Deacon Yeghishe Sargsyan - Ordination of the Catholicos and his consecration according to bibliographic information (IV–XII cc.)
15 Pages | 57-72 | DOI: Doi:10.54503/0135-0536-2025.1-57 | Revceived on: 2025-01-18 | Reviewed on: 2024-08-15 | Accepted for printing on: 2025-03-27
Published in: 2025 N 1 (228) / History
References to the Catholicosic ordination and consecration can be found in the works of the chroniclers. Based on the bibliographic information that has come down to us, there is almost no detailed description of the ritual rules of ordination and consecration. The presence of episodes of the ordination of the Catholicos in bibliographic works and their content allow us to conclude that the ritual developed gradually. It went through periods of “embryonation”, “formation” or “establishment” from the 4th to the 12th centuries.
KeywordsCatholicos ordination consecration cheirothesia bibliographic information historians periods.