Gregorids

Gregorids were an Armenian noble family descended from St. Gregory the Illuminator (c. 257-330 AD), and thus of Arsacid stock, whose members served as patriarchs of Armenia from the early fourth century to the death of its last male member, St. Sahak I, in 437/439. Following Sahak’s death, his daughter, Sahakanush, carried the Gregorid domains in the western provinces of Greater Armenia into the family of her husband, Hamazasp Mamikonian, and the patriarchate of Armenia ceased to be a hereditary office. [Abraham Terian (2005), "Patriotism and Piety in Armenian Christianity: The Early Panegyrics on Saint Gregory", p. 76. St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, ISBN 0881412937.]

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