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16 Cards in this Set
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St. Nerses the Great
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The great-grandson of St. Gregory the Illuminator, he gathered the first council of the Armenian Church in Ashtishat to pass canons about family life, public, welfare...
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St. Gregory of Narek
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Author of the Prayer Book Narek or Speaking With God from the Depths of The Heart
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Komitas Catholicos (Aghtetsi)
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He attended the Council of Ctesiphon organized by the Persians, he reconstructed Holy Etchmiadzin and St. Hripsime Monastery, earning him the name Builder
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St. Khosrovidookht
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King Trdat’s sister, side by side with Trdat’s wife, Queen Ashkhen, they worked to build the first Cathedral, Etchmiadzin
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St. Gregory of Tatev
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A scholar and teacher, whose rich legacy of theological works, such as the Book of Questions
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St. Mesrob Mashdots
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First a soldier, then a priest and scribe in the royal court, the founder of Armenian Alphabet, with Catholicos St. Sahag
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Khrimian Hayrig
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Catholicos, Patriarch of Constantinople, the author of “iron ladle” sermon, on Armenians’ right to self-defense
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St. Bartholomew
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The second of Jesus’ apostles to travel to Armenia to preach and evangelize, in the mid-1st century. He is also known as Nathanael
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St. John of Odzun
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Catholicos, led the Armenian Church in the difficult time right after the Arab invasion of Armenia. The compiler of the first Canon Book of the Armenian Church
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St. Movses Khorenatsi
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The Father of Armenian History, was a student of Sts. Sahag and Mesrob. His History of Armenia told the story of Armenia from its origins through his day
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St. Nerses Shnorhali
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Catholicos of the Armenian Church (1166-1173), he revised and recompiled the Armenian Book of Hours and wrote many of the key hymns and chants of our daily prayer services
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St. Thaddeus or Tateos
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One of Jesus’ 12 disciples, he was invested with the gift of language by the Holy Spirit on Pentecost and traveled to Armenia
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St. Vartan Mamikonian
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St. Sahag’s grandson, he stood up for the Christian faith of his fathers. Tensions came to a tragic end at a battle on the field of Avarayr
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Gomidas Vartabed
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Churchman, musician, (Soghomon Soghomonian). His polyphonic rendering of the Armenian Divine Liturgy is one of the two basic settings in use in Armenian churches world-wide
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St. Santookht
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Daughter of the Armenian King Sanadroog, She converted to Christianity and when her father discovered what he considered her treachery, he threw her into prison
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St. Grigor, the Illuminator or Enlightener
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Patron saint of Armenia, The first Catholicos of the Armenian Church, he is the true founder of Armenian Christianity
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