’s providence, saved from prison, and returned to his land 10Tovma3    14:35 | him, but was turned back and fled 10Tovma3    14:36 | Gurgēn, whose horse, galloping along and neighing haughtily, threw him from 10Tovma3    14:36 | was still recovering from illness and from his sufferings and afflictions 10Tovma3    14:36 | illness and from his sufferings and afflictions in prison. They (Derenik’s 10Tovma3    14:36 | came upon him, seized him, and brought him to prison in 10Tovma3    14:37 | loosed him from his bonds and brought him into the room 10Tovma3    14:37 | evil intention of killing Derenik and handing the principality of the 10Tovma3    14:38 | grandfather; but addressing Derenik tearfully and holding in his hand a 10Tovma3    14:38 | a drawn sword, a sabre and axe, he note: “My son 10Tovma3    14:39 | father, have mercy on me,” and was unable to utter anything 10Tovma3    14:40 | reached a village called Eragani, and came to a monk who 10Tovma3    14:40 | he trusted himself to him and begged him to protect him 10Tovma3    14:41 | But Derenik captured him and kept him carefully, doing him 10Tovma3    14:41 | rendered him a ready hand and was blessed by Saint Zak’aria 10Tovma3    14:42 | by Ashot, prince of princes, and begged the prince Derenik to 10Tovma3    14:42 | The prince paid him heed and carried out his request 10Tovma3    14:43 | And the two made a mutual 10Tovma3    14:45 | the princes of Armenia, Gēorgia, and Albania—which indeed he brought 10Tovma3    14:46 | but he (Ashot) captured him and put him in bonds like 10Tovma3    14:46 | bonds like some disobedient (subject) and passed into the capital of 10Tovma3    14:47 | Gurgēn received news of Derenik and how he had been seized 10Tovma3    14:47 | armed with armour for men and horses, in Noragiwl of Ṙshtunik’ 10Tovma3    14:48 | shall see you with arms and armoured cavalry drawn up in 10Tovma3    14:50 | And because Derenik’s wife had just 10Tovma3    14:50 | idea to you, most noble and eminent of all men, that 10Tovma3    14:50 | a trusting alliance between you and Derenik if you gave your 10Tovma3    14:51 | He took with him Derenik and went to his own house 10Tovma3    15:2 | them the blessed bishop Yovhannēs and the ascetic priest Grigor, bearing 10Tovma3    15:2 | of the captives—like Khoren and Abraham, confessors of Christ, who 10Tovma3    15:2 | of their tortures in Persia and brought the happy news of 10Tovma3    15:2 | liberation of the Armenian nobles and the Lord’s restoration of his 10Tovma3    15:3 | devoting himself entirely to prayer and leaving his episcopal rank 10Tovma3    15:4 | a certain Yohan, a gentle and pious man, full of fear 10Tovma3    15:5 | But the sparapet Smbat and the princes of Vaspurakan remained 10Tovma3    15:5 | Vaspurakan remained there (in Persia) and were added to the rolls 10Tovma3    15:6 | leader of the Muslims interrogated and did violence to them both 10Tovma3    15:6 | they pleased. They died there and were buried gloriously according to 10Tovma3    15:6 | were rendered glorious on earth and will be crowned by Christ 10Tovma3    15:7 | places—in Tarōn, Andzavats’ik’, Arzn, and everywhere—as the records which 10Tovma3    15:7 | were kept before us indicate, and which it seems to me 10Tovma3    15:8 | So after many turmoils and battles he succeeded in bringing 10Tovma3    15:9 | lord of Andzavats’ik’, was ill and at death’s door. He had 10Tovma3    15:10 | with the castle of Noraberd and the surrounding territories, and that 10Tovma3    15:10 | Noraberd and the surrounding territories, and that he would bequeath the 10Tovma3    15:11 | pleases you to marry (me) and you wish to rule over 10Tovma3    15:12 | Kanguar, carried out his aims, and ruled with great authority over 10Tovma3    15:13 | But Derenik exercised great ingenuity and caused himself much anguish in 10Tovma3    15:13 | wrest the castles from Gurgēn and control the country 10Tovma3    15:14 | out from his many troubles and endeavours, from gathering troops and 10Tovma3    15:14 | and endeavours, from gathering troops and preparing for battle, from fitting 10Tovma3    15:14 | fitting out for armed combat and setting up the powerful machine 10Tovma3    15:15 | which he held) by officials, and he gave to Gurgēn the 10Tovma3    15:16 | Gurgēn, he expelled the officials. And in like fashion Gurgēn found 10Tovma3    15:16 | the castle, expel his officials, and rule alone over the principality 10Tovma3    15:16 | Andzavats’ik’. He pacified the land and made it safe and secure 10Tovma3    15:16 | land and made it safe and secure from bandits; he built 10Tovma3    15:16 | from bandits; he built churches and carried out the ceremonies of 10Tovma3    15:17 | the captivity of the Armenians, and the [306th] of their era 10Tovma3    15:20 | a supercilious manner, was swollen and bloated full of arrogance; he 10Tovma3    15:20 | tremendous deeds he had accomplished, and suppose that by his own 10Tovma3    15:21 | Ismael, the death of Sahak and his wife’s public lamentation of 10Tovma3    15:21 | reason for her husband’s murder, and her declaration to the leader 10Tovma3    15:22 | latter, with his habitual licentious and foul insatiableness, waxed haughty and 10Tovma3    15:22 | and foul insatiableness, waxed haughty and raged in an excess of 10Tovma3    15:22 | of ferocious poison. He flamed and burned like a furnace to 10Tovma3    15:22 | first, because of (Bugha’s) victorious and renowned accomplishment he thought it 10Tovma3    16:0 | of Prince Ashot from captivity, and Vahan Artsruni 10Tovma3    16:2 | the elite warriors of Asorestan and Arabia; among them was included 10Tovma3    16:4 | opposing line; the most valiant and splendid outdid each other in 10Tovma3    16:6 | kept urging him to hurry and arm for battle, even more 10Tovma3    16:6 | severity of his feigned illness and the grievousness of his pains 10Tovma3    16:7 | There was a fearsome thunder and frightful echoings and repercussions from 10Tovma3    16:7 | fearsome thunder and frightful echoings and repercussions from the crush of 10Tovma3    16:7 | like the crashing of hail and lightning from clouds 10Tovma3    16:8 | Vahan entered (his tent), begging and urging him not to linger 10Tovma3    16:9 | his lance in his hand, and shouting encouragement to his band 10Tovma3    16:9 | let them now recognise us and our prowess 10Tovma3    16:10 | the ranks of their army, and struck down as corpses the 10Tovma3    16:13 | However, Ashot escaped and with Vahan openly returned in 10Tovma3    17:0 | Concerning Ashot’s struggles for Andzavats’ik’ and the return to peace 10Tovma3    17:1 | Andzavats’ik’ with a large force and encamped in the village of 10Tovma3    17:1 | despatched to Gurgēn Vahan Artsruni and the priest T’eodoros, abbot of 10Tovma3    17:1 | at an order from court and not, like you, to engage 10Tovma3    17:2 | Andzavats’ik’ to my son Derenik, and do not continue to act 10Tovma3    17:2 | will bring constraint to bear, and by force will make you 10Tovma3    17:3 | Gurgēn modestly and without pride answered him: “You 10Tovma3    17:3 | me of (my) ancestral inheritance and expelled (me) from (my) fraternal 10Tovma3    17:5 | Lord will see, will judge and give me my rights, as 10Tovma3    17:6 | He provided Grigor his nephew and some elite soldiers with arms 10Tovma3    17:6 | some elite soldiers with arms and horse armour, two hundred men 10Tovma3    17:6 | despised as insignificant the report and uttered haughty words. But suddenly 10Tovma3    17:6 | dealing mortal wounds with sword and bow so that very many 10Tovma3    17:6 | himself escaped alone on horseback, and fled as far as the 10Tovma3    17:7 | the camp with its baggage and the stores of treasure, which 10Tovma3    17:8 | came with a numerous force and encamped on the southern side 10Tovma3    17:8 | had occurred, he turned back and went his own way 10Tovma3    17:9 | of the prince of princes, and Smbat, Shapuh, and Musheł the 10Tovma3    17:9 | of princes, and Smbat, Shapuh, and Musheł the ruler of Mokk’ 10Tovma3    17:9 | Musheł the ruler of Mokk’, and the troops of Arzn. They 10Tovma3    17:9 | what they wanted. Then Sahak and Smbat with the others were 10Tovma3    17:9 | with the others were appeased and withdrew from the conflict; friendly 10Tovma3    17:9 | established between the two parties, and they went each to his 10Tovma3    17:10 | Gurgēn and Ashot met each other, exchanged 10Tovma3    17:10 | met each other, exchanged greetings, and made a peace treaty (which 10Tovma3    18:0 | Prince Ashot with the Ut’maniks and his freeing of the places 10Tovma3    18:1 | on the lakeshore called Ut’manik, and who were secure in the 10Tovma3    18:1 | to the demarcation of Ptolemy and Alexander, or of our Artashēs 10Tovma3    18:1 | among the provinces of Vaspurakan; and one hundred years previously it 10Tovma3    18:2 | land of Vaspurakan. So Ashot and his son Derenik gathered a 10Tovma3    18:3 | For they had seized it and subjected to taxation the monks 10Tovma3    18:3 | monks of the Holy Cross, and had even captured the abbot 10Tovma3    18:3 | monastery who was called Grigor, and put him in a deep 10Tovma3    18:3 | put him in a deep and gloomy dungeon 10Tovma3    18:5 | of the chief of Manazav and the Ut’maniks, and arrived in 10Tovma3    18:5 | of Manazav and the Ut’maniks, and arrived in haste to attack 10Tovma3    18:8 | which was covered in armour, and prepared for battle. He led 10Tovma3    18:8 | seemingly mocking the (enemy) forces and reckoning his own small numbers 10Tovma3    18:9 | Vahan, father of Gagik Apumruan, and Gagik himself attempted to reconcile 10Tovma3    18:10 | struck the heel from behind and lamed the horse of the 10Tovma3    18:10 | advancing to meet the prince, and was in agreement with Vahan 10Tovma3    18:10 | the dispute that had arisen, and quench the conflict that had 10Tovma3    18:10 | was not heedless; he retreated and encamped in the town of 10Tovma3    18:11 | At the same time Derenik and Gagik came before Yisē, made 10Tovma3    18:11 | pay) taxes to the caliph, and made him return by the 10Tovma3    18:12 | So our princes acquired glorious and splendid fame in Armenia. Thenceforth 10Tovma3    18:13 | was five years in captivity, and lived for six years after 10Tovma3    18:15 | scandalous Christian lives in debauchery and drunkenness, in adultery and lewdness 10Tovma3    18:15 | debauchery and drunkenness, in adultery and lewdness, engaging in revolting and 10Tovma3    18:15 | and lewdness, engaging in revolting and horrible homosexual acts which exceeded 10Tovma3    18:15 | the foul bestialities of Jericho and Sodom, man shamelessly lusting for 10Tovma3    18:15 | man shamelessly lusting for man and piling up infinite flames from 10Tovma3    18:16 | with the daughters of Cain, and were destroyed by water; while 10Tovma3    18:16 | the worm does not die and the fire is not extinguished 10Tovma3    18:17 | theirs! See, sin over sin and torments over torments 10Tovma3    18:18 | was plunged into unfathomable remorse and regret; with flowing tears he 10Tovma3    18:18 | in the mercy of Christ and repeating the last words of 10Tovma3    18:18 | words of the tax gatherer and the thief. With faith he 10Tovma3    18:18 | looked to the saving Body and Blood of the Son of 10Tovma3    18:19 | despise or mock his remorse and repentence, for “who will utter 10Tovma3    19:1 | Now Derenik daily increased and improved the prosperity and peace 10Tovma3    19:1 | increased and improved the prosperity and peace of the country, building 10Tovma3    19:2 | was a respite from brigands and marauders across the land; the 10Tovma3    19:2 | church of Christ were splendidly and properly performed; there was no 10Tovma3    19:3 | also (known as) Gagik, in [328]; and Gurgēn—lively children, charming, fortunate 10Tovma3    19:3 | Gurgēn—lively children, charming, fortunate, and loved by all. He also 10Tovma3    19:7 | they wrote to the court and asked for Ahmet’ son of 10Tovma3    19:7 | For Yamanik was sending letters and messengers one after the other 10Tovma3    19:8 | carried out the Armenians’ request, and sent to Armenia the above 10Tovma3    19:9 | individual places: Derenik, Lord Gagik, and Lord Grigor, and another Lord 10Tovma3    19:9 | Lord Gagik, and Lord Grigor, and another Lord Grigor prince of 10Tovma3    19:9 | Aplbar Kaysik ruler of Apahunik’, and various others 10Tovma3    19:10 | All were fully armed and accoutred, generously loaded with gifts 10Tovma3    19:10 | accoutred, generously loaded with gifts, and went to escort him into 10Tovma3    19:11 | But Yamanik and Ahmat’ and Aplbar, in concert 10Tovma3    19:11 | But Yamanik and Ahmat’ and Aplbar, in concert with some 10Tovma3    19:12 | enter the city of Dvin and take control of the royal 10Tovma3    19:12 | Armenian princes have no suspicion and come to me. Do you 10Tovma3    19:12 | against me, gather an army and come out to do battle 10Tovma3    19:12 | shall lay hands on them and remove them from rule over 10Tovma3    19:13 | the bridgeheads to be guarded and the desert places and passes 10Tovma3    19:13 | guarded and the desert places and passes of the valleys 10Tovma3    19:14 | horseback are riding to such and such a place, and have 10Tovma3    19:14 | such and such a place, and have enclosed in the panniers 10Tovma3    19:15 | the messengers, took the letters, and kept the men under guard 10Tovma3    20:0 | curopalates, the prince of Tarōn, and his making David prince, who 10Tovma3    20:1 | Although they had been firmly and indissolubly united with bonds of 10Tovma3    20:1 | adduced foul but alluring slander and divided the one from the 10Tovma3    20:1 | being plotted against the governor and putting the blame on each 10Tovma3    20:2 | in revolt, full of envy, and was slandering (him) to the 10Tovma3    20:2 | slandering (him) to the governor, and that he was attempting to 10Tovma3    20:3 | of his crimes was revealed and confirmed as regards the Kaysik 10Tovma3    20:4 | hunting, with their near relatives and nobles from among the elite 10Tovma3    20:4 | Unsuccessful, they returned in shame and downcast, thinking that what they 10Tovma3    20:6 | Artsruni house to seize him and put him in the castle 10Tovma3    20:6 | in the castle of Sevan; and he ordered Hasanik his nephew 10Tovma3    20:9 | And Derenik wrote to the son 10Tovma3    20:10 | force, secured it for himself, and set his own governors over 10Tovma3    20:11 | ruler of Mokk’, a renowned and high-ranking man; he was 10Tovma3    20:11 | man embued with wisdom, splendid and famous among the Armenians, endearing 10Tovma3    20:11 | to those who heard him and charming to those who saw 10Tovma3    20:11 | his great solicitude for wisdom and study and in everything else 10Tovma3    20:11 | solicitude for wisdom and study and in everything else he surpassed 10Tovma3    20:11 | else he surpassed his fathers and grandfathers 10Tovma3    20:13 | from the snares of hunters, and went peacefully to their own 10Tovma3    20:13 | own regions, leaving him dejected and full of shame 10Tovma3    20:14 | advanced with his Kaysik troops and entered the city of Dvin 10Tovma3    20:15 | who was the highest ranking and most judicious person in all 10Tovma3    20:15 | judicious person in all Armenia and all under heaven—came out 10Tovma3    20:15 | ceremony, bearing no few gifts and honours. But he persisted in 10Tovma3    20:15 | persisted in the same obstinate and malicious intention 10Tovma3    20:16 | bring the shepherd to ruin and the flocks to destruction 10Tovma3    20:17 | while the governor was preening and wallowing in such magnificent homage 10Tovma3    20:17 | brother Abas, a mighty man and sparapet of Armenia, to put 10Tovma3    20:17 | armour, look to the arms and equipment of his troops, as 10Tovma3    20:17 | was usual for brave heroes, and prepare horses, in order to 10Tovma3    20:18 | intending to enter his presence and he was expecting the great 10Tovma3    20:18 | his armed troops bearing shields and lances, making a solid wall 10Tovma3    20:19 | Looking down at the ground and unable to lift up his 10Tovma3    20:19 | abashed; he lost his strength and assumed that his last hour 10Tovma3    20:20 | The sparapet took his hand and led him out, encouraging him 10Tovma3    20:20 | the door of the tent, and they brought him outside the 10Tovma3    20:21 | of Apahunik’, stripped of arms and horse armour (so they could 10Tovma3    20:21 | they travelled with their luggage and horses 10Tovma3    20:26 | the office of the patriarch, and the latter exercised great solicitude 10Tovma3    20:27 | make false insinuations between Derenik and Hasan, who was the son 10Tovma3    20:27 | taking the fortress from him and gaining control of the land 10Tovma3    20:27 | So do not remain unconcerned and unworried about this, but promptly 10Tovma3    20:28 | the fortress was quite impregnable, and no little treasure had been 10Tovma3    20:28 | aged fifteen years; for “youth and folly are vanity,” as Solomon 10Tovma3    20:28 | suggestion, hoping for the fortress and the treasures and casting his 10Tovma3    20:28 | the fortress and the treasures and casting his eyes on the 10Tovma3    20:28 | giving of gifts to magnates and lords of the land, the 10Tovma3    20:28 | summoning of everyone to support and aid—so that as his 10Tovma3    20:29 | unbecoming to form an army and prepare for battle. So he 10Tovma3    20:29 | plan. He entered the fortress and feigned an illness that was 10Tovma3    20:31 | succumbed to a severe illness and was near death, as the 10Tovma3    20:32 | drew on, the darkness thickened, and everyone began to enter his 10Tovma3    20:32 | was a glinting of swords and of lighted candles; the band 10Tovma3    20:32 | the band of conspirators (arrived), and Hasan with them. They beat 10Tovma3    20:32 | had withdrawn; they seized him and brought him to the highest 10Tovma3    20:32 | highest part of the castle and imprisoned him in the innermost 10Tovma3    20:33 | the glorious prince of princes and informed him of what had 10Tovma3    20:34 | in the hands of Aplbar, and the blockade was nearly complete 10Tovma3    20:35 | Gurgēn, Musheł Bagratuni, and he hastened with the Catholicos 10Tovma3    20:35 | he hastened with the Catholicos and camped near the fortress where 10Tovma3    20:36 | By wise and judicious counsel, with sweet and 10Tovma3    20:36 | and judicious counsel, with sweet and gentle words, they persuaded the 10Tovma3    20:36 | reverence due his white hairs and the dignity of his princely 10Tovma3    20:36 | dignity of his princely station and such-like. The patriarch mediated 10Tovma3    20:36 | begging entreaties of the prince and great patriarch the proposals were 10Tovma3    20:36 | the proposals were carried out, and they extricated him from his 10Tovma3    20:36 | hostages Gagik, son of Derenik, and the son of Grigor Artsruni 10Tovma3    20:37 | is not clear to us; and I reckoned it better not 10Tovma3    20:38 | the peace treaty between himself and Hasan. He seized him and 10Tovma3    20:38 | and Hasan. He seized him and imprisoned him in the castle 10Tovma3    20:38 | in the castle of Nkan and took his fortress from him 10Tovma3    20:38 | took from him his home and lands, putting his own officials 10Tovma3    20:39 | sent back Ahmat’ in disgrace and had frustrated the plan they 10Tovma3    20:39 | him. He began to threaten and menace Ashot, openly and not 10Tovma3    20:39 | threaten and menace Ashot, openly and not in secret. By means 10Tovma3    20:39 | his hand to weaning away and estranging from him those subject 10Tovma3    20:39 | Aplbar Kaysik, ruler of Apahunik’, and likewise those others whom he 10Tovma3    20:40 | So he managed to split and break apart the unity of 10Tovma3    20:40 | return the fortress of Sevan and his land. “Only,” he said 10Tovma3    20:40 | strategem,” because Gagik had gone and fortified himself in the castle 10Tovma3    20:41 | to Gagik in the castle, and affirmed before him the complaints 10Tovma3    20:42 | night armed with drawn sword and accompanied by a small band 10Tovma3    20:42 | a small band, candles lit, and he bound him with iron 10Tovma3    20:43 | him, took Gagik for himself, and sent him under armed guard 10Tovma3    20:47 | winds, piled up like mountains and thundering like dragons, with even 10Tovma3    20:52 | heed them), he passed on and lodged in the village of 10Tovma3    20:54 | us meet in friendly peace.” And when the nobles tried to 10Tovma3    20:55 | are close to each other and contiguous, and the city is 10Tovma3    20:55 | to each other and contiguous, and the city is in a 10Tovma3    20:56 | in order to go hunting, and is coming in this direction 10Tovma3    20:57 | Derenik was riding grandly along and came face to face with 10Tovma3    20:57 | troops split to either side and forced him to come into 10Tovma3    20:58 | Their host immediately surrounded him and enclosed him as in a 10Tovma3    20:60 | Immediately with drawn swords and lances they rushed on him 10Tovma3    20:61 | the skin of his teeth, and they fled to their own 10Tovma3    20:62 | of Amatunik’, did they capture and bring to the city; and 10Tovma3    20:62 | and bring to the city; and the corpse of the slain 10Tovma3    20:63 | The fearless falls into traps and pits, and into places where 10Tovma3    20:63 | falls into traps and pits, and into places where there will 10Tovma3    20:64 | And with regard to the valour 10Tovma3    20:65 | David says: “I was prepared and I did not tremble.” And 10Tovma3    20:65 | and I did not tremble.” And another of the wise men 10Tovma3    20:65 | falls, who will raise him?” And: “ Two are better than one 10Tovma3    20:66 | Merchants requested his corpse and delivered it to the bishop 10Tovma3    20:66 | son, came, took his corpse, and laid it to rest with 10Tovma3    20:67 | The land of Vaspurakan gathered, and for ten months they made 10Tovma3    20:67 | of the king Ashot, came and conferred the principality on Ashot 10Tovma3    20:69 | Although Gagik (Apumruan) cared for and nutured the land, yet the 10Tovma3    20:69 | was not happy with him and was restive. But since Gagik 10Tovma3    20:69 | to all the provincial leaders and commanders of the country; he 10Tovma3    20:69 | he dealt with them wisely and with profound skill; and by 10Tovma3    20:69 | wisely and with profound skill; and by honouring each with the 10Tovma3    20:69 | due his rank he honoured and appeased them 10Tovma3    20:70 | came to console his daughter and grandchildren, increasing still further the 10Tovma3    20:70 | the stability of Ashot’s principality and the prefecture of Apumruan. But 10Tovma3    20:70 | princess Sop’i, living one year and eight months after Derenik’s death 10Tovma3    20:70 | her fathers. They brought her and laid her to rest in 10Tovma3    20:71 | After this, her sons Gagik and Ashot and Gurgēn fixed the 10Tovma3    20:71 | her sons Gagik and Ashot and Gurgēn fixed the day of 10Tovma3    20:71 | estates: the monastery of P’shots’ and the estate of Ahavank’, opposite 10Tovma3    20:71 | that was on the island, and the rock of Manazkert, which 10Tovma3    20:71 | it on the southern side, and Berkri; and many other places 10Tovma3    20:71 | the southern side, and Berkri; and many other places, which after 10Tovma3    20:71 | the death of their father and mother the king’s sons gave 10Tovma3    20:71 | will not inherit his throne and kingdom 10Tovma3    20:72 | And if anyone wishes to affirm 10Tovma3    21:1 | age, having enjoyed an abundant and happy (life). “His hand was 10Tovma3    21:1 | His hand was on all, and the hand of all on 10Tovma3    21:2 | son of Ashot, an illustrious and very intelligent man, very energetic 10Tovma3    21:2 | under heaven it is suitable and necessary to abbreviate the totality 10Tovma3    21:2 | the totality: “pleasing to God and elite among men 10Tovma3    22:1 | depths clashed together with tremblings and shakings in the abyss like 10Tovma3    22:1 | part of the earth collapsed and was firmly locked in the 10Tovma3    22:1 | solid foundations of the earth and causing its thick, dense and 10Tovma3    22:1 | and causing its thick, dense and immeasurable infinity to heave, until 10Tovma3    22:1 | city), surrounded by fortified ramparts and swarming and teeming with commerce 10Tovma3    22:1 | by fortified ramparts and swarming and teeming with commerce and all 10Tovma3    22:1 | swarming and teeming with commerce and all kinds of impurity, was 10Tovma3    22:2 | Hell opened its mouth wide and swallowed into its depths very 10Tovma3    22:3 | Even the holy places and houses of prayer suffered the 10Tovma3    22:3 | the earthquake, their walls cracking and collapsing, as then on the 10Tovma3    22:3 | of the Lord was shaken and its doorposts destroyed 10Tovma3    22:6 | back of their own will and abandoned it. In the same 10Tovma3    22:6 | ruling prince of Tarōn died, and Ahmat’, son of Yisē (son 10Tovma3    22:6 | commanders; he was a brave and famous man, renowned among the 10Tovma3    22:7 | the sons of Derenik, Ashot and Gagik and Gurgēn, as they 10Tovma3    22:7 | of Derenik, Ashot and Gagik and Gurgēn, as they grew in 10Tovma3    22:7 | in body increased in vigour and stature; they were also endowed 10Tovma3    22:7 | of their minds. With lively and joyous enthusiasm they had faith 10Tovma3    22:7 | the prosperity of the land, and they turned the mourning and 10Tovma3    22:7 | and they turned the mourning and grief which afflicted the country 10Tovma3    22:7 | of Derenik’s death into happiness and joy 10Tovma3    22:9 | Ṙshtunik’’ with the neighbouring provinces and as much as he could 10Tovma3    22:9 | from the end of Ałbag and all Parskahayk’ around it as 10Tovma3    22:9 | as the beginning of Korduk’, and wherever in this area he 10Tovma3    22:10 | And in such fashion they (divided 10Tovma3    22:10 | by reason of being prefect, and alleging the youthful age of 10Tovma3    22:11 | places he daily distributed gifts and honours, and happily spent time 10Tovma3    22:11 | daily distributed gifts and honours, and happily spent time with them 10Tovma3    22:12 | desire to continue supporting him, and tried to find a solution 10Tovma3    22:13 | princes, especially to Prince Ashot and his brothers. Being acquainted with 10Tovma3    22:13 | control over the Persian chiefs and what they had suffered, and 10Tovma3    22:13 | and what they had suffered, and reckoning that because of his 10Tovma3    22:13 | the Persian fate on us and our land, they agreed to 10Tovma3    22:13 | agreed to submit to him and remain subject 10Tovma3    22:14 | Ashot followed Awshin’s messengers and went off fearlessly and courageously 10Tovma3    22:14 | messengers and went off fearlessly and courageously. But the Armenian king 10Tovma3    22:15 | to Gurgēn, lord of Andzavats’ik’, and to Gagik Apumruan, saying: “By 10Tovma3    22:15 | land with a powerful army, and let the territory be yours 10Tovma3    22:17 | the princess of Vaspurakan, Seday, and had entrusted the defence of 10Tovma3    22:17 | battle there for thirty days and were unable to gain an 10Tovma3    22:17 | abandoned the battle, ceased hostilities, and surrendered the castle to Gagik 10Tovma3    22:18 | the land, news reached Awshin and Prince Ashot to the effect 10Tovma3    22:18 | that: “The land is troubled and those who hold your fortresses 10Tovma3    22:18 | They retreated into their fortresses, and the troops of Vaspurakan turned 10Tovma3    22:20 | of the country by force and winning over your troops by 10Tovma3    22:20 | So talk peace with me, and remove the veil of deceit 10Tovma3    22:20 | The gentle prince Ashot, mild and overflowing with all virtues, acquiesced 10Tovma3    22:21 | to Ashot of his plans, and since the prince did not 10Tovma3    22:22 | But Apumruan came between them, and calmed the lines prepared for 10Tovma3    22:22 | his own castle of Kanguar, and a few days later his 10Tovma3    22:22 | end. A mettlesome horse threw and killed that most valiant of 10Tovma3    22:22 | of lords, the brave commander and general of Greater Armenia 10Tovma3    22:24 | sons of Derenik, Ashot, Gagik, and Gurgēn, were indissolubly linked to 10Tovma3    22:24 | each other with mutual confidence and trust like a strong city 10Tovma3    22:24 | occasion to seize them together and have them imprisoned in iron 10Tovma3    22:24 | to the fortress of Sevan, and Gurgēn to the fort of 10Tovma3    22:25 | And he gave back the fortress 10Tovma3    22:25 | T’adēos Akēats’i, son of Sherep’; and others with them. With their 10Tovma3    22:25 | with them. With their baggage and families they all abandoned their 10Tovma3    22:25 | they all abandoned their homes and ancestral domains in their sincere 10Tovma3    22:26 | rulers of the land, imprisoned and held in bonds. From their 10Tovma3    22:27 | Shapuh, the king’s brother, arrived and appointed Gagik lord of the 10Tovma3    22:28 | to himself as honourable men and powerful warriors, especially because they 10Tovma3    22:29 | known (of them) by reports, and was very well disposed to 10Tovma3    22:30 | Armenia. So Ahmat’ received them and put them to forwarding his 10Tovma3    22:30 | the Armenian princes by respect and friendship, and thereby be secure 10Tovma3    22:30 | princes by respect and friendship, and thereby be secure from the 10Tovma3    23:0 | the princes of Gēorgia, Albania, and all Armenia, against Ahmat’ of 10Tovma3    23:1 | land of Tarōn for himself and withdrawn it from Armenian control 10Tovma3    23:2 | him) to abandon that land and give it to over to 10Tovma3    23:3 | deign to heed his messages and scorned the proposals 10Tovma3    23:4 | Armenian kingdom, to the Gēorgians and Albanians, to the citizens, governors 10Tovma3    23:4 | Albanians, to the citizens, governors and prefects, and those who in 10Tovma3    23:4 | the citizens, governors and prefects, and those who in friendly submission 10Tovma3    23:5 | of Gēorgia, came to him. And they say that the number 10Tovma3    23:5 | through the area of Apahunik’, and camped on the bank of 10Tovma3    23:6 | the forces of his province and those of Mesopotamia and the 10Tovma3    23:6 | province and those of Mesopotamia and the Get’ats’ik’, and came out 10Tovma3    23:6 | of Mesopotamia and the Get’ats’ik’, and came out to meet him 10Tovma3    23:7 | the thickly massed cavalry, armed and prepared, formed ranks in martial 10Tovma3    23:7 | formed ranks in martial opposition and incited a clash. The valiant 10Tovma3    23:7 | camp, turned back the commanders, and as the wind shakes thickets 10Tovma3    23:8 | to calm the raging fury and surging carnage 10Tovma3    23:10 | Ahmat’ surrounded the (Armenian) army and inflicted merciless losses, especially on 10Tovma3    23:10 | of killed was more than [5,000], and for one year the bodies 10Tovma3    23:10 | were left intact by beasts and birds 10Tovma3    23:11 | the sparapet came from Tarōn, and finding his body by its 10Tovma3    23:11 | to her town of Porp and buried it 10Tovma3    24:1 | having extricated him from bonds and prison 10Tovma3    24:2 | house of the Amatunik’, Shapuh and Vahan and Saray, who were 10Tovma3    24:2 | the Amatunik’, Shapuh and Vahan and Saray, who were brothers, Apusakr 10Tovma3    24:2 | who were brothers, Apusakr Vahuni, and others conspired together with Gagik 10Tovma3    24:2 | able to release Prince Ashot and Gurgēn from bonds and win 10Tovma3    24:2 | Ashot and Gurgēn from bonds and win back their principality. So 10Tovma3    24:3 | from behind with their swords and slew him; cutting off his 10Tovma3    24:4 | They freed Ashot and Gurgēn from imprisonment, and ruled 10Tovma3    24:4 | Ashot and Gurgēn from imprisonment, and ruled over their native principality 10Tovma3    24:5 | Ashot’s wife, took the body and placed it in a tomb 10Tovma3    24:7 | own lands, he had gifts and honours taken to Ashot in 10Tovma3    25:0 | Awshin plotted evil against Armenia and its princes 10Tovma3    25:1 | a man who loved turmoil and hated peace, and was insatiable 10Tovma3    25:1 | loved turmoil and hated peace, and was insatiable in his thirst 10Tovma3    25:1 | for the land of Vaspurakan and its leaders he gave the 10Tovma3    25:1 | vassal service—which indeed Ashot and Gagik and Gurgēn did. Willingly 10Tovma3    25:1 | which indeed Ashot and Gagik and Gurgēn did. Willingly or unwillingly 10Tovma3    25:1 | carried out his orders, going and returning one by one 10Tovma3    25:2 | in the city of Partaw, and stayed there for about a 10Tovma3    25:2 | Awshin, that hater of good and lover of evil, continually plotted 10Tovma3    25:2 | to cast him into prison and inflict deadly tortures on him 10Tovma3    25:2 | hands of his own officials and to treat its (inhabitants) in 10Tovma3    25:3 | people—or rather the providential and protective right hand of Christ 10Tovma3    25:3 | hand of Christ sheltered him and saved him from destruction by 10Tovma3    25:3 | him from destruction by fire and hail. Help came from God 10Tovma3    25:3 | from God, making him courageous, and snatched him away from the 10Tovma3    25:4 | returned to their own land, and filled the country with great 10Tovma3    25:4 | city of Semiramis, Vantosp, growling and uttering cruel threats 10Tovma3    25:5 | However, Prince Ashot and his brothers retreated through the 10Tovma3    25:5 | to the fortresses of Jłmar and Sring. Awshin entrusted the country 10Tovma3    25:5 | had abandoned the Christian faith and accepted the Muslim religion, induced 10Tovma3    25:6 | they galloped upon (the enemy) and struck down more than a 10Tovma3    25:7 | weary from their long journey and their energy was enfeebled by 10Tovma3    25:7 | to the attack with bows and lances. Some they captured, others 10Tovma3    25:7 | others they condemned to death, and cutting off their heads raised 10Tovma3    25:8 | were imprisoned, condemned to death, and slaughtered by being cut in 10Tovma3    25:9 | Vaspurakan Seday, wife of Ashot and daughter of Apumruan, begged for 10Tovma3    25:9 | Apumruan, begged for him also, and they saved him from Awshin’s 10Tovma3    26:0 | How Awshin and all his army perished through 10Tovma3    26:1 | brigandage, rapine, murder by sword, and famine 10Tovma3    26:2 | of purity but even revolting and horrible things which wild animals 10Tovma3    26:3 | And what was the reason for 10Tovma3    26:4 | expressed: “Fathers will eat sons, and sons fathers,” as happened in 10Tovma3    26:4 | the misfortune came from heaven and the wrath was sent by 10Tovma3    26:5 | hands Awshin had entrusted power and force 10Tovma3    26:6 | the hearts of princes, separated and estranged Yovsēp’ from Awshin. Leaving 10Tovma3    26:6 | Partaw, he took his troops and marched rapidly to the land 10Tovma3    26:7 | this, he was deeply stricken and made haste to write to 10Tovma3    26:7 | who was residing at Vantosp and exercising the role of lord 10Tovma3    26:7 | lord in Vaspurakan. Without delay and observing utmost speed, he went 10Tovma3    26:8 | with wrath, fall on Awshin and his entire camp. The angel 10Tovma3    26:8 | man became bloated with pus and horrible swelling, and was filled 10Tovma3    26:8 | with pus and horrible swelling, and was filled with bloody corruption 10Tovma3    26:8 | the strong poison. His bones and flesh were infected with incurable 10Tovma3    26:8 | were infected with incurable ulcers, and in the presence of Awshin 10Tovma3    26:9 | similar fashion all the soldiers and captains with the entire army 10Tovma3    26:9 | with the entire army perished; and also the herds of horses 10Tovma3    26:9 | also the herds of horses and donkeys and camels died from 10Tovma3    26:9 | herds of horses and donkeys and camels died from the same 10Tovma3    26:10 | on the journey to perdition. And hell below turned bitter on 10Tovma3    26:11 | So our country took breath, and everyone lived in peace according 10Tovma3    26:11 | was, what sort of man, and how he had perished, and 10Tovma3    26:11 | and how he had perished, and saying: “How did the exactor 10Tovma3    26:11 | How did the exactor cease and the tormentor pause; how did 10Tovma3    26:13 | life of John the Baptist; and if you will not mock 10Tovma3    26:13 | save by the merest damping; and he satisfied his hunger with 10Tovma3    26:16 | throne. He had been educated and had studied at the feet 10Tovma3    26:16 | with the latter’s learned instruction and scholarly discipline, he was a 10Tovma3    26:16 | a man of sweet temperament and modest disposition. He considered himself 10Tovma3    26:16 | was foreign to haughty arrogance, and kept to the place of 10Tovma3    27:2 | by a certain skilled craftsman, and a silversmith had enclosed the 10Tovma3    27:2 | enclosed the wood with pure and unalloyed silver seven times refined 10Tovma3    27:2 | like the altar of propitiation and other vessels prescribed by Moses 10Tovma3    27:2 | by Moses for the tabernacle ( and fashioned) by the craftsmen Eliab 10Tovma3    27:2 | fashioned) by the craftsmen Eliab and Beseliel 10Tovma3    27:3 | Nestorius appeared, a thrice-miserable and wicked wretch, afflicted with the 10Tovma3    27:3 | into the secure walled hill and entered the holy shrine 10Tovma3    27:4 | to the holy of holies and seized the holy cross of 10Tovma3    27:4 | got out through the window and hid himself to the west 10Tovma3    27:5 | to search in the city and on the roadways in whichever 10Tovma3    27:6 | cross that had been broken and crushed into pieces, they brought 10Tovma3    27:6 | brought it to the general and washed off the impure blood 10Tovma3    27:7 | a goldsmith to be brought, and had the invincible wood of 10Tovma3    27:7 | fragments in each one’s position, and covered it with pure silver 10Tovma3    27:7 | the glory of the Christians and to the shame and ignominy 10Tovma3    27:7 | Christians and to the shame and ignominy of the enemies of 10Tovma3    27:9 | not ignorant of the greater and the less, of the example 10Tovma3    27:9 | the less, of the example and the truth 10Tovma3    27:10 | trampled the Son of God,” and so on 10Tovma3    28:0 | the Muslims called Kaysikk’ a and of the prince of Siunik’ 10Tovma3    28:0 | against the rule of Smbat, and the subjection again of them 10Tovma3    28:2 | authority (refusing) to give tribute and military service as was due 10Tovma3    28:3 | the princes of Armenia, Gēorgia, and Albania came with the Armenian 10Tovma3    28:3 | by Grigor prince of Mokk’ and the troops of Andzavats’ik’; for 10Tovma3    28:3 | for the princes of Mokk’ and of Andzavats’ik’ had submitted to 10Tovma3    28:4 | The Armenian army crossed over and encamped on the plain of 10Tovma3    28:5 | forces, including the neighbouring citizens and the Persian brigands who used 10Tovma3    28:6 | the king to seek peace and ( offering) that whatever he wished 10Tovma3    28:7 | But the Kaysiks and their allies and the Persian 10Tovma3    28:7 | the Kaysiks and their allies and the Persian troops were secretly 10Tovma3    28:7 | troops were secretly provoking battle and rapidly marched on the Armenian 10Tovma3    28:7 | former drew up their line and armed for battle. The king 10Tovma3    28:7 | armed for battle. The king ( and his army), taken by surprise 10Tovma3    28:8 | Ashot, the prince