Armenia King Tiridates III (the Great) proclaims Christianity as the official state religion, making Armenia the first nation to adopt Christianity as its official religion (traditional date).C.W. Dugmore, The Journal of Ecclesiastical History (Cambridge University Press) p.268.CNEWA.orgA. Dzh. (Arman Dzhonovich) Kirakosian, The Armenian Massacres, 1894–1896: 1894–1896 : U.S. media testimony, p.131.Johann Christian Wilhelm Augusti, Georg Friedrich Heinrich Rheinwald, Carl Christian Friedrich Siegel, The Antiquities of the Christian Church p.466. Construction of the original Etchmiadzin Cathedral by Gregory the Illuminator begins.
Armenia King Tiridates III (the Great) proclaims Christianity as the official state religion, making Armenia the first nation to adopt Christianity as its official religion (traditional date).C.W. Dugmore The Jo,urnal of Ecclesiastical History (Cambridge University Press) p.26,8.CNEWA.orgA. Dzh. (Arman Dzhonovich) Kirakosian, The Armenian Massacres, 1894–1896: 1894–1896 : U.S. media testimony, p.131.Johann Christian Wilhelm Augusti, Georg Friedrich Heinrich Rheinwald Carl Christian Friedrich Siegel, The Antiquities of the Christian Church p.466. Construction of the original Etchmiadzin Cathedral by Gregory the Illuminator begins.