About the Dating of the Christianization of Caucasian Albania
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6133478 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Aleksan H Hakobyan (0000-0003-4524-2145, Institute of Oriental Studies of National Academy of Sciences RA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 71 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Vostok Afro-Aziatskie obshchestva istoriia i sovremennost (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0869-1908 • E-ISSN: 2713-0401 |
| Publisher | Institute of Oriental Studies Russian Academy of Sciences (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.31857/s086919080014885-0 |
| OpenAlex | W3211270742 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
The article is devoted to the issues of clarifying the Chronology of official Christianization of Caucasian Albania, which took place in the beginning of 4th century AD. The study of the information from the “Life of Gregory” (a variant of Agathangelos’ “History”), “Letter of Giut to Saint Vachē”, “Tale of Vachagan”, “History of Albania” by Movses Daskhurançi and other Armenian sources suggest that Christianity in the Albanian kingdom was officially adopted in 313 or 315 years. The king of the country then was the founder of the Arsacid dynasty of Albania Vachagan I the Brave (but not his grandson Urnayr), and the king of Armenia was Tiridat III the Great, also Arsacid. As M.-L. Chaumont established in 1969, the latter, with the help of Gregory the Illuminator, adopted the Christian faith at the state level in June 311, two months after the publication of the Edict of Sardica “On Tolerance” by Emperor Galerius (293–311). In 313, after the appearance of the Edict of Milan, Tiridat attracted the younger allies of Armenia Iberia-Kartli, Albania-Aluank' and Lazika-Egerk' (Colchis) to the process of Christianization. In the first half of 315, Gregory the Illuminator baptized the Albanian king (who had arrived in Armenia) and ordained the first bishop Tovmas (the founder of the Albanian church, with the center in the capital Kapalak) for his country: he was from the city of Satala in Lesser Armenia. Probably, at the same stage, Christianization covered the whole of antique Albania, i.e. territory north of the Kura River, to the Caspian Sea and the Derbend Pass
Ancient history · Archaeology · Armenian · Art history · Christianity · Christianization · Emperor · SAINT · Byzantine Studies and History · Eurasian Exchange Networks · Historical and Religious Studies of Rome · History
| Citations per year | 0.67 |
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| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |