Gregory of Tatev


Gregory of Tatev
Գրիգոր Տաթևացի
Grigor Tatevatsi (from a 15th-century Armenian manuscript)
Born1346
Tmkaberd (now in Georgia)
Died1409 or 1410
Venerated inArmenian Apostolic Church

Gregory of Tatev, or Grigor Tatevatsi (Armenian: Գրիգոր Տաթևացի) (1346–1409 or 1410) was an Armenian philosopher, theologian and a saint in the Armenian Apostolic Church.

Gregory was born in Tmkaberd in Georgia or Vayots Dzor in Siunik. He was educated at the monasteries of Tatev and Metzop.[1]

Gregory was a faithful Miaphysite, at a time when the Armenian church was building relations with the Dyophysite Roman Catholic Church. He wrote against uniting the Armenian church with Rome.[2]

In 1397, during perpetual invasions by the Timurids, he completed the Book of Questions, a basic and comprehensive theological outline.[2]

A monument to Tatevatsi was unveiled on October 16, 2010 in Goris, Armenia.[3][4]

  1. ^ Hacikyan, Agop Jack (2000). The heritage of Armenian literature. Detroit: Wayne State University Press. pp. 606–607. ISBN 9780814330234.
  2. ^ a b Latourette, Kenneth Scott (1975). A History of Christianity: Beginnings to 1500. San Francisco: HarperOne. pp. 611. ISBN 9780060649524.
  3. ^ "NetNewPublisher". Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2010-10-26.
  4. ^ PanArmenian.net