Assarunik

Arsharunik ( Armenian Արշարունիք ,) was a historical district of Armenia , part of the Ayrarat (Այրարատ) province , north of the Araxes River . In early history the area was known as Eraskhadzor . The important fortress Artagerk ("Artageras" near Strabo ) belonged to the district, which is larger than today's province of Armavir . The region was later made famous by the Gamrdzhazor Monastery .

history

According to legend, the Apostle Bartholomew in the Arsharunik area and the Apostle Thadeus in the Artaz area (in the Iranian province of Azerbaijan ) spread Christianity among the Armenians as early as the 1st century AD . Around the 10th century, the area of Shirak and Arsharunik was under the rule of the Kamsarakan dynasty .

Personalities

• Gregorios of Arsharunik (7th – 8th centuries), Bishop of Arsharunik

literature

• Carl Friedrich Neumann: An attempt at a history of Armenian literature, freely edited from the works of the Mechitarists. Barth, 1836.
• Georg Friedrich Hermann Müller: Geography in relation to nature and human history: or general comparative geography, as a secure basis for studying and teaching physical and historical sciences. Vol. 102 G. Reimer 1843 ( digitizedhttp: //vorlage_digitalisat.test/1%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.de%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D00dOAQAAMAAJ%26pg%3DPA629%26lpg%3DPA629%26dq%3DArscharunik%26source%3Dblig%26% 26source%3Dblig%26ots 3DACfU3U2wRqZ8h6JQ-N4VpBPRmH_pPvcCMg% 26hl% 3Dde% 26sa% 3DX% 26ved% 3D2ahUKEwiohOzk44TlAhWJ2KQKHbzrCr0Q6AEwEwEepage% 26hl% 3Dde% 26sa% 3doppikonpage% 26 ~ 3DArz% GBar% 3Dunikonpage% 26% SdAzf 26% GBar% 3 ~ 3Dunikonz 26% GBar% 3Dunikonz LT% 3D ~ PUR% 3D , University of Chicago).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Nerses Kamsarakan: “Apohypat, Patrizius, Lord of Shirak and Arsharunik” “In the name of St. Our Lady for the sake of intercession for me and for Shushan, my wife and for Hrahat, our son. “Josef Strzygowski: The architecture of the Armenians and Europe. Volume 1. Kunstverlag Anton Schroll, Vienna 1918: 222.
2. ↑ Michel van Esbroek: Art. Gregorios von Arscharunik In: Michael Buchberger, Walter Kasper, Konrad Baumgartner: Lexicon for Theology and Church. Vol. 4³ Herder, 1993. ( digitizedhttp: //vorlage_digitalisat.test/1%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.de%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DWHrYAAAAMAAJ%26pg%3DPA997%26lpg%3DPA997%26dq%3DArscharunik%26source%3dXDZ%26ots%26source%3dXDZ%26ots%26source 3DACfU3U2LUqxmbUZqBdYgnT8Pz_GXvH2d3g% 26hl% 3Dde% 26sa% 3DX% 26ved% 3D2ahUKEwiohOzk44TlAhWJ2KQKHbzrCr0Q6AEwEXoECAcQAQr% GBv% 3Dikonepage %AcQAQse% GBv% 3Dikonepage% 26% LTAQR 26% GBv% 3Dikonepage% 26% LTAQR% GBv% 3Dikonepage 3D ~ PUR% 3D ), University of Michigan.