And
after
being
occupied
with
the
same
[problem]
for
many
days,
he
rose
and
came
to
the
Holy
Catholicos
of
Armenia
Major.
whose
name
was
Sahak,
and
whom
he
found
predisposed
and
sharing
in
the
same
concern.
Cordially
they
came
together,
and
with
earnest
prayers
early
every
morning
[besought]
God
that
all
men
attain
the
salvation
brought
by
Christ.
And
they
did
this
many
days.
Then
as
a
boon
from
God
the
gracious,
the
council
of
blessed
monks,
devoted
to
the
service
of
the
land,
gathered
to
secure
letters
for
the
Armenian
nation.
They
conducted
much
inquiry
and
exploration,
and
much
toil.
Later
they
disclosed
the
foremost
object
of
their
search
to
the
King
of
the
Armenians
whose
name
was
Vramshapouh.
The
King
told
them
of
a
man
named
Daniel,
a
Syrian
bishop
of
noble
lineage,
who
unexpectedly
had
come
into
the
possession
of
letters
of
Armenian
alphabet.
And
when
the
King
told
them
concerning
Daniel's
discovery,
they
prevailed
upon
him
to
do
what
was
needful.
He
then
dispatched
a
man
named
Vahrij
along
with
messages
to
a
priest
called
Habel,
who
was
an
intimate
of
Bishop
Daniel.
As
for
Habel,
upon
hearing
it,
he
hastened
to
Daniel,
and
first
became
familiar,
through
Daniel,
with
the
letters,
then
taking
them
from
him
sent
to
the
King
in
the
land
of
Armenia.
The
[letters]
reached
his
hands
on
the
fifth
year
of
his
reign.
Upon
receiving
the
letters
from
Habel,
the
King
rejoiced
with
Sahak
and
Mashtots.
Then
the
blessed
stewards
taking
the
unexpectedly
discovered
object
of
their
search,
requested
of
the
King
young
children
through
whom
they
might
experiment
with
the
alphabet.
And
when
many
of
them
had
been
taught,
the
King
commanded
that
everywhere
the
instruction
be
effected
through
the
same
[letters].
Thus
the
blessed
one
attained
the
noble
rank
of
teacher,
and
taught
for
two
years
with
the
use
of
the
same
letters.
Yet
when
they
became
aware
of
the
fact
that
those
letters
were
insufficient
to
form
all
the
syllables
of
the
Armenian
language,
especially
since
the
letters
essentially
proved
to
have
been
buried
and
then
resurrected
from
other
languages,
they
found
themselves
once
more
in
the
same
anxieties
and
for
some
time
were
engaged
in
search
of
a
solution.