of Mokk’, and the troops of Andzavats’ik’ very 10Tovma3    28:8 | their ground. In full armour and on armed horses they attacked 10Tovma3    28:8 | their ranks, defeated their warriors, and in the twinkling of an 10Tovma3    28:9 | caught up with the king, and they turned back to besiege 10Tovma3    28:10 | in the city sent prayers and supplications to the great prince 10Tovma3    28:10 | The latter was not unheedful and accepted the proposal, taking tribute 10Tovma3    28:10 | accepted the proposal, taking tribute and hostages including the fortress of 10Tovma3    28:10 | They returned in great triumph and unlimited joy 10Tovma3    28:12 | of tribute to the king, and endeavoured to direct the tribute 10Tovma3    28:12 | endeavoured to direct the tribute and taxes to the tyrant of 10Tovma3    28:12 | own forces, ten thousand soldiers, and occupied the fortresses of Vayots’ 10Tovma3    28:14 | of Apahunik’—his victorious war and winning of glorious repute-—he 10Tovma3    28:14 | you put aside distracting delays,” and he promised to give him 10Tovma3    28:14 | give him cities, provinces, villages, and estates 10Tovma3    28:16 | more than twenty-five thousand, and crossed over the river Araxes 10Tovma3    28:18 | to the plain of Sharur and camped beside the river 10Tovma3    28:19 | rebellion. He reconciled the two and made peace between them; so 10Tovma3    28:20 | he returned with many gifts and unparalleled joy 10Tovma3    29:3 | am deprived of my valiant and great prince, of my hero 10Tovma3    29:3 | great prince, of my hero and glorious chief 10Tovma3    29:4 | of Ashot the honourable, noble, and grandly eminent, absolutely the most 10Tovma3    29:7 | especially because he was dear and beloved to everyone—high and 10Tovma3    29:7 | and beloved to everyone—high and low, poor and rich, grand 10Tovma3    29:7 | everyone—high and low, poor and rich, grand and small 10Tovma3    29:7 | low, poor and rich, grand and small 10Tovma3    29:8 | from [325] of the Armenian era, and was twenty-nine when he 10Tovma3    29:8 | princess Seday took his body and buried it in Ałbag in 10Tovma3    29:11 | have consoled myself with consummate and incomparable joy, by running after 10Tovma3    29:12 | surplus by exchanging the certain and unfailing dissolution of this existence 10Tovma3    29:12 | this existence for spiritual, eternal, and undying life, repenting and regretting 10Tovma3    29:12 | eternal, and undying life, repenting and regretting his youthful inclination to 10Tovma3    29:12 | his youthful inclination to easy and quickly accomplished evil deeds 10Tovma3    29:13 | longer fretted over his youthful and premature departure from this world 10Tovma3    29:13 | country with its numerous provinces and impregnable fortresses, his abandoning his 10Tovma3    29:13 | fortresses, his abandoning his splendid and delightful high-ranking brothers, and 10Tovma3    29:13 | and delightful high-ranking brothers, and leaving the varied magnificence of 10Tovma3    29:13 | the varied magnificence of nobility and what other sweet delights there 10Tovma3    29:13 | glorious beauty of the sun and moon, with the splendour of 10Tovma3    29:13 | of heaven, of the sea and dry lands, of the pleasure 10Tovma3    29:13 | magnificent rolling of the waves, and all the other congruous features 10Tovma3    29:14 | These and even more displays of material 10Tovma3    29:14 | flight to the heavenly beings and the king of heaven. In 10Tovma3    29:14 | the new testament, the bishops and priests, before whom he delivered 10Tovma3    29:15 | the tax gatherer, the brigand, and such-like. He poured forth 10Tovma3    29:15 | medicine of life—the Body and Blood of the Son of 10Tovma3    29:15 | forgiveness of sins, raising moanings and groanings with unbecoming sighs and 10Tovma3    29:15 | and groanings with unbecoming sighs and great laments to Christ 10Tovma3    29:16 | blooming beard resplendent with gold and adorned with flowers, and insatiably 10Tovma3    29:16 | gold and adorned with flowers, and insatiably performed further acts of 10Tovma3    29:18 | his laments with repeated moans and groans 10Tovma3    29:19 | I indeed was beside him and knew precisely his firmness in 10Tovma3    29:19 | Having tasted the Living Bread and the source of the Living 10Tovma3    29:19 | the source of the Living and Life-giving Blood of the 10Tovma3    29:19 | hands of the holy angels and fearlessly passed through the powers 10Tovma3    29:19 | fearlessly passed through the powers and principalities, through the guardians of 10Tovma3    29:19 | rather than those of believers and those who have repented, and 10Tovma3    29:19 | and those who have repented, and deliver them to their perdition 10Tovma3    29:20 | After the death of Ashot and the completion of the period 10Tovma3    29:20 | of Vaspurakan. The brothers Gagik and Gurgēn, born of the same 10Tovma3    29:20 | born of the same father and mother, descended from the noble 10Tovma3    29:20 | mother, descended from the noble and high-ranking stocks of Senek’erim 10Tovma3    29:20 | high-ranking stocks of Senek’erim and David, came together in mutual 10Tovma3    29:20 | evil. They combined noble intention and generous inspiration, putting aside all 10Tovma3    29:20 | all thoughts of hostile intent and folly, and embraced each other 10Tovma3    29:20 | of hostile intent and folly, and embraced each other in their 10Tovma3    29:20 | their desire for the good and advantageous prosperity and peace of 10Tovma3    29:20 | the good and advantageous prosperity and peace of their native land 10Tovma3    29:21 | removed from their ancestral lands and homes, settled the confused and 10Tovma3    29:21 | and homes, settled the confused and turbulent state of the country 10Tovma3    29:21 | into a course of calm and peace, and permitted each and 10Tovma3    29:21 | course of calm and peace, and permitted each and every inhabitant 10Tovma3    29:21 | and peace, and permitted each and every inhabitant of the country 10Tovma3    29:23 | The eastern and western regions that face to 10Tovma3    29:23 | portion: the provinces of Chuash and T’oṙnavan, Artaz, Mardastan, Gaṙni, Aṙberani 10Tovma3    29:23 | Gaṙni, Aṙberani, Ałandṙot, Baṙilovit, Palunik’ and of Metsnunik’, of Tosp, Ṙshtunik’ 10Tovma3    29:24 | of which we recorded above— and especially the city of Shamiram 10Tovma3    29:24 | of Shamiram, the most famous and glorious of all regions of 10Tovma3    29:25 | Mardastan, Archishakovit, Aṙnoy-otn, Greater and Lesser Ałbag, Akē, Tambēr, Tagrean 10Tovma3    29:26 | But Tambēr, Ěṙnay, and Zarehavan had been detached from 10Tovma3    29:26 | while the city of Nakhchavan and the province of Golt’n had 10Tovma3    29:26 | of Saint Gregory was burned and the Armenian troops suffered a 10Tovma3    29:28 | they began to create prosperity and peace for the land through 10Tovma3    29:28 | equitable justice, care for orphans and widows, vigilance in charity for 10Tovma3    29:28 | in charity for the poor and embellishment of the church. Gagik 10Tovma3    29:28 | Holy Mother of God, Mary, and embellished it with very valuable 10Tovma3    29:29 | censer, worked in choice silver and emblazoned with the sign of 10Tovma3    29:30 | in the city of Manazav and ( brought) to Vantosp, dedicated to 10Tovma3    29:31 | to the Ascension to heaven and the sharing of the Father’s 10Tovma3    29:31 | sharing of the Father’s throne, and in commemoration of the Second 10Tovma3    29:31 | apostles, bringing them the consoling and encouraging gospel 10Tovma3    29:32 | of Amrakan on the eastern and western sides banqueting halls decorated 10Tovma3    29:33 | the rock with easy access and egress, cemented with sand and 10Tovma3    29:33 | and egress, cemented with sand and lime 10Tovma3    29:34 | wide hollows in the plain, and debouch at the summit of 10Tovma3    29:34 | provided for the various needs and requirements of his royal palace 10Tovma3    29:35 | in the direction of Chuashrot and the city of Getk’, he 10Tovma3    29:35 | there were lairs of boars and lions and herds of onagers 10Tovma3    29:35 | lairs of boars and lions and herds of onagers, all ready 10Tovma3    29:36 | he placed inside dwellings, streets, and buildings divided into rooms, sufficient 10Tovma3    29:37 | unstintingly mindful of all necessities, and accomplished everything that might serve 10Tovma3    29:37 | that might serve the prosperity and peace of the land, involving 10Tovma3    29:37 | as is appropriate for kings and princes to care and provide 10Tovma3    29:37 | kings and princes to care and provide for the prosperity of 10Tovma3    29:38 | ready to shed his blood and virtuously lay down his life 10Tovma3    29:38 | good shepherd, raising a lofty and grand memorial, an indelible covenant 10Tovma3    29:39 | the mountain of the Lord and the house of our God 10Tovma3    29:39 | who believe in Christ glory and by which they are crowned 10Tovma3    29:40 | gold studded with precious stones, and set the wondrous rood with 10Tovma3    29:40 | open from the golden covering, and on its front (fitted) a 10Tovma3    29:41 | of Nersēs [II] Catholicos of Armenia, and Vard the patrician of Ṙshtunik’ 10Tovma3    29:43 | from the province of Boguni and the village of Anstan 10Tovma3    29:44 | organised a settlement of monks and entrusted their direction to the 10Tovma3    29:44 | was a gentle man, humble and honourable in his way of 10Tovma3    29:44 | for the reception of pilgrims and the care of the poor 10Tovma3    29:45 | There he built a splendid and glorious church dedicated to Saint 10Tovma3    29:45 | the invincible custodian of hell, and to the right and left 10Tovma3    29:45 | hell, and to the right and left of the altar another 10Tovma3    29:46 | opinion is of the Nestorians and Chalcedonians, with the other duophysites 10Tovma3    29:46 | the Virgin as a house and tabernacle, and that the flesh 10Tovma3    29:46 | as a house and tabernacle, and that the flesh was not 10Tovma3    29:47 | temple of the living God”; and ( Scripture) again says through the 10Tovma3    29:47 | I shall live among them and shall go among them 10Tovma3    29:48 | Jesus Christ, perfect from God and man. Otherwise churches which are 10Tovma3    29:48 | called Saviour would be adored and worshipped with divine worship—which 10Tovma3    29:48 | worship—which is most ridiculous. And it is plainly clear without 10Tovma3    29:48 | the church were called God and flesh of the Word, it 10Tovma3    29:48 | The stones would be eaten and the wooden and other metal 10Tovma3    29:48 | be eaten and the wooden and other metal utensils, just as 10Tovma3    29:48 | utensils, just as the Body and Blood of the Son of 10Tovma3    29:48 | truly the Son of God; and again that is most ridiculous 10Tovma3    29:49 | said for now for intelligent and learned people, and let us 10Tovma3    29:49 | for intelligent and learned people, and let us leave aside the 10Tovma3    29:50 | named because of the severity and strength of the bitter and 10Tovma3    29:50 | and strength of the bitter and mortal winds that blow (there 10Tovma3    29:50 | there). He transferred villages there and built up the hillock that 10Tovma3    29:50 | after his own name Gagkakert, and brought there the boundaries of 10Tovma3    29:51 | distance—about three stadia away— and transported for the construction of 10Tovma3    29:51 | of carts gathered from far and near. He made a vociferous 10Tovma3    29:51 | he meant a verbal warning, and had a clear announcement broadcast 10Tovma3    29:52 | that poured down from heaven and covered the abyss, in which 10Tovma3    29:53 | the mystery of the ark, and salvation prevailed for us over 10Tovma3    29:54 | the waves which went up and down like hills and valleys 10Tovma3    29:54 | up and down like hills and valleys, when he brought hewn 10Tovma3    29:54 | in their course over mountain and plain. Thus he completed the 10Tovma3    29:55 | two further churches to right and left of the altar 10Tovma3    29:56 | gold, signed with the cross, and set with pearls and precious 10Tovma3    29:56 | cross, and set with pearls and precious stones 10Tovma3    29:57 | Gurgēn’s enthusiasm for physical prowess and warfare 10Tovma3    29:58 | in combat, his intelligence, experience and diligence in military affairs, his 10Tovma3    29:58 | in military affairs, his willing and meritorious exercise of the office 10Tovma3    29:60 | the sixth vision of Daniel and the discourse of Zechariah; and 10Tovma3    29:60 | and the discourse of Zechariah; and as Paul took care to 10Tovma3    29:61 | of the province of Manazav and the plain of Yush, combined 10Tovma3    29:61 | turbulent occupants of the cities, and vainly raided the land. There 10Tovma3    29:61 | battle reached the Persian city and the borders of Atrpatakan 10Tovma3    29:62 | of their religion, being bloodthirsty and without benevolence, and especially as 10Tovma3    29:62 | being bloodthirsty and without benevolence, and especially as they were filled 10Tovma3    29:62 | a cry to all cities, and created a tumult in their 10Tovma3    29:63 | Vaspurakan in their various tribes and cities from Media and Persia 10Tovma3    29:63 | tribes and cities from Media and Persia, from Elam and Khuzhastan 10Tovma3    29:63 | Media and Persia, from Elam and Khuzhastan, from Krman and Mukan 10Tovma3    29:63 | Elam and Khuzhastan, from Krman and Mukan, from Turkastan and Khorasan 10Tovma3    29:63 | Krman and Mukan, from Turkastan and Khorasan. Suddenly they fell on 10Tovma3    29:63 | of Chuash to bum, plunder, and destroy from the very foundations 10Tovma3    29:63 | swords, to kill old men and women with the sword, to 10Tovma3    29:63 | sword, to march young men and maidens away to captivity, to 10Tovma3    29:63 | away to captivity, to destroy and loot possessions and belongings. So 10Tovma3    29:63 | to destroy and loot possessions and belongings. So the land was 10Tovma3    29:65 | response full of encouraging advice and exhortation to the hope of 10Tovma3    29:65 | inherit the title of confessor, and he should strengthen himself in 10Tovma3    29:66 | plain with bodies of killed and wounded. Of the survivors, some 10Tovma3    29:66 | escape, while others raised loud and piteous cries, seeking deliverance from 10Tovma3    29:67 | land of Vaspurakan gained peace, and they lived in safety and 10Tovma3    29:67 | and they lived in safety and security. No more did bands 10Tovma3    29:68 | Since Lesser Ałbag and the land of Korchēik’ and 10Tovma3    29:68 | and the land of Korchēik’ and Parskahayk’ bordered on each other 10Tovma3    29:68 | bordered on each other directly, and they were continually finding excuses 10Tovma3    29:68 | quarrels—that is, the marzpan and those who governed Korchēik’—the 10Tovma3    29:68 | the marzpan marched against them, and took control of Tambēr and 10Tovma3    29:68 | and took control of Tambēr and the province of Ěṙnay and 10Tovma3    29:68 | and the province of Ěṙnay and the castle called Apujap’r; and 10Tovma3    29:68 | and the castle called Apujap’r; and in the city of Vhri 10Tovma3    29:69 | the sword, they took captives and seized booty, then returned to 10Tovma3    29:69 | booty, then returned to Chuash and the province of Toṙnavan, passing 10Tovma3    29:70 | They took captives and booty from Lek, Ałzi, Krerik’ 10Tovma3    29:70 | booty from Lek, Ałzi, Krerik’, and from the province of Chakhuk 10Tovma3    29:71 | he freed all the captives, and seized back the booty. But 10Tovma3    29:71 | was wounded by a sword, and died a martyr’s death in 10Tovma3    29:72 | Then the Muslims turned back and entered the provinces of T’rab 10Tovma3    29:72 | entered the provinces of T’rab and Shnawh 10Tovma3    29:73 | thousand men, fully armed cavalry, and reached the province of Ayli 10Tovma3    29:73 | Muslims fled to a distance and occupied the strongholds, scattering over 10Tovma3    29:74 | while they were still unconcerned and safe from fear of the 10Tovma3    29:74 | about seven hundred cavalry, armed and equipped, and marched by a 10Tovma3    29:74 | hundred cavalry, armed and equipped, and marched by a circuitous route 10Tovma3    29:74 | by the lake of Ěmbeay and by Vaṙaz and Zrevhavan; at 10Tovma3    29:74 | of Ěmbeay and by Vaṙaz and Zrevhavan; at dawn the next 10Tovma3    29:74 | the village of Eṙenay Yamats’, and by evening had arrived at 10Tovma3    29:75 | straightaway two men fell, Vlit’ and Marachay. The marzpans horse was 10Tovma3    29:75 | boldly attacked the enemy, captured and plundered the camp, put more 10Tovma3    29:75 | a few to the sword, and reached a hollow at the 10Tovma3    29:76 | out from the long march, and the riders overcome by lack 10Tovma3    29:76 | of sleep, the blazing sun, and burning heat, and horses and 10Tovma3    29:76 | blazing sun, and burning heat, and horses and riders alike were 10Tovma3    29:76 | and burning heat, and horses and riders alike were suffering extreme 10Tovma3    29:76 | thirst. While they were resting and unprepared, suddenly they were attacked 10Tovma3    29:76 | infidels including women, their children and kinsmen. In fearsome strength they 10Tovma3    29:76 | the Armenians) with flailing swords and mercilessly butchered them 10Tovma3    29:78 | the house of the Artsrunik’ and other noble families—on whom 10Tovma3    29:78 | Thenceforth the infidels gained confidence, and began to gather bands of 10Tovma3    29:78 | in the province of Zarevan, and intended in their cruel spite 10Tovma3    29:79 | But the best and oldest among them temporized over 10Tovma3    29:79 | called Kurayk’, their leader Hamis, and someone else from the regions 10Tovma3    29:80 | wrote entreaties to their elders and nobles, presenting what had happened 10Tovma3    29:80 | had happened as a misfortune and accident, and (begging them) not 10Tovma3    29:80 | as a misfortune and accident, and ( begging them) not to wreak 10Tovma3    29:80 | their vengeance on their vassals and subjects 10Tovma4    1:3 | He also recovered for himself and his successors the region of 10Tovma4    1:4 | Now the renowned and warlike prince, protector of his 10Tovma4    1:4 | by his supremely wise resourcefulness, and especially encouraged by the assistance 10Tovma4    1:4 | took the fortress by night and ruled over the province 10Tovma4    1:6 | Through so many and such remarkable victories did he 10Tovma4    1:6 | victories did he become famous and well known in Armenia 10Tovma4    1:7 | ancestor to taste the fruit, and rendered mortal the immortal nature 10Tovma4    1:7 | of envy against the valiant and renowned prince. He cast resentment 10Tovma4    1:7 | renowned prince. He cast resentment and jealousy into the hearts of 10Tovma4    1:8 | wickedness, they revealed their plots and incited each other to find 10Tovma4    1:8 | means, planning by secret treachery and feigned friendship to accomplish their 10Tovma4    1:9 | he may hear,” they said, “ and swoop down on us like 10Tovma4    1:9 | eagle on flocks of birds, and make us fodder for the 10Tovma4    1:11 | him the castle of Agarak and the province of Chakhuk, and 10Tovma4    1:11 | and the province of Chakhuk, and making him commander on the 10Tovma4    1:12 | was ungrateful to his benefactor, and turned his back on the 10Tovma4    1:12 | rebellion. When the all-wise and mighty (prince) saw this, he 10Tovma4    1:13 | the castle in a friendly and peaceful manner 10Tovma4    1:14 | opportunity, Hasan seized the fortress and wrote to the prince, describing 10Tovma4    1:14 | to the town of Van, and imprisoned him in its fortress 10Tovma4    1:15 | above, some traitors from Atrpatakan, and likewise those who were Armenian 10Tovma4    1:15 | likewise those who were Armenian and whose accomplice this rebel Gagik 10Tovma4    1:16 | city of Kher. Shedding tears and sighs before him, they recalled 10Tovma4    1:16 | zeal, the pillaging of cities and possessions, the seizure of houses 10Tovma4    1:16 | possessions, the seizure of houses and destruction of castles, the slaughter 10Tovma4    1:16 | castles, the slaughter of troops and the shedding of much blood 10Tovma4    1:16 | sword of the mighty (prince), and they set before him the 10Tovma4    1:16 | other Armenians promised him riches and gifts 10Tovma4    1:17 | this man delight in promises and pacts. Thus they seduced him 10Tovma4    1:17 | pacts. Thus they seduced him, and through him craftily set the 10Tovma4    1:19 | through the valley of Andzah and arrived in the plain of 10Tovma4    1:20 | the impious man, his deceitful and treacherous friend, pregnant with impiety 10Tovma4    1:23 | hunting unaccompanied by his soldiers and without wearing armour, and the 10Tovma4    1:23 | soldiers and without wearing armour, and the tracks through the vineyards 10Tovma4    1:23 | vineyards were difficult to pass, and the (two) men were separated 10Tovma4    1:23 | cross it, admitting their faintheartedness and the hesitation of their horses 10Tovma4    1:24 | Then the valiant and mighty prince, spurring his horse’s 10Tovma4    1:25 | taken with him some strong and athletic men secretly armed 10Tovma4    1:26 | He approached the prince, and throwing his arms around his 10Tovma4    1:27 | nearby forcibly seized his bridle, and laid hands on his sharp 10Tovma4    1:28 | were young children, Ashot, Gagik, and Gurgēn, who had not yet 10Tovma4    1:29 | all-blessed warrior without considerable and worthy lament 10Tovma4    1:30 | head a reservoir of water, and my eyes rapid flowing streams 10Tovma4    1:31 | great prophet, the wonderful Zechariah, and with him go up to 10Tovma4    1:31 | cry out to all nations and say: “Weep, weep, east to 10Tovma4    1:32 | from our head. Heaven above and earth below mourned the loss 10Tovma4    1:32 | who have deserved to see and endure such cruel and terrible 10Tovma4    1:32 | see and endure such cruel and terrible misfortunes 10Tovma4    1:33 | troops, deprived of their lord and scattered over mountains and plains 10Tovma4    1:33 | lord and scattered over mountains and plains, bitterly filled the land 10Tovma4    1:33 | the land with sighs, laments, and flowing tears; from the anguished 10Tovma4    1:34 | whom the prince had raised and on whom he personally relied 10Tovma4    1:34 | put nooses round their necks and were anxious to shed their 10Tovma4    1:35 | the spot of his murder and raging in nocturnal vigil, scattered 10Tovma4    1:35 | the desert by their baying and howling to heaven, until the 10Tovma4    1:36 | province of Vaspurakan. There women and maidservants, putting aside the decorum 10Tovma4    1:36 | dragged themselves along the streets and roads 10Tovma4    1:37 | In their deep and bitter grief they forgot to 10Tovma4    1:38 | with the beating of breasts and foreheads and with shrill wailings 10Tovma4    1:38 | beating of breasts and foreheads and with shrill wailings 10Tovma4    1:39 | the renowned prince is lost, and the land of Armenia remains 10Tovma4    1:40 | prince), note: “Why, Oh men, and for what reason did you 10Tovma4    1:40 | seize my golden-feathered champion and noble cock, or trap him 10Tovma4    1:40 | without himself being torn apart and killed? Who was able to 10Tovma4    1:40 | flying eagle with his resounding and fearsome cry? Who could approach 10Tovma4    1:40 | fearsome cry? Who could approach and bridle the unconquered dragon, and 10Tovma4    1:40 | and bridle the unconquered dragon, and survive 10Tovma4    1:41 | Such words as these, and even more, did the princess 10Tovma4    1:42 | the event had been confirmed and the news of his death 10Tovma4    1:42 | strewing ashes on her head and spreading gloom through the palace 10Tovma4    1:43 | pearls, dressed herself in black, and prepared a dark-coloured covering 10Tovma4    1:43 | she prescribed rites of mourning and arranged in groups Jewish singers 10Tovma4    1:43 | arranged in groups Jewish singers, and had them chant the laments 10Tovma4    1:43 | that day the holy churches and ranks of ministers were arrayed 10Tovma4    1:44 | by black ones, very rough and sombre. Messengers were despatched hither 10Tovma4    1:44 | sombre. Messengers were despatched hither and yon from among the mourners 10Tovma4    1:45 | measure, with the morning star and all the ornament of the 10Tovma4    1:46 | who had witnessed the events and who carried the (prince’s) children 10Tovma4    1:47 | mourning the hands of labourers and artisans forsook their tasks to 10Tovma4    1:47 | to be placed on knees and cheeks as they bitterly wept 10Tovma4    1:47 | as they bitterly wept. Lords and nobles gathered together and broke 10Tovma4    1:47 | Lords and nobles gathered together and broke their hearts with cruel 10Tovma4    1:48 | great battles without an effort and gained a glorious name for 10Tovma4    1:48 | a glorious name for himself and us 10Tovma4    1:49 | guests on golden decorated cushions and delighted us with the cup 10Tovma4    1:50 | us with splendid adornment? Woe and alas for our life 10Tovma4    1:52 | then the ranks of patriarchs and hermits bestirred the minds of 10Tovma4    1:52 | the minds of the princess and the other mourners to the 10Tovma4    1:52 | to the fear of God, and gradually drove away the misery 10Tovma4    1:53 | from saying anything about them, and we shall hasten on with 10Tovma4    1:54 | three sons of the renowned and valiant prince Grigor, in which 10Tovma4    1:54 | the treachery of certain Armenians and Persians, and laments over him 10Tovma4    1:54 | of certain Armenians and Persians, and laments over him 10Tovma4    2:0 | of Ashot his eldest son; and the death of the blessed 10Tovma4    2:0 | the death of the blessed and pious lady Soph 10Tovma4    2:1 | this, the princess took hope and steadied her heart; and he 10Tovma4    2:1 | hope and steadied her heart; and he ruled his principality like 10Tovma4    2:3 | unable to endure the pain, and after seven months she peacefully 10Tovma4    2:3 | ancestors, leaving her children young and tender in age 10Tovma4    2:5 | Ashot lived for a year and a half before leaving the 10Tovma4    2:7 | the minds of the lords and nobles of the country by 10Tovma4    2:7 | in the name of Ashot, and he will persuade the inhabitants 10Tovma4    2:10 | There one night he seized and bound them. He sent Ashot 10Tovma4    2:10 | bound them. He sent Ashot and Gurgēn to the castle called 10Tovma4    2:10 | to the castle called Nkan, and had them imprisoned and guarded 10Tovma4    2:10 | Nkan, and had them imprisoned and guarded with great circumspection 10Tovma4    2:11 | himself the castle of Nkan and the provinces of T’oṙnavan and 10Tovma4    2:11 | and the provinces of T’oṙnavan and Chuash, where he fortified for 10Tovma4    2:13 | By this he persuaded and convinced his audience. But being 10Tovma4    2:13 | audience. But being himself suspicious and overcome by irresolution, now he 10Tovma4    2:13 | would release the younger Gurgēn and take him around with him 10Tovma4    2:13 | for thinking about the youth, and he was waiting (for an 10Tovma4    3:0 | The glorious effulgence and appearance of God’s grace over 10Tovma4    3:0 | grace over the young Gagik; and the killing of Apumruan at 10Tovma4    3:0 | at his hands most valiantly; and praises concerning him 10Tovma4    3:1 | him the spirit of power and wisdom, fulfilling in him what 10Tovma4    3:2 | had followed on each other, and from frequent wars that occurred 10Tovma4    3:4 | on anyone, yet the lords and nobles of the land always 10Tovma4    3:4 | his lips purer than gold, and the grace of sweet modesty 10Tovma4    3:6 | conspirators with him, attacked (Apumruan), and put him to death by 10Tovma4    3:6 | of Ashinot where Gurgēn was, and likewise to the castle of 10Tovma4    3:7 | the) ring into Ashot’s hands, and made him master of his 10Tovma4    3:9 | very eager to compose descriptions and praises of him and his 10Tovma4    3:9 | descriptions and praises of him and his deeds 10Tovma4    3:10 | of his father’s house totter, and he utterly consumed them 10Tovma4    3:11 | set up with inconceivable strength and hope in God over the 10Tovma4    3:12 | of the heavenly (angels), glittering and casting rays over the heads 10Tovma4    3:12 | waxed insolent against the church and the institutions of the church 10Tovma4    3:13 | From a youthful and inexperienced age he rose up 10Tovma4    3:13 | fearsome summoning voice, through messengers and decrees he wrested for himself 10Tovma4    3:13 | wrested for himself many treasures and stores from foreign nations, controlling 10Tovma4    3:13 | controlling more of their castles and provinces than his fathers 10Tovma4    3:15 | was supported by the grace and high arm of the valiant 10Tovma4    3:15 | high arm of the valiant and brave youth Gagik, according to 10Tovma4    3:18 | Ashot many promises of gifts and treaty engagements. These Ashot did 10Tovma4    3:19 | And he came to Smbat in 10Tovma4    3:19 | came to Smbat in friendship and peace, (saying): “Many trials have 10Tovma4    3:20 | with a numberless armed force and attacked Smbat, who escaped by 10Tovma4    3:20 | the skin of his teeth and fled to Georgia 10Tovma4    3:21 | besiege the castle of Kars, and opening up the stores of 10Tovma4    3:24 | took counsel with his brothers and all the nobles of his 10Tovma4    3:24 | note: “These are hard days and time of war. Who knows 10Tovma4    3:25 | to spare the holy churches and the faithful, he went to 10Tovma4    3:26 | Prince Ashot in great honour and with many fine gifts. But 10Tovma4    3:26 | sent his youngest brother Gurgēn, and ( Ap’shin) returned Gagik 10Tovma4    3:27 | spring Gurgēn escaped from Ap’shin and reached his brothers, breaking the 10Tovma4    3:27 | causing Smbat no little loss, and taking much tribute 10Tovma4    3:29 | Prince Ashot with his brothers and all his troops retreated and 10Tovma4    3:29 | and all his troops retreated and fortified themselves in the valley 10Tovma4    3:30 | emir Ap’shin. That impious, baneful, and insolent man, father of brigands 10Tovma4    3:30 | intact. He inflicted much damage and destruction on the believers and 10Tovma4    3:30 | and destruction on the believers and on the holy churches; the 10Tovma4    3:30 | opened the gate to misfortunes, and set mortal traps, being familiar 10Tovma4    3:31 | the great (city) of Van and the town of Ostan, the 10Tovma4    3:31 | to the province of Ałbag and stopped at the town of 10Tovma4    3:33 | the strength of the site and the valour of their soldiers 10Tovma4    3:35 | an army, rebelled against Ap’shin, and went as far as the 10Tovma4    3:37 | Here two of his sons and many of his troops suffered 10Tovma4    3:37 | painful deaths before his eyes; and after them he too received 10Tovma4    3:40 | son of Vahan, had seized and then given over to Hasan 10Tovma4    3:41 | with cavalry, Hasan gathered troops and came out on foot to 10Tovma4    3:43 | in number, they severely smote and defeated the nocturnal attack of 10Tovma4    3:43 | roof of a house weakened and collapsed, and the ceiling fell 10Tovma4    3:43 | a house weakened and collapsed, and the ceiling fell in, making 10Tovma4    3:43 | an inescapable trap for him and covering him over; so he 10Tovma4    3:44 | Then he was captured, and dragged in double bonds to 10Tovma4    3:44 | then put out Hasan’s eyes and took the fortress 10Tovma4    3:45 | the prince’s brother, had intervened and made many efforts to save 10Tovma4    3:45 | straightaway he became a monk, and lived a holy life until 10Tovma4    3:47 | called Kaysik. But they resisted, and raised the flag of war 10Tovma4    3:49 | intervened with a few troops, and with much help from on 10Tovma4    4:0 | Gagik after his brother Ashot, and his valiant deeds 10Tovma4    4:2 | robes itself in powerful light, and at the command of the 10Tovma4    4:2 | the gloom in the air, and pours the rays of its 10Tovma4    4:3 | of Vaspurakan, which was disturbed and troubled by many disorders of 10Tovma4    4:3 | by many disorders of neighbouring and bordering foreign nations, and at 10Tovma4    4:3 | neighbouring and bordering foreign nations, and at the same time by 10Tovma4    4:3 | accomplices, ravagers of the land and contemptuous of authority 10Tovma4    4:4 | seized the castle of Agarak and the province of Chakhuk, and 10Tovma4    4:4 | and the province of Chakhuk, and was occupying the castle for 10Tovma4    4:5 | had rebelled in similar fashion and was holed up in his 10Tovma4    4:6 | When the valiant and wise Gagik, prince of Vaspurakan 10Tovma4    4:6 | two plotters, he attacked Shapuh, and laid such strict siege to 10Tovma4    4:6 | of this most wise hero and the daily shining of God’s 10Tovma4    4:6 | dire straits in which he and his accomplices were placed. Suddenly 10Tovma4    4:6 | impregnable heights of the fortress and fall at the feet of 10Tovma4    4:6 | begging for his own life and those of his clan, (promising 10Tovma4    4:6 | of his clan, (promising) gifts and tribute forever and that he 10Tovma4    4:6 | promising) gifts and tribute forever and that he would remain true 10Tovma4    4:7 | The prince accepted the gifts and spared them; then the whole 10Tovma4    4:8 | with his sons before him. And they raised a cry, pouring 10Tovma4    4:8 | a cry, pouring forth tears and laments, and saying: “Do not 10Tovma4    4:8 | pouring forth tears and laments, and saying: “Do not completely deprive 10Tovma4    4:9 | first because he was merciful and very benevolent towards friends and 10Tovma4    4:9 | and very benevolent towards friends and enemies, and second because he 10Tovma4    4:9 | benevolent towards friends and enemies, and second because he had taken 10Tovma4    4:9 | wife. So he spared them, and having destroyed the structure of 10Tovma4    4:10 | by the grace of God, and then marched to the land 10Tovma4    4:11 | had been pacified, with compassionate and joyful heart the renowned prince 10Tovma4    4:11 | Gagik summoned his brother Gurgēn, and gave him as his lot 10Tovma4    4:11 | him as his lot Aṙniotn and ( the land) from the valley 10Tovma4    4:11 | the two fortresses of Sring and Jłmar. For he loved him 10Tovma4    4:11 | him with a very affectionate and joyous heart, was as kind 10Tovma4    4:11 | a father to a son, and openly aided him in raiding 10Tovma4    4:11 | openly aided him in raiding and recovering what had been captured 10Tovma4    4:12 | of Eli, routed its inhabitants, and completely obliterated their memory from 10Tovma4    4:12 | was a harsh man, brave and very obedient to his brother 10Tovma4    4:13 | a mutual exchange of provinces and castles 10Tovma4    4:14 | gave the castle of Agarak and the province of Chakhuk, and 10Tovma4    4:14 | and the province of Chakhuk, and received the castle of Zṙēl 10Tovma4    4:14 | received the castle of Zṙēl and the province called Jermadzor, which 10Tovma4    4:14 | be closer to the latter’s, and the latter’s contiguous with the 10Tovma4    4:15 | of Vaspurakan, continued to prosper and increase, and the Lord Almighty 10Tovma4    4:15 | continued to prosper and increase, and the Lord Almighty was with 10Tovma4    4:16 | he subjected to his authority and made vassal to his principality 10Tovma4    4:16 | his principality all his neighbours and those who lived around his 10Tovma4    4:16 | took refuge in their fortresses, and refrained from paying tribute, terrified 10Tovma4    4:17 | the renowned prince gathered troops and raided the land of Mokk’ 10Tovma4    4:18 | valour of the most blessed and renowned prince in easily overcoming 10Tovma4    4:18 | easily overcoming two difficult obstacles and winning a brave victory. In 10Tovma4    4:18 | contains very high mountains, caves, and dense forests; secondly, the whole 10Tovma4    4:19 | a flat road. The lords and nobles of the land with 10Tovma4    4:20 | captured the fortresses of Pat and P’arhuk. Proceeding to the valley 10Tovma4    4:20 | he seized that fortress too and took control of its provinces 10Tovma4    4:21 | the lake where the wonderful and impregnable fortress of Amiuk is 10Tovma4    4:21 | attacked our pious former princes; and still up to that time 10Tovma4    4:22 | all. Especially the valiant, victorious, and renowned prince Grigor, called Deranik 10Tovma4    4:26 | describe as looking to heaven and neck-tiring (to observe), at 10Tovma4    4:26 | to observe), at much expense and with numerous artisans he embellished 10Tovma4    4:28 | races of Ismaelites, Medes, Persians, and all the warriors of Atrpatakan 10Tovma4    4:29 | to take vengeance by ravaging and razing the land of Vaspurakan 10Tovma4    4:29 | Vaspurakan until they retook Amiuk and revenged the blood of the 10Tovma4    4:30 | But the brave and thrice-blessed prince Gagik, assembling 10Tovma4    4:30 | to the province of Mardastan and sent his brother Gurgēn to 10Tovma4    4:30 | armed themselves to offer resistance and guard the passes of the 10Tovma4    4:31 | The wise and foresighted prince Gagik had also 10Tovma4    4:31 | command the province of Chuash and the castle called Shamiram: someone 10Tovma4    4:31 | of the Akēats’ik’, a loyal and brave-hearted man called T’adēos 10Tovma4    4:31 | acts of valour in war, and shone out as a glorious 10Tovma4    4:31 | shone out as a glorious and famous soldier in the Armenian 10Tovma4    4:32 | liberal heart; he was magnanimous and zealous in the decoration and 10Tovma4    4:32 | and zealous in the decoration and building of churches; he received 10Tovma4    4:32 | of churches; he received orphans and widows, gave repose to all 10Tovma4    4:32 | repose to all the weary, and placed his hopes not only 10Tovma4    4:34 | pursuit with a few troops, and came upon them in the 10Tovma4    4:35 | the Lord Christ for help. And in accordance with Scripture: “God 10Tovma4    4:35 | they fell to the slaughter and filled the surface of the 10Tovma4    4:36 | the renowned prince Gagik decorated and honoured the victorious T’adēos with 10Tovma4    4:37 | fear, they beat a retreat, and their evil plans were frustrated 10Tovma4    4:38 | of Armenia, developed a grudge and tried to arouse the Muslims 10Tovma4    4:38 | this, then by treacherous words and promises he deceived the man 10Tovma4    4:38 | Amiuk; he was called Apusakr and was from the house of 10Tovma4    4:38 | did he who sold God, and gave the fortress into the 10Tovma4    4:40 | fell into both their minds, and therefore they did not support 10Tovma4    4:40 | support each other in friendship and peace as they had done 10Tovma4    4:41 | gained the ascendancy over Persia and Armenia; he was named Yusup’ 10Tovma4    4:41 | son of Apusach, a proud and notable man, more fearsome than 10Tovma4    4:43 | had heard of the repute and the valiant deeds and also 10Tovma4    4:43 | repute and the valiant deeds and also of the wise intelligence 10Tovma4    4:43 | wise intelligence of the prudent and renowned prince Gagik, he had 10Tovma4    4:45 | summons promptly in peaceable friendship. And when they encountered each other 10Tovma4    4:46 | beheld his glorious youthful figure and the wondrous beauty of his 10Tovma4    4:46 | On questioning him in profound and inscrutable terms, he received replies 10Tovma4    4:46 | at the same time profound and enigmatic, whereby he liberally and 10Tovma4    4:46 | and enigmatic, whereby he