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faith and saw that the Arsacids of Armenia and Gregorids would fall from power and apparently disappear; however, after a period of chaos both would be restored to their respective thrones; his daughter Sahakanoysh would give birth to "powerful and pious men." The passage about Sahak's vision is thought by some scholars to be a later interpolation into Ghazar's sixth-century history, although Gohar Muradyan considers it possible that Ghazar himself wrote it, perhaps drawing from an existing source. Sahak's vision was repeated in many Armenian works and was translated into Greek and thence into Georgian. Some connected it with events in their own time, even as late as the end of the seventeenth century.
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Prior to the invention of the Armenian alphabet, the languages of the Armenian Church were Greek and Syriac. Armenia had been divided into Roman and Sasanian client kingdoms in 387. In the Roman part, however, the Armenians were forbidden the use of the Syriac language and used Greek instead, and the
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in his efforts to reunite the Armenian realm, which had been partitioned into Roman and Sasanian parts in 387. Khosrov was imprisoned by the Sasanian king in about 389, possibly because of his nomination of Sahak as catholicos without Persian approval. After Khosrov's imprisonment, Isaac was deposed
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The end of the first section of Ghazar Parpetsi's history contains a description of a vision supposedly seen by Sahak and narrated by him after he refused the request of the Armenian nobility to return to the patriarchal throne. In the vision, Sahak saw various symbols connected with the Church and
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Isaac is venerated as a saint in the Armenian Apostolic and Roman Catholic churches. In the Armenian Apostolic Church, his memorial day is marked twice a year: first, on the Saturday preceding the penultimate Sunday before Lent, thus falling between January 24 and February 28; second, together with
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was deposed by the Sasanian king with the help of most of the Armenian nobles. Isaac was against this and was himself removed from his position as Catholicos. An Armenian named Surmak was appointed in his place but was soon replaced by the Syrian bishop Brkisho. Isaac was imprisoned in Ctesiphon
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and himself translated and revised parts of the Bible. According to Ghazar Parpetsi, Mashtots and the first translators frequently turned to Isaac, who had received a solid education, for assistance while making the alphabet. Their translation from the Syriac
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country gradually Hellenized; in the Persian part, on the other hand, Greek was absolutely prohibited, while Syriac was used. In this way the ancient culture of the Armenians was in danger of disappearing and national unity was seriously compromised.
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writes of him that he studied "among many learned Byzantines" and was "fully versed in musical notation, exhortatory rhetoric, and especially philosophy. He was later consecrated as a bishop and preached with his sixty students at
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until 432, when he was allowed to return to Armenia and occupy certain offices within the church. Isaac refused to retake the patriarchate after the death of Catholicos Samuel, Brkisho's Syrian successor, in 437.
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During his father's patriarchate, Isaac studied for many years in Caesarea, Alexandria, and Constantinople. He learned Greek, Syriac and Persian. The Armenian historian
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Through Isaac's efforts the churches and monasteries destroyed by the Persians were rebuilt, education was cared for in a generous way, Zoroastrianism which
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tried to set up was cast out, and three councils held to re-establish ecclesiastical discipline. The catholicos was noted for his ascetic lifestyle.
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text (between 410 and 430). The liturgy also, hitherto Syrian, was translated into Armenian, drawing at the same time on the liturgy of Saint
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writes that Nerses married the daughter of "the great noble Aspion" (who is not known from other sources) in Constantinople.
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passed to the Mamikonians through Isaac's daughter Sahakanoysh, who was married to the Mamikonian prince Hamazasp.
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had held the office of catholicos of Armenia hereditarily, with some interruptions. According to the anonymous
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Katvalyan, Maxim; Arevshatyan, Anna (2002). "Sahak A Partʻev". In Ayvazyan, Hovhannes (ed.).
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Manuel de généalogie et de chronologie pour le Caucase chrétien (Arménie, Géorgie, Albanie)
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For the original Armenian texts of Isaac's canons and letters to Proclius and Acacius, see
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According to Abraham Terian, the identifiable works attributed to Isaac consist of
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Saturday preceding the penultimate Sunday before Lent (Armenian Apostolic Church)
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claims that Sandukht died after giving birth to Isaac. Another source, the
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and personally participated in the translation of the Bible into Armenian.
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origin. He was the last Armenian patriarch who was directly descended from
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The Epic Histories Attributed to Pʻawstos Buzand (Buzandaran Patmutʻiwnkʻ)
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Saint Mesrop Mashtots, on the Thursday following the fourth Sunday after
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Volume 2, Venice. Armenian Monastery of St. Lazaro, 1875, p. 61 et seq.
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This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
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Catholicos of the Holy See of St. Echmiadzin and All Armenians
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The Armenian Apocalyptic Tradition: A Comparative Perspective
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Monument to Catholicos Isaac and Mesrop Mashtots by sculptor
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in the early fourth century and became the first head of the
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history quotes letters from Sahak to Eastern Roman emperor
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8 September or the Thursday after the third Sunday after
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An imaginary depiction of Isaac by Francesco Maggiotto
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Index

Isaac the Armenian
Saint

Stepanos Nersissian
Catholicos of All Armenians
Armenian Apostolic Church
Roman Catholic Church
Feast
Assumption
catholicos
Armenian Church
Armenian
Parthian
Gregory the Illuminator
Mesrop Mashtots
Armenian alphabet
Nerses I
Gregory the Illuminator
converted the Kingdom of Armenia to Christianity
Armenian Church
descendants of Gregory
Mamikonian
Caesarea
Buzandaran Patmutʻiwnkʻ
Movses Khorenatsi
Ghazar Parpetsi
Etchmiadzin Cathedral
Pap

Aspuraces

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