Armenian Apostolic Church of North Hollywood

Of the twelve apostles of Jesus, Thaddeus and Bartholomew came to Armenia and preached Christianity.They became the first illuminators of the Armenians and established the Armenian Church.In 301 A.D., during the reign of King Tiridates, through the efforts of St. Gregory the Illuminator the Armenian people accepted Christianity and declared it as the state religion. The Armenians were the first people to accept Christianity as the official state religion. The first Catholicos of the Armenians was St. Gregory the Illuminator. The first Cathedral built in Armenia was in 303 A.D. and was called Holy Etchmiadzin, which means “descent of he Only-born Son”, Jesus. St. Mesrob Mashdots created the Armenian alphabet in the years 404-406 with the support of Catholicos St. Sahag and King Vramshabuh. The first book translated into Armenian was the Holy Bible. Being a superior translation of the Bible, in later years experts called the Armenian translation “Queen of Translations”. The first sentence that St. Mesrob wrote in Armenian letters was the first sentence of the book of Proverbs: “That men may know wisdom and instruction, understand words of insight”.