History of Armenia, by Father Michael Chamich; from B. C. 2247 to ...

HISTORY OF ARMENIA. 159
C II
AFTER XV.
The Reign of Tiridates— the revival of Christianity
in Arme7iia by St. Gi^egory, and appointment
of Aristakes and Vertannes to the Pontificate.
TiRi DATES, to fulfil the kind order of the
Roman emperor, which we mentioned at the
conclusion of the last chapter, set out for Armenia
with a Roman army, accompanied by Saint
Gregory. This occurred in the third year of
the reii^n of Diocletian. On his arrival in Cesarea,
he was met by all the Armenian chiefs,
who had been previously apprised of the object
of his expedition, and received by them as their
He
king without the least show of opposition.
then took upon himself the government of the
nation, under the title of Tiridates the First; he
was crowned by Sumbat, a Bagratian chief,
and a descendant of Sumbat the Beuratian.
Tiridates having proceeded to the fortress of
Ani, there experienced the unexpected pleasure
of finding his sister living under the protection
of Otah, the chief of whom we spoke before.
To-
a. d. 286.