330 HISTOIIT OF A&M£NIA*
chiefs, and collecting an army, made bead against thei^e invaders, whom he in a short time ex* pel Led from Armenia, and succeeded in tran- A, D. 518. quilliiing the country. These gallant exertions of Mijej being represented to Caisrat, king of Persia, he was appointed to supersede Burghan 14 the prefecture. He proved by his subsequent conduct bow worthy he wa&of thb confidence^ for he made many improvements in the kingdom,, repaired all the dilapidated buildings, and applied himself assiduously to forward the welfare of the whole of his countrymen. In the fourth year of hie government Christopher the- pontiff died, having been in the pontificate six
A. D. 521. years. Levond, from the village of Little Erast, in the province of Arberaney, succeeded him,
A.D.524. and died three years after. Nierses the Second* from the viUage of Asktarak, ia the province of Bagrevand, then l>ecame pontiff. Shortly after his election, Niersesy having observed some irregularities in the conduct of the priests,, particularly those who resided in the villages, eonvened a meeting of bishops in the city of Duin, wherein were enacted thirty-eight rules, to be observed by the Armenian ecclesiastics.
A. D. 533. After continuing m the pontificate nine years, lie died, and vvas succeeded by Johannea the Second, firom the viUage of Seuuzelin, in the province of the Gabelias. Several disturbaacea.
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