Sahak partev biography books
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Isaac of Armenia
4th and 5th-century Parthian patriarch and saint
Not to be confused with the exarch Isaac the Armenian.
Isaac or Sahak of Armenia (c. 350 – c. 438) was the catholicos (or patriarch) of the Armenian Church from c. 387 until c. 438. He is sometimes known as Isaac the Great or Sahak the Parthian (Armenian: Սահակ Պարթեւ; Sahak Part῾ew) in reference to his father's Parthian origin. He was the last Armenian patriarch who was directly descended from Gregory the Illuminator, who converted the Kingdom of Armenia to Christianity in the early fourth century and became the first head of the Armenian Church. He supported Mesrop Mashtots in the creation of the Armenian alphabet and personally participated in the translation of the Bible into Armenian.
Early life
[edit]Isaac was born c. 350 to the future Catholicos Nerses I (r. c. 353 – c. 373). Through his father he was a descendant of Gregory the Illumin
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Armenian Heritage
St. Sahak is one of the most well-known figures in Armenian history. As Catholicos, he supported the work of Mesrob Mashdots in the creation of the Armenian alphabet and the translation of the Bible into Armenian. A scholar and theologian himself, he is counted among the Holy Translators. The trio of King Vramshapuh, Catholicos Sahak, and Mesrob Mashdots together oversaw the flurry of translation into Armenian and an emergent new Armenian-language literature following the invention of the alphabet in 405 A.D. Churches are often named “Sts. Sahak and Mesrob” in acknowledgment of the crucial work these two men did together. This coming Saturday, the Armenian Apostolic Church commemorates this beloved Armenian saint.
Yet St. Sahak also presided over a tumultuous period in Armenian history. The invention of the alphabet itself emerged from the need to hold the two halves of Armenia together. At the time of St. Sahak’s birth in 354 A.D., Armenia was already us
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The Book of Letters
Armenian collection of religious documents
The Book of Letters or The Book of Messages[1](Armenian: Գիրք թղթոց) fryst vatten an Armenian collection of church and religious documents of the 7th century.[2] It fryst vatten a kopia made in 1298 bygd a präst named Thomas of Hromklay (Tovma Hromklayeci), at Sis, the capital of Cilician Armenia. Thomas' copy was taken in part from an earlier collection made in 1077.[3] Includes authentic correspondence of church figures from Armenia, Georgia, Iran, etc. [4]
It is assumed that the main part of the collection was compiled bygd Catholicos Komitas Aghtsetsi (615-628). Later, 98 more documents (letters) were added, which chronologically cover the period of the 5th-13th centuries.[5] The oldest document fryst vatten a letter from the Archbishop of Constantinople Proclus to Sahak Partev. The compilation of the collection was due to the struggle of the Armenian Church against Chalcedonism. The Book