Asdvadzadur of Armenia explained

Asdvadzadur of Armenia was the Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church from 8 May 1715 to 1725.[1] He was anointed in Etchmiadzin.[2] As Catholicos, he secured an alliance with Peter the Great of Russia for aid against the expansionist Muslim powers of the Ottoman Empire and Persia prior to the Russo-Persian War.

He is buried at St. Hripsime Church, Echmiadzin.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Isavertenc̣, Yakobos . Armenia and the Armenians . 1877 . 276 . en.
  2. Book: Krikorian, Haig A. . Lives and Times of the Armenian Patriarchs of Jerusalem: Chronological Succession of Tenures . 2009 . H.A. Krikorian . 978-0-9769107-1-8 . 285 . en.