liberally and freely explained his obscure questions 10Tovma4    4:46 | freely explained his obscure questions, and opened before him gates that 10Tovma4    4:46 | him gates that were locked and inexplicable to mankind, becoming for 10Tovma4    4:46 | him a mother of understanding and a nurse of wisdom 10Tovma4    4:47 | he therefore submitted the splendid and blessed prince to an arduous 10Tovma4    4:47 | his eyes, he observed him and measured his deportment on sitting 10Tovma4    4:47 | measured his deportment on sitting and rising. In every aspect of 10Tovma4    4:47 | royalty he found him refined and endowed with charming modesty like 10Tovma4    4:48 | revealed to him uncertain plans and deeds, asking him for a 10Tovma4    4:48 | asking him for a solution; and he was assisted by him 10Tovma4    4:49 | in royal fashion precious stones and beautiful luminous pearls derived from 10Tovma4    4:49 | luminous pearls derived from land and sea. He related to him 10Tovma4    4:49 | kings from century to century, and the wars that had occurred 10Tovma4    4:50 | questioned him on the dynasties and thrones of kings and pre 10Tovma4    4:50 | dynasties and thrones of kings and pre-eminent families, and the 10Tovma4    4:50 | kings and pre-eminent families, and the borders of each one’s 10Tovma4    4:50 | lands, beginning with the Medes and Persians, Judaea and Jerusalem, the 10Tovma4    4:50 | the Medes and Persians, Judaea and Jerusalem, the Assyrians and Egyptians 10Tovma4    4:50 | Judaea and Jerusalem, the Assyrians and Egyptians, the Greeks and Indians 10Tovma4    4:50 | Assyrians and Egyptians, the Greeks and Indians, all Armenia as far 10Tovma4    4:50 | the Gates of the Alans and the Caspians—which (information) is 10Tovma4    4:50 | found him versed in everything and exceedingly learned 10Tovma4    4:51 | He interrogated the undefeated champion and splendid prince on the battles 10Tovma4    4:51 | the battles he had fought, and surrounded him with warriors to 10Tovma4    4:51 | mountain, immovable by the blasts and shouts of war 10Tovma4    4:52 | In all this and even more did the Persian 10Tovma4    4:52 | God manifested in the valiant and divine prince Gagik, and he 10Tovma4    4:52 | valiant and divine prince Gagik, and he greatly rejoiced at his 10Tovma4    4:53 | what is Caesar’s to Caesar, and what is God’s to God 10Tovma4    4:53 | for the chief of creation and the head (apostle) Peter 10Tovma4    4:54 | evils on the holy church and the Lord’s people 10Tovma4    4:55 | Therefore Yusup’ was greatly angered, and attacked Armenia with an enormous 10Tovma4    4:55 | which another great orator, forceful and intelligent, has written down before 10Tovma4    4:55 | has written down before us and entrusted to royal archives 10Tovma4    4:56 | the Persian ruler, he fled and fortified himself in the castle 10Tovma4    4:56 | Kapoyt. But the tyrant surrounded and besieged the castle, and after 10Tovma4    4:56 | surrounded and besieged the castle, and after a few days captured 10Tovma4    4:57 | no one who could rule and control Armenia save only Gagik 10Tovma4    4:57 | whose qualities he had tested and knew, he did not leave 10Tovma4    4:58 | of pure gold, artfully made and set with pearls and valuable 10Tovma4    4:58 | made and set with pearls and valuable precious stones, which I 10Tovma4    4:59 | embroidered with gold, a girdle and sword shining with golden ornament 10Tovma4    4:59 | ornament, which surpasses the understanding and ability of historians to describe 10Tovma4    4:60 | sun among stars. To right and left were hosts of troops 10Tovma4    4:60 | swords, the cry of trumpets and blowing of horns, the sound 10Tovma4    4:60 | horns, the sound of flutes and sweet lyres and harps; standards 10Tovma4    4:60 | of flutes and sweet lyres and harps; standards before and behind 10Tovma4    4:60 | lyres and harps; standards before and behind; and to this awesome 10Tovma4    4:60 | harps; standards before and behind; and to this awesome noise the 10Tovma4    4:61 | Armenia with its grand cities and all its embellishments. I do 10Tovma4    4:61 | no authority save from God; and what is, has been established 10Tovma4    4:62 | orders, he captured many cities and put the royal army to 10Tovma4    4:63 | as Jap’r in their books and also called by the name 10Tovma4    4:63 | he sent him a crown and wonderfully decorated robes, and entrusted 10Tovma4    4:63 | crown and wonderfully decorated robes, and entrusted to him (the collection 10Tovma4    4:64 | far surpasses my own history and those of others; no one 10Tovma4    4:64 | a crown, especially a Christian and orthodox believer and son of 10Tovma4    4:64 | a Christian and orthodox believer and son of a king, the 10Tovma4    4:64 | of a king, the hereditary and legitimate ruler of Armenia. I 10Tovma4    4:64 | do this by the will and command of the All-Highest 10Tovma4    4:64 | command of the All-Highest and the Lord of all 10Tovma4    4:65 | took the castle of Ułē, and imposed his control over those 10Tovma4    4:65 | as the middle of Ułē and Maseats’-otn 10Tovma4    4:67 | the second time a crown and splendid garments from court, and 10Tovma4    4:67 | and splendid garments from court, and honoured King Gagik with a 10Tovma4    4:67 | the name of the caliph and with letters filled with friendship 10Tovma4    4:68 | emir Yusup’, they captured him and took him to the royal 10Tovma4    4:68 | was imprisoned for eight years, and then released at the caliph’s 10Tovma4    4:68 | the whole land of Persia and all Armenia, as well as 10Tovma4    4:68 | of his rebellion, including Ray and the great city of Basra 10Tovma4    4:69 | a large number of cities and lands that had been given 10Tovma4    4:69 | He also sent a crown and splendid garments to the king 10Tovma4    4:70 | this world, peacefully falling asleep and joining his fathers. The day 10Tovma4    4:71 | great lament for forty days, and then revived his mind to 10Tovma4    4:71 | the vicissitudes of this ephemeral and perishable life that soon comes 10Tovma4    4:71 | lasting state of the eternal and incorruptible life; he lifted himself 10Tovma4    4:71 | himself up with brave fortitude and perfect knowledge; he granted prosperity 10Tovma4    4:71 | granted prosperity to the land and ( brought about) renewal of the 10Tovma4    4:71 | renewal of the holy churches and of the monasteries, whereby he 10Tovma4    4:72 | He offered masses and sacrifices with myriad treasures to 10Tovma4    4:72 | crowds of poor, of orphans and widows, of the indigent and 10Tovma4    4:72 | and widows, of the indigent and afflicted, who thronged to him 10Tovma4    4:72 | liberal benedictions of his prayers and entreaties, according to my knowledge 10Tovma4    4:72 | entreaties, according to my knowledge, and especially in accordance with the 10Tovma4    4:72 | three just men: Abel, Noah, and Abraham. Through the immortal offering 10Tovma4    4:73 | death. Taking piles of treasures and splendid garments, horses and mules 10Tovma4    4:73 | treasures and splendid garments, horses and mules, herds of cattle and 10Tovma4    4:73 | and mules, herds of cattle and flocks of sheep, in the 10Tovma4    4:73 | these to monasteries of holy and ascetic monks; he established days 10Tovma4    4:73 | he established days of festivity and forty-day periods (of fasting 10Tovma4    4:73 | fasting) to be observed continually and with unfailing commemoration for his 10Tovma4    4:73 | had gone to eternal glory and rebirth in that everlasting age 10Tovma4    4:74 | on the right hand side, and hear him say: “Greetings to 10Tovma4    4:75 | So the king himself, armed and adorned with incomparable valour, ruled 10Tovma4    4:75 | our land encounter such bounty, and it is impossible to imagine 10Tovma4    5:0 | king’s pacification of the land; and events concerning Yusup’ son of 10Tovma4    5:1 | stirred up by the Persians and the Sevordik’ of Hagar, who 10Tovma4    5:2 | ruling tyranically over the Persians and Armenians. Unable to resist the 10Tovma4    5:2 | Unable to resist the valour and wisdom of the king, he 10Tovma4    5:2 | abandoned his ferocious evil deeds and turned to peace and real 10Tovma4    5:2 | deeds and turned to peace and real friendship. He entrusted to 10Tovma4    5:2 | king the lands of Armenia and Georgia, and having made (with 10Tovma4    5:2 | lands of Armenia and Georgia, and having made (with him) a 10Tovma4    5:3 | had marched to attack Babylon and its territory 10Tovma4    5:4 | Yusup’s troops were completely defeated and he himself captured. A little 10Tovma4    6:2 | Apusach, the sons of maidservants and slaves, had advanced and consolidated 10Tovma4    6:2 | maidservants and slaves, had advanced and consolidated their position, supposing themselves 10Tovma4    6:2 | of the wise man: “Alas and woe to you, Oh city 10Tovma4    6:3 | rules, he shakes the land; and if the fool is sated 10Tovma4    6:4 | not set out their names and weave them into the narrative 10Tovma4    7:0 | the restoration of many sites, and the wonderful construction of the 10Tovma4    7:1 | those who will come later, and especially for the glory of 10Tovma4    7:1 | as I record the wise and intelligent acts of Gagik, the 10Tovma4    7:1 | of Armenia. In his valour and love for peace and prosperity 10Tovma4    7:1 | valour and love for peace and prosperity, he cared for this 10Tovma4    7:1 | of Armenia as a father and guardian. In his benevolent mercy 10Tovma4    7:1 | deprived, rendered justice to orphans, and gave their rights to widows 10Tovma4    7:1 | widows—making this the summit and apex of all his virtuous 10Tovma4    7:1 | of all his virtuous works, and becoming worthy of the greatest 10Tovma4    7:2 | And these matters, my dear friend 10Tovma4    7:2 | these matters, my dear friend and foremost of brave men, who 10Tovma4    7:2 | me this History, I offer and present to you not from 10Tovma4    7:2 | eyes, heard with my ears, and touched with my hands, I 10Tovma4    7:3 | his silver as a fine.” And if he sees the sun 10Tovma4    7:3 | not shower gold on me?” And if he sees a spring 10Tovma4    7:3 | says: “I am not thirsty, and I shall never drink water 10Tovma4    7:4 | is not avaricious remains free and unsullied by such a fearful 10Tovma4    7:4 | into the hands of workers and artisans in order to fortify 10Tovma4    7:4 | walls the summits of hills and impregnable fortresses in the provinces 10Tovma4    7:4 | impregnable fortresses in the provinces and centre of the land, to 10Tovma4    7:4 | for those fleeing from brigands and from the convulsions of foreign 10Tovma4    7:5 | especially pleased with two places and watched over them personally. One 10Tovma4    7:6 | flourished with fruit-bearing trees, and was graced with many vineyards 10Tovma4    7:6 | which in the spring conserves and preserves the verdure of plants 10Tovma4    7:6 | preserves the verdure of plants and flowers and the stores of 10Tovma4    7:6 | verdure of plants and flowers and the stores of snow piled 10Tovma4    7:6 | for the needs of kings and everyone who might wish to 10Tovma4    7:7 | the inhabitants of the land, and provide many items for the 10Tovma4    7:7 | kings, which the ruler takes and offers for the alleviation of 10Tovma4    7:8 | looks out over the lake and is exceedingly charming. If the 10Tovma4    7:8 | the waves ripple like flowers and appear quite delightful. If the 10Tovma4    7:8 | to build there a palace and pavilions and splendid picturesque streets 10Tovma4    7:8 | there a palace and pavilions and splendid picturesque streets, and all 10Tovma4    7:8 | pavilions and splendid picturesque streets, and all sorts of ornament which 10Tovma4    7:9 | foundation at a fearful depth. And on top of the wall 10Tovma4    7:9 | which was decorated with gold and various colours, so that it 10Tovma4    7:9 | give delight to the eyes and joy to the heart of 10Tovma4    7:9 | to the heart of himself and his guests 10Tovma4    7:10 | of vaults to provide air and refreshing (shade); and he provided 10Tovma4    7:10 | provide air and refreshing (shade); and he provided windows to let 10Tovma4    7:10 | glittering rays, which at dawn and dusk shine over the lake 10Tovma4    7:10 | up the multicoloured images, pictures, and various decorations, astonishing the mind 10Tovma4    7:10 | the mind of the beholders, and exceeding the ability of the 10Tovma4    8:0 | Concerning the building of Ałt’amar; and those who constructed there a 10Tovma4    8:1 | profitless for us to relate and useless for the audience to 10Tovma4    8:2 | settlement of Armenia many buildings and constructions were raised in our 10Tovma4    8:2 | land by Hayk the Archer and his descendants, and by the 10Tovma4    8:2 | the Archer and his descendants, and by the amorous and lascivious 10Tovma4    8:2 | descendants, and by the amorous and lascivious Semiramis, queen of Assyria 10Tovma4    8:2 | we have visited in person and seen with our own eyes 10Tovma4    8:2 | parts: as far as Kłarjk’ and the Shushetats’ik’ and the foot 10Tovma4    8:2 | as Kłarjk’ and the Shushetats’ik’ and the foot of the Caucasus 10Tovma4    8:2 | foot of the Caucasus mountain, and to Ahiz as far as 10Tovma4    8:2 | entrance to Gał, across Tayastan and all the northern regions and 10Tovma4    8:2 | and all the northern regions and the East. Travelling on foot 10Tovma4    8:2 | the works of valiant men and ( our) ancestors. But our mind 10Tovma4    8:2 | our) ancestors. But our mind and sight were struck most of 10Tovma4    8:2 | all by the splendid, marvellous, and wonderful Ałt’amar 10Tovma4    8:3 | built up by Dawit’ Sakhṙuni and Ṙasham Ṙshtuni and Bazap’ran. This 10Tovma4    8:3 | Dawit’ Sakhṙuni and Ṙasham Ṙshtuni and Bazap’ran. This last led into 10Tovma4    8:3 | with the high priest Hyrcanus, and settled them in our land 10Tovma4    8:3 | the pleasantness of the spot and recognising that it was a 10Tovma4    8:3 | on it in a fearsome and amazing fashion 10Tovma4    8:4 | He commanded many artisans and innumerable men to cast heavy 10Tovma4    8:4 | this he drew a line and raised a fortified wall around 10Tovma4    8:5 | wall was amazingly constructed, fearsome and adorned with very high and 10Tovma4    8:5 | and adorned with very high and broad-based towers and raised 10Tovma4    8:5 | high and broad-based towers and raised bastions, which had in 10Tovma4    8:5 | his ease with his sons and noble courtiers. The end of 10Tovma4    8:5 | narrow cavern difficult of access, and brought the sides close together 10Tovma4    8:6 | fearful to behold, solidly fixed, and strengthened with nails. In this 10Tovma4    8:6 | side, making a wonderfully calm and secure harbour for many ships 10Tovma4    8:6 | city of Alexander of Macedon. And in my opinion it surpassed 10Tovma4    8:6 | in the rock of Van) and the aqueduct at the foot 10Tovma4    8:6 | lake, transcends all the concepts and accomplishments of wise men previously 10Tovma4    8:7 | the king’s court the princes and lords, nobles and common people 10Tovma4    8:7 | the princes and lords, nobles and common people, bishops and monks 10Tovma4    8:7 | nobles and common people, bishops and monks, so that they might 10Tovma4    8:7 | confirm (plans for) the buildings and constructions, and that he might 10Tovma4    8:7 | for) the buildings and constructions, and that he might order that 10Tovma4    8:7 | did not refuse these requests. And five years after they had 10Tovma4    8:8 | the architect’s line to measure and sketch and indicate at the 10Tovma4    8:8 | line to measure and sketch and indicate at the foot of 10Tovma4    8:8 | extended walls, laid out streets and terraced gardens and residences for 10Tovma4    8:8 | out streets and terraced gardens and residences for the princes, according 10Tovma4    8:8 | princes, according to their rank, and gardens and parks, distinguishing the 10Tovma4    8:8 | to their rank, and gardens and parks, distinguishing the areas for 10Tovma4    8:8 | distinguishing the areas for parks and flower gardens. All this he 10Tovma4    8:9 | And he planted many trees, which 10Tovma4    8:9 | were watered from a sweet and never-failing spring, which by 10Tovma4    8:10 | of these men, a wise and skillful architect, to construct a 10Tovma4    8:10 | square palace, forty cubits wide and deep and equally high 10Tovma4    8:10 | forty cubits wide and deep and equally high 10Tovma4    8:11 | a mass of pure mortar and stone, as it were a 10Tovma4    8:11 | were a fusion of lead and bronze mixed together. The construction 10Tovma4    8:12 | It had vaulted domes and niches and beautifully decorated surroundings 10Tovma4    8:12 | had vaulted domes and niches and beautifully decorated surroundings, innumerable and 10Tovma4    8:12 | and beautifully decorated surroundings, innumerable and incomprehensible to the mind and 10Tovma4    8:12 | and incomprehensible to the mind and eye. It also had domes 10Tovma4    8:12 | like heaven, ornamented with gold and shining with light. If anyone 10Tovma4    8:12 | must remove his head covering, and then twisting his neck he 10Tovma4    8:13 | of the palace is extraordinary and astonishing, and so surpassing and 10Tovma4    8:13 | palace is extraordinary and astonishing, and so surpassing and incomprehensible to 10Tovma4    8:13 | and astonishing, and so surpassing and incomprehensible to the imagination that 10Tovma4    8:14 | the servants of his festivities, and also lines of minstrels and 10Tovma4    8:14 | and also lines of minstrels and girls dancing in an admirable 10Tovma4    8:14 | of men with drawn swords and wrestling matches. There are also 10Tovma4    8:14 | are also troops of lions and other wild beasts, and flocks 10Tovma4    8:14 | lions and other wild beasts, and flocks of birds adorned with 10Tovma4    8:14 | all the works wild beasts, and flocks of birds adorned with 10Tovma4    8:14 | a great labour for himself and his audience 10Tovma4    8:15 | of the palace is extraordinary and wonderful. Doors have been fitted 10Tovma4    8:15 | are inlaid with detailed ornament and amazing decoration. They have two 10Tovma4    8:16 | the construction of the palace. And he has certainly modified his 10Tovma4    8:17 | the summit of the castle, and constructed there enormous storehouses and 10Tovma4    8:17 | and constructed there enormous storehouses and magazines, and also depositories for 10Tovma4    8:17 | there enormous storehouses and magazines, and also depositories for treasures and 10Tovma4    8:17 | and also depositories for treasures and measureless numbers of arms and 10Tovma4    8:17 | and measureless numbers of arms and armour 10Tovma4    8:18 | golden streets, the domed halls, and various throne rooms which outshine 10Tovma4    8:18 | he would fall into incomprehension and hesitation 10Tovma4    8:19 | we have offered this suitable and convenient account, so far as 10Tovma4    8:19 | noble interests, Oh great benefactor and ancestor of a heroic and 10Tovma4    8:19 | and ancestor of a heroic and distinguished house 10Tovma4    9:0 | Concerning the most splendid and glorious church in the city 10Tovma4    9:0 | of Ałt’amar, for which material and stones were brought from distant 10Tovma4    9:0 | a faithful picture of it and its site 10Tovma4    9:1 | construction of the splendid, famous, and stupendous city of Ałt’amar, our 10Tovma4    9:1 | through his well-grounded plans and warlike force and bravery. Restraining 10Tovma4    9:1 | grounded plans and warlike force and bravery. Restraining their cheeks in 10Tovma4    9:1 | force, beginning from the Medes and Persians, all of Atrpatakan as 10Tovma4    9:2 | Whom he wished he spared, and those from whom he wished 10Tovma4    9:2 | He threw some onto others, and slaughtered with his wise sword 10Tovma4    9:2 | with his wise sword thousands and myriads of them. Advancing on 10Tovma4    9:2 | put them to the sword and mercilessly slew them, sometimes in 10Tovma4    9:2 | slew them, sometimes in person and sometimes by means of his 10Tovma4    9:3 | increased his attacks on Asorestan and captured and destroyed many provinces 10Tovma4    9:3 | attacks on Asorestan and captured and destroyed many provinces with their 10Tovma4    9:4 | And seeing near the gates of 10Tovma4    9:4 | called Zurarek, he completely destroyed and exterminated that tribe. Demolishing the 10Tovma4    9:6 | a man full of wisdom and proficient at his work, he 10Tovma4    9:6 | the church as a marvellous and wonderful construction. To the monk 10Tovma4    9:6 | the figures) beginning with Abraham and David down to our Lord 10Tovma4    9:6 | arranged the ranks of prophets and apostles in each one’s place 10Tovma4    9:7 | He created and brought together on the walls 10Tovma4    9:7 | the church herds of deer and flocks of birds, and also 10Tovma4    9:7 | deer and flocks of birds, and also groups of wild beasts 10Tovma4    9:7 | groups of wild beasts, boars and lions, bulls and bears, facing 10Tovma4    9:7 | beasts, boars and lions, bulls and bears, facing each other, drawing 10Tovma4    9:7 | He extended around the back and sides of the church a 10Tovma4    9:7 | depicting grapevines interlaced with vintagers, and wild beasts and serpents, whose 10Tovma4    9:7 | with vintagers, and wild beasts and serpents, whose forms reproduced their 10Tovma4    9:8 | joy of the holy church and superior to all (other) saints 10Tovma4    9:9 | our sake put on flesh and appeared as a man. In 10Tovma4    9:11 | prayer for the king, restricted and closed to the public, where 10Tovma4    9:11 | may converse with God privately and undisturbed 10Tovma4    9:12 | of holies with elegant paintings and with silver doors; it is 10Tovma4    9:12 | with images encased in gold and precious stones and pearl ornaments 10Tovma4    9:12 | in gold and precious stones and pearl ornaments, and with various 10Tovma4    9:12 | precious stones and pearl ornaments, and with various notable and splendid 10Tovma4    9:12 | ornaments, and with various notable and splendid vessels, which wonderfully show 10Tovma4    9:12 | show us the second Jerusalem and also the gate of Sion 10Tovma4    9:13 | prophetic canticles: “Rejoice, thirsty desert,” and again: “The earth will rejoice 10Tovma4    9:13 | again: “The earth will rejoice and many islands shall be glad 10Tovma4    9:14 | springs—from the holy font and the incorruptible blood of the 10Tovma4    9:15 | dedication with groups of bishops and princes, he celebrated a great 10Tovma4    9:15 | princes, he celebrated a great and joyous festival with grandiose splendour 10Tovma4    10:0 | of the metropolis of Dvin; and the various valiant deeds of 10Tovma4    10:0 | king of the Armenians, Gagik, and his victorious accomplishments 10Tovma4    10:1 | Scripture: “Israel had no judge, and everyone acted as he pleased 10Tovma4    10:2 | by race, versed in warfare and military deeds, with haughty arrogance 10Tovma4    10:2 | haughty arrogance puffed himself up and reckoned he would become independent 10Tovma4    10:3 | gathering an army, he unexpectedly and rapidly passed by Gołt’nastan and 10Tovma4    10:3 | and rapidly passed by Gołt’nastan and the city of Nakhchavan, forcibly 10Tovma4    10:3 | occupying the province called Sharur, and reached as far as the 10Tovma4    10:3 | He rapidly despatched tax collectors and prefects to the province of 10Tovma4    10:3 | to the province of Ayrarat and as far as Aragats-otn 10Tovma4    10:4 | to the king through messengers and letters to come and save 10Tovma4    10:4 | messengers and letters to come and save him from the violent 10Tovma4    10:6 | him with a few troops and put him to flight 10Tovma4    10:7 | sword, he plundered the army and the inhabitants of the land 10Tovma4    10:8 | the skin of his teeth, and took refuge in Georgia 10Tovma4    10:10 | called the hill of Gēn— and truly the hill was prophetically 10Tovma4    10:10 | with pure wine it intoxicated and made the king happy in 10Tovma4    10:10 | the hill too is blessed and is not without praise in 10Tovma4    10:11 | of some thirteen thousand men and attacked the king, supposing him 10Tovma4    10:11 | heaven at the third hour, and he (the king) was still 10Tovma4    10:11 | one of his couriers came and note: “Why does my lord 10Tovma4    10:11 | my lord the king extend and prolong his prayers? Behold the 10Tovma4    10:12 | the king with calm heart and tranquil courage did not raise 10Tovma4    10:12 | man: “Battle is the Lord’s,” and: “ The Lord opposes the haughty 10Tovma4    10:12 | The Lord opposes the haughty, and gives grace to the humble 10Tovma4    10:13 | the king, donning his armour and putting on a valiant mien 10Tovma4    10:13 | troops of his Christian army and calmly advanced, disposing the ranks 10Tovma4    10:13 | straightaway came to blows. Crashings and thunderings (resounded), and flashings as 10Tovma4    10:13 | blows. Crashings and thunderings (resounded), and flashings as (of lightning) were 10Tovma4    10:14 | The king and his troops were strengthened by 10Tovma4    10:15 | were drowned in the river. And taking many of them prisoner 10Tovma4    10:16 | hundred men, more or less, and ordered them to be freed 10Tovma4    10:16 | might go to the city and relate what they had seen 10Tovma4    10:17 | his feet, begging for peace and offering tribute and hostages. Taking 10Tovma4    10:17 | for peace and offering tribute and hostages. Taking these, the king 10Tovma4    10:17 | Dariunk’, having stripped the men and horses of the Muslim army 10Tovma4    10:17 | Muslim army of their arms and armour in immeasurable amounts. The 10Tovma4    11:0 | on the city of Hadamakert and the province of Ałbag; and 10Tovma4    11:0 | and the province of Ałbag; and the victory of the Armenian 10Tovma4    11:1 | Reaching the city of Hadamakert and the province of Ałbag, they 10Tovma4    11:1 | of Ałbag, they pillaged property and took women and children captive 10Tovma4    11:1 | pillaged property and took women and children captive to the extent 10Tovma4    11:2 | command, they rushed off immediately, and came upon them when they 10Tovma4    11:2 | brave warriors armed with lances, and trampled them down like stubble 10Tovma4    11:2 | men. Having plundered their camp and released the captives, they returned 10Tovma4    12:0 | Descriptive portrait of the person and glory of the great king 10Tovma4    12:1 | Since in his foreknowledge and providence God knew that he 10Tovma4    12:2 | on him a luminous visage and glorious stature, unparalleled among the 10Tovma4    12:2 | of mankind. (He was) elegant and upright, noble and splendid of 10Tovma4    12:2 | was) elegant and upright, noble and splendid of face. The hair 10Tovma4    12:2 | his head was dark, long, and curly, carefully arranged above a 10Tovma4    12:2 | white forehead in very thick and dense waves. He had two 10Tovma4    12:2 | two black arched eyebrows, pupils, and eyelids that shaded the eyes 10Tovma4    12:3 | His nose was wide and elegant; his ears, quick to 10Tovma4    12:3 | his ears, quick to hear and believe good news, shone with 10Tovma4    12:4 | were close to each other and free from stain 10Tovma4    12:6 | Truly such gifts of grace and glory (were given) him from 10Tovma4    12:7 | from the land of India and the city of Topaz; especially 10Tovma4    12:7 | commerce of the gem cutters and the Ałēbasarats’ik’ and Thebans, and 10Tovma4    12:7 | gem cutters and the Ałēbasarats’ik’ and Thebans, and lace it into 10Tovma4    12:7 | and the Ałēbasarats’ik’ and Thebans, and lace it into his crown 10Tovma4    12:8 | pearls on the head, breast, and croup of his mettlesome steed 10Tovma4    12:8 | croup of his mettlesome steed; and at the outpouring of the 10Tovma4    12:8 | him, the booming of drums and sounding of trumpets, myriads of 10Tovma4    12:8 | out: “Lord, save the king and hear us.” In truth God’s 10Tovma4    12:8 | of the earth, merited such and even greater praise 10Tovma4    12:9 | was the cause of peace and prosperity 10Tovma4    12:10 | was a firebrand to brigands and repelled them 10Tovma4    12:11 | He weighed laws and judgments justly 10Tovma4    12:15 | secret deceits of enemies, ensnared and destroyed them 10Tovma4    12:16 | On his friends and supporters (he bestowed) gifts unfailing 10Tovma4    12:18 | was a school of virtue and an ever-flowing source of 10Tovma4    12:19 | artisans his door was open, and he was an unerring model 10Tovma4    12:20 | the stormy threats of tyrants and their fearsome winds he was 10Tovma4    12:20 | he was a high mountain and unshakeable rock 10Tovma4    12:21 | consuming fire for the knavish and deceptive letters and messages sent 10Tovma4    12:21 | the knavish and deceptive letters and messages sent him by the 10Tovma4    12:22 | the Babylonian, Mede, Persian, Greek, and barbarian tyrants he was a 10Tovma4    12:24 | majesty like a powerful lion, and heightened in the Lord’s glory 10Tovma4    12:25 | he preserved (Armenia) from fear and from the secretly fired arrows 10Tovma4    12:26 | Over his neighbours and his subjects he was a 10Tovma4    12:26 | a shade of secure defense, and swift 10Tovma4    13:0 | course of events in Armenia; and concerning the pious prince Abdlmseh 10Tovma4    13:0 | concerning the pious prince Abdlmseh and his sons 10Tovma4    13:1 | Gagik Artsruni, son of Deranik, and the suppression of the independence 10Tovma4    13:1 | for the land of Armenia, and even more so for the 10Tovma4    13:1 | making perpetual raids for booty and plunder, they oppressed all the 10Tovma4    13:1 | the Christians, inflicting the greatest and the least with famine, sword 10Tovma4    13:1 | the least with famine, sword, and captivity 10Tovma4    13:2 | who had fallen into decline; and with difficulty did they control 10Tovma4    13:2 | did they control the strongholds and fastnesses 10Tovma4    13:3 | So our sins and those of our fathers reigned 10Tovma4    13:3 | our fathers reigned over us, and the Lord delivered us and 10Tovma4    13:3 | and the Lord delivered us and the surviving (Armenians) into the 10Tovma4    13:3 | sea to the western sea; and there remained not even a 10Tovma4    13:4 | were people of awful appearance, and the sight of their faces 10Tovma4    13:4 | sight of their faces terrified and dismayed onlookers. Their dwelling was 10Tovma4    13:4 | Their dwelling was in mountains and plains and the wilderness, like 10Tovma4    13:4 | was in mountains and plains and the wilderness, like that of 10Tovma4    13:4 | like that of wild animals, and they ate carrion like beasts 10Tovma4    13:4 | They are a nation wicked and cruel, a nation that has 10Tovma4    13:5 | This nation God and our sins gave as ruler 10Tovma4    13:5 | hands of the most impious and wicked king in the whole 10Tovma4    13:6 | name as his ancestor Senek’erim, and his brother was the great 10Tovma4    13:7 | These, through God’s help and the providential care of the 10Tovma4    13:7 | Shamiram, the town of Van, and the impregnable fortress of Amiuk 10Tovma4    13:7 | that looks up to heaven and hurts the neck (to see 10Tovma4    13:8 | summit, by the holy lamb and royal virgin Hṙip’simē and revealed 10Tovma4    13:8 | lamb and royal virgin Hṙip’simē and revealed by God. As in 10Tovma4    13:8 | days of the emperor Constantius and the patriarch Cyril 10Tovma4    13:9 | soared from the rocky summit and settled in a hollow on 10Tovma4    13:10 | spot churches at great expense; and at the foot of the 10Tovma4    13:10 | mountain he constructed the splendid and famous metropolis of the monastery 10Tovma4    13:10 | it he established faithful men, and he adorned it with many 10Tovma4    13:10 | adorned it with many monks and heavenly ranks of holy priests 10Tovma4    13:10 | He arranged allowances for them, and they lived in peace in 10Tovma4    13:10 | place of security for refugees and captives from all lands 10Tovma4    13:11 | us, as we said above, and continually vexed the nation of 10Tovma4    13:11 | vexed the nation of Christians and put them to the sword 10Tovma4    13:12 | else save from the Lord, and the Lord’s help supported the 10Tovma4    13:13 | that time the imperial authority and the divinely protected city of 10Tovma4    13:13 | held by a God-loving and pious man named Basil. The 10Tovma4    13:14 | the appeal of their children, and summoned them from their various 10Tovma4    13:14 | in exchange for their cities and in return for their castles 10Tovma4    13:14 | for their castles, impregnable fortresses and provinces, villages, estates, and holy 10Tovma4    13:14 | fortresses and provinces, villages, estates, and holy hermitages 10Tovma4    13:15 | the Artsrunik’, descendants of Hayk ( and) Senek’erim, exchanged their ancestral homes 10Tovma4    13:15 | year [470] of the Armenian era, and moved into Greek territory with 10Tovma4    13:15 | thousand men, not including women and children, passing under the yoke 10Tovma4    13:16 | year [490] of the same era, and went to Roman territory. They 10Tovma4    13:16 | the royal city of Ani, and the land of Armenia 10Tovma4    13:17 | the kings’ departure from Armenia and the Roman control (of that 10Tovma4    13:18 | fashion, a certain eunuch, baneful and licentious, devoted to the service 10Tovma4    13:18 | the service of Satan, bloodthirsty and an eater of carrion, Srahang 10Tovma4    13:18 | to the province of Vaspurakan and plundered it. He reached as 10Tovma4    13:18 | city of Van, besieged it and inflicted terrible disasters. Its (populace 10Tovma4    13:18 | he put to the sword, and the habitations he burned with 10Tovma4    13:19 | the impregnable fortress of Amiuk and the island of Ałt’amar, where 10Tovma4    13:19 | position, defended by the waves and the proud height of their 10Tovma4    13:20 | The islands shall be happy and all the inhabitants therein”; they 10Tovma4    13:20 | army, so were they renowned and glorious in the land 10Tovma4    13:21 | Lord had chosen as overseer and guardian of these divinely protected 10Tovma4    13:21 | guardian of these divinely protected and impregnable fortresses a man related 10Tovma4    13:21 | from the province of Amiuk and the family of the Artsrunik’ 10Tovma4    13:22 | from whom all races sprang and multiplied; and as God chose 10Tovma4    13:22 | all races sprang and multiplied; and as God chose Abraham and 10Tovma4    13:22 | and as God chose Abraham and blessed him and the offspring 10Tovma4    13:22 | chose Abraham and blessed him and the offspring of his loins 10Tovma4    13:22 | the offspring of his loins; and as the Lord blessed the 10Tovma4    13:22 | the fruit of his loins and granted him invincible power—so 10Tovma4    13:22 | son of the great prince and holy martyr T’oṙnik. The latter 10Tovma4    13:22 | feast of the Lord’s birth and baptism, had become worthy to 10Tovma4    13:23 | the gracious gifts of God, and was filled with wisdom and 10Tovma4    13:23 | and was filled with wisdom and the Holy Spirit. Over him 10Tovma4    13:23 | grace, the spirit of knowledge and of piety, the spirit of 10Tovma4    13:23 | piety, the spirit of power and wisdom, the spirit of counsel 10Tovma4    13:23 | wisdom, the spirit of counsel and intelligence, and had filled him 10Tovma4    13:23 | spirit of counsel and intelligence, and had filled him with the 10Tovma4    13:24 | merciful; a lover of prayer and of the saints; he looked 10Tovma4    13:24 | saints; he looked after widows and cared for orphans; he never 10Tovma4    13:24 | laws of the Lord, day and night 10Tovma4    13:25 | was handsome of person, distinguished and of tall stature, with curly 10Tovma4    13:25 | tall stature, with curly hair and fine appearance, softly spoken and 10Tovma4    13:25 | and fine appearance, softly spoken and sweet-voiced like a turtledove 10Tovma4    13:25 | Grigor, dux of the East and grandson of the splendid and 10Tovma4    13:25 | and grandson of the splendid and powerful prince of princes Aluz 10Tovma4    13:25 | princes Aluz, who was lord and master of the provinces of 10Tovma4    13:25 | of the provinces of Tsałkotn and Kogovit and of the great 10Tovma4    13:25 | provinces of Tsałkotn and Kogovit and of the great town of 10Tovma4    13:26 | had been raised in holiness and piety and fear of the 10Tovma4    13:26 | raised in holiness and piety and fear of the Lord. In 10Tovma4    13:26 | to the love of God, and was superior to all saints 10Tovma4    13:26 | merciful, firm in faith, prudent and chaste, in no way inferior 10Tovma4    13:26 | queens; a lover of prayer and of the poor, she continually 10Tovma4    13:26 | cathedral, in the divinely adorned and beautifully decorated, glorious holy church 10Tovma4    13:27 | For God had chosen it and was pleased to dwell therein 10Tovma4    13:27 | which tended the Lord’s people and was superior to the two 10Tovma4    13:27 | of the great prophets Moses and Aaron 10Tovma4    13:28 | was related to the protocuropalates and bore the same name, and 10Tovma4    13:28 | and bore the same name, and many other relics of the 10Tovma4    13:28 | giving blood, mounted with gold and pearls, which the Lord had 10Tovma4    13:28 | had given through the holy and blessed patriarch, the archbishop Lord 10Tovma4    13:28 | patriarch, the archbishop Lord Dawit’, and which is still called the 10Tovma4    13:29 | was related to the protocuropalates, and they were both holy and 10Tovma4    13:29 | and they were both holy and elected by the Lord. Previously 10Tovma4    13:29 | had chosen to be overseer and guardian of the house of 10Tovma4    13:29 | a kinsman of King Senek’erim and of the royal branch of 10Tovma4    13:30 | Prince T’oṙnik, a powerful man and a warrior valiant in deeds 10Tovma4    13:30 | valiant in deeds of bravery, and his brothers the holy, most 10Tovma4    13:30 | brothers the holy, most praiseworthy and blessed valiant shepherds, Lord Dawit’ 10Tovma4    13:30 | blessed valiant shepherds, Lord Dawit’ and Lord Step’anos, the great crowns 10Tovma4    13:30 | great crowns of the church, and also Lord Grigor of the 10Tovma4    13:31 | By the help of God and their own bravery they did 10Tovma4    13:32 | T’adēos, was born the saintly and pious Abdlmseh, who in his 10Tovma4    13:32 | his ancestors. They were brave and valiant in warfare, but he 10Tovma4    13:32 | in peace, filled with wisdom and understanding 10Tovma4    13:33 | Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and in 10Tovma4    13:33 | nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and in many places there will 10Tovma4    13:33 | places there will be famines and plagues and earthquakes; and in 10Tovma4    13:33 | will be famines and plagues and earthquakes; and in heaven a 10Tovma4    13:33 | famines and plagues and earthquakes; and in heaven a sign in 10Tovma4    13:33 | a sign in the sun and the moon and the stars 10Tovma4    13:33 | the sun and the moon and the stars, and on earth 10Tovma4    13:33 | the moon and the stars, and on earth agitation of the 10Tovma4    13:34 | of the Franks came out and freed the holy city of 10Tovma4    13:34 | the hands of the Muslims, and many other lands in the 10Tovma4    13:35 | in confusion by thundering winds and fiery lightning in the dark 10Tovma4    13:36 | flight took place in winter and on the sabbath day, according 10Tovma4    13:36 | according to the Lord’s warning; and there was