The work was translated into Armenian and Syriac in the early Christian era.

On the coming of his age, Gregory married a woman called Miriam a devout Christian who was the daughter of a Christian Armenian Prince in Cappadocia.

The Christian millets gained privileges, such as in the Armenian National Constitution of 1863.

The Septuagint is the basis for the Old Latin, Slavonic, Syriac, Old Armenian, Old Georgian and Coptic versions of the Christian Old Testament.

Early Christian Armenian chroniclers attributed the origin of the name, " Yerevan ," to a derivation from an expression exclaimed by Noah, in Armenian.

* December – In the Middle East, traveller Pietro Della Valle marries Jowaya, daughter of a Nestorian Christian father and an Armenian mother, in Baghdad.

He helped to develop a Greek-inspired alphabet and translate the Bible with various Christian writings into Armenian.

In 1209, the brothers Mkhargrdzeli laid waste to Ardabil – according to the Georgian and Armenian annals – as a revenge for the local Muslim ruler's attack on Ani and his massacre of the city ’ s Christian population.

85 % of the total population was Christian, 1, 252 adult males, 13 % of the total population was Armenian, 197 adult males and 15 % of the total population was Muslim, 221 adult males.

Most of the Armenian population is Christian and belongs to the Armenian Apostolic Church.

Among the community's 25 churches are Anglican, Catholic, Christian, Armenian, Baptist, Buddhist, Mennonite, and many other congregations.

Private schools include Sahag-Mesrob Armenian Christian School, St. Elizabeth Catholic School, Saint Mark's, Pasadena Waldorf School, Walden School and Jane Warner's School

Furthermore, although officially Islamic, its Christian inhabitants ( Greek, Balkan, Armenian and Christian Arab ) represented roughly half the total population.

But no sooner had he left the province, that Armenia rose in rebellion and chose an Armenian Christian called Bargatide as its Emperor.

However, the annexation of Armenia by Persia was strongly opposed by the Armenian patriarch Isaac of Armenia, who felt the rule of a Christian better than that of a non-Christian regardless of his character or ability.

During the Russo-Turkish War, he undertook a mission of inquiry to report on the condition of the Assyrian, Armenian and Greek Christian communities of Asia Minor and Armenia.

In May and June 1915, the Ottoman Empire waged a campaign against the Armenian Christian minorities, which by some contemporary accounts looked like genocide or even a holocaust in Anatolia.

* His Holiness ( abbreviation HH ), oral address Your Holiness — the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Patriarch of Peć and the Serbs, Catholicos of All Armenians, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Catholicos of the Holy See of Cilicia of the Armenian Apostolic Church, and some other patriarchs of Christian Church.

" The Last Supper "-museum copy of Master Paul's sculpture The Washing of the Feet is a traditional component of the celebration in many Christian Churches, including the Armenian, Ethiopian, Eastern Orthodox, Eastern Catholic, Schwarzenau Brethren / German Baptist groups, Mennonites, and Roman Catholic Churches, and is becoming increasingly popular as a part of the Maundy Thursday liturgy in the Anglican / Episcopal, Lutheran, Methodist, and Presbyterian Churches, as well as in other Protestant denominations.

Additionally, Enoch is important in some Christian denominations: He is commemorated as one of the Holy Forefathers in the Calendar of Saints of the Armenian Apostolic Church and the Armenian Catholic Church on July 26.

For instance, we cannot know whether even for church members the degree of conformity to Christian standards of morality increased or declined as the proportion of church members in the population rose.

Ten years later ( 24 September 1856 ) the Swiss Federal Council voted them equal political rights with other Swiss citizens in that canton, as well as entire freedom of commerce ; but the opposition of the Christian population prevented the decision from being generally carried out.

Ottoman tax records suggest that the Christian population was slightly more prosperous or grew more grain than grapes ( the former being a more valuable commodity ).

Many of the population of the Western hemisphere could broadly be described as cultural Christians, due to the predominance of the Christian faith in Western culture, as well as widely celebrated religious holidays such as Easter and Christmas.

Moore asked the commission to assess whether the francophone population of the Ottawa-Gatineau area was sufficiently well-served by existing French radio services, and to consider licensing one or more of the French language applications, which included a Christian music station, a community radio station and a campus radio station for the Université du Québec en Outaouais, in addition to or instead of the approved stations.

Various estimates of the population have been taken since ; in 1956 it was estimated a population of 1, 411, 416, with 54 % Christian and 44 % Muslim.

Christian and Jewish men were counted but the female population was excluded.

However, the Christian population of Alexandria knew that Ammonius had been killed for his assault and not for his faith, and Cyril was obliged to remain silent about the events.

Despite the political upheaval, the Egyptian population remained mainly Christian.

Some scholars have contended that the issue was a religious issue, between the Muslim lowland population desiring independence while the highland Christian population sought a union with Ethiopia.

His army elected Jovian as the new emperor, and to rescue his army he was forced to surrender Nisibis to Persia, and permit the expulsion of the entire Christian population.

Even so, Al-Andalus remained vastly superior to all the northern kingdoms combined in population, economy and military might ; and internal conflict between the Christian kingdoms contributed to keep them relatively harmless.

While in Hawaii he became a controversial figure for his vehement opposition to the activities of Christian missionaries seeking to convert the native population.

By the end of the 10th century, the Norse minority had merged with the Slavic population, which also absorbed Greek Christian influences in the course of the multiple campaigns to loot Tsargrad, or Constantinople.

One reason could have been to motivate the majority of the population who had Christian beliefs.

85 % of Kuwait's population is Muslim ( Sunni 70 %, Shi ' a 30 %) and the rest belong to other religions ( includes Christian, Hindu, Parsi ).

According to the 2000 census, 87. 9 % of the population is Christian, of which 76 % adhere to the Roman Catholic faith, while about 7 % are Protestant.

JDL also protested against the oppression of Jewish population in Muslim countries, fought Neo-Nazis in the United States and resisted Christian missionaries ' activity to convert Jews.

However, the Christian majority of the past, constituting around 65 % of the population at one point, has been shrinking, while the number of Muslims has steadily increased to its present 45 % of the population due to immigration from Muslim countries.

The population is largely Christian as a result of missionary activity in the 19th century.

Christian missionaries from the London Missionary Society converted most of the population circa 1846.

Nazareth is known as " the Arab capital of Israel "; the population is made up predominantly of Arab citizens of Israel, almost all of whom are either Muslim ( 69 %) or Christian ( 30. 9 %).< ref >< p > In the New Testament, the city is described as the childhood home of Jesus, and as such is a center of Christian pilgrimage, with many shrines commemorating biblical events.