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Bartholomew [a] was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament. Most scholars today identify Bartholomew as Nathanael, [6] who appears in the Gospel of John (1:45–51; cf. 21:2). [7] [8] [9] Bartholomew the Apostle, detail of the mosaic in the Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna, 6th century
Christianity began to spread in Armenia before the kingdom's conversion in the early fourth century, first coming from the religion's birthplace in Palestine via Syria and Mesopotamia. [5] Some traditions tell of evangelizing by Addai of Edessa in the first century, while others claim that the apostles Thaddeus and Bartholomew preached in ...
Among the Eastern Orthodox faithful, Addai was a disciple of Christ [7] sent by St. Thomas the Apostle to Edessa in order to heal King Abgar V of Osroene, who had fallen ill. He stayed to evangelize, and so converted [ 8 ] Abgar—or Agbar, or in one Latin version "Acbar" — and his people including Saint Aggai and Saint Mari .
Christianity had been preached in Armenia by two of Jesus' twelve apostles — Thaddaeus and Bartholomew — between 40–60 AD. Because of these two founding apostles, the Armenian Apostolic Church is considered to be the world's oldest national church. In Georgia, Christianity was first preached by the apostles Simon and Andrew in
Since the first year of issue in 2011, Noah's Ark coins have been produced in the denominations and sizes of 1 ⁄ 4 (100 Dram), 1 ⁄ 2 (200 Dram) and 1 ounce (500 Dram). Introduced in 2012 were the larger denominations and sizes of 5 ounces (1,000 Dram), 10 ounces (5,000 Dram), One kilogram and five kilogram coins. [ 4 ]
A relief of Agathangelos on the Armenian Cathedral of Moscow.. Agathangelos (in Old Armenian: Ագաթանգեղոս Agatʿangełos, in Greek Ἀγαθάγγελος "bearer of good news" or angel, c. 5th century AD [1]) is the pseudonym of the author of a life of the first apostle of Armenia, Gregory the Illuminator, who died about 332. [2]
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In Lives of the Saints, 18th-century hagiographer Alban Butler says The popular traditions concerning St Bartholomew are summed up in the Roman Martyrology, which says he "preached the gospel of Christ in India; thence he went into Greater Armenia, and when he had converted many people there to the faith he was flayed alive by the barbarians, and by command of King Astyages fulfilled his ...