city
Artashat (Artaxata)
near Artashat / Lusarat, Armenia · Armenia & Georgia
39.882, 44.575
Tradition. The city is attested (Pleiades). Its role in the conversion story comes from Agathangelos.
Artaxata was the royal capital of Armenia for centuries before Christianity. In the conversion story it is where Trdat III's court held Gregory captive, with the pit of Khor Virap on one of its hills. The city's decline in the 4th century helped move the church's center to Vagharshapat and later Dvin.
Source stance: insider. Armenian conversion narrative; classical sources for the city.
People and groups named here
- Trdat (Tiridates) III
- Gregory the Illuminator
Sources
- Pleiades place 874361: Artaxata
Pleiades Gazetteer (ISAW, NYU). Accessed 2026-11-11.
- Artaxata (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia contributors. Accessed 2026-11-11.
Further reading
Councils here
None in this list.