8. ORDERS [OF SERVICE]

49. Lord Zakʿaria I, from the village of Jag. In his days took place the Council of Širakavan. And blood-colored snow fell upon the land of the West. And in the year 862 was the beginning of the dominion of the Russians; and the conversion of the Slavs to the faith of CHRIST. 50. Lord Gēorg II, from Gaṙni. In his days began the kingdom of the Bagratunis under Ašot the Great, who in the year of the Lord 885 was crowned with a diadem by the Emir of the Hagarenes [Muslims] and by Basil the Armenian-Arsacid, Emperor of the Greeks, who reigned in Constantinople in the year of the Lord 867. 51. Lord Maštocʿ, from Ełivard. 52. Lord Yovhannēs VI, the historian, from Drasxanakert. In his days, Smbat, King of the Armenians, was martyred, and Ašot the Iron reigned. The Hagarenes seized the Catholicate of Dvin, and the seat of the Catholicate was transferred to Vaspurakan in the year of the Lord 924, after having remained in the city of Dvin for 472 years. At this time, Leo the Philosopher, an Armenian, reigned [as] Emperor of the Greeks in Constantinople; and then reigned Constantine Porphyrogenitus, an Armenian. 53. Lord Stepʿannos II. 54. Lord Tʿēodoros I. In his days the monastery of Narek was built. And in the year 930 Harold became the first Christian king of Denmark. At this time Romanos the Armenian reigned [as] Emperor of the Greeks in Constantinople. 55. Lord Ełišē I. In his days Anania of Narek flourished. 56. Lord Anania, from Mokkʿ. In his days the Mandylion [lit. Veil/Cloth] of CHRIST was transferred from Edessa to Constantinople. Saint Grigor of Narek was born. And in the year 948 the Russians converted to the faith of CHRIST. 57. Lord Vahan, from Bałkʿ. In his days John Tzimiskes, an Armenian by descent, reigned over the Greeks in