An ancient Armenian ideology of faith many call paganism due to ignorance.
The root of the word pagan is etnos, translated from Greek, and means native, local.
Grigor Lusavorich (Gregory the Illuminator) who was of Parthian-Assyrian origin, was able to achieve that Christianity was accepted as the state religion in Hayq even not being Armenian, called pagan all those Armenians who remained faithful to their ancestral belief, that was the teachings of Hayk Nahapet.
Having had its own language and culture for centuries, the Armenians could not name their teaching by the Greek name.
The belief is called the Haykian doctrine, and its bearers are called Haykazuns or Arevordis.
Teaching differs from religion: religion does not recognize nationality, and it contains globalist values, as for teaching it is formed on the basis of the worldview, lifestyle, culture and customs of the given nation.
The misconception that there was polytheism in the ancient Armenian faith is not true.
First of all, let’s start with the fact that our ancestors used the term ditzer, not gods, the word God is not Armenian, it is a loanword.
In the Armenian creed, there is the Creator’s understanding, it is the power that created everything around us: the earth, the sky, and the whole universe in general, it is the power that exists in every person, it is also in the small seed that after appearing in the soil turns into a huge tree.
The signs are the qualities (symbols) of creative power.
For example, Vahagn symbolizes courage, Astghik symbolizes love, Anahit symbolizes motherhood and fertility, Tir symbolizes science, etc.
If in Christianity the divine trinity is distinguished: Father, Son, Holy Spirit, then why can’t there be five, eight, or ten qualifications instead of three in other teachings?
In the Armenian teaching, we distinguish eight qualifications of creative power, which we call ditzer, they are: Aramazd, Anahit, Vahagn, Astghik, Tir, Nane, Mihr and Sandaramet.
Unlike many other teachings and religions, most of which are built on fairy tales and fictions, the Haykian teaching is completely based on various sciences.
In the Armenian teaching, every person creates his own destiny, every person is a Creator by himself, because a person is also endowed with the ability to create a new life.
In the Armenian teachings, we do not look for the gods in the sky or elsewhere, the gods are inside us. When someone fights with a weapon against the enemy, the abilities of Vahagn are awakened in him, when somebody is falling in love, the love of Goddess Astghik is awakened in her, when a woman is about to give birth, the abilities of Goddess Anahit are awakened in her, etc.
Qajik Stepanyan