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Christianity and the 301 AD Tradition

A Historical Timeline of Armenian Christianity

Part 36 of 39 · Christianity and the 301 AD Tradition

A Historical Timeline of Armenian Christianity

  1. First century AD

    Traditional missions of the apostles Thaddeus and Bartholomew; their precise historical details remain unverified

  2. Second–third centuries

    Christianity spreads in neighboring Syria, Mesopotamia, and Asia Minor, with evidence of early penetration into Armenian regions

  3. Traditionally 301

    Armenia adopts Christianity as its state religion under Tiridates III

  4. 311–315

    Alternative scholarly chronologies for stages of conversion, Gregory's release, and episcopal consecration

  5. 325

    Council of Nicaea; Armenian tradition associates Aristakes with participation

  6. Fourth century

    Expansion of ecclesiastical institutions and the activity of Nerses the Great

  7. 387

    Partition of Armenia between Roman and Sasanian spheres

  8. Around 405

    Mesrop Mashtots develops the Armenian alphabet

  9. 428

    End of the Arsacid monarchy in eastern Armenia

  10. 451

    Battle of Avarayr and death of Vardan Mamikonian

  11. 484

    Settlement of Nvarsak and important recognition of Armenian Christian religious rights

  12. 506 and after

    Armenian ecclesiastical development increasingly diverges from Chalcedonian Christianity

  13. 618–630

    Construction of the surviving churches of Saint Hripsime and Saint Gayane

  14. Seventh century

    Construction of Zvartnots and Arab expansion into Armenia

  15. 885

    Restoration of Armenian kingship under Ashot I Bagratuni

  16. 961

    Ani becomes the Bagratuni capital

  17. 1198/1199

    Recognition of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia

  18. 1441

    Restoration of the Catholicosate of All Armenians at Etchmiadzin

  19. 1915–1916

    Armenian Genocide and destruction of numerous Armenian Christian communities

  20. 1920–1991

    Soviet period, religious restrictions, and survival of Armenian ecclesiastical institutions

  21. 1991

    Independence of the modern Republic of Armenia

  22. 2001

    Celebration of 1,700 years of Christianity as Armenia's traditional state religion

  23. 2015

    Canonization of the Armenian Genocide martyrs by the Armenian Apostolic Church

  24. 2023

    Mass displacement of Artsakh's Armenian population and intensified concerns over cultural heritage

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