Vrtanes also known Saint Vrtanes ( hy, Սբ. Վրթանէս Ա. Պարթև ) was the 14th

Catholicos-Patriarch Catholicos, plural Catholicoi, is a title used for the head of certain churches in some Eastern Christian traditions. The title implies autocephaly and in some cases it is the title of the head of an autonomous church. The word comes from ancient G ...

of the Armenian Apostolic Church serving from 333 until his death in 341. In 333, Vrtanes succeeded Aristaces as third in line in the then-hereditary Parthian line of the

Catholicos Catholicos, plural Catholicoi, is a title used for the head of certain churches in some Eastern Christian traditions. The title implies autocephaly and in some cases it is the title of the head of an autonomous church. The word comes from ancient ...

of the Armenian Catholic Church. Vrtanes was the first son born to St. Gregory I the Illuminator by his wife Miriam and his younger brother was St. Aristaces I. He was the father of

St. Husik I Saint Husik I or Husik ( hy, Սբ. Հուսիկ Ա. Պարթև ) was the 15th Catholicos-Patriarch of the Armenian Apostolic Church. He was the fourth in line, and the last Catholicoi, in the line of the Arsacid dynasty after Gregory the Illuminat ...

and Gregory. He died on 341 in which he was replaced by his eldest son,

, as the next

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