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Gregory Sang Pencerah, the figure that made Armenia turn into the first Christian (kingdom) Christian state in the world since 301 AD. In a historical record written in The Kingdom of Armenia: A History (1987: 219-221), M. Chahin tells how Armenia was 12 years earlier before the Roman Empire tolerated Christianity in its territory. This condition is 30-40 years earlier before Rome became the largest and most influential Christian Kingdom in the world.

Born to a noble rich family, Gregory Sang Pencerah studied and became a Christian in Cappadocia (Turkish region). It was there that Gregory became acquainted with the books of God and turned into a devout Christian with an extraordinarily strong faith.

Gregory was born in Armenia in 257 AD. He had to be evacuated to Cappadocia, after his father, who was a secret agent of the Parthian Dynasty (the previous King's Dynasty), was executed for killing Khosov II, Armenian King of the Arsacid Dynasty.

Once back in Armenia, Gregory initially did not know that there was a bad relationship when he would meet with Tiridates III, the Son of King Khosov II. It was Gregory's guide who told of his father's bad reputation in the Kingdom of Armenia. Even so, regardless of his salvation, Gregory still approached Tiridates III to spread Christianity. Of course after hiding its origin.

Initially all seemed to be smooth when Tiridates III accepted with open arms Gregory's presence as a religious leader. However, Tiridates III began to get annoyed when Gregory refused to place a bouquet at the foot of the statue of the God of Anahit in Eriza. The goddess of fertility in Armenian mythology. Not only refused, Gregory even proclaimed his Christian faith in the temple of the God of Anahit.

Besides the Goddess of Anahit, the Armenians also worshiped the god Aramazd. Both were the main deities in Religion Perses and Media, the official religion of the Kingdom of Armenia at the time. Armenian kings from generation to generation are religious with their ancestral religion. It was then that the rejection of Gregory-of course with his lecture in front of the statue of the Goddess of Anahit-was considered a tremendous insult to Tiridates III.

Tiridates III was outraged. Anger was aggravated by the information that Gregory was the son of a Parthian agent who had killed his father. Tiridates III also ordered to torture Gregory. Hanged upside down and whipped.

After being tortured so intensely, it seems that Gregory still has not shown any signs of giving up his faith to participate in worshiping the Goddess of Anahit. When these kinds of torture did not produce results, the torture gradually became increasingly cruel. However, Gregory did not surrender, until Tiridates III then ordered the missionaries to be thrown into Khor Virap. A dungeon. The current place stands the Church of Khor Virap located near the historic city of Artashat in Armenia.

For many years Gregory was imprisoned, came nuns from Roman lands who were tortured and hunted for their faith. This Gayane-led nun escaped to the territory of the Kingdom of Armenia because it was considered safe enough.

At that time, around the end of the decade 290 AD, the Roman Empire still did not make Christianity as the official religion of the kingdom. On the other hand, the Christian presence in that period was even considered a threat to the Romans, so its adherents were hunted.

Seeing that the virgin nuns are so beautiful and charming, Tiridates III is tempted to marry one of the nuns named Rhipsime. Tiridates III took the group to the palace and asked Rhipsime to marry him. Unfortunately, this love claps to one hand, Rhipsime refuses. Tiridates III became darkened eyes and ordered to kill all the nuns, including Rhipsime beloved.

After the incident, Tiridates III went crazy. Often escaped from the palace and sometimes found in the wilderness for no apparent reason. This continued until then one of the royal advisors named Khosorvidukht dreamed of meeting Gregory. In his dream it was explained that only Gregory could cure the king's mad disease.

Eventually, after 14 years in the Khor Virap Jail, Gregory was expelled in a miserable state. Thin dry, malnourished, and near death. Lucky Gregory can still survive because there is a good widow who always throws bread to Khor Virap every day for him.

By the hands of the king, Gregory was met with Tiridates III. Miraculously, the strange disease was healed. The incident occurred in 301 AD. In the same year, Tiridates III then requested that he be baptized into Christianity along with the entire royal palace. Tiridates III later proclaimed that Christianity became the official religion throughout its territory. Removes ancestral religions before. Make him a nickname that became known today, King of the Great III Tiridates.

A year later Tiridates III appointed Gregory Sang Pencerah as the Christian religious leader in the Apostolic Gather of Armenia. The origins of which then made Armenia an independent and proclaimed republican state on May 28, 1918, whose territory did not change as Armenia was still a kingdom.

