Nerses III the Builder (Armenian: Ներսես Գ ՇինողNerses 3 Shinogh) was the Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church between 641 and 661.[1][2] He was originally from the village of Ishkhan in Tayk. He ruled at a troubled time during which Armenia had to choose between their neighbors Byzantines and Persians along with their new conquerors the Arabs.
Catholicos Nerses III received the title of the Builder due to the grand construction works he undertook during his reign. The most important ones were the construction of a chapel over the pit of imprisonment of St. Gregory the Illuminator at Khor Virap (which was replaced a thousand years later by the current church) and the magnificent cathedral of Zvartnots. One tradition says he might have been buried on the northern side of the church. Lesser works include the Agarak monastery.
Referencesedit
^Nersessian, Vrej (1987). The Tondrakian Movement: Religious Movements in the Armenian Church from the Fourth to the Tenth Centuries. Psychology Press. ISBN978-0-900707-92-6.
^Kleinbauer, W. Eugene (1972). "Zvart'nots and the Origins of Christian Architecture in Armenia". The Art Bulletin. 54 (3): 245–262. doi:10.2307/3048994. ISSN 0004-3079. JSTOR 3048994.
nerses, builder, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, september,. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Nerses III the Builder news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2023 Learn how and when to remove this message There was also a Caucasian Albanian Catholicos Nerses III who ruled in 1235 1262 dd Nerses III the Builder Armenian Ներսես Գ Շինող Nerses 3 Shinogh was the Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church between 641 and 661 1 2 He was originally from the village of Ishkhan in Tayk He ruled at a troubled time during which Armenia had to choose between their neighbors Byzantines and Persians along with their new conquerors the Arabs Catholicos Nerses III received the title of the Builder due to the grand construction works he undertook during his reign The most important ones were the construction of a chapel over the pit of imprisonment of St Gregory the Illuminator at Khor Virap which was replaced a thousand years later by the current church and the magnificent cathedral of Zvartnots One tradition says he might have been buried on the northern side of the church Lesser works include the Agarak monastery References edit Nersessian Vrej 1987 The Tondrakian Movement Religious Movements in the Armenian Church from the Fourth to the Tenth Centuries Psychology Press ISBN 978 0 900707 92 6 Kleinbauer W Eugene 1972 Zvart nots and the Origins of Christian Architecture in Armenia The Art Bulletin 54 3 245 262 doi 10 2307 3048994 ISSN 0004 3079 JSTOR 3048994 Religious titles Preceded byEzra of Armenia Catholicos of the Holy See of St Echmiadzin and All Armenians641 661 Succeeded byAnastasius of Armenia nbsp This biographical article about an Armenian religious figure is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nerses III the Builder amp oldid 1182602728, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