no hope or 10Tovma4    13:36 | save only in the pious and elect royal monarch, the protocuropalates 10Tovma4    13:36 | protocuropalates, related to the great and valiant martyr Vardan Mamikonean. For 10Tovma4    13:36 | Mamikonean. For through the prayers and supplications of the holy fathers 10Tovma4    13:36 | supplications of the holy fathers and his relatives, the Lord had 10Tovma4    13:37 | he lived his life peaceably, and strove for peace with everyone 10Tovma4    13:37 | everyone. He gave his property and possessions for the payment of 10Tovma4    13:37 | for the payment of taxes, and did not criticize the taking 10Tovma4    13:37 | cared for all, consoled them, and was compassionate to them as 10Tovma4    13:38 | He begat seven sons and five daughters; and from his 10Tovma4    13:38 | seven sons and five daughters; and from his offspring the Lord 10Tovma4    13:38 | sons the Lord chose David. And he blessed him with unsurpassable 10Tovma4    13:38 | him with unsurpassable blessing forever and ever 10Tovma4    13:39 | He resembled the great David and was even superior to him 10Tovma4    13:41 | the temple of the Lord and successor to the high priest 10Tovma4    13:42 | yoke of humility by fasting and prayer and strict asceticism, warring 10Tovma4    13:42 | humility by fasting and prayer and strict asceticism, warring with brave 10Tovma4    13:42 | strict asceticism, warring with brave and valiant endurance against the devil 10Tovma4    13:42 | the devil; armed with weapons and armour, by hunger and thirst 10Tovma4    13:42 | weapons and armour, by hunger and thirst and vigils he overcame 10Tovma4    13:42 | armour, by hunger and thirst and vigils he overcame the artful 10Tovma4    13:42 | not have combat with flesh and with blood, but with principalities 10Tovma4    13:42 | with blood, but with principalities and powers and with the governors 10Tovma4    13:42 | but with principalities and powers and with the governors of this 10Tovma4    13:42 | governors of this dark (region) and with evil spirits under heaven 10Tovma4    13:43 | fulfilment the exercise of mortification and chastity, since those who live 10Tovma4    13:44 | reckoned as naught this world and its glory and the delight 10Tovma4    13:44 | this world and its glory and the delight of this (present 10Tovma4    13:44 | likeness of man to grass and a flower that is shaken 10Tovma4    13:44 | passing frivolity, a daily hireling, and vanity. He spent his life 10Tovma4    13:45 | the coming of the Saviour and the distribution of his Body 10Tovma4    13:45 | the distribution of his Body and Blood, running to meet the 10Tovma4    13:46 | he was a virgin holy and brave, who with his lance 10Tovma4    13:47 | resembled Aaron with his robe and ephod decorated with twelve pearls 10Tovma4    13:47 | number of the holy apostles and a type of the twelve 10Tovma4    13:48 | nourished by angels with fire, and who through his chastity closed 10Tovma4    13:48 | up heaven for three years and six months; and no dew 10Tovma4    13:48 | three years and six months; and no dew fell on the 10Tovma4    13:50 | reclined on the Lord’s breast and was purified like gold in 10Tovma4    13:51 | He imitated these in purity and chastity, being granted grace from 10Tovma4    13:51 | the honour of the priesthood and episcopate and archbishopric and Catholicosate 10Tovma4    13:51 | of the priesthood and episcopate and archbishopric and Catholicosate 10Tovma4    13:51 | priesthood and episcopate and archbishopric and Catholicosate 10Tovma4    13:52 | our Holy Illuminator Saint Gregory, and joined him to the ranks 10Tovma4    13:52 | Aristakēs, Vrt’anēs, Yusik, Grigoris, Nersēs and Sahak. For the Holy Spirit 10Tovma4    13:52 | the collapse of her independence, and servitude to foreign nobles; her 10Tovma4    13:52 | to the truth, like Surmak and Samuel 10Tovma4    13:53 | opposition to the divine grace; and then in the second part 10Tovma4    13:53 | indicated in letters of gold and red ink the elevation of 10Tovma4    13:53 | the elevation of the saints, and the line and a half 10Tovma4    13:53 | the saints, and the line and a half in black ink 10Tovma4    13:53 | a half in black ink, and the erasure (indicating) those opposed 10Tovma4    13:53 | honoured Lord Dawit’, the elect and anointed of the Lord, who 10Tovma4    13:54 | saints were like their fathers, and he even more so resembled 10Tovma4    13:54 | his fathers the holy patriarchs and martyrs; since by their prayers 10Tovma4    13:54 | martyrs; since by their prayers and supplications and by the shedding 10Tovma4    13:54 | by their prayers and supplications and by the shedding of the 10Tovma4    13:54 | of the holy martyrs Vardan and his companions, (and) of T’oṙnik 10Tovma4    13:54 | martyrs Vardan and his companions, ( and) of T’oṙnik and his companions 10Tovma4    13:54 | his companions, (and) of T’oṙnik and his companions, relatives of the 10Tovma4    13:54 | the Lord strengthened him more and more 10Tovma4    13:55 | according to his father’s side; and on his mother’s side his 10Tovma4    13:55 | honour from the holy kings and great renown 10Tovma4    13:56 | any failure in his paternal and maternal ancestors, and became the 10Tovma4    13:56 | his paternal and maternal ancestors, and became the most illustrious in 10Tovma4    13:56 | Just as Isaac blessed Jacob, and the Lord heard him and 10Tovma4    13:56 | and the Lord heard him and the Lord blessed Jacob by 10Tovma4    13:56 | prince Aluz blessed by God and by his father Abdlmseh 10Tovma4    13:57 | he was a God-loving and pious man and obedient to 10Tovma4    13:57 | God-loving and pious man and obedient to his parents, since 10Tovma4    13:57 | God’s commandments: “Honour your father and mother,” and he had heard 10Tovma4    13:57 | Honour your father and mother,” and he had heard elsewhere that 10Tovma4    13:58 | throne of his father David; and just as in his days 10Tovma4    13:59 | The great and most wise Abdlmseh the curopalates 10Tovma4    13:59 | the curopalates divided his patrimony, and gave over into the control 10Tovma4    13:59 | son Aluz the heaven-like and impregnable fortress of Amiuk, for 10Tovma4    13:59 | impious races of the Ismaelites. And he exceeded in wisdom all 10Tovma4    13:60 | Now the very renowned and God-loving curopalates Abdlmseh lived 10Tovma4    13:60 | He saw his sons glorious and well praised: one, endowed with 10Tovma4    13:60 | praised: one, endowed with spiritual and wordly riches, succeeded to the 10Tovma4    13:60 | the throne of the patriarchate, and was dedicated to the observance 10Tovma4    13:60 | observance of the divine commandments and nailed to fear of the 10Tovma4    13:60 | other he saw a lord and prince, splendid in glory, fortunate 10Tovma4    13:60 | prince, splendid in glory, fortunate and successful in all his deeds 10Tovma4    13:60 | successful in all his deeds; and his other sons and daughters 10Tovma4    13:60 | deeds; and his other sons and daughters he saw (endowed) with 10Tovma4    13:60 | he saw (endowed) with glory and honours 10Tovma4    13:61 | the sons of his sons, and was blessed by the Lord 10Tovma4    13:61 | fell asleep with his father, and was buried in that same 10Tovma4    13:61 | of adoption through the holy and immortal liturgy, which his relative 10Tovma4    13:62 | too quietly passed to Christ and was joined to her fathers 10Tovma4    13:63 | strongly with bitterly cold air, and green plants began to disappear 10Tovma4    13:64 | fathers, deprived of his possessions and robbed of all his goods 10Tovma4    13:65 | But the walls and buildings that were destroyed he 10Tovma4    13:67 | to his support came grace and wisdom from supernal help, as 10Tovma4    13:67 | the evening hour to noon and was saved by God’s help 10Tovma4    13:67 | was saved by God’s grace and filled with wisdom. By various 10Tovma4    13:67 | By various means he survived and made peace with his implacable 10Tovma4    13:68 | From them he received gifts and honour, and was rendered glorious 10Tovma4    13:68 | he received gifts and honour, and was rendered glorious and renowned 10Tovma4    13:68 | honour, and was rendered glorious and renowned in the eyes of 10Tovma4    13:69 | paying tribute to the Muslims and also organising cavalry and providing 10Tovma4    13:69 | Muslims and also organising cavalry and providing them with stipends. Thus 10Tovma4    13:69 | to the saying: “Seek peace and follow it 10Tovma4    13:70 | resembled the great patriarch Noah, and his castle the ark. For 10Tovma4    13:70 | had with him chosen deer and other animals, while the former 10Tovma4    13:70 | with him nobles, free men and the sons of nobles, magnates 10Tovma4    13:70 | the sons of nobles, magnates and princes from every province 10Tovma4    13:71 | ancestor Khedenik; he was pleasing and beloved in the eyes of 10Tovma4    13:71 | Aluz, was fair of visage and tall of stature and powerful 10Tovma4    13:71 | visage and tall of stature and powerful 10Tovma4    13:72 | might be peaceful for himself and his own (people), undisturbed by 10Tovma4    13:72 | by the tumult of agitated and surging waves 10Tovma4    13:73 | all the land was troubled; and especially the province of Vaspurakan 10Tovma4    13:73 | God’s right hand protected him and his fortress 10Tovma4    13:75 | the fleeing; he restored captives, and wiped all tears from every 10Tovma4    13:75 | by all who saw him, and longed for by those who 10Tovma4    13:75 | the earth to the other, and he was praised by all 10Tovma4    13:76 | He exceeded himself in prayers and supplications, imploring the salvation of 10Tovma4    13:76 | the humble. He repulsed thieves and brigands, and pursued all impiety 10Tovma4    13:76 | He repulsed thieves and brigands, and pursued all impiety. He contented 10Tovma4    13:76 | the sweat of his face and the labour of his hands 10Tovma4    13:77 | book of T’ovmay the historian, and had it renovated as a 10Tovma4    13:77 | as a memorial to himself and his good parents and the 10Tovma4    13:77 | himself and his good parents and the divinely bestowed fruit of 10Tovma4    13:78 | By his luminous flower and fruit he was desirous to 10Tovma4    13:78 | May his memory be blessed, and the prayers of the saints 10Tovma4    13:79 | Glory to the Holy Trinity and single Divinity, threefold (yet) equal 10Tovma4    13:79 | his boundless love for men and liberal bounty gave strength to 10Tovma4    13:79 | strength to this weak, pitiable and miserable sinner to reach the 10Tovma4    13:80 | Praise and ceaseless glorification with worship, now 10Tovma4    13:80 | ceaseless glorification with worship, now and always and forever and ever 10Tovma4    13:80 | with worship, now and always and forever and ever. Amen 10Tovma4    13:80 | now and always and forever and ever. Amen 10Tovma4    13:81 | of the omnipotent God, Father and Only-Begotten Jesus Christ, and 10Tovma4    13:81 | and Only-Begotten Jesus Christ, and the true Holy Spirit, here 10Tovma4    13:81 | Holy Spirit, here is terminated and finished this beautifully composed History 10Tovma4    13:81 | composed History, which the invincible and knowledgeable vardapet T’ovmay wrote with 10Tovma4    13:81 | from Adam down to Noah; and then he progressed in descending 10Tovma4    13:81 | he set down the people and events and their causes. How 10Tovma4    13:81 | down the people and events and their causes. How they endured 10Tovma4    13:81 | How they endured many efforts and labours with wars against the 10Tovma4    13:81 | with wars against the Muslims, and removed their wicked (presence) from 10Tovma4    13:82 | especially the divinely crowned, pious and most wise king of Armenia 10Tovma4    13:82 | Gagik, who by his wisdom and orthodox life and by God’s 10Tovma4    13:82 | his wisdom and orthodox life and by God’s will reigned over 10Tovma4    13:82 | is recorded in this book— and protected (them) in peace all 10Tovma4    13:82 | in particular this most famous and wonderfully constructed holy church of 10Tovma4    13:83 | year [752] of the Armenian era, and in the imperial reign of 10Tovma4    13:83 | of Lazan, at the order and expense of the venerable, blissful 10Tovma4    13:83 | expense of the venerable, blissful and thrice blessed, wise patriarch of 10Tovma4    13:83 | Zak’aria, who is truly good and liberally minded, and a lover 10Tovma4    13:83 | truly good and liberally minded, and a lover of the poor 10Tovma4    13:83 | a lover of the poor and endowed with divine gifts. (It 10Tovma4    13:83 | request of the divinely wise and worthy vardapet, Lord Step’anos, dignified 10Tovma4    13:83 | the gem of the East and the holder of the throne 10Tovma4    13:84 | to him, for his family and ancestors are the most renowned 10Tovma4    13:84 | the most renowned for valour. And he is as glorious and 10Tovma4    13:84 | And he is as glorious and resplendent among them as is 10Tovma4    13:85 | from Lord Zak’aria, the godly and pious holder of the throne 10Tovma4    13:86 | task was the most wise and high-minded, modest and humble 10Tovma4    13:86 | wise and high-minded, modest and humble brother of Lord Zak’aria 10Tovma4    13:86 | God grant them many days and preserve them safe in soul 10Tovma4    13:86 | preserve them safe in soul and body from the snares of 10Tovma4    13:86 | the snares of enemies visible and invisible all the days of 10Tovma4    13:87 | I, the most sinful and unworthy and inconsequential among the 10Tovma4    13:87 | the most sinful and unworthy and inconsequential among the ranks of 10Tovma4    13:87 | among the ranks of scribes and monks, Daniel by name, in 10Tovma4    13:87 | the monastery of the great and splendid Holy Cross of Ałt’amar 10Tovma4    13:87 | I beg the kind readers and request their pardon for the 10Tovma4    13:88 | books, that I wrote down; and what is beyond them I 10Tovma4    13:88 | you should merely grant me and my parents a “Lord have 10Tovma4    13:89 | And may he be blessed, praised 10Tovma4    13:89 | may he be blessed, praised and lauded by all creatures, spiritual 10Tovma4    13:89 | lauded by all creatures, spiritual and tangible, now and always, forever 10Tovma4    13:89 | creatures, spiritual and tangible, now and always, forever and ever. Amen 10Tovma4    13:89 | tangible, now and always, forever and ever. Amen. I also beg 10Tovma4    13:89 | books from his many skills, and his parents. To Christ and 10Tovma4    13:89 | and his parents. To Christ and our God glory forever. Amen 10Tovma4    13:90 | inform you, Oh dear sons and faithful true brothers, (that there 10Tovma4    13:90 | was) a certain man, renowned and adorned with divine glory, noble 10Tovma4    13:90 | adorned with divine glory, noble and of noble parents, raised in 10Tovma4    13:90 | noble parents, raised in purity and righteousness, who had attained the 10Tovma4    13:90 | holy testaments, orthodox in faith and in Christian confession. His name 10Tovma4    13:91 | Gregory the Illuminator of Armenia and the residence of the most 10Tovma4    13:91 | residence of the most glorious and renowned holy cross. Khedenik loved 10Tovma4    13:91 | as wife in legal marriage, and as her dowry the half 10Tovma4    13:92 | for his loins, a thriving and fine son, the lord Step’anos 10Tovma4    13:92 | When he had acquired instruction and attained maturity, he had him 10Tovma4    13:92 | after a prematurely short life and few days, leaving inconsolable grief 10Tovma4    13:93 | But since God is merciful and compassionate to everyone, he looked 10Tovma4    13:93 | down on the fervent woes and tears of his heart and 10Tovma4    13:93 | and tears of his heart and granted him sons, blessed by 10Tovma4    13:93 | him sons, blessed by God and pleasing to God: the natural 10Tovma4    13:93 | the natural brothers, the modest and sober Amir-Gurgēn and the 10Tovma4    13:93 | modest and sober Amir-Gurgēn and the young, wise Zak’aria 10Tovma4    13:94 | the road of his fathers and depart from this world, he 10Tovma4    13:94 | in the divine Holy Scriptures, and became versed in the Old 10Tovma4    13:94 | became versed in the Old and New Testaments. He had no 10Tovma4    13:94 | had no one as support and helper, save only his brother 10Tovma4    13:94 | brother Amir-Gurgēn (as) father and head of the family, and 10Tovma4    13:94 | and head of the family, and Baron Kurchbek and Baron Nuredin 10Tovma4    13:94 | the family, and Baron Kurchbek and Baron Nuredin, his father’s brothers 10Tovma4    13:95 | by God’s will, gathered together and summoned holy bishops, vardapets, and 10Tovma4    13:95 | and summoned holy bishops, vardapets, and many monks. Having prayed together 10Tovma4    13:95 | Having prayed together, they blessed and ordained Lord Zak’aria to the 10Tovma4    13:95 | Step’anos. There was great joy and rejoicing for our see of 10Tovma4    13:96 | rock, like an iron rampart, and like a gate of bronze 10Tovma4    13:96 | was a lover of building and ( responsible for) many constructions. Filled 10Tovma4    13:96 | called Lim the beautiful, luminous, and domed church of Saint George 10Tovma4    13:96 | built a house of prayer and living quarters and palaces; he 10Tovma4    13:96 | of prayer and living quarters and palaces; he established many monks 10Tovma4    13:96 | of Saint George the General, and by their prayers may Christ 10Tovma4    13:97 | he built on a beautiful and spacious site behind the Holy 10Tovma4    13:97 | spacious vaulted (chapel), finely worked and bound with mortar, bringing its 10Tovma4    13:98 | Lord, of the holy apostles and prophets, patriarchs and vardapets, generals 10Tovma4    13:98 | holy apostles and prophets, patriarchs and vardapets, generals and virgins. By 10Tovma4    13:98 | prophets, patriarchs and vardapets, generals and virgins. By their prayers and 10Tovma4    13:98 | and virgins. By their prayers and intercession may the Lord God 10Tovma4    13:98 | have mercy on Lord Zak’aria and his natural brother Baron Gurgēn 10Tovma4    13:98 | his natural brother Baron Gurgēn and his son Sahmadin, prematurely dead 10Tovma4    13:98 | his son Sahmadin, prematurely dead, and all his relatives. Amen 10Tovma4    13:99 | Also he built many beautiful and charming summer lodgings as an 10Tovma4    13:99 | for his son Lord Step’anos; and many other inhabited and deserted 10Tovma4    13:99 | Step’anos; and many other inhabited and deserted places he reestablished in 10Tovma4    13:99 | places he reestablished in faith and hope 10Tovma4    13:100 | Reflecting through his superior solicitude and foresight, out of love he 10Tovma4    13:100 | good plan: “After my death and departure from his world, who 10Tovma4    13:100 | not one of my kinsmen and descendants?” Then he proposed his 10Tovma4    13:100 | his spiritual son, the wonderful and wise youth Lord Dawit’, son 10Tovma4    13:101 | Numerous bishops, monks, and priests with large congregations, by 10Tovma4    13:101 | with large congregations, by prayer and rituals blessed and ordained Lord 10Tovma4    13:101 | by prayer and rituals blessed and ordained Lord Dawit’ as heir 10Tovma4    13:101 | ordained Lord Dawit’ as heir and co-heir of his see 10Tovma4    13:101 | There was no little happiness and rejoicing to his parents and 10Tovma4    13:101 | and rejoicing to his parents and his entire family 10Tovma4    13:102 | freezing ice of winter frosts and of the Muslim enemies of 10Tovma4    13:102 | hurricane of evils, Ali Pasha and others of his ilk, who 10Tovma4    13:102 | haughty against the holy churches and the faith of the Christians 10Tovma4    13:102 | the payment of) numerous taxes and haraj from monasteries and monks 10Tovma4    13:102 | taxes and haraj from monasteries and monks; he endured many tribulations 10Tovma4    13:102 | monks; he endured many tribulations and efforts, suffered great wounds, and 10Tovma4    13:102 | and efforts, suffered great wounds, and bore many scars on his 10Tovma4    13:102 | many scars on his soul and body 10Tovma4    13:103 | with their blood. Many monasteries and churches were beset with great 10Tovma4    13:103 | were beset with great distress and misery, because they (the Muslims 10Tovma4    13:103 | total control of the beautiful and impregnable island of Ałt’amar, and 10Tovma4    13:103 | and impregnable island of Ałt’amar, and many other places and palaces 10Tovma4    13:103 | Ałt’amar, and many other places and palaces, lands and estates, legally 10Tovma4    13:103 | other places and palaces, lands and estates, legally or illegally 10Tovma4    13:104 | Armenian era occurred the death and departure from this world of 10Tovma4    13:104 | Zak’aria. With a good confession and orthodox profession of faith he 10Tovma4    13:104 | he gave up his soul and went from this transitory world 10Tovma4    13:104 | living, to the supernal Jerusalem and the residence of the just 10Tovma4    13:105 | By their prayers and those of all the saints 10Tovma4    13:105 | the saints may the compassionate and merciful God make Lord Zak’aria 10Tovma4    13:105 | make Lord Zak’aria a companion and sharer of the holy fathers 10Tovma4    13:105 | sharer of the holy fathers and patriarchs past and recent. After 10Tovma4    13:105 | holy fathers and patriarchs past and recent. After a little time 10Tovma4    13:105 | time the death of Step’anos and of Shamish-Khat’un took place 10Tovma4    13:105 | place; they departed this world and went there where are the 10Tovma4    13:105 | where are the true accusers and examiners and exactors of words 10Tovma4    13:105 | the true accusers and examiners and exactors of words, deeds and 10Tovma4    13:105 | and exactors of words, deeds and thoughts 10Tovma4    13:106 | overseer or leader or saviour and rescuer who could free us 10Tovma4    13:106 | could free us from foreigners and wicked enemies. For they imposed 10Tovma4    13:106 | exactions of treasure, of gold and silver; so whoever had claim 10Tovma4    13:106 | the Muslims would seize convents and churches, monks and priests, virgins 10Tovma4    13:106 | seize convents and churches, monks and priests, virgins and abbesses, common 10Tovma4    13:106 | churches, monks and priests, virgins and abbesses, common people and all 10Tovma4    13:106 | virgins and abbesses, common people and all Christ’s flocks 10Tovma4    13:107 | These disasters and great misfortunes were seen by 10Tovma4    13:107 | the great Baron Amir Gurgēn and his elder brother Amir Sahmadin 10Tovma4    13:107 | appearing at night in sublime and beauteous fashion, valiant of body 10Tovma4    13:107 | beauteous fashion, valiant of body and charming of person 10Tovma4    13:108 | full brothers, called Amir Kurchbēk and Amir Sēfēt’in, who were wise 10Tovma4    13:108 | who were wise, intelligent, eloquent, and fluent, he held council. They 10Tovma4    13:108 | each other like the brave and valiant Saint Vardan, or like 10Tovma4    13:108 | or like the holy Atom and his companions. They plunged into 10Tovma4    13:108 | plunged into this great battle and contest, saying to each other 10Tovma4    13:109 | our holy places, our home and ancestral inheritance, lest foreign Muslims 10Tovma4    13:110 | With much affliction and pain, with ceaseless comings and 10Tovma4    13:110 | and pain, with ceaseless comings and goings, much labour and endurance 10Tovma4    13:110 | comings and goings, much labour and endurance of vexations and opprobrium 10Tovma4    13:110 | labour and endurance of vexations and opprobrium, partly justified partly not 10Tovma4    13:110 | to resist this great oppression and struggle, and to be freed 10Tovma4    13:110 | this great oppression and struggle, and to be freed from the 10Tovma4    13:110 | the exaction of many possessions and incalculable treasure 10Tovma4    13:112 | May the Lord and merciful God, who is liberal 10Tovma4    13:112 | is liberal with good gifts and brings peace to the whole 10Tovma4    13:112 | world, grant them strength, wisdom and knowledge, patience and endurance in 10Tovma4    13:112 | strength, wisdom and knowledge, patience and endurance in their resistance to 10Tovma4    13:112 | Muslim enemies of Christ’s cross, and may he free them in 10Tovma4    13:112 | he free them in soul and body from calamities and the 10Tovma4    13:112 | soul and body from calamities and the deceit of Satan. Amen 10Tovma4    13:113 | Also we request, beg, entreat and supplicate you, the merciful Father 10Tovma4    13:113 | supplicate you, the merciful Father, and the compassionate God Jesus Christ 10Tovma4    13:113 | the compassionate God Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, the true 10Tovma4    13:113 | God—we the unworthy monks and priests and all believers in 10Tovma4    13:113 | the unworthy monks and priests and all believers in the Holy 10Tovma4    13:113 | the Holy Trinity. In faith and hope we request from your 10Tovma4    13:113 | of our patriarchate as before, and free it from debt and 10Tovma4    13:113 | and free it from debt and illegal exactors 10Tovma4    13:114 | and that you make our patriarch 10Tovma4    13:114 | life, together with his brothers and their sons and posterity. Amen 10Tovma4    13:114 | his brothers and their sons and posterity. Amen. And to Christ 10Tovma4    13:114 | their sons and posterity. Amen. And to Christ our God, glory 10Tovma4    13:114 | Christ our God, glory, praise, and worship forever and ever. Amen 10Tovma4    13:114 | glory, praise, and worship forever and ever. Amen 11Asogh1    1:1 | The everlasting and inexhaustible outpouring of divine grace 11Asogh1    1:1 | highest Being for many centuries and times surpassed (all) understanding of 11Asogh1    1:1 | all) understanding of the sages and now remains incomprehensible to the 11Asogh1    1:2 | the understanding of the future, and ( on the other) in the 11Asogh1    1:3 | the Trinity, we will unswervingly and unmistakably tell the tale of 11Asogh1    1:3 | of three times: past, present, and future; for (in this light 11Asogh1    1:3 | exists by itself without Providence and that it produces everything by 11Asogh1    1:4 | the false faith of heretics and therefore we will not go 11Asogh1    1:5 | the commandments of the Lord and the light of science, we 11Asogh1    1:5 | His Providence, that the patriarchs and the righteous (men) for their 11Asogh1    1:5 | received the wrath of God, and to this day there is 11Asogh1    1:6 | leading us to the Father and moving us away from pagan 11Asogh1    1:6 | us away from pagan unbelief and from the many-seductive delusions 11Asogh1    1:8 | we Christians depict the past and foretell the future with the 11Asogh1    2:1 | I mean (families): Haykazunik, Arshakunik and Bagaratunik 11Asogh1    2:3 | until the reign of Trdat and the enlightenment of the Armenians 11Asogh1    2:3 | from the enlightenment of Armenia and the Enthronement of Trdat to 11Asogh1    2:3 | of the Greek king Basil, and by his permission in the 11Asogh1    2:3 | during the reign of George ( and), in the [12th] year of his 11Asogh1    2:5 | Bagaratunis the honorary title) tagadir and aspet; they endured many torments 11Asogh1    2:5 | for the worship of God, and when the enlightenment (of Armenia 11Asogh1    2:6 | fire-worship of the Persians, and subsequently against the lawless statute 11Asogh1    2:7 | prince of princes in Armenia and Iberia, or a winner of 11Asogh1    2:7 | the life of the clergy and decorating churches in Armenia. As 11Asogh1    2:7 | violate the laws of nature, and ( in general) with his blamelessness 11Asogh1    2:8 | nicknamed Apikuresh, full of wisdom and knowledge, who wrote an answer 11Asogh1    2:9 | and Hamam the Eastern (Areveltsi), who 11Asogh1    2:9 | of the Degrees of David, and an Explanation of Grammar 11Asogh1    2:10 | years of reign he died and moved to Christ 11Asogh1    3:0 | The Enthronement of Smbat and about what happened in his 11Asogh1    3:1 | who usually is not generous and who does not even have 11Asogh1    3:8 | Yovhannes of Dvin, a rhetorician and historian, (ruled) for [22] years 11Asogh1    3:10 | possessions, (which were) in Armenia and Iberia, (as well as) the 11Asogh1    3:11 | In his days and during the reign of his 11Asogh1    3:11 | reigned in our country (everywhere), and everyone, according to the prophet 11Asogh1    3:11 | prophet, reclined under his vineyard and fig tree 11Asogh1    3:12 | cities according to their population and wealth, so that even shepherds 11Asogh1    3:13 | Shirakawan with a high dome and walls made of hewn stone 11Asogh1    3:14 | went to war against him and took him to the great 11Asogh1    3:15 | with Ahmad, who defeated him and forced him to take flight 11Asogh1    3:16 | Smbat with the Greek emperor, and therefore, having entered Armenia, he 11Asogh1    3:16 | the nobles with their wives and children and brought them to 11Asogh1    3:16 | with their wives and children and brought them to the city 11Asogh1    3:18 | King Smbat, standing between life and death, (decided) to go to 11Asogh1    3:18 | received him with great honors and released all the captured Armenians 11Asogh1    3:19 | royal crown, which he brought and placed on the head of 11Asogh1    3:20 | again began to settle down and abound (with all the benefits 11Asogh1    3:20 | all the benefits) as before, and this is for many years 11Asogh1    3:21 | the creator of the world and the giver of all blessings 11Asogh1    3:21 | all blessings; when the priests and the people, the nobles and 11Asogh1    3:21 | and the people, the nobles and the common people, were guilty 11Asogh1    3:21 | of excessive consumption of bread and wine, according to the prophet 11Asogh1    3:22 | of his commandments; - then disasters and sorrows befell us, and the 11Asogh1    3:22 | disasters and sorrows befell us, and the Lord did not heed 11Asogh1    3:22 | of the Ismaelites to ruin and desolation by sword and captivity 11Asogh1    3:22 | ruin and desolation by sword and captivity 11Asogh1    4:0 | About the death of Smbat and the devastation of Armenia by 11Asogh1    4:1 | At that time, Afshin died and his brother, Yusuf, took his 11Asogh1    4:1 | took his place in Persia and Atrpatakan 11Asogh1    4:5 | high mountains, rushed to Shirak, and ( from here) went to Dvin 11Asogh1    4:5 | overtakes him with great strength, and Yusuf in horror asks him 11Asogh1    4:5 | rich things, a golden crown, and he himself goes to Persia 11Asogh1    4:6 | revolt the country of Gugark and the lands that lay near 11Asogh1    4:6 | of the Iberian king Atrnerseh, and subsequently) released him. Atrnerseh, irritated 11Asogh1    4:6 | off friendly relations with him and began to harbor hostile plans 11Asogh1    4:9 | caliph, gathered a large army and with the greatest threats went 11Asogh1    4:10 | nephew (on Smbat’s sister side, and Ashot the son of Shapuh’s 11Asogh1    4:11 | to the village of Ojun, and from there moved to Abkhazia 11Asogh1    4:12 | his footsteps to the fortress and, having started a battle with 11Asogh1    4:12 | the Kua fortress, took it and went to Tiflis; and the 11Asogh1    4:12 | it and went to Tiflis; and the king (meanwhile) returned to 11Asogh1    4:14 | Smbat with the whole army and with his two sons, Ashot 11Asogh1    4:14 | with his two sons, Ashot and Mushegh. A battle ensued at 11Asogh1    4:15 | of Smbat was taken captive and taken to Dvin, where he 11Asogh1    4:15 | buried. The king, however, fled and settled in the fortress of 11Asogh1    4:16 | in [359 = 910] captured the Vagharshakert fortress and went to the Kapuyt fortress 11Asogh1    5:1 | Yusuf, subjecting many to interrogation and torture for their faith in 11Asogh1    5:2 | their minds with divine fire, and directed them to holy love 11Asogh1    5:2 | directed them to holy love and courageous faith. They trampled down 11Asogh1    5:2 | down the sting of death and, lovingly accepting death, received a 11Asogh1    5:3 | And when he saw that they 11Asogh1    5:3 | Gugark, he attracted to himself and, in order to save him 11Asogh1    5:4 | But Michael, with a cry and tears, turned his eyes to 11Asogh1    5:4 | turned his eyes to God and, supported by help from above 11Asogh1    5:4 | the hands of the Ishmaelites and, joining his comrades, put his 11Asogh1    5:4 | his neck to the sword. And thus, they all together offered 11Asogh1    5:5 | same time, two brothers, Gurgen and David, from the glorious and 11Asogh1    5:5 | and David, from the glorious and famous family of Gnunik, taken 11Asogh1    5:5 | necklaces, swift richly dressed horses and, throwing himself on their necks 11Asogh1    5:5 | on their necks, kissed them and with flattering speeches urged them 11Asogh1    5:6 | deadly lie, which is nothing and which we consider to be 11Asogh1    5:9 | And when the executioner came, the 11Asogh1    5:9 | the slaughter, fearing his youth and saying: “Beloved brother, you first 11Asogh1    5:9 | Christ, who died for us and promised us life.” Thus, first 11Asogh1    5:9 | Thus, first he stepped forwards, and then the older brother: and 11Asogh1    5:9 | and then the older brother: and both of them were crowned 11Asogh1    5:10 | it, they trampled down death and, having received the crown of 11Asogh1    5:11 | they covered themselves with shame and died in poverty, and in 11Asogh1    5:11 | shame and died in poverty, and in the future they lost 11Asogh1    5:13 | land turned into a desert and ruins: the cities were destroyed 11Asogh1    5:13 | were scattered among foreign-speaking and alien peoples, (the churches) were 11Asogh1    5:13 | were deprived of ministers, flocks and all their splendor 11Asogh1    5:14 | the place of the tomb and solitude of our holy Illuminator 11Asogh1    5:15 | to the land of Korduk and resettled all the inhabitants of 11Asogh1    5:15 | the organization of the country and reigned over a part of 11Asogh1    5:17 | it with a sword, hunger and captivity 11Asogh1    6:0 | of two sons of Smbat and their return; about the Enthronement 11Asogh1    6:1 | two sons of Smbat - Ashot and Abas, Ashot fled to Constantinople 11Asogh1    6:2 | miracles of courage in Constantinople and ( generally) in Greece, returned to 11Asogh1    6:2 | little) relied on the army and always personally led all the 11Asogh1    6:3 | brother Alexander reigned in Greece and ( ruled) for [1] year. Then Romanos 11Asogh1    6:3 | year [365=916] of the Armenian chronology and ruled) for [22] years 11Asogh1    6:4 | he gathered a large army and, under the command of Demeslikos 11Asogh1    6:5 | years after his father, reigned [8] and died in [378 = 929] year 11Asogh1    7:0 | About the Enthronement of Abas and about what happened in his 11Asogh1    7:0 | way of life of hermits and monks who live in multitudes 11Asogh1    7:1 | Ashot, his brother Abas reigned ( and ruled) for [24] years. In his 11Asogh1    7:2 | Abas established peace and prosperity in the Armenian land 11Asogh1    7:3 | the invasions of the Iberians and Sarmatians on Armenia. At this 11Asogh1    7:3 | of several tens of thousands and went (to Armenia) in his 11Asogh1    7:5 | Grigor until he himself comes and consecrates according to the decree 11Asogh1    7:6 | came to the Kura River, and encamped opposite Ber’s camp 11Asogh1    7:9 | a horse; put on armor and, with a double-edged sword 11Asogh1    7:9 | the middle of the river and began to strike with a 11Asogh1    7:9 | out to the river bank, and he loudly began to plead 11Asogh1    7:10 | put them to the sword and, capturing their camp, took the 11Asogh1    7:10 | took the most arrogant Ber and brought them to the city 11Asogh1    7:11 | will not see it again"; and ordered to gouge out his 11Asogh1    7:12 | with the price of gold and, with an oath, confirmed the 11Asogh1    7:13 | throne, exalted in his holiness and caring for his flock 11Asogh1    7:15 | of the Council of Chalcedon and brought with him the miraculous 11Asogh1    7:16 | which he passed, miracles, signs and healings were performed through the 11Asogh1    7:16 | people receive (from it) healing, and how it still does not 11Asogh1    7:17 | And so (Father Yovhannes), having come 11Asogh1    7:18 | man Polycarpos was the abbot and faithful guardian of the faith 11Asogh1    7:18 | the understanding of sacred books and the art of chanting 11Asogh1    7:19 | adorned with all the virtues, and even more with the charm 11Asogh1    7:19 | mercy; for (moved) by mercy and virtue, when meeting with the 11Asogh1    7:21 | Father Simeon, an indefatigable ascetic and servant of Christ, who died 11Asogh1    7:21 | to serve the Lord day and night: tireless in his labors 11Asogh1    7:21 | in psalmody with outstretched hands, and his days in cries accompanied 11Asogh1    7:22 | satisfying the needs of everyone and fulfilling the duty of the 11Asogh1    7:22 | abbot with an extraordinary mind and knowledge. Having died for life 11Asogh1    7:22 | a good example for near and far 11Asogh1    7:23 | ate food once a day and quenched their thirst with plain 11Asogh1    7:23 | plain water only on Saturdays and Sundays. I happened to be 11Asogh1    7:26 | Dprevank, in the Shirak district and Tsakhats-kar, in Vayots-dzor 11Asogh1    7:27 | who lived in these monasteries), and then their followers, (indulged in 11Asogh1    7:27 | all had a common meal and no one ate either fruits 11Asogh1    7:27 | commandment of the Lord, day and night in continuous praise (they 11Asogh1    7:28 | And is it possible to convey 11Asogh1    7:28 | these monastics, who, through hunger and thirst, sharing the sufferings of 11Asogh1    7:28 | lived with animals, refusing food and ( often) the Lord gave them 11Asogh1    7:29 | Among them was famous and glorious Vardik, abbot of the 11Asogh1    7:29 | lions were obedient to him, and once a lioness, dragging a 11Asogh1    7:29 | cubs; he touched their eyes and they opened their eyes. It 11Asogh1    7:30 | healed. (Used no less glory) and father Karmir, who lived in 11Asogh1    7:31 | the whole night in prayer. And when the dragon approached the 11Asogh1    7:31 | the power of the Lord and the prayers of the holy 11Asogh1    7:32 | say to the believers: “Go and you will see that the 11Asogh1    7:33 | the shame of the unbelievers and for the glory of Christ 11Asogh1    7:34 | in the teachings of Christ and teachers of the truth: the 11Asogh1    7:34 | an apostolic gift in words and deeds; Movses, glorious in knowledge 11Asogh1    7:34 | deeds; Movses, glorious in knowledge and virtues, who spent (sometimes as 11Asogh1    7:35 | faithful interpreter of St. Scriptures, and Ananias, a great philosopher, a 11Asogh1    7:35 | the heresy of the Tondrakatsis and other schisms 11Asogh1    7:36 | youth with my own eyes and reveled in the sweetness of 11Asogh1    7:36 | study of the divine books, and on their basis decided a 11Asogh1    7:37 | God in the flesh crucified and dead. In addition, they say 11Asogh1    7:37 | are two natures, (two) wills and ( two) actions, that God did 11Asogh1    7:37 | did not endure human passions and death for us, but that 11Asogh1    7:37 | he died a human death, and ( therefore) they are baptized with 11Asogh1    7:38 | same God came to suffer and was crucified for us. Thus 11Asogh1    7:38 | in the name of God and into the death of the 11Asogh1    7:38 | the death of the Lord, and not just into the (death 11Asogh1    7:39 | of the Greek emperor Roman and during the time of the 11Asogh1    