Ashtishat (Armenian: Աշտիշատ, romanized: Aštišat) is a locality and archaeological site in Muş Province of eastern Turkey. It is located near the village...

The Council of Ashtishat (Armenian: Աշտիշատի ժողով), called by Saint Nerses, catholicos of the Armenian church in 354 or 356 AD, was the first ever council...

which bear this suffix: Yervandashat (Eruandashat) Artashat (Artaxata) Ashtishat Schmitt, R.; Bailey, H. W. (2011) [1986]. "ARMENIA AND IRAN iv. Iranian...

Taron, on the slopes of a mountain called Karke near the settlement of Ashtishat. After Armenia came under Hellenistic influence in antiquity, Vahagn was...

star, Persian setār, Ancient Greek: astḗr. Her principal seat was in Ashtishat (Taron), located to the North from Muş, where her chamber was dedicated...

Vardan Mamikonian was born in approximately 387 in the settlement of Ashtishat in the Taron region to Hamazasp Mamikonian and Sahakanoysh, daughter of...

nearly murdered by pagans at his seat at Ashtishat. In 365, Patriarch Nerses I convened the Council of Ashtishat, which banned pre-Christian practices such...

Church and his house. On the site of the destroyed temple to Vahagn at Ashtishat, Gregory raised a church which became the original center of the Armenian...

given land there. They built a temple for Hindu gods and goddesses in Ashtishat. In 2001, 300 Hindus resided in Turkey. The number had reached 728 by...

goddess and consort of Vahagn, sharing a temple with him in the city of Ashtishat. The holiday of Vardavar was originally in honor of Astɫik. The name "Astɫik"...

given land there. They built a temple for Hindu gods and goddesses in Ashtishat, a famous religious center in Armenia. Eventually, their society grew...

high priests (qrmapet) of Vahagn. They also possessed the temple town of Ashtishat in the gavarr of Vahevuniq (on the left bank of the Aratzani river in...

Aphrodite. Temples dedicated to Anahit were established in Armavir, Artashat, Ashtishat. Ara the Beautiful – a dying-and-rising god slain in a war against Semiramis...

Armenia, worship of Anahit was established in Erez, Armavir, Artashat and Ashtishat. A mountain in the Sophene district was known as Anahit's throne (Athor...

food staples. Isaac the Great, Armenian apostolic patriarch, dies at Ashtishat. He helped to develop a Greek-inspired alphabet, and translate the Bible...

among scholars, who usually posit that the country's first church was in Ashtishat, in the Taron region. A 2020 book on the cathedral, authorized by the...

given land there. They built a temple for Hindu gods and goddesses in Ashtishat. Eventually, their society grew to 20 villages and was called Hindkastan...

celebrations were initially done at Bagavan, but then was relocated to the Ashtishat region. The celebrations also included the worship of water and rivers...

village is populated by Kurds and had a population of 1,150 in 2022. Ashtishat is an archaeological site in Yücetepe. A survey in 1902 estimated the...

village of Blur in Bagrevand. His body was taken to Taron and buried in Ashtishat. Since Isaac was the last male of the Gregorid line, his house's territories...

marriage, the Mamikonians gained the western part of Taron centered on Ashtishat, as well as Bagrevand and Ekegheats (Acilisene). Hamazasp and Sahakanush's...

of Vahagn (Iranian Verethragna, also known as Wahram) was located at Ashtishat. The cult of the divinity of Mihr (Iranian Mithra) was chiefly located...

the gold plated statue of Vahagn located in Armavir to their domain in Ashtishat after the death of Artaxias I. Tigranes entered into a rivalry with a...

food staples. Isaac the Great, Armenian apostolic patriarch, dies at Ashtishat. He helped to develop a Greek-inspired alphabet, and translate the Bible...

brought it into closer connection with the people. At the Council of Ashtishat (c. 356) he promulgated numerous laws on marriage, fast days, and divine...

translation of Christian texts into Armenian. Eznik studied at the school of Ashtishat and participated in the translation of the Bible and other texts into...

Olympias, despite the recent banning of polygamy at the church council of Ashtishat. For these reasons, Arshak faced serious obstacles in legitimizing Pap...

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