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Gregory the Illuminator

Church Father

The Armenian church account remembers Gregory in the Christianization of Armenia. Traditional chronology is identified as such.

Reception

Armenian Apostolic reception

Primary sources

The Armenian church account associates Gregory with Armenian Christianization.

played a pivotal role in the official Christianization of Armenia

— Armenian Apostolic Church, Western Europe, History (Christianization paragraph)

Passage context and translation

A short quotation from the named church’s modern account. This is not speech attributed to the historical figure and does not establish identical reception in every church.

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