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    Eznik of Kolb (Old Armenian: Եզնիկ Կողբացի, romanized: Eznik Kołbac῾i; c. 380 – 450) was an Armenian Christian writer of the 5th century. He was one of...
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    attested in the post-Sassanid Syriac and Armenian polemic such as that of Eznik of Kolb. According to these sources the genesis saw Zurvan as an androgynous...
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    Basil of Caesarea both commented on the unlawfulness of such practices in comparison to Christian doctrine. Eznik of Kolb accused Zoroaster of having...
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    Zoroaster (redirect from Date of Zoroaster)
    the variant Zradešt). The most important of these testimonies were provided by the Armenian authors Eznik of Kolb, Elishe, and Movses Khorenatsi. The spelling...
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  • in a collection of Armenian sources. The name Sebeos, which is a shortened form of the name Eusebius, appears as the name of one of the Armenian bishops...
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    Byzantine scholar Procopius of Caesarea, as well as medieval Armenian writers such as Movses Khorenatsi, Agathangelos, Eznik of Kolb, Sebeos, and Anania Shirakatsi...
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    Kingdom of Armenia: A History. Psychology Press. p. 74. ISBN 9780700714520. Blanchard, Monica Jay; Young, Robin Darling (1998). Eznik of Kołb, On God...
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    Agathangelos (category Historians of the Caucasus)
    Ἀγαθάγγελος "bearer of good news" or angel, c. 5th century AD) is the pseudonym of the author of a life of the first apostle of Armenia, Gregory the...
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  • Written in Armenian by Eznik of Kołb (floruit C.430-c.450). Peeters. p. 15. ISBN 978-90-429-0013-4. Parpetsi, Ghazar. History of the Armenians. p. 19....
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    Patristics (category History of Christian theology)
    of the most prominent Greek Fathers are Justin Martyr, Athanasius of Alexandria, Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nazianzus, John Chrysostom, Cyril of Alexandria...
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    compositions in a number of languages. The name Sayat-Nova has been given several interpretations. One version reads the name as "Lord of Song" (from Arabic...
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    Grigor Narekatsi (Armenian: Գրիգոր Նարեկացի; anglicized as Gregory of Narek; c. 950 – 1003/1011) was an Armenian mystical and lyrical poet, monk, and theologian...
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    antiquity and the author of the History of the Armenians. Movses's History of the Armenians was the first attempt at a universal history of Armenia and remains...
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    the variant Zradešt). The most important of these testimonies were provided by the Armenian authors Eznik of Kolb, Elishe, and Movses Khorenatsi. Elishe...
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    Constantinople with another student, Lewondes, joining another group of Armenians including Eznik of Kolb who were there to master the Greek language. They returned...
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    Armenian author Eznik of Kolb writes that superstitious Armenians believed that Artavazd was imprisoned by evil demons. According to Eznik, just as the Jews...
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  • Faustus of Byzantium (also Faustus the Byzantine, Armenian: Փաւստոս Բուզանդ, romanized: P'awstos Buzand) was an Armenian historian of the 5th century...
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    Jivani (category Georgian people of Armenian descent)
    He used clear forms of Armenian language, avoided of foreign transliterations. His songs were mainly devoted to the problems of social protest, poverty...
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    Կոմիտաս Ա Աղցեցի) or Komitas I of Aghdznik was a Catholicos of Armenia and Supreme Patriarch as well as the bishop of Taron from 615 until his death in...
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    Holy Translators (category Translators of the Bible into Armenian)
    movement of writing and translating important works into Armenian language. The Holy Translators are: Mesrop Mashtots Koriun Eznik of Kolb Ghazar Parpetsi...
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    Hovnatanian (category Burials at Armenian Pantheon of Tbilisi)
    Armenian family of painters. They include five generations from 17th to 19th centuries. Hovnatanyans are originally from the village of Shorot, Yernjak...
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    Ashik (category Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity)
    individual repertoire of Turkic folk songs. The word ashiq (Arabic: عاشق, meaning "in love" or "lovelorn") is the nominative form of a noun derived from...
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    is most prominent for writing a history of Armenia in the last years of the fifth century or at the beginning of the sixth century. The history covers events...
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    caused protests in support of the elected mayor in the town. The town has a mixed population of Azerbaijanis and Kurds. Eznik of Kolb, writer (5th century)...
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  • (Armenian: հայրեն) is an old form of Armenian folk poetry. Hayrens are typically composed of four lines with each of the four lines containing 15 syllables...
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  • Յովհաննէս Դրասխանակերտցի, John of Drasxanakert, various spellings exist), also called John V the Historian, was Catholicos of Armenia from 897 to 925, and...
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    or David the Philosopher was a neoplatonist philosopher of the 6th century. David was a pupil of Olympiodorus in Alexandria. His works, originally written...
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    the son of Constantine of Baberon and Partzapert (third cousin of Leo II of Armenia). Other siblings included John the Bishop of Sis, Ochine of Korykos...
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  • city of Edessa. Matthew was the superior abbot of Karmir Vank, near the town of Kaysun, east of Marash (Germanicia), the former seat of Baldwin of Boulogne...
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  • exegesis and the fifth-century figure Eznik of Kolb. Mercier collaborated with Mariès in preparing a collation of Eznik's manuscripts, publishing their work...
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