Agathanghegos should be read, and in that case, those who are fighting a meaningless and fruitless battle with the Armenian highlands Masis/Ararat mountain, and in parallel, those fighting about our holy Apostolic Church and Christianity, will perhaps understand that no matter how many images of Masis/Ararat they try to remove, remove, erase, every time Vagharshapat St. Hripsime and St. When entering the churches of Gayane, you will meet Masis, because, according to Agathangelos, King Trdat climbed that holy Armenian mountain and erected the stones brought from there as pillars in the shrines of those temples.

“6. And when the king came, he said goodbye to Saint Grigore and set off on the way up the high mountain in Masis.

7. And I took from the mountain on my head a mountain, strong, strong, strong, long, upright, and great, so that no one could move it. Now, he took the statue of the skyzaur in Armenian, put it on his back and brought it individually to the people of the temple.

8. Four of my statues stood near me, as a substitute for the senseless battle, which the holy one was fighting in the room. where the most secure grace was victorious, he did the most amazing thing” (Agatanghegos, History of Armenians).

Iranologist Vardan Voskanyan

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