THE FOUNDING APOSTLES

Written by Gevork Nazaryan

In 2001 Armenia celebrated the 1700th anniversary of adoption of Christianity as the religion of the state. In the year 301 A. D. upon the orders of Trdat III and first Catholicos St. Gregory the Illuminator, Armenia became Christian -- thus making Armenia the first Christian nation. The Church of Armenia officially bares the name Holy Apostolic Church, named after the two founding apostles of Christ, St. Thaddeus and St. Bartholomew, who established the first Christian denominations in Greater Armenia in the first century AD and were put to death by the orders of King Sanatruk, who vehemently defended Mithraism, which originated in Armenia and later spread throughout the Roman Empire by Armenian aristocrats.

FLOOR PLAN OF A IVTH CENTURY SUBTERRANEAN
ROYAL CATACOMBS OF THE ARSACIDS

ST. THADDEUS WITH THE HOLY LANCE OF ROMAN CENTURION
GAIUS CASSIUS [LONGINUS] WHO ALLEGEDLY PIERCED CHRIST
WITH THE HASTA [ABOUT 12 FT. LONG! STANDARD ROMAN LANCE OF A LEGIONNAIRE]
 DURING CRUCIFIXION AND LATER USED THE HOLY BLOOD OF THE SACRIFICED LAMB
ON THE SPEARHEAD OF THE LANCE TO HEAL HIS FAILING EYESIGHT.

THERE ARE SEVERAL SPEARS THAT ARE CLAIMED TO BE THE ORIGINAL.
THE ONE KEPT IN THE MUSEUM OF THE MOTHER CATHEDRAL OF THE HOLY SEE
IS SAID TO BE THE AUTHENTIC SPEAR OF ST. THADDEUS TAKEN FROM
ANTIOCH IN 1098 BY PETER BARTHOLOMEW, A CRUSADER KNIGHT WHO
THEREAFTER PASSED IT
TO THE POSSESSION OF THE SIS CATHOLICOSATE IN CILICIAN ARMENIA AND
AFTER FALL OF CILICIAN ARMENIA IN 1375, THE SPEAR WAS IN 1441
MOVED ALONG WITH NUMBER OF RELICS BACK TO HOLY CITY OF ECHMIADZIN.

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SIWNIK' [AFTER SUN GOD ŠIWINI] AN IMPORTANT TONDRAKEC‛I
PAYLIKEAN CENTER IN THE VICINITY OF PRIMORDIAL ASTRONOMICAL
CENTER OF KARAHUNJ [LIT. STONEHENGE] AND
MY MOTHER'S FAMILY ARE NATIVE SIWNIK‛ [SYUNIK] HIGHLANDERS.
THE TSUR PROMETHEANS WITH THAT IMMORTAL SUNNY
 CAUCASIAN HEART AND SPIRIT. SIWNIK' WAS A QUINTESSENTIAL
MITHRAIC CENTER [SURVIVING IN THE AREVORDI COMMUNES OF THE FREE],
AREVIK‛ [LIT....SOLAR] AND MEŁRI [CONNECTED WITH HONEY/COMB/HEXAGONAL
[QUEEN] BEE PATTERN...AND SOMA
THE SACRED HONEY DRINK] WERE AMONG THE SACRED HOLY SITES.

ARMANEN [SUNBORNE] BY FIDUS.

ONE OF THE FEW SURVIVING PAULICIAN - BOGOMIL SOLAR MONUMENTS FROM
XTH CENTURY DEPICTING THE GREAT ARCHER-HUNTER [ORION-MIHR] WITH
UPRAISED RIGHT HAND [EXTENDED OPEN
PALM AND FIVE FINGERS] AND THE LEFT HAND ON THE BELT. NOTE THE RING
OF INFINITI NEXT TO THE GOD-HEAD. NOTE THE TRIANGLE THAT SITS ON TOP OF
THE PERPENDICULAR-GOLDEN MEAN MONUMENT [PENTA]. WITHIN THE TRIANGLE
 THE FIVE-PETAL VARDEAK-ROSETTE [ETERNAL FEMININE PRINCIPLE...
GODDESS OF LOVE]. ∞ SERPENTINE/FERTILITY/LIANA BRANCHES THAT WITHIN
INCLUDES THE EQUILATERAL SOLAR CROSS [MASCULINE PRINCIPLE WITHIN FEMININE].

THE MAJESTIC GRACE OF THE CATHAR CITY-FORTRESS OF CARCASSONNE
NOTE THE ARMANI CONIC AND STEP [SIRIUS-SOTHIS...] PYRAMID TOWERS.

SIGILLVM OF RAYMOND VI [1156-1222] OF TOULOUSE
MARQUIS OF PROVENCE WITH THE
ARMENIAN CATHAR CROSS [COAT OF ARMS OF LANGUEDOC]
TWELVE POINTS [ZODIAC] AROUND THE SOLAR CROSS.
ALONG WITH THE FEM. CRESCENT OF OUR LADY AND THE 8-POINTED SUN
WITH THE LATIN INSCRIPTION + S' RAIMUNDI DUCIS NARBONE COMITIS
TOLOSE MARCHIONIS PROVINCIE.

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ARMIN. THE LAST KATAR WARRIOR STANDS AT MONTSEGURE.
PURE MEN OF SPIRIT... LIGHT AND TRUTH.

BRUTAL TORTURE AND EVENTUAL IMMOLATION
OF THE WOUNDED AND CAPTURED AREVORDIS...

A number of successive Arsacid kings persecuted Christian converts throughout the Kingdom. However, the new religion struck root, particularly in small pockets in provinces of Siwnik' and Gołtan. The eradication of Christianity by Sanatruk and the following monarchs was not successful in weeding out the growing religious movement.

FIFTH CENTURY RELIEF OF ARMENIAN HIGH PRIESTS WITH THE TRADITIONAL
MITHRAIC RED CAPS OFFERING SACRIFICES TO THE GREAT LIFE-GIVER MOTHER
[MARY -- LIT. VIŠAP -- MAR -- COSMIC WATERS -- THE OCEAN OF LIFE].
THE HOLY APOSTOLIC CHURCH KEPT ALIVE THE LIGHT.

Christianity was particularly popular amongst the masses, that is the lower strata of the feudal social order, including peasants and the poor city dwellers. There were even rare cases of aristocrats who converted to Christianity, the most notable representatives being no other than the sister of King Sanatruk.

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EARLY CHRISTIAN BASILICAS WERE BUILT BY
THE MASTER BUILDERS OF THE MITHRAIC TEMPLES AS THIS
RECONSTRUCTION SKETCH OF THE  MOTHER CATHEDRAL [303] INDICATES

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FACING THE EAST WITH THE STRETCHED HANDS OF RECEPTION
 IN THE OUTBREAK OF THE NEW DAWN.... THE ONE SUN RISES...
IN-BETWEEN THE TWIN PEAKS OF THE COSMIC MOUNTAIN -- AR-AR-AT
 

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DURING THE APOSTLES' ATTEMPT TO CONVERT ARMENIA
TO CHRISTIANITY --THE  ARMENIAN MITHRAISM WAS
THE OFFICIAL RELIGION OF THE STATE
LATER IN FORM OF SOLAR [IRMIN-ARMIN - IRMINSUL OR IRMIN-SOL] KRISTIANITY --
CHRIST CONSCIOUSNESS -- THAT THE ARMENIAN GNOSTICS WOULD
SPREAD THE LIGHT THOUGHT THE WORLD