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Personal data Nerses I "de Grote' van Armenie 

• He was born in the year 326.
• (Geschiedenis) .Source 1

  Nerses I (326-373) was patriarch van de Armeens-apostolische Kerk (353-373). Hij was van grote betekenis voor de ontwikkeling van de Armeense kerk.
  
  Nerses bracht zijn jeugd door in Caesarea (Kayseri) en trouwt met Sanducht Mamikonian. Na de snelle dood van zijn vrouw wordt hij benoemd tot zwaarddrager van koning Ashak II maar hij treedt al snel toe tot de geestelijkheid. In 353 wordt hij unaniem gekozen tot patriarch. Nerses maakt van het christendom een volksgodsdienst. Hij stelt op het concilie van Ashtishat een groot aantal wetten vast over huwelijk, vasten, incest en rouw (verbod op zelfverminking). Bouwt scholen en ziekenhuizen en zendt predikers door het gehele land.
  
  Ook is Narses politiek actief, hij reist naar Constantinopel om Romeinse steun te vragen tegen de Perzen maar hij krijgt ruzie met keizer Valens omdat hij diens Ariaanse overtuiging bekritiseert. Daarop wordt hij verbannen naar Edessa. In 369 wordt hij door de nieuwe koning Pap in zijn ambt hersteld maar ook met hem komt hij in conflict: ook Pap is Ariaans en Nerses ontzegt hem de toegang tot de kerk. Pap nodigt Nerses uit voor een banket om de geschillen bij te leggen, maar tijdens dit banket (25 juli 373) wordt Nerses vermoord.
  
  Nerses wordt in de Armeense kerk als heilige vereerd.

• (Levens event) .Source 2

  Nerses I the Great (Armenian: ????? ?????? ?. ??? ) was an Armenian Catholicos (or Patriarch) who lived in the fourth century. He was the son of At'anagenes and his mother was the Arsacid Princess Bambish, a sister of King Tigranes VII (Tiran)[2] and a daughter of King Khosrov III. His paternal grandfather was St. Husik I whose paternal grandfather was Saint Gregory the Illuminator.
  
  Nerses spent his youth in Caesarea where he married a Mamikonian Princess called Sanducht. Sanducht bore Nerses a son called Sahak, who would become another Catholicos in Armenia. After the death of his wife, he was appointed sword-bearer to King Arsaces II (Arshak II). A few years later, having entered the ecclesiastical state, he was elected Catholicos in 353.
  
  His patriarchate marks a new era in Armenian history. Till then the Church had been more or less identified with the royal family and the nobles; Nerses brought it into closer connection with the people. At the Council of Ashtishat he promulgated numerous laws on marriage, fast days, and divine worship. He built schools and hospitals, and sent monks throughout the land to preach the Gospel.
  
  Nerses held a synod at Ashtishat that, among other things, forbade people to marry their first cousin and forbade mutilation and other extreme actions in mourning.[3] Some of these reforms drew upon him the king's displeasure, and he was exiled, supposedly to Edessa. It was probably at some point during the latter part of Arshak's reign that Nerses went to Constantinople to ensure the emperor's support of Armenia against the Persians. According to P'awstos Buzandac'i's account Roman emperor Valens became outraged at Nerses condemning his following of the teachings of Arius and sent Nerses into exile.[4] While Nerses was in exile in Xad he was the leader of the church in Armenia.
  
  Upon the accession of pro-Arian King Papas (Pap) (369) he returned to his see. Papas proved a dissolute and unworthy ruler and Nerses forbade him entrance to the church. Under the pretence of seeking reconciliation, Papas invited Nerses to his table and reportedly poisoned him in 373.

• He died on July 25, 373, he was 47 years old.
• A child of At'anagenes van Armenië and Bambish van Armenië
• This information was last updated on December 12, 2012.

Household of Nerses I "de Grote' van Armenie

He is married to Sanducht Mamikonian.

They got marriedSource 1

Child(ren):

1. Sahak I "de Grote" van Armenie  350-439 

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