The Huns were christians

1.

Paulus Orosius said the Huns filled the churches of the West.

2.

Theodoret talks in two cases about spreading of christianity among nomadic Scythians (Huns).
3.
Paulinus of Nola speaks in his poem Carmen about spreading of gospel among Scythians (Huns),
Dacians and Getae (probably Goths) .

4.

Saint Jerome talks about Huns learning the psalter and the frosts of Scythia are warmed by faith.
5.
Asterius of Amasea when describing the Hun king in his work in 400 A.D., says, the Hun king sends
he's gilded crown and precious armour to church of Saint Pochas in Sinope.

6.

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8.

Sozomen says that the Huns living alongside of Ister admired bishop Theotimus who was the
ecclesiastic governor of all Scythia with center in Tomis/Thomis [Themisuwar],
and called him 'god of Romans' [Roman=Nomad,aramaeos=nomaeos/aromaei=nomaei].
Zacharias rhetor says the Huns in Caucasus have religios books in their own language.
Cosmas Indicopleustes says that among the Huns,Persians,Indians,Greeks,etc., there is an infinite
number of churches with bishops and a vast multitude of christian people, and they have many martyrs
and recluses leading a monastic life.
9.
Moses Kagantvaci in description of the Kingdom of the Huns north to Derbent and it's capital
Varachan, speaks about churches builded in Alp-Ilithver hun king's time in 7th century.
10.
The Life of Saint Cyril reffers to Hungarians (Turks) in 867 as christians and having their own
liturgical books.

11.

Ibn Rusta reffers on Hungarians 'beying on christian faith' (probably manichean) .

12.

Nikephorus I of Constantinople says about christian Huns in 7th century.

13.

Photios I of Constantinople says the Turks (Hungarians) are on manichean faith.

14. Hun graves near by the church of Sopianae (Pcs) indicate the christianity of Huns (is about graves
with horse burial).

15.

The History of Mar Aba says that the Huns of Hephthalite kingdom were christians in 549 A.D.

16. In 498 A.D. is said that among the Huns of Hephthalite kingdom were many christians
17. In 787 the Huns of Crimea had bishops in Mangup-Kale (Doros)
18. Ephraim the Confessor is said was bishop of Hunnia in 4th century
19. In 5th century bishop Jonas is mentioned to be serving in the land of Huns
20.
In the begining of 5th century, Mesrop Mashtots and his disciples were preaching among Scythians
( Huns north to Derbent Pass in Caucasus) and converted their commanders.

21.
In the end of 6th and begining of 7th century the Aghovanian monks made missions to the Huns in
Caucasus
22.
In 781 the king of Turks (Huns) north to Persia, said that he and he's people become christian and
Patriarch Timothy sended bishops and priests to them.
23. Saint Andrew preached the gospel in Scythia [the Huns are said by Ptolemy and Dionysius Periegetes
living between the Dniester river --- Caspic-Caucas in 1-2-th century ]
24. Saint Philip is said that preached in some parts of Scythia
25.

Tertullian, Arnobius and Prudentius said the Scythians are christians

26. Bishop Audius and Uranius (4th century) went to Scythia and instructed many people there in the
principles of christianity and made many monasteries for them.
27.

Christ.

Saint Ireneus and Saint Iustinus (2th century) said the Scythians and Nomads praise the name of

28.
In 644 the Turk king and he's people (today Turkmenistan) was christianized by metropolite Elie of
Merv
29.
In the begining of 8th century to the begining of 9th century, the Kazars/Akatzirs near Crimea
(Phulloi and Charasiu) and the river Itil had they own bishops (5 bishops are mentioned) and another
source says about many christian communityes on Khazar's land at the end of 8th century.
30.
The Hodoiporia a greek geographical text of 4th century, reports that christianity had spread as far
to the land of Huns, India and Askum.
31. Yeghishe Vardapet (Egise,Elishe) (410-475) says the christianity spread to the land of Kushans

(K'ushank) in 4-th century. [the Kushans are Hun according to Vardapet when he says about their
kingdom]
32. The apocryphal Acts of Thomas (early 3th century) mentions christians
33. Zacharias rhetor (6th century) says that the Huns
bishop in Dvin

in the land of Kushans

were christians and catholicos Grigor was their

34. Eusebius (265-340) wrote about presence of christians among

[Bactria-Balkh]

Huns-Scythians in Asia

35. Bardaisan (154-222) in the syrian Book of the Laws of the Lands says about christian Huns-Scythians
in Bactria-Balkh [in Kushan's land - the 'kushans,kush' are Huns in armenian sources] and christian
Gilasians near Caspian sea [christian Sisters]
36. In early chronicles of Synods, Transoxania (central Asia) is called Metropolitan of the Turks
37. In Legenda Pannonica (Vita Methodii) is said that the Hungarian king (rex Ungricus) when meating
[not eating] Methodius on Danube between 860-880, the king received him with honour, and after the
meating he dismissed Method with gifts and kissed him fraternal for farewell, and asked Method to

'remember him in his prayers'.

38. Saint Gerrard [Gerard Sagredo](980-1046) says the Hungarians are on manichean faith.
39. Christianus Druthmarus (9th. century) said that Gregory of Nazianzus (329-389) converted the Huns.
40. Movses Dasxuranci (Kaghankatvatsi) [10th century] talks about Yunan, a Hun archbishop from the
land of Massagetae before 415 a.d. (the Massagetae are Huns in armenian and byzantine sources)

41. Epiphanius (320-403) says;

The first is Barbarism, which prevailed without a rival from the days of Adam through ten generations to
the time of Noah. It is called Barbarism, because men had no rulers, nor submitted to any particular
discipline of life; but as each thought proper to prescribe to himself; so he was at liberty to follow the
dictates of his own inclination.The second is Scythism which prevailed from the days of Noah and thence
downwards to the building of the tower and Babylon, and for a few years subsequently to that time,
that is to the days of Phalec and Ragau. But the nations which incline upon the borders of Europe
continued addicted to the Scythic heresy, and the customs of the Scythians to the age of Thera, and
afterwards; of this sect also were the Thracians.

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