And
then
he
came
back
to
visit
the
places
he
had
organized
and
the
provinces
in
Armenia
that
had
been
taught,
in
order
to
revitalize,
renovate,
and
confirm.
And
when
he
had
filled
every
place
with
the
holy
gospel
of
the
Lord,
admonishing
them
all
to
walk
in
the
path
of
life,
he
then
thought
of
the
other
half
of
the
Armenian
nation
which
was
under
the
rule
of
the
king
of
the
Horoms.
The
Byzantine
emperor.
And
he
hastened
and
went
with
many
pupils
to
the
region
of
the
Greeks,
and
owing
to
the
renown
for
his
good
works
which
had
reached
there
long
before,
from
the
northern
regions,
he
received
at
the
very
outset
of
his
journey
a
very
sincere
and
amicable
reception
from
the
bishops
and
princes
and
provincials
of
the
land,
especially
from
the
commander-in-chief
of
the
area
whose
name
was
Anatolis,
who
transmitted
in
writing
[Mesrop's]
design
to
Caesar,
whose
name
was
Theodosius,
son
of
Arcadius,
from
whom
there
came
an
order
to
accord
due
honors
to
the
Saint,
who
was
to
be
called
Acoemeti.
And
he
took
the
group
of
his
pupils
to
Militene
and
left
them
in
the
care
of
the
saintly
Bishop
of
the
city
whose
name
was
Akakios,
and
[he]
named
as
their
supervisor
one
called
Leontius,
a
loyal
and
pious
man.
And
then
the
blessed
one
taking
with
him
the
excellent
Bishop
of
Derjan,
whose
name
was
Gint,
and
a
few
of
his
pupils
there,
and
boarding
a
public
transport
and
receiving
much
courtesy,
arrived
at
the
capital
city
of
Constantinople.
The
court
was
immediately
informed
of
him,
and
he
entered
into
the
presence
of
the
exalted
throne,
the
God
ordained
monarchs
and
to
the
Patriarch
and
saintly
Catholicos
of
the
royal
city,
whose
name
was
Atticus,
and
was
well
received.
It
was
ordered
that
[Mesrop]
be
honored
in
the
capital
city
for
a
definite
period
with
the
same
living
accommodations
accorded
to
the
Church,
the
court,
and
the
excellent
nobles
of
the
city.
And
after
the
passage
of
Easter,
he
explained
to
Caesar
the
nature
of
his
needs,
and
obtained
unassailable
authorization,
along
with
a
sucra
rescripta
bearing
Caesar's
seal,
to
gather
youths
from
their
half
of
the
Armenian
nation
for
the
purpose
of
instruction,
concerning
the
Borboritons,
evil
doing
men,
and
the
preservation
of
the
Church,
as
well
as
to
be
honored
with
valuable
gifts.
The
virtuous
one,
however,
having
prevailed
upon
the
court,
declining
the
gifts,
left
[them].
Thereupon
he
made
obeisance
to
the
empurpled
august
[personages]
and
to
His
Holiness
the
Catholicos,
and
having
been
bid
Godspeed
by
the
Church
and
the
foremost
princes
of
the
city,
they
boarded
the
litters
and
carriages
provided
by
the
court,
and
with
much
pomp
and
circumstance
took
the
royal
road.
And
they
were
met
at
every
city,
and
were
treated
as
high
dignitaries
[in
every]
city.
The
part
of
Armenia
under
Byzantine
rule.
And
having
received
many
gifts,
they
finally
arrived
at
the
appointed
places.
At
once
they
visited
the
sparapet
of
Armenia,
and
presented
themselves
[armed
with]
Caesar's
sacra
rescripta.
And
when
he
received
the
sacra
rescripta
bearing
Caesar's
seal,
he
hastened
to
carry
out
the
command
at
once.
He
therefore
dispatched
messengers
to
the
provinces
in
the
half
of
the
Armenian
nation
to
have
many
youths
gathered
and
to
have
provisions
made
for
their
maintenance
at
suitable
places,
where
the
blessed
one
resumed
his
teaching,
educating
those
who
had
been
gathered.
Then
he
undertook
to
examine
the
uncouth
and
stubborn
sect
of
the
Borboritons.
And
when
he
found
no
other
way
to
rectify
them,
he
began
to
use
the
miseryinflicting
stick,
with
very
severe
chastisements,
imprisonments,
tortures,
fetters.
And
when
even
then
they
remained
deprived
of
salvation,
scourged,
branded,
smeared
in
soot,
and
subjected
to
various
indignities,
they
were
driven
out
of
the
land.
However,
the
blessed
one
devoted
himself
to
his
educational
task,
organized
and
completed
it.
And
having
acquired
many
a
noble
book
by
the
church
fathers,
he
further
deepened
his
knowledge
of
the
doctrine
and
was
filled
with
all
goodness.
Then
there
came
and
visited
them
an
elderly
man,
an
Albanian
named
Benjamin.
And
he
[Mesrop]
inquired
and
examined
the
barbaric
diction
of
the
Albanian
language,
and
then
through
his
usual
God-given
keenness
of
mind
invented
an
alphabet,
which
he,
through
the
grace
of
Christ,
successfully
organized
and
put
in
order.
After
this
he
separated
from
the
bishops,
the
princes
of
the
land,
and
all
the
churches.
He
appointed
two
of
his
pupils,
the
first
one
of
whom
was
called,
Yenovk,
and
the
second
Danan,
as
overseers
for
the
faithful,
clerics,
effective
men
in
the
evangelical
service,
whom
he
commended
to
God
and
placed
them
there.
And
along
with
many
pupils
he
came
to
the
regions
of
Greater
Armenia,
and
arriving
at
Nor
Kaghak
presented
himself
to
the
saintly
bishop,
Sahak,
and
to
the
Armenian
King
whose
name
was
Artashes,
and
to
the
nobles,
and
related
to
them
the
things
wrought
by
the
Grace
of
God
in
those
regions,
and
remained
there
a
few
days
to
distribute
spiritual
consolation.
