THE THIRD PROMISE

CANONS OF THE HISTORICAL BOOKS UP TO THE TWENTY-FIRST

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A. Concerning what happened after the preaching of Thaddeus the Apostle in the land of Armenia, the land of the sons of Torgom.
B. Concerning the great first pontiff, Gregory, and their tombs.
C. Concerning the reign of Khosrov, son of Trdat, and the great priest Vrtanes, son of Gregory.
D. Concerning the two families that became extinct, the Manavazean and the Orduni, in the midst of the land of Armenia.
E. Concerning the sons of the pontiff Vrtanes, whose names were Gregoris the elder and the second, Yusik.
F. Concerning Gregoris, son of Vrtanes, and his end, and the place where he was laid.
G. Concerning the battle of the ancient war that came from the incursions of the King of the Mask'ut'k' Massagetae into the land under the authority of the King of Armenia, and how he was destroyed along with his forces.
H. Concerning the planting of the forests, the wars with the Persians, and the annihilation of the noble family of the Bznuni.
I. Concerning Bakur the bdeshkh a high-ranking viceroy or border governor, who rebelled against the King of Armenia, and how he was destroyed by the Armenian forces, and how Vaghinak Syuni became the bdeshkh in his stead.
J. Concerning Jacob, the bishop of Mtsbin Nisibis.
K. Concerning the great war between the Persians and the Armenians, the fall of the great commander Vache in the battle, the death of King Khosrov, and the passing from this world of the patriarch Vrtanes.
L. Concerning the reign of Tiran after his father over the land of Armenia. Likewise, Yusik, after his father Vrtanes, held the patriarchal throne; and how he was killed by King Tiran for reproaching the king.
M. Concerning how, after the death of Yusik, the land of Armenia was without a leader, and how Yusik's sons were not worthy of their father's throne.