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SUMMARY:St. Gregory of Armenia\, the Illuminator +331
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DESCRIPTION:September 30th is the commemoration of the dukhrono of St. Gre
 gory the Illuminator +331 according to the Liturgical Calendar of the Syri
 ac Orthodox Church.\n\nMor Gregorios is the patron saint of Armenia. Armen
 ia was an exposed frontier & buffer state between the Roman & Persian empi
 res. His father was prince Anak\, a Parthian nobleman who assassinated Kin
 g Khosrov II of the Arsacid dynasty. Following the assassination while try
 ing to escape\, Anak was killed. Gregory who was an infant along with his 
 brother managed to escape with the help of their caretakers. While his bro
 ther was taken to Persia\, Gregory was taken to Caesarea in Cappadocia (Ka
 yseri\, Turkey) & raised in a devout Christian home\, educated by Holy Fat
 her Phirmilianos (Euthalius). Gregory got married to Mariam & they had two
  sons\, Vrtanes & Aristaces (who became a bishop & attended the Council of
  Nicaea in 325AD). Eventually\, Gregory embraced monasticism. \n\nGregory 
 returned to Armenia to spread Christianity in his homeland. This was durin
 g a period of great persecution of Christians throughout the Roman Empire.
  The son of Khosrov II\, Tiridates III ruled Armenia\, & like Roman empero
 r Diocletian\, he hated Christianity. Tiridates learnt that Gregory was th
 e son of his father's murderer\, which angered him. He demanded that Grego
 ry must renounce his Christian faith & worship the pagan idols. Gregory re
 fused to deny Christ so he was thrown into a pit with deadly snakes & impr
 isoned for around 13 years. Tiridates fell ill & had a bout of insanity\, 
 having been betrayed by emperor Diocletian. Gregory was freed from the pit
  after Tiridates was miraculously cured following his prayers. \n\nReinvig
 orated\, Mor Gregorios began preaching throughout Armenia\, baptizing a mu
 ltitude of individuals. After Tiridates was baptized\, he proclaimed Chris
 tianity as the state religion of Armenia in 301AD\, this was while Dioclet
 ian's persecution of Christians continued throughout the rest of the Roman
  empire. Thus Armenia became the very first nation in history (not includi
 ng the Syriac kingdom of King Abgar the Black) to embrace Christianity as 
 the state religion. The pagan temples & idols were destroyed as countless 
 churches were built. With the support of Tiridates\, Gregory built the Cat
 hedral of Etchmiadzin near Mount Ararat. The Mother Church in Etchmiadzin 
 became & remains the spiritual & cultural center of Armenian Christianity 
 & headquarters of the Mother See of the Armenian Apostolic Church. \n\nIn 
 302AD Gregory was consecrated as Patriarch of Armenia by his childhood fri
 end Leontius of Caesarea\, becoming the first "Catholicos of all Armenians
 ". In 318AD he named his son Aristaces as successor. He entrusted his gran
 dson also named Gregory (son of Vrtanes) to spread the Gospel of Christ th
 roughout the Caucasus & Anatolia. St. Gregory in his old age retreated to 
 a small monastery in Mount Sebuh with a group of monks\, remaining there u
 ntil his death in 331AD. \n\nBiography courtesy of\, 'Martyrs\, Saints and
  Prelates of the Syriac Orthodox Church' \n\nOh Mor Gregorios! Plead for u
 s before God's throne of grace. Amen.
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