Et l'Arménie devint chrétienne
TITLE
Et l'Arménie devint chrétienne (English: And Armenia Became Christian)
Et l'Arménie devint chrétienne (English: And Armenia Became Christian)
AUTHOR NAME 1
Jean Guréghian
AUTHOR NAME ORIGINAL LANGUAGE 1
AUTHOR NAME 2
Gaguik Soghomonyan
AUTHOR NAME ORIGINAL LANGUAGE 2
PUBLICATION YEAR
2004
PUBLICATION COUNTRY
France
EXTRA INFO
Publication supported by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. "Valuable advice" from Claude Mutafian, Denis Donikian and Géranrd Charnox.
LANGUAGE 1
French
GENRE 1
Religious Teaching
GENRE 2
History
NR OF PAGES
85
KEYWORDS
Church history , Armenia , History , armenian church , Conversion
CITATION
Jean Guréghian,Gaguik Soghomonyan. Et l'Arménie devint chrétienne, And Armenia Became Christian. Versailles: Éditions de Paris, 2004.
Jean Guréghian
AUTHOR NAME ORIGINAL LANGUAGE 1
AUTHOR NAME 2
Gaguik Soghomonyan
AUTHOR NAME ORIGINAL LANGUAGE 2
PUBLICATION YEAR
2004
PUBLICATION COUNTRY
France
EXTRA INFO
Publication supported by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. "Valuable advice" from Claude Mutafian, Denis Donikian and Géranrd Charnox.
LANGUAGE 1
French
GENRE 1
Religious Teaching
GENRE 2
History
NR OF PAGES
85
KEYWORDS
Church history , Armenia , History , armenian church , Conversion
CITATION
Jean Guréghian,Gaguik Soghomonyan. Et l'Arménie devint chrétienne, And Armenia Became Christian. Versailles: Éditions de Paris, 2004.
IS A TRANSLATION
No
FORM OF PUBLICATION 1
Paperback with ISBN
ISBN NUMBER
2-85162-111-4
PUBLISHED BY
Éditions de Paris
PUBLICATION CITY
Versailles
CHURCH 1
Armenian Orthodox Church
CHURCH 2
Armenian Catholic Church
CHURCH 3
Armenian Evangelical Church
CONTENT DESCRIPTION
Approachable account of the background, history, and received version of the conversion of Armenia and the first years of Armenian Christianity.
SPECIAL OCCASION 1
Commemoration of socio-political events-N
GENERAL COMMENTS
A short retelling of the story of the Christianization of Armenia, with a brief overview of Christianity in Armenia. It tells the story of St. Gregory the Illuminator, King Drtad, St. Gayane, and St. Hripsime, following the traditional story as recorded by the historian Agathangelos. With several line drawing illustrations of key scenes in the narrative. Includes a preface by the reknowned French Armenologist Jean-Pierre Mahé. "This work benefits from the sponsorship of the three Armenian Churches (Apostolic, Catholic, and Evangelical)" and includes short statements from the "Delegate for Europe of the Catholicos of all Armenians," Archbishop Kude Nacachian, the "Bishop of the Eparchy of Holy Cross of Paris of the Armenians of France" Grégorie Ghabroyan, and Pastor Gilbert Léonian, the "President of the Union of Armenian Evangelical Churches of France."
No
FORM OF PUBLICATION 1
Paperback with ISBN
ISBN NUMBER
2-85162-111-4
PUBLISHED BY
Éditions de Paris
PUBLICATION CITY
Versailles
CHURCH 1
Armenian Orthodox Church
CHURCH 2
Armenian Catholic Church
CHURCH 3
Armenian Evangelical Church
CONTENT DESCRIPTION
Approachable account of the background, history, and received version of the conversion of Armenia and the first years of Armenian Christianity.
SPECIAL OCCASION 1
Commemoration of socio-political events-N
GENERAL COMMENTS
A short retelling of the story of the Christianization of Armenia, with a brief overview of Christianity in Armenia. It tells the story of St. Gregory the Illuminator, King Drtad, St. Gayane, and St. Hripsime, following the traditional story as recorded by the historian Agathangelos. With several line drawing illustrations of key scenes in the narrative. Includes a preface by the reknowned French Armenologist Jean-Pierre Mahé. "This work benefits from the sponsorship of the three Armenian Churches (Apostolic, Catholic, and Evangelical)" and includes short statements from the "Delegate for Europe of the Catholicos of all Armenians," Archbishop Kude Nacachian, the "Bishop of the Eparchy of Holy Cross of Paris of the Armenians of France" Grégorie Ghabroyan, and Pastor Gilbert Léonian, the "President of the Union of Armenian Evangelical Churches of France."
Table of Contents, pt. 2
"Imprimatur" with statements from the Armenian Apostolic Archbishop and Armenian Catholic Bishop
"Imprimatur" with statement from the President of the Union of the Armenian Evangelical Churhces in France
Table of Contents, pt. 1
Preface by Jean-Pierre Mahé, pt. 1.
Preface by Jean-Pierre Mahé, pt. 2
Preface by Author ("Avant-Propos"), pt. 1
Preface by author ("Avant-propos"), pt. 2
Map of "Arménie historique." Map by Richard Takavorian.
Line drawing depicting St. Gregory the Illuminator, first Catholicos of the Armenian Church, being thrown into the pit of Khor Virap. A caption intended as a quote from King Drtad says, "Lock him up in Khor Virap, with the serpents, and let him die! That is all he deserves..."
Line drawing depicting St. Hripmine's resistance against King Drtad. With the caption, "He wanted to undress her but the young girl resisted valliantly, struggling with all her might..."
Line drawing depicting the meeting of St. Gregory the Illuminator and King Drtad after St. Gregory returns from his consecration as Bishop to take up his post as Catholicos. With the caption, "The meeting between Drtad and Gregory took place not far from Bagavan, at the foot of Mt. Nepat, on the bank of the Euphrates."
Line drawing of several actual historic Armenian churches, combined into a single tableau. With the caption, "From the beginning of Christianization, the Armenians, thanks to their creative genuis, constructed abundantly, across the entirety of the vast territory of Armenia, different monuments dedicated to Christian worship..."