Tzads

The Tzads ( _hy. Tzadn) were a Christian community, most likely of Armenian origin. These were members of the Armenian Apostolic Church who converted to the official Orthodox faith of Iberia, which upheld the decrees of the Council of Chalcedon. [Hacikyan, Agop Jack et al (2000), "The Heritage of Armenian Literature", p. 251. Wayne State University Press, ISBN 0814330231.]

They are attested and their society described in details in the work by the tenth-century Armenian chronicler Ukhtanes of Sebastia (c. 935-1000).

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