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

330 HISTORY OF ARMENIA.
chiefs, and collecting an army, made head against
these invaders, whom he in a short time expelled
from Armenia, and succeeded in tran-
A. D. 518. quiUizing the country. These gallant exertions
of Mijej being represented to Cavat, king of
Persia, lie was appointed to supersede Burghan
in the prefecture. He proved by his subsequent
conduct how worthy he was of this confidence,
for he made many improvements in the kingdom,
repaired all ihe dilapidated buildings, and
applied himself assiduously to forward the
welfare of the whole of his countrymen. In the
fourth year of his government Christopher the
pontiff died, having been in the pontificate six
A. D. 521.
years. Levond, from the village of Little Erast,
in the province of Arberaney, succeeded him,
A. D.524. and died three years after. Nierses the Second,
from the village of Ashtarak, in the province of
Bagrevand, then became pontiff. Shortly after
his election, Nierses, having observed some
irregularities in the conduct of the priests,
particularly those who resided in the villages,
convened a meeting of bishops in the city of
Duin, wherein were enacted thirty-eight rules,
to be
observed by the Armenian ecclesiastics.
A. P. 533. After continuing in the pontificate nine years,
he died, and was succeeded by Johannes the
Second, from the village of Seunzelin, in the
province of the Gabelins. Several disturbances