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	ARMENIAN HIGHLAND (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Gregory was born in 239 in the family of Anak P'ahlavi [Parthian].
		Gregory narrowly escaped and was saved from the hands of the royal guards with the help of his caretakers Sophia and Evtał.
		The young Gregory was taken to Caesarea, in Cappadocia, where the two caretakers hoped to raise and educate him in the proper fashion.
	www.armenianhighland.com /stgregory/chronicle520.html (130 words)

	Cappadocia: St Gregory
		Gregory the Illuminator is one of the most significant and prominent individuals in all of the Armenian history.
		Gregory was born in the year of 239 AD in the family of Anak of noble blood and Parthian descent.
		Gregory from a young age on decided to dedicate his life to the preaching of the word of God, the conversion of the Armenian nation and the establishment of the first Christian nation became his ultimate objective in life.
	www.turizm.net /cities/cappadocia/stgregory.htm (1792 words)

	Gregory the Illuminator Summary
		GREGORY THE ILLUMINATOR was the chief bishop of Armenia from circa 314 to 325, one of the major saints of the Armenian church, and author of the conversion of the Armenian people to Christianity.
		The cult of Gregory and the veneration of his relics became popular in the second half of the fifth and especially in the sixth and seventh centuries.
		Saint Gregory the Illuminator (alternate: Armenian: Գրիգոր Լուսաւորիչ translit.
	www.bookrags.com /Gregory_the_Illuminator (1053 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Gregory the Illuminator
		Gregory the Illuminator is the apostle, national saint, and patron of Armenia.
		Gregory, after being himself persecuted by King Trdat, who at first defended the old Armenian religion, eventually converted him, and with him spread the Christian faith throughout the country.
		Nevertheles this "Confession of Gregory the Illuminator" was accepted as authentic and used as a kind of official creed by the Armenian Church during all the centuries that followed.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/07023a.htm (1609 words)

	Gregory the Illuminator
		Of all the Armenian saints, St.Gregory the Illuminator (Krikor Loosavorich), Father and Patron Saint of the Armenian Church, was the most significant because in 301 A.D., St. Gregory converted King Tiridates III to Christianity and Christianity was declared the national religion.
		When the King later found that Gregory was a Christian and that he had refused to worship the gods and godesses of the court, Drtad had Gregory punished and thrown into a deep pit in Khorvirab.
		Gregory built churches over the relics of the Hripsimeyan nuns and, while in the province of Vaspouragan, had a vision that the "Only Begotten" had decended with a golden hammer, showing St. Gregory where to build His great cathederal.
	www.armenianheritage.com /regreg.htm (569 words)

	Patron Saints Index: Saint Gregory the Illuminator
		Apostle to Armenia; Gregory of Armenia; Gregory, Illuminator of Armenia; The Enlightener
		His father Anak killed King Khosrov I of Armenia, and young Gregory was sent to Caesarea to avoid being killed in revenge.
		Gregory's example led to the king's conversion to Christianity, and together they evangelized and converted most of Armenia.
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/saintg35.htm (83 words)

	Gregory The Illuminator - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Presently at a feast of Anahite Gregory refused to assist his sovereign in offering pagan sacrifice, and his parentage being now revealed, was thrown into a deep pit at Artashat, where he languished for fourteen years, during which persecution raged in Armenia.
		Gregory is related to have added a clause to the creed which Aristaces brought back; he became a hermit on Mount Sebuh about the year 332, and died there.
		Gregory persuaded Tiridates to destroy the last relics of the old paganism, and carried out in the religious sphere his sovereign's policy of detaching Great Armenia from the Sassanid realm and allying it with the GraecoRoman empire and civilization.
	www.1911ency.org /G/GR/GREGORY_THE_ILLUMINATOR.htm (1097 words)

	St. Irene Chrysovalantou \| Gregory the Illuminator
		The father of St Gregory, Anak, in striving after the Armenian throne, had murdered his kinsman, the emperor Kursar, in consequence of which all the line of Anak was marked for destruction.
		When Gregory again stood before the emperor cheerful and unharmed, he was astonished and gave orders to repeat the torments.
		St Gregory was released from the pit, and buried the relics of the holy virgins with honor.
	www.stirene.org /Archives/September/0930-StGregory.htm (684 words)

	Armenian Orthodoxy
		Gregory was born in Cappadocia of noble birth and was raised a Christian.
		Gregory replied that God would help him if only he released him from the deep dark pit and allowed him to spread the faith.
		In 303 St. Gregory experienced a vision of God in which he was told to build a mother church in the city of Vagharshapat.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/medny/oster (1103 words)

	The Confessing Reader » Blog Archive » Gregory the Illuminator, Bishop and Missionary of Armenia, c. 332 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Gregory the Illuminator, Bishop and Missionary of Armenia, c.
		The accounts of Gregory, known as the Illuminator and as Apostle of the Armenians, are a mixture of legend and fact.
		One Response to “Gregory the Illuminator, Bishop and Missionary of Armenia, c.
	reader.classicalanglican.net /?p=636 (441 words)