7:40 | large army, entered the Colony and returned again 11Asogh1    7:41 | came to the throne in [392 = 943] ( and ruled) for [16] years. In the 11Asogh1    7:41 | away Marash from the Arabs; and in the next year [398-949], Emperor 11Asogh1    7:41 | a large army near Karin, and he, having come, laid siege 11Asogh1    7:41 | siege to Theodosiopolis, gave battle and, having defeated the Ishmaelites, cut 11Asogh1    7:41 | city, broke its high towers and took it 11Asogh1    7:43 | took Samusat in [407=958]. - Constantine died and Roman [II, 959-963], (ruled) reigned for three 11Asogh1    8:0 | Ashot, the son of Abas, and about what happened in his 11Asogh1    8:1 | son Ashot, nicknamed Shahanshah, reigned and ( ruled) for [25] years 11Asogh1    8:3 | surpassed everyone with his meekness and mercy, for he gathered around 11Asogh1    8:3 | him the crippled, the lame and the blind, making them interlocutors 11Asogh1    8:3 | them interlocutors at his feasts and calling some princes, others princes 11Asogh1    8:3 | He looked at their lichens and sores as if they were 11Asogh1    8:3 | as if they were ornaments and shining gems 11Asogh1    8:4 | filled with the royal drink and drank the rest of the 11Asogh1    8:5 | the decoration of the seats and walls (of his palace) was 11Asogh1    8:6 | cleansed his sins by almsgiving and compassion for the poor 11Asogh1    8:7 | St. Basil. These are Haghpat and Sanahin, erected one against the 11Asogh1    8:11 | monk of the Sewan Monastery and other bishops and many fathers 11Asogh1    8:11 | Sewan Monastery and other bishops and many fathers gathered in the 11Asogh1    8:14 | And from both sides, curses were 11Asogh1    8:15 | the place of blessed Mesrop and ruled western Armenia, summoned many 11Asogh1    8:15 | among whom were) Moses vardapet and Babken, an excellent man from 11Asogh1    8:15 | from the land of Siwnik and ( accompanied by all of them 11Asogh1    8:15 | to Vaspurakan to denounce Vahanik and Apusahl 11Asogh1    8:16 | but ordered Stepanos, vardapet Movses and Father Babken to be sent 11Asogh1    8:17 | that they freed Father Babken and Moses, and Stepanos was transferred 11Asogh1    8:17 | freed Father Babken and Moses, and Stepanos was transferred to the 11Asogh1    8:18 | same year, Vahanik also died, and thus all unrest in Armenia 11Asogh1    8:19 | Greece, was the master Nikephoros and the patrick Kwir-Zhan, who 11Asogh1    8:20 | of Roman, they besieged Anavarba and Aleppo and took them 11Asogh1    8:20 | they besieged Anavarba and Aleppo and took them 11Asogh1    8:21 | Some Marinos reigned in Constantinople and Kiwr-Zan with all his 11Asogh1    8:21 | the Greek Sea, entered Constantinople and overthrew Marinos. (Kiwr-Zan) enthroned 11Asogh1    8:21 | cities from them, in [413-964] Msis, and in [414-965] Tarsus 11Asogh1    8:22 | the prince of Taron, died and the Greeks took possession of 11Asogh1    8:23 | surrounded the city of Manazkert and, taking it, destroyed the city 11Asogh1    8:23 | city walls to the ground; and in [418=969] he took the great 11Asogh1    8:24 | the queen, mother of Basil, and, having ascended the throne, (reigned 11Asogh1    8:24 | the nephew of Nikephoros, revolted and reigned in Zhrung 11Asogh1    8:25 | war against him, defeated him and sent him to prison on 11Asogh1    8:25 | went out against Kiwr-Zhan, and when the battle began, the 11Asogh1    8:26 | to face with the king and marched against him under the 11Asogh1    8:26 | the cover of their shields, and, having given work to the 11Asogh1    8:26 | he put many in place, and dispersed the rest in different 11Asogh1    8:26 | the rest in different directions: and forced the Sebasteia people to 11Asogh1    8:27 | his courageous exploits, amazed many; and therefore, when he reigned, voluntarily 11Asogh1    8:27 | the Sarmatians from the north, and the Iberians from the east 11Asogh1    9:0 | the patriarchate of Bishop Khachik and the construction of a church 11Asogh1    9:0 | the construction of a church and a patriarchal palace in the 11Asogh1    9:1 | Ashot, in [421=982], after (patriarchs) Vahan and Stepanos, Bishop Khachik, Bishop of 11Asogh1    9:3 | with purple designs, gold-woven and silver-woven robes, chandeliers and 11Asogh1    9:3 | and silver-woven robes, chandeliers and vessels burning like heat. (For 11Asogh1    9:3 | sacred epistles of the apostles and the commandments of the prophets 11Asogh1    9:5 | in the monastery called Aksigoms, and now (the monastery) of St 11Asogh1    10:1 | laid siege to the city and began a battle with the 11Asogh1    10:1 | out through the city gates and, suddenly and unexpectedly attacking a 11Asogh1    10:1 | the city gates and, suddenly and unexpectedly attacking a detachment standing 11Asogh1    10:1 | put it to the sword and, scattering the entire enemy army 11Asogh1    10:2 | it stood in the east and the rays of its light 11Asogh1    11:1 | king, blessed Ashot, died in [426=977], and on that very day his 11Asogh1    11:2 | he built it of stone and lime with stone towers: it 11Asogh1    11:2 | wall, was higher than it and embraced the entire space of 11Asogh1    11:4 | At that time, peace and prosperity reigned in Armenia 11Asogh1    11:5 | Mushegh, who was in Kars, and took the fortress called Shatik 11Asogh1    11:6 | Iberian troops went to Smbat and, having arrived in Shirak, stopped 11Asogh1    11:7 | returns the fortress to them and they, having made peace with 11Asogh1    11:7 | kouropalates was (a person) peaceful and fair 11Asogh1    12:0 | of his power later on, and about how he was strangled 11Asogh1    12:2 | Persian Amir Salar, to Delmastan and invited him to his place 11Asogh1    12:2 | appointed time), however, appeared later and burned Horomos vank. He ordered 11Asogh1    12:3 | with the Goghtn Amir Abutlup and, defeated by the latter, was 11Asogh1    12:3 | the latter, was taken prisoner and had to cede Dvin and 11Asogh1    12:3 | and had to cede Dvin and all his cities to him 11Asogh1    12:4 | his household wandered around Armenia and Iberia, telling that since I 11Asogh1    12:4 | of the Greek emperor Basil, and not finding help from him 11Asogh1    12:4 | help from him, he returned, and was strangled by his own 11Asogh1    13:2 | Ashot, accompanied by Prince Grigor and marzpan Tigran, went out to 11Asogh1    13:3 | He went and camped in the district of 11Asogh1    13:4 | having attacked, captured their horses, and they had to lock themselves 11Asogh1    13:6 | And ( when) they, in a madness 11Asogh1    13:6 | everyone, seizing Abelxarib, Prince Grigor and marzpan Tigran; the city could 11Asogh1    14:0 | Greece; - The tyranny of Bardas and the devastation of the Greek 11Asogh1    14:1 | to reign in the Jahan and Melitine countries. Bardas was a 11Asogh1    14:1 | Bardas was a brave man and well-versed in military affairs 11Asogh1    14:2 | with King Basil for [4] years and stain the whole country with 11Asogh1    14:3 | for his part) Byzantium, Thrace and Macedonian troops with all the 11Asogh1    14:4 | the prince of Taron - Grigor and Bagarat, and the prince of 11Asogh1    14:4 | of Taron - Grigor and Bagarat, and the prince of Mokk Zapranik 11Asogh1    14:5 | the rest, as on Christians, and gave them life 11Asogh1    14:6 | prevailed over the western army, and the war spread throughout Greece 11Asogh1    14:6 | so that village against village and city against city fought, and 11Asogh1    14:6 | and city against city fought, and blood was shed everywhere 11Asogh1    14:7 | corpses increased on the roads and in the squares; the survivors 11Asogh1    14:7 | more pity than the dead, and the predatory wolves, accustomed to 11Asogh1    14:8 | Bat, the Amir of Xlat and Nprkert, restored the city of 11Asogh1    14:8 | of Taron with a sword and captivity, plundering the city of 11Asogh1    14:8 | plundering the city of Mush and slaughtering the priests in the 11Asogh1    15:1 | in the pass (klesura), Chomayri and Karin, Basean and the fortress 11Asogh1    15:1 | klesura), Chomayri and Karin, Basean and the fortress of Sewuk in 11Asogh1    15:1 | of Sewuk in Mardahi, Hark and Apahunik - which he actually yielded 11Asogh1    15:4 | the entire western Greek army and, together with the Iberian troops 11Asogh1    15:5 | with one of these camps and was about to put him 11Asogh1    15:5 | other camp arrived in time and the battle began again 11Asogh1    15:7 | previously been on friendly terms, and arrived at his city of 11Asogh1    15:11 | him along with his nobles and presented him to the court 11Asogh1    16:0 | Amirate of Ibn Xosrov and his wisdom 11Asogh1    16:2 | far from the reed forest, and in it all the houses 11Asogh1    16:2 | with oil, set on fire and released 11Asogh1    16:3 | the city to their homes and ( thus) set fire to the 11Asogh1    16:5 | fortified cities: Nprkert, Amida, Azrun and others, moved to the Greek 11Asogh1    16:8 | burned a pile of flax; ( and not only that), but even 11Asogh1    16:10 | with an admixture of copper and lead, (and this was done 11Asogh1    16:10 | admixture of copper and lead, ( and this was done so skillfully 11Asogh1    16:10 | his name on the shard and on the skin and give 11Asogh1    16:10 | shard and on the skin and give it to someone in 11Asogh1    17:1 | capital of Kars, Mushegh, died, and his son Abas took his 11Asogh1    17:2 | he was, (true), an agile and frisky youth, but those who 11Asogh1    17:2 | ever took part in good and spiritual deeds 11Asogh1    17:3 | magnificent man, full of reason and wisdom, not inferior to the 11Asogh1    17:4 | And he became a different person 11Asogh1    17:4 | set about doing good deeds and, first of all, decided to 11Asogh1    17:4 | put an end to robbery and treachery in our land, which 11Asogh1    17:5 | not only on (high) roads and in country places, but also 11Asogh1    17:6 | small, nor princes, nor villagers; and so far, he established peace 11Asogh1    17:6 | night as during the day, and in uninhabited places as in 11Asogh1    17:6 | everyone was engaged in landscaping and useful work, guided by justice 11Asogh1    17:7 | in Armenia: (before him) princes and nobles, in pleasing their womb 11Asogh1    17:7 | of the week: on Wednesday and Friday, milk, cheese and eggs 11Asogh1    17:7 | Wednesday and Friday, milk, cheese and eggs, etc. Abas he set 11Asogh1    17:7 | himself: abstaining from fish, milk and eggs, he was content with 11Asogh1    17:7 | was content with only bread and vegetables on the established (fasting 11Asogh1    17:8 | the salvation of his soul and in his eternal memory 11Asogh1    17:9 | lot of money on this and arranging everything necessary for the 11Asogh1    17:10 | with his two brothers - Yovhannes and Amlikos. All three men, kindred 11Asogh1    17:10 | were kindred both in soul and with the same faith in 11Asogh1    17:11 | as it were) one body and one nature, breathing in three 11Asogh1    17:11 | they confessed the Holy Trinity and glorified it with piety. They 11Asogh1    17:11 | the three virtues: deed, temperance, and prayer 11Asogh1    17:12 | So they lived by virtue and died in the same year 11Asogh1    17:13 | the kings of Parisos: Senekerim and Grigor, leaving the earthly crown 11Asogh1    17:14 | She devoted herself to monasticism and settled in a monastery called 11Asogh1    17:14 | herself to prayers, good deeds and spiritual exploits 11Asogh1    18:0 | to the city of Dvin and how, having taken tribute from 11Asogh1    18:1 | city of Dvin, took it and demanded tribute from the Armenians 11Asogh1    19:2 | the Amir of Akhunik, (Bat); and when he returned from him 11Asogh1    19:2 | approaching the borders of Her and passing through some village, (his 11Asogh1    19:2 | took them on their horses and rode off 11Asogh1    19:3 | this, jumped on a horse and set off in pursuit, shouting 11Asogh1    19:3 | you doing?” But they turned and began to scold him. Sargis 11Asogh1    19:3 | the elder (Amir) in half and returned the boys taken prisoner 11Asogh1    19:5 | expressed his consent to this and, relying on the large number 11Asogh1    19:7 | he himself, with a (third) and larger detachment, (intentioned) to penetrate 11Asogh1    19:8 | his he conceived and communicated to his army at 11Asogh1    19:10 | morning, he was found dead, and ( thus) his evil design remained 11Asogh1    20:1 | King Bardas was in Baghdad and the kingdom of Basil was 11Asogh1    20:1 | put them) against the Sebasteia ( and give them the opportunity to 11Asogh1    20:3 | Cowardly shepherds and the Metropolitan of Sebasteia began 11Asogh1    20:3 | Armenian) priests for their faith, and sent the main priests of 11Asogh1    20:4 | old man, full of wisdom and firm in the divine faith 11Asogh1    20:5 | with two bishops of Sebasteia and Larissa, Sion and Yovhannes, with 11Asogh1    20:5 | of Sebasteia and Larissa, Sion and Yovhannes, with the efforts of 11Asogh1    21:3 | found out who she was, and therefore they condemned the metropolitan 11Asogh1    21:3 | the metropolitan as an adulterer and a deceiver; the kings of 11Asogh1    21:3 | it, overlaying it with brushwood and straw 11Asogh1    21:4 | king of Sebasteia, a eunuch, and, like brave men, achieved high 11Asogh1    21:5 | the eunuch, in the war; and the Komsajagks, having taken possession 11Asogh1    22:0 | the land of the Sebasteia and, defeated by the latter, had 11Asogh1    22:0 | the latter, had to flee and return home 11Asogh1    22:2 | with a dense military force and a vast camp occupied the 11Asogh1    22:3 | The Sebasteia hurried and occupied narrow places and mountain 11Asogh1    22:3 | hurried and occupied narrow places and mountain passes through which the 11Asogh1    22:4 | encircling King Basil in front and behind, took him to Macedonia 11Asogh1    22:5 | cavalry, with all the belongings and palace, surrendered to the enemy 11Asogh1    23:0 | The tyrant Bardas leaves Baghdad and enters the land of Greece 11Asogh1    23:1 | of Sebasteia, died in torture, and the metropolitan, the perpetrator of 11Asogh1    23:3 | entourage, (providing) with weapons, clothes and horses. A large crowd of 11Asogh1    23:4 | went out against the crowd and, taking the king, led him 11Asogh1    23:4 | uninhabited places to their tents, and from there they immediately brought 11Asogh1    23:5 | Bat, the Amir of Apahunik’s and Nprkert, with all the desert 11Asogh1    23:6 | And in Greece, the old troubles 11Asogh1    24:0 | comes out, takes the king and proclaims himself king 11Asogh1    24:1 | head of all the Greek and Iberian troops 11Asogh1    24:2 | me), we will make peace and divide Greece among ourselves, destroying 11Asogh1    24:3 | King Bardas agreed to this and released the Arab troops that 11Asogh1    24:3 | seven days, grabbed Bardas Skleros and ordered him to be taken 11Asogh1    24:4 | Arab troops, released by Skleros and barely reaching their place of 11Asogh1    24:5 | the head of the Greek and Iberian troops against the royal 11Asogh1    24:6 | giving him a guard army and ordering him not to let 11Asogh1    24:7 | around the fortress from behind and sat in ambush 11Asogh1    24:9 | the fortress went to them and delivered part of the army 11Asogh1    24:9 | of Delphinas to the sword, and drove the other into the 11Asogh1    25:0 | comes out to meet him and kills him 11Asogh1    25:2 | by his brother (his), Constantine, and the whole army, having stepped 11Asogh1    25:3 | of war to be blown, and the whole camp of Bardas 11Asogh1    26:0 | about the earthquake in Constantinople and the death of the recalcitrant 11Asogh1    26:2 | of which many cities, villages and regions perished, especially in the 11Asogh1    26:2 | in the countries of Thrace and Byzantium, so that the sea 11Asogh1    26:2 | shining decorations of marvelous columns and icons that were in vast 11Asogh1    26:2 | were in vast churches collapsed; and the most holy Sophia, that 11Asogh1    26:4 | on which work was started, and the cathedral, upon renewal, appeared 11Asogh1    26:5 | in the countries of Derjan and Taron 11Asogh1    27:0 | from the kingdom of Abkhazia and about the enthronement of Bagarat 11Asogh1    27:2 | Tayk’s kouropalates David and the Armenian king Smbat appointed 11Asogh1    27:4 | went to the kouropalates David and his grandfather Bagarat and, having 11Asogh1    27:4 | David and his grandfather Bagarat and, having crossed this side of 11Asogh1    27:5 | Then Kouropalates David and King Bagarat of Iberia sent 11Asogh1    27:6 | taking all the Armenian troops and his brother Gagik, went to 11Asogh1    27:6 | them in the Javaxats district and camped in a village called 11Asogh1    27:7 | All the Iberian and Vaspurakan troops, the Siwnik and 11Asogh1    27:7 | and Vaspurakan troops, the Siwnik and Albania princes united against the 11Asogh1    27:7 | began to ask for peace and concluded a friendly alliance among 11Asogh1    28:0 | Atrocities of Smbat and his death 11Asogh1    28:1 | crowned with success both inside and outside the state, when, at 11Asogh1    28:1 | of an abundance of wine and bread (in his country), he 11Asogh1    28:1 | him, arrogance entered his heart, and he surpassed himself 11Asogh1    28:3 | had a store where hay and straw were accumulated for many 11Asogh1    28:5 | then wrap him with straw and reeds and set him on 11Asogh1    28:5 | him with straw and reeds and set him on fire; after 11Asogh1    28:5 | him out of the city and threw him 11Asogh1    28:6 | the body of a Christian and buried him according to Christian 11Asogh1    28:7 | of the grave at night and thrown to the dogs 11Asogh1    28:8 | could not refrain from tears and sobs, uttered heavy curses to 11Asogh1    28:8 | heavy curses to the king and, in great irritation, note: “Let 11Asogh1    28:11 | medicine; that he was alive and that he had even appeared 11Asogh1    28:12 | the king’s grave), examine it and tell the city and the 11Asogh1    28:12 | it and tell the city and the army that (the king 11Asogh1    28:13 | the rewards in this world, and the full rewards in the 11Asogh1    29:0 | The Enthronement of Gagik and what happened in his time 11Asogh1    29:2 | a greater number of fortresses and districts within Vayots Dzor, Xachen 11Asogh1    29:2 | districts within Vayots Dzor, Xachen and Parisos than his brother. To 11Asogh1    29:3 | insight, knowledgeable in military affairs and generous in distributing favors. He 11Asogh1    29:5 | by Smbat, with high arches and a dome in the form 11Asogh1    29:5 | woven purple robes, various silver and gold shining vessels, under which 11Asogh1    29:6 | nephew (by brother) of Smbat and Gagik, David son of Gurgen 11Asogh1    29:6 | time) the countries of Tashirk and the Iberian plain, having the 11Asogh1    29:7 | He was a handsome and slender young man, full of 11Asogh1    29:7 | God, beloved by all, brave and courageous, triumphant over all his 11Asogh1    29:9 | But David courageously opposed him and, having gained the upper hand 11Asogh1    29:9 | his army with a sword, and drowned the other in the 11Asogh1    29:10 | betrayed his father’s Armenian faith and, having won the Iberians to 11Asogh1    29:10 | the faith of the latter) and appointed his son as Mampul 11Asogh1    29:11 | But the handsome, young and intelligent King David forced him 11Asogh1    29:11 | from him all the fortresses and his hereditary possessions; and he 11Asogh1    29:11 | fortresses and his hereditary possessions; and he, forced to lead a 11Asogh1    29:11 | life, died a terrible death, and with him his generation ceased 11Asogh1    30:1 | in Cilician Tarsus, in Sulind and in general in all those 11Asogh1    30:2 | at a very old age and was laid in his own 11Asogh1    31:2 | very young age, brought up and raised by his uncle (paternal 11Asogh1    31:2 | his uncle (paternal), a virtuous and tireless vinedresser of Christ; he 11Asogh1    31:2 | amusements of the transient world and following the holy commandment, he 11Asogh1    31:3 | angels lead: he spent day and night in psalmody and in 11Asogh1    31:3 | day and night in psalmody and in silent prayers before the 11Asogh1    31:5 | received the appointment of abbot and abbot 11Asogh1    31:6 | showed himself excellent in everything and became pleasing to both God 11Asogh1    31:6 | became pleasing to both God and people 11Asogh1    31:7 | from both the Armenian land and the Greek half of (Armenia 11Asogh1    31:7 | Patriarchal Sargis. Without earthly flattery and without interest (he was chosen 11Asogh1    31:8 | former humility in his soul and did not change his way 11Asogh1    31:8 | generous hand; he spent day and night in uninterrupted prayers according 11Asogh1    31:8 | decree of the monastic rank; and observed the holy fasts with 11Asogh1    32:0 | in the land of Bulgars and about the capture of the 11Asogh1    32:3 | came out to meet him and was taken prisoner 11Asogh1    33:0 | the land of the Bulgars and on his imprisonment 11Asogh1    33:1 | Patrick Zan, who killed Chortuanel and, having appointed him master, sent 11Asogh1    33:2 | him to their own land and locked him in a dungeon 11Asogh1    33:2 | of fortress, holding both Sahak and Ashot 11Asogh1    34:1 | to the city of Alep and to the countries of Antioch 11Asogh1    34:2 | him with a small detachment and, not being able to give 11Asogh1    34:4 | the troops of Arabia, Jerusalem and Libya to the Greek land 11Asogh1    34:5 | orders of King Basil in [443=994] and, having entered the battle, gave 11Asogh1    34:5 | the Burz plain, was defeated and fled 11Asogh1    34:6 | Xoras, Patrick Zanak, the pious and God-loving Toros from the 11Asogh1    34:6 | Toros from the Hasteank district, and many other Armenian nobles 11Asogh1    34:7 | all their belongings at night and hastened to leave for their 11Asogh1    34:8 | plundered many of their districts and built a city on the 11Asogh1    34:8 | sea to protect his army and soon returned to Constantinople 11Asogh1    35:1 | in Xorjean, Copk, in Balu and in Pakhnatun 11Asogh1    35:2 | the internal in their foundation and its pillars tremble”, or “who 11Asogh1    35:2 | who looks at the earth and makes it tremble 11Asogh1    35:3 | God made the walls speak, and instead of the apostles, the 11Asogh1    35:3 | the insensitive (people) would know and understand the terrible power of 11Asogh1    35:3 | the terrible power of God, and that those who did not 11Asogh1    35:3 | see with their own eyes and ( learn) by their own sufferings 11Asogh1    35:5 | In towns, villages and villages, the buildings, falling apart 11Asogh1    35:5 | others half dead. The wailing and wailing of the survivors resounded 11Asogh1    35:6 | of Balu with its buildings and the mountain (on which it 11Asogh1    35:7 | of Capalajur, Tigris stronghold, Attax and Amida, as well as all 11Asogh1    35:7 | all the magnificent stone churches and palaces, were shaken 11Asogh1    35:8 | of the month of Qaghotz and continued in this way for 11Asogh1    36:1 | than his father in Jerusalem and Babylon, again sent him to 11Asogh1    36:2 | in the course of [15] years and which now, with a change 11Asogh1    36:2 | palace has now been built and it is very famous. It 11Asogh1    36:2 | that an army came out and attacked the environs of Syrian 11Asogh1    36:3 | him, gave him a battle and, having won, put him to 11Asogh1    36:4 | Arabs turned back, attacked them and defeated the Greek army with 11Asogh1    36:4 | from hard bows, pointed spears and a sword 11Asogh1    36:5 | Dalasanos perished with his brother and son; part of the army 11Asogh1    36:5 | part of the army fled, and most of it, together with 11Asogh1    36:5 | the monk Tornik, was taken and taken prisoner by the enemy 11Asogh1    37:1 | earlier, the Amir of Apahunik and Nprkert, Bat, died in a 11Asogh1    37:2 | to the city of Manazkert and forced him to surrender with 11Asogh1    37:2 | him to surrender with hunger and sword. He led the Arabs 11Asogh1    37:2 | the Arabs out of there and let them go and filled 11Asogh1    37:2 | there and let them go and filled the city with inhabitants 11Asogh1    37:2 | city with inhabitants from Armenians and Iberians, who recognized his authority 11Asogh1    37:3 | The Persians and Arab, irritated by this, sent 11Asogh1    37:4 | to gather a large army and, together with Mamlan, the Amir 11Asogh1    37:4 | Cakhkoyoten (of the Ayrarat province and occupied) a village called Kosteank 11Asogh1    37:5 | them to the Bagrewand district and formed a huge camp in 11Asogh1    37:6 | into an open battle, separated and all night did not cease 11Asogh1    37:6 | to the whole Bagrewand country and many villages that were to 11Asogh1    38:0 | the Arabs out of Nprkert and about his death in Amida 11Asogh1    38:1 | Bata, Apumsar, having become Amir and, fearing the inhabitants of Nprkert 11Asogh1    38:1 | male residents to go out and perform slaughter outside the city 11Asogh1    38:2 | was inhabited by (alone) Armenians and Syrians 11Asogh1    38:4 | was pierced with a spear and killed at the very time 11Asogh1    39:2 | came in the winter of [446-997], and through famine and the sword 11Asogh1    39:2 | winter of [446-997], and through famine and the sword caused many disasters 11Asogh1    39:2 | name of the Holy Cross and St. Gamaliel - all this was 11Asogh1    39:2 | this was converted into stables and camps for the Iberian army 11Asogh1    39:4 | look at the Armenian Church and at your mosque in the 11Asogh1    39:6 | were forced) to return back and settle down in the parking 11Asogh1    39:8 | Arabs and the townspeople, learning about this 11Asogh1    39:8 | a severe defeat on them and exterminating them with the blade 11Asogh1    39:9 | of the monk Tornik, died, and the prince of princes Bakuran 11Asogh1    39:9 | the prince of princes Bakuran and many others were taken prisoner 11Asogh1    40:0 | great battle between the Parsees and Christians in the Apahunik’s region 11Asogh1    40:1 | At that time and in the same year [447=998], Mamlan 11Asogh1    40:2 | him numerous troops of Persians and Mars (Medes), he thought, with 11Asogh1    40:2 | of the Amir of Khurasan and other barbarians, to take possession 11Asogh1    40:2 | to take possession of Armenia and Iberia, rebuild the city of 11Asogh1    40:2 | rebuild the city of Karin and devastate the land of Tayk’s 11Asogh1    40:3 | Her, with a huge horde and a large camp, he passed 11Asogh1    40:3 | through the land of Vaspurakan and stopped in the Apakhunik district 11Asogh1    40:4 | David, due to old age and advancing years, did not personally 11Asogh1    40:4 | to the Armenian king Gagik and to the Iberian king Gurgen 11Asogh1    40:4 | father was no longer alive and his son Gurgen took his 11Asogh1    40:5 | Grigor Pahlawuni, who built Marmarashen and Brgnern, the master of Smbat 11Asogh1    40:5 | Smbat, the son of Vahram and the marzpan Ashot, accompanied by 11Asogh1    40:8 | Mount Sukaw in Akshitk-Dzor and occupied all the passes, believing 11Asogh1    40:9 | the appointed time, the Iberian and Armenian troops, having united, went 11Asogh1    40:9 | went to the Apakhunik district and camped opposite the Mamlan camp 11Asogh1    40:10 | they remained in this place and did not dare to go 11Asogh1    40:10 | only sent prayers to God, and all Christians with tearful prayers 11Asogh1    40:10 | on Him to help themselves and the army, (constantly) repeating His 11Asogh1    40:11 | distributed alms to the poor and, together with the patriarch, spent 11Asogh1    40:12 | from the heights to fight and became convinced of their relative 11Asogh1    40:12 | shield-bearers, the Persians moved and began to approach the hill 11Asogh1    40:12 | on which stood) the Armenian and Iberian camps 11Asogh1    40:13 | the number of Persian infantry and cavalry reached hundred thousand 11Asogh1    40:15 | But the Armenians and Iberians, horrified, sent to them 11Asogh1    40:17 | They did not agree and did not mount their horses 11Asogh1    40:18 | battle, having upset the front and the battle formation, on their 11Asogh1    40:19 | The Armenian and Iberian troops, forgetting about their 11Asogh1    40:19 | troops, forgetting about their kings and with one voice calling on 11Asogh1    40:19 | all - Christ, as their head and helper, put on their weapons 11Asogh1    40:19 | helper, put on their weapons and quickly jumped on their horses 11Asogh1    40:20 | groups according to their kind and seniority, like lions with a 11Asogh1    40:21 | of courage), inflicting frequent cruel and deep wounds and brutally striking 11Asogh1    40:21 | frequent cruel and deep wounds and brutally striking, put the barbarians 11Asogh1    40:25 | Persians) fled in different directions and, meeting with the Tayk warriors 11Asogh1    40:28 | But the Armenian and Iberian troops followed in his 11Asogh1    40:28 | of the sword before sunset and ( pursuing) to the very gates 11Asogh1    40:29 | filled with great treasures, horses and rich clothes as booty 11Asogh1    40:30 | the huge number of Armenians and Iberians died, and was wounded 11Asogh1    40:30 | of Armenians and Iberians died, and was wounded below 11Asogh1    41:2 | bury them in one place and build a church over them 11Asogh1    41:3 | From there he went and took the city of Shazar 11Asogh1    41:3 | took the city of Shazar and many other fortresses; spread the 11Asogh1    42:0 | of the great kouropalates David and about the arrival of the 11Asogh1    42:1 | this would draw me far, and therefore, instead of a panegyric 11Asogh1    42:2 | With meekness and peaceful disposition, he surpassed all 11Asogh1    42:3 | was the culprit of peace and the improvement of all eastern 11Asogh1    42:3 | all eastern countries, especially Armenia and Iberia. He stopped the wars 11Asogh1    42:6 | way to the Melitene countries; and when the priests came out 11Asogh1    42:7 | The king passed through Hanjit and Balu, and on the day 11Asogh1    42:7 | passed through Hanjit and Balu, and on the day of the 11Asogh1    42:7 | which is between Hashteank, Copk and Xorjean; from here he arrived 11Asogh1    42:8 | the dignity of a master and ordering the army, (located) in 11Asogh1    42:8 | located) in the Fourth Armenia and in Taron, to come to 11Asogh1    42:9 | the king of the Abkhazia and his father Gurgen, the king 11Asogh1    42:9 | the dignity of a kouropalates, and his father a master, and 11Asogh1    42:9 | and his father a master, and let him go to their 11Asogh1    42:10 | an insignificant cause. The princes and vassals of Kouropalates David, who 11Asogh1    42:11 | of the Iberians approached him and took the hay from him 11Asogh1    42:12 | on foot, armed with spears and shields, whom King Basil asked 11Asogh1    42:13 | All the princes and vassals of the Tayk’s opposed 11Asogh1    42:13 | of the Tayk’s opposed them and were defeated. Here died: the 11Asogh1    42:13 | two sons of Ochopentir - Gabriel and Yovhannes, Chortuanel, the grandson of 11Asogh1    42:13 | Chortuanel, the grandson of Abuharp, and many others; for the wrath 11Asogh1    42:14 | the sign of military prowess, and the king of Vaspurakan Senekerim 11Asogh1    42:15 | gave them a royal reception and, having presented them with horses 11Asogh1    42:15 | with horses, mules, rich clothes and a lot of gold, let 11Asogh1    42:18 | son Yovhannes to devastate Kogoyovit and Ttsakhkoyotn 11Asogh1    42:19 | Uxtik, subjugated all the fortresses and impregnable places under his authority 11Asogh1    42:19 | them in the Greek land, and he himself returned through (Karin 11Asogh1    42:19 | he himself returned through (Karin and) Xaltoyarich to Constantinople 11Asogh1    43:0 | Gurgen in the Tayk’s land and the Greek army in the 11Asogh1    43:1 | nature limited, repudiated from him and attacked the Tayk’ country with 11Asogh1    43:2 | also to no other fortress, and therefore he gathered all his 11Asogh1    43:3 | came along the same road and settled down in the Basin 11Asogh1    43:5 | The master and Gurgen met on the wooded 11Asogh1    43:5 | they made peace among themselves and each parted in their own 11Asogh1    44:0 | Gagik devastated the Tashir district and the Iberian plain 11Asogh1    44:2 | his army attacked Tashir, Shamshvilde, and the Iberian plain, ruining and 11Asogh1    44:2 | and the Iberian plain, ruining and destroying everything (in its path 11Asogh1    44:2 | for three winter months in [450=1001] and, having passed through the Gag 11Asogh1    44:4 | a son to his father, and Gagik had to love, take 11Asogh1    45:1 | Haykazuni Paroyr settled in Armenia and received the name Artsrunik’ 11Asogh1    45:2 | the Vaspurakan countries for [29] years and died in [392=943] year 11Asogh1    45:3 | son Derenik, reigned for [17] years, and died in [407=958] year 11Asogh1    45:5 | both brothers of Ashot - Gurgen and Senekerim, ascended the throne together 11Asogh1    45:6 | and at the time when the 11Asogh1    45:6 | Senekerim came to meet him, and then Gurgen his elder brother 11Asogh1    45:6 | them with royal gifts, gold and silver. He sent letters to 11Asogh1    45:6 | the invasions, (lightened) heavy taxes ( and put an end to) robberies 11Asogh1    45:6 | put an end to) robberies and captivity 11Asogh1    45:7 | Gurgen died in [452-1003], and Senekerim ruled the royal throne 11Asogh1    46:1 | church of the same size and the same architecture in the 11Asogh1    46:2 | big) light, with three entrances, and completed it with a marvelous 11Asogh1    47:1 | descended from the Haykazean tribe and continued until Senekerim and Grigor 11Asogh1    47:1 | tribe and continued until Senekerim and Grigor, ceased with the death 11Asogh1    47:2 | at enmity with each other, and the Amir of Ganjak, Patlun 11Asogh1    48:1 | highest light, eternally pouring out and remaining incomprehensible and incomprehensible to 11Asogh1    48:1 | pouring out and remaining incomprehensible and incomprehensible to us rational ones 11Asogh1    48:2 | filled with divine wisdom, calculated and divided time into days, months 11Asogh1    48:2 | divided time into days, months and years. Having investigated in this 11Asogh1    48:3 | from Adam to our time, and [1004] years from the crucifixion and 11Asogh1    48:3 | and [1004] years from the crucifixion and the life-giving passions of 11Asogh1    48:4 | Greek chronology from Emperor Philip [756], and from our Armenian chronology [453] years 11Asogh1    48:5 | and the [13th] year of the patriarchate 11Asogh1    48:5 | of the lord Sargis, glorious and the grace of an adorned 11Asogh1    48:5 | work that exceeded my strength and wrote this Chronicle, as much 11Asogh1    48:6 | path of humility in everything and carry in your soul the 11Asogh1    48:6 | God), you will certainly descend and accept this small offering of 11Asogh1    48:6 | of mine. I ask you, and all the children of the 11Asogh1    48:6 | condescendingly look at my mistakes and my courage, (taking into account 11Asogh1    48:6 | into account) my incessant wanderings and daily worries in the church 11Asogh1    48:6 | church, undertaken at your order and did not allow my mind 11Asogh1    48:6 | allow my mind to concentrate and write something more worthy of 11Asogh1    48:6 | something more worthy of attention. And glory and contempt, gratitude and 11Asogh1    48:6 | worthy of attention. And glory and contempt, gratitude and censure from 11Asogh1    48:6 | And glory and contempt, gratitude and censure from our hard-hearted 11Asogh1    48:6 | censure from our hard-hearted and rebellious people, and from people 11Asogh1    48:6 | hard-hearted and rebellious people, and from people both well-meaning 11Asogh1    48:6 | from people both well-meaning and malicious, fell to my lot 11Asogh1    48:7 | out of your paternal care, and you, readers, out of your 11Asogh1    48:7 | hymn of praise three hypostatic and one holy Trinity, blessed forever 11Asogh1    48:7 | one holy Trinity, blessed forever and ever 12Last1    1:0 | sins, having filled up, Overflowed, and our cry arose before God 12Last1    1:1 | Everyone sullied his own road, And the country was filled with 12Last1    1:2 | Justice declined, and licentiousness increased. The people and 12Last1    1:2 | and licentiousness increased. The people and the priests broke their word 12Last1    1:3 | Alienated us from our habitation and turned our glory to ruin 12Last1    1:4 | No breath remained within us and we became lost through our 12Last1    1:4 | our despair. Death grew strong and swallowed (us). Nor did the 12Last1    1:5 | Everyone attacked us, and in our dying days there 12Last1    1:6 | were successors replaced by successors. And the animating breath of life 12Last1    1:7 | second time, in their exile, and were banished by rebellious exiles 12Last1    1:8 | West, Fire in the North, and death in the South 12Last1    1:9 | of the drum were silenced, and cries of woe arose 12Last1    1:10 | the history (of these events) and to begin right from this 12Last1    1:11 | everyone reposed under his vine and his fig tree 12Last1    1:12 | forth with a large army, and reached the Ekegheac’ district, having 12Last1    1:13 | of Tayk’ went before him and everyone was honored by him 12Last1    1:13 | worth, receiving authority (ishxanut’iwn), honor, and station, and was exceedingly happy 12Last1    1:13 | authority (ishxanut’iwn), honor, and station, and was exceedingly happy 12Last1    1:14 | in the morning they flourish and rejoice, in the evening they 12Last1    1:14 | evening they wilt, dry up, and fall” [Psalms 89. 5-6]. For when the emperor 12Last1    1:15 | army which was called Erhuzk’, and the azatagund clashed and [30] of 12Last1    1:15 | Erhuzk’, and the azatagund clashed and [30] of the most honorable of 12Last1    1:16 | the communion on Good Thursday, and had given it to him 12Last1    1:16 | they had wearied of him, and were interested in promises (made 12Last1    1:17 | were met with premature death and were eliminated 12Last1    1:18 | of Shiloah that flow gently, and melt in fear before Rezin 12Last1    1:18 | melt in fear before Rezin and the son of Remaliah; therefore 12Last1    1:18 | waters of the River, mighty and many, the king of Assyria 12Last1    1:18 | many, the king of Assyria and all his glory” [Isaiah 8. 