Talk:Gregory the Illuminator

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There must be an error in the dates here; according to this article Gregory was concecrated after having brought Christianity to Armenia at the tender age of 5...

It is indeed wrong. According to the 1911 EB, he was born circa 257, not 297

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According to Bradt Guide to Armenia (2003), the king's name was Trdat which is probably the same as Tiritades. But the guide mentions Trdat I to be ruling around 50 AD, while Trdat IV should be the one "convinced" by the Gregory Illuminator. At http://www.armenianchurch.org he is called Gregory Enlightener. Is this the same?

Do illuminated manuscripts have anything to do with Gregory's epithet? Michael Hardy 23:45, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

Why would it be useless to recount Gregory's "twelve trials"? I think it sounds like important information.67.172.181.200 19:24, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

The text in question has just been lifted unchanged from an old 19th century encyclopaedia. Probably its authors considered the actual tortures to be too gruesome to be detailed in a family encyclopaedia. Of course the "twelve trials" would be interesting information to add to the article. Meowy 22:51, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Why is WikiProject Turkey here, they have nothing to do with Saint Gregory the Illuminator. And if they try to claim that, "Oh, we Turks inhabited much of historic Armenian lands, and therefore we inherit Armenian history," that claim is just bullshit. Gregory doesn't belong anywhere in Turkey, or WikiProject Turkey!

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the Armenian Apostolic Church is part of oriental orthodox