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Gregorids were an
Armenian noble family descended from St.
Gregory the
Illuminator (c. 257–330) and his wife
Julitta (or Mariam) of Armenia, and thus...
- was
succeeded by his son Aristaces. Gregory's descendants,
called the
Gregorids,
hereditarily held the
office of
Patriarch of
Armenia with some interruptions...
- 333,
Vrtanes succeeded Aristaces as
third in line in the then-hereditary
Gregorid line of the
Catholicos of the
Armenian Catholic Church.
Vrtanes was the...
- was one of the
properties of the
house of
Gregory the
Illuminator (the
Gregorids) and was
sometimes called Gavar Lusavorchi ('district of the Illuminator')...
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Christian practice and law. The
patriarchate was held by
members of the
Gregorid line, with some interruptions,
until the
death of
Isaac of
Armenia in the...
- to
Taron and
buried in Ashtishat.
Since Isaac was the last male of the
Gregorid line, his house's
territories of Taron,
Bagrevand and
Acilisene p****ed...
- Mamikonian, or
Mamikonean (Old Armenian: Մամիկոնեան,
reformed orthography: Մամիկոնյան,
Western Armenian pronunciation: Mamigonian), was an
Armenian aristocratic...
- as the wife of
Gregory the
Illuminator and the
founding mother of the
Gregorid dynasty,
being the
mother of
Aristaces I and
Vrtanes I.
While it is evident...
- (classical); c. 295 – 347) was
hereditary patriarch of the
Armenian Church of the
Gregorid line
during the
reign of the
Arsacid king
Tiran (r. 341–347?). He was the...
- this
version of the legend,
Nerses predicted the fall of the
Arsacid and
Gregorid houses, the
conquest of
Jerusalem by the Persians, the
capture of the True...
