National Geographic Features Armenia's Christian Past in Documentary

The history of Christianity in Armenia was the topic of a TV documentary that aired on National Geographic TV on December 12, 2010.

The film, titled "Legend of the Holy Spear," traced the legend of a spear thought to have been thrust into Jesus Christ by a Roman guard when he was crucified. The spear, a Christian holy relic, has been shrouded in mystery, myth, and legend for 2,000 years. Today, three spears claim to be the Holy Spear which pierced Jesus.

National Geographic's Legend of the Holy Spear followed two investigators attempting to discover if any of them could have been present at the crucifixion. The three spears are kept in the Vatican, Austria and Armenia. Scrutinizing each spear and closely analysing the stories and legends behind them, the film reveals astonishing clues as to their provenance.

One of the spears is in Holy Etchmiadzin and the documentary traces the adoption of Christianity in Armenia as it tells the dramatic story of how the spear arrived in Armenia.

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[hharutyu]

Yes! Armenia was the first country to adopt Christianity in 301AD

[Ekimoglu]

@giorgossaris and btw, if you are much older than me and you're here on youtube spending your time making silly racist comments which make no sense and writing pathetic things like 'go back to your jungle', that means you're such a loser.....lol man you need to move out of your mother's basement and GET A LIFE

[llcasanova]

@CoreySinclair1 : Perverted , unjust and twisted version you say? Deut 22:28 is all one needs to read that understand that Christianity promotes violence.

[gijz321]

@hharutyu yippie!

[CoreySinclair1]

@CoreySinclair1 sorry I meant "It's" instead of "I's". Also change the beginning of the last sentence to "It's...for a scholar to try to..". Also I mean no offense, just wanted to share my input. thank you.

[CoreySinclair1]

@Ekimoglu I understand that throughout history people have justified unjust causes in its name. I would argue that those people who have tried to used christianity in such way are no true christians; in which case I would say that whenever form of christianity they used was a perverted, twisted version used as propaganda to justified unjust acts. I's important for a scholar try to avoid general broad statements and be well-informed and acquainted with the subject to avoid erroneous statements.

[CoreySinclair1]

I may be late in posting a reply; however, I believe your comment shows hatred towards the vatican. The spear as well as all other holy artifacts that belong to the church are under the will of the vatican. How they choose to use them or keep them is up to them. Why should they share their information or artifacts with the rest of the world? I mean our government does not share all their secrets, yet most of us, to an extent, trust our government. If you're christian, please leave the hate.

[eyecareproject]

What a fantastic documentary! We're glad to see a film like this reach the levels of National Geographic. We hope that this adds to the global profile of our great nation, thanks for sharing!

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[TheyDontSee]

"the vatican will not SHOW their spear nor allow it to be scientifically tested." The greed and self-righteousness of the Catholic church never ceases to amaze me. They run it more like a business than a religious establishment. So many secrets = suspicious

[6digit]

religion was made to control the earth and you cannot control the one thing especially human with out doing some negative action towards to the person i didn't say that christianity and muslim etc. are bull shit but people has it's own problem!

[Mrstudio5555]

gggggggggggggg

[Yrange]

I searched for "long national geographic film" because thats what makes me most sleepy. now that I found one.. good night!