	Gregory II, Saint - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		When Byzantine Emperor Leo III tried to impose iconoclasm in Italy by an imperial edict, Gregory answered that the emperor could not decide tenets of faith.
		Remarks of Catholicos Karekin II & Pope John Paul II During Eucharistic Celebration Transferring Relics of St. Gregory the Illuminator to the Armenian Church
		His Holiness Karekin II: "A New Period of Spiritual Renewal is Beginning in the Life of Armenians": The Relic of St. Gregory the Illuminator Returns to the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-gregory2.html (305 words)

	Catholic Culture : Document Library : Religious History Of Armenia
		This is an overview of the religious history of Armenia ranging from the 4th century to present including the baptism of Armenia through the ministry of St. Gregory the Illuminator.
		Gregory was then set free, cured Tiradates, and converted him to Christianity, which became the state religion.
		Gregory’s life foreshadowed the path of suffering that marked the history of the Armenian Church.
	www.catholicculture.org /docs/doc_view.cfm?recnum=3914 (583 words)

	BIO: Gregory the Illuminator (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Gregory the Illuminator, Apostle to Armenia (23 Mar 332)
		The ancient kingdom of Armenia was the first country to become Christian, and it recognizes Gregory as its apostle.
		When he was still an infant, his father assassinated the King of Parthia, and friends of the family carried Gregory away for protection to Caesarea in Cappadocia, where he was reared as a Christian.
	www.hillsdale.edu /Personal/Westblade/REL/Biography/03/23.html (139 words)

	The Armenian Church \| St. Gregory the Illuminator
		Gregory's passion, described in detail by the fifth century writer Agathangelos, and perhaps presented with exaggerations, reminds us how enduring one becomes through faith and prayer. St. Gregory constantly attributed his perseverance to divine intervention.
		When the king expressed amazement about his endurance once again, Gregory replied that it was due to the grace of God. Enraged at the answer, Drtad ordered the attendants to put iron leggings on his knees and strike them with heavy hammers.
		Gregory was suspended from the gallows and was left there for three days until his knees were broken. Still unyielding, Gregory was subjected to the most horrible torment. Lead was melted in iron cauldrons and poured over his entire body, so that his flesh was completely burned. He miraculously survived this torture as well.
	www.armenianchurch.net /church/gregory3.html (196 words)

	The Conversion of the State \| Armenia Travel \| TourArmenia \| Travel Guide to Armenia
		Some have thrown doubt on the year 301 AD for Armenia’s conversion, pointing to the improbability of T’rdat—a close vassal of the Roman general—converting his country to Christianity when it would be a direct challenge to Rome at the height of their persecutions.
		Their martyrdom, combined with the story of Gregory the Illuminator to give birth to the fervently held story of how Armenia came to adopt Christianity.
		The story of Grigor (Gregory) Parthev, of Parthian origin like King T’rdat III but raised in Caesura, where he encountered the Christian faith, is connected to the destiny of the king.
	www.tacentral.com /history_story.asp?story_no=8 (1863 words)

	urbana.org - Great Cloud of Witnesses
		Gregory was one such servant - one of the earliest and most effective missionaries in the Churchâs history.
		Gregory returned to Caesarea where he was ordained and consecrated Bishop of the Armenians.
		Gregoryâs misfortunes, conversion, multicultural experiences, and early training were critical elements that led him to Armenia and enabled him to penetrate the culture.
	www.urbana.org /wtoday.witnesses.cfm?article=22 (1806 words)

	Gregory the Illuminator
		It was sometime between 288 and 301 that St. Gregory the Illuminator (Grigor Loussavorich : ca.
		In 302, St. Gregory was ordained bishop, and in 303 he founded the Cathedral of Etchmiadzin, near Mount Ararat, which, to this day, is the seat of the supreme patriarch or catholicos, the head of the Armenian Church.
		Gregory went on to evangelize several other Caucasian nations and baptized the kings of Iberia (Georgia), Lazes and Albania.
	www.satucket.com /lectionary/Gregory_Illuminator.htm (328 words)

	Saints & Feasts
		Gregory the Illuminator took the monks with him to Armenia and commissioned them to a holy place in the province of Daron named after St. John the Baptist, where they organized and sewed in the newly established monastery.
		Later, Gregory's true identity was discovered and he had to spend fourteen years in the pit (his imprisonment and delivery from the pit are celebrated feast days of the Church).
		It is referred to in the Directorium as Feast of Shoghagat of Holy Etchmladzin according to the vision of St. Gregory the Illuminator.
	www.saintsarkis.org /saints_&_feasts.htm (16652 words)

	Armenian History, chapter 3: The First Christian State in History
		According to tradition, the exact design and location of the very first cathedral in Armenia were indicated by Jesus, who appeared to St. Gregory The Illuminator in a divine vision.
		Gregory the Illuminator, the first Patriarch of the Armenian Church, converted Tiridates and his court.
		Agathangeghos, historian of 4th century, states that during Gregory's imprisonment a group of Christian virgins under the guidance of Gayane Abbess arrived in the city of Vagharshapat.
	www.armenianhistory.info /christianity.htm (1346 words)

