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... king of Parthia (c.248-211 BC), ...

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Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) ...had endured more than 14 years in a hideous prison called "the pit." Despite his travails, he eventually converted King Tiridates III to Christianity, and in 301 A.D., Armenia became the first nation to declare Christianity as its national religion...
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Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald ...Catholicos Karekin was the 131st in a line of church leaders stretching back to St. Gregory the Illuminator, who converted King Tiridates III of Armenia in 301. Christianity became Armenia's official religion a decade before the conversion of the Roman Emperor...
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Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of History ...Roman triumph, and then discusses how Nero adapted this ceremony when celebrating the defeat of his mother, the crowning of Tiridates as king of Armenia, and his return from Greece as an Olympic victor. Champlin's portrait of Nero as an obsessively artistic...
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Magazine article from: The Christian Century ...century by two of the original apostles of Jesus Christ, St. Thaddeus and St. Bartholomew. In 301 A.D. the ruling King Tiridates III was converted to Christianity. As a result, Armenia was the first nation in the world to declare Christianity its state...
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