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The Armenian Apostolic Church honours Saint Bartholomew and Saint Thaddeus as its patron saints. The Eastern Orthodox Church venerates Bartholomew on June 11. [27] Bartholomew is also venerated on August 25 in commemoration of the transfer of Bartholomew's relics. [28] He is also venerated as one of the twelve apostles on June 30. [29]
Thaddeus converted King Abgar V of Edessa. After his death, the Armenian kingdom was split into two parts. His son Ananun crowned himself in Edessa, while his nephew Sanatruk ruled in Armenia. About AD 66, Ananun gave the order to kill Saint Thaddeus in Edessa. The king's daughter Sandokht, who had converted to Christianity, was martyred with ...
Etchmiadzin Cathedral, Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Vagharshapat, Armenia Saint Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral, Holy See of Cilicia, Antelias, Lebanon: Founder: Gregory the Illuminator Bartholomew the Apostle Thaddeus (Jude) Origin: c. 1st century Kingdom of Armenia: Independence: 610 at the Third Council of Dvin [2] Separated from
The Saint Bartholomew Monastery at the site of the Apostle's martyrdom in historical Armenia. The influence of Christianity was felt in the 1st century after Christ: Christianity was first introduced by the apostles Bartholomew and Jude Thaddeus. Thus both Saints are considered the patron saints of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
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 ...
Thaddeus' story is embodied in the Syriac document, Doctrine of Addai, [14] which recounts the role of Addai and makes him one of the 72 Apostles sent out to spread the Christian faith. [15] By the time the legend had returned to Syria, the purported site of the miraculous image, it had been embroidered into a tissue of miraculous happenings. [16]
The design may have inspired later 'Maps of World History' such as the HistoMap by John B. Sparks, which chronicles four thousand years of world history in a graphic way similar to the enlarging and contracting nation streams presented on Adam's chart. Sparks added the innovation of using a logarithmic scale for the presentation of history.
Linked to this tradition is the Saint Thaddeus Monastery (now in northern Iran) and Saint Bartholomew Monastery (now in southeastern Turkey) which were both constructed in what was then Armenia. Saint Thaddeus Church, Masis. On October 4, 2015, the Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II, consecrated the Saint Thaddeus Church in Masis, Armenia.