[OF THE] CATHOLICOI

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Constantinople, in the year of the Lord 969 [= 1520/1848, or liturgical era]*: *[Note: Given as "Constantinople, in the year of the Lord 969 [1520 AD, or Armenian Era 969 = 1520 AD / typographical variant for 1848]". Plain rendering: "Constantinople, in the year of the Lord 969:"] Constantinople, in the year of the Lord 969:

58. Lord Stepʿannos III, abbot of Sewan. In the days [of]

[In the time] of this [one] took place the First Council of Ani.

59 Lord Xačʻik I, Bishop of the Aršakunikʻ. In the days [of...]

[of] this [one]; in the year 980 King Smbat built the wall of Ani

of the city. And Samuel, the brave Armenian of Derjan, king-

[...rei]gns over the Bulgarians. And the assembly takes place

Of the Wheel [Cycle]: 2.

60. Lord Sargis I, Abbot of Sevan. In his days

[The] see of the Catholicosate is established in the city of Ani.

In the year of the Lord 993, after remaining in the la[nd of] Vaspurakan...

[... the] world; that is, to Joroy Vankʿ (the Monastery of Jor), and to Varag, and to Ar-

...[for] 69 years. And the Council of Harkʿ, the First and the Second, against...

... of the Tondrakians. And in the year 996, the Magyars turn [convert] to

[The] Faith in Christ.

61. Lord Petros I Getadardz [the River-turner]. In his days, Grigor

Magistros blossoms. And in the year 1022, Senek‘erim, kin[g]

[... King] Artsruni, having abandoned the city of Van, set out for...

the city of Sebaste. The third Council of Ani took place; and the Council [of...]

Of the *Harkʿ* [Fathers]: 3.

62. Lord Xačʿik II, nephew of the Getadarj.

63. Lord Grigor II Vkayasēr (Martyrophile), son of Grigor Magistros.

...from the lineage of the Illuminator. In his days, Gagik, king...

...[the kin]g gives the city of Kars to the Greeks, and he himself departs to...

[from] Armenia. And the see of the Catholicosate is transferred

From Ani to T‘awblur, in the year 1063, after having been in Ani

71 years; and he is laid [to rest] in Tsamndaw in the year 1066. Synod

Of the Black Mountain, 1. And in the year 1079 the kingdom [was] brought to an end—

...[the kingdom/dominion] of the Bagratunis by the death of Gagik the Last,

And the dominion of the Rubenids begins. He himself [the] era-

[...ing]: Grigor Vkayasēr [the Martyrophile] goes to Constantinople.

... to the Emperor of the Greeks, Alexios Komnenos, concerning the union...

[...]-tion, and it shall not succeed.

64. Lord Barseł I of Ani [Barseł A Anecʿi]: In his days the see of the Ca[tholicosate]—

[... of the Ca]tholicosate is established in Ani. And in the year 1089, there took place [...]