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The first Arab invasion under the leadership of Abd ar-Rahman ibn Rabiah devastates the region of Taron . 642. Arabs storm the city of Dvin killing 12,000 its inhabitants and taking 35,000 into slavery . 645. Theodorus Rshtuni and other Armenian nakharars accepted Muslim rule over Armenia. 650.
A wedding vow renewal is a ceremony in which a married couple renews or reaffirms their wedding vows. Typically, this ceremony is held to commemorate a milestone wedding anniversary. It may also be held to recreate the marriage ceremony in the presence of family and friends, especially in the case of an earlier elopement.
Agulis(or Augulis, Aguillar, or Akoulis) was a historical Armenian village located in the Nakhichevanregion of present-day Azerbaijan.[1] The village played an essential role in Armenian history due to its cultural, strategic, and historical significance. [2][3]Dozens of Armenian churches existed up until 1919 when the Armenian population was ...
Architect (s) Alexander Sahinian (reconstruction, 1969–75) The Garni Temple[ b] is the only standing Greco-Roman colonnaded building in Armenia. Built in the Ionic order, it is located in the village of Garni, in central Armenia, around 30 km (19 mi) east of Yerevan. It is the best-known structure and symbol of pre-Christian Armenia.
In the Armenian Orthodox Church the parable is the main theme of Holy Monday. A special Church service enacting the parable of the ten virgins is celebrated on Tuesday evening of the Holy Week. [citation needed] In the Syriac Orthodox Church, the parable is used to commemorate the Sunday vespers service of Nahire. They believe Nahire symbolizes ...
The Armenian diaspora refers to the communities of Armenians outside Armenia and other locations where Armenians are considered an indigenous population. Since antiquity, Armenians have established communities in many regions throughout the world. However, the modern Armenian diaspora was largely formed as a result of World War I, when the ...
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Armenia: Armenia – landlocked mountainous country, located at the crossroads of Eastern Europe and Western Asia, in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia. A former republic of the Soviet Union, Armenia is a unitary, multiparty, democratic nation-state with an ancient and ...
The Armenian calendar is the calendar traditionally used in Armenia, primarily during the medieval ages. The Armenian calendar is based on an invariant year length of 365 days. Because a solar year is about 365.25 days and not 365 days, the correspondence between the Armenian calendar and both the solar year and the Julian calendar slowly ...