Gregory served Tiridates faithfully, so he loved him and brought him close. But his attitude towards him changed after he learned that he was a Christian, and learned that he was the son of his father's killer. The king tortured him in an elaborate manner. After that, he threw him into a deep pit full of snakes.
Gregory remained in the pit for fifteen years, during which everyone thought he was dead. But the Lord Jesus was preparing him for a great work. A woman brought him food.
The king continued to persecute Christians until he became mad and there was no cure for it. He remained like that until his sister was visited in a dream by a man who said that her brother would not be healed except by the prayer of Gregory who was lying in the den of snakes. When Gregory came out, he prayed for him and he was healed.
وبعدها اقتبل الملك المعمودية وسمح له بالتبشير بالإنجيل وانشاء الكنائس والأديرة. وبعدها سام لاونديوس اسقف قيصرية غريغوريوس أسقفاً على أرمينية شرّفه الله بصنع العجائب. وهو من شيّد كنيسة كبيرة باسم “الابن الوحيد” أي ايشمياتزين، وهو الموضع الذي أضحى، فيما بعد، مركز كاثوليكوسية الكنيسة الأرمنية جمعاء.
He withdrew to the desert with his disciples until he fell asleep in the Lord in 335 AD. The Church commemorates him on September 30 of each year.
Troparia in the fourth tune
You became similar to the apostles in their conditions and a successor in their chairs, and you found by work the ascent to the theoria, O you who meditated on God. For this reason you followed the word of truth uprightly and struggled for the faith even to the point of blood, O martyr among the priests Gregory. So intercede with Christ God to save our souls.
Qandaq with the fourth tune
Come, all you faithful, let us today praise with hymns and divine songs the virtuous high priest, as he is a fighter for the truth, Gregory the watchful and teacher, the bright and shining star and fighter, for he intercedes with Christ for our salvation.