	Gregory the Illuminator - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Saint Gregory the Illuminator or Saint Gregory the Enlightener (Armenian: Գրիգոր Լուսաւորիչ translit.
		Influenced partly by the fact that Gregory was the son of his father's enemy, he subjected him to much cruel usage, and imprisoned him for fourteen years in a pit on the Ararat Plain under the present day church of Khor Virap in Armenia.
		His head is believed to be now in Italy, his right hand at Echmiadzin, Armenia, and his left at the Holy See of Cilicia in Antelias, Lebanon.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gregory_the_Illuminator (653 words)

	Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, WA
		Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, WA Hieromartyr Gregory, Equal of the Apostles and Enlightener of Armenia
		A certain relative saved Gregory: he carried off the infant from Armenia to Caesarea Cappadocia and raised him in the Christian faith.
		They suspended the sufferer head downwards with a stone about his neck, for several days they choked him with a stinking smoke, they beat and ridiculed him, and forced him to walk in iron sandals inset with nails.
	home.iprimus.com.au /xenos/gregoryarmenia.html (460 words)

	Armenian Architecture - VirtualANI - Church of Saint Gregory the Illuminator in Kayseri
		Once the most important city in central Anatolia, with a population said to be 400000 in 250 AD, it was where St. Gregory the Illuminator grew up, was educated, and became a Christian.
		After his conversion of Trdat, king of Armenia, to Christianity in the early part of the 4th century, it was to Caeserea that St. Gregory returned to be formally ordained as a priest, and until the year 373 all the early catholicoi of Armenia were consecrated in Caeserea.
		It depicts the vision of Saint Gregory: four columns of fire, with capitals of cloud, each surmounted by a flaming cross, carried arches that supported a dome of clouds, topped by a throne and the cross of Christ shimmering in divine light.
	www.virtualani.org /kayseri (951 words)

	Armenian Architecture - VirtualANI - Church of St. Gregory the Illuminator in Kayseri - 8th June 2001
		The Church of Saint Gregory the Illuminator (Surp Krikor Lusavoriç Kilisesi) in the city of Kayseri is the only Armenian church still operating in eastern Turkey.
		The tour was organised by the Turkish-Armenian Business Development Council and the Diocese of the Armenian Church of America, and was conceived as a pilgrimage to mark the 1700th anniversary of the traditional date of the Proclamation of Christianity in Armenia as a State Religion, and the foundation of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
		A relic, said to be a bone from the hand of Saint Gregory the Illuminator, was carried during the procession.
	www.virtualani.freeserve.co.uk /kayseri/8thjune2001.htm (447 words)

	St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral - Armeniapedia.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		In September 2001, the massive St Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral was completed in celebration of the 1700th anniversary of Christianity in Armenia.
		The main cathedral seats the symbolic number of 1,700 worshippers, and there are two large chapels near the entrance which are primarily for weddings.
		The holy remains of St. Gregory were brought from Italy in time for the opening, and Pope John Paul II came to pay an official visit shortly after the consecration.
	armeniapedia.org /index.php?title=Gregory_Cathedral (106 words)

	GREGORY THE ILLUMINATOR - Online Information article about GREGORY THE ILLUMINATOR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		GREGORY THE ILLUMINATOR, the reputed founder of the Armenian See also:
		Gregory is related to have added a clause to the creed which Aristaces brought back; he became a See also:
		Gregory persuaded Tiridates to destroy the last relics of the old paganism, and carried out in the religious See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /GRA_GUI/GREGORY_THE_ILLUMINATOR.html (1556 words)

	Global Harvest Ministries
		According to legend, Gregory's father assassinated the Armenian King Khosrow around A.D. During the ensuing reprisals, the infant Gregory was carried off to safety where he grew up in a Christian environment in Caesarea.
		Gregory also returned to the land of his fathers and began to preach the Christian faith.
		After some gruesome tortures, Gregory was cast into a dungeon in the royal castle of Artashat, where he languished for fifteen years.
	www.globalharvest.org /index.asp?action=armenia (952 words)

	LENTEN BLESSINGS
		Today we will give thanks for the life and witness of Gregory, the first bishop of Armenia, called in the calendar of saints Gregory the Illuminator.
		Born in Armenia about 257, after his father assassinated King Chosroes of Persia, Gregory was taken at age two to Caeserea where he was raised a Christian.
		Gregory was ordained Bishop of Armenia in 300.
	www.stsams.org /LENTEN98/TABLE28.HTM (968 words)

	March 23: Gregory the Illuminator, apostle to Armenia
		Gregory wasn't the first to bring the gospel to Armenia, a land that now lies in eastern Turkey.
		Churches still survived in Armenia when Gregory was born around 257; however, the Persians had all but extinguished Christianity.
		A nurse took Gregory to Caesarea in Cappadocia where he was brought up in the knowledge of Christ.
	chi.gospelcom.net /DAILYF/2002/03/daily-03-23-2002.shtml (458 words)

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