Zenob Glak ( hy, Զենոբ Գլակ) was an
Armenian
Armenian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent
** Armenian Diaspora, Armenian communities across the ...
historian who became the first abbot of the
Glak monastery
Surb Karapet Monastery of Mush ( hy, Մշո Սուրբ Կարապետ վանք, ''Msho Surb Karapet vank'', or ''Surpgarabet Manastırı''. also known by other names) was an Armenian Apostolic monastery in the historic province of Taron, about ...
(also known as ''Surb Karapet Monastery'', dedicated to
St. John the Baptist
John the Baptist or , , or , ;Wetterau, Bruce. ''World history''. New York: Henry Holt and Company. 1994. syc, ܝܘܿܚܲܢܵܢ ܡܲܥܡܕ݂ܵܢܵܐ, Yoḥanān Maʿmḏānā; he, יוחנן המטביל, Yohanān HaMatbil; la, Ioannes Bapti ...
) in the
Taron region of
Greater Armenia
Greater Armenia ( hy, Մեծ Հայք, translit=Mets Hayk) is the name given to the Armenian state that emerged on the Armenian Highlands during the reign of King Artaxias I at the turn of the 2nd century BC. The term was used to refer princi ...
. He began the chronology that would become the ''History of Taron'' of
John Mamikonean
John or Hovhan Mamikonyan (in Armenian Հովհան Մամիկոնյան) was a 7th-century Armenian noble from the Mamikonian dynasty, author of the ''History of Taron'', which is a continuation of the account of Zenob Glak Zenob Glak ( hy, Զե ...
(10th century, the 35th abbot after Zenob). (ed. Langlois, Venice 1832).
Zenob's ''History'' is a somewhat legendary account of Armenia's foremost Christian enlightener
Gregory the Illuminator
Gregory the Illuminator ( Classical hy, Գրիգոր Լուսաւորիչ, reformed: Գրիգոր Լուսավորիչ, ''Grigor Lusavorich'';, ''Gregorios Phoster'' or , ''Gregorios Photistes''; la, Gregorius Armeniae Illuminator, cu, Svyas ...
, and may have been originally written in Syriac (according to some sources Zenob was of
Syrian
Syrians ( ar, سُورِيُّون, ''Sūriyyīn'') are an Eastern Mediterranean ethnic group indigenous to the Levant. They share common Levantine Semitic roots. The cultural and linguistic heritage of the Syrian people is a blend of both indi ...
descent
[Иосиф Эмин / А. Р. Иоаннисян - 1989, c. 122]) in the 5th century, though it was Armenized in a later century.
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5th-century Armenian historians
Christian abbots