Asdvadzadur of Armenia

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Asdvadzadurof Armenia was the Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church from 8 May 1715 to 1725. [1] He was anointed in Etchmiadzin. [2] As Catholicos, he secured an alliance with Peter the Great of Russia for aid against the expansionist Muslim powers of the Ottoman Empire and Persia prior to the Russo-Persian War.

Tombstone of Astvadzadur I, Catholicos of All Armenians, at St. Hripsime church. Tombstone - Asdvadzadur of Armenia.JPG
Tombstone of Astvadzadur I, Catholicos of All Armenians, at St. Hripsime church.

He is buried at St. Hripsime Church, Echmiadzin.

References

  1. ↑ Isavertenc̣, Yakobos (1877). Armenia and the Armenians. p. 276.
  2. ↑ Krikorian, Haig A. (2009). Lives and Times of the Armenian Patriarchs of Jerusalem: Chronological Succession of Tenures. H.A. Krikorian. p. 285. ISBN   978-0-9769107-1-8.


Preceded by Catholicos of the Holy See of St. Echmiadzin and All Armenians
1715–1725		Succeeded by


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