Templars,
Across the street from my Ranger Station is the Armenian Church of the holy Ascension. Today is the Feast of the Holy Ascension of Jesus Christ which includes a sunrise service and Celebration of Devine Liturgy. The Knights Templar has history with the Armenian City of Edessa before Armenia became the first Christian nation.
There is a book entitled "The Knights Templar and the Crusade for Armenian Edessa", which if you haven't read it, and you like Knights Templar History, I reco... moreTemplars,
Across the street from my Ranger Station is the Armenian Church of the holy Ascension. Today is the Feast of the Holy Ascension of Jesus Christ which includes a sunrise service and Celebration of Devine Liturgy. The Knights Templar has history with the Armenian City of Edessa before Armenia became the first Christian nation.
There is a book entitled "The Knights Templar and the Crusade for Armenian Edessa", which if you haven't read it, and you like Knights Templar History, I recommend it.
Armenian Edessa was a Christian city overrun by Muslims. The church called for a crusade to rescue the city and the Knights Templar would guide and protect these crusaders and the Armenians.
A city of the ancient world, Edessa, revered by various empires like the Roman, Persian, Byzantine, Turkish, and others. Urfa was Edessa and the Turks have renamed it again to Sanliurfa. It is where Armenian King Apkar was converted to Christianity by St. Jude Thaddeus . The event led to the conversion of the Armenian kingdom in 301 A.D. becoming the first Christian nation the world under Emperor Tiridates III with the spiritual guidance of St. Gregory, the Illuminator. The Knights of Templar impacted Edessa the first Christian city before Armenia became the first Christian nation. The city was destroyed in the Armenian Genocide and previously its large Church Cathedral burned down in the Hamidean massacres referred to as the "Cathedral holocaust"
CAA Steve Chapman
Priory of St Michael the Archangel
