Mark was the Bishop of Aritus in the half of the 4th century. The first sentence translated from the Holy Bible is the opening verse of the Book of Proverbs: "To know wisdom and instruction, to perceive the words of understanding". There they began the translation of the Holy Bible into Armenian and did it so perfectly, that centuries hence the Armenian Translation is called the "Queen Translation of the Breath of God".
Mesrop opened a school for translators in the city of Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin). He was the strongest advocate for the creation of an Armenian Alphabet, and became its chief patron.įollowing the creation of the Armenian Alphabet, St. Sahak greatly contributed to the development of Armenian national culture. Being talented in music and educated in the rhetorical arts, philosophy and linguistics, St. He became Catholicos of All Armenians in 387 A.D., and reigned for an astounding 52 years. Nersess the Great, and the last Catholicos of the Armenian Church who descended from the lineage of St. Sahak Partev was the elder son of Catholicos St.
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