Gregory Sang Pencerah, the figure that made Armenia turn into the first Christian (kingdom) Christian state in the world since 301 AD. In a historical record written in The Kingdom of Armenia: A History (1987: 219-221), M. Chahin tells how Armenia was 12 years earlier before the Roman Empire tolerated Christianity in its territory. This condition is 30-40 years earlier before Rome became the largest and most influential Christian Kingdom in the world.

Born to a noble rich family, Gregory Sang Pencerah studied and became a Christian in Cappadocia (Turkish region). It was there that Gregory became acquainted with the books of God and turned into a devout Christian with an extraordinarily strong faith.

Gregory was born in Armenia in 257 AD. He had to be evacuated to Cappadocia, after his father, who was a secret agent of the Parthian Dynasty (the previous King's Dynasty), was executed for killing Khosov II, Armenian King of the Arsacid Dynasty.

Once back in Armenia, Gregory initially did not know that there was a bad relationship when he would meet with Tiridates III, the Son of King Khosov II. It was Gregory's guide who told of his father's bad reputation in the Kingdom of Armenia. Even so, regardless of his salvation, Gregory still approached Tiridates III to spread Christianity. Of course after hiding its origin.

Initially all seemed to be smooth when Tiridates III accepted with open arms Gregory's presence as a religious leader. However, Tiridates III began to get annoyed when Gregory refused to place a bouquet at the foot of the statue of the God of Anahit in Eriza. The goddess of fertility in Armenian mythology. Not only refused, Gregory even proclaimed his Christian faith in the temple of the God of Anahit.

Besides the Goddess of Anahit, the Armenians also worshiped the god Aramazd. Both were the main deities in Religion Perses and Media, the official religion of the Kingdom of Armenia at the time. Armenian kings from generation to generation are religious with their ancestral religion. It was then that the rejection of Gregory-of course with his lecture in front of the statue of the Goddess of Anahit-was considered a tremendous insult to Tiridates III.

Tiridates III was outraged. Anger was aggravated by the information that Gregory was the son of a Parthian agent who had killed his father. Tiridates III also ordered to torture Gregory. Hanged upside down and whipped.

After being tortured so intensely, it seems that Gregory still has not shown any signs of giving up his faith to participate in worshiping the Goddess of Anahit. When these kinds of torture did not produce results, the torture gradually became increasingly cruel. However, Gregory did not surrender, until Tiridates III then ordered the missionaries to be thrown into Khor Virap. A dungeon. The current place stands the Church of Khor Virap located near the historic city of Artashat in Armenia.

For many years Gregory was imprisoned, came nuns from Roman lands who were tortured and hunted for their faith. This Gayane-led nun escaped to the territory of the Kingdom of Armenia because it was considered safe enough.

At that time, around the end of the decade 290 AD, the Roman Empire still did not make Christianity as the official religion of the kingdom. On the other hand, the Christian presence in that period was even considered a threat to the Romans, so its adherents were hunted.

Seeing that the virgin nuns are so beautiful and charming, Tiridates III is tempted to marry one of the nuns named Rhipsime. Tiridates III took the group to the palace and asked Rhipsime to marry him. Unfortunately, this love claps to one hand, Rhipsime refuses. Tiridates III became darkened eyes and ordered to kill all the nuns, including Rhipsime beloved.

After the incident, Tiridates III went crazy. Often escaped from the palace and sometimes found in the wilderness for no apparent reason. This continued until then one of the royal advisors named Khosorvidukht dreamed of meeting Gregory. In his dream it was explained that only Gregory could cure the king's mad disease.

Eventually, after 14 years in the Khor Virap Jail, Gregory was expelled in a miserable state. Thin dry, malnourished, and near death. Lucky Gregory can still survive because there is a good widow who always throws bread to Khor Virap every day for him.

By the hands of the king, Gregory was met with Tiridates III. Miraculously, the strange disease was healed. The incident occurred in 301 AD. In the same year, Tiridates III then requested that he be baptized into Christianity along with the entire royal palace. Tiridates III later proclaimed that Christianity became the official religion throughout its territory. Removes ancestral religions before. Make him a nickname that became known today, King of the Great III Tiridates.

A year later Tiridates III appointed Gregory Sang Pencerah as the Christian religious leader in the Apostolic Gather of Armenia. The origins of which then made Armenia an independent and proclaimed republican state on May 28, 1918, whose territory did not change as Armenia was still a kingdom.