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

358 HISTORY OF ARMENIA.
It is worthy of remark here, that after the
conclusion of the council of Carin, many of the
Armenians situated in the Greek division, and
who had hitherto conformed to tlie reliafiousobservance
of their own people, suddenly changed
their ecclesiastical ceremonies, particularly in
three instances :
First, they leavened the bread
used at the sacred offerings, and mixed water
with the eucharist.
Secondly, they celebrated
the feast ofour Saviour's birth on the 25th December.
Thirdly, in singing the anthem, " Holy God,
Sscr they omitted the word " crucified:'
These
irregularities they wished to introduce into the
Persian part of Armenia,
which induced considerable
disturbance, and finally
caused the Armenians
to separate again from the Greeks, and
renounce the council of Chalcedon. These
remarks being prefaced, we resume the thread
of our history.
^'Haj?an
era 80.
^^^^^ this pcHod, Rostom, the governor
of Atropatia, began to intrigue for the purpose
of dispossessing Varaztiroz of the prefecture,
which he had long ardently wished to have
himself. Varaztiroz, dreading the consequence
of remaining exposed to the machinations of
his rival,
quietly relinquished the government,
and retired with his family and property to the
division of the Greeks, after holding the office
of prefect seven years. The government of the
Greek division of Armenia was some time after