The
principals,
administrators,
and
vicars
had
been
named
by
the
departed
church
fathers.
The
first
of
these
was
Hovsep,
chief
of
the
council,
and
the
second,
another
pupil
named
Hovhan,
a
truly
saintly,
truth-loving
man.
It
so
happened
that,
after
the
passing
of
the
Saint,
this
man
victoriously
withstood
for
Christ
many
and
varied
torments
and
sorrows
in
chains
at
Ctesiphone
in
a
single-handed
combat
against
redoubled
tyranny,
and
thereby
inherited
the
designation
of
confessor,
and
returned
to
his
administrative
task
in
Armenia.
As
for
the
beneficent
Vahan,
who
rendered
unexpected
assistance
to
all,
through
the
grace
of
Christ
our
God,
becoming
a
true
spiritual
son
of
the
world-reforming
fathers,
was
worthy
of
being
a
close
participant
in
their
life.
