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Abgar redirects here. For other kings named Abgar, Moses of Khoren says that the chief wife of King Ab-
see Abgar (disambiguation). gar V was Queen Helena of Adiabene, the wife of King
Monobazus I of Adiabene, and thus the kingdoms of
Abgar V the Black or Abgarus V of Edessa (Syriac: Edessa and Adiabene were linked in some manner. Pro-
fessor Robert Eisenman suggests that Queen Helena was
; Agar my Ukkm,
Armenian: ; Abgar Hingerord the sister-wife of King Abgar V who was given the lands
of Adiabene by her brother-husband, the king.[6] Pro-
Yedesatsi, Ancient Greek: Abgaros) (BC 4
AD 7 and AD 13c. 40) was a historical Arab ruler of the fessor Eisenman derived this association from Moses of
kingdom of Osroene,[1] holding his capital at Edessa.[2] Chorene mentioning the same famine relief to Judaea as
does Flavius Josephus:[7]
He was converted to Christianity by Mar Addai one of
the Seventy-two Disciples.[3] The chief of King Abgars wives, who was
named Helena ... Helena went away to
Jerusalem in the time of Claudius, during the
famine which Agabus had predicted. Spend-
1 Life ing all her treasures she bought an immense
amount of grain in Egypt, which she dis-
Abgar V was one of the rst Christian kings in his- tributed to the poor, to which Josephus bears
tory, having been converted to the faith by the Apostle witness. Her famous mausoleum stands before
Thaddeus of Edessa.[4] the gate at Jerusalem to this very day.:[8]
1
2 4 CHRISTIAN LEGACY
for us both.[12]
Church, and daily in the Mass of the Armenian Apostolic [13] http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/250101.htm
Church. The Armenian Apostolic Church in Scottsdale,
[14] Bernard, John. The Pilgrimage of Egeria. University of
Arizona, is named after Saint Abgar (also spelled as Ap-
Pennsylvania. Palestine Pilgrims Text Society.
kar).
On August 24, 2009, the board of the Central Bank [15] Leclercq, Henri. The Legend of Abgar. The Catholic
Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Com-
of Armenia adopted a decision on introducing a new
pany, 1907. 24 Dec. 2012
banknote with a nominal value of AMD 100,000. The
new banknote depicts King Abgar V (King of Armenian [16] CBA issues 100,000 Dram banknotes. PanArmenian
Mesopotamia as described). The front of the banknote News. Retrieved 2009-08-24.
depicts Abgar pointing at the royal ag bearing an image
of the Mandylion. The reverse of the banknote depicts
disciple Thaddaeus handing the canvas to King Abgar V 7 Sources
and his consequent miraculous healing.[16]
Walter Bauer, Orthodoxy and Heresy in Earliest
Christianity, 1934, (in English 1971): On-line text
5 See also
Robert Eisenman, James the Brother of Jesus 1997
Osroene (Viking Penguin), especially ch. 24 Judas the
brother of Jesus and the section Thaddeus, Judas
Seventy disciples Thomas and the conversion of the Osrhoeans", pp
189.
[6] The Sociology of MMT and the Conversions of King Ab- Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. VIII: Acts of the Holy
garus and Queen Helena of Adiabene, Professor Robert Apostle Thaddeus, One of the Twelve
Eisenman. p8.
Epistle of Jesus Christ to Abgarus King of Edessa
[7] Jesus, King of Edessa. Ralph Ellis. Edfu Books, 2012. from Eusebius
[8] Moses of Chorene, History of the Armenians 2:35 The Doctrina Addai as a Paradigm of Christian
Thought in Edessa in the 5th century, by Sidney
[9] The Sociology of MMT and the Conversions of King Ab-
H. Grith, Institute of Christian Oriental Research,
garus and Queen Helena of Adiabene, Professor Robert
Eisenman. p1.
Catholic University of America
[10] In his Historia Ecclesiastica, I, xiii, ca AD 325. St. Apkar Armenian Apostolic Church of Arizona
http://saintapkar.com
[11] Janin, Raymond (1953). La Gographie ecclsiastique de
l'Empire byzantin. 1. Part: Le Sige de Constantinople et Correspondence between Abgarus Ouchama, King
le Patriarcat Oecumnique. 3rd Vol. : Les glises et les of Edessa, and Jesus of Nazareth (J.Lorber, 1842)
Monastres (in French). Paris: Institut Franais d'Etudes
Byzantines. p. 172.
[12] http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01042c.htm
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