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«Motherland»
Ani Arghutyan
Motherland
• Hello my name is Ani Arghutyan.My
motherland is a Armenia.My motherland
very buetiful. Armenia very intrestring
country.Today I want tell about Armenia.
Christianity
• Christians consider the resurrection of
Jesus to be the cornerstone of their faith
(see 1 Corinthians 15) and the most
important event in history. Among
Christian beliefs, the death and
resurrection of Jesus are two core events
on which much of Christian doctrine and
theology is based.According to the New
Testament, Jesus was crucified, died a
physical death, was buried within a tomb,
and rose from the dead three days later
Armenia
• The name Armenia was given to the country by the surrounding states, and it is traditionally
derived from Armenak or Aram (the great-grandson of Haik's great-grandson, and another
leader who is, according to Armenian tradition, the ancestor of all Armenians).[3] In the
Bronze Age, several states flourished in the area of Greater Armenia, including the Hittite
Empire (at the height of its power), Mitanni (South-Western historical Armenia), and
Hayasa-Azzi (1600–1200 BC). Soon after the Hayasa-Azzi were the Nairi (1400–1000 BC)
and the Kingdom of Urartu (1000–600 BC), who successively established their sovereignty
over the Armenian Highland. Each of the aforementioned nations and tribes participated in
the ethnogenesis of the Armenian people. Yerevan, the modern capital of Armenia, dates
back to the 8th century BC, with the founding of the fortress of Erebuni in 782 BC by King
Argishti I at the western extreme of the Ararat plain.[6] Erebuni has been described as
"designed as a great administrative and religious centre, a fully royal capital."
Arshakuni
• In the middle of the I century AD a new royal dynasty - the Arshakuni (the Arsacids) - was established in
Armenia. This dynasty was related to the royal family of Persia, which bared the same family name. At this
period Armenia and Persia enjoyed a long period of peace and cooperation, until in 251 AD the Sassanid
dynasty came to power in Persia. Regarding Armenia as the ally of the overthrown dynasty, the Sassanids
adopted anti-Armenian policy, trying to eliminate the Armenian state and to assimilate the Armenian nation.
Since the Armenian religion of that period bared similarities to both Zoroastrianism and Greco-Roman
polytheism, in the realization of their anti-Armenian policy the Sassanids were trying to capitalize on the
religious closeness. In order to deprive the Persians of this advantage, the Armenian king Trdat III in 301
AD declared Christianity the state religion of Armenia, thus making Armenia the first Christian state in the
world, with Gregory the Illuminator as the first head (Catholicos) of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
Christianity was officially legalized in the Roman Empire 12 years after Armenia became officially Christian.