Well befitting a nation which became the first Christian state in 301 Anno Domini under the spiritual leadership of Գրիգոր Լուսաւորիչ – Γρηγόριος Φωστήρ – Saint Gregory the Illuminator of Armenia (* c. 257, or as early as 240 – c. 331 †) and the temporal kingship of Տրդատ Գ – Trdat (Tiridates) III the Great (* c. 250 – c. 330 †), the original church was built on this location in that same year of 301, and strikingly for all Christian Church architecture in the world, the main structure of the present Cathedral building, though added to in later centuries, dates to 483-4 Anno Domini.

Those familiar with Christian iconography will at once recognize the gesture of Christ in this figure on the façade of this preeminent cathedral of the Oriental Orthodox, that is, Non-Chalcedonian family of Churches, a striking testimony to the fact that the Oriental Orthodox are not, and never were, Monophysite.

Dear Friends, Colleagues, Contributors and Collaborators:

This page, like this website as a whole, is still in a very early stage of development. Now, already in 2015, and as the days evaporate away I must, with a very heavy heart, admit that this whole project should be much further along than it is. I am not months, but years behind schedule. Please consider what you see here to be little more than the roughest outline and sketch of what should be set down regarding the state of progress in the re-unification of the Orthodox-Catholic Church and the re-establishment of something that might in fairness be called a Christian civilization. Please visit again.

DOC

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Syrian Byzantine Christian carved Lintel (c. 400-550) depicting Christogram, formed formed from the first two letters of Christ written in Greek, Chi (X) and Rho (P), together with the Alpha and the Omega

Some of the current monastic-inhabitants of Holy Mount Athos weigh in: "It is well known that a hurried union is being forced upon the Orthodox and the Non-Chalcedonians..." From 451 to 2013 — 1562 years — constitutes "hurried"!

If left to minds like these, reconciliation within the One Holy, Apostolic Orthodox-Catholic Church will be defined so as to be impossible this side of the Parousia, and Christ's explicit injuctions to His disciples, set forth at John 17:20-23 and elsewhere will never be obeyed as an act of free will by His Disciples. Consider, John 17:20-23 is Bible > New Testament > Gospel Scripture > Words of Christ > In Prayer from God the Son to God the Father; there is no higher authority on Earth, no more urgent human imperative.

Concerning the Dialogue Between the Orthodox and Non-Chalcedonian Churches - A Memorandum of the Sacred Community of Mount Athos

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(Catholic-Syriac: please note that by a decision of a synod in 2000 the name of this particular Church when expressed in the English language was changed from the Syrian Orthodox Church to the Syriac Orthodox Church)