Գէորգ Ղազարեան2026-06-062026-06-062019Ղազարեան, Գ., «Կիւրեղ Սկիւթապոլսեցու տեղեկութիւնները Ե.-Զ. դարերի Պաղեստինի հայ վանականների մասին», «Հայկազեան հայագիտական հանդէս», 2019, Պէյրութ, էջ 47-56https://haigrepository.haigazian.edu.lb/handle/123456789/1318The Armenian religious presence in the Holy Lands dates back to the 4th -5th centuries, with Cyril of Scythopolis (524-560) being the main source on the presence of Armenian monks in the Holy Lands in the Early Christian period. The paper focuses on a number of Armenian monks who gave further impetus to a Christian presence in Palestine. Some of them had become abbots of non-Armenian monasteries; others had joined non-Armenian Christian convents. Euthymius the Great (377-473), for instance, was one of the founders of Palestinian monasticism, while Sophronius (542), was the second abbot of the monastery founded by Theodosius Cenobiarch (423-529 A.D.). Still, others, like John Hesychast (454-559), lived in the monastery of Great Lavra. In certain cases the Armenian monks conducted the Divine service in Armenian.