6-7]. So much 12Last1    1:19 | the king of Abkhazia, Bagarat, and his father, Gurgen, came to 12Last1    1:19 | came to meet the emperor, and he greatly glorified them, giving 12Last1    1:19 | Bagarat the honor of Curopalate, and to his father that of 12Last1    1:19 | his father that of Magister, and dismissed them in peace 12Last1    1:20 | Then he himself went and crossed through Hark’ and Manazkert 12Last1    1:20 | went and crossed through Hark’ and Manazkert, halted, then turned upon 12Last1    1:20 | halted, then turned upon Bagrewand and came to the city of 12Last1    1:20 | He ruled numerous districts, fortresses and cities 12Last1    1:21 | He set up officials, judges and overseers in them. Then he 12Last1    1:21 | This transpired in the year [450] [1001 A.D.], and then the country rested for 12Last1    1:22 | the emperor himself, he went and concerned himself with (matters in 12Last1    1:22 | of the Bulgars, their districts and cities which for a long 12Last1    1:24 | tyrant from their inheritance, clan and family, and gave them places 12Last1    1:24 | their inheritance, clan and family, and gave them places of habitation 12Last1    1:25 | going to give them gifts and record their numbers, but then 12Last1    1:25 | to the East. They came and ruined the land. Alas their 12Last1    1:25 | their coming to the East, and woe to the place where 12Last1    1:26 | Lo, (they were) a wicked and merciless people, a hard-hearted 12Last1    1:27 | Bagarat, (king) of Abkhazia, died and his son, Georgi, succeeded him 12Last1    1:27 | Curopalate’s portion as a gift, and be prince solely over your 12Last1    1:29 | near the great Uxtik’ awan, and they put the Byzantine army 12Last1    2:0 | of Ashot, brother of Smbat and Gurgen, from the Bagratid clan 12Last1    2:0 | Bagratid clan, a man mighty and successful in warfare. He had 12Last1    2:1 | of the Church shone forth, and priests of the Holy Oath 12Last1    2:1 | the bosom of the Church and schooled in religious asceticism at 12Last1    2:2 | in accordance with his merits, and seated him on the throne 12Last1    2:3 | Church) (such as) Sargis, Tiranun and Yenovk’ who were vardapets at 12Last1    2:3 | beginning with the first man and concluding with the death of 12Last1    2:4 | a book on the faith; and Grigor an exceedingly learned man 12Last1    2:4 | Grigor an exceedingly learned man, and many others, who in their 12Last1    2:5 | doctrinal works of these (scholars) and ( should) crawl into holes in 12Last1    2:6 | reigned for a long time and died in hoary old age 12Last1    2:6 | Smbat, who was called Yovhannes, and his brother Ashot, inherited his 12Last1    2:7 | Smbat was physically large and quite fat, but they say 12Last1    2:7 | Ashot was handsome, stout-hearted and warlike 12Last1    2:8 | the division of the country, and stood in need of laws 12Last1    2:8 | stood in need of laws and judgement. So Georgi, king of 12Last1    2:8 | Georgi, king of Abkhazia, came and reconciled them. He gave to 12Last1    2:8 | share the stronghold of Ani and the districts surrounding it, on 12Last1    2:8 | of the land, facing Persia and Georgia, to Ashot 12Last1    2:9 | Smbat accepted this and was returning to his city 12Last1    2:9 | the weight of his body, and he slept unconcernedly. Now a 12Last1    2:10 | Georgi heard this, greatly angered and enraged he sent a force 12Last1    2:10 | force after (Smbat). They came and pounced upon him unexpectedly. But 12Last1    2:12 | pursuers then turned back, stripped and plundered the adornments of the 12Last1    2:12 | the kat’oghikosate, unnailed the crosses, and said insultingly: “We shall take 12Last1    2:12 | said insultingly: “We shall take and make horse-shoes (from them 12Last1    2:14 | was unable to bear this, and so left his land and 12Last1    2:14 | and so left his land and went to the court of 12Last1    2:14 | auxiliary troops. He took them and came to his own land 12Last1    2:15 | him to master many districts and fortresses and to grow stronger 12Last1    2:15 | master many districts and fortresses and to grow stronger than all 12Last1    2:15 | their patrimonial places to him and voluntarily submitted to him. Up 12Last1    2:16 | certain Nicomedian prince who came and placed a capitation tax (mardahark 12Last1    2:16 | tax (mardahark) on the country, and, assembling a multitude of men 12Last1    2:17 | the lifetime of lord Sargis. And in [470] [1021] once more the emperor 12Last1    2:18 | He came and encamped in the large plain 12Last1    2:18 | the large plain of Karin, and sent emissaries to Georgi—who 12Last1    2:18 | Georgians—to come to him and submit. For a certain bishop 12Last1    2:18 | had gone to the emperor and assured him that “When you 12Last1    2:19 | And ( Basil) believed him, and placed 12Last1    2:19 | And (Basil) believed him, and placed his hopes on that 12Last1    2:19 | or he will shackle you and you shall not receive your 12Last1    2:20 | sent messengers (to Georgi) two and three times, since he greatly 12Last1    2:20 | his journey end in peace and that the land remain in 12Last1    2:21 | awan (“hamlet”) known as Okomi and the villages and fields (agarakk’ 12Last1    2:21 | as Okomi and the villages and fields (agarakk’) around it and 12Last1    2:21 | and fields (agarakk’) around it and belonging to it be disfigured 12Last1    2:21 | be disfigured through fire, sword, and captivity. He ordered the captives 12Last1    2:21 | while he himself crossed Basean and reached Karmir P’orak in the 12Last1    2:22 | against the city of Uxt’ik’ and ordered his troops to scorch 12Last1    2:22 | its beautiful estates with fire, and to loot its goods, but 12Last1    2:23 | this he became increasingly enraged, and turned back against him. The 12Last1    2:23 | the small lake called Paghakac’is, and clashed with a frightful roar 12Last1    2:24 | The flashing of swords and glittering of helmets sent fiery 12Last1    2:24 | sparks flying about the mountain, and blazing sparks from the clash 12Last1    2:25 | horse fell into a swamp, and was unable to pass. They 12Last1    2:25 | They attacked that praiseworthy individual and slew him with swords, (an 12Last1    2:26 | Georgi went with his troops and secured himself into the stronghold 12Last1    2:26 | man nor woman nor anybody. And in this way he demolished 12Last1    2:26 | in this way he demolished and polluted [12] districts 12Last1    2:27 | was a pitiful scene there and one worthy of many tears 12Last1    2:27 | constructed with very great expense and with the craft of architects 12Last1    2:27 | creating) wonder in the beholder and joy in the occupants, fell 12Last1    2:28 | can I, poor in wisdom and more ignorant than anyone else 12Last1    2:29 | that when children are born and grow up they will relate 12Last1    2:29 | requite those who hate Him, and not delay 12Last1    2:30 | Come now and tally up for me the 12Last1    2:31 | door of the blessed cathedral and saying insultingly, “We shall make 12Last1    2:31 | This bitter lesson befell them and those with them, deservedly 12Last1    2:32 | of pilgrimage, now bare-headed and barefoot went before the captors 12Last1    2:32 | adornments, having fallen from honor, and subject to myriad humiliations 12Last1    2:33 | torn from their mothers’ embrace and hurled against the rocks, while 12Last1    2:33 | crossroads, trampled under horses’ hooves, and they died, everyone 12Last1    2:34 | continued to raise his hand and to visit on them yet 12Last1    2:34 | on them yet more evil. And through this deed he made 12Last1    2:35 | encamped in the Xaghteac’ district and passed the night 12Last1    2:36 | Patriarch Petros followed after him and met him on the great 12Last1    2:36 | of the Revelation of God, and was exalted by him 12Last1    2:37 | day when the Christian kings and princes are pious, making themselves 12Last1    2:37 | to the waters on foot and performing there the sacrament of 12Last1    2:38 | the waters. Everyone saw this and glorified God, and the horn 12Last1    2:38 | saw this and glorified God, and the horn of our faith 12Last1    2:38 | more honored by the emperor and the officers, patriarch Petros returned 12Last1    2:39 | he shall inherit my city and country.” For he had no 12Last1    2:40 | The emperor went and reached his wintering place at 12Last1    2:40 | place at the aforementioned spot; and the troops sold their captives 12Last1    2:40 | these very times the blessed and worthy patriarch, lord Sargis, passed 12Last1    3:1 | numerous lodging stops, he came and camped in the Basean district 12Last1    3:2 | of rule by the emperor, and who (now) were roaring like 12Last1    3:2 | implement. They planned to unite and rebel against the emperor and 12Last1    3:2 | and rebel against the emperor and to establish whomever they chose 12Last1    3:3 | this, they embellished the plan and placed an army on the 12Last1    3:3 | were assembled in one spot, and they commenced urging the royal 12Last1    3:4 | Nicephor Phocas) did not consent, and did not want (the office 12Last1    3:5 | he fell into great uneasiness, and went and secured himself into 12Last1    3:5 | into great uneasiness, and went and secured himself into a certain 12Last1    3:5 | I do know for sure, and saw with my own eyes 12Last1    3:6 | Scleros (Siklarhos) rebelled against him, and took with him almost all 12Last1    3:6 | Basil) struck at the tyrant and made him flee the land 12Last1    3:6 | infected with the same disease, and ruled the entire East for 12Last1    3:7 | crossed the sea at night and attacked the myriad troops of 12Last1    3:7 | trumpet of peace be sounded, and all the troops returned to 12Last1    3:7 | himself, in great triumph, went and entered his city of Constantinople 12Last1    3:8 | exchange the city of Sebastia and the districts surrounding it. Now 12Last1    3:9 | in counsel with the rebels, and loyal to them. But then 12Last1    3:9 | the impropriety of the deed. And because there was no other 12Last1    3:9 | whom they had styled king and went away from the army 12Last1    3:9 | the head to his servants and had it speedily taken to 12Last1    3:10 | secretly reach his own home. And all of their plans came 12Last1    3:11 | their feet, nonetheless, in word and thought they were one with 12Last1    3:11 | clear of such vain plots, and redirect their hearts toward obedience 12Last1    3:12 | After these (events), the emperor and his troops descended to the 12Last1    3:12 | the army as a barricade, and remained there for a month 12Last1    3:13 | by the emperor seized P’ers and his son-in-law, Andronicos 12Last1    3:13 | opposite the stronghold, they camped, and bringing forth P’ers and Andronicos 12Last1    3:13 | camped, and bringing forth P’ers and Andronicos, they beheaded them 12Last1    3:14 | the Abkhazes had been allies, and they had promised to give 12Last1    4:0 | Salk’ora, sent emissaries to (Georgi) and wrote to him using pleasant 12Last1    4:0 | is not your patrimonial inheritance, and dwell in peace in your 12Last1    4:0 | in peace in your sector, and do not be an impediment 12Last1    4:1 | a little earlier, who went and deceived Georgi with convincing words 12Last1    4:1 | convincing words. (Georgi) then consented and wrote to the emperor giving 12Last1    4:1 | Bishop Zak’aria) took the document and joyfully turned back 12Last1    4:2 | his action. They took it and left. Now (Zak’aria) went on 12Last1    4:2 | went on to the emperor and related to him what had 12Last1    4:2 | the troops, about their organization and preparedness for war 12Last1    4:3 | anyone. He is militarily strong, and ready for battle.” When the 12Last1    4:3 | the rebels to terrify me.” And he ordered that (Zak’aria) be 12Last1    4:3 | off to Constantinople, saying: “Go and remain there until I come 12Last1    4:3 | out his tongue. (Zak’aria) went and never again returned to his 12Last1    4:4 | left his camp at Salk’ora and went with his troops to 12Last1    4:5 | weight of their iron weapons, and from the rapid and lengthy 12Last1    4:5 | weapons, and from the rapid and lengthy journey. Immediately and without 12Last1    4:5 | rapid and lengthy journey. Immediately and without trouble, the Byzantine troops 12Last1    4:5 | the Byzantine troops surrounded them and killed a countless multitude 12Last1    4:6 | gathered together at one spot, and that everyone who brought a 12Last1    4:6 | heads) be made into piles and placed along the road, to 12Last1    4:6 | along the road, to shock and terrify the beholders 12Last1    4:7 | Hearing this, (Basil) pitied him, and wrote (to Georgi) an edict 12Last1    4:7 | the Curopalate had given me, and give me your son as 12Last1    4:7 | your son as a hostage, and there will be peace between 12Last1    4:7 | by House, village by village, and field by field, just as 12Last1    4:8 | after three years. Then he and his troops circulated around Armenia 12Last1    4:8 | permit him) to be tributary and subject to him 12Last1    4:9 | of Persia was in terror and quaking and (the people) were 12Last1    4:9 | was in terror and quaking and ( the people) were seeking some 12Last1    4:9 | sky became thick with clouds, and torrents of rain poured down 12Last1    4:9 | the rain to hail, snow, and ice, falling heavily and covering 12Last1    4:9 | snow, and ice, falling heavily and covering the face of the 12Last1    4:10 | the prolongation of the snowstorm and ( the continued) severity of the 12Last1    4:10 | icy cold, herds of horses and mules became numbed and were 12Last1    4:10 | horses and mules became numbed and were unable to move. As 12Last1    4:10 | the cold caused their fingers and toes to fall off, as 12Last1    4:10 | by fire. Furthermore, the cords and stakes for the tents could 12Last1    4:11 | lofty mountains but on deep and very temperate plains, in full 12Last1    4:11 | Moses’ day—afflicted with hail and drizzling rain—quite out of 12Last1    4:12 | those who had any power and strength left, mounted their horses 12Last1    4:12 | horses, together with the king, and crossed over to the Arcrunik’ 12Last1    4:12 | district, forgetting about their belongings, and driven by the cold as 12Last1    4:12 | departure), they suddenly rushed forth and joyfully pounced upon (what had 12Last1    4:12 | booty of horses, mules, tents and other stuff which (the Byzantines 12Last1    4:13 | his adversary” [I Kings 2.9]. Then the emperor and his troops moved on, passing 12Last1    4:13 | on, passing numerous lodging-places, and reached his city of Constantinople 12Last1    4:14 | death. However, since (Basil’s) brother and co-emperor, Constantine (Kostandin), was 12Last1    4:14 | the emperor perceived their guile and he ordered his attendants: “Bring 12Last1    4:14 | bed, (Basil) mounted the horse, and rode outside the palace in 12Last1    4:14 | this, in dread they went and submerged themselves in dark (underground 12Last1    4:15 | the kingdom on (Constantine’s) head and confirmed him as emperor. He 12Last1    4:15 | were stirring up the realm and those who had not wanted 12Last1    4:15 | Basil) took himself to bed, and grew weak, and after two 12Last1    4:15 | to bed, and grew weak, and after two days, died [A.D. 1025]. He 12Last1    4:16 | fire split the upper Ether and suddenly fell down. Everyone saw 12Last1    4:16 | fell down. Everyone saw it and said that it presaged the 12Last1    5:0 | he was a peace-loving and generous (man), he was quiet 12Last1    5:0 | first year of his reign, and the country rested from that 12Last1    5:0 | there was a certain brave and war-loving (man) named Komianos 12Last1    5:0 | or, “by the Persian border”), and was renowned throughout the entire 12Last1    5:1 | become an ally of Georgi and to rule in the East 12Last1    5:1 | the cords of (his) tent and causing it to collapse (on 12Last1    5:1 | on him). They seized him and his advisors, and placed them 12Last1    5:1 | seized him and his advisors, and placed them in prison in 12Last1    5:1 | in prison in a fortress, and then informed the emperor. This 12Last1    5:2 | sent an executioner who came and blinded (Komianos) and the some 12Last1    5:2 | who came and blinded (Komianos) and the some eight men who 12Last1    5:2 | that such an honorable man and one worthy of good remembrances 12Last1    5:3 | of the land. He arrived and crossed through the district of 12Last1    5:3 | numerous azats of the land, and sent them to the emperor’s 12Last1    5:3 | them with very great gifts and princely station, bestowing upon each 12Last1    5:3 | accordance with his worth villages and awans by signed and sealed 12Last1    5:3 | villages and awans by signed and sealed documents, as perpetual inheritance 12Last1    5:4 | sway over half the kingdom and was styled in Greek parakoimonemos 12Last1    6:0 | the man) mighty among kings and always victorious in battle, who 12Last1    6:0 | of bravery, taken a wife and raised a son to be 12Last1    6:1 | officers of the Byzantine army, and ( Constantine) enthroned him in his 12Last1    6:2 | of his reign, assembled troops and set out for the area 12Last1    6:2 | called Aleppo (Halp), to take and destroy it. He came upon 12Last1    6:2 | saw a multitude of monks and cenobites who, although possessed of 12Last1    6:2 | that he had eaten locusts and wild honey, while they, with 12Last1    6:3 | the diverse delicacies, delicious foods and the joy-producing wine supplied 12Last1    6:3 | with the first prophet (Moses), and were always speaking with God 12Last1    6:4 | for peace for the world, and for your health.” The emperor 12Last1    6:4 | of the declaration of Chalcedon, and hated all orthodox (Monophysite) believers 12Last1    6:5 | Constantinople, subjecting him to ridicule and ignominy. He ordered that his 12Last1    6:5 | his beard be shorn off, and that he be led around 12Last1    6:5 | be led around the squares and streets seated on an ass 12Last1    6:6 | remembering the Lord’s unerring command: “ And he who falls on this 12Last1    6:7 | the treasures of the emperor and his soldiers, and returned to 12Last1    6:7 | the emperor and his soldiers, and returned to their city 12Last1    6:8 | take refuge in the Lord and the saints’ prayers than to 12Last1    6:8 | to put confidence in princes and plentiful treasures” [Psalms 117.9]. For in no 12Last1    7:0 | whom (the inhabitants) called emir and who had inherited that place 12Last1    7:0 | of her servants named Salamay, and set him up as lord 12Last1    7:1 | borders of the Byzantine district and resided in the city called 12Last1    7:1 | emperor to give (Salamay) princedom and eternal inheritance in the Byzantines’ 12Last1    7:1 | Byzantines’ land (confirmed) by writ and the royal seal. “And,” (Salamay 12Last1    7:1 | writ and the royal seal. “ And,” ( Salamay) said, “I shall give 12Last1    7:2 | making him an antipatos patrician, and subsequently exalting him with great 12Last1    7:2 | subsequently exalting him with great and prominent honor 12Last1    7:3 | heard the sound of clamor and the blare of trumpets, came 12Last1    7:3 | of trumpets, came forth dismayed and full of trepidation, terrified and 12Last1    7:3 | and full of trepidation, terrified and agitated, crowded one on the 12Last1    7:3 | Muslims, departed during the night and hurried to a nearby city 12Last1    7:3 | happened, an order was given and a multitude of troops assembled 12Last1    7:3 | the city, breached its wall and entered, causing great destruction 12Last1    7:4 | Thus many citizens went and secured themselves in the cathedral 12Last1    7:4 | many places with the flame and even set fire to the 12Last1    7:4 | a temple of the Lord, and removing everything in great haste 12Last1    8:0 | an address to his troops, and ( spent) until noontime giving royal 12Last1    8:1 | the hair of his head and submerged him under water until 12Last1    9:0 | was of gold, whose shoulders and arms were silver, and whose 12Last1    9:0 | shoulders and arms were silver, and whose back and sides were 12Last1    9:0 | were silver, and whose back and sides were copper. That was 12Last1    9:0 | Now (the apparition) possessing legs and feet of iron mixed with 12Last1    9:1 | inherited it) from his fathers and grand-fathers is iron; but 12Last1    9:1 | with a prostitute’s diseased passion, and had her own husband drowned 12Last1    9:2 | them) the deceased emperor’s body and claimed that he had died 12Last1    9:2 | forth this Michael, enthroned him and then married him—at which 12Last1    9:2 | Since (Michael) had numerous relatives and brothers, he placed the supreme 12Last1    9:3 | a magister giving him Thessalonica, and entrusting him with the concerns 12Last1    9:3 | the concerns of the Bulgars and the western parts; one (brother 12Last1    9:3 | one (brother) he styled demeslikos and sent him to the great 12Last1    9:3 | with the concerns of Tachkastan and the southern region; while the 12Last1    9:3 | brother, who was a eunuch and a monk named Orht’anorhos, (Michael 12Last1    9:3 | Constantinople, making him a sinklitos) and entrusting him with all the 12Last1    9:3 | him with all the concerns and rights of the palace 12Last1    9:4 | he went to the churches and the resting-places of the 12Last1    9:5 | And they say that through a 12Last1    9:5 | queen with love for himself, and that she had set him 12Last1    9:6 | with numerous troops, took it, and established cavalry brigades there to 12Last1    9:7 | replaced (Kawasilas), took the troops and went to a very distant 12Last1    9:7 | of the abundance of victuals and other things needed by the 12Last1    9:7 | of the land of Persia, and they, quickly spreading the word 12Last1    9:7 | Byzantine troops, benumbed by wine and by their licentious activities, were 12Last1    9:8 | Persian troops, taking the loot and booty of the slain, went 12Last1    9:9 | depth of the human body, and that the captives be slaughtered 12Last1    9:9 | full. Then (Xtrik) got in and bathed in the blood of 12Last1    9:10 | no way out for them, and since many of them had 12Last1    9:10 | Byzantines) could occupy the stronghold and its estates. When (the Byzantines 12Last1    9:10 | did as they were requested, and from that day forth the 12Last1    9:11 | did occur in our day, and this narration is leading to 12Last1    9:11 | the blows of divine anger and the unheard-of punishment directed 12Last1    9:12 | which God created until now, and never will be” [Matthew 13.19]. For (the 12Last1    9:12 | with regard to their lord and creator, thinking Him to be 12Last1    9:12 | of revenge have befallen you,” and so forth, as the great 12Last1    9:13 | appeared, unknown by anyone, destitute and homeless. He came from the 12Last1    9:13 | through the districts of Apahunik’ and Hark’, descended into Mananaghi and 12Last1    9:13 | and Hark’, descended into Mananaghi and Ekegheac’, (intending) never to return 12Last1    9:13 | to return to the (East), and saying in a loud voice 12Last1    9:13 | in a loud voice day and night without cease “Woe is 12Last1    9:14 | matter here as it stands, and return to the course of 12Last1    9:15 | Then, after reigning for [7] years and [8] months, he grew ill and 12Last1    9:15 | and [8] months, he grew ill and died. Now the queen adopted 12Last1    9:15 | the queen adopted the Caesar and enthroned him in her husband’s 12Last1    9:16 | the chiefs of the city and informed them of what had 12Last1    9:16 | the kingdom from her fathers and grandfathers.” For many people believed 12Last1    9:17 | as he observed their strength and unity, became frightened and hastily 12Last1    9:17 | strength and unity, became frightened and hastily ordered that the queen 12Last1    9:17 | that the emperor, his relatives, and their intimates be seized. The 12Last1    9:17 | to enter the senior church and save himself by hiding under 12Last1    9:17 | caught him, turned him back, and, at an unholy spot they 12Last1    9:17 | threw him to the ground and blinded him. (The same thing 12Last1    9:17 | to the one styled demeslikos, and to numerous others. And she 12Last1    9:17 | demeslikos, and to numerous others. And she ordered that their homes 12Last1    9:17 | their homes be plundered, pillaged, and destroyed 12Last1    9:18 | The entire city struck out and effected great pillaging, demolishing to 12Last1    9:18 | to the foundations very large and beautiful mansions, and destroying them 12Last1    9:18 | very large and beautiful mansions, and destroying them. But the agitated 12Last1    9:18 | the wall of the palace, and excavated numerous precious items from 12Last1    9:18 | able to stop the mob, and ( in this) the sun helped 12Last1    9:19 | on a chair of futility and insult; and those who thought 12Last1    9:19 | chair of futility and insult; and those who thought to rule 12Last1    9:19 | rule in perpetuity over land and sea, in one moment had 12Last1    10:0 | were worthy of the realm; and as for the one she 12Last1    10:0 | the one she had adopted and made lord and emperor of 12Last1    10:0 | had adopted and made lord and emperor of the lands, she 12Last1    10:1 | called forth this man (Constantine) and made him her husband, and 12Last1    10:1 | and made him her husband, and enthroned him on the throne 12Last1    10:1 | the good of the land and for peace I have not 12Last1    10:1 | I have not spared myself, and therefore dared to do such 12Last1    10:2 | the western part, a brave and renowned man rebelled, and many 12Last1    10:2 | brave and renowned man rebelled, and many united with him. With 12Last1    10:2 | gate of the royal city, and with the force of his 12Last1    10:3 | For two and three times the army of 12Last1    10:3 | emperor had arisen, fought with, and were defeated by him, returning 12Last1    10:3 | his triumph they would submit and make him emperor. However, since 12Last1    10:4 | took his soul. The creator and lord of all did this 12Last1    10:4 | lord of all did this and does this in the wisest 12Last1    10:4 | in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am 12Last1    10:4 | who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth” [I. Kings 2.10 and Jeremiah 9.23-24]. Such 12Last1    10:4 | is worthy of great glories and praise, and a memory of 12Last1    10:4 | of great glories and praise, and a memory of him will 12Last1    10:5 | anointed king by the prophet, and received with that the soul 12Last1    10:5 | that the soul of strength and prophecy, (he could crush wild 12Last1    10:5 | him flat on the ground, and putting to rest the insult 12Last1    10:6 | had persecuted him many times, and hearkened to the caller’s order 12Last1    10:6 | persecutor as a benevolent act, and angrily replying to those wishing 12Last1    10:6 | this reason, God loved (David) and note: “I have found a 12Last1    10:7 | not think about such matters, and did not heed God’s command 12Last1    10:7 | wish to rule without me,” and so forth 12Last1    10:8 | was worthy of any praise and was so pitied by God 12Last1    10:8 | wanted to honor the throne and stop the source of impiety 12Last1    10:8 | preaching to the Jews: “Scribes and Pharasees have sat on the 12Last1    10:10 | resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur 12Last1    10:10 | God, which judges all properly and justly. For His eye is 12Last1    10:10 | For His eye is alert and our secrets are revealed before 12Last1    10:11 | You knew of my actions and my deeds” [Psalms 138.5]. The Apostle wrote 12Last1    10:11 | Hebrews in a similar vein: “ And before Him no creature is 12Last1    10:11 | Him no creature is hidden” [Hebrews 4.13]. And the children in the fiery 12Last1    10:11 | Who sit among the cherubim and gaze at the void are 12Last1    10:11 | the void are eternally praised and yet more glorified” [Daniel 3.54]. For from 12Last1    10:12 | man shall be brought low and the pride of men shall 12Last1    10:12 | of men shall be humbled; and the Lord alone will be 12Last1    10:13 | year the two brothers Ashot and Yovhannes, who held the kingship 12Last1    10:14 | throne of stability was moved and never more came to rest 12Last1    10:14 | rest; thereupon the princes arose and departed from their patrimonial inheritances 12Last1    10:14 | departed from their patrimonial inheritances and became wanderers in a foreign 12Last1    10:14 | the dwellings of wild beasts, and their fields the pastures of 12Last1    10:15 | Houses, desirable, many-storied and grand, became the habitations of 12Last1    10:15 | became the habitations of sirens and centaurs (hambareac’, yushkaparkac’). Thus, did 12Last1    10:15 | shall bear her young there and raise them without fear 12Last1    10:16 | adornments, their ever-lit candles and candelabras whose light, mixing with 12Last1    10:16 | with the air, flickering here and there, resembled the waves of 12Last1    10:17 | of a mountain which blocks and covers the sunbeams. As for 12Last1    10:17 | describe them? Their sweet songs and ceaseless singing of psalms, their 12Last1    10:17 | of the Lord’s feast-days and of the martyrs, their united 12Last1    10:17 | the martyrs, their united will, and their enthusiasm for the divine 12Last1    10:17 | their enthusiasm for the divine, and much else 12Last1    10:18 | now, (the churches) are stripped and denuded of everything, devoid of 12Last1    10:18 | have (the cries) of owls and screech-owls who have become 12Last1    10:18 | of psalm-singing, the dove and turtle-dove are singing, as 12Last1    10:19 | one time had been adorned and embellished like a new bride 12Last1    10:19 | of adornments, covered with dust, and a perching place for crows 12Last1    10:19 | this would lengthen the narration and require the aid of grace 12Last1    10:20 | to him to go forth and find someone from Armenia and 12Last1    10:20 | and find someone from Armenia and to bring him there. Those 12Last1    10:21 | regarding the land of Armenia and note: “Take this document and 12Last1    10:21 | and note: “Take this document and give it to the king 12Last1    10:21 | to the king of Armenia and say, ’Since that invitation for 12Last1    10:21 | to me, take your letter and give your realm to your 12Last1    10:21 | your realm to your son, and let your son give it 12Last1    10:22 | Now (Kiwrakos) took that letter and kept it until the time 12Last1    10:22 | How many districts were depopulated and became desolate? How many populous 12Last1    10:23 | that document dealing with Armenia, and became concerned with acquiring the 12Last1    10:23 | acquiring the city of Ani and the land, as though it 12Last1    10:23 | intended to rule over Shirak and the districts surrounding it, for 12Last1    10:24 | Pahlaw, a man mighty, renowned, and sublimely pious—to the point 12Last1    10:24 | together with his relatives, sons and nephews (brothers’ sons) some thirty 12Last1    10:24 | him their king, then wisely and with strategems they brought him 12Last1    10:25 | he took the royal treasures and entered the citadel of impregnable 12Last1    10:25 | alone, with manly brave-heartedness, and, using beseeching words, he was 12Last1    10:25 | him. (Sargis) quit the stronghold, and went to the fortified city 12Last1    10:25 | he possessed to the Byzantines, and to go to them. Now 12Last1    10:25 | Sargis was. He arrested him and entered his capital city 12Last1    10:27 | country uninhabited through sword, fire, and captive-taking. When I think 12Last1    10:27 | me, my brain becomes befuddled, and terror makes my hands tremble 12Last1    10:28 | green, leafy, fruit-bearing, gorgeous and happy. For princes occupied their 12Last1    10:28 | princely stations with beaming countenances, and their troops stood before them 12Last1    10:28 | gardens in their blazing colors. And ( military) reviews were but occasions 12Last1    10:28 | but occasions for joyous songs and words, where the sounds of 12Last1    10:28 | where the sounds of trumpets and cymbals and other musical instruments 12Last1    10:28 | sounds of trumpets and cymbals and other musical instruments thrilled listeners 12Last1    10:29 | in arm, displaying maternal compassion, and, because of their great joy 12Last1    10:29 | about passionate, fiery, unrestrained desires and propensities 12Last1    10:30 | ascend to the patriarchal throne and the royal dignity. For (the 12Last1    10:30 | fertilizing the Church’s fruitful garden, and ( for protection, the patriarchal throne 12Last1    10:31 | also glittered in resplendent clothing and in a crown adorned with 12Last1    10:31 | with pearls, capturing everyone’s attention and astonishing them. The white steed 12Last1    10:31 | king), returned the sun’s rays and dazzled the eyes of beholders 12Last1    10:32 | other. The retreats were crowded and filled with the clerical orders 12Last1    10:32 | to the point that villages and fields, motivated by good envy 12Last1    10:34 | azats has left its patrimony and fallen from wealth; they growl 12Last1    10:34 | of this has become reduced and then lost as the psalm 12Last1    10:35 | does not turn to sighing, and break into sobs? It is 12Last1    10:38 | the seller was extremely inhuman and cruel since he became the 12Last1    10:38 | which the Lord had planted and which our Illuminator tended with 12Last1    10:38 | merchant) deprived of its fence and he destroyed its towers, making 12Last1    10:38 | of the forest sullied it, and the wild boar grazed in 12Last1    10:38 | all this reach the Lord, and may justice be meted out 12Last1    10:39 | convincing Gagik, using an oath and the Cross, that “I need 12Last1    10:39 | return your kingdom to you and shall write a document giving 12Last1    10:39 | document giving you your land and city in perpetual inheritance.” As 12Last1    10:39 | say: “The wise man swears, and the fool believes,” or, similarly 12Last1    10:39 | are as succulent as cheese, and fools gulp them down 12Last1    10:40 | whether because of the oaths and the Cross, because of immaturity 12Last1    10:40 | patriarchal throne of our Illuminator; and ( Gagik) with great conditions and 12Last1    10:40 | and (Gagik) with great conditions and oaths entrusted (Petros) with all 12Last1    10:41 | Gagik did not heed Vahram and the other azats who had 12Last1    10:41 | the deceitful support of Sargis and so left the city and 12Last1    10:41 | and so left the city and went to the Greeks on 12Last1    10:41 | he forgot about his oath and the intercession of the Cross 12Last1    10:41 | Gagik) to remain with him and demanded: “Give me Ani and 12Last1    10:41 | and demanded: “Give me Ani and I shall give you in 12Last1    10:41 | the city of) Melitine (Malatya) and the surrounding districts.” But (Gagik 12Last1    10:42 | went before the (Byzantine) emperor and gave him the key to 12Last1    10:42 | him the key to Bjni and to all of his patrimonial 12Last1    10:42 | was honored by the emperor and received from him the dignity 12Last1    10:42 | him the dignity of magister and a place to dwell including 12Last1    10:42 | place to dwell including villages and cities in the Mesopotamian borders 12Last1    10:42 | This was given) in writing and stamped with a golden seal 12Last1    10:42 | stamped with a golden seal, and ( the territory) was to be 12Last1    10:44 | over the Eastern part(s) and resided in the city of 12Last1    10:44 | about what is going on and find out) what he will 12Last1    10:44 | I give up the city and other strongholds in this land 12Last1    10:44 | official) hurriedly informed the emperor, and the emperor satisfied (Petros) with 12Last1    10:44 | emperor satisfied (Petros) with treasures and authority. And thus, did they 12Last1    10:44 | Petros) with treasures and authority. And thus, did they rule Ani 12Last1    10:44 | thus, did they rule Ani, and the entire land 12Last1    10:45 | taken the city, with thanks and rewards. Furthermore, by the emperor’s 12Last1    10:45 | of Dawit’, son of Senek’erim, and ruled that sector, since when 12Last1    10:46 | the land under his control, and then went in person with 12Last1    10:46 | that) city warred with (Asit) and an inestimable number of men 12Last1    10:46 | great prince of Armenia, Vahram and his son, something which caused 12Last1    10:47 | to the emperor about him and deceitfully removed (Petros) from the 12Last1    10:47 | district.” So, the patriarch arose and came to our populous, shahastan 12Last1    10:48 | the plain. There he gloriously and appropriately celebrated the sacrament of 12Last1    10:48 | came forth from the crowd and requested baptism in the water 12Last1    10:48 | he desired to become Christian, and so ordered him to get 12Last1    10:49 | plentifully pour on the neophyte and the water. However, a fragment 12Last1    10:49 | glass seriously wounded his hand, and blood copiously flowed to the 12Last1    10:49 | the sign of anything good,” and indeed (the prophecy) was fulfilled 12Last1    10:50 | table, men arrived who seized and took (Petros), placing him in 12Last1    10:50 | Then they were removed thence and taken before the emperor in 12Last1    11:0 | were taut, their arrows sharp, and the laces of their shoes 12Last1    11:1 | far as the Basen district and as far as the great 12Last1    11:1 | estate called Vagharshawan they demolished and polluted twenty-four districts with 12Last1    11:1 | four districts with sword, fire, and captive-taking. This narration deserves 12Last1    11:1 | narration deserves many piteous laments and tears. They sped like lions 12Last1    11:1 | tears. They sped like lions, and like lion cubs, they mercilessly 12Last1    11:1 | people to the carnivorous beasts and birds. They wanted to go 12Last1    11:2 | Thus far shall you come, and no farther, and here shall 12Last1    11:2 | you come, and no farther, and here shall your proud waves 12Last1    11:2 | a thick fog before them and stopped their advance. He did 12Last1    11:2 | fear of them we learn, and they also learn that what 12Last1    11:3 | once again He regretted this and ceased visiting His evils upon 12Last1    11:3 | Indeed, He displayed both (wrath and forgiveness) toward us: first requiting 12Last1    11:4 | with the disease of pharaoh and his partisans—foolish callousness. For 12Last1    11:5 | God’s) wrath had been revealed, and had been stirred up, and 12Last1    11:5 | and had been stirred up, and after horrible evils had commenced 12Last1    11:5 | terror. But God had mercy and closed their road with a 12Last1    11:5 | their road with a fog, and blocked the march of the 12Last1    11:5 | that good deed as suspect and were found lacking in our 12Last1    11:6 | punishment suffered by our brothers, and we should have hastened to 12Last1    11:6 | end to your evil ways, and learn to do good” [Isaiah 1.16-17], etc 12Last1    11:7 | blazing flames of Gehenna’s chastisement, and lowered that hand upraised in 12Last1    11:8 | not recall the Lord’s command and instructive counsel 12Last1    11:9 | had mingled with their sacrifices. And he answered them, ’Do you 12Last1    11:11 | the vast plain of Basen and Karin. Jets of that flood 12Last1    11:11 | north, as far as Sper and the strongholds of Tayk’ and 12Last1    11:11 | and the strongholds of Tayk’ and Arsharunik’; while in the south 12Last1    11:12 | once more they billowed out and covered mountains and thickets, and 12Last1    11:12 | billowed out and covered mountains and thickets, and seized the entire 12Last1    11:12 | and covered mountains and thickets, and seized the entire land. It 12Last1    11:12 | to kings, nations, cities, princes and their troops, and last of 12Last1    11:12 | cities, princes and their troops, and last of all to the 12Last1    11:13 | drank of that pure wine, and became evilly drunk. It drank 12Last1    11:13 | drunk. It drank, became numb, and lost its senses. It drank 12Last1    11:13 | all (chastisements) visited upon it. And now it lies sprawled at 12Last1    11:13 | of all roads, naked, disgraced, and trampled upon with insults by 12Last1    11:13 | went far away from family and relatives, (becoming) the captive and 12Last1    11:13 | and relatives, (becoming) the captive and slave of all peoples 12Last1    11:14 | the hopping locust has eaten, and what the hopping locust left 12Last1    11:14 | fulfilled on us. The cutting and swarming locusts have passed, but 12Last1    11:14 | it is about the hopping and destroying locusts that I speak 12Last1    11:14 | first time that the Persians and other barbarous pagan peoples arose 12Last1    11:14 | with murder, took much booty and captives and returned to their 12Last1    11:14 | took much booty and captives and returned to their land, they 12Last1    11:14 | good news to (other) peoples and kingdoms 12Last1    11:15 | And they invited them, saying with 12Last1    11:15 | host of troops of bowmen and swordsmen, assembling as eagles pouncing 12Last1    11:16 | history for us to lament and mourn. The entire public is 12Last1    11:16 | the threats of the prophet— and he a foreigner who had 12Last1    11:16 | God will regret (His deed) and turn His wrath from us 12Last1    11:17 | visited upon us. Wickedly tormented and destroyed, we became a spectacle 12Last1    11:17 | Apostle said of the saints, and we have left behind us 12Last1    11:17 | suckling babes hurled against rocks, and the beautiful faces of little 12Last1    11:18 | the elderly became blood-stained and their corpses rolled upon the 12Last1    11:19 | of Your Only-Begotten (Son) and saved with the blood of 12Last1    11:19 | completely reject (us), grow wrathful and betray us to the hands 12Last1    11:19 | the hands of impious, stern and rebellious men 12Last1    11:20 | Remember not our sins, and because of our sins turn 12Last1    11:20 | Remember, instead, Your mighty hand and forceful lofty arm by which 12Last1    11:20 | by which You ruled us and ( that) Your name was placed 12Last1    11:20 | now, lo: You became angered, and we sinned. Therefore, we roamed 12Last1    11:20 | in slavery among many peoples and became as if unclean to 12Last1    11:20 | everyone. The winds dispersed us and there remained none to bless 12Last1    11:20 | Your face away from us and betrayed us because of our 12Last1    11:20 | not eternally angry at us, and, in time, forget our sins 12Last1    11:21 | day became possessed of substance and was divided (to create) the 12Last1    11:21 | luminaries, princes of the day and night, eternal travelers of the 12Last1    11:22 | now our noontime became eclipsed and was transformed into night. That 12Last1    11:22 | into night, they came forth and spread over the face of 12Last1    11:22 | earth. They found much prey and were satiated with food, and 12Last1    11:22 | and were satiated with food, and saved the left-overs for 12Last1    11:23 | attacked, broke into the stronghold, and put everyone to the sword 12Last1    11:24 | observe there a pitiful spectacle, and one worthy of much lamentation 12Last1    11:24 | huge rocks (rolled on them), and their corpses tumbled down upon 12Last1    11:25 | Alas and alack the very bitter light 12Last1    11:25 | that day! Brave men armed, and glowering with rage, assembled, while 12Last1    11:25 | took leave of their senses, and youths scoffed (at the danger 12Last1    11:26 | the mouths of the priests, and the recital of psalms stopped 12Last1    11:26 | exception was seized with trembling and dread. Because of the severe 12Last1    11:26 | with nets, until they weakened and were exhausted 12Last1    11:27 | they took their loot, captives, and the booty from the slain 12Last1    11:27 | the booty from the slain, and departed. But they left behind 12Last1    11:27 | them a scene more pitiful and lamentable than it had been 12Last1    11:28 | their tongues had dried up, and with weak and soft voices 12Last1    11:28 | dried up, and with weak and soft voices they sought to 12Last1    11:28 | Others who were terribly wounded, and could not make sounds, were 12Last1    11:28 | the ground with their feet and clawing at it with their 12Last1    11:29 | frightful that the very rocks and other inanimate objects were moved 12Last1    11:29 | objects were moved to lamentation and sighing. For when the infidels 12Last1    11:29 | children from their parents’ embrace, and threw them to the ground 12Last1    11:29 | threw them to the ground, and ( the Seljuks’) place of encampment 12Last1    11:30 | of them had torn open and their intestines poured out onto 12Last1    11:30 | walking were moving about here and there looking for their mothers 12Last1    11:30 | there looking for their mothers, and the mountains reverberated with the 12Last1    11:31 | the ground with their feet, and, weakened through crawling they could 12Last1    11:31 | breath. With their piteous sounds and unceasing cries, they resembled lambs 12Last1    11:31 | angrily struck out this way and that, offending the very air 12Last1    11:31 | very air with their bleating and weighing heavily upon the listeners’ 12Last1    11:32 | mountain of blood, of invasion, and loss. It is impossible to 12Last1    11:32 | beasts take lodging on you, and kites and vultures have made 12Last1    11:32 | lodging on you, and kites and vultures have made you their 12Last1    11:32 | have made you their dwelling, and fox packs frolic about, filled 12Last1    11:33 | Hermon, but with the fat and blood of the corpses which 12Last1    11:34 | he went to (mount) Koreb, and lived. But those who took 12Last1    11:34 | were betrayed to the sword and became food for foxes 12Last1    11:35 | blood of the believing men and women who fell upon you 12Last1    11:36 | write not about mountains, caves, and desolate places where beggarly fugitives 12Last1    12:0 | a city (as Arcn), charming and renowned throughout the lands. It 12Last1    12:0 | a mountain, with both sea and land laboring to multiply and 12Last1    12:0 | and land laboring to multiply and sustain its strength, as the 12Last1    12:1 | a plentitude of good things, and everything was as one would 12Last1    12:1 | who, with her captivating beauty and glittering ornaments, is desired by 12Last1    12:2 | humane, its judges were righteous and incorruptible. Its merchants were builders 12Last1    12:2 | incorruptible. Its merchants were builders and embellishers of churches, givers of 12Last1    12:2 | to the clerics, alms-givers and sustainers of the poor. There 12Last1    12:2 | transactions, nor treachery in exchanges and speculators were deplored, and despised 12Last1    12:2 | exchanges and speculators were deplored, and despised and the gifts given 12Last1    12:2 | speculators were deplored, and despised and the gifts given them as 12Last1    12:3 | were saintly lovers of prayer, and obedient to church orders. Therefore 12Last1    12:3 | the city’s) merchants were glorious, and its buyers were like kings 12Last1    12:4 | But after the Sceptics and Pyrrhonists entered our churches, the 12Last1    12:4 | than the love of God, and Mammon (more esteemed) than Christ 12Last1    12:4 | of the orders was perverted and disorder resulted 12Last1    12:5 | became thieves’ companions, evil-doers, and servants of silver; its judges 12Last1    12:5 | silver; its judges took bribes and, for bribes, robbed the just 12Last1    12:5 | just; the case of orphans and widows was not defended. Usury 12Last1    12:5 | widows was not defended. Usury and speculation became law, and (the 12Last1    12:5 | Usury and speculation became law, and ( the production) of wheat was 12Last1    12:5 | land was ruined (worn out) and did not bear crops at 12Last1    12:6 | homes of neighboring poor people and expropriated their fields, nor did 12Last1    12:8 | within everyone’s hearing. The piety and holy selection of priests also 12Last1    12:8 | to an end. They pushed and crowded toward the altar and 12Last1    12:8 | and crowded toward the altar and officiated at the ineffable mystery 12Last1    12:8 | angels, let alone to man, and ( they got there) through silver 12Last1    12:8 | they got there) through silver and not through God, forgetting the 12Last1    12:9 | daughters of Zion are haughty and walk with outstretched necks” [Isaiah 3.16]. I 12Last1    12:9 | of all evil, the mother and first cause of it. For 12Last1    12:9 | a human into a dew and subjects (humans) to their torments 12Last1    12:10 | especially so to womankind. First and foremost (women) should be charged 12Last1    12:10 | be charged with this (fault), and then one might recall their 12Last1    12:10 | rings, bracelets, the ruffles, necklaces, and everything else 12Last1    12:11 | will be one of rope, and instead of a rich robe 12Last1    12:12 | having them as an example and having the advice of Christ 12Last1    12:13 | Who cried out and note: “Unless your righteousness exceeds 12Last1    12:13 | exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter 12Last1    12:14 | The Persians came against Jerusalem, and they also came against us 12Last1    12:14 | us; they laid waste Jerusalem, and they also wasted our cities 12Last1    12:14 | took its adornments as booty, and defiled the blessed temple; and 12Last1    12:14 | and defiled the blessed temple; and they also entered our churches 12Last1    12:14 | sullied with their filthy heels, and took its adornments as plunder 12Last1    12:16 | for me to follow David and to create our lament based 12Last1    12:16 | have burned Your holy things, and levelled to the ground the 12Last1    12:18 | put into writing the diverse and unbelievable disasters that were visited 12Last1    12:18 | had risen on the earth, and the Lord rained on Sodom 12Last1    12:18 | Lord rained on Sodom brimstone and fire, and burned it” [Genesis 19.23-24]. So 12Last1    12:18 | on Sodom brimstone and fire, and burned it” [Genesis 19.23-24]. So, it happened 12Last1    12:18 | arrived, surrounded the city, entered, and like reapers (working) in a 12Last1    12:19 | setting fire to the homes and churches wherein refugees had fled 12Last1    12:21 | could see there a pitiful and terrifying spectacle in the extreme 12Last1    12:21 | city—the bazars, the lanes, and the great chambers—was full 12Last1    12:21 | escaped from the glittering sword, and taken refuge in houses, were 12Last1    12:21 | in houses, were immolated, one and all 12Last1    12:22 | they found outside, they killed and, to insult and disgrace us 12Last1    12:22 | they killed and, to insult and disgrace us, put huge hogs 12Last1    12:22 | priests who died by fire and sword, lords of diocese and 12Last1    12:22 | and sword, lords of diocese and church, we found to be 12Last1    12:22 | come from all other lands, and happened to be there, who 12Last1    12:23 | wicked history, oh city, blessed and venerable, full (of good things 12Last1    12:23 | lands. Raise now your eyes and observe your children led into 12Last1    12:23 | by fire, the respect-worthy and glorious elderly folk fallen in 12Last1    12:23 | in the squares, your fresh and prosperous virgins and women fallen 12Last1    12:23 | your fresh and prosperous virgins and women fallen in disgrace, led 12Last1    12:24 | villages, into the enemies’ hands” [Psalms 77.61], and so forth. But Christ was 12Last1    12:24 | Christ was late in awakening, and it was not (here) as 12Last1    12:25 | two places, of the mountain and of the city. We have 12Last1    12:25 | saw with our own eyes, and about the wicked things we 12Last1    12:25 | which befell the other districts and cities, who is strong enough 12Last1    12:25 | to record them)? Much time and many words would be needed 12Last1    13:1 | who held sway over Armenia, and Aharon, son of Bulghar, who 12Last1    13:1 | who held the Vaspurakan region, and Grigor, the mighty prince of 12Last1    13:2 | princes will be confused, inappropriate and subject to dissolution, so it 12Last1    13:3 | The impious committed impious acts, and they thought that by human 12Last1    13:3 | Consequently, they fell into confusion, and no one approved of the 12Last1    13:4 | piled their treasures onto camels and took them to a people 12Last1    13:6 | arrived, after (receiving) many entreaties and generous gifts of treasure; but 12Last1    13:6 | battle had commenced, Bulghar’s son and his people took to flight 12Last1    13:6 | loud cries. They trapped Liparit and his brave warriors in their 12Last1    13:6 | horse’s sinews with a sword and taking (Liparit) himself captive 12Last1    13:7 | their deaths) from lofty places and caves. The remainder, naked and 12Last1    13:7 | and caves. The remainder, naked and robbed, went on foot wherever 12Last1    13:7 | on foot wherever they could, and survived 12Last1    13:8 | people) were full of woes and laments. From that day forth 12Last1    13:8 | reapers came the sheave-binders, and ( the sheaves) were taken, and 12Last1    13:8 | and (the sheaves) were taken, and only the gleanings and stubble 12Last1    13:8 | taken, and only the gleanings and stubble were left as fodder 12Last1    13:9 | battle, (the Seljuks) took plunder and slaves and entered their own 12Last1    13:9 | Seljuks) took plunder and slaves and entered their own land, and 12Last1    13:9 | and entered their own land, and every country was filled up 12Last1    13:9 | took the Georgian prince (Liparit) and gave him to the Caliph 12Last1    13:9 | Caliph) accepted him with thanks, and peaceably released him to return 12Last1    14:0 | received him with great respect and honor, and commanded that (Petros 12Last1    14:0 | with great respect and honor, and commanded that (Petros) be honored 12Last1    14:0 | to Armenia, (Petros) would go and incite Ani to rebel 12Last1    14:1 | son, Atom, took (Petros) gratefully and brought him to his city 12Last1    14:1 | with numerous well-appointed embellishments and resplendent beauty. (Petros) remained there 12Last1    14:1 | remained there for two years, and then passed to Christ 12Last1    14:2 | about this, he sent messengers, and had (Xach’ik) and all his 12Last1    14:2 | sent messengers, and had (Xach’ik) and all his treasures there and 12Last1    14:2 | and all his treasures there and in Armenia brought to him 12Last1    14:2 | a great lover of treasure, and on account of this many 12Last1    14:3 | to the district called Tarnta, and stayed there, for they had 12Last1    14:4 | subjected him to much inquisition and added the threat that “You 12Last1    14:5 | oversight of the (Armenian) church, and ( promised) to pay the tax 12Last1    14:6 | sites in Armenia were theirs, and ( giving him) two monasteries in 12Last1    15:0 | no experience with evils (warfare) and so (the people) dwelled unconcernedly 12Last1    15:0 | so (the people) dwelled unconcernedly and without suspicions therein, grown rich 12Last1    15:0 | much merchandise acquired by sea and by land 12Last1    15:2 | the city’s men, women, elderly, and youths (each) according to strength 12Last1    15:2 | youths (each) according to strength and ability, on the Lord’s feast 12Last1    15:3 | city became filled with sighs and lamentations. Priests were silenced at 12Last1    15:3 | on the lips of scribes and boys. There one could have 12Last1    15:3 | of moving even the stones and inanimate objects to sighs of 12Last1    15:3 | lament, let alone the rational and living 12Last1    15:4 | Well-respected and honorable merchants were wickedly slain 12Last1    15:4 | merchants were wickedly slain, youths and athletes lay stabbed to death 12Last1    15:4 | to death in the streets, and the blood-spattered heads of 12Last1    15:5 | on fire. Taking their captives and the city’s plunder, they went 12Last1    16:0 | era [1054]. Now the same month, and the same date of the 12Last1    16:0 | Seljuks) took the land captive, and burned Arcn and other cities 12Last1    16:0 | land captive, and burned Arcn and other cities and awans, that 12Last1    16:0 | burned Arcn and other cities and awans, that death-breathing, bloodthirsty 12Last1    16:0 | awans, that death-breathing, bloodthirsty and murderous beast, the Sultan (Tughril 12Last1    16:0 | elephants, carts, horses, women, children, and much preparation 12Last1    16:1 | Skipping over Archesh and Berkri, they came and camped 12Last1    16:1 | Archesh and Berkri, they came and camped near the city called 12Last1    16:1 | the stronghold of the Abkhaz and to the mountain called Parxar 12Last1    16:1 | as the forests of Chanet’ia; and south as far as the 12Last1    16:1 | the place called Sim mountain. And they seized the entire land 12Last1    16:2 | was full of corpses—cultivated and uncultivated places, roads and desolate 12Last1    16:2 | cultivated and uncultivated places, roads and desolate places, caves, craggy spots 12Last1    16:2 | caves, craggy spots, pine groves and steep places—and (the Seljuks 12Last1    16:2 | pine groves and steep places— and ( the Seljuks) set on fire 12Last1    16:2 | the Seljuks) set on fire and polluted all the cultivated places 12Last1    16:2 | all the cultivated places, homes and churches 12Last1    16:3 | And the flame of that fire 12Last1    16:3 | was totally devoid of inhabitants and the bellowing of animals ceased 12Last1    16:4 | country ceased rejoicing. Everywhere lamentations and sighs were heard, everywhere there 12Last1    16:4 | heard, everywhere there was weeping and sobbing. Nowhere were the songs 12Last1    16:5 | were books (read) to advise and comfort listeners, for the readers 12Last1    16:5 | books themselves had been burned and turned to ashes. Nowhere were 12Last1    16:5 | were the sounds of weddings and the glad tidings of newly 12Last1    16:6 | vessels. All of this vanished and is no more 12Last1    16:7 | the lament on the roads and the mountains? What Isaiah would 12Last1    16:9 | I stir up the laments and sighs of all who are 12Last1    16:9 | Therefore, I shall stop wavering and shall write one after the 12Last1    16:10 | When I recall Xorjean and Hanjet’ (districts), and what transpired 12Last1    16:10 | recall Xorjean and Hanjet’ (districts), and what transpired in them, my 12Last1    16:10 | dazed, trembling seizes my hands, and I am unable to continue 12Last1    16:11 | glowering with rage like avengers, and, searching through caves and the 12Last1    16:11 | avengers, and, searching through caves and the thick pine forests, they 12Last1    16:12 | the water starts to flow and rise, causing streams to form 12Last1    16:12 | the corpses of the fallen, and from its coursing, the ground 12Last1    16:13 | to) the class of clerics and priests who happened to be 12Last1    16:13 | they fell to the ground and tumbled over, struck by the 12Last1    16:14 | taken from their mothers’ embraces and hurled to the ground, who 12Last1    16:15 | by tears, hearing these numerous and varied (recitations) of evil? Virgins 12Last1    16:15 | were separated from their men and led into slavery. In one 12Last1    16:16 | upon (the districts of) Derjan and Ekegheac’, and upon the area 12Last1    16:16 | districts of) Derjan and Ekegheac’, and upon the area between them 12Last1    16:17 | entered Tayk’ took the country and reached as far as the 12Last1    16:17 | land. Taking the district’s booty and slaves, they turned and came 12Last1    16:17 | booty and slaves, they turned and came as far as the 12Last1    16:18 | the head of their troops and many with him, turned the 12Last1    16:18 | turned the rest to flight and retrieved all the loot and 12Last1    16:18 | and retrieved all the loot and slaves. However, they did not 12Last1    16:19 | killed or led into captivity, and filled with plunder they turned 12Last1    16:20 | son, Gagik [1029-1064], came against them and wrought great slaughter in that 12Last1    16:20 | of the infidel came up and caught (the Armenians) in their 12Last1    16:20 | the prolongation of the battle and the enormous destruction, (the Armenians 12Last1    16:20 | the enormous destruction, (the Armenians) and their horses were exhausted. Therefore 12Last1    16:20 | to break the enemies’ blockade and come out. (The Seljuks) putting 12Last1    16:22 | died, he ordered (T’at’ul) killed, and had his severed right arm 12Last1    16:23 | severe wind, with enormous surges, and foamy billows, crashing about on 12Last1    16:24 | many people, swooning from dread and apprehension are unable to remain 12Last1    16:25 | Leave this aside now, and come and marvel at the 12Last1    16:25 | this aside now, and come and marvel at the Sultan’s stupidity 12Last1    16:25 | marvel at the Sultan’s stupidity and at God’s magnificent wisdom. (Wonder 12Last1    16:25 | Sultan) who declared himself omnipotent and God’s coadjutor, and (marvel at 12Last1    16:25 | himself omnipotent and God’s coadjutor, and ( marvel at) God’s wisdom, for 12Last1    16:25 | He struck him a blow, and sent him back to his 12Last1    16:26 | Sultan) came with innumerable troops and surrounded the city (of Manazkert 12Last1    16:26 | city (of Manazkert), its residents and livestock were caught unawares. Had 12Last1    16:26 | not eternally hold a grudge, and does not deal with us 12Last1    16:27 | After three days (the Sultan) and his entire army moved down 12Last1    16:27 | moved down into Tuaraca Tap’ and thence descended onto the extensive 12Last1    16:27 | a great concourse of people and animals, but did nothing, because 12Last1    16:28 | promontory which looks toward Karin, and saw that the city was 12Last1    16:28 | of the city without suspicion, and had prepared plentiful provisions for 12Last1    16:28 | prepared plentiful provisions for themselves and for the animals, since it 12Last1    16:29 | He came, boiling with anger, and commenced battling with the city 12Last1    16:29 | them, disciplining himself with fasting and prayer. Armed with this, he 12Last1    16:30 | for Thou art with me” [Psalms 22.4], and “ I fear not the myriads 12Last1    16:31 | the men of the city and the troops, saying: “Take heart 12Last1    16:31 | saying: “Take heart, my comrades and brothers, take heart and fear 12Last1    16:31 | comrades and brothers, take heart and fear not, for this is 12Last1    16:31 | upon us with their carts and horses, let us recall the 12Last1    16:31 | be proud of God eternally, and confess His name, that He 12Last1    16:31 | name, that He give strength and steadfastness to His people, He 12Last1    16:32 | urged the priests to pray and sing psalms, and they individually 12Last1    16:32 | to pray and sing psalms, and they individually beseeched God night 12Last1    16:32 | they individually beseeched God night and day, with the Cross and 12Last1    16:32 | and day, with the Cross and the loud noise of the 12Last1    16:32 | were wearied by the din and he inquired what the ceaseless 12Last1    16:32 | what the ceaseless clamor was and learned from the learned that 12Last1    16:33 | the city for one month, and each day he would offer 12Last1    16:33 | battle twice: once at daybreak, and again at nightfall. But observe 12Last1    16:34 | city stood in such consternation and danger, (God) caused a wonderful 12Last1    16:35 | in the course of battle, and shoot the arrow into the 12Last1    16:35 | that at night via such and such a place (the Seljuks 12Last1    16:35 | to excavate under the walls and enter the city, and that 12Last1    16:35 | walls and enter the city, and that (the citizens) should remain 12Last1    16:35 | the citizens) should remain firm and guard those places 12Last1    16:36 | order to govern the people, and made a dumb beast speak 12Last1    16:37 | found (the citizens) there armed and ready. After this they erected 12Last1    16:37 | this they erected (war) machinery and fought with them 12Last1    16:38 | presbyters, who was quite old and extremely informed about the art 12Last1    16:38 | a catapult of his own, and when (the Seljuks) would place 12Last1    16:38 | rock in the catapult’s sling, and hurl it at the city 12Last1    16:38 | so that they would collide, and fall upon the infidels. The 12Last1    16:39 | sixty liters in the sling, and hurled it at the city 12Last1    16:39 | a wall of cotton loads and many other materials, so that 12Last1    16:40 | wall, caused it to crumble, and opened up a passageway. When 12Last1    16:40 | this, they began to tremble, and with great sighing they beseeched 12Last1    16:41 | troops (Dailamites) took his soldiers and came to battle with our 12Last1    16:41 | an iron claw, seized him, and drew him up over the 12Last1    16:42 | the Byzantine troops, brave-hearted and manly, prepared (a mixture) of 12Last1    16:42 | prepared (a mixture) of Sulphur and flammable oil, put it into 12Last1    16:42 | vessel, mounted a thoroughbred steed, and, protected by merely a shield 12Last1    16:43 | rode up to the baban and around it, and then unexpectedly 12Last1    16:43 | the baban and around it, and then unexpectedly poured the contents 12Last1    16:43 | astounded, jumped onto their horses and pursued him, but they were 12Last1    16:45 | overcame) the foreign titan Sisar, and another woman (overcame) Hoghep’erhnes 12Last1    16:47 | expressed all of his anger and rage, and prepared a furnace 12Last1    16:47 | of his anger and rage, and prepared a furnace the flames 12Last1    16:49 | the king’s threats were exhausted, and when (the children) bound, were 12Last1    16:49 | speedily came to their aid, and did not shame those who 12Last1    16:50 | divided the fire in two and it burned those Chaldeans it 12Last1    16:50 | sprinkled the children with dew, and the fire neither approached them 12Last1    16:51 | Let this serve as counsel and teaching for us 12Last1    16:52 | ordered the rabble to insult and curse the Sultan from the 12Last1    16:52 | his army. He went away, and en route encountered a city 12Last1    16:52 | their hopes on the sea and the stronghold, remained unconcerned 12Last1    16:53 | they craftily discovered it themselves— and entered the city. Putting swords 12Last1    16:53 | almost) everyone. Then taking captives and the city’s loot, they departed 12Last1    17:0 | The blessed and divine Solomon wrote that “A 12Last1    17:0 | concern themselves about the peace and prosperity of their realms, just 12Last1    17:1 | was constantly preoccupied with eating and drinking. He elevated filthy people 12Last1    17:1 | drinking. He elevated filthy people, and as for those taxes which 12Last1    17:1 | treasures (Monomachus) squandered on whores, and was in no way troubled 12Last1    17:2 | much did he love harlots and whores that (all) the women 12Last1    17:2 | women brought in from afar, and occupied himself with them every 12Last1    17:2 | a protector, mercilessly destroy it. And so, it was in (Monomachus’ 12Last1    17:2 | that (enemies) from the West and the East destroyed the Christians 12Last1    17:4 | Tachiks, sent emissaries to her and wrote her an edict with 12Last1    17:4 | Either give me those cities and districts which your forebears took 12Last1    17:5 | instead) sent him white horses and mules, many treasures, and purple 12Last1    17:5 | horses and mules, many treasures, and purple attire. (The Sultan) received 12Last1    17:6 | of Apusuar, who held Duin and Ganjak and was the son 12Last1    17:6 | who held Duin and Ganjak and was the son-in-law 12Last1    17:6 | get inside, because night fell, and the city gates were closed 12Last1    17:7 | gates, put swords to work, and wreaked unbelievable destruction (on people 12Last1    17:7 | help them. Then, taking booty and captives, they returned to their 12Last1    17:8 | from Turkestan, submitted to him, and wanted to display their loyalty 12Last1    17:8 | Xlat’, they seized much booty and brought it to Taron 12Last1    17:9 | then troops assembled from Persia and Turkestan sent to T’eodoros saying 12Last1    17:9 | T’eodoros refused. Therefore, they came and battled two and three times 12Last1    17:9 | they came and battled two and three times. The prince displayed 12Last1    17:9 | valor, but was fatally wounded, and died a few days later 12Last1    17:10 | he was only a lad and exceedingly good looking, resembling the 12Last1    17:10 | looking, resembling the prophet David, and he was braver than many 12Last1    17:11 | killed (virtually) all of them, and did the same in the 12Last1    17:11 | same in the surrounding villages and fields. Taking captives and booty 12Last1    17:11 | villages and fields. Taking captives and booty, they moved on to 12Last1    17:12 | Taking the captives and loot over ice, suddenly the 12Last1    17:12 | ice, suddenly the ice broke, and everyone on it fell in 12Last1    17:13 | us these accounts of grief and troubles?” How much the prophets 12Last1    17:14 | about matters which have transpired, and I narrate the accomplished fact 12Last1    17:15 | ’The fathers ate sour grapes, and their children’s teeth were on 12Last1    17:15 | of the son is mine” [Ezekiel 18. 2-4]. And He freed the son from 12Last1    17:16 | peace, yet we are slaves and captives, stabbed by the sword 12Last1    17:16 | stabbed by the sword, homeless, and pillaged of our belongings 12Last1    17:17 | nothing of the Curopalate’s principality and what (existed) in Byzantium. (It 12Last1    17:17 | once had) a patriarchate, great and envied by all peoples, as 12Last1    17:17 | of the first order, truthful and sagacious, at whose words all 12Last1    17:17 | legions of heretics were humiliated and cast down, unable to enter 12Last1    17:17 | since he recognized his own and was recognized by his own 12Last1    17:19 | Come now and see the wicked inconsolable replacement 12Last1    17:20 | reappear. Where is the great and wondrous patriarchal throne which that 12Last1    17:20 | descending into the deep pit and being tested by fatiguing labor 12Last1    17:20 | of adornments, covered with dust and spiderwebs, and the heir to 12Last1    17:20 | covered with dust and spiderwebs, and the heir to that throne 12Last1    17:20 | foreign land as a slave and a captive 12Last1    17:21 | The voices and sermons of vardapets have ceased 12Last1    17:21 | by (the vardapets’) theological words and orthodox confession, presently resemble lions 12Last1    17:22 | was so embellished, comely, fruitful and sanctified that it would have 12Last1    17:22 | in tattered clothing. Its chandeliers and candles are extinguished, the smell 12Last1    17:22 | extinguished, the smell of incense and sweet fragrances is gone, the 12Last1    17:22 | altar is covered with dust and ash 12Last1    17:24 | of our wickedness, inform Heaven and those who are in it 12Last1    17:24 | those who are in it and over it; inform the earth 12Last1    17:24 | over it; inform the earth, and the animals living on it 12Last1    17:24 | on it; inform the mountains and hills, trees and dense forests 12Last1    17:24 | the mountains and hills, trees and dense forests, let them mourn 12Last1    17:24 | dense forests, let them mourn and lament our destruction 12Last1    17:25 | they would command the mountains and hills to leap for joy 12Last1    17:25 | the sea to make merry; and the forests to rejoice. They 12Last1    17:25 | They are all our comrades, and since they share in our 12Last1    17:25 | in our day of humiliation and tribulation, because they were created 12Last1    17:26 | nor consolation. Though they weep and sob and shroud themselves in 12Last1    17:26 | Though they weep and sob and shroud themselves in darkness, in 12Last1    17:26 | rough road will become flat, and everybody will see God’s salvation 12Last1    17:27 | the enemy of your enemies, and shall destroy those who hate 12Last1    17:27 | I shall not abandon you and cast you down” [Psalms 17.41]. We need 12Last1    17:27 | only have peace with God, and turn to Him with sincere 12Last1    17:27 | good deeds as a pledge, and no adversary can grieve us 12Last1    17:28 | shall not be with them,” and also: “Though you beseech Me 12Last1    17:28 | turn My face from you, and if you pray continuously, I 12Last1    17:29 | Brothers, be fearful and heedful of the heavenly messengers 12Last1    18:0 | the principals of the city and the very great princes, she 12Last1    18:0 | turmoil (caused by) the Persians, and to pacify the land, then 12Last1    18:0 | then let him come boldly and sit as king. By God’s 12Last1    18:2 | he continued fighting in Babylon and the surrounding areas, since he 12Last1    18:2 | marched with ours cease coming and sullying the land of Armenia 12Last1    18:3 | of spies they sought out and discovered where the populated places 12Last1    18:3 | would suddenly fall on them, and with unheard of blows, put 12Last1    18:4 | Unconcernedly and fearlessly they would remain many 12Last1    18:4 | leaving the place totally demolished, and then, taking the booty and 12Last1    18:4 | and then, taking the booty and captives, they would return to 12Last1    18:5 | There was a populous and rich awan in the Basen 12Last1    18:6 | on that plain, the hands and feet of these beasts in 12Last1    18:6 | This they set on fire, and from the blaze of that 12Last1    18:6 | the Seljuks) stood warming themselves and their horses 12Last1    18:7 | Then, stringing their bows and baring their weapons they attacked 12Last1    18:7 | sword (virtually) everyone, some [30,000] people, and none of the residents remained 12Last1    18:8 | the backs of oxen, asses, and horses, (taking) goods and a 12Last1    18:8 | asses, and horses, (taking) goods and a small number of useful 12Last1    18:8 | small number of useful items, and captives, they went off to 12Last1    18:9 | the realm for two years, and having reached deep old age 12Last1    18:9 | old age, she grew ill and died of that illness [A.D. 1056]. (Before 12Last1    18:9 | the city came before her and said beseechingly: “While you are 12Last1    18:10 | an official at the palace, and who was quite old and 12Last1    18:10 | and who was quite old and exceedingly rich 12Last1    18:11 | psalm says, all mortal kings and paupers must travel. Now as 12Last1    18:11 | soon as the very great and the small princes of the 12Last1    18:12 | them happy with sweet words and generous gifts and kept them 12Last1    18:12 | sweet words and generous gifts and kept them loyally under his 12Last1    18:13 | in war against the Persians and prevent the land from being 12Last1    18:13 | pay the Persians your stipends and thus keep the land in 12Last1    18:13 | formed an alliance, went overseas and assembled innumerable troops 12Last1    18:14 | were Komianos, who later ruled, and Kamenas (Comnenus). Thus, did they 12Last1    18:14 | they rebel from the emperor and swore oaths that they would 12Last1    18:14 | not submit to his rule. And this transpired in the year 12Last1    18:15 | of the country were ruined and destroyed! (The land) became unadorned 12Last1    18:15 | Creation: “The land was desolate and unprepared, for there was no 12Last1    18:16 | which always appeared very beautiful and agreeable to beholders; but when 12Last1    18:16 | face) of its former glow and beauty, to the beholders it 12Last1    18:16 | ugly, unworthy of respect, frightening, and even unworthy of pity, as 12Last1    18:17 | when it was still cultivated and full of people, the agriculturalists 12Last1    18:17 | plains with rich green hues, and growing higher until ears appeared 12Last1    18:18 | So too did the herds and flocks leap and play in 12Last1    18:18 | the herds and flocks leap and play in evergreen valleys by 12Last1    18:18 | evergreen valleys by cold fountains, and the country, resembling a guardian 12Last1    18:18 | in Scripture): “May the fields and all upon them rejoice 12Last1    18:19 | opposite: a country laid waste and empty of inhabitants, destroyed cities 12Last1    18:20 | melodies, with their morning twitter and loud chirpings, which, like a 12Last1    18:21 | are in ruins, desolate, depopulated, and lacking places of habitation. Where 12Last1    18:22 | styled the kingdom of Egypt), and the cauldron which was shown 12Last1    18:22 | was shown to Jeremiah, boiling and spilling over (afflicting) from north 12Last1    18:22 | rolling boil spilled over, burning and destroying the Christian peoples from 12Last1    18:23 | the Byzantine nobles) were fighting and opposing one another, they boldly 12Last1    18:23 | one another, they boldly arose and came against us, ceaselessly raiding 12Last1    18:25 | split in two, he went and deceitfully took the stronghold called 12Last1    18:25 | to the district of Aghor and the stronghold called Hawachich’ 12Last1    18:26 | he ordered (the judge) arrested and he stripped him of inestimable 12Last1    18:26 | of inestimable treasure, horses, donkeys and everything else which he had 12Last1    18:26 | had amassed in the East, and then incarcerated him at Eghnut 12Last1    18:28 | returned to his own place. And he sent to the Persians 12Last1    18:29 | quickly assembled at one place, and speedily reached (Iwane). Seeing the 12Last1    18:30 | passing over the desolate places, and reached the Xaghteac’ district. Finding 12Last1    18:30 | an unlimited amount of loot and captives, they turned back with 12Last1    18:31 | that director of wickedness (Iwane), and thanked him with magnificent gifts 12Last1    18:31 | that the country was lordless and without a defender, those satellites 12Last1    18:31 | descended into the Mananaghi district and divided into two parts 12Last1    18:32 | One detachment went to Ekegheac’ and attacked the city there at 12Last1    18:32 | night. The city was unprepared and not warned of the Seljuks’ 12Last1    18:33 | have made the very stones and inanimate objects sigh. What spectator’s 12Last1    18:33 | eyes would not cloud over and grow dim? The squares, homes 12Last1    18:33 | grow dim? The squares, homes, and vast chambers, the lanes and 12Last1    18:33 | and vast chambers, the lanes and vineyards were choking with corpses 12Last1    18:34 | mercilessly tore out their intestines and livers, stuck them in their 12Last1    18:34 | stuck them in their mouths and forced them to eat while 12Last1    18:36 | No more does He forgive and pardon, but would punish us 12Last1    18:36 | people. Thus, were the city, and the villages and fields surrounding 12Last1    18:36 | the city, and the villages and fields surrounding it, besieged until 12Last1    18:36 | strongholds. The infidels, filled full and satiated with loot, set fire 12Last1    18:36 | to the city, took captives and the pillage of that district 12Last1    18:36 | the pillage of that district, and then turned thence 12Last1    18:38 | came like a raging torrent and struck against that wall, it 12Last1    18:38 | was heard throughout the world, and shall be remembered for all 12Last1    18:39 | be a place of salvation and refuge, it became a pit 12Last1    18:39 | ruin. For all the villages and religious establishments on this side 12Last1    18:39 | attacked, (the city’s) fortifications collapsed, and they rushed in 12Last1    18:40 | The flashing of swords and the whizzing of bowstrings made 12Last1    18:40 | leader there who, by threats and encouragement, might urge them to 12Last1    18:40 | senses, they gave up hope and went crazy 12Last1    18:41 | And they commenced hiding from one 12Last1    18:41 | descended the walls at nighttime and fled, others voluntarily surrendered. Those 12Last1    18:41 | thought of resistance, dug caverns and hid underground. When the enemy 12Last1    18:41 | the Seljuks) seized, brought forward and beheaded with the sword 12Last1    18:42 | like beasts, pierced their hearts and killed them instantly. As for 12Last1    18:42 | instantly. As for the stout and corpulent, they were made to 12Last1    18:42 | go down on their knees, and their hands were secured down 12Last1    18:43 | both sides over the forearm and shoulder as far as the 12Last1    18:43 | the second hand, forcibly removed, and ( the Seljuks) fashioned bowstrings out 12Last1    18:44 | As for the presbyters and clerics, what ear could bear 12Last1    18:44 | breast upward, over the face, and then twisted around the head 12Last1    18:44 | then twisted around the head. And only after so torturing them 12Last1    18:46 | drained the bile into pans, and made the slave women take 12Last1    18:47 | prophets, saying: “Come, heed Me, and you shall dwell in goodness 12Last1    18:47 | you shall dwell in goodness, and if you hear Me with 12Last1    18:49 | And we were betrayed into the 12Last1    18:49 | the hand of our enemies, and straitened by those who hated 12Last1    18:49 | Their arrows drank our blood, and their swords ate the flesh 12Last1    18:49 | said that seven thousand (men and women) were killed or captured 12Last1    18:49 | women) were killed or captured, and sixty clerics 12Last1    19:0 | Earlier we recalled and described what one detachment (of 12Last1    19:0 | to the borders of Mananaghi and divided, accomplished. Now the second 12Last1    19:0 | raced its horses through Hanjet’ and Xorjean (districts), turning neither right 12Last1    19:1 | like ocean waves, surging back and forth. Alas the deeds then 12Last1    19:1 | infidels put swords to work and killed the mother with her 12Last1    19:1 | the mother with her child, and the son before his father 12Last1    19:1 | the son before his father. And that gloriously fashioned city became 12Last1    19:2 | their love for dear ones and sympathy for relatives. Each person 12Last1    19:2 | vineyards which surrounded the city, and they concealed themselves under the 12Last1    19:3 | about this, searched (the vineyards), and stabbed and killed with lances 12Last1    19:3 | searched (the vineyards), and stabbed and killed with lances all (those 12Last1    19:3 | their dead among the vines, and buried them under the earth 12Last1    19:4 | they returned to the city and started searching through the houses 12Last1    19:5 | set the city on fire and burned it down, and then 12Last1    19:5 | fire and burned it down, and then, taking booty and captives 12Last1    19:5 | down, and then, taking booty and captives, they departed. They dealt 12Last1    19:5 | similarly with the surrounding villages and awans, destroying all of them 12Last1    19:5 | of them with fire, sword, and slavery until nowhere was anyone 12Last1    20:0 | Komianos), since he was generous and quite wealthy, assembled about himself 12Last1    20:0 | to Comnenus, he beseeched him, and started sending emissaries to him 12Last1    20:0 | to him, promising him gifts and the authority of Curopalate of 12Last1    20:0 | said, (Comnenus) remain at peace, and together with himself avenge the 12Last1    20:1 | Comnenus) did not believe this, and did not accept. When nothing 12Last1    20:2 | him. The two adversaries met and clashed. There was so much 12Last1    20:2 | But Comnenus’ troops were victorious. And since the patriarch was on 12Last1    20:3 | made him become a monk and set him off to an 12Last1    21:0 | took in His hand Turkestan and Persia, the scepter of chastisement 12Last1    21:0 | of chastisement, not of teaching, and by means of them He 12Last1    21:1 | to become familiar with Him. And He commanded that (we) resemble 12Last1    21:1 | resemble him in all matters, and to preserve that relationship by 12Last1    21:1 | we rebelled from our sweet and good Father and were alienated 12Last1    21:1 | our sweet and good Father and were alienated from His association 12Last1    21:2 | the time of our need and of our torments, He ignored 12Last1    21:2 | our torments, He ignored us, and we were betrayed into the 12Last1    21:2 | us; we were laid low, and our entrails congealed in the 12Last1    21:3 | turned to blood. Our rivers and cisterns and virtually all the 12Last1    21:3 | blood. Our rivers and cisterns and virtually all the soil of 12Last1    21:3 | bodies were stabbed by swords, and then hacked apart, limb by 12Last1    21:3 | apart, limb by limb. Dragonflies and mosquitoes rested upon (the Egyptians 12Last1    21:3 | upon (the Egyptians) which bit and blinded those lordly visages, but 12Last1    21:3 | of arrows were our fate, and they wounded more painfully 12Last1    21:4 | pests) crept into our homes and churches—it terrifies me to 12Last1    21:4 | terrifies me to say it— and polluted them not only with 12Last1    21:5 | inhabitants were wiped out, one and all. The only thing we 12Last1    21:6 | from the Israelites golden ornaments and clothing in place of serving 12Last1    21:6 | Yet (the Seljuks) totally stripped and pillaged whatever we had, even 12Last1    21:6 | done nothing to them. Alas and alack that inconsolable destruction 12Last1    21:7 | because they worshipped created beings and not the Creator Who is 12Last1    21:7 | we have the right belief and the tongue of confession. Why 12Last1    21:7 | much more pitiful are we, and ( how much more) deserving of 12Last1    21:8 | Oh Lord, Creator, and God, why did You completely 12Last1    21:8 | did You completely reject us, and cause us to be trampled 12Last1    21:8 | be trampled underfoot by pagans and make us the object of 12Last1    21:8 | us the object of ridicule and derision by our enemies? Arise 12Last1    21:8 | derision by our enemies? Arise and awaken Your might, come and 12Last1    21:8 | and awaken Your might, come and save us, and requite our 12Last1    21:8 | might, come and save us, and requite our neighbors sevenfold 12Last1    21:9 | the destruction of other cities and districts. As for the city 12Last1    21:9 | the strength of its vigor and bravery, like Moab, it was 12Last1    21:9 | like Moab, it was tender and genteel. Its merchants were the 12Last1    21:9 | couches always drinking clarified wine, and anointing (themselves) with fragrant oils 12Last1    21:10 | the Israelites: “It waxed fat and grew thick, and became sleek 12Last1    21:10 | waxed fat and grew thick, and became sleek, then it forsook 12Last1    21:10 | Sodomites, similarly, led such lives, and fell into unbelievable evils, as 12Last1    21:10 | by the plentitude of bread and a rich existence 12Last1    21:11 | when growing poor, we grumble and blame God, while when growing 12Last1    21:11 | growing rich, we become insolent, and like immortals subjugate the land 12Last1    21:12 | taught to know our limits and not to ascend above our 12Last1    21:13 | Yet we originated from it and return to it. However, the 12Last1    21:13 | want anyone to be lost, and therefore does not allow any 12Last1    21:13 | As much as is possible and when it is appropriate, He 12Last1    21:13 | appropriate, He advises us sweetly and with paternal counsel, but when 12Last1    21:14 | the next world (to punish). And there are those, like the 12Last1    21:14 | punished both in this world and in the next. There are 12Last1    21:16 | went as far as Koghonia, and, as is their wont, they 12Last1    21:17 | other group headed for Melitene, and reached it at night. There 12Last1    21:17 | Byzantine cavalrymen guarding the city, and so, when the brigands arrived 12Last1    21:18 | for twelve days, digging through and ruining the city and its 12Last1    21:18 | through and ruining the city and its surrounding estates 12Last1    21:20 | assembled numerous troops of archers and seized the passes of the 12Last1    21:21 | know about any other road, and since the mountains were covered 12Last1    21:22 | They took the young boys and other little children and used 12Last1    21:22 | boys and other little children and used them as targets, wickedly 12Last1    21:22 | them as targets, wickedly piercing and killing them with lances and 12Last1    21:22 | and killing them with lances and arrows. Nor did any feelings 12Last1    21:22 | rocks, while the attractive women and girls who had been reared 12Last1    21:23 | Victuals for man and beast gave out. Therefore (the 12Last1    21:23 | the people’s) fear of them, and since snow still thickly covered 12Last1    21:23 | They allowed herds of horses and donkeys to run ahead unimpeded 12Last1    21:23 | a path. Then the captives and baggage went. In this fashion 12Last1    21:23 | the edge of that district and the village named Mormreans 12Last1    21:24 | this village had a fortress, and for that reason all the 12Last1    21:25 | chief went before the fortress and started saying something to the 12Last1    21:25 | the snow with numerous pavilions and was sitting on (one of 12Last1    21:25 | Seljuk’s) throat with an arrow, and killed him instantly 12Last1    21:26 | army came up from behind, and immediately started sounding their horns 12Last1    21:26 | within the fortress came out and took as many captives and 12Last1    21:26 | and took as many captives and as much loot as they 12Last1    21:26 | not there, they turned around and killed whomever they encountered, gathered 12Last1    21:26 | loot, scooped up the rest, and turned back 12Last1    21:27 | captives, filled up with booty, and then went back inside the 12Last1    21:27 | all of them, retrieved captives and booty, and returned in joy 12Last1    21:27 | them, retrieved captives and booty, and returned in joy, glorifying God 12Last1    21:28 | gorgeous style to the glory and honor of the great martyr 12Last1    21:28 | honor of the great martyr and precursor of Christ), as well 12Last1    21:28 | as well as other structures, and the wooden church called St 12Last1    22:0 | a hair shirt, keeping fasts, and going about barefoot. He selected 12Last1    22:0 | who had forsworn sumptuous foods, and who continuously were occupied with 12Last1    22:1 | many people to wonder, far and near, and everyone wanted to 12Last1    22:1 | to wonder, far and near, and everyone wanted to see him 12Last1    22:3 | is mixed with ordinary food, and those who eat of it 12Last1    22:3 | the fish will be deceived and caught by the hook, so 12Last1    22:4 | faith to deceive the gullible, and they dupe the innocent with 12Last1    22:4 | their words spread like cancer and just as that illness is 12Last1    22:6 | your own) clansmen—as Habel and Joseph learned. Should (the enemy 12Last1    22:8 | who share the same language, and who belong to the same 12Last1    22:8 | same fountain — (may be) sweet and also bitter water, even though 12Last1    22:8 | one in Ezekiel’s vision, limpid and clear, into which pestilential, heretical 12Last1    22:9 | spirit how lambs became wolves and caused a carnage of bloodshed 12Last1    22:11 | of our faith, who strained and purified the dregs of bitterness 12Last1    22:11 | purified the dregs of bitterness and brought health to the waters 12Last1    22:14 | was an extremely great publicist, and he bewitched the ears of 12Last1    22:14 | not recall the Lord’s command and unswerving promise to Peter: “You 12Last1    22:14 | Peter: “You are a rock and upon this rock shall I 12Last1    22:14 | shall I build my Church, and the gates of Hell shall 12Last1    22:16 | and glorified and crowned with the 12Last1    22:16 | and glorified and crowned with the invincible Cross 12Last1    22:19 | given communion in the body and blood of the Lord and 12Last1    22:19 | and blood of the Lord and be made worthy of masses 12Last1    22:19 | be made worthy of masses and all Christian rituals. But (Yakobos 12Last1    22:20 | sacrifice) would be led forward and they would say: “Unfortunate beast 12Last1    22:20 | he, during his lifetime sinned and died, but how did you 12Last1    22:21 | did not. Everyone was confused and doubtful and sought some resolution 12Last1    22:21 | Everyone was confused and doubtful and sought some resolution of the 12Last1    22:21 | doing God’s will, in retreats and caves, (and who) requested a 12Last1    22:21 | will, in retreats and caves, ( and who) requested a visitation from 12Last1    22:21 | beneficent Lord, with great sighing’s and tearful entreaties 12Last1    22:24 | sat at home greatly encouraged, and sent replies to the meeting 12Last1    22:25 | Him, (God) stilled the tempests and brought rain in time of 12Last1    22:25 | prayers of one just man, and He also visited us and 12Last1    22:25 | and He also visited us and saved His people. Through His 12Last1    22:26 | Yakobos’) renown for goodness, went and became his adherent. Now when 12Last1    22:26 | was an extremely learned man, and displayed great intimacy toward (Yakobos 12Last1    22:26 | one of (Yakobos’) adherents. Observing and becoming informed about (Yakobos’) Mcghneay 12Last1    22:26 | faith, (Esayi) went at once and informed the blessed patriarch Sargis 12Last1    22:27 | when the latter heard this, and as events continued to unfold 12Last1    22:27 | to him with mild words, and requited him as was meet 12Last1    22:27 | the ranks of the priesthood, and, branding (Yakobos’) face with the 12Last1    22:27 | faith of the blessed Illuminator and crawls into the fold of 12Last1    22:27 | human faces, the impious T’ondrakeans, and unites with them, shall bear 12Last1    22:27 | shall bear the same judgement and punishment 12Last1    22:28 | wanted him to repent yet and to promise to stand clear 12Last1    22:29 | Indian cannot lose his darkness, and the leopard cannot lose its 12Last1    22:29 | Yakobos) broke out of jail, and fled across Byzantine territory until 12Last1    22:29 | slandered our (Armenian Apostolic) faith and requested baptism according to their 12Last1    22:30 | became knowledgeable about the matter and comprehended what it was. They 12Last1    22:30 | Whomever the Armenians have refused and dishonored regarding the faith, we 12Last1    22:30 | succeeding in this, (Yakobos) arose and came to the Apahunik’ district 12Last1    22:31 | Consequently, he left that place and went to the mountain of 12Last1    22:31 | folk settled there on fields and in open places, and he 12Last1    22:31 | fields and in open places, and he tarried with them. Having 12Last1    22:32 | the canons of the Bible, and does not unite with the 12Last1    22:32 | Yakobos) died like an ass, and was buried like one, leaving 12Last1    23:1 | fact Satan’s first-born son and the storehouse of his plans 12Last1    23:1 | billowing forth from his mouth, and many were poisoned therefrom and 12Last1    23:1 | and many were poisoned therefrom and died 12Last1    23:2 | who belonged to a principal and fine line, mistress of field 12Last1    23:2 | line, mistress of field(s) and ( Kuncik’s) neighbor. Once infected by 12Last1    23:3 | First and foremost were two women, her 12Last1    23:3 | clanswomen who were named Axni and Kamara (truly the willing accomplices 12Last1    23:3 | is typical of their fold, and by the art of sorcery 12Last1    23:3 | sorcery they became Satan’s vardapets, and the father of all evil 12Last1    23:4 | whet their tongues like swords, and aimed bitter words like arrows 12Last1    23:4 | of the righteous. They struck and mortally wounded many innocent souls 12Last1    23:5 | which they turned into dwellings and dens for that crafty dragon 12Last1    23:5 | dragon-snake. (Yakobos) nested therein and violently spewed forth his bile 12Last1    23:5 | The sisters collected the poison) and, serving as cup-bearers, gave 12Last1    23:5 | is the poison of serpents, and the cruel venom of asps 12Last1    23:6 | been correct in the faith, and forward in pious deeds, to 12Last1    23:6 | retreat on his patrimonial lands and assembled ascetic brothers therein. Within 12Last1    23:7 | during the fast of Lent, and remain with them until Easter 12Last1    23:7 | to charity for the poor and in showing submission to the 12Last1    23:9 | daughter that Solomon spoke of and about which the divine Apostle 12Last1    23:11 | a loose woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than 12Last1    23:11 | her lovers, bound like dogs, and drag them off like a 12Last1    23:11 | like a calf for slaughter, and she will (kill you) just 12Last1    23:12 | lamentable Vrverh lost his prudence and fell from the faith, becoming 12Last1    23:12 | becoming the enemy of God and His saints. He forsook the 12Last1    23:12 | nourished him with His body and blood 12Last1    23:13 | He forgot the divine covenant, and withdrew from communion with the 12Last1    23:13 | constructed with very great expense and labor, where groups of psalm 12Last1    23:13 | where groups of psalm-sayers and clerics with divine accompaniment sang 12Last1    23:13 | God, is now silent, ruined and desolate 12Last1    23:14 | next? The wretched man went and joined up with those diabolical 12Last1    23:14 | up with those diabolical women. And they joined to themselves all 12Last1    23:14 | which naturally belonged to them and which we spoke of a 12Last1    23:14 | a little earlier, namely, Kashe and Aghiwsoy. Frenzied with diabolical rage 12Last1    23:15 | death was set at naught and the temptations of the wily 12Last1    23:17 | willing servants of Satan came and, striking the crown of the 12Last1    23:17 | symbol with hammers, smashed it and threw it to the ground 12Last1    23:17 | ground. Then they went secretly and entered their snake-infested lairs 12Last1    23:17 | the sky above was stupefied and the earth was afflicted with 12Last1    23:17 | darkness of evening, Aurora lamented and mourned that deed 12Last1    23:18 | at cockcrow the presbyter arose and went before the Cross to 12Last1    23:18 | he grabbed his own collar and tore his clothing. Then crying 12Last1    23:18 | they were stupefied, shrieking loudly, and beating their breasts, they returned 12Last1    23:18 | everyone, men, women, the elderly and the young, lamented sighing in 12Last1    23:20 | up the district’s bishops, presbyters, and fathers, he took them and 12Last1    23:20 | and fathers, he took them and went and put to the 12Last1    23:20 | he took them and went and put to the fire the 12Last1    23:20 | the impious, cursing their goods and property just as in the 12Last1    23:21 | the vardapets of that wicked and foul religion, and came with 12Last1    23:21 | that wicked and foul religion, and came with the crowd to 12Last1    23:21 | to the town named Jerma. And he commanded that their faces 12Last1    23:21 | a notice to them, clear and recognizable to all, so that 12Last1    23:23 | wicked Vrverh went before him and accused the very respectable patriarch 12Last1    23:23 | the very respectable patriarch Samuel and the other bishops with him 12Last1    23:23 | saying: “They robbed my home, and burned down the village.” Moreover 12Last1    23:23 | for debts of many treasures and goods 12Last1    23:24 | the clergy, to the presbyters and the cenobites that they should 12Last1    23:25 | merely priests, but especially laymen, and so vast was their number 12Last1    23:25 | the confluence of the Euphrates and the Mananaghi rivers, to the 12Last1    23:26 | that rain started to fall, and swollen from the downpour, the 12Last1    23:26 | downpour, the Euphrates had risen and coursed fully. The soldiers, having 12Last1    23:26 | across the aged bishop Samuel and his brother’s son T’eodoros, to 12Last1    23:27 | shall ferry across those (bishops), and then, the people.” Thus, did 12Last1    23:28 | each other with loud voices and exhortatory expressions, saying that it 12Last1    23:29 | having dispersed of its rays, and giving boldness to the stars 12Last1    23:29 | Lord’s triumph in their hands and raised to their shoulders, and 12Last1    23:29 | and raised to their shoulders, and with unwavering faith, they split 12Last1    23:30 | faith); they were not silent and without art as are those 12Last1    23:32 | heard about the divine dispensation and the miracle-working, realized that 12Last1    23:32 | he prayed prayers of atonement and called on God’s aid: “I 12Last1    23:33 | P’rris, seeking a just trial and entrusted the case to the 12Last1    23:33 | people. They commanded the worthless and guilty Vrverh to appear at 12Last1    23:34 | light dawns, darkness is dispelled, and when truth appears, falsehood vanishes 12Last1    23:35 | would become a Roman (Chalcedonian), and, bribing a bishop named Episarhat 12Last1    23:36 | bishop appeared at the trial and beseeched them to grant him 12Last1    23:36 | them to grant him (Vrverh), and the judge agreed. This was 12Last1    23:36 | through his princely station, bravery and valiance was one of the 12Last1    23:36 | one of the king’s acquaintances and select (companions), and the judge 12Last1    23:36 | king’s acquaintances and select (companions), and the judge was very considerate 12Last1    23:37 | subjecting them to severe torments and beatings, they persecuted them and 12Last1    23:37 | and beatings, they persecuted them and ruined their homes. The assembly 12Last1    23:37 | The assembly blessed the judge and adjourned in peace 12Last1    23:38 | with fever—like unto Herod— and because his fingers had so 12Last1    23:38 | he remained until his death and then, his body decayed with 12Last1    23:40 | it comes to the audible, and because the narration of many 12Last1    23:41 | what is known about them, and what I have heard about 12Last1    23:41 | not baptism, not the great and awe-inspiring mystery of the 12Last1    24:0 | race, subject to many delusions and illusions, because of lust and 12Last1    24:0 | and illusions, because of lust and impropriety, has sought refuge in 12Last1    24:1 | did not consider themselves Canaanites and did not think that the 12Last1    24:2 | is the Lord who builds and destroys, makes strongholds tremble and 12Last1    24:2 | and destroys, makes strongholds tremble and lofty towers collapse. The tower 12Last1    24:2 | of Lebanon which David built and fortified with swords and shields 12Last1    24:2 | built and fortified with swords and shields against Damascus, did not 12Last1    24:3 | of people close to them and neighbors—punishment which occurs according 12Last1    24:4 | death, but rather that kin and others understand the sins, while 12Last1    24:4 | a distance learn from them and take care 12Last1    24:5 | them with their own eyes and had no need to listen 12Last1    24:5 | to listen, for many districts and cities had been saved from 12Last1    24:5 | that raiding. However, they revolted and rebelled not against mankind, but 12Last1    24:5 | the ground those lofty towers and transforms secure cities into mounds 12Last1    24:6 | or remember the Lord’s dread and threats, nor the dregs of 12Last1    24:6 | the dregs of His rage and wrath, (Whose cup) He lowers 12Last1    24:6 | for the fortress of Ani and her daughters surrounding which had 12Last1    24:6 | had learned arrogance even more, and clapped their hands against Heaven 12Last1    24:6 | to come in His place and to see what was going 12Last1    24:7 | wanted to enlarge their holdings and rule the borders of the 12Last1    24:8 | many myriads of armed troops and entered our land, spreading dread 12Last1    24:8 | entered our land, spreading dread and terror among those far and 12Last1    24:8 | and terror among those far and near. He trampled on and 12Last1    24:8 | and near. He trampled on and overturned many lands until he 12Last1    24:9 | opposite the city of Ani and spread his army throughout the 12Last1    24:9 | of the country. He tried and devised stratagems to destroy that 12Last1    24:9 | that (city) gate of iron and the locks of copper which 12Last1    24:10 | Lord had implanted discord, disunity and chaos between the guards and 12Last1    24:10 | and chaos between the guards and the princes. Just then, (the 12Last1    24:10 | off fighting, took to flight; and, confused by fear, no one 12Last1    24:11 | made way over the wall, and poured into the city like 12Last1    24:11 | Now the multitude of men and women applied to the kings’ 12Last1    24:12 | drink, (the Seljuks) surrounded them and terrified them so much that 12Last1    24:13 | could see there the grief and calamity of every age of 12Last1    24:13 | the embraces of their mothers and mercilessly hurled against rocks, while 12Last1    24:13 | mothers drenched them with tears and blood. Father and son were 12Last1    24:13 | with tears and blood. Father and son were slain by the 12Last1    24:14 | The elderly, the young, priests and deacons also died by the 12Last1    24:14 | with bodies of the slain, and ( the bodies of the slain 12Last1    24:14 | countless multitude of the slain, and from the corpses, that great 12Last1    24:14 | became dyed with blood. Wild and domesticated beasts became the cemeteries 12Last1    24:15 | The lofty and beautiful palace was burned because 12Last1    24:15 | mounds of earth. The usury and treachery there ended 12Last1    24:16 | the sweat of the bankrupt, and which fortify their homes with 12Last1    24:16 | fortify their homes with usury and injustice, having no pity for 12Last1    24:16 | no pity for the poor and indigent. They expect only pleasure 12Last1    24:16 | indigent. They expect only pleasure and comfort and do not desist 12Last1    24:16 | expect only pleasure and comfort and do not desist from foul 12Last1    24:17 | the Lord strikes? They wither and are destroyed like wax in 12Last1    25:1 | them to (writers) more eloquent and intelligent than we. Perhaps someone 12Last1    25:1 | may request it of them, and ( perhaps) I am encouraging the 12Last1    25:2 | small part of his kingdom, and had put the Greek lieutenants 12Last1    25:2 | the Greek lieutenants to flight and taken back to his own 12Last1    25:2 | his own land great booty and many captives, (the Byzantine emperor 12Last1    25:2 | order not to appear unmanly and frightened, and in order not 12Last1    25:2 | to appear unmanly and frightened, and in order not to leave 12Last1    25:3 | With arrogance and in great rage, he crossed 12Last1    25:3 | did he possess a broad and extensive kingdom whose borders stretched 12Last1    25:3 | as the fortress of Van, and the entire Rshtunik’ country opposite 12Last1    25:4 | rather through the right hand and arm of the Omnipotent 12Last1    25:6 | Sin is dreadful and sinners are denied the wisdom 12Last1    25:6 | sinners are denied the wisdom and adoption of God, but most 12Last1    25:6 | is arrogance held by princes and kings, unschooled by the memory 12Last1    25:7 | each other onward to bravery and valor, they might have formed 12Last1    25:8 | tent, opposite the Persian brigade, and he fortified the area around 12Last1    25:8 | fortified the area around himself and designated the day of battle 12Last1    25:9 | arrive to strengthen the emperor and make it impossible for him 12Last1    25:9 | against three. Therefore, he hurried and speeded up the pace of 12Last1    25:9 | come out against the prepared and organized Persians 12Last1    25:10 | And when, both sides had let 12Last1    25:10 | let loose with their insults, and clashed with one another in 12Last1    25:10 | rebelled from the Byzantine emperor and crossed over to the side 12Last1    25:11 | result, many soldiers were killed, and thereafter they fought without resolve 12Last1    25:11 | thereafter they fought without resolve and not bravely and in an 12Last1    25:11 | without resolve and not bravely and in an organized fashion. At 12Last1    25:11 | this the Persians became aroused and turned bold and unconquerable 12Last1    25:11 | became aroused and turned bold and unconquerable 12Last1    25:12 | uninformed of what had transpired and did not know the reason 12Last1    25:12 | rage against the Armenian troops and people and looked upon them 12Last1    25:12 | the Armenian troops and people and looked upon them with hatred 12Last1    25:12 | but rather were stoutly resisting and not turning tail and did 12Last1    25:12 | resisting and not turning tail and did not abandon the king 12Last1    25:12 | display great affection for them and promise them unheard of rewards 12Last1    25:13 | from where he was seated, and he observed the champions, and 12Last1    25:13 | and he observed the champions, and he saw his troops in 12Last1    25:13 | saw his troops in confusion and flight. So he quickly arose 12Last1    25:13 | flight. So he quickly arose and dressed and armed himself like 12Last1    25:13 | he quickly arose and dressed and armed himself like a warrior 12Last1    25:13 | armed himself like a warrior and reached the field of battle 12Last1    25:14 | many of the Persian braves and quickly struck terror into the 12Last1    25:14 | who had appeared to Joshua and given him victory, was not 12Last1    25:14 | to our troops with weapon and shield, nor did He unsheathe 12Last1    25:14 | His sword against the enemy and stop them. And the Lord 12Last1    25:14 | the enemy and stop them. And the Lord of power did 12Last1    25:14 | us a horn of salvation and hope 12Last1    25:15 | kept His strength to Himself and betrayed us into the hands 12Last1    25:15 | the hands of our enemies and to the insults of our 12Last1    25:15 | the insults of our neighbors, and He gave us as lambs 12Last1    25:15 | were destroyed, our forces weakened and deserted, for the Lord had 12Last1    25:15 | had taken away His power and the desire for valor from 12Last1    25:15 | for valor from our troops and princes. He took from them 12Last1    25:15 | He took from them sword and ability, and gave it to 12Last1    25:15 | from them sword and ability, and gave it to the enemy 12Last1    25:16 | lord of a great throne— and stood him before the king 12Last1    25:16 | cuffed. But God, who strikes and then heals, whose humane benevolence 12Last1    25:16 | understand our weakness. He kept and pardoned that occupant of his 12Last1    25:16 | foot-stool by kindling affection and concern in the heart of 12Last1    25:16 | as upon a beloved brother. And he released him graciously and 12Last1    25:16 | And he released him graciously and with much care 12Last1    25:17 | his own folk, treacherously, shamefully and then killed. And indelible blood 12Last1    25:17 | treacherously, shamefully and then killed. And indelible blood rained upon that 12Last1    25:18 | Thereafter the power of princes and soldiers ended, and triumph was 12Last1    25:18 | of princes and soldiers ended, and triumph was no more given 12Last1    25:18 | more given to that kingdom. And the princes dealt treacherously and 12Last1    25:18 | And the princes dealt treacherously and spitefully with one another, and 12Last1    25:18 | and spitefully with one another, and justice of the court was 12Last1    25:19 | Lord became filled with rage and sent many (foreign) peoples for 12Last1    25:19 | the Mountains of the Moon and from the great river crossing 12Last1    25:19 | of Ocean Sea (? Caspian Sea) and to pitch their tents opposite 12Last1    25:19 | our entire land with blood and corpses and eliminating the orders 12Last1    25:19 | land with blood and corpses and eliminating the orders and religion 12Last1    25:19 | corpses and eliminating the orders and religion of Christianity 12Last1    25:20 | then observed his great triumphs and the victories of the three 12Last1    25:20 | many lands with the sword and captive-taking. Furthermore (during) the 12Last1    25:20 | with the stabbings of swords, and then he set it on 12Last1    25:20 | such (victories, Alp-Arslan) fearlessly and proudly went before the Byzantine 12Last1    25:21 | to his kingdom with affection and honor. He had confirmed this 12Last1    25:21 | be peace between the Iranian and Byzantine kingdoms 12Last1    25:22 | pass did in fact transpire, and when the one whom he 12Last1    25:22 | one whom he had dreaded and quaked at stood there before 12Last1    25:22 | God. (Alp-Arslan) elevated (Diogenes) and seated him on his right 12Last1    25:22 | seated him on his right. And he exalted him as a 12Last1    25:22 | him as a faithful friend and made an oath with him 12Last1    25:22 | be no discord between you and me; rather, rule over your 12Last1    25:22 | over your kingdom in peace, and we shall do the same 12Last1    25:22 | what I took in battle, and no longer invade your land 12Last1    25:23 | And ( Alp-Arslan) freed him with 12Last1    25:23 | captured by his own lords and treacherously blinded, that he had 12Last1    25:23 | he fill up with wrath and rage. He wanted to avenge 12Last1    25:23 | then death overtook (Alp-Arslan, [d. 1072]) and he quit this world, following 12Last1    25:23 | to (the place) where kings and paupers (dwell) together 12Last1    26:1 | beloved brothers, in written form and to explain the obvious and 12Last1    26:1 | and to explain the obvious and familiar events, just as in 12Last1    26:1 | to discourse on the providence and limitlessness of God 12Last1    26:3 | blocked those unbelievably brilliant rays. And ( the comet’s intensity), which had 12Last1    26:3 | weaker than the (distant) stars and merely its outline was visible 12Last1    26:4 | as the turning to invisiblity and darkness of the soul’s brightness 12Last1    26:4 | darkness of the soul’s brightness and the bright rays on the 12Last1    26:5 | present the covenant of holiness and the Church’s order(s) have 12Last1    26:5 | Church’s order(s) have decayed and become corrupt. Nor did we 12Last1    26:6 | war-loving dew; rather, weakened and turned powerless, intemperate and crooked 12Last1    26:6 | weakened and turned powerless, intemperate and crooked, they fell under the 12Last1    26:6 | land became full of discord and anger 12Last1    26:7 | afterwards our enemies attacked us and made us wear the dress 12Last1    26:7 | wear the dress of mourning and sorrow; and joy quit the 12Last1    26:7 | dress of mourning and sorrow; and joy quit the land 12Last1    26:8 | Now when such disastrous tribulations and world-shattering misfortunes spread throughout 12Last1    26:8 | the southern fire rose up and burned those lofty strongholds and 12Last1    26:8 | and burned those lofty strongholds and impregnable towers as though they 12Last1    26:8 | made of wax, the kings and princes grew weak and declined 12Last1    26:8 | kings and princes grew weak and declined, and hope of an 12Last1    26:8 | princes grew weak and declined, and hope of an expected refuge 12Last1    26:9 | was visited upon us one and all. For the houses of 12Last1    26:9 | of prayer were pulled down, and the foundations of palaces for 12Last1    26:9 | oil; the blessed sacrament ceased and we became the object of 12Last1    26:9 | object of the pagans’ ridicule and insult. We were abused, became 12Last1    26:9 | We were abused, became lost, and were leveled to the ground 12Last1    26:9 | were leveled to the ground; and we became like dried bones 12Last1    26:9 | hope of breath or life. And the sins of our fathers 12Last1    26:10 | an object of deriding jokes and insults. Right and the law 12Last1    26:10 | deriding jokes and insults. Right and the law quit us, nor 12Last1    26:10 | there room for our tears and sighs, since their (Seljuk) piety 12Last1    26:10 | piety consisted of depriving, robbing and killing us 12Last1    26:11 | when they saw us naked and disgraced, yet more did they 12Last1    26:11 | upon us we became lean and wasted and circulated about the 12Last1    26:11 | we became lean and wasted and circulated about the country trembling 12Last1    26:11 | circulated about the country trembling and in horror. Our food gave 12Last1    26:11 | food gave us no strength, and our drink was bitter from 12Last1    26:11 | drink was bitter from fear and from the threats of our 12Last1    26:11 | heaven or that our prayers and supplications would reach Him 12Last1    26:12 | punishments, that we be persecuted and tormented, that every age be 12Last1    26:12 | tortured, that we be exiled and denied His presence, as folk 12Last1    26:12 | as folk worthy of punishment and guilty; that we be dispersed 12Last1    26:12 | guilty; that we be dispersed and sent far away to live 12Last1    26:12 | that perhaps our rebellious, disobedient and unbridled natures be restrained, and 12Last1    26:12 | and unbridled natures be restrained, and that we be subjected to 12Last1    26:12 | in the days of Elijah, and Samaria in the days of 12Last1    26:13 | hope, the supervision of kings and princes and—what is more 12Last1    26:13 | supervision of kings and princes and— what is more important—they 12Last1    26:13 | by which they were fortified and were able to withstand the 12Last1    26:14 | Our situation is more difficult and serious than anyone else’s, for 12Last1    26:14 | prince, lord or overseer, spiritually and physically, and we were unable 12Last1    26:14 | or overseer, spiritually and physically, and we were unable to find 12Last1    26:14 | refuge. Rather we are weakened and obedient under pagan kings and 12Last1    26:14 | and obedient under pagan kings and bear severe blows from their 12Last1    26:15 | Lord, we must serve foreigners; and since we disdained fear of 12Last1    26:15 | lazily we must now revere and serve them day and night 12Last1    26:15 | revere and serve them day and night. Still, God did not 12Last1    26:15 | crimes, but rather with kindness and mercy did He hurl us 12Last1    26:15 | bring us to our senses and make us useful 12Last1    26:16 | we have received from You, and Your torments are lighter than 12Last1    26:16 | subject us to all torments and misfortunes, but abandon us not 12Last1    26:16 | down upon us all trials and disasters, but, Lord, only deprive 12Last1    26:17 | place ourselves in Your hands and accept counsel and agony from 12Last1    26:17 | Your hands and accept counsel and agony from You than to 12Last1    26:17 | to approach You with torments and difficulties than to depart from 12Last1    26:17 | than to depart from You and dwell in tranquility and ease 12Last1    26:17 | You and dwell in tranquility and ease. To us it is 12Last1    26:18 | You. For all of this and more than was written in 12Last1    26:19 | we bore from the pagans, and we have presented this divided 12Last1    26:19 | up according to place, land, and city, in sections. For we 12Last1    26:19 | days was full of agitation and difficulty and yet more torments 12Last1    26:19 | full of agitation and difficulty and yet more torments and disasters 12Last1    26:19 | difficulty and yet more torments and disasters occurred as time progressed 12Last1    26:21 | their plans: to wear out and exhaust us as an old 12Last1    26:21 | us as an old coat, and to efface any memory of 12Last1    26:21 | that they would not look and find us alive. No, our 12Last1    26:22 | this book with their proper and appropriate words, bringing together without 12Last1    26:22 | what transpired in the present and the past, leaving behind themselves 12Last1    26:23 | beginning of things that happened, and what we experienced, for we 12Last1    26:23 | so that you would read and know that the causes of 12Last1    26:23 | it all were our sins; and so that looking upon our 12Last1    26:23 | the face of the Lord and tremble with dread at His 12Last1    26:23 | with dread at His strength; and so that through confession and 12Last1    26:23 | and so that through confession and atonement done in advance you 12Last1    26:23 | you might stay His punishments, and not (have to) withstand them