Open AccessPETER, ARCHBISHOP OF ALANSKY
Author(s) -
D.K. Asratyan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
nacionalʹnaâ associaciâ učënyh/nacionalʹnaâ associaciâ učenyh
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2782-2869
pISSN - 2413-5291
DOI - 10.31618/nas.2413-5291.2020.1.56.238
Subject(s) - archbishop , key (lock) , christianity , history , classics , ancient history , theology , philosophy , computer science , computer security
Theonlysourceofour knowledgeaboutPeter, probably thefirstbishopofAlania, arefiveletterstohimwrittenbyNicholasMystikos, Patriarch of Constantinople(d.925); Peter is also mentioned in two letters of Nicholas to rulersof Abasgia.Notwithstandingfragmentationofinformation contained in thesedocumentstheyallowtoreconstructtosomeextenthowtheChristian missiоn to Alania wasperceived by the key figure of the process in the time when Christianity was becoming the official religion of this medieval country.