Mount Ararat with the historic Khor Virap monastery visible at center-left

First Christian Nation

Armenia's adoption of Christianity is traditionally dated to 301 AD — twelve years before Constantine's Edict of Milan in 313. Modern scholars debate whether the actual conversion may have occurred closer to 314, since Tiridates was a client-king of Rome and could not officially adopt a religion Rome was still persecuting. Either way, Armenia's claim as first Christian nation holds: only the margin of precedence is at issue.

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Armenia

Armenia's adoption of Christianity is traditionally dated to 301 AD — twelve years before Constantine's Edict of Milan in 313. Modern scholars debate whether the actual conversion may have occurred closer to 314, since Tiridates was a client-king of Rome and could not officially adopt a religion Rome was still persecuting. Either way, Armenia's claim as first Christian nation holds: only the margin of precedence is at issue. 

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