{"product_id":"the-knights-templar-and-the-michael-boyajian-9798649670814","title":"The Knights Templar and the Crusade for Armenian Edessa","description":"Armenian Edessa was a Christian city overrun by Muslims. The church called for a crusade to rescue the city and the Knights Templar would guide and protect these crusaders and the Armenians. \"Edessa An appropriate title chosen by historian, Michael Boyajian, author of another blockbuster paperback about a subject not well known. A city of the ancient world, Edessa, revered by various empires like the Roman, Persian, Byzantine, Turkish, and others. Urfa was Edessa and the Turks have renamed it again to Sanliurfa. It is where Armenian King Apkar was converted to Christianity by St. Jude Thaddeus . The event led to the conversion of the Armenian kingdom in 301 A.D. becoming the first Christian nation the world under Emperor Tiridates III with the spiritual guidance of St. Gregory, the Illuminator. The Knights of Templar impacted Edessa the first Christian city before Armenia became the first Christian nation. The city was destroyed in the Armenian Genocide and previously its large Church Cathedral burned down in the Hamidean massacres referred to as the \"Cathedral holocaust\" by missionary Corinna Shattuck.\"Gary A. Kulhanjian, Social historian \"An appropriate title for another blockbuster paperback from Michael Boyajian\". -- The California Courier. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFour Star Rating from Goo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Boyajian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798649670814\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/12\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.26d","brand":"Michael Boyajian","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48800941965567,"sku":"9798649670814","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-knights-templar-and-the-michael-boyajian-9798649